CELEX: 51975PC0663
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Date: 1975-12-15
Title: Proposal for a REGULATION (EEC) OF THE COUNCIL concerning 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 European Economic Community (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                          Proposai for a                                 ;
                                  REGULATION ( TOC ) OF THE COUNCIL
                concerning the system for guaranteeing the stabilization of earnings
                                /
                from certain commodities exported, by the ACPy States  \ . .
                                                                               and the overseas
                countries and territories associated with the European Economic
                                             Community              >.
                         ( submitted to . the Council by the Commission )
CCM(75 ) 663 final .
 ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY NOTE
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Article 1b of the Lome Convention provides for the setting up of a
system intended to stabilize export earnings of the ACP countries in
trade with the Community in certain products listed in Article 17 of
the Convention .
The extension of this system to the " Overseas Countries and Territories "
connected with the European Economic Community is envisaged .
The system is based on the analysis of Community , ACP and "Overseas
Countries and Territories " statistics .
This analysis implies that the Member States shall supply the Commission
services with figures on imports carried out .
This is the reason for the proposal for a Regulation attached.
 ---pagebreak---                          Régulation ( EEC) of the Council
                  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 European Economic Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
                                                       I                       '
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof ;          .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas a convention , hereinafter referred to as the " Convention " , between
the African , Caribbean and Pacific States , hereinafter referred to as the
"ACP States", and the European Economic Community was signed at Lom6 on
28 February 1975 ?
Whereas Article 17 of the Convention establishes the list of commodities
covered by the system for stabilizing export earnings of the ACP States :
Whereas it is proposed to extend this system to the " overseas countries
and territories " associated with the European Economic Community , herein­
after called the " countries and territories ";
Whereas it is necessary to institute a system of cross-checking of statistics
between the Community and the ACP States and betv/ een the Community and
the " countries and territories " in order to implement the system for
stabilizing • export earnings «
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 HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
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                                     Article 1
               Before the end    °f each month , the Member States shall forward
 to the Commission •         »
                                      , a statement of imports for the orevious
 month of the products listed in the Annex hereto :
 ( a ) from the ACP States listed in Annex I to Council Regulation ( EEC )
       No 1598/75 ( l ) of Zk June 1975 until the Convention
       enters into foroe and    thereafter   from the ACP States to whom   the
       Convention shell apply ;
 ( b ) from the " countries and territories " listed in Annex I to Council
       Regulation ( EEC ) No 1957/75 ( 2 ) of 30 July 1975 and subsequently
       from those subject to the Regulation which will "be adopted "by the Council on
       the association of the " countries and territories ".
                                    Article 2
         The statement shall give details of all products
- which are released for home use in the Member Stale concerned ,
- which are brought under the inward processing arrangements in order
. to be processed .
                                    Article 3
         The statement shall show the country of origin of these products ,
according to the common geographical code in forca , the quantities im­
ported and the cif values of these imports .
                                                                   • t •/«
( 1 ) OJ No L 166 , 28 June 1975
( 2) OJ No L 201 , 31 July 1975
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                                Article k
       This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 197o »
       This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States .
 Done et Brussels ,                           For the Council
                                               The Président
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                                                                  ANNEX
           * " Li6t Of -products which are the subject of this' Regulation
         Nimexe Code                                Tariff description
 ' (a) Ground-nut products |
 ! 12.01.31 to 12.01.35              Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit , whole or broken ;
                                     ground-nuts , in shell or shelled .
   15.07.74 and i5.O7.87             Ground-nut oil for the manufacture of food
                                     stuffs , for human consumption , crude .
                                     Ground-nut oil for the manufacture of food
                                     stuffs , for human consumption, other .
 { 23.04.10                          Oil-cake and other residues ( exept 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 defatted :
                                        Not defatted
                                        Completely or partially 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 proportion#
                                    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 .
                                                              >
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          Nimexe Code                              ' ' Tarif f ' "description
I
   ( d ) Cotton produets
  55.01.10 tô 55.01.90            Cotton , not carde ,d or combea .
  55.02.10 to 55-02.90           Kav and otherj
                                  Cotton linters .
   ( e ) Coconut produets
  08.01.71 to 08 . 01 . 75        Coconuts , deeiccated coconut ;
                                 Other .      ...
  12.01.^2                       Oil-seeds and oleaginous fruit , whole or broken t
                                 Copra .
  15.07.77 and 15.07.92          Coconut or copra oil for the manufacture of
                                 foodstuffs for human consumption , cruder
                                 Coconut or copra oil for the manufacture of
                                 foodstuffs for human consumption , other .
  23.04.20                       Oil-cake and other residues ( exept dregs )
                                 resulting from the extraction of vegetable oils :
                               i
                                     Other :
                               i     Of copra (a of coconut )
                                            i
  ( 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 , refined .
                                                                                      1
  15.07.31 and 15.07.78          Palra kernel oil,' for technical or industrial
         and 15.07.93            uses , crude .
                                 Palm kernel oil , for the manufacture of food­
                                 stuffs for human consumption , crude .                !
                                 Palra kernel oil , for the manufacture of food-
                                 stuff® for human consumption , solid or fluid ,      I
                                 other than in packings of 1 kg or less , crude .     ]
                                 Palm kernel oil , for the manufacture of food-       j
                                 stuffs for human consumption , solid or fluid ,      J
                                 other than in packings of 1 kg or less * 'Other . .
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           Nlm«x« Code                                   Tariff description
       23.04.30                         Oil-cake and other residues ( exept dregs )
                                        resulting from the extraction of vegetable
                                        oiljîî
                                            Other ;
                                            Of palra nu ta and kernels .
    ' 12.01.44                          Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit , whole or
                                        broken :
                                            Palm nuts and kernels »
    î ( g ) Raw hides , skins and leather
    j 41.01.11 to 41.01.95         |    Raw hides and ekins ( frsh , salted , dried ,
                                        pickled or limed ), whether or not split ,
                                        including sheepskins in the wool .
    . hI.02.05 to 41.02.50              Bovine cattle leather ( including buffalo
                                        leather ) and equine leather , except leather
                                        falling within heading Wo 4l„06 , 41.07 or
                                     . 4l.o3     ...
      41.03.10 to 41.03.99              Sheep and lamb skin leather , except leather
                                        falling within heading No 41.06 , 41.07 of
                                        41.08 .
      41/.04.10 to 41.04.99      î     Goat and kid skin leather , except leather
                                        falling within heading No 41.06 , 41.07 or
                                       4l.08o
  » ( h ) Wood products
 j 44.03.20 to 44.03.99
  i
                                       Wood in the rough , whether or not stripped
                                       of its bark or merely roughed down .
 j 44.04.20 to 44.04.98
 !                       ■'
                                       Wood , roughly squared or half"squared , but
 1                                     not further manufactured .
 j 44.05.10 to 44.05.79
 «
                                       Wood sawn lengthwise , sliced or peeled , but
 i                                     not further prepared , of a theickness
 J                                     exceeding 5 mm .
i ( i ) Fresh bananas
*•         Wlll III HJMI WIWMB
| 08.01.31                            Banana© , fresh
     ( j ) îea
! 09.02.10 to 09.02.90                 Tea in immediate packings of a net capacity
                                      not exceeding e kg ?
                                          Other
                                                                                # « «1 /• • #
 ---pagebreak---         Niraexe Code   \                    Tariff description       .1
                       |                                              »
( k ) Raw sisal        «
                       i                                              I
57»0^»10               ( Sisal fibres and other fibres of the Agave   1
                       j family , including waste of such fibres and  ?
                       I pulled or garnetted rage or ropes.           !
                       !
( l ) Ironore ,        j
26.01.12 to 26.01 . 18 i Metallic ores and concentrates and roasted
                       I iron pyrites î
                       f     Iron ores and concentrates and roasted
             /             . iron pyrites .