CELEX: 31976R3020
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3020/76 of 13 December 1976 opening and providing for the administration of preferential Community tariff ceilings for certain products originating in developing countries

20. 12. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 349/ 13
                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3020/76
                                                    of 13 December 1976
               opening and providing for the administration of preferential Community tariff ceilings
                                 for certain products originating in developing countries
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                           whereas such additional amount is variable and is
                                                                   calculated each year on the basis of the latest figures
                                                                   available, provided that this entails no reduction in
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     the ceiling;
 European Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas the offer made by the Community includes
                                                                   a clause stating that the Community drew up the
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,               offer on the assumption that all the main indu­
                                                                   strialized countries which are members of the OECD
                                                                   would participate in granting preferences and would
 Having regard to the opinion of the European                      make similar efforts in this direction; whereas,
 Parliament (1),                                                   moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked
                                                                   out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of
 Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD, the                        a temporary nature, does not constitute a binding
 European Economic Community offered to grant                      commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
 tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished                  wholly or in part at a later date; whereas this
 products coming from developing countries ; whereas               possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to
 the preferential treatment proposed in that offer                 remedying any unfavourable situations which might
 covers, generally speaking, all finished and semi­                arise in the ACP States following the implementation
 finished industrial products covered by Chapters 25               of the generalized preference scheme ;
to 99 of the Common Customs Tariff which originate
 in developing countries ; whereas the preference                  Whereas, moreover, the conference of the Heads of
 consists in the granting of exemption from customs                State or of Government of the Member States and
 duties ; whereas preferential imports are effected up             the States acceding to the European Communities
 to the level of ceilings calculated by value in respect           held in Paris from 19 to 21 October 1972 invited
of each product on the basis of factors which are                 the Community institutions and the Member States
 uniform for all the products ; whereas in order that             progressively to adopt an overall policy of
the preferences granted to the most competitive                    development cooperation on a world-wide scale
 developing country or countries should be restricted              comprising in particular the improvement of
and that a substantial share should be reserved for,              generalized preferences with the aim of achieving
the least competitive, preferential imports from any               a steady increase in imports of manufactures from
one developing country in respect of a given product              the developing countries ;
should not, as a general rule, exceed 50% of the
ceiling fixed for that product;
                                                                  Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from
                                                                  the second half of 1971 under the conditions set
Whereas, in the offer made by the Community, the                  out above ; whereas these preferences should
annual ceilings should normally be calculated on the              continue to be applied throughout 1977; whereas,
basis of the total value for 1968 cif imports from                having regard to the terms of the offer concerned
the countries benefiting from this scheme, excluding              and to the need to improve the generalized
those already enjoying various preferential tariff                preferences, the abovementioned basic amount
arrangements granted by the Community (basic                      should normally refer to 1974, as should generally
amount), plus 5% of the value of cif imports from                 the    additional   amount;   whereas   however,     the
the other countries and from the countries already                application of this method of calculation should
enjoying such arrangements (additional amount);                  remain compatible with the progressive nature of
                                                                 the preference scheme in such a way as to provide
                                                                  a period of adaptation for the industrial sectors
                                                                  affected in the Community ; whereas for this purpose
(x) OJ No C 259, 4. 11 . 1976, p. 27.                            it would appear adequate to limit for each product
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the considerable improvement resulting from the said             tioned countries ; whereas, however, in order to
method to a level which does not exceed 150% of                  ensure that      all the  countries and   territories  in
each of the preferential amounts open in 1976;                   question are able to benefit from this preferential
                                                                 system, the Community maximum amount should,
                                                                 for certain products, be reduced to 20, 30 or 40% ;
Whereas in practice the latest complete statistics               Whereas preferential Community tariff quotas were
available are those relating to the year 1974; whereas           previously granted for all the products listed in
however since that year the statistics in question and           Annex A; whereas experience in recent years has
 particularly those relating to the value of the Com­            shown that this improvement in the Community
 munity's external trade have been expressed in a                preferences scheme can only be achieved if an effort
statistical unit (EUR) which is no longer defined in             is made to ensure a more balanced distribution of
the same way as the unit of account (u.a.) prescribed            the advantages granted to all the beneficiary countries
for the Common Customs Tariff; whereas therefore                 and territories ; whereas for this reason and in order
it is necessary to define a conversion rate between              to afford each of them equal opportunity to benefit
these two units : whereas in 1974 one EUR unit was               from the preferential ceilings, it seems adequate to
equivalent in practice to one European unit of                   limit to 15% the maximum amount for each of the
account and the practice has been to ascribe to the              beneficiary countries and territories which have
latter the same value as for the unit of account (u.a.);         either reached the maximum amount for a given
whereas it seems appropriate therefore in these                  product during two consecutive years since 1972 or
circumstances, and for the particular ends of the                which, according to the most up-to-date statistics
calculations required under this Regulation, to con­             available, supply the Community with at least 40%
sider the statistics expressed in EUR in this Regulation         of its imports of the product in question from the
as if expressed in the units of account of the Com­              beneficiary countries and territories as a whole;
mon Customs Tariff; whereas the unit of account                  whereas, however, in order to avoid damaging the
 should remain the only unit to be used within the               intererests of the less favoured of these beneficiary
preference system, along with its conversion rates               countries and territories the 15% limit will not be
 into national currencies based on gold parities ;               applied in the case of those which have a very low per
                                                                 capita national product, or which for a given product
                                                                 have charged against the preferences an amount repre­
                                                                 senting at least 10% of their deliveries to the Com­
 Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the Act               munity of industrial manufactured products eligible
 of Accession (*), the generalized tariff preference              for the Community preferences scheme; whereas, in
 scheme became fully applicable in the new Member                 addition, in order to ensure that the new maximum
 States on 1 January 1974;                                        amounts are not less than those fixed hitherto, the
                                                                  abovementioned maximum amount of 15% shall in
                                                                 general only apply or shall only become applicable
                                                                 where, in absolute value, it is higher than the level
 Whereas it is expedient, therefore, in respect of the            since the 1974 preferences ;
 products referred to in Annex A which originate
 in the countries and territories listed in Annex B,
 that the Community should allow, for each category               Whereas, furthermore, for some of the products
 of these products and throughout 1977, duty-free                 affected by the fixing of the maximum amount at
 imports within the limits of the Community ceilings              15% , this improvement is conditional upon the
 calculated in the manner set out above ; whereas the             introduction of measures calculated to encourage the
 benefit of such tariff exemption should be reserved              principal suppliers benefiting from the system to
 for products originating in the countries and                    ensure a balanced distribution of their deliveries
 territories under consideration, the concept of                  throughout the Community instead of concentrating
 'originating products' being determined in accord­               them in specific areas, or even in one single area
 ance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of               of the Community ; whereas to this end general
 Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968               provision should be made for the levying of the
 on the common definition of the concept of the                   normal customs duties to be re-introduced in a
 origin of goods (2); whereas charges against each of             Member State when preferential imports originating
 these ceilings must, as a general rule, come within a            in a single beneficiary country or territory reach
 maximum Community amount of 50% in respect                       50% of the maximum amount envisaged above ;
 of the products originating in any of the abovemen­               whereas this measure does not interfere with the
                                                                   immediate re-introduction of the levying of the
                                                                   normal customs duties at Community level when
                                                                   preferential imports reach the Community maximum
                                                                   amounts ; whereas, as regards the Community
                                                                   ceilings, there is nothing to prevent provisions being
 (x) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                              made only for the possibility of the Community's
 /2) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1 .                              re-introducing the levying of the normal customs
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  duties when the said ceilings are reached at Com­             products shall be determined in accordance with
  munity level;                                                 the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation
                                                                (EEC) No 802/68 .
  Whereas, under these circumstances, these objectives
  may be reached by applying a method of                        3 . Subject to the provisions of Articles 2 and 4 (2),
  administration based on the charging, at Community            and with the exception of certain products the
  level, against the abovementioned ceilings and               value of the ceilings for which is given in Annex A,
  maximum amounts, of imports of the products                  this suspension shall be granted, in respect of each
  concerned as and when these products are entered              category of products, within a Community ceiling
  for home use and are accompanied by a certificate            which shall be expressed in units of account and
  of origin ; whereas this method of administration            which shall be equal to the amount obtained by
  must make provision for the re-introduction of the            adding together the values of cif imports in 1974
  levying of customs duties as soon as the said ceilings        of the products concerned to the Community from
  or maximum amounts are reached at Community                  the countries and territories enjoying these
  level ;
                                                               arrangements, excluding those already enjoying
                                                               various preferential tariff arrangements granted by
 Whereas such method of administration calls for               the Community, and 5% of the value of cif imports
                                                               in 1974 from other countries and from countries
 very      close  and particularly rapid cooperation
 between Member States and the Commission, which               and territories already enjoying such arrangements.
 must, in particular, be able to observe every 10 days         However the ceiling resulting from the sum of this
 the extent to which charges are made against the              addition may in no case exceed 172-5% of that
 ceilings and maximum amounts and inform Member                resulting from the substitution of the year 1971 for
 States thereof; whereas such cooperation should be            the year 1974 in the first term of the addition and
 particularly close in view of the need for the Com­           of the year 1972 for the year 1974 in the second term
                                                               of the addition :
 mission to be able to take appropriate measures to
 re-introduce the levying of customs duties either
 generally or individually when any of the ceilings
 or maximum amounts are reached ;                              For the particular purpose of the abovementioned
                                                               calculations, the statistics referring to the year 1974,
                                                               expressed in EUR, are to be considered as being
 Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom            expressed in units of account of the Common Cus­
 of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of                    toms Tariff.
 Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
 Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning
 the      administration of  shares allocated   to    that     4. Subject to the provisions of Articles 2 and 4 (2),
 economic union may hp carried out by any one of               within each ceiling thus calculated, charges of
 its members,                                                  products originating in any one of the countries or
                                                               territories listed in Annex B should not exceed a
                                                               Community maximum amount expressed as a per­
                                                               centage or in units of account against each of the
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                  products in column 3 of Annex A.
                         Article 1                             5 . However, in the case of the products originating
                                                               in the beneficiary countries or territories indicated
                                                              by an asterisk in column 3 of Annex A, the amount
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1977, the                   charged against the preferences in a single Member
Common Customs Tariff duties and, until 30 June               State shall be limited to 50% of the maximum laid
1977, the customs duties of the new Member States on          down in paragraph 4. The normal customs duties
the products listed in Annex A shall be totally               shall again be levied as soon as this level is reached,
suspended, subject to the provisions of Articles 2            unless the Member State concerned previously
and 4 (2) of this Regulation.                                 notifies the Commission that it does not intend to
                                                              avail itself of this limitation for all or some of the
                                                              products concerned. The Commission shall inform
2. This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by pro­            the Member States of this fact without delay.
ducts originating in the countries and territories listed
in Annex B. However, imports already enjoying
exemption from customs duties under other preferen­           6. Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
tial tariff arrangements granted by the Community             addition of new countries enjoying tariff preferences,
shall not be charged against the ceilings specified in        may entail a corresponding adjustment to the
paragraph 3 . For the purposes of the application             Community ceilings and the maximum amounts
of this Regulation, the concept of originating                referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4.
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                          Article 2                                 maximum amounts as and when the products are
                                                                    entered for home use, and provided that they are
  1 . As soon as the ceilings fixed or calculated in                accompanied by a certificate of origin pursuant to
  accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (3 ),                 the rules laid down in Article 1 (2).
  which are laid down for Community imports of
  products originating in all of the countries referred             2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or maxi­
* to in Article 1 (2), are reached at Community level ,             mum amount only if the certificate of origin referred
  the levying of customs duties on imports of the                   to in paragraph 1 is submitted before the date on
  products in question from all the countries and                   which the levying of duties is re-introduced.
  territories concerned may at any time be re-intro­
  duced until the end of the period referred to in the
  first subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ).                            3 . The extent to which the ceilings and maximum
                                                                    amounts have been actually used up shall be deter­
                                                                    mined at Community level and in the Member States
  2. As soon as the maximum amounts determined in
                                                                    on the basis of the imports charged in accordance
  accordance with Article 1 (4) for imports into the                with paragraphs 1 and 2.
  Community of products originating in each of the
  countries or territories referred to in Article 1 (2) are
  reached at Community level for one of these countries                                     Article 4
  or territories, the Commission shall without delay
  inform the Member States of the date on which the
  normal tariff must be restored in respect of the                  1 . The Commission, in close cooperation with the
  countries or territories concerned. This information              Member States, shall take all necessary measures to
  shall be published in the Official Journal of the                 ensure that the above provisions are applied.
  European Communities.
                                                                    2. The Commission shall issue Regulations to re­
  However, when the amounts of products originating                 introduce the levying of the fiormal customs duties
  in one or other of the countries or territories indicated         within the context of the ceilings established in
  by two asterisks in column 3 of Annex A charged                   respect of all the countries and territories referred
  against the preferences reach the Community maxi­                 to in Article 1 (2).
  mum amount in one Member State, that Member
  State shall without delay re-introduce the levying of
  the normal customs duty. It shall notify the Com­                                         Article 5
  mission, which shall inform the other Member States
  of this fact, at the same time fixing the earliest date           Member States shall when requested inform the
  on which the levying of the normal tariff must be                 Commission of imports of the products in question
  re-introduced in these States also . This information
                                                                    charged against the Community ceilings and maxi­
  shall be published in the Official Journal of the                 mum amounts laid down in Article 1 (3 ) and (4).
  European Communities.
                                                                    Until the levying of the normal customs duties is
  3 . Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions,                re-introduced the information shall cover, in particu­
  where the levying of the normal customs duty is                  lar, and automatically, the returns relating to the
  re-introduced under the conditions described in
                                                                    amounts charged against the preferences during the
  Article 1 (5 ) the Member State concerned shall im­               previous 10 days, which must be forwarded within
  mediately notify the Commission, which shall without              five full days of the end of each 10-day period.
  delay inform the other Member States.
                          Article 3                                                         Article 6
  1 . Imports of the products in question shall be                  This     Regulation    shall   enter   into  force   on
  charged against the Community ceilings and                        1 January 1977.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 13 December 1976.
                                                                                    For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                    M. van der STOEL
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                                                                       ANNEX A
                   List of products originating in developing countries and territories, enjoying generalized tariff
                   preferences, in respect of which duties under the Common Customs Tariff are totally suspended
                            within the limit of Community ceilings and maximum amounts per beneficiary
                                                                country or territory (a )
                 CCT
  Order         heading                                      Description                                        Level of the maximum amounts
    No            No
                  (D                                             (2)                                                            (3 )
     1           28.27          Lead oxides ; red lead and orange lead                                20% of a ceiling of 6 474 000 u.a ., re­
                                                                                                      duced to 15 % , or 971 100 u.a. for Mexico
                                                                                                      n r)
     2           28.56          Carbides (for example, silicon carbide, boron carbide ,               50% of a ceiling of 773 000 u.a., reduced
                                metal carbides) :                                                     to 195 000 u.a. for Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                                C. Of calcium
     3           31.05          Other fertilizers ; goods of the present Chapter in                   50% of a ceiling of 3 724 000 u.a.,
                                tablets, lozenges and similar prepared forms or in                    reduced to 15% , or 558 600 u.a. for
                                packings of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg :                      Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                                A. Other fertilizers :
                                      I. Containing the three fertilizing substances :
                                          nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium
                                     II. Containing the two fertilizing substances :
                                          nitrogen and phosphorus
                                    III. Containing the two fertilizing substances :
                                          nitrogen and potassium :
                                          b) Other
                                    IV. Other
                                B. Goods of the present Chapter in tablets, lozenges
                                    and similar prepared forms or in packings of a
                                    gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
     4           39.03          Regenerated        cellulose ;  cellulose  nitrate ,   cellulose      50°/o,   reduced       to      4180u0  u.a.   for
                                acetate and other cellulose esters , cellulose ethers and             Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                                other chemical derivatives of cellulose , plasticized or
                                not ( for example , collodions , celluloid ); vulcanized
                                fibre :
                                B. Other :
                                    I. Regenerated cellulose
(a ) Manufactured and semi-finished industrial products qualifying under the ordinary arrangements for exemption or total temporary suspension of the
     Common Customs Tariff duty are only token entries as regards the Member States of the Community as originally constituted, whereas the exemption
     or suspension is directly and fully applicable by the new Member States under the present arrangements until 30 June 1977. As from 1 July 1977, the
     said products also are only token entries as regards the new Member States .
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                CCT
  Order        heading                                   Description                                            Level of the maximum amounts
    No           No
                  (D                                          (2)                                                                (3 )
     5       39.03            Regenerated      cellulose ;   cellulose      nitrate ,   cellulose      50% of a ceiling of 577 000 u.a., reduced
                              acetate and other cellulose esters , cellulose ethers and               to 92 000 u.a. for Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                              other chemical derivatives of cellulose, plasticized or
                              not ( for example, collodions, celluloid) ; vulcanized
                              fibre :
                              B. Other :
                                  11 . Cellulose nitrates
     6       48.01            Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding),                      50% of a ceiling of 31 258 000 u.a.,
                              machine-made, in rolls or sheets :                                       reduced to 15% , or 4 688 700 u.a . for
                                                                                                       Yugoslavia (*) (»*)
                              C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                  II . Other
     7       67.04 (a )        Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eye lashes, switches                    30% of a ceiling of 35 346 000 u.a.,
                               and the like, of human or animal hair or of textiles ;                   reduced to      6 147 000      u.a.  for South
                               other articles of human hair (including hair nets)                      Korea (*) (**)
      8      69.02 ( a )      Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory                  50% of a ceiling of 9 736 000 u.a .,
                              constructional goods , other than goods falling within                   reduced to 1 693 000 u.a. for Yugoslavia
                              heading No 69.01                                                          D
     9       70.05            Unworked drawn or blown glass ( including flashed                        50% of a ceiling of 2 366 000 u.a.,
                              glass ), in rectangles                                                   reduced to 411 000 u.a. for Yugoslavia
                                                                                                       (») r )
    10        70.13            Glassware (other than articles falling within heading                   30% , reduced to 15% , or 814 950 u.a .
                               No 70.19) of a kind commonly used for table, kitchen ,                  for Yugoslavia (**)
                              toilet or office purposes , for indoor decoration , or for
                              similar uses
    11        71.16           Imitation jewellery                                                      50% , reduced to 2 154 000 u.a., for
                                                                                                       Hong Kong (*) (**)
     12       73.18           Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor , of iron (other                      50% of a ceiling of 13 039 000 u.a.,
                              than of cast iron ) or steel , excluding high-pressure                    reduced to 2 289 000 u.a. for Yugoslavia
                              hydro-electric conduits                                                   n r)
    13        74.03            Wrought bars, rods , angles , shapes and sections, of                    50% of a ceiling of 6 294 000 u.a .,
                               copper ; copper wire                                                     redticed to 1 095 000 u.a. for Yugoslavia
                                                                                                        D
     14      79.03            Wrought plates , sheets and strip , of zinc ; zinc foil ; zinc            50% , reduced to 743 000                 u.a ., for
                              powders and flakes :                                                     Yugoslavia (**)
                              A. Plates , sheets , strip and foil
(a) Products originating in Romania and which fall within this tariff heading are also eligible for Community preferential tariff arrangements .
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                CCT
                                                        Description                                            Level of the maximum amounts
   Order       heading
    No           No
                  (1)                                        (2)                                                             (3 )
     15      84.41 (a )       Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for                     50% , reduced to 243 000 u.a . for Yugo­
                              sewing machines ; sewing machine needles :                             slavia (**)
                              A. Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for
                                  sewing machines :
                                  III. Parts, including furniture specially designed
                                       for sewing machines
     16      85.01            Electrical goods of the following descriptions : gener­                40% of a ceiling of 17 166 000 u.a.,
                              ators , motors , converters (rotary or static), transformers ,         reduced to 15% , or 2 574 900 u.a. for
                             rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors :                        Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                             A. Generators, motors (whether or not equipped with
                                 speed reducing, changing or step-up gear) and
                                 rotary converters :
                                 II. Other
     17      85.10           Portable electric battery and magneto lamps , other                     50% of a ceiling of 4 409 000 u.a .,
                             than lamps falling within heading No 85.09 :                           reduced to 944 000 u.a. for Hong Kong
                             B. Other                      '                                         n r)
     18      85.23           Insulated (including enamelled or anodized) electric                    20% of a ceiling of 11 118 000 u.a .,
                             wire, cable , bars , strip and the like ( including co-axial            reduced to 15 % , or 1 667 700 u.a . for
                             cable), whether or not fitted with connectors                           Yugoslavia (*) (**)
     19      87.14           Other vehicles (including trailers), not mechanically                   50% , reduced to 15% , or 2 068 050 u.a .,
                             propelled , and parts thereof :                                        for Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                             B. Trailers and semi-trailers :
                                 II . Other
    20      90.05 ( a )      Refracting telescopes        (monocular and binocular),                 30% , reduced to 15% , or 687 600 u.a .
                             prismatic or not                                                        for South Korea (**) and Hong Kong (**)
    21      92.11 (a)        Gramophones, dictating machines and other sound                         20% of a ceiling of 19 911 000 u.a .,
                             recorders and reproducers, including record players                     reduced to 15% , or 2 986 650 u.a . for
                             and tape decks , with or without sound heads ; television               Hong Kong (**)
                             image and sound recorders and reproducers , magnetic :
                             A. Sound recorders and reproducers
(a) Products originating in Romania and which fall within this tariff heading are also eligible for Community preferential tariff arrangements .
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                CCT
 Order        heading                                       Description                                              Level of the maximum amounts
   No            No
                 (D                                              (2)                                                                 (3 )
   22                                                                                                      20% of a ceiling of 18 616 000 u.a.,
            97.02 ( a)        Dolls
                                                                                                           reduced to 15% , or 2 792 400 u.a . for
                                                                                                           Hong Kong (*) (**)
   23       97.03             Other toys ; working models of a kind used for                              20% of a ceiling of 54 762 000 u.a.,
                              recreational purposes                                                        reduced to 15% , or 8 214 300 u.a. for
                                                                                                          Hong Kong (*) (**)
   24       97.05 (b)         Carnival articles ; entertainment articles ( for example,                   20% , reduced to 15% , or 1 065 000 u.a .,
                              conjuring tricks and novelty jokes); Christmas tree                         for Hong Kong (**)
                              decorations and similar articles for Christmas festivities
                              (for example, artificial Christmas trees, Christmas
                               stockings, imitation Yule-logs , Nativity scenes and
                               figures therefor)
    25      98.12              Vacuum Hasks and other vacuum vessels, complete                            50 % , reduced to 199 000 u.a. for Hong
                               with cases ; parts thereof, other than glass inners                         Kong (**)
(a) Products originating in Romania and which fall within this tariff heading are also eligible for Community preferential tariff arrangement -!.
(b) Products originating in Romania and which fall within this tariff heading (excluding Christmas tree decorations and similar articles for Christmas festivities
    (for example, artificial Christmas trees , Christmas stockings, imitation Yule-logs , Nativity scenes and figures therefor), of glass) are also eligible for
    Community preferential tariff arrangements .
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                                                       ANNEX B
                   List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                           I. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                               Guyana                                    Philippines
Algeria                                   Haiti                                     Qatar
Angola                                    Honduras                                  Rwanda
Argentina                                 India                                     Sao Tome and Principe
Bahamas                                   Indonesia                                 Saudi Arabia
Bahrain                                   Iran                                      Senegal
Bangladesh                                Iraq                                      Seychelles
Barbados                                  Ivory Coast                               Sierra Leone
India                                     Jamaica                                   Singapore
Bhutan                                    Jordan                                    Somalia
Bolivia                                   Kenya                                     Sri Lanka
Botswana                                  Khmer Republic                            Sudan
Brazil                                    Korea (South)                             Surinam
Burma                                     Kuwait
                                                                                    Swaziland
                                          Laos
Burundi                                                                             Syria
                                          Lebanon
Cameroon                                                                            Tanzania
                                          Lesotho
Cape Verde Islands                                                                  Thailand
                                          Liberia
Central African Republic                                                            Togo
Chad                                      Libya
                                                                                    Tonga
Chile                                     Malagasy Republic
                                                                                    Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia                                  Malawi
                                                                                    Tunisia
Comoros                                   Malaysia
                                                                                    Uganda
                                          Maldive Islands
Congo, People's Republic of                                                         United Arab Emirates :
Costa Rica                                Mali
                                                                                          Abu Dhabi
Cuba                                      Mauritania                                      Dubai
                                          Mauritius                                       Ras al Khaimah
Cyprus
                                          Mexico                                          Fujairah
Dominican Republic
Ecuador                                   Morocco                                         Ajman
Egypt, Arab Republic of                   Mozambique                                      Sharjah
El Salvador                               Nauru                                           Ummal Qaiwain
                                                                                    Upper Volta
Equatorial Guinea                         Nepal
                                                                                    Uruguay
Ethiopia                                  Nicaragua
                                                                                    Venezuela
Fiji                                      Niger
                                                                                    Vietnam
Gabon                                     Nigeria
                                                                                    Western Samoa
Gambia                                    Oman
                                                                                    Yemen, People's Democratic
Ghana                                     Pakistan                                  Republic of
Grenada                                   Panama                                    Yemen Arab Republic
Guatemala                                 Papua New Guinea                          Yugoslavia
Guinea                                    Paraguay                                  Zaire
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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
            Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
            Australian Antarctic Territory
            Belize
            Bermuda
            British Antarctic Territory
            British Indian Ocean Territory (Aldabra, Farquhar, Chagos Archipelago, Desroches)
            British Pacific Ocean (*)
            Brunei
            Cayman Islands and Dependencies
            Christmas Island
            Cocos (Keeling) Islands
            Corn Islands and Swan Islands
            Falkland Islands and Dependencies
            French Polynesia
            French Southern and Antarctic Territories
            Gibraltar
            Heard Island and McDonald Islands
            Hong Kong
            Leeward Islands (*)
             Macao
            Mayotte
            Netherlands Antilles
            New Caledonia and Dependencies
             Norfolk Island
             Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (')
             Portuguese Timor
             St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
             Spanish territories in Africa
             Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niue Island, Tokelau Islands
                  and Ross Dependency)
             Turks and Caicos Islands
             Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John, etc.)
             Wallis and Futuna Islands
             Windward Islands (4)
             Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­
                       national status of countries or territories.
             (l) Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides Condominium, and Pitcairn Islands.
              (') Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands.
             (') 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).
              (*) Dominica , St Lucia , St Vincent .