CELEX: 31977R2706
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2706/77 of 28 November 1977 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff preferences for textile products originating in developing countries and territories

19 . 12 . 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 324/67
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2706/77
                                                      of 28 November 1977
                opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff preferences
                             for textile products originating in developing countries and territories
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas, however, in respect of cotton textile products
                                                                    formerly covered by the long-term arrangement regard­
                                                                    ing international trade in cotton textiles, the offer piade
                                                                     by the Community laid down that the preferences in the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                form of duty-free ceilings normally calculated according
Economic Community,                                                  to the formula set out in the preceding recital , would be
                                                                     granted to the countries enjoying generalized prefer­
                                                                     ences which are signatories to the long-term arrange­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                   ment or possibly to those countries which undertook
                                                                     vis-a-vis the Community commitments similar to those
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                 existing under that arrangement and that they would be
ment (*),                                                            accorded for the duration of the said arrangement;
                                                                     whereas the arrangement was due to expire on 30 Sep­
                                                                     tember 1973 and was extended to 31 December 1973 ;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                     whereas, provisionally for the years 1974 to 1976, it
Social Committee (2),                                                was considered that the countries concerned would
                                                                     adopt measures with equivalent aims, for both cotton
                                                                     textile and like products, pending the implementation of
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD , the Euro­                    the arrangement regarding international trade in tex­
pean Economic Community offered to grant tariff pre­                 tiles (3 ); whereas the latter should be adjusted progress­
ferences on finished and semi-finished products coming               ively, with the result that the distinction made between
from developing countries; whereas the preferential                  countries enjoying preferences in the textile sector is no
treatment proposed in that offer covers, generally                   longer justified; whereas, however, it is not yet possible
 speaking, all finished and semi-finished industrial pro­            to assess the overall effect of the extent of the said ar­
 ducts covered by Chapters 25 to 99 of the Common                    rangement; whereas, consequently, a degree of prudence
 Customs Tariff which originate in developing countries;             is necessary in particular in determining which countries
 whereas the preference consists in the granting of ex­              are eligible for the preferences to be accorded in the
 emption from customs duties; whereas preferential                   textile sector as a whole; whereas to that end analogies
 imports are effected up to the level of ceilings calculated          should be established between the products of that sec­
 by value in respect of each product on the basis of fac­            tor and those of other industrial sectors which, because
 tors which are uniform for all the products; whereas, in             of their particular sensitivity, are administered under the
 order that the preferences granted to the most competi­              preferential arrangements by means of tariff quotas;
 tive developing country or countries should be restricted            whereas consequently at this stage it seems appropriate
 and that a substantial share should be reserved for the
                                                                      that the countries and territories covered by the said
 least competitive, preferential imports from any one                 tariff quotas should also be covered under the preferen­
 developing country in respect of a given product should              tial arrangements for the textile sector as a whole ;
 not, as a general rule, exceed 50% of the ceiling fixed              whereas, moreover, in view of the special nature which
 for that product;                                                    trade in the products concerned may have, it appears
                                                                      generally appropriate to determine in terms of tonnages
 Whereas, in the offer made by the Community, the                     the ceilings for the preferential imports of such products
 annual ceilings should normally be calculated on the                 by reference to deliveries effected in 1968 by the former
 basis of the total value for 1968 of cif imports from the            beneficiary countries alone;
 countries benefiting from this scheme excluding those
 already enjoying various preferential tariff arrangements
 granted by the Community (basic amount), plus 5% of
 the value of cif imports from other countries and from              Whereas the offer made by the Community includes a
 the countries already enjoying such arrangements (addi­              clause stating that the Community drew up the offer on
 tional amount);                                                      the assumption that all the main industrialized countries
 H OJ No C 266, 7. 11 . 1977, p. 16 .
 (2) Opinion delivered on 26/27 October 1977 (not yet pub­
     lished in the Official Journal).                                 (3 ) OJ No L 118 , 30 . 4 . 1974, p. 1 .
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 which are members of the OECD would participate in                in the countries under consideration, the concept of
 granting preferences and would make similar efforts in            'originating products' being determined in accordance
 this direction ; whereas, moreover, it is evident from the        with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council
 conclusions worked out in UNCTAD that this offer,                 Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on the
 while being of a temporary nature, does not constitute a          common definition of the concept of the origin of
 binding commitment and, in particular, may be with­               goods (2); whereas charges against each of these ceilings
 drawn wholly or in part at a later date ; whereas this            must, as a general rule, come within a maximum
 possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to              Community amount of 50% in respect of the products
 remedying any unfavourable situations which might                 originating in any of the abovementioned countries and
 arise in the ACP States as a result of implementation of          territories;
 the generalized system of preferences;
                                                                  Whereas, however, in the multilateral trade negotia­
 Whereas, moreover, the conference of Heads of State, or
 of Government of the Member States and the States
                                                                   tions, in accordance with paragraph 6 of the Tokyo
                                                                  Declaration, the Community reaffirmed that special
 acceding to the European Communities held in Paris               treatment should be granted to the least developed
 from 19 to 21 October 1972 invited the Community
                                                                   among the developing countries whenever this is
 institutions and the Member States progressively to
                                                                  possible; whereas, therefore, charges of products
 adopt an overall policy of development cooperation on            originating in the least developed developing countries
 a world-wide scale comprising in particular the im­              appearing on the list drawn up under United Nations
 provement of generalized preferences with the aim of             resolution 3487 (XXX) of 12 December 1975 should
 achieving a steady increase in imports of manufactures            not be subject to the maximum Community amount;
 from the developing countries;
 Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from the            Whereas the ceiling arrangements so defined constitute
 second half of 1971 under the conditions set out above ;
                                                                   a distinct improvement to the Community preference
 whereas these preferences* should continue to be applied          scheme for textile products; whereas, however, such
 during the first half of 1978 , with adjustments to take         improvement may only be made — particularly in view
 account particularly of the admission to the preferential         of experience gained in recent years — by ensuring that
 system in the textile sector of the new beneficiary coun­
 tries and territories;
                                                                   the improvement continues to be compatible with the
                                                                   degree of sensitivity of the Community sector con­
                                                                  cerned, and that a better balance is achieved in the dis­
 Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the Act of             tribution of the advantages granted to the new group of
 Accession ( 1), the generalized tariff preferences scheme        beneficiary countries and territories;
 has been applicable in the new Member States from
  1 January 1974 ;
                                                                   Whereas in view of these factors :
 Whereas in respect of textile products, the complexity           — if imports into the Community of textile products of
 of the measure to be implemented, combined with the                    a given category from each of the potential be­
 abovementioned aim of improving the generalized pre­                   neficiary countries and territories do not exceed 6%
 ferences, could from 1974 to 1977 be overcome only by                  of the imports of the same products from all the
 means of successive flat-rate increases of around 50%                  beneficiaries, the objectives referred to above may
 and — on three occasions — 5% in the ceiling fixed for                 be achieved by applying a method of administration
 1973 ; whereas the situation in the sector concerned no                based on the charging at Community level, against
 longer enables further improvement of the generalized                  the abovementioned ceilings and maximum
 preferences to be envisaged for the first half of 1978 , so            amounts, of imports of the products concerned in
 that the ceilings will be at a level of 50% of those fixed             accordance with the detailed rules set out below;
 for 1977 ;
                                                                  — whereas from 6% , special rules for administering
Whereas, in respect of the group of textile products                   the preferential ceilings become necessary :
 listed in Annexes A, B and C, generally originating in
 the countries and territories listed in Annex D, the                  — whereas, accordingly, where previous history of
 Community should therefore allow, for each category of                     deliveries in each category of the products con­
 these products during 1977, duty-free imports within                       cerned shows that this level of 6% or more is
the limits of the Community ceilings established in the                     generally attained only by independent countries
 manner set out above; whereas the benefit of such tariff                   with a very low per capita gross national pro­
 exemption should be reserved for products originating                      duct, it is still possible to fix relatively high
(*) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972 , p. 14 .                           (2) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 1 .
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          maximum amounts for such countries of the                      the actual charges against the quotas may relate
          order of 30% and even 50% in some cases;                       only to goods which are entered for home use and
         whereas, however, the compatibility mentioned                   are accompanied by a certificate of origin;
          above requires that these maximum amounts be
          placed within the framework of an administra­                  whereas the application of the generally accepted
          tion of the ceilings concerned by means of tariff              principles in respect of the allocation of the Com­
          quotas, and these amounts should even, in ex­                  munity tariff quotas which have been opened until
          ceptional cases, be fixed at a lower level for                 now entails, under these circumstances and in view
          potential beneficiaries which are less under­                  of the variety of the products concerned and of the
          developed;                                                     fact that the benefiting countries are specified, cal­
                                                                         culations which are all the more problematic in that
                                                                         the statistical data required sometimes prove to be
          whereas when at least the abovementioned level                 incomplete or not sufficiently accurate or represen­
          of 6% is reached, as regards each of the coun­                 tative ; whereas the time required for these calcu­
          tries'  and territories'   own deliveries in the               lations cannot be reconciled with the continuity
          categories of products concerned, mainly by                    necessary for the application of the tariff preferences
          beneficiaries other than the least developed, it               concerned; whereas, under these conditions , it
          would seem appropriate to ensure better access                 would be advisable still at this stage to adopt a fixed
          to the Community market tor the least                          scale for allocating the Community tariff quotas
          developed by reserving for them a share of                     concerned among the Member States; whereas,
          normally 70% of the ceiling for the products                   using as a basis general economic criteria relating to
          concerned — coupled with a maximum amount                      external trade in textiles, the gross national product
          of 50% — the remaining 30% being adminis­                      and population, the percentages for the initial shares
          tered in the form of Community tariff quotas                   of the Member States of the quota amounts are as
          open without distinction to the other be­                      follows for the quota year under consideration :
          neficiaries alone;
                                                                               Germany                                 27% ,
                                                                               Benelux                                 10% ,
Whereas, as regards ceilings and maximum amounts                               France                                  19% ,
relating thereto, the objectives sought may be achieved
by applying a method of administration based on the                            Italy                                   14% ,
charging, at Community level, against the abovemen­                            Denmark                                  7% ,
tioned ceilings and maximum amounts, of imports of
                                                                               Ireland                                  1 %,
the products concerned as and when these products are
entered for home use and are accompanied by a certifi­                         United Kingdom                          22% ;
cate of origin ; whereas this method of administration
must make provision for the re-introduction of the levy­
                                                                    Whereas, as as regards the tariff quotas coupled with a
ing of customs duties as soon as the said ceilings or               maximum amount of 30 or 50% as a general rule, set
maximum amounts are reached at Community level ;
                                                                    out in Annex A, without affecting the Community na­
                                                                    ture of those tariff quotas it still appears possible to
                                                                    provide at this stage for a utilization scheme based on a
                                                                    single allocation among the Member States; whereas,
Whereas, as regards the ceilings administered in the                moreover, the allocation adopted by this Regulation in
form of tariff quotas:                                              no way prejudices the possibility of adopting the general
                                                                    method of allocation of Community tariff quotas in­
— charges against each of the latter must, for the                  volving the setting up of a reserve share; whereas im­
     abovementioned beneficiary countries, come within              plementation of this principle in this particularly sensi­
     a given percentage of the quota amount;                        tive sector can, however, take place only progressively,
                                                                    yet must remain attuned to the methods of administra­
                                                                    tion laid down in the general framework of the
     it is necessary to guarantee to all importers equal            generalized system of tariff preferences; whereas at the
     and     continuous    access  to  the  abovementioned          present juncture it appears feasible that such allocation
     quotas and uninterrupted application of the rates              could in general be made according to the percentages
     laid down for those quotas to all imports of the               set out in the table above; whereas, however, one of the
     products concerned into all Member States until the            new Member States, the Kingdom of Denmark, has for
     quota has been used up ;                                       a number of years been importing relatively large quan­
                                                                    tities of certain cotton yarns and woven fabrics falling
                                                                    within heading Nos ex 55.05 and ex 55.09 of the
     having regard to the abovementioned principles it              Common Customs Tariff and certain yarn and woven
     seems that the Community nature of the quotas can              fabrics of synthetic textile fibres and sisal twine falling
     best be respected by allocating them among the                 within heading Nos 51.04 and ex 59.04, and subhead­
     Member States;                                                 ings 56.05 A and 56.07 A of the Common Customs
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Tariff from a number of developing countries and has             2 . This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by products
therefore ceased to produce the articles in question ;           originating in the countries and territories listed in
whereas this special situation should temporarily con­           Annex D, subject to the details given in Annexes A, B
tinue to be taken into account and this Member State             and C.
should be granted an increased share without restricting
the access thereto of countries benefiting from                  However, those imports which already enjoy exemption
generalized preferences;                                         from customs duties under other preferential tariff
                                                                 arangements granted by the Community shall not be
Whereas, in addition, in respect of the said products            charged against the tariff quotas or ceilings referred to
measures should be introduced to encourage the                   in paragraph 1 . For the purposes of this Regulation, the
principal suppliers benefiting from the system to ensure         concept of 'originating products' shall be determined in
a balanced distribution of their deliveries throughout           accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14
the Community instead of concentrating them in                   of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
specific areas, or even in one single area of the
Community ; whereas this measure, combined with the
need to reserve an equitable share of the preferential           With regard to carpets, carpeting and rugs of wool or
system for the least competitive countries, leads to the         fine animal hair, falling within heading No 58.01 and
access of the countries stated in column 4 (b) of Annex          mentioned in Annexes A and C, the certificates of origin
A being accompanied by a special Community                       for these products shall state the number of knots per
maximum amount; of 10% of the national shares;                   metre of warp.
Whereas, as regards the products listed in Annex B and           3 . The ceilings shall be administered and the quotas
administered by means of tariff quotas, the method of            allocated and administered in accordance with the
administration described for the products in Annex A             following provisions .
may also be adopted taking into account the absence of
maximum amounts;
Whereas the methods of administration for the products                                     SECTION I
listed in Annexes A, B and C call for very close and
particularly rapid cooperation between Member States                   Provisions relating to the administration of the
and the Commission, which must, in particular, be able                             Community tariff ceilings
to keep under observation :
— the extent to which charges are made against the                                          Article 2
     ceilings and maximum amounts and inform
     Member States thereof; whereas such cooperation             1 . Subject to the provisions of Articles 3 and 4, this
     should be particularly close in view of the need for        suspension shall be granted, in respect of each category
     the Commission to be able to take appropriate               of products, within the limits of a Community ceiling
     measures to re-introduce customs duties, either             expressed in tonnes:
     generally or individually, when any of the ceilings or
     maximum amounts are reached ;                               — indicated, for each of the products listed in Annex
                                                                      B , under ( a) in column 5 ,
— the extent to which the tariff quotas are used up,
     and inform the Member States thereof; whereas, for          — equal , as regards the products listed in Annex C, to
     these purposes, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the                87% of the amount obtained by adding together
     Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy                   imports into the Community in 1968 , expressed in
     of Luxembourg are united in and represented by the               tonnes, of the products concerned from the
     Benelux Economic Union, any measure concerning                   independent countries listed in Annex D, excluding
     the administration of the quota shares allocated to              those already enjoying various preferential tariff
     that economic union may be carried out by any of                 arrangements granted by the Community, and 5%
     its members,                                                     of the tonnage of imports in 1970 from other
                                                                      countries and from countries already enjoying such
                                                                      arrangements.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                                 2 . Only the products originating in the countries and
                         Article 1
                                                                 territories listed in Annex D , other than those specified
                                                                 under (b) in column 4 of Annex B, in respect of the
                                                                 corresponding products, may be charged against the
1 . From 1 January to 30 June 1978 , the Common                  ceilings fixed under ( a) in column 5 of the said Annex B.
Customs Tariff duties on the products listed in Annexes
A, B and C shall be totally suspended within the
framework of Community tariff quotas or within the               3 . Subject to the provisions of Articles 3 and 4, within
limits of Community ceilings.                                    each ceiling thus indicated or calculated, charges of
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products originating in any one of the countries and               be limited to the maximum amount given under ( a) in
territories listed in Annex D must not exceed a                    column 4 of Annex A against each cateogry of products.
Community maximum amount equivalent to 50% of
this ceiling with the exception of certain products for            For the products listed in Annex A, charges of the
which the maximum amount shall be reduced to the                   products originating in each of the countries listed
percentage shown in Annex C.                                       under (b) in column 4 of the said Annex shall be limited
                                                                   in each Member State to 10% of its share . Each
                          Article 3                                Member State shall re-introduce the levying of normal
                                                                   customs duties in respect of the country concerned as
 1 . As soon as the ceilings indicated or calculated in            soon as it records that the said percentage has been
accordance with Article 2 ( 1 ), which are laid down for           reached. The Member State in question shall im­
Community imports of products originating in all the               mediately notify the Commission, which shall inform
countries and territories referred to in Article 1 (2) —
                                                                   the other Member States without delay.
account being taken of Article 2 (2) — are reached at
Community level, the levying of customs duties on                  This limitation of the amount charged shall not apply to
imports of the products in question from all the                   the tariff quotas given under ( a) in column 4 of Annex
countries and territories concerned may at any time be             B, such quotas being available only to the countries and
re-introduced until the end of the period referred to in           territories mentioned opposite, under (b ) in column 4 of
Article 1 ( 1 ).                                                   the said Annex, considered as a group.
2.   As soon as the maximum amounts calculated in
accordance with Article 2 (3 ) — account being taken of                                    Article 6
Article 2 (2) — for Community imports of products
originating in each of the countries and territories                1 . For the products listed in Annexes A and B, the
referred to in Article 1 (2) are reached for any one of            Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 5 ( 1 )
these countries or territories at Community level, the             shall be allocated in shares which shall be, for each
levying of customs duties on imports of the products in            Member State, the amounts corresponding to the
question from the country or territory concerned may at            tonnages shown in column 5 of Annex A and under (c)
any time be reintroduced until the end of the period               in column 4 of Annex B against each category of
referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ).                                    products.
However, the first subparagraph shall not apply to the             2. The shares allocated to Denmark for certain pro­
imports in question originating in the countries listed in         ducts falling within subheadings and heading Nos
Annex E.                                                           51.04, ex 55.05 , ex 55.09 , 56.05 A, 56.07 A and ex
                                                                   59.04 shall be increased by an amount determined in a
                          Article 4                                footnote to Annex A.
The Commission shall re-introduce the levying of                   The first and second subparagraphs of Article 5 (2 ) shall
customs duties in respect of all the countries or                  not apply to such an increase.
territories referred to in Article 1 (2 ) or in respect of any
one of them by means of a Regulation in the conditions
                                                                                            Article 7
laid down in Article 3 ( 1 ) and (2 ).
                                                                   Member States shall take all measures necessary to
                         SECTION II
                                                                   ensure that importers of the products concerned
                                                                   established in their territory have free access to the
                                                                   shares allocated to them .
Provisions relating to the allocation and administration
               of the Community tariff quotas
                                                                                            Article 8
                          Article 5
                                                                   The Commission shall take all necessary measures to
 1 . The total suspension of customs duties within the             ensure that the maximum amount referred to in Article
framework of the Community tariff quotas referred to               5 (2 ) is observed. When the charges, at Community
in Article 1 ( 1 ) concerns the products in Annex A and            level, of products originating in each of the independent
the products in Annex B for each of which the quota                countries listed in Annex D against any one of the
amount, expressed in tonnes, is indicated in column 3 of           Community tariff quotas reach the maximum amount
Annex A and under (a) in column 4 of Annex B.                      laid down under ( a) in column 4 of Annex A, the
                                                                   Commission shall immediately notify the Member
2 . The amount to be charged in respect of each                    States of the date on which, as a result of this fact, the
independent country referred to in Article 1 (2) against           normal tariff is to be re-introduced in respect of the
each of the tariff quota amounts mentioned above shall             independent country in question. This notification shall
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be published in the Official Journal of the European              4. Any amendment to Annex D, in particular by the
Communities.                                                      addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff
                                                                  preferences, may entail a corresponding adjustment to
                        SECTION III                               the amounts of the Community ceilings, quotas and
                                                                  maximum amounts referred to in Articles 2(1 ) and (3 ),
                    General provisions                            and 5 ( 1 ) and (2).
                          Article 9
                                                                                         Article 10
1 . Imports of the products in question shall be actually
charged against the Community ceilings, shares and
maximum amounts as and when these products are                    On receipt of a request from the Commission, and in
entered for home use and are accompanied by a                     any case at least monthly, Member States shall inform it
certificate of origin pursuant to the rules referred to in        of imports of the products concerned charged against
Article 1 (2).                                                    their shares and the Community ceilings and maximum
                                                                  amounts.
2 . Goods may be charged against a ceiling or                                            Article 1 1
maximum amount or admitted under a tariff quota only
if the certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 1 is
presented before the date on which the levying of duties          Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
is re-introduced .                                                closely to ensure that the preceding provisions are
                                                                  observed.
3 . The extent to which the ceilings, shares and
maximum amounts have been used up shall be                                               Article 12
determined at Community level on the basis of the
imports charged in accordance with paragraphs 1 and               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 j ?Anuary
2.                                                                1978 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
               Done at Brussels, 28 November 1977.
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                         L. OUTERS
 ---pagebreak---                                                         ANNEX A                                                                                                             19 . 12 . 77
        st of textile products subject to zero-duty Community tariff quotas under the generalized tariff pre­
                                     ferences granted to developing countries
                                                                     Maximum amount per country
                                                                              (in %)
                                            Quota amount                         4                              Volume of shares allocated to Member States
              Description
                                              (in tonnes)                                                                       (in tonnes)
                                                                    ( a)                     ( b)
                  2                                 3             general                  special                                 (5)
 man-made fibres ( continuous),               191-50               30                          10          Germany '                                      51-71
fabrics of monofil or strip of                                                    for                      Benelux                                        19-15
 or 51.02                                                                         — Colombia               France                                         36-39
                                                                                  — Korea (South )         Italy                                          26-81
                                                                                                           Denmark (*)                                    13-41
                                                                                                           Ireland                                         1-91
                                                                                                           United Kingdom                                 42-12
  put up for retail sale :
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    per single yarn , per kg :
  m or less                                   697                  30                          10          Germany                                       18819
                                                                                  for Brazil               Benelux                                        69-70
                                                                                                           France                                        132-43
                                                                                                           Italy                                          97-58
                                                                                                           Denmark                                        48-79
                                                                                                           Ireland                                         6-97
                                                                                                           United Kingdom                                153-34
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        onnes .
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Maximum amount per country
                                                           (in %)
                              Quota amount                   4                       Volume of shares allocated to Member States
           Description
                               (in tonnes)                                                           (in tonnes)
                                               ( a)                      (b)
                 2                 3)                                                                   (5
                                                                                                                                            No L 324/74
                                             general                   special
than 14 000 m but not more      3 216         30                         10      Germany                                     868-32
 0 000 m                                                      for                Benelux                                     321-60
                                                              — Brazil           France                                      611-04
                                                              — Mexico           Italy                                       450-24
                                                                                 Denmark (*)                                 225-12
                                                                                 Ireland                                      32-16
                                                                                 United Kingdom                              707-52
 than 40 000 m but not more      1 106        30                         10      Germany                                      298-62
 0 000 m                                                      for                Benelux                                      110-60
                                                                    Brazil       France                                       210-14
                                                                    Colombia     Italy                                        154-84
                                                                    Mexico       Denmark (2)                                   77-42
                                                                                 Ireland                                       11-06
                                                                                 United Kingdom                               243-32
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than 80 000 m but less than        159-50    20                                  Germany                                       43-07
 0 m                                                                             Benelux                                       15-95
                                                                                 France                                        30-31
                                                                                 Italy                                         22-33
                                                                                 Denmark                                       11-15
                                                                                 Ireland                                         1-60
                                                                                 United Kingdom                                35-09
                                                                                                                                                       19 . 12 . 77
     0 tonnes.
 - tonnes
 ---pagebreak---                                                      Maximum amount per country
                                                              (in %)
                                   Quota amount                  4                       Volume of shares allocated to Member States
        Description                                                                                      (in tonnes)
                                    (in tonnes)                                                                                                    19 . 12 . 77
                                                    ( a)                      (b)
             2                           3)       general                   special                         (5)
 ics of cotton :                                                                       Germany                                     125-55
                                                                                       Benelux                                      46-50
5% or more by weight of                                                                France                                       88-35
                                                                                       Italy                                        65-10
    of less than 85 cm :                                                               Denmark                                      32-55
ched                                      465       40                                 Ireland                                       4-65
                                                                                       United Kingdom                              102-30
                                                                                                                                                   Official
                                                                                                                                               Journal
                                                                                                                                                   of the
                                          284       40                            10   Germany                                         76-68
                                                                     for               Benelux                                         28-40
                                                                     — Colombia        France                                          53-96
                                                                     — Mexico          Italy                                           39-76
                                                                                       Denmark                                         19-88
                                                                                       Ireland                                          2-84
                                                                                       United Kingdom                                  62-48   European Communities
                                                                                       Germany                                     777-60
ched, of a width of:                                                                   Benelux                                     288-00
    cm or more but not more than                                             10        France                                      547-20
        cm                             2 880        30               for Brazil        Italy                                       403-20
                                                                                       Denmark                                     201-60
                                                                                       Ireland                                      28-80
                                                                                       United Kingdom                              633-60
                                                                                                                                                     No L 324/75
 ---pagebreak---                                                  Maximum amount per country
                                                          (in %)
                               Quota amount                 ( 4)                      Volume of shares allocated to Member States
            Description                                                                               (in tonnes)
                                (in tonnes)
                                                ( a)                    ( b)
                   ( 2)             ( 3)      general                 special                            (5)
                                                                                                                                               No L 324 /76
ore than 115 cm but not more     1 750         40                        10       Germany                                      472-50
  n 165 cm                                                    for                 Benelux                                      175-00
                                                              — Brazil            France                                       332-50
                                                              — Colombia          Italy                                        245-00
                                                              — Korea ( South )   Denmark (')                                  122-50
                                                                                  Ireland                                           17-50
                                                                                  United Kingdom                               385-00
                                                                                                                                                Official
ore than 165 cm                    564-50      40                        10       Germany                                      152-42
                                                              for                 Benelux                                        56-45
                                                              — Brazil            France                                        107-26      Journal
                                                              — Korea (South)     Italy                                             79-02
                                                              — Singapore         Denmark                                           39-52
                                                              — Yugoslavia        Ireland                                            5-65
                                                                                  United Kingdom                                124 - 1 8
 ther                              273-50      40                        10       Germany                                           73-85
                                                              for                 Benelux                                           27-35
                                                              — Brazil            France                                            51-97
                                                              — Colombia          Italy                                             38-28
                                                              — Mexico            Denmark ( 2)                                      19-15
                                                                                  Ireland                                            2-74
                                                                                                                                            of the European Communities
                                                                                  United Kingdom                                    60-16
                                    156-50     40                        10       Germany                                           42-26
                                                              for Yugoslavia      Benelux                                           15-65
                                                                                  France                                            29-74
                                                                                  Italy                                             21-91
                                                                                  Denmark                                           10-95
                                                                                  Ireland                                            1-56
                                                                                  United Kingdom                                    34-43
      ^ tonnes .
     0 tonnes .
                                                                                                                                                       19 . 12 . 77
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                                                                        ( in %)
                                             Quota amount                  (4                        Volume of shares allocated to Member States
                        Description
                                              (in tonnes)                                                            (in tonnes)                                     19 . 12 . 77
                                                              ( a)                     ( b)
                                2)                3)        general                  special                             5)
of man-made fibres (discontinuous or
    not put up for retail sale :
  ynthetic textile fibres                      317              30                            10    Germany                                        85-59
                                                                               for                  Benelux                                        3 1 - 70
                                                                               — Korea ( South )    France                                         60-23
                                                                               — Singapore          Italy                                          44-38
                                                                                                    Denmark (')                                    22-19
                                                                                                    Ireland                                          3-17
                                                                                                    United Kingdom                                 69-74           Official
                                                                                                                                                              Journal
 fabrics of man-made fibres (discontinuou:
  e):
 synthetic textile fibres                       295-50          30                            10    Germany                                        79-79
                                                                               tor Korea (South )   Benelux                                        29-55
                                                                                                    France                                         56-15
                                                                                                    Italy                                          41-37
                                                                                                    Denmark ( 2 )                                  20-69
                                                                                                    Ireland                                          2-95
                                                                                                    United Kingdom                                 65-00
                                                                                                                                                              of the European Communities
  , carpeting and rugs, knotted (made up                                                            Germany                                    73008
  :                                                                                                 Benelux                                    270-40
                                                                                                    France                                     513-76
 Of wool or of fine animal hair, contain       2 704            40
                                                                                                    Italy                                      378-56
      ing per metre of warp not more thar                                                           Denmark                                    189-28
      500 rows of knots                                                                             Ireland                                     27-04
                                                                                                    United Kingdom                             594-88
      d by 2VI I tonnes .
       d In I 74-1 I tonnes .
                                                                                                                                                                     No L 324/77
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                                                               (in %)
                                  Quota amount                   ( 4)                   Volume of shares allocated to Member States
                Description
                                   (in tonnes)                                                          (in tonnes)
                                                   ( a)                     (b)
                    (2)                ( 3)      general                  special                          (5)
                                                                                                                                                  No L 324/78
ropes and cables plaited or
                                   1 389-50       40                                Germany                                      375-17
                                                                                    Benelux                                      138-95
                                                                                    France                                       264-00
                                                                                    Italy                                        194-53
                                                                                    Denmark                                           97-26
                                                                                    Ireland                                           13-90
                                                                                    United Kingdom                               305-69
                                                                                                                                                  Official
e sisalana )                         348         30                                 Germany                                           93-96
                                                                                    Benelux                                           34-80
                                                                                    France                                            66-12
                                                                                    Italy                                             48-72
                                                                                    Denmark i 1)                                      24-36
                                                                                    Ireland        ·                                   3-48
                                                                                    United Kingdom                                    76-56   Journal of the European
 xtile fibres                        334-50       20                                Germany                                           90-32
                                                                                    Benelux                                           33-45
                                                                                    France                                            63-55
                                                                                    Italy                                             46-83
                                                                                    Denmark                                           23-41
                                                                                                                                                   Communities
                                                                                    Ireland                                            3-35
                                                                                    United Kingdom                                    73-59
han of jute or of other textile      261          30                                Germany                                           70-47
 heading No 57.03 or of coir                                                        Benelux                                           26-10
                                                                                    France                                            49-59
                                                                                    Italy                                             36-54
                                                                                    Denmark                                           18-27
                                                                                    Ireland                                            2-61
                                                                                    United Kingdom                                    57-42
          onnes .                                                                                                                                   19 . 12 . 77
 ---pagebreak---                                                               Maximum amount per country
                                                                       (in %)
                                            Quota amount                  4)                        Volume of shares allocated to Member States
          Description
                                             (in tonnes)                                                            (in tonnes)                                 19 . 12 . 77
                                                             ( a)                     (b)
              2)                                 (3        general                  special                            (5
 stockings, socks, ankle-socks,
  like, knitted or crocheted , not
   ed :
extile fibres                                   57          30                        10         Germany                                          15-39
                                                                           for Korea ( South )   Benelux                                           5-70
                                                                                                 France                                           10-83
                                                                                                 Italy                                             7-98
                                                                                                 Denmark                                           3-99
                                                                                                 Ireland                                           0-57
                                                                                                                                                              Official
                                                                                                 United Kingdom                                   12-54
                                               200          30                        10         Germany                                          54-00
                                                                           for                   Benelux                                          20-00
                                                                           — Korea ( South )     France                                           38-00
                                                                           — Yugoslavia          Italy                                            28-00
                                                                                                                                                          Journal of the European
                                                                                                 Denmark                                          14-00
                                                                                                 Ireland                                           2-00
                                                                                                 United Kingdom                                   44-00
                                                                                                                                                              Communities
        knitted     or   crocheted,   not    1 226-50       30                        10         Germany                                     331-15
   ed                                                                      for                   Benelux                                     122-65
                                                                                 Korea (South)   France                                      233-03
                                                                                 Yugoslavia      Italy                                       171-71
                                                                                                 Denmark                                      85-86
                                                                                                 Ireland                                      12-27
                                                                                                 United Kingdom                              269-83
                                                                                                                                                               No L 324/79
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                                                            ( in %)
                                 Quota amount                  4                        Volume of shares allocated to Member States
       Description
                                  (in tonnes)                                                           (in tonnes)
                                                  ( a)                     ( b)
            2                          3        general                  special                           (5) .
                                                                                                                                                    No L 324/80
nd other articles, knitted or        402           30                        10        Germany                                    108-54
     c or rubberized                                               for                 Benelux                                     40-20
                                                                   — Korea ( South )   France                                      76-38
                                                                   — Yugoslavia        Italy                                       56-28
                                                                                       Denmark                                     28-14
                                                                                       Ireland                                      4-02
                                                                                       United Kingdom                              88-44
   ter garments                      422           30                        10        Germany                                    113-94
                                                                   for                 Benelux                                        42-20
                                                                   — Korea (South )    France                                         80-18
                                                                   — Yugoslavia        Italy                                          59-08
                                                                                       Denmark                                        29-54
                                                                                       Ireland                                         4-22
                                                                                       United Kingdom                                 92-84
       infants' outer garments       330-50        30                        10        Germany                                        89-23
                                                                   for                 Benelux                                        33-06
                                                                   — Korea ( South )   France                                         62-80
                                                                   — Yugoslavia        Italy                                          46-27
                                                                                       Denmark                                        23-13
                                                                                                                                              Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                                                       Ireland                                         3-30
                                                                                       United Kingdom                                 72-71
 under garments, including           372-50        30                        10        Germany                                    100-57
       and cuffs                                                   for                 Benelux                                     37-24
                                                                   — Korea (South )    France                                      70-77
                                                                   — Yugoslavia        Italy                                       52-14
                                                                                       Denmark                                     26-07
                                                                                       Ireland                                      3-76
                                                                                       United Kingdom                              81-95
                                                                                                                                                              19 . 12 . 77
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                                                               (in %)
                                    Quota amount                  W'                        Volume of shares allocated to Member States
    Description
                                     (in tonnes)                                                            (in tonnes)                                19 . 12 . 77
                                                     (a)                        (b)
        (2)                              (3)       general                    special                          (5)
d infants' under garments               148          30                             10    Germany                                     39-96
                                                                       for                Benelux                                     14-80
                                                                       — Korea (South )   France                                      28-12
                                                                       — Yugoslavia       Italy                                       20-72
                                                                                          Denmark                                         10-36
                                                                                          Ireland                                          1-48
                                                                                          United Kingdom                              32-56
                                                                                                                                                      Official
                                         78          30                                   Germany                                     21-06
                                                                                          Benelux                                          7-80
                                                                                          France                                          14-82
                                                                                          Italy                                           10-92
                                                                                          Denmark                                          5-46
                                                                                          Ireland                                          0-78
                                                                                          United Kingdom                                  17-16
                                                                                                                                                  Journal of the European
 ts, suspender-belts, brassieres,        50          30                                   Germany                                         13-50
, garters and the like ( includ­                                                          Benelux                                          5-00
 f knitted or crocheted fabric),                                                          France                                           9-50
 tic                                                                                      Italy                                            7-00
                                                                                          Denmark                                          3-50
                                                                                                                                                      Communities
                                                                                          Ireland                                          0-50
                                                                                          United Kingdom                                  11-00
 inen, toilet linen and kitchen         180          30                             10    Germany                                     48-60
   other furnishing articles                                           for Brazil         Benelux                                     18-00
                                                                                          France                                      34-20
                                                                                          Italy                                       25-20
                                                                                          Denmark                                         12-60
                                                                                          Ireland                                          1-80
                                                                                          United Kingdom                              39-60
                                                                                                                                                      No L 324/81
 ---pagebreak---                                               ANNEX B
     of textile products referred to in Articles 2 and 5 which are subject to zero-duty Community
      ings and tariff quotas under the generalized tariff preferences for developing countries and
                                              territories                                                                                                                       No L 324/82
                                                                                  Quota (4)                                                     Ceiling (5)
                                  Total
                               preferential
       ption                    amount                                                            Volume of shares allocated                     Maximum amount per
                                               Amount        Beneficiary countries                                                Amount        country and territory (b)
                               (in tonnes)                      and territories                        to Member States
                                              (in tonnes)                                                                         (in tonnes)
                                                                                                          (in tonnes)
                                                                                                                                                    in%         in tonnes
                                    3)            (a)                 b)                                     (c)                     ( a)            (1)           (2)
ep's or lambs' wool             200-50            60        Brazil                            Germany                     16-20   140-50            50            70-25
                                                                                                                                                                                Official
    ut up for retail sale                                   Uruguay                           Benelux                      6-00
                                                                                              France                      11-40
                                                                                              Italy                        8-40
                                                                                              Denmark                      4-20
                                                                                              Ireland                      0-60
                                                                                              United Kingdom              13-20
                                                                                                                                                                            Journal of the European
  not put up for retail           122           24-50       Brazil                            Germany                      6-62   97-50             50            48-75
                                                                                              Benelux                      2-45
                                                                                              France                       4-65
                                                                                              Italy                        3-43
                                                                                              Denmark                      1-71
                                                                                              Ireland                      0-24
                                                                                                                                                                                Communities
                                                                                              United Kingdom               5-39
ut up for retail sale :
 ed, finished in balls            26-50            8        Brazil                            Germany                      2 16    18-50            50              9-25
    els, tubes or similar                                   Hong Kong                         Benelux                      0-80
     eight (including sup­                                                                    France                       1 52
       g 900 g                                                                                Italy                        1-12
                                                                                              Denmark                      0-56
                                                                                              Ireland                      0-08
                                                                                              United Kingdom               1 76
                                                                                                                                                                                  19 . 12 . 77
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                       Quota (4)                                                     Ceiling (5)
                                 Total
                              preferential                                                                                                           Maximum amount per
        ion                    amount
                                              Amount                                                 Volume of shares allocated
                                                              Beneficiary countries                                                   Amount        country and territory (b)
                                                                                                                                                                                   19. 12 . 77 .
                              (in tonnes)                           and territories                      to Member States
                                             (in tonnes)                                                                              (in tonnes)
                                                                                                              (in tonnes)
                                                                                                                                                        in%         in tonnes
                                   3)            (a)                      b)                                     (c)                     ( a)            (i)            2
  ingle yarn ,                    25              5        Brazil                                 Germany                     1 35        20             50              10
ore per kg                                                                                        Benelux #                   0-50
                                                                                                  France                      0-95
                                                                                                  Italy                       0-70
                                                                                                  Denmárk                     0-35
                                                                                                  Ireland                     0-05                                                  Official
                                                                                                  United Kingdom              110
                                                                                                                                                                                Journal
milar terry fabrics               52            10-50      Brazil                                 Germany                     2-85      41-50            50           20-75
                                                                                                  Benelux                     1-05
                                                                                                  France                      1-99
                                                                                                  Italy                       1-47
                                                                                                  Denmark                     0-73
                                                                                                  Ireland                     0-10
                                                                                                  United Kingdom              2-31
                                                                                                                                                                                of the European Communities
          man-made   fibres
  :
  e fibres                       330            100        Brazil                                 Germany                    27-00       230             50             115
                                                           Yugoslavia                             Benelux                    10-00
                                                                                                  France                     19-00
                                                                                                  Italy                      14-00
                                                                                                  Denmark                      7-00
                                                                                                  Ireland                    , 1-00
                                                                                                  United Kingdom             22-00
                                                                                                                                                                                        No L 324/83
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                                  ' Total
                                preferential
       ption                     amount                                                            Volume of shares allocated                     Maximum amount per
                                                Amount        Beneficiary countries                                                Amount
                                (in tonnes)                                                            to Member States                          country and territory (b)
                                               (in tonnes)       and territories
                                                                                                          (in tonnes)              (in tonnes)
                                                                                                                                                                                   No L 324/84
                                                                                                                                                     in%         in tonnes
                                     3              a                  b                                      (c)                      a)             ( 1)           2)
   nd chenille       fabrics    235-50           70-50       Colombia                          Germany                    19-04       165            50            82-50
   welling or        similar                                 Korea (South )                    Benelux                     7-05
   ton falling        within                                 Hong Kong                         France                     13-40
and fabrics           falling                                                                  Italy                       9-87
    05 )                                                                                       Denmark                     4-94
                                                                                               Ireland                     0-70
                                                                                               United Kingdom             15-50
                                                                                                                                                                                    Official
      rics,    and   narrow          50             10       Hong Kong                         Germany                     2-70       40             50              20
  nsisting of warp                                                                             Benelux                      1-00
   ed by means of an                                                                           France                       1-90
 an goods falling                                                                              Italy '                      1-40
    06                                                                                         Denmark                      0-70
                                                                                               Ireland                    . 0-10
                                                                                               United Kingdom               2-20
                                                                                                                                                                             Journal of the European Communities
    ece, in strips or in             82                 6    Korea (South )                    Germany                     4-32       66             50              33
                                                                                               Benelux                      1-60
                                                                                               France                      3-04
                                                                                               Italy                        2-24
                                                                                               Denmark                      112
                                                                                               Ireland                      0-16
                                                                                               United Kingdom               3-52
                                                                                                                                                                                      19 . 12 . 77
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                            Total
                         preferential                                                                                                      Maximum amount per
         tion             amount                                                            Volume of shares allocated
                                                                                                                                                                          19 . 12 . 77
                                         Amount        Beneficiary countries                                                Amount        country and territory (b)
                         (in tonnes)                      and territories                       to Member States
                                        (in tonnes)                                                                         (in tonnes)
                                                                                                   (in tonnes)
                                                                                                                                              in %        m tonnes
                              3             (a)                 b                                      (c)                     (a)             ( 1)           2
  fabrics, not elastic    393-50            118       Brazil                            Germany                    3.1-86   275-50            50           137-75
                                                      Uruguay                           Benelux                    11-80
                                                      Yugoslavia                        France                     22-42
                                                                                        Italy                      16-52
                                                                                        Denmark                      8-26
                                                                                        Ireland                     1-18
                                                                                        United Kingdom             25-96
                                                                                                                                                                          Official
                                                                                                                                                                      Journal
                                                                                                                                                                          of the
 mitts, knitted or         50               15        Korea (South )                    Germany                      4-05     35              50             17-50
     r rubberized                                     Hong Kong                         Benelux                      1 50
                                                                                        France                       2-85
                                                                                        Italy                        210
                                                                                        Denmark                      1-05
                                                                                        Ireland                      0-15
                                                                                        United Kingdom               3-30
                                                                                                                                                                      European Communities
  kind used for the        254              76        Korea (South )                    Germany                    20-52      178             50              89
                                                      Hong Kong                         Benelux                     7-60
                                                                                        France                     14-44
    erials :
                                                                                        Italy                      10-64
                                                                                        Denmark                     5-32
     x or of sisal                                                                      Ireland                     0-76
    (excluding coir                                                                     United Kingdom             16-72
        )
   ding coir fibres)                                                                                                                                                       No L 324/85
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                                                                       ANNEX C
                   List of products originating in developing countries and territories to which the generalized
                                          tariff preferences for certain textile products will apply (a)
                                CCT
             Order
               No             heading                                                     Description
                                 No
                                                                                                   T                                 '  "
                       CHAPTER 50
                1            50.04                  Silk yarn, other than yarn of noil or other waste '! §ilk, not put                     up
                                                    for retail sale
               2             50.05                  Yarn spun from noil or other waste silk, not put up for retail
                                                    sale
               3             50.07                  Silk yarn and yarn spun from noil or other waste silk, put up                         for
                                                    retail sale; silk-worm gut; imitation catgut of silk
               4             50.09                  Woven fabrics of silk, of noil or other waste sil k ( 1 )
                       CHAPTER 51
               5             51.01                  Yarn of man-made fibres (continuous), not put up for retail sale ( 2)
               6             51.02                  Monofil , strip ( artificial straw and the like) and imitation catgut,                 of
                                                    man-made fibre materials
               7             51.03                  Yarn of man-made fibres (continuous), put up for retail sale
               8       CHAPTER 52                   METALLIZED TEXTILES
                       CHAPTER 53
               9             53.06                  Yarn of carded sheep's or lambs' wool (wollen yarn), not put                           up
                                                    for retail sale
              10             53.08                  Yarn of fine animal hair (carded or combed), not put up for retail
                                                    sale
              11             53.09                  Yarn of horsehair or of other coarse animal hair, not put up                          for
                                                    retail sale
              12             53.10                  Yarn of sheep's or lambs' wool , of horsehair or of other animal
                                                   hair ( fine or coarse), put up for retail sale
              13             53.11                  Woven fabrics of sheep's or lambs' wool or of fine animal hair ( l)
              14             53.12                 Woven fabrics of horsehair or of other coarse animal hair
          (a) Products qualifying under the ordinary arrangements for exemption or total temporary suspension of the Common Customs Tariff duty are only token entries..
          (') For products falling within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 2 (3 ) is reduced to 20 % .
          (2) For products falling within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 2 (3 ) is reduced to 30 % .
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                           CCT
             Order
              No         heading                                                  Description
                             No
                     CHAPTER 54
               15          54.04                 Flax or ramie yarn, put up for retail sale
               16          54.05                 Woven fabrics of flax or of ramie
                     CHAPTER 55
               17          55.06                  Cotton yarn, put up for retail sale
               18          55.07                  Cotton gauze
                     CHAPTER 56
               19          56.01                 Man-made fibres ( discontinuous), not carded, combed or otherwise
                                                 prepared for spinning ( J )
               20          56.02                  Continuous filament tow for the manufacture of man-made fibres
                                                  (discontinuous) (*)
               21          56.03                  Waste ( including yarn waste and pulled or garnetted rags) of man­
                                                  made fibres ( continuous or discontinuous), not carded , combed or
                                                  otherwise prepared for spinning ( J )
               22          56.04                  Man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), carded, combed or other­
                                                  wise prepared for spinning
               23          56.05                  Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), not put up for
                                                  retail sale :
                                                 B. Of regenerated textile fibres
               24          56.06                  Yarn of man-made fibres (discontinuous or waste), put up for retail
                                                  sale
                     CHAPTER 57
               25    ex 57.07                    Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres, other than coir yarn ; paper yarn
              26      ex 57.11                   Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres, other than those of coir;
                                                 woven fabrics of paper yarn
                     CHAPTER 58
               27     ex 58.01                   Carpets, carpeting and rugs, knotted (made up or not), other than
                                                 of jute or of other textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 or of coir
                                                 or wool or fine animal hair, containing per metre of warp
                                                 not more than 500 rows of knots
                           58.02                 Other carpets, carpeting, rugs, mats and matting, and 'Kelem',
                                                 'Schumacks' and ' Karamanie' rugs and the like ( made up or not):
               For i    falling within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 2 (3 ) is reduced to 30% .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 324/88                   Official Journal of the European Communities                               19 . 12 . 77
                       CCT
            Order
             No       heading                                       Description
                        No
             28       58.02        ex A. Carpets, whether tufted or not other than of jute or other
                    (cont'd)               textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 or coir
             29                        B. ' Kelem ', ' Schumacks ' and ' Karamanie' rugs and the like
             30       58.03        Tapestries, hand-made, of the type Gobelins, Flanders, Aubusson,
                                   Beauvais and the like, and needle-worked tapestries (for example,
                                   petit point and cross stitch) made in panels and the like by hand
             31       58.06        Woven labels, badges and the like, not embroidered, in the piece, in
                                   strips or cut to shape or size
             32       58.07        Chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn), gimped yarn (other
                                   than metallized yarn of heading No 52.01 and gimped horsehair
                                   yarn ); braids and ornamental trimmings in the piece ; tassels,
                                   pompons and the like
             33       58.08        Tulle and other net fabrics (but not including woven , knitted or
                                   crocheted fabrics ), plain
             34       58.09        Tulle and other net fabrics (but not including woven, knitted or
                                   crocheted fabrics), figured ; hand or mechanically made lace, in the
                                   piece, in strips or in motifs
                  CHAPTER 59
            35       59.01       Wadding and articles of wadding; textile flock and dust and mill
                                 neps
            36       59.02       Felt and articles of felt, whether or not impregnated or coated
            37       59.03       Bonded fibre fabrics, similar bonded yarn fabrics, and articles of
                                 such fabrics, whether or not impregnated or coated
            38       59.05       Nets and netting made of twine, cordage or rope, and made up
                                 fishing nets of yarn, twine, cordage or rope
            39       59.06       Other articles made from yarn, twine, cordage, rope or cables other
                                 than textile fabrics and articles made from such fabrics
            40       59.07       Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances of a kind
                                  used for the outer covers of books and the like; tracing cloth ;
                                 prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar fabrics for hat
                                  foundations and similar uses
            41       59.08       Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with pre­
                                  parations of cellulose derivatives or of other artificial plastic
                                  materials
            42       59.10        Linoleum and materials prepared on a textile base in a similar
                                  manner to linoleum, whether or not cut to shape or of a kind used
                                  as floor coverings; floor coverings consisting of a coating applied on
                                  a textile base, cut to shape or not
            43       59.11        Rubberized textile fabrics, other than rubberized knitted or croche­
                                 ted goods
            44       59.12       Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated or coated ; painting canvas
                                 being theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths or the like
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                        CCT
             Order
              No       heading                                      Description
                         No
              45       59.13        Elastic fabrics and trimmings ( other than knitted or crocheted goods )
                                    consisting of textile materials combined with rubber threads
              46       59.14        Wicks, of woven, plaited or knitted textile materials, for lamps,
                                    stoves, lighters, candles and the like ; tubular knitted gas-mantle
                                    fabric and incandescent gas mantles
              47       59.15        Textile hosepiping and similar tubing, with or without lining,
                                    armour or accessories of otheir materials
              48       59.16        Transmission , conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of textile
                                    material , whether or not strengthened with metal or other
                                    material
              49       59.17        Textile fabrics and textile articles of a kind commonly used in
                                    machinery or plant
                   CHAPTER 60
              50        60.06       Knitted or crocheted fabric and articles thereof, elastic or rubberized
                                    (including elastic knee-caps and elastic stockings)
                   CHAPTER 61
              51        61.06       Shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like
              52        61.07       Ties, bow ties and cravats
              53        61.10       Gloves, mittens, mitts, stockings, socks and sockettes, not being
                                    knitted or crocheted goods
              54        61.11       Made up accessories for articles of apparel ( for example, dress
                                    shields, shoulder and other pads, belts, muffs, sleeve protectors,
                                    pockets)
                   CHAPTER 62
              55        62.01       Travelling rugs and blankets
              56        62.04       Tarpaulins, sails, awnings, sunblinds, tents and camping goods
              57    ex 62.05        Other made up textile articles ( including dress patterns) other than
                                    of jute, other than textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 or coir
                   CHAPTER 63
              58    ex 63.01        Clothing, clothing accessories, travelling rugs and blankets, house­
                                    hold linen and furnishing articles (other than articles falling within
                                    heading No 58.01 , 58.02 or 58.03 ), of textile materials ; footwear and
                                    headgear of any material , showing signs of appreciable wear and
                                    imported in bulk or in bales, sacks or similar bulk packings other
                                    than of jute, other than textile bast fibres of heading No 57.03 or
                                    coir
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                                                                               ANNEX D
                                   List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (')
                                                               1 . INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
660     Afghanistan ( 2)                            416 Guatemala                                                            662 Pakistan
208     Algeria                                    260 Guinea ( 2)                                                           440 Panama
330     Angola                                     257 Guinea Bissau                                                         801 Papua New Guinea
528     Argentina                                  488 Guyana                                                                520 Paraguay
453 Bahamas                                        452 Haiti ( 2)                                                            504 Peru
640 Bahrain                                        424 Honduras                                                              708 Philippines
666 Bangladesh (2)                                 664 India                                                                 644 Qatar
469 Barbados                                       700 Indonesia                                                             324 Rwanda ( 2 )
284 Benin ( 2)                                     616 Iran                                                                  819 Samoa ( 2)
675 Bhutan ( 2)                                    612 Iraq                                                                  311 Sao Tome and Principe
516 Bolivia                                        272 Ivory Coast                                                           632 Saudi Arabia
391 Botswana ( 2)                                  464 Jamaica                                                               248 Senegal
508 Brazil                                         628 Jordan                                                                355 Seychelles and Dependencies
676 Burma                                          696 Kampuchea , Democratic                                                264 Sierra Leone
328 Burundi ( 2)                                   346 Kenya                                                                 706 Singapore
302 Cameroon                                       728 Korea, Republic of                                                    342 Somalia ( 2)
247 Cape Verde Islands                             636 Kuwait                                                                669 Sri Lanka
306 Central African Empire ( 2 )                   684 Laos (2)                                                              224 Sudan ( 2)
244 Chad ( 2)                                      604 Lebanon                                                               492 Surinam
512 Chile                                          395 Lesotho ( 2 )                                                         393 Swaziland
480 Colombia                                       268 Liberia                                                               608 Syria
375 Comoros                                        216 Libya                                                                 352 Tanzania ( 2 )
318 Congo, People's Republic of                    370 Madagascar                                                            680 Thailand
436 Costa Rica                                     386 Malawi ( 2)                                                           280 Togo
448 Cuba                                           701 Malaysia                                                              817 Tonga
600 Cyprus                                         667 Maldive Islands ( 2 )                                                 472 Trinidad and Tobago
338 Djibouti                                       232 Mali ( 2 )                                                            212 Tunisia
456 Dominican Republic                             228 Mauritania                                                            350 Uganda ( 2)
500 Ecuador                                         373 Mauritius                                                            647 United Arab Emirates
220 Egypt                                           412 Mexico                                                               236 Upper Volta ( 2)
428 El Salvador                                     204 Morocco                                                              524 Uruguay
310 Equatorial Guinea                               366 Mozambique                                                           484 Venezuela
334 Ethiopia ( 2)                                   803 Nauru                                                                690 Vietnam
815 Fiji                                            672    Nepal ( 2 )                                                       652 Yemen (2 )
314 Gabon                                           432    Nicaragua                                                         656 Yemen, Democratic ( 2 )
252 Gambia ( 2 )                                    240    Niger ( 2)                                                        048 Yugoslavia
276 Ghana                                           288    Nigeria                                                           322 Zaire
473 Grenada                                         649 Oman                                                                 378 Zambia
 (*) The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature 1977*, published by the Statistical Office of the European
      Communities.                               -          -                                                                      *
 ( 2) This country is also included in Annex E.
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                                                      II. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
           dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community or third
                                                    countries are wholly or partly responsible
                                               r
           890 Australian Antarctic Territory
           421 Belize
           413 Bermuda
           890 British Antarctic Territory
           357 British Indian Ocean Territory
           812 British Pacific Ocean ( J )
           703 Brunei
           202 Canary Islands
           463 Cayman Islands and Dependencies
           205 Ceuta and Melilla
           802 Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island
           529 Falkland Islands and Dependencies
           822 French Polynesia
           890 French Southern and Antarctic Territories
           044 Gibraltar
           740 Hong Kong
           743 Macao
           377 Mayotte
           476 Netherlands Antilles
           809 New Caledonia and Dependencies
           808 Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship ( 1)
           329 St Helena and Dependencies
           814 Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niue Island, Tokelau Islands)
           454 Turks and Caicos Islands
           457 Virgin Islands of the United States
           811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
           471 West Indies
           Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
                     status of countries or territories.
           (*) The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include: Guam, American Samoa (including Swain's Island), Midway
               Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the Caroline, Marianas and Marshall
               Islands).
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                                                          ANNEX E
            List of least developed developing countries to which the first subparagraph of Article 3 (2) does not
                                                            apply
                      660 Afghanistan                                        386 Malawi
                      666 Bangladesh                                         667 Maldive Islands
                      284 Benin                                              232 Mali
                      675 Bhutan                                             672 Nepal
                      391 Botswana                                           240 Niger
                      328 Burundi                                            324 Rwanda
                      306 Central African Empire                             819 Samoa
                      244 Chad                                               342 Somalia
                      334 Ethiopia                                           224 Sudan
                      252 Gambia                                             352 Tanzania
                      260 Guinea                                             350 Uganda
                      452 Haiti                                              236 Upper Volta
                      684 Laos                                               652 Yemen
                      395 Lesotho                                            656 Yemen, Democratic