CELEX: 51997PC0721
Language: en
Date: 1997-12-16
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending the coverage of Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 concerning the European Union's schemes of generalized tariff preferences for the benefit of the least- developed countries

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                  Brussels, 16.12.1997
                                                  COM(97) 721 final
                                                  97/0361 (ACQ
                                   Proposal for a
                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
extending the coverage of Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 concerning the
  European Union's schemes of generalised tariff preferences for the benefit of the
                             least-developed countries
                          (presented by the Commission)
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                                           Explanatory memorandum
 The action plan adopted by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its ministerial
 conference in Singapore is aimed at improving the access of the least-developed
 countries (LLDCs) to the industrialised countries' markets. In particular, it recommends
 that the latter unilaterally waive import duties on products originating in LLDCs.1
 On 2 June 1997 the Council adopted conclusions on the basis of a Commission
 communication following up the action plan. It considered that the Union should
 initially implement the Singapore conclusions by granting LLDCs not party to the Lomé
 Convention conditions equivalent to those enjoyed by signatories. The Union's scheme
 of tariff preferences introduced by Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/962 provides
 a ready-made framework for doing so.
 Incorporating the Lomé Convention's industrial concessions into the GSP poses no
 particular problems.
 Whether the Lomé Convention's agricultural concessions, and in particular those for
 products subject to quota, can be incorporated into the GSP is however, another matter
 as, on the one hand, the legal principle of non-discrimination enshrined in the Lomé
 Convention prevents their transposition into equivalent measures by converting quotas
 into tariff modulation and as, on the other hand, the GSP scheme no longer provides for
 any quantitative limitations.
 Perhaps the most coherent solution to this problem would be for future ACP
arrangements to admit a form of positive discrimination in favour of the countries most
 in need. Such an approach would help transcend the limitations of the present machinery
and enable a special initiative to be launched for all LLDCs.
Introducing the quotas provided for in the Lomé Convention into the GSP would have a
negligible impact, owing to their strongly deterrent effect on the take-up of preferences
for certain products. The Commission therefore thinks it inopportune to include
agricultural products subject to such quotas in this proposal. Accordingly, it is proposing
that the GSP Regulations be amended to cover (a) those basic industrial products not yet
included and (b) agricultural products not subject to quotas in the Lomé Convention, for
the benefit of the LLDCs. Such a proposal, which covers more than 99% of the LLDCs'
current non-GSP exports, is a substantial and practical response to the Council wishes.
1
     Albeit with the possibility of exceptions.
2
     Respectively covering industrial and agricultural products (OJ No L 348, 31.12.1994, p.I; OJ No
     L J 60, 29.6.1996, p. 1).
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                                             Proposal for a
                                    Council Regulation (EC)
   extending the coverage of Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 concerning the
      European Union's schemes of generalised tariff preferences for the benefit of the
                                    least-developed countries
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
 Article 113 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,1
 Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 of 19 December 1994
 applying a four-year scheme of generalised tariff preferences (1995 to 1998) in respect of
certain industrial products originating in developing countries provides for more
 favourable tariff treatment for the least-developed countries;2
Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 of 20 June 1996 applying
 multiannual schemes of generalised tariff preferences from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1999
 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries likewise
provides for more favourable tariff treatment for the least-developed countries;3
Whereas at the Singapore ministerial conference in December 1996 the WTO member
countries pledged to carry out an action plan to improve access to their markets for
products originating in the least-developed countries;
Whereas on 2 June 1997 the Council, on the basis of a Commission communication of
 16 April 1997, adopted conclusions calling for the Union to implement the Singapore
conclusions by granting least-developed countries not party-to the Lomé Convention
preferences equivalent to those enjoyed by signatories;
Whereas equivalent treatment for industrial products means including in the GSP scheme
all products currently excluded from it but exempt from customs duties under the Lomé
Convention;
Whereas agricultural products subject under the Lomé Convention to a tariff reduction
but not to a tariff quota should be included in the scheme for the benefit of
least-developed countries by applying one of the preferential rates of duty provided for in
Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1256/96, in line with the reduction accorded by the
Lomé Convention,
1
     OJC.-.p...
2
    OJ L 348, 31.12.1994, p.l, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 998/97 (OJ L 144,
    4.6.1997, p.13).
3
    OJ L 160, 29.6.1996, p.l, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2448/96 (OJ L 333,
    21.12.1996, p. 12).
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                                           Article 1
 Access to the arrangements provided for in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3281/94
 is hereby extended to the products listed in Annex I to this Regulation.
                                           Article 2
The arrangements laid down in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 shall be
supplemented by applying to the products listed in Annex II to this Regulation one of the
preferential rates of duty specified in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1256/96, according
to product sensitivity.
                                          Article 3
The list of least-developed countries in Annex IV to Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and
 1256/96 is amended as follows:
- '330 Angola' is inserted after '328 Burundi' in Annex IV to Regulation (EC)
    No 3281/94, and '391 Botswana' and '817 Tonga' are deleted.
- '391 Botswana' and '817 Tonga' are deleted from Annex IV to Regulation (EC)
    No 1256/96.
                                          Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the
OfficialJournal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
States.
 ---pagebreak---                                             ANNEX I
                        Product list mentioned in article I1
    CN Code                                               Description of goods
        (1)                                                             (2)
                             Salt (including tabic salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or
                             not in aqueous solution sea water:
2501 00 31                   For chemical transformation (separation of Na frorfl^Cl) for the manufacture of
                             other products
2501 00 51                   Denatured or for industrial uses (including refining) other than for the preservation
                           " or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption
2501 00 91                 ' Suitable for human consumption
250100 99                    Other
25030090                     Other sulphur
251612 10
                            Granite merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or
                            rectangular shape of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
2516 22 10                  Sandstone, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or
                            rectangular shape of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
2516 90 10                  Porphyry, syenite, lava, basalt, gneiss, trachyte and other similar hard rocks, merely
                            cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of à rectangular (including square)
                            shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
2518 20 00                  Calcinated dolomite
2518 30 00
                            Agglomerated dolomite
2530 40 00                  Natural micaceous iron oxides
2804 61 00                 Silicon
2804 69 00,
2805 11 00                 Alkali metals
280519 00
2805 21 00 -               Alkaline-earth metals
2805 22 00 •
2805 30 .                  Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or mteralloyed
   Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording
  for the products is considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential
   scheme being determined, within the context of this annex, by the coverage of the CN code.
   Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by the
   application of the CN code and (he corresponding description taken together.
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             Hi                                             (2)
       280540 10  Mercury, in flasb of a net capacity of 344 kg (standard weight) of an fob value, per
                  flask, not exceeding ECU 224
      2818 2000   Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum
      2818 30 00  Aluminium hydroxide
 ex 28443011      Cermets raw; waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235
      284430 19   Uranium depleted in U 235; alloys, dispersions (other than cermets), ceramic
                  products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235 or compounds of
                  this product
 ex 284430 51     Cermets raw, waste and scrap of thorium
      2845 10 00  Heavy water (deuterium oxide)
      284590 10   Deuterium and compounds of deuterium; hydrogen and compounds thereof,
                  enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products
    2905 43 00    Mannitol
     290544       D-glucitol (sorbitol)
     320120 00    Wattle extract
     3201 9020    Sumach extract, vàllonia extract
ex 320190 90      Tanning extracts of eucalyptus
ex 3201 90 90     Tanning extracts derived from gambier and myrobolan fruits
ex 3201 90 90     Other tanning extracts of vegetable origin
     3502 11 90   Egg albumin, dried (for example, in sheets, scales, flakes, powder)
    3502 19 90    Other (egg albumin)
    35022091      Milk albumin (lactalbumin), dried (for example, in sheets, scales,flakes,powder)
    35022009      Other (milk albumin)
    3S02 90 70    Other albumins
    3505 10 10    Dextrins
    350510 90     Other modified starches, other than esterified or etherified
   3505 20       Glues
   3809 10        Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the drying or fixing of dyestuffs and
                 other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind
                 used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or
                 included, with a basis of amylaceous substances
   382^60        Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44
   4104 10 91    Other leather and skins, otherwise tanned
  41051191       Other skins, not split
  410511 99      Other skins, split
  410512         Sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on, other than leather of heading No
                 4108 or 4109 tanned or reUnned but not further prepared, whether or not split
  410519         Otherwise prc-tanned;
  4106 11 90     Goat or kid skin leather, without hair on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or
                 4109, tanned or retanned but not further prepared, whether or not split; vegetable
                 pre-tanned
                 Other than of Indian goat or kid
 410612 00       Other sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on, other than leather of heading
                 No 4108 or 4109, tanned or retanned but not further prepared, even with split,
                 otherwise pre-tanned
 410619 00       Other lamb skin leather, without wool on
410710 10        Leather of swine, without hair on. other than leather of heading No 4108 or 4109,
                 not further prepared than tanned
4107 29 10       Reptile skin leather, other than vegetable pre-tanned, not further prepared than
                 tanned
4107 90 10       Leather of other animals, without hair on, not further prepared than tanned
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  4403 10 10    Poles of coniferous wood, injected or otherwise impregnated to any degree, not less
                than 6 m nor more than 18 m in length and with a circumference at the butt end
                of more than 45 cm but not more than 90 cm
  4501          Natural cork, raw or simply prepared ; waste cork, crushed, granulated or ground
                cork
500100 00        Silkworm cocoons suitable for reeling
5002 00 00       Raw silk (not thrown)
5105             Wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed (including
                 combed wool in fragments)
5203 00 00       Cotton, carded or combed
7201 10         Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0,5% or less of phosphorus
720120 00       Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0,5 % phosphorous
720150 90       Alloy pig iron, other than containing by weight not less than 03 %, but not more
                than 1 % of titanium and not less than 0,5 % but not more than 1 */o of vanadium
7203            Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous
                products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms ; iron having a minimum purity by
                weight of 99,94 % in lumps, pellets or similar forms
 7204 50 90     Remelting scrap ingots, other than of alloy steel
 7206           Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of
                heading No 7203)
 7218 10 00     Stainless steel ingots or other primary forms (ECSC)
 7224 10 00     Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finishcd products of other
                alloy steel : ingots and other primary forms (ECSC)
 7601           Umwrought aluminium, not alloyed
 7602 00 19     Other aluminium waste and scrap (including factory rejects)
 7801           Unwrought lead
7801 10 00       Refined lead
78019100         Other than reffined lead, containing by weight antinomy as the principal
                 other element
780199 91        Lead alloys
780199 99        Others
 7901            Unwrought zinc
 7903            Zinc dust, powders and flakes
 8101 10 00     Tungsten powders
810191           Unwrought tungsten, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering ; waste
                and scrap
810210 00        Molybdenum powders
810291           Unwrought molybdenum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering ;
                waste and scrap
8103 10         Unwrought tantalum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering ; waste
                and scrap, powders
8104 11 00      Unwrought     magnesium, containing at least 99,8 % by weight of magnesium
8104 19 00      Other
8107 10         Unwrought     cadmium ; waste and scrap ; powders
8108 10         Unwrought     titanium ; waste and scrap ; powders
8109 10         Unwrought     zirconium ; waste and scrap ; powders
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          (I) :                                  (?)
 81100011      Unwrought antimony; powders
 8110 00 19    Waste and scrap
 81110011      Unwrought manganese; powders
 811100 19     Waste and scrap
 811220 31     Unwrought chromium; powders, other than chromium alloys containing more
               than 10 % by weight of nickel
 811220 39    Waste and scrap.
 8112 30 20   Unwrought germanium ; powders
 811230 40    Waste and scrap
81124011       Unwrought vanadium ; powders
811240 19     Waste and scrap
811291 10     Hafnium (celtium). •
81129131      Unwrought niobium (colombium), rhenium ; powders
81129139      Waste and scrap
81129150      Waste and scrap
811291 81     Indium
81129189      Gallium, thallium
8113 00 20    Unwrought cermet
811300 40     Waste and scrap
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                               List of productsin accordance with article 2'
                                                    PARTI
                                           Very sensitive products
CN code                              Description of goods
                                     Live swine :
                                     — Other :
                                     ~ Weighing less than 50 kg :
0103 91 10                           — Domestic species
                                     — Weighing 50 kg or more :
                                     — Domestic species :
                                     — Sows having farrowed at
                                     least once, of a weight of not
0103 92 11                           less than 160 kg
0103 92 19                           — Other
0105 a                               Live poultry, that is to say,
                                     fowls of the species Gallus
                                     domesticus, ducks, geese,
                                     turkeys and guinea fowls :
                                     Pig fat, free of lean meat, and
                                     poultry fat,not rendered or
                                     otherwise extracted, fresh,
                                     chilled, frozen, salted, in brine,
                                     dried or smoked :
0209 0090 :                          — Poultry fat
                                     Meat and edible meat offal,
                                     salted, in brine, dried or
                                     smoked ; edible flours and
                                     meals of meat or meat offal :
                                     — Other, including edible flours
                                     and meals of meat or meat
                                     offal :
                                     -- Offal :
                                     — Other :
                                     — Poultry liver :
02109071'                                  Fatty livers of geese or
                                     ducks, salted or in brine
1
  Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the
description of the products is to be considerd as having no more than an indicative value, the
preferential scheme being determined within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN
codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferntial scheme is to be determined by application of
the CN code and corresponding description together.
 ---pagebreak--- C N code     Description of goods
0210 90 79'       Other
             Milk and cream, not
            concentrated nor containing
            added sugar or other sweetening
            matter :
0401 10 a   - Of a fat content, by weight,
            not exceeding 1 %
0401 20 a   - Of a fat content, by weight,
            exceeding 1 % but not
            exceeding 6 %
0401 30 a   - Of a fat content, by weight,
            exceeding 6 % :
            Buttermilk, curdled milk and
            cream, yoghurt, képhir and
            other fermented or acidified
            milk and cream, whether or not
            concentrated or containing
            added sugar or other sweetening
            matter or flavoured or
            containing added fruit, nuts or
            cocoa :
            - Yoghurt :
0403  10 11 -- Not flavoured nor containing
0403  10 13 added fruit, nuts or cocoa .
0403  10 19
0403  10 31
0403  10 33
0403  10 39
            - Other :
            -- Not flavoured nor containing
            added fruit, nuts or cocoa :
0403 90 11  — In powder, granules or other
0403 90 13  solid forms
0403 90 19
0403 90 31
0403 90 33
0403 90 39
0403 90  51  -- Other
0403 90  53
0403 90  59
0403 90  61
0403 90 69
            Whey, whether or not
            concentrated or containing
            added sugar or other sweetening
            matter; products consisting of
            natural milk constituents,
            whether or not containing added
            sugar or other sweetening
            matter, not elsewhere specified
0404        or included :
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CN code                            Description of goods
                                   Butter and other fats and oils
                                   derived from milk ; dairy
                                   spreads :
0405 1 0 '                         - Butter
                                   - Dairy spreads :
                                   - Of a fat content, by weight, of
                                   more than 75 % but les.s than
0405 20 90 a                       80%
0405 90 '                           - Other
                                   Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh,
                                   preserved or cooked :
                                   -Of poultry:
0407 00 11 *                       ~ For hatching1
0407 00 19*
0407 00 30 *                       ~ Other
                                   Birds' eggs, not in shell, and
                                   egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked
                                   by steaming or by boiling in
                                   water, moulded, frozen or
                                   otherwise preserved, whether or
                                   not containing added sugar or
                                   other sweetening matter :
                                   - Egg yolks :
                                   « Dried :
                                   — Other
0408 11 80 a
                                   - Other :
                                   — Other :
0408 19 81 a                       — Liquid
0408 19 89a                        — Other, including frozen
                                   - Other
                                   - Dried
0408 91 80a                        — Other
                                   - Other :
0404 99 80a                        — Other
                                   Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks
                                   and other alliaceous vegetables,
                                   fresh or chilled:
0703 20 00'                        - Garlic                            The reduction is applicable from
                                                                       01.06 to 31.01
1
         Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community
        provisions.
 ---pagebreak--- CN code       Description of goods
              Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh
              or chilled :
              Cucumbers :
              Winter cucumbers :
Ex 0707 00 05 Other than small winter           The reduction is applicable from
              cucumbers                         01.11 to 15.05
0707 00 90    Gherkins
              Other vegetables, fresh or
              chilled :                         The reduction is applicable from
Ex 0709 10 00 - Globe artichokes                01.01 to 30.06
              - Mushrooms and truffles :
0709 52 00 b  -- Mushrooms
              Apricots, cherries, peaches
              (including nectarines), plums
              and sloes, fresh :
Ex 0809 10 00 - Apricots                        The reduction is applicable from
                                                01.06 to 3 1.07
              - Peaches, including nectarines
Ex 0809 30 b                                    The reduction is applicable from
                                                11.06 to 30.09
              — Plums and sloes :
Ex 0809 40 05 — Plums                           The reduction is applicable from
                                                11.06 to 30.09
              Wheat or meslin flour :
              — Wheat Hour :
1101 00 a     — Of durum wheat
              — Of common wheat and spelt
1101 00 15''
1101 00 90'1  - Meslin flour
              Cereal flours other than of
              wheat or meslin :
1102 10 00 a  - Rye flour
              Cereal groats, meal and pellets :
              - Groats and meal :
              -- Of wheat
         a
1103 11
              - Pellets :
1103 21 00 a  - Of wheat
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CN code         Description of goods
                Locust beans, seaweeds and
                other algae, sugar beet and
                sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen
                or dried, whether or not
                ground ; fruit stones and kernels
                and other vegetable products
                (including unroasted chicory
                roots of the variety dehorium
                intybus sativum) of a kind used
                primarily for human
                consumption, not elsewhere
                specified or included :
                — Other :
121291 a        — Sugar beet
1212 92 00 a    — Sugar cane
                Pig fat (including lard) and
                poultry fat, other than that of
                heading No 0209 or 1503 :
                — Pig fat (including lard) :
 501 00 19 a    — Other
                Other prepared or preserved
                meat, meat offal or blood :
                — Homogenized preparations :
                Of swine, of bovine animals, of
Ex 1602 10 00 b sheep and goats
Ex 1602 20 90 b — Of liver of any animal
                of swine, of bovine animals, of
                sheep and goats
                — Of swine :
                — Ham and cuts thereof :
160241 10       — Of domestic swine
                — Shoulders and cuts thereof:
            a   — Of domestic swine
1602 42 10
                — Other including mixtures :
             a
1602 49 11      — Of domestic swine :
1602 49 13"
1602 49 15 a
1602 49 19 a
1602 49 30 a
1602 49 50 a
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CN code        Description of goods
               - Other, including preparations
               of blood of any animal :
               - Preparations of blood of any
               animal :
Ex 1602 90 10  Preparation of blood of bovine
               animals and of pig
               - Other :
               - Other :
1602 90 51     - Containing meat or meat
               offal of domestic swine
               Other sugars, including
               chemically pure lactose,
               maltose, glucose and fructose, in
               solid form ; sugar syrups not
               containing added flavouring or
               colouring matter ; artificial
               honey, whether or not mixed
               with natural honey ; caramel :
1702 11 00 ''  - Lactose and lactose syrup
1702 19 00 a
              - Maple sugar and maple syrup :
1702 20 10 a  -- Maple sugar in solid form,
              containing added flavouring or
              colouring matter
1702 20 90    - Other
              - Glucose and glucose syrup, not
              containing fructose or
              containing in the dry state less
              than 20 *7c by weight of
              fructose :
1702 30 10;   -- Isoglucose
              - Glucose and glucose syrup,
              containing in the dry stale at
              least 20 % but less than 50 % by
              weight of fructose :
1702 40 10 a  - Isoglucose
1702 60 9     - Other fructose and fructose
              syrup, containing in the dry state
              more than 50 % by weight of
              fructose :
              - Other, including invert sugar :
1702 90 30    -- Isoglucose
1702 90 60    -- Artificial honey, whether or
              not mixed with natural honcv
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CN code      Description of goods
             — Caramel :
1702 90 71   — Containing 50 % or more by
             weight of sucrose in the dry
             matter
             — Other :
1702 90 75 a — In the form of powder,
             whether or not agglomerated
1702 90 80 a ~ Inulin syrup
1702 90 99 a -Other
             Food preparations not elsewhere
             specified or included :
             — Other :
             — Isoglucose syrups
2106 90 30
             — Other :
2106 90 5 la — Lactose syrup
2106 90 59   — Other :
             Preparations of a kind used in
             animal feeding :
             — Dog or cat food, put up for
             retail sale :
             ~ Containing starch, glucose
             syrup,        maltodextrine  or
             maltodextrine syrup falling
             within subheadings 1702 30 51
             to 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90,
             1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or
             milk products :
             — Containing starch, glucose,
             glucose syrup, maltodextrine or
             maltodextrine syrup :
             — Containing no starch or
             containing 10 % or less by
             weight of starch :
2309 10 15          Containing not less than
             50 % but less than 75 % by
             weight of milk products
2309 10 19          Containing not less than
             75 % by weight of milk
             products
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 CN code       Description of goods
               — Containing more than 10 %
               but not more than 30 % by
              weight of starch :
 2309 10 39*        Containing not less than 50
              % by weight of milk products
              — Containing more than 30 %
              by weight of starch :
 2309 10 59"        Containing not less than 50
              % by weight of milk products
 2309 10 70*  — Containing no starch,
              glucose, glucose syrup,
              maltodextrine or maltodextrine
              syrup but containing milk
              products :
              — Other :
              » Other :
              — Containing starch, glucose,
              glucose syrup, maltodextrine or
             maltodextrine syrup falling
             within subheadings 1702 30 51
             to 1702 30 99,1702 40 90,
              1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or
             milk products :
             — Containing starch, glucose,
             glucose syrup, maltodextrine or
             maltodextrine syrup :
                   Containing no starch or
             containing 10 % or less by
             weight of starch :
2309 90 35          Containing not less than
             50 % but less than 75 % by
             weight of milk products
2309 90 39 a       Containing not less than
             75 % by weight of milk
             products
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CNcode                                Description of goods
                                           Containing more than
                                      10 % but not more than 30 % by
                                      weight of starch :
2309 90 49"                                 Containg not less than
                                      50 % by weight of milk products
                                            Containing more than
                                      30 % by weight of starch :
2309 90 59 a                                Containing not less than 50
                                      % by weight of milk products
2309 90 70 a                          -— Containing no starch,
                                      glucose, glucose syrup,
                                      maltodextrine or maltodextrine
                                      syrup but containing milk
                                      products
                                                   PART 2
                                              Sensitive products
CN code                               Description of goods
                                      Live bovine animals :
0102 90b                              - Other
                                      Meat of bovine animals, fresh or
0201'                                 chilled :
0202'bl                               Meat of bovine animals, frozen
                                      Meat and edible meat offal,
0210 20'                              salted, in brine, dried or
                                      smoked ; edible flours and
                                      meals of meat or meat offal :
                                      - Meat of bovine animals :
                                      Starches ; inulin :
1108 14 00                            - Manioc (cassava) starch
                                      ~ Other starches :
                                      - Other
Ex 1108 1990                          Other than starches of
                                      arrowroot
1109 00 00 a                          Wheat gluten, whether or not
                                      dried
1
          Where, in the course of a year, imports of beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and
02.02, originating in one of the countries mentioned in annex IV of Regulation (EC) n° 1256/96, exceed
the greatest quantity of Community imports recorded for one year between 1969 and 1974 inclusive for
the origin in question, plus an annual growth rate of 7 %, exemption from customs duties on the
products of that origin shall be partially or totally suspended.
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 CN code      Description of goods
              Other sugars, including
              chemically pure lactose,
              maltose, glucose and fructose,
              in solid form ; sugar syrups not
              containing added flavouring or
              colouring matter ; artificial
              honey, whether or not mixed
              with natural honey ; caramel :
              — Other, including invert sugar :
              -- Caramel :
              — Other :
 1702 90 79*  — Other
              Food preparations not elsewhere
             specified or included :
             — Other :
             — Flavoured or coloured sugar
             syrups :
             — Other :
             — Glucose syrup and
2106 90 55   maltodextrine syrup
             Residues of stardi manufacture
             and similar residues, beet-pulp,
             bagasse and other waste of
             sugar manufacture, brewing or
             distilling dregs and waste,
             whether or not in the form of
             pellets :
             - Residues of starch
             manufacture and similar
             residues :
             - Residues from the
             manufacture of starch from
             maize (excluding concentrated
             steeping liquors), of a protein
             content, calculated on the dry
             product :
2303 10 11 a - Exceeding 40 % by weight
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CN code            Description of goods
                   Preparations of a kind used in
                   animal feeding :
                   - Other :
                   - Other :
                   — Containing starch, glucose,
                   glucose syrup, maltodextrine or
                   maltodextrine syrup falling
                   within subheadings 1702 30 51
                   to 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90,
                   1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or
                   milk products :
                   — Containing starch, glucose,
                   glucose syrup, maltodextrine or
                   maltodextrine syrup :
                        Containing no starch or
                   containg 10 % or less by weight
                   of starch :
2309 90 31 a             Containing no milk
                   products or containing less than
                    10 % by weight of such
                   products
                                 PART 3
                        Semi-sensitive products
           CN Code        Description of goods
                   Citrus fruit, fresh or dried :
0805 10"           - Oranges
0805 20"           - Mandarins (including           The reduction is applicable from
                   tangerines and satsumas) ;       01.11 to the end of February
                   Clementines, wilkings and
                   similar citrus hybrids
                                 PART 4
                         Non-sensitive products
           CN Code        Description of goods
                    Meat of sheep or goats, fresh,
                   chilled or frozen :
0204 I000 b         - Carcases and half-carcases of
                    lamb, fresh or chilled
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 CN code       Description of goods
 0204 21 00 b  - Other meat of sheep, fresh or
 0204 22 b     chilled
 0204'23 00 b
 0204 30 00 b  - Carcases and half-carcases of
               lamb, frozen
 0204 4100 b   - Other meat of sheep, frozen
 0204 42 b
 0204 43 b
 0204 50 b     -Meat of goats
               Edible offal of bovine animals,
               swine, sheep, goats, horses,
               asses, mules or hinnies, fresh,
               chilled or frozen :
               - Of bovine animals, fresh or
               chilled :
               ~ Other :
0206 10 95"   - Thick skirt and thin skirt
              - Of bovine animals, frozen :
              - Other :
              ---Other:
0206 29 9 l b -— Thick skirt and thin skirt
              Other meat and edible meat
              offal, fresh, chilled or frozen :
              - Other :
              ~ Whale and seal meat
0208 90 50
              Meat and edible meat offal,
              salted, in brine, dried or
              smoked ; edible flours and
              meals of meat or meat offal
              - Meat of swine :
              ~ Bellies (streaky) and cuts
              thereof :
              — Other
0210 12 90 b
              - Other including edible flours
              and meals of meat or meat
              offal :
              - Offal :
              — Of bovine animals :
0210 90 41 b  — Thick skirt and thin skirt
0210 90 90 b  ~ Edible flours and meals of
              meat or meat offal
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CNcode          Description of goods
                Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks
                and other alliaceous vegetables,
                fresh or chilled :
0703 2000 b '   - Garlic                           The reduction is applicable from
                                                   01.02 to 31.05
                Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh
                or chilled :
Ex 0707 00 05 b - Cucumbers :
                Small winter cucumbers             The reduction is applicable from
                                                   01. llto 15.05
                Other vegetables,freshor
                chilled :
Ex 0709 1000'   - Globe artichokes                 The reduction is applicable from
                                                   01.11 to 31.12
                Manioc, arrowroot, salep,
                Jerusalem artichokes, sweet
                potatoes and similar roots and
                tubers with high starch or inulin
                content,fresh,chilled,frozenor
                dried, whether or not sliced or in
                the form of pellets ; sago pith :
                - Manioc (cassava) :
                -Other :
                — Of a kind used for human
                consumption, in immediate
                packings of a net content not
0714 10 91      exceeding 28 kg, either fresh
                and whole or without skin and
                frozen, whether or not sliced
                — Other :
                ~ Arrowroot, salep and similar
                roots and tubers with high starch
                content :
Ex 0714 90 11   — Of a kind used for human
                consumption, in immediate
                packings of a net content not
                exceeding 28 kg, either fresh
                and whole or without skin and
                frozen, whether or not sliced :
                of arrowroot
Ex 0714 90 19;  — Other :
                Of arrowroot
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CN code                            Description of goods
                                  Grapes, fresh or dried :
                                  - Dried :
                                  - Other :
0806 20 92                        - Sultanas
                                   Wheat and meslin :
                                  - Other :
1001 90 10                        - Spelt for sowing1
                                  Flour, meal and powder of the
                                  dried leguminous vegetables of
                                  heading No 0713, of sago or of
                                  roots or tubers of heading No
                                  0714 or of the products of
                                  Chapter 8 :
                                  - Of sago or of roots or tubers of
                                  heading No 0714 :
Ex 1106 20 10 a                   ~ Denatured2
                                  Of flour and meal of arrowroot
                                  - Other
                                  Of flour and meal of arrowroot
Ex 1106 20 90
                                  Starches ; inulin :
                                  - Starches :
                                  ~ Other starches :
                                  - Other :
Ex 1108 19 90 a                   starches of arrowroot
                                  Fats and oils and their fractions,
                                  offish or marine mammals,
                                  whether or not refined, but not
                                  chemically modified
                                  - Fats and oils and their
                                  fractions, of marine mammals :
                                  ~ Solid fractions :
1504 30 11"                       - Whale oil and sperm oil
                                  Olive oil and its fractions,
                                  whether or not refined, but not
                                  chemically modified :
1509 90 00'                       - Other
        Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community
        provisions.
        Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community
        provisions.
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                                  •Other oils and their fractions,
                                   obtained solely from olives,
                                   whether or not refined, but not
                                   chemically modified, including
                                   blends of these oils or fractions
                                   with oils orfractionsof heading
                                   No 1509 :
151000 90*                         - Other
                                   Other prepared or preserved
                                   meat, meat offal or blood :
                                   - Other, including preparations
                                   of blood of any animal:
                                   - Other :
                                   - Other :
                                   - Other :
                                        Other :
                                   Of sheep or goats :
                                         Uncooked ; mixtures of
                                   cooked meat or offal and
                                   uncooked meat or offal :
1602 90 72 b                               Of sheep
 The reduction is applicable on the specific duties.
 The reduction is applicable on the ad valorem duties.
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                                 FINANCIAL STATEMENT
 Title of operation
 Draft proposal for a Council Regulation extending the coverage of Regulations (EC) Nos
 3281/94 and 1256/96 concerning the European Union's schemes of generalised tariff
 preferences for the benefit of the least-developed countries
 Legal basis
 Article 113 of the Treaty
Objective of the operation
The aim of the proposed Regulation is to extend the range of products from the least-
developed countries qualifying from generalised preferences.
Estimate of customs revenue
On the basis of 1996 imports of products listed in Annexes I and II to this proposal from
the beneficiary countries mentioned in Annex IV to Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and
 1256/96 and an average 50% take-up of the GSP scheme by the least-developed countries
in 1995, the loss of customs revenue is estimated at ECU 77 918.
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