CELEX: 31976R0158
Language: en
Date: 1976-01-20 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 158/76 of 20 January 1976 on the system for guaranteeing the stabilization of earnings from certain commodities exported by the ACP States and the overseas countries and territories associated with the Community

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                                      COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 158 /76
                                                     of 20 January 1976
               on the system for guaranteeing the stabilization of earnings from certain
               commodities exported by the ACP States and the overseas countries and territo­
                                          ries associated with the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                      — from the ACP States listed in Annex I to Regula­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          tion ( EEC) No 1598/75 (') until the Convention
                                                                      enters into force and thereafter from the ACP
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 States to which the Convention applies ;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 213
                                                                 — from the countries and territories listed in Annex I
thereof,
                                                                      to Regulation (EEC) No 1 957/75 (2 ) and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                   subsequently from those covered by the Decision
                                                                      to be adopted by the Council on the association of
Whereas     the ACP-EEC         Convention    of  Lome was
                                                                      the countries and. territories .
signed on 28 February 1975 ;
Whereas Article 17 of the Convention establishes the                                        A rtic/e 2
list of commodities covered by the system for stabi­
lizing export earnings of the ACP States ;                       The statement referred to in Article 1 shall give
                                                                 details of all products :
Whereas it is proposed to extend this system to the              — which are released for home uje in the Member
overseas countries and territories associated with the
                                                                      State concerned ,
Community, hereinafter called the 'countries and terri­
tories' ;                                      ...               — which arf brought under the inward processing
                                                                      arrangements there in order to be processed .
Whereas it is necessary to institute a system of cross­
checking of statistics between the Community and the                                         Article 3
ACP States and between the Community and the
countries and territories in order to implement the              The statement referred to in Article 1 shall show the
system for stabilizing export earnings,                          country of origin of the products, according to the
                                                                 common geographical code in force, the quantities
                                                                 imported and the cif values of these imports .
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
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                            Article 1
                                                                 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
Before the end of each month , the Member States                 publication in the Official Journal of the European
shall   forward   to    the  Commission     a  statement  of     Communities.
imports during the previous month of the products
listed in the Annex to this Regulation :                         It shall apply from 1 January 1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 20 January 1976 .
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                 G. THORN
                                                                 (') OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1975, p . 1 .
                                                                 (-') OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7 . 1975, p . 5 .
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                                                              ANNEX
                                     List of products which are the subject of this Regulation
                           Nimexe code                                       Tariff description
             ( a ) Ground-nut products                  Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken :
                    12.01.31 to 12.01.35                   Ground-nuts , in shell or shelled
                    15.07.74 and 15.07.87               Ground-nut oil for the manufacture of foodstuffs for
                                                       human consumption , crude
                                                       Ground-nut oil for the manufacture of foodstuffs for
                                                       human consumption, other
                    23.04.10                            Oil-cake and other residues (except dregs) resulting from
                                                        the extraction of vegetable oils :
                                                          Other :
                                                          Of ground-nuts
             ( b ) Cocoa products
                    18.01.00                           Cocoa beans , whole or broken, raw or roasted
                    18.03.10 to 18.03.30               Cocoa paste ( in bulk or in block), whether or not defat­
                                                   ted :
                                                          Not defatted
                                                          Wholly or partly defatted
                   18.04.00                            Cocoa butter ( fat or oil )
            (c) Coffee products
                   09.01.11 to 09.01.17                Coffee , whether or not roasted or freed of caffeine ;
                                                       coffee husks and skins ; containing coffee in any pro­
                                                       portion
                                                       Coffee , unroasted :
                                                          Not freed of caffeine ; freed of caffeine
                                                       Coffee, roasted :
                                                          Not freed of caffeine ; freed of caffeine
                   21.02.10                            Extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee ; preparations
                                                       with a basis of coffee extracts , essences or concentrates
            ( d ) Cotton products
                   55.01.10 to 55.01.90                Cotton , not carded or combed
                   55.02.10 to 55.02.90                Cotton linters , raw and other
            ( e ) Coconut products                     Coconuts :
                   08.01.71 to 08.01.75                  ^Desiccated coconut :
                                                          Other
                    12.01.42                           Oil-seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken :
                                                          Copra
                    15.07.77 and 15.07.92              Coconut or copra oil for the manufacture of foodstuffs
                                                       for human consumption , crude
                                                       Coconut or copra oil for the manufacture of foodstuffs
                                                      for human consumption , other
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                         Nimexe code                                          Tariff description
                  23.04.20                          Oil-cake and other residues (except dregs) resulting from
                                                    the extraction of vegetable oils :
                                                       Other
                                                       Of copra (= of coconut)
           ( f) Palm, palm nut and
                  kernel products
                  15.07.19 and 15.07.61             Palm oil , for technical or industrial uses , crude
                  and 15.07.63
                                                    Palm oil, for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human
                                                    consumption, crude
                                                    Palm oil, for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human
                                                    consumption , other
                  15.07.31 and 15.07.78             Palm kernel oil, for technical or industrial uses, crude
                  and 15.07.93
                                                    Palm kernel oil , for the manufacture of foodstuffs for
                                                    human consumption, solid or fluid , other than in packings
                                                    of 1 kg or less, crude
                                                    Palm kernel oil, for the manufacture of foodstuffs for
                                                    human consumption, solid or fluid , other than in packings
                                                    of 1 kg or less, other
                  23.04.30
                                                     Oil-cake and other residues (except dregs) resulting from
                                                    the extraction of vegetable oils :
                                                       Other :
                                                       Of palm nuts or kernels
                  12.01.44                          Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken :
                                                       Palm nuts and kernels
            (g) Raw hides, skins and
                  leather
                  41.01.11 to 41.01.95              Raw hides and skins (fresh , salted, dried , pickled or
                                                    limed ), whether or not split, including sheepskins in the
                                                     wool
                  41.02.05 to 41.02.50              Bovine cattle leather (including buffalo leather) and
                                                    equine leather, except leather falling within heading
                                                     No 4.1.0.6 , 41 :. 07 or 41.08
                  41.03.10 to 41.03.99              Sheep and lamb skin leather, except leather falling
                                                    within heading No 41.06 , 41.07 or 41.08
                  41.04.10 to 41.04.99              Goat and kid skin leather, except leather falling within
                                                    heading No 41.0t6 , 41.07 or 41.08
            ( h ) Wood products
                  44.03.20 to 44.03.99               Wood in the rough , whether or not stripped of its bark
                                                    or merely roughed down
                  44.04.20 to 44.04.98              Wood , roughly squared or half-squared, but not further
                                                    manufactured
                  44.05.10 to 44.05.79               Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled , but not further
                                                    prepared , of a thickness exceeding 5 mm
           ( i ) Fresh bananas
                  08.01.31                          Bananas :
                                                       Fresh
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                        Nimexe code                                    Tariff description
          (j ) Tea
                 09.02.10 to 09.02.90              Tea in immediate packings of a net capacity not ex­
                                                   ceeding 3 kg :
                                                      Other
          ( k) Raw sisal
                 57.04.10
                                                   Sisal fibres and other fibres of the Agave family , includ­
                                                   ing waste of such fibres and pulled or garnetted rags or
                                                   ropes
          ( 1 ) Iron ore
                 26.01.12 to 26.01.18              Metallic ores and concentrates and roasted iron pyrites :
                                                      Iron ores and concentrates and roasted iron pyrites