CELEX: 31975R3009
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3009/75 of the Council of 17 November 1975 opening and providing for the administration of preferential Community tariff ceilings for certain products originating in developing countries

60                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                             29 . 11 . 75
                             REGULATION (EEC) No 3009/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 17 November 1975
              opening and providing for the administration of preferential Community tariff ceilings
                                for certain products originating in developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          available, provided that this entails no reduction in
                                                                  the ceiling;
Having regard to the Treaty               establishing the
European Economic Community;                                      Whereas the offer made by the Community includes
                                                                  a clause stating that the Community drew up the
                                                                  offer on the assumption that all the main indu­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               strialized countries which are members of the OECD
                                                                  would participate in granting preferences and would
                                                                  make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                      moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked
Parliament (*);                                                   out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of
                                                                  a temporary nature, does not constitute a binding
                                                                  commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD , the                       wholly or in part at a later date; whereas this
European Economic Community offered to grant                      possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished                  remedying any unfavourable situations which might
products coming from developing countries ; whereas               arise in the ACP States following the implementation
the preferential treatment proposed in that offer                 of the generalized preference scheme;
covers, generally speaking, all finished and semi­
finished industrial products covered by Chapters 25
to 99 of the Brussels Nomenclature which originate                Whereas, moreover, the conference of the Heads of
in developing countries ; whereas the preference                  State or of Government of the Member States and
consists in the granting of exemption from customs                the States acceding to the European Communities
duties ; whereas preferential imports are effected up             held in Paris from 19 to 21 October 1972 invited
to the level of ceilings calculated by value in respect           the Community institutions and the Member States
of each product on the basis of factors which are                 progressively   to   adopt   an    overall   policy of
uniform for all the products ; whereas in order that              development cooperation on a world-wide scale
the preferences granted to the most competitive                   comprising in particular the improvement of
developing country or countries should be restricted              generalized preferences with the aim of achieving
and that a substantial share should be reserved for               a steady increase in imports of manufactures from
the least competitive, preferential imports from any              the developing countries ;
one developing country in respect of a given product
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
                                                                  out above and whereas these preferences should
Whereas, in the offer made by the Community, the                  continue to be applied throughout 1976 ; whereas,
annual ceilings should normally be calculated on the              having regard to the terms of the offer concerned
basis of the total value for 1968 cif imports from                and to . the need to improve the generalized
the countries benefiting from this scheme, excluding              preferences, the abovementioned basic amount
those already enjoying various preferential tariff                should normally refer to 1971 , while the additional
arrangements granted by the Community (basic                      amount refers to 1972 ; whereas moreover, these same
amount), plus 5% of the value of cif imports from                 reference years have already been used for calculating
the other countries and from the countries already                the annual ceilings for the 1975 preferences year ;
enjoying such arrangements (additional amount );                  whereas, since there are no Community reference data
whereas such additional amount is variable and is                 for more recent periods and in order to ensure none
calculated each year on the basis of the latest figures           the less that there is an appropriate improvement in
                                                                  the preferences in 1976, the ceilings calculated on the
                                                                  basis of the abovementioned reference years are to
H OJ No C 257, 10 . 11 . 1975 , p. 30 .                           be increased by 15% for the 1976 preferences year;
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Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the                   manufactured products eligible for the Community
Act of Accession (1 ) the generalized tariff preference          preferences scheme ; whereas, in addition, in order
scheme became fully applicable in the new Member                 to ensure that the new maximum amounts are not
States on 1 January 1974;                                        less than those fixed hitherto, the abovementioned
                                                                 maximum amount of 15% shall in general only
                                                                 apply or shall only become applicable where, in
Whereas it is expedient, therefore, in respect of the            absolute value, it is higher than the level fixed for
products referred to in Annex A which originate                  the 1974 preferences ;
in the countries and territories listed in Annex B,
that the Community should allow, for each category
of these products and throughout 1976, duty-free
imports within the limits of the Community ceilings              Whereas, furthermore, for some of the . products
calculated in the manner set out above; whereas the              affected by the fixing of the maximum amount at
benefit of such tariff exemption should be reserved               15% , this improvement is conditional upon the
                                                                 introduction of measures calculated to encourage the
for products originating in the countries and                    principal suppliers benefiting from the system to
territories  under      consideration,   the    concept  of      ensure a balanced distribution of their deliveries
'originating products' being determined in accord­
ance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of               throughout the Community instead of concentrating
Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 (2) of                        them in specific areas, or even in one single area
27 June 1968 on the common definition of the                     of the Community ; whereas to this end general
concept of the origin of goods; whereas charges                  provision should be made for the levying of the
                                                                 normal customs duties to be re-introduced in a
against each of these ceilings must, as a general
rule, come within a maximum Community amount                     Member State when preferential imports originating
of 50% in respect of the products originating in                 in a single beneficiary country or territory reach
any of the abovementioned countries ; whereas,                   50% of the maximum amount envisaged above ;
                                                                 whereas this measure does not interfere with the
however, in order to ensure that all the countries
and territories in question are able to benefit from             immediate re-introduction of the levying of the
this preferential system, the Community maximum                  normal customs duties at Community level when
amount should, for certain products, be reduced to               preferential imports reach the Community maximum
20 or 30% ;                                                      amounts ; whereas, as regards the Community
                                                                 ceilings, there is nothing to prevent provisions being
                                                                 made only for the possibility of the Community's
Whereas preferential Community tariff quotas were                re-introducing the levying of the normal customs
previously granted for all the products listed in                duties when the said ceilings are reached at Com­
Annex A ; whereas experience in recent years has                 munity level ;
shown that this improvement in the Community
preferences scheme can only be achieved if an effort
is made to ensure a more balanced distribution of                Whereas, under these circumstances, these objectives
the advantages granted to all the beneficiary countries          may be reached by applying a method of
and territories ; whereas for this reason and in order           administration based on the charging, at Community
to afford each of them equal opportunity to benefit              level, against the abovementioned ceilings and
from the preferential ceilings, it seems adequate to             maximum amounts, of imports of the products
limit to 15% the maximum amount for each of the                  concerned as and when these products are entered
beneficiary countries and territories which have                 for home use and are accompanied by a certificate
either reached the maximum amount for a given                    of origin ; whereas this method of administration
product in 1972 and 1973, or which, according to                 must make provision for the re-introduction of the
the most up-to-date statistics available, supply the             levying of customs duties as soon as the said ceilings
Community with at least 40% of its imports of the                or maximum amounts are reached at Community
product in question from the beneficiary countries               level ;
and territories as a whole; however, in order to
avoid damaging the interests of the less favoured of
these beneficiary countries and territories the 15%              Whereas such method of administration calls for
limit will not be applied in the case of those which             very close and particularly rapid cooperation
have a very low per capita national product, or                  between Member States and the Commission, which
which for a given product have charged against the               must, in particular, be able to observe every 10 days
preferences an amount representing at least 10% of               the extent to which charges are made against the
their deliveries to the Community of industrial                  ceilings and maximum amounts and inform Member
                                                                 States thereof; whereas such cooperation should be
                                                                 particularly close in view of the need for the Com­
(*) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14.                            mission to be able to take appropriate measures to
(2) OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1 .                             re-introduce the levying of customs duties either
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 generally or individually when any of the ceilings            5 . However, in the case of the products originating
 or maximum amounts are reached ;                              in the beneficiary countries or territories indicated
                                                               by an asterisk in column 3 of Annex A, the amount
                                                               charged against the preferences in a single Member
 Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom             State shall be limited to 50% of the maximum laid
 of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of                     down in paragraph 4. The normal customs duties
 Luxembourg are united in and represented by the               shall again be levied as soon as this level is reached,
 Benelux Economic Union, the provisions governing              unless the Member State concerned previously
 the maximum amounts concern that Economic Union               notifies the Commission that it does not intend to
 as a whole and any operation relating thereto may             avail itself of this limitation for all or some of the
 be carried out by one of its members,                         products concerned. The Commission shall inform
                                                               the Member States of this fact without delay.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                 6. Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
                                                               addition of new countries enjoying tariff preferences,
                        Article 1
                                                               may entail a corresponding adjustment to the
                                                               Community ceilings and the maximum amounts
                                                               referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4.
 1 . From 1 January to 31 December            1976    the
Common Customs Tariff duties and the tariff duties
of the new Member States on the products listed
in Annex A shall be totally suspended, subject to                                       Article 2
the provisions of Articles 2 and 4 (2) of this
Regulation.
                                                               1 . As soon as the ceilings calculated in accordance
                                                              with the provisions of Article 1 (3 ), which are laid
2. This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by pro­            down for Community imports of products originating
ducts originating in the countries and territories listed     in all of the countries referred to in Article 1 (2),
in Annex B. However, imports already enjoying                  are reached at Community level, the levying of customs
exemption from customs duties under other preferen­           duties on imports of the products in question from
tial tariff arrangements granted by the Community             all the countries and territories concerned may at any
shall not be charged against the ceilings specified in        time be re-introduced until the end of the period
paragraph 3 . For the purposes of the application              referred to in the first subparagraph of Article 1 ( 1 ).
of this Regulation, the concept of originating
products shall be determined in accordance with
the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation           2 . As soon as the maximum amounts determined in
 (EEC) No 802/68 .                                            accordance with Article 1 (4) for imports into the
                                                              Community of products originating in each of the
                                                              countries or territories referred to in Article 1 (2) are
3 . Subject to the provisions of Articles 2 and 4 (2)         reached at Community level for one of these countries
this suspension shall be granted, in respect of each          or territories, the Commission shall without delay
category of products within a Community ceiling               inform the Member States of the date on which the
which shall be expressed in units of account and              normal tariff must be restored in respect of the
which shall be equal to 115% of the amount obtained           countries or territories concerned. This information
by adding together the values of cif imports in 1971          shall be published in the Official Journal of the
of the products concerned, to the Community from              European Communities.
the countries and territories enjoying these
arrangements, excluding those already enjoying
various preferential tariff arrangements granted by           However, when the amounts of products originating
the Community, and 5% of the value of cif imports             in one or other of the countries or territories indicated
in 1972 from other countries and from countries               by two asterisks in column 3 of Annex A charged
and territories already enjoying such arrangements.           against the preferences reach the Community maxi­
                                                              mum amount in one Member State, that Member
                                                              State shall without delay re-introduce the levying of
4. Subject to the provisions of Articles 2 and 4 (2),         the normal customs duty. It shall notify the Com­
within each ceiling thus calculated, charges of               mission, which shall inform the other Member States
products originating in any one of the countries or           of this fact, at the same time fixing the earliest date
territories listed in Annex B should not exceed a             on which the levying of the normal tariff must be
Community maximum amount expressed as a per­                  re-introduced in these States also. This information
centage or in units of account against each of the            shall be published in the Official Journal of the
products in column 3 of Annex A.                              European Communities.
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3. Without prejudice to the foregoing provisions,                                       Article 4
where the levying of the normal customs duty is
re-introduced under the conditions described in                1 . The Commission, in close cooperation with the
Article 1 (5 ) the Member State concerned shall im­            Member States, shall take all necessary measures to
mediately notify the Commission, which shall without           ensure that the above provisions are applied.
delay inform the other Member States.
                                                               2. The Commission shall issue Regulations to re­
                                                               introduce the levying of the normal customs duties
                                                               within the context of the ceilings established in
                                                               respect of all the countries and territories referred
                       Article 3
                                                               to in Article 1 (2).
                                                                                        Article 5
1 . Imports of the products in question shall be
actually charged against the Community ceilings and            Member States shall inform the Commission at
maximum amounts as and when the products are
                                                               regular intervals of imports of the products in
entered for home use, and provided that they are
                                                               question actually charged against the Community
accompanied by a certificate of origin pursuant to             ceilings and maximum amounts laid down in
the rules laid down in Article 1 (2).
                                                               Article 1 (3 ) and (4).
2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or maxi­             Until the levying of the normal customs duties is
mum amount only if the certificate of origin referred          re-introduced the information shall cover, in particu­
to in paragraph 1 is submitted before the date on              lar, the returns relating to the amounts actually
 which the levying of duties is re-introduced.                 charged against the preferences during the. previous
                                                               10 days, which must be forwarded within five full
                                                               days of the end of each 10-day period.
3 . The extent to which the ceilings and maximum
amounts have been actually used up shall be deter­                                      Article 6
 mined at Community level and in the Member States
 on the basis of the imports charged in accordance             This    Regulation      shall   enter  into force   on
 with paragraphs 1 and 2.                                       1 January 1976.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels , 17 November 1975.
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                        The President
                                                                                        E. COLOMBO
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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
                  ( 1)                                          (2)                                                           (3 )
     1           28.27         Lead oxides ; red lead and orange lead                                 20 °/o, reduced to 834 000 u.a. for
                                                                                                      Mexico (*) (**)
     2           28.56          Carbides (for example, silicon carbide, boron carbide,               50% , reduced to 195 000 u.a. for
                                metal carbides ) ;                                                   Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                                C. Of calcium
     3          31.05          Other fertilizers ; goods of the present Chapter in                   50% , reduced to 536 000 u.a. for
                               tablets, lozenges and similar prepared forms or in                    Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                               packings of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg :
                               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 or a
                                   gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
    4           39.03          Regenerated cellulose ; cellulose nitrate, cellulose                  50% , reduced to 418 000 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.
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                CCT
   Order       heading                                     Description                                                 Level of the maximum amounts
     No           No
                  (1)                                          ( 2)                                                                  (3 )
      5      39.03              Regenerated cellulose ; cellulose nitrate, cellulose                        50% , reduced to 92 000 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 :
                                     II. Cellulose nitrates
      6      40.11              Rubber tyres , tyre cases , interchangeable tyre treads ,                    50% , reduced to 3 701 000 u.a . for
                                inner tubes and tyre flaps, for wheels of all kinds                          Yugoslavia (*) (**)
      7      46.03              Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles of plaiting                        20 %>
                                materials, made directly to shape ; articles made up
                                from goods falling within heading No 46.01 or 46.02 ;
                                articles of loofah
      8      48.01              Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding),                          50 % , reduced to 15 % for Yugoslavia
                                machine-made, in rolls or sheets :                                           n r>
                                 C. Kraft paper and kraft board :
                                     II . Other (1)
       9     66.01              Umbrellas and sunshades (including walking-stick                             50% , reduced to 1 354 000 u.a. for
                                umbrellas , umbrella tents, and garden and similar                           Hong Kong (*) (**)
                                umbrellas)
      10      67.04 (a)          Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eye lashes, switches                       30% , reduced to 6 147 000 u.a . for
                                 and the like, of human or animal hair or of textiles ;                      South Korea (*) (**)
                                 other articles of human hair (including hair nets)
     11       69.02 (a)         Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory                      50% , reduced to 1 693 000 u.a . for
                                constructional goods, other than goods falling within                        Yugoslavia (**)
                                heading No 69.01
     12       69.11             Tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used                         50 % , reduced to 15 % for Macao (*) (**)
                                for domestic or toilet purposes, of porcelain or china
                                (including biscuit porcelain and parian)
     13      70.05              Unworked drawn or blown glass (including flashed                             50% , reduced to 411 000 u.a . for
                                glass), in rectangles                                                        Yugoslavia (*) (**)
(a) Products originating in Romania and which fall within this tariff heading are also eligible for Community preferential tariff arrangements .
 (l) For products falling within this subheading, the Community ceiling referred to in Article 1 (4) is fixed at 30 427 000 u.a.
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                CCT
   Order      heading                                      Description                                                 Level of the maximum amounts
    No           No
                  (1)                                          (2 )                                                                  (3 )
     14      70.13               Glassware (other than articles falling within heading                       30% , reduced to 658 000 u.a . for
                                No 70.19) of a kind commonly used for table, kitchen,                        Yugoslavia (**)
                                toilet or office purposes , for indoor decoration , or for
                                similar uses
     15      71.16              Imitation jewellery                                                          50% , reduced to 2 154 000 u.a . for Hong
                                                                                                             Kong (*) (**)
     16      73.18              Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other                          50% , reduced to 2 289 000 u.a . for
                                than of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure                         Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                                hydro-electric conduits ( l )
     17      74.03              Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections , of                     50% , reduced to 1 095 000 u.a . for
                                copper ; copper wire                                                         Yugoslavia (**)
     18      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
     19      84.41 (a)          Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for                           50% , reduced to 243 000 u.a. for
                               sewing machines ; sewing machine needles :                                    Yugoslavia (**)
                               A. Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for
                                    sewing machines :
                                    III . Parts, including furniture specially designed
                                          for sewing machines
     20      85.01             Electrical goods of the following descriptions : gener­                      50% , reduced to 2 091 000 u.a. for
                               ators , motors, converters (rotary or static), transformers,                 Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                               rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors :
                               A. Generators, motors (whether or not equipped with
                                    speed reducing, changing or step-up gear) and
                                    rotary converters :
                                    II. Other
    21       85.10             Portable electric battery and magneto lamps, other                           50% , reduced to 944 000 u.a. for
                               than lamps falling within heading No 85.09 :                                 Hong Kong (*) (**)
                               B. Other
    22       85.23             Insulated ( including enamelled or anodized) electric                        20 %>, reduced to           1 442 000 u.a. for
                               wire, cable, bars, strip and the like (including co-axial                    Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                               cable), whether or not fitted with connectors
(a) Products originating in Romania and which fall within this tariff heading are also eligible for Community preferential tariff arrangements.
 (') For products falling within this heading, the Community ceiling referred to in Article 1 (4) is fixed at 13 039 000 u.a.
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                 CCT
                                                            Description                                              Level of the maximum amounts
  Order        heading
    No            No
                  (1)                                            (2)                                                                  (3)
    23        87.14            Other vehicles (including trailers), not mechanically                       50% , reduced to 1 710 000 u.a. for
                               propelled, and parts thereof :                                              Yugoslavia (*) (**)
                               B. Trailers and semi-trailers :
                                   II. Other
    24       90.05 (a )        Refracting telescopes          (monocular and binocular),                   30% , reduced to 15% for South Korea (**),
                               prismatic or not                                                            for Hong Kong (**) and for Macao (**)
    25       92.11 (a)         Gramophones, dictating machines and other sound                             50% , reduced to 15% for Hong Kong (**)
                               recorders and reproducers, including record players
                               and tape decks, with or without sound heads ; television
                              image and sound recorders and reproducers, magnetic :
                               A. Sound recorders and reproducers
    26       97.02 ( a)       Dolls                                                                        20% , reduced to 2 367 000 u.a. for
                                                                                                           Hong Kong (**)
    27        97.03            Other toys ; working models of a kind used for                              20% , reduced to 6 724 000 u.a. for
                               recreational purposes                                                       Hong Kong (*) (**)
    28        97.05 (b)        Carnival articles ; entertainment articles (for example,                    20% , reduced to 806 000 u.a . for
                               conjuring tricks and novelty jokes); Christmas tree                         Hong Kong (**)
                              decorations and similar articles for Christmas festivities
                               (for example, artificial Christmas trees, Christmas
                               stockings, imitation Yule-logs, Nativity scenes and
                               figures therefor)
    29        98.15            Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete                            50% , reduced to 199 000 u.a . for
                               with cases ; parts thereof, other than glass inners                         Hong Kong (**)
(a) Products originating in Romania and which fall within this tariff heading are also eligible for Community preferential tariff arrangements .
(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                              Haiti                                      Qatar
Algeria                                  Honduras                                   Rwanda
Argentina                                India                                      Saudi Arabia
Bahamas                                  Indonesia                                  Senegal
Bahrain                                  Iran                                       Sierra Leone
Bangladesh                               Iraq                                       Singapore
Barbados                                 Ivory Coast                                Somalia
Bhutan                                   Jamaica                                    Sri Lanka
Bolivia                                  Jordan                                     Sudan
Botswana                                 Kenya                                      Surinam
Brazil                                   Khmer Republic                             Swaziland
Burma                                    Korea (South)                              Syria
Burundi                                  Kuwait                                     Tanzania
Cameroon                                 Laos                                       Thailand
Cape Verde Islands                       Lebanon                                    Togo
Central African Republic                 Lesotho                                    Tonga
Chad                                     Liberia                                    Trinidad and Tobago
Chile                                    Libya                                      Tunisia
Colombia                                 Malagasy Republic                          Uganda
Congo, People's Republic of              Malawi                                     United Arab Emirates:
Costa Rica                               Malaysia                                        Abu Dhabi
Cuba                                     Maldive Islands                                 Dubai
Cyprus                                   Mali                                            Ras al Khaimah
Dahomey                                  Mauritania                                      Fujairah
Dominican Republic                       Mauritius                                       Ajman
Ecuador                                  Mexico                                          Sharjah
Egypt, Arab Republic of                  Morocco                                         Ummal Qaiwain
El Salvador                              Nauru                                      Upper Volta
Equatorial Guinea                        Nepal                                      Uruguay
Ethiopia                                 Nicaragua                                  Venezuela
Fiji                                     Niger                                      Vietnam, Republic of
Gabon                                    Nigeria                                    Western Samoa
Gambia                                   Oman                                       Yemen, People's Democratic
Ghana                                    Pakistan                                   Republic of
Grenada                                  Panama
                                                                                    Yemen Arab Republic
Guatemala                                Papua New Guinea                           Yugoslavia
                                                                                    Zaïre
Guinea                                   Paraguay
Guinea Bissau                            Peru                                       Zambia
Guyana                                   Philippines
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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)
            Angola (including Cabinda)
            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
            Comoro Archipelago
            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
            Mozambique
            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)
            Saint Pierre and Miquelon
            Sâo Tome and Principe
            Seychelles (including Amirantes)
            Sikkim
            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 {*)
            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.