CELEX: 31969D0263
Language: en
Date: 1969-07-28 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 28 July 1969 on the conclusion of an Agreement with the Republic of South Africa negotiated under Article XXVIII (1) of GATT

244                                   Official Journal of the European Communities
No L 206/26                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                 15.8.69
                                                  COUNCIL DECISION
                                                       of 2« July 1969
               on the conclusion of an Agreement with the Republic of South Africa negotiated             Ar­
                                                 ticle XXVffl ( 1) ofGATT
                                                        (69/263/EEC)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Artidel
 Economic Community, and in particular Articles 111 ,             The Agreement negotiated with the Republic of South
.1 14 and 228 thereof;                                            Africa under Article XXVm ( 1) of the General Agree­
                                                                  ment on Tariffs and Trade is concluded on behalf of the
Having regard to the Council Decision of 5 December               European Economic Community; the text of the Agree­
 1961 ;                                                           ment is annexed to this Decision.
Having regard to the report from the Commission;                                           AftideZ
                                                                  The Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on
Whereas, in accordance with Article XXVIII ( 1) of the
                                                                  Tariffs and Trade shall be notified of the conclusion of
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, the Republic
of South Africa has notified its wish to withdraw conces­         this Agreement­
sions affecting the European Economic Community;
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 28 July 1969.
whereas that withdrawal has been the subject of negotia­
tions for compensatory adjustment;
                                                                                                    For the Council
Whereas the concessions offered by the Republic of
South Africa in compensation for those withdrawn are                                                  ThePresident
satisfactory,                                                                                        P.LARDINOIS
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                                                       ANNEX
                            Negotiations Relating to Schedule XVm - South Africa
The Delegations of South Africa and the Commission of the European Communities have concluded
their negotiations under Article XXVIII for the modification or withdrawal of concessions provided
for in Schedule XVIII as set out in the report attached.
         For the Delegation of South Africa                        For the Delegation of the Commission of the
                                                                            European Communities
                                              • 6 February 1969.
 Results of negotiations and consultations with the Commission of the European Communities under Article
           XXVin for the modification or withdrawal of concessions in the Schedule of South Africa
                         CHANGES IN SCHEDULE XVIII - SOUTH AFRICA
 A. CONCESSIONS TO BE WITHDRA WN
    Tariff
                                                                                                  Rates of duty
                                               Description of products                              bound in
  item No
                                                                                                existing schedule
 ex 17.02              Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey ( whether or not
                       mixed with natural honey) ; caramel :
                            Golden syrup                                                        45c per 100 lb
 ex 20.04              Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar
                       (drained, glacé or crystallized) :
                            Drained glacé cherries                                                      free
 ex 28.47              Salts of metallic acids (for example, chromâtes, permangana­
                       tes, stannates) :
                           Potassium permanganate in containers of not less than
                            10 lb each                                                                 free
ex 29.16 .             Alcohol-acids, aldehyde-acids, ketone-acids, phenol-acids,
                       and other single or complex oxygen-function acids, and
                       their anhydrides, acid halides, acid peroxides and peracids,
                       and their halogenated, sulphònated, nitrated or nitrosated
                       derivatives :
                           Acids :
                               Citric acid :
                                   In containers of less than 10 lb each                               15 %
                                ~ In containers of not less than 10 lb each                     '      15 %
                               Salicylic acid                                                        ■ 15 %
ex 29.31              Organo-suph ur compounds :
                           Potassium xanthates in containers of not less than 10 lb
                           each                                                                        free
ex 32.13              Writing ink, printing ink and other inks :
                           Printing ink, not put up for use on office machines                         free
                           Machine ruling ink, in powder form                                         free
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          Tari IT                                                                             Rates of duty
        item No                              Description of products                             bound in
                                                                                            existing schedule
     ex 73.27        Gauze, cloth, grill , netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and
                    similar materials, of iron or steel wire :
                        Gauze, sieving and screening, of metal , for use in con­
                        nection with machinery ; woven wire screening for min­
                        ing purposes ; rubber-coated metal screening in sheets
                        for industrial or mining purposes                                         free
     ex 82.02       Saws (non-mechanical) and blades for hand or machine saws
                    (including toothless saw blades) :
                        Serrated saw banding                                                       3 %
     ex 82.05       Interchangeable tools for hand tools, for machine tools or
                    for power-operated hand tools (for example, for pressing,
                    stamping, drilling, tapping, threading, boring, broaching,
                    milling, cutting, turning, dressing, morticing or screw driv­
                    ing), including dies for wire drawing, extrusion dies for metal ,
                    and rock-drilling bits :
                        Taps and dies                                                              3%
     ex 84.11      Air pumps, vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors ( in­
                   cluding motor and turbo pumps and compressors, and free­
                   piston generators for gas turbines) ; fans, blowers and the like :
                       Air compressors                                                             3 %
    ex 84.23        Excavating, levelling, tamping, boring and extracting ma­
                   chinery, stationary or mobile, for earth , minerals or ores (for
                   example, mechanical shovels, coal-cutters, excavators, scra­
                   pers, levellers and bulldozers) ; . pile-drivers , snowploughs,
                   not self-propelled (including snowplough attachments):
                       Mechanical excavators and loaders, identifiable for use
                       solely or principally for earth-moving purposes (exclud­
                       ing machinery identifiable for use solely or principally
                       for mining purposes)                                                       10%
                   Note: There shall be no preference on this item
    ex 85.15       Radiotelegraphic and radiotéléphonie transmission and re­
                   ception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting and television trans­
                   mission and reception apparatus (including those incorpo­
                   rating gramophones) and television cameras ; radio-naviga­
                   tional and apparatus, radar apparatus and radio remote con­
                   trol apparatus ;
                       Radio receiving sets incorporating gramophones                            25%
    ex 93.07      Cartridges (blank) suitable for use in captive-bolt humane
                  killers or stunners                                                            free
    B. CONCESSIONS TO BE MODIFIED
    C. NEW CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS IN THE EXISTING SCHEDULE
        TarifT
                                                                            Rates of duty    Rates of duty
                                        Description of products               bound in
      item No                                                                                 to be bound
                                                                          existing schedule
    ex 24.02       Manufactured tobacco ; tobacco extracts and
                   essences ;
                       Cigars and cigarillos                                80c per lb       60c per lb
    ex 84.23      Excavating, levelling, tamping, boring and ex­
                  tracting machinery, stationary or mobile, fo·
                  earth , minerals or ores (for example, mechanici
                  shovels, coal-cutters, excavators, scrapers, level
                  Iers, and bulldozers); pile-drivers ; snowploughs,
                  not self-propelled (including snowplough attach­
                  ments) :
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                                                                    Rates of duty          Rates of
    Tariff
                               Description of products                bound in             duty to
  item No
                                                                  existing schedule       be bound
                  Mechanical excavators and loaders identifi­
                  able for earth-moving purposes (excluding
                  machinery identifiable for use solely or prin­
                  cipally for mining purposes)                           10%
              Note: There shall be no preference on this item
ex 84.53      Statistical machines of a kind operated in con­
              junction with punched cards (for example, sort­
              ing, calculating and tabulating machines); ac­
              counting machines operated in conjunction with
              similar punched cards ; auxiliary machines for
              use with such machines (for example, punching
              and checking machines) :
                  Electronic digital computers                           2%                 free
D. NEW CONCESSIONS ON ITEMS NOT IN EXISTING SCHEDULE
    Tariff                                                          Rates of duty          Rate» of
  item No                      Description of products                at present           duty to
                                                                        in. force         be bound
ex 28.23      Iron oxides and hydroxides ; earth colours con­
              taining 70 per cent or more by weight of com­
              bined iron evaluated as Fe203 :
                  Iron oxides                                      15 %               10%
ex 73.26      Barbed wire, of iron or steel ; twisted hoop or
             single fiat wire, barbed or not, and loosely twisted
             double wire, of kinds used for fencing, of iron or
             steel :
                  Barbed wire :
                      Having a breaking strength of less than
                      168 000 lb per sq in                         83 l /3c per       10 % plus 83
                                                                   2 0001b            1 / 3c per
                                                                                      2 0001b
ex 74.15     Bolts and nuts (including bolt ends and screw
             studs), whether or not threaded or tapped, and
             screws (including screws hooks and screw rings),
             of copper ; rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers
             and spring washers, of copper :
                  Woodscrews                                       3 % plus         • 3 % plus
                                                                   5c per lb          5c per lb