CELEX: 31977R2703
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 2703/77 of 28 November 1977 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in developing countries

19 . 12 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 324 / 1
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                                               (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                         COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 2703/77
                                                      of 28 "November 1977
                 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for
                                       certain products originating in developing countries
                                            s
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                             basis of the total value for 1968 of cif imports from the
                                                                       countries benefiting from this scheme, excluding those
                                                                       already enjoying various preferential tariff arrangements
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 granted by the Community (basic amount), plus 5% of .
 Economic Community,                                                   the value of cif imports from the other countries and
                                                                       from the countries already enjoying such arrangements
                                                                       (additional amount); whereas such additional amount is
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                       variable and is calculated each year on the basis of the
                                                                       latest figures available, provided that this entails no
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                  reduction in the ceiling;
 ment (*),
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                     Whereas the offer made by the Community includes a
 Social Committee (2),                                                clause stating that the Community drew up the offer on
                                     t
                                                                      the assumption that all the main industrialized countries
 Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD, the Euro­
                                                                      which are members of the OECD would participate in
 pean Economic Community offered- to grant tariff pref­
                                                                      granting preferences and would make similar efforts in
                                                                    " this direction; whereas, moreover, it is evident from the
 erences on finished and semi-finished products coming                conclusions worked out in UNCTAD that this offer,
 from developing countries; whereas the preferential
                                                                      while being of a temporary nature, does not constitute a
 treatment proposed in that offer covers, generally
                                                                       binding commitment and, in particular, may be with­
 speaking, all finished and semi-finished industrial pro­
                                                                      drawn wholly or in part at a later date; whereas this
 ducts covered by Chapters 25 to 99 of the Common
                                                                      possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to
 Customs Tariff which originate in developing countries;
                                                                      remedying any unfavourable situations which might
 whereas the preference consists in the granting of                    arise in the ACP States following the implementation of
 exemption from customs duties; whereas preferential
 imports are effected up Co the level of ceilings calculated
                                                                      the generalized preference scheme;
 by value in respect of each product on the basis of fac­
 tors which are uniform for all the products; whereas, in
 order that the preferences granted to the most competi­              Whereas, moreover, the conference of Heads of State or
 tive developing country or countries should be restricted             of Government of the Member States and the States
 and that a substantial share should be reserved for the              acceding to the European Communities held in Paris on
 least competitive, preferential imports from any one                  19 to 21 October 1972 invited the Community insti­
 developing country in respect of a given product should               tutions and the Member States progressively to adopt
 not, as a general rule, exceed 50% of the ceiling fixed               an overall policy of development cooperation on a
 for that product;                                                    world-wide scale comprising in particular the improve­
                                                                      ment of generalized preferences with the aim of achiev­
                                                                      ing a steady increase in imports of manufactures from
Whereas, in the offer made by the Community, the                      the developing countries;
annual ceilings should normally be calculated on the
H OJ No C 266 , 7. 11 . 1977, p. 16 .                                 Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from the
(2) Opinion delivered on 26/27 October 1977 (not yet pub­             second half of 1971 under the conditions set out above ;
    lished in the Official Journal).                                  whereas these preferences should continue to be applied
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throughout 1978 ; whereas having regard to the terms of             Whereas charges against each of these tariff quotas
the offer concerned and to the need to improve the                  must, in respect of the products originating in any of the
generalized preferences, the abovementioned basic                   abovementioned countries or territories, come within a
amount refers to 1974, while the additional amount                  specified percentage of the amount of the quota;
generally refers to 1975 ; whereas, however, the appli­             whereas the benefit of such tariff quotas should be re­
cation of this method of calculation should remain                  served for products originating in the countries and ter­
compatible with the progressive nature of the preference            ritories under consideration, the concept of 'originating
scheme in such a way as to provide a period of adapta­              products' being determined in accordance with the
tion for the industrial sectors affected in the Com­                procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regu­
munity; whereas for this purpose it would appear ade­               lation (EEC) No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on the com­
quate to limit for each product the considerable im­                mon definition of the concept of the origin of goods (2) ;
provement resulting from the said method to a level
which does not exceed 150% of each of the preferential
amounts open in 1977 ;                                              Whereas it is necessary in particular to ensure equal and
                                                                    continuous access for all Community importers to the
Whereas in practice the latest complete statistics avail­           abovementioned quotas and the uninterrupted appli­
 able are those relating to the year 1975 ; whereas,                cation of the rate laid down for those quotas to all
 however, since 1974, the statistics in question and par­           imports of the products concerned into all Member
 ticularly those relating to the value of the Community's           States until those quotas are used up ; whereas, having
 external trade have been expressed in a statistical unit           regard to the principles set out above, the Community
 (EUR) which is not defined in the same way as the unit             nature of the quotas can be respected by allocating the
 of account (u.a.) prescribed for the Common Customs                quota among Member States; whereas, moreover, to
 Tariff; whereas, therefore, it is necessary to define a            this end and in the context of the utilization system, the
 conversion rate between these two units; whereas in                actual charges against the quotas may relate only to
  1975 one EUR unit was equivalent in practice to one               products which have been entered for home use and
 European unit of account; whereas the same value                   which are accompanied by a certificate of origin;
 should be ascribed to the latter as to the unit of account
  (u.a.)'; whereas it seems appropriate therefore in these
 circumstances, and for the particular ends of the calcu­           Whereas the application of the generally accepted prin­
 lations required under this Regulation, to consider the            ciples in respect of the allocation of the Community
  statistics expressed in EUR in this Regulation as if ex­          tariff quotas which have been opened hitherto entails
 pressed in units of account of the Common Customs                  under these circumstances, and in view of the variety of
 Tariff; whereas the unit of account should remain the              the products concerned and the fact that the benefiting
 only unit to be used within the preference system, along           countries and territories are specified, calculations
 with its conversion rates into national currencies based           which are all the more problematic in that the statistical
  on gold parities;                                                 data required sometimes prove to be incomplete or not
                                                                    sufficiently accurate or representative; whereas the time
  Whereas, taking into account the interests of the ACP             required for these calculations cannot be reconciled
  States, for plywood, blockboard, laminboard, batten­              with the continuity necessary for the application of the
  board and similar laminated products, falling within              tariff preferences concerned; whereas, under these con­
  heading No 44.15 , the quota amount should be limited             ditions, it would be advisable still at this stage to adopt
  to 282 610 m3 ; whereas in the same way as regards                a fixed scale for allocating the Community tariff quotas
  footwear falling within heading Nos 64.01 and 64.02,              concerned among the Member States; whereas, using as
  the situation of the Community sector concerned leaves            a basis general economic criteria relating to external
( no alternative but to repeat for 1978 the quota amounts           trade, the gross national product and population, the
  laid down for the preference year 1977 ;                          percentages for the initial shares of the Member States
                                                                    in the quota amounts are as follows for the quota year
                                                                    under consideration :
 Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the Act of
 Accession ( 1), the generalized tariff preference scheme
 became fully applicable in the new Member States on                        Germany                               27-5 % ,
                                                                            Benelux                               10-5% ,
  1 January 1974 ;
                                                                            France                                19-0% ,
                                                                            Italy                                 15-0% ,
  Whereas it is expedient, therefore, in respect of the                     Denmark                                5-0% ,
  products referred to in Annexes A and B which origi­                      Ireland                                 1-0% ,
  nate in the countries and territories listed in Annex C,                  United Kingdom                        22 0% ;
   that the Community should open for 1978 duty-free
   Community tariff quotas within the limits of the
   amounts, in cubic metres or units of account, shown              Whereaas, however, taking into account the more pre­
   against each of these products;                                   cise information already available concerning trade in
      OJ No L 73 , 27. 3 . 1972, p. 14 .                             (2) OJ No L 148, 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .
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 plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and                  Whereas Member States may exhaust their initial shares
 similar laminated products, falling within heading No             for the products listed in Annex B at different rates;
 44.15 of the Common Custom Tariff, these percentages              whereas to avoid disruption of supplies on this account
 should be replaced by 4-78 , 2-76, 0-35 , 105, 4-58 , 1-98        it should be provided that each Member State which has
 and 84-5% respectively;                                           almost used up one of its initial shares, should proceed
                                                                   to draw an additional share from the corresponding
                                                                   reserve; whereas this must be done by each Member
                                                                   State as and when each of its additional shares is almost
  Whereas in connection with the Member States' partici­
  pation in the Community tariff quota for the abovemen­           entirely used up, and repeated as many times as each of
  tioned products falling within heading No 44.15 , it             these reserves allows ; whereas each of these initial and
                                                                   additional shares must be available for use until the end
 should be borne in mind that United Kingdom imports
 in recent years from developing countries, in particular          of the quota period; whereas, however, it seems advi­
 from Malaysia and Singapore, have been increasing                 sable to permit the Member States to limit the exercise
 substantially; whereas the introduction of customs                of their total obligation to draw on the reserve amount
 duties on these imports might alter traditional trade             to a level not exceeding 40 or 50% of their initial share;
                                                                   whereas this method of administration calls for close
 flows to the detriment of the developing countries
 which hitherto benefited from duty-free entry; whereas            cooperation between Member States and the Com­
 this situation is a special reason for a portion of the said     mission which must, in particular, be able to observe the
 Member State's share being accessible without limi­              extent to which the tariff quotas are used and inform
                                                                  Member States thereof;
 tation to the countries covered by the generalized pre­
 ference scheme;
                                                                   Whereas if, at a specified date in the quota period, a
                                                                   considerable balance remains in one of the initial shares
 Whereas, without affecting the Community nature of                of one or other Member State, it is essential that that
 the tariff quota for the products listed in Annex A, it           Member State pays a large amount of it back into the
 appears possible to provide temporarily for a utilization         corresponding reserve in order to avoid a part of the
 scheme based on a single allocation among the Member              Community quota remaining unused in one Member
 States; whereas, moreover, the allocation set out by this         State when it could in others ;
 Regulation in no way prejudices the possibility of
 adopting the general method of allocation of Com­                 Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
 munity tariff quotas comprising the setting up of a re­           of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­
 serve share; whereas at the present juncture it appears           bourg are united in and represented by the Benelux
 feasible that such allocation could be made according to          Economic Union, all transactions concerning the ad­
 the specific percentages set out above;                           ministration of shares allocated to that economic union
                                                                   may be carried out by any one of its members,
Whereas the percentage for the shares of the Member
States in the Community tariff quota referred to above,
in view of the duration and amount thereof, does not
appear in this instance to compromise equal access for
Community importers to the Community tariff quota in              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
question ; whereas for this same reason it would appear
 expedient to allow each Member State to choose the
                                                                                            Article 1
 system for administering its share;
                                                                   1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1978 , the Com­
Whereas, to take account of future import trends for the          mon Customs Tariff duties on the products listed in
products listed in Annex B in the various Member                  Annexes A and B shall be totally suspended within the
States, the quotas should be divided into two tranches,           framework of Community tariff quotas of amounts
the first being allocated among Member States and the             which shall be expressed in cubic metres or units of
second held as a reserve to cover subsequently the re­            account and which shall be indicated against each
quirements of Member States which have exhausted                  product in column 3 of those Annexes.
their initial shares; whereas, moreover, the reserve con­
stituted in the manner described above tends to avoid             2 . These tariff quotas shall be enjoyed solely by pro­
making the system of utilization of the quota excessively         ducts originating in the countries and territories listed in
rigid, to the detriment of the developing countries con­          Annex C. However, those imports which already enjoy
cerned and will contribute to achieving the aim already           exemption from customs duties under other preferential
mentioned of improving the generalized preferences                tariff arrangements granted by the Community may not
system ; whereas to give importers in each Member State           be charged against these tariff quotas. For the purposes
some degree of certainty, the first tranche of the                of this Regulation, the concept of originating products
Community quota should be fixed at a relatively high              shall be determined in accordance with the procedure
level which in the event could be about 70 or 80% of              laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No
the quota volumes;                                                802/68 .
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3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each                  that Member State shall draw a fourth share under the
country or territory referred to in paragraph 2 against          same conditions equal to the third.
each of the tariff quota amounts mentioned above shall
be limited to the maximum amount given in column 4               This process shall continue until the reserve has been
of Annexes A and B against each category of products.            exhausted.
4 . Any amendment to Annex C, in paricular by the                4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 ,
addition of new countries or territories enjoying tariff         Member States may draw shares lower than those
                                                                 specified in those paragraphs if there are grounds for
preferences, may entail a corresponding adjustment to
the amounts of the quotas and to the maximum                     believing that those specified may not be used in full,
amounts appearing in columns 3 and 4 of Annexes A                Member States applying this paragraph shall inform the
and B.                                                           Commission of its grounds for so doing.
                                                                  5 . Any Member State may limit the sum total of its
                                                                  additional shares to 40% of its initial share, informing
                          Article 2                              the Commission that it is so doing. However, for pro­
                                                                 ducts falling within subheadings 41.02 ex B, 42.02 B
For the products listed in Annex A the Community                 and 42.03 A, B II, B III and C, this percentage is raised
tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall be allocated in     to 50 .
shares which shall be for each Member State the
amounts given in column 5 of Annex A against the
products in question.                                                                     Article 5
                                                                 Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 4 shall be
                          Article 3                              valid until 31 December 1978 .
1 . A first tranche of each of the Community tariff
quotas listed in Annex B, expressed in units of account                                   Article 6
in column 5 of Annex B, shall be allocated among the
Member States; the shares which, subject to Article 6 ,          The Member States shall return to the reserve, not later
shall be valid until 31 December 1978 , shall for each           than 1 October 1978 , the unused portion of their initial
Member State be as indicated in column 6 of Annex B
                                                                 share which, on 15 September 1978 , is in excess of 20%
against each of the products listed therein.                     of their initial amount. They may return a larger
                                                                 portion if there are grounds for believing that such por­
                                                                 tion may not be used in full.
2 . The second tranche of each of the tariff quotas shall
constitute the reserve specified in each case in column 7        The Member States shall, not later than 1 October
of Annex B.
                                                                  1978 , notify the Commission of the total imports of the
                                                                  product concerned effected up to and including 15 Sep­
                                                                  tember 1978 and charged against the Community quota
                                                                  and, where appropriate, the proportion of their initial
                          Article 4
                                                                  share that is being returned to the reserve.
 1.  If a Member State has used 90% or more of one of
its initial shares as fixed in Annex B, or of that share
minus any portion returned to the reserve pursuant to                                     Article 7
Article 6, it shall forthwith, by notifying the Com­
mission, draw a second share, to the extent that the             The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
reserve so permits, equal to 10% of its initial share,            opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 3 and
rounded up should the occasion arise to the nearest unit         4 and shall, as soon as the information reaches it, in­
above.                                                            form each State of the extent to which the reserve has
                                                                 been used up .
 2 . If a Member State, after exhausting one of its initial
 shares, has used 90% or more of the second share
                                                                  It shall, not later than 15 October 1978 , inform the
 drawn by it, that Member State shall draw a third                Member State of the amount still in reserve following
 share, under the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 ,           any return of shares pursuant to Article 6.
 to the extent that the reserve so permits, equal to 5% of
its initial share.                                                It shall ensure that when an amount exhausting the
                                                                  reserve is drawn the amount so drawn does not exceed
                                                                  the balance available, and to this end shall notify the
3 . If a Member State, after exhausting its second share,         amount of that balance to the Member State making the
has used 90% or more of the third share drawn by it,              last drawing.
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The Member States shall take all appropriate measures            1 (3 ) is observed. When the charges, at Community
to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to Ar­           level, of products originating in each of the countries
ticle 4 are opened in such a way that importations may           and territories listed in Annex C, against any one of the
be charged without interruption against their cumula­            Community tariff quotas reach the maximum amount
tive shares of the Community quota.                              laid down in column 4 of Annexes A and B, the Com­
                                                                 mission shall immediately notify the Member States of
                                                                 the date on which, as a result of this fact, the normal
                         Article 8                               tariff is to be re-introduced in respect of the country or
                                                                 territory in question. This notification shall be pub­
 1 . The Member States shall ensure free access to the           lished in the Official Journal of the European Com­
shares which have been allocated to them for importers           munities.
of the said goods who are established in their territory.
                                                                                          Article 10
2. The extent to which a Member State has used up its
share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the
said goods which have been entered for home use, on              Member States shall inform the Commission on request
                                                                 or at least monthly of imports of the products in ques­
the basis of the customs value of the said goods, and
which are accompanied by a certificate of origin in              tion charged against their shares.
accordance with the rules referred to in Article 1 (2 ).
                                                                                          Article 11
3 . Goods shall qualify for a tariff quota only if the
certificate of origin referrred to in paragraph 2 is sub­
mitted before the date on which the levying of duties is         Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
re-introduced.                                                   closely to ensure that the provisions of the above
                                                                 Articles are observed .
                         Article 9                                                        Article 12
The Commission shall take all necessary measures to              This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
ensure that the maximum amount referred to in Article            1978 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
              Done at Brussels, 28 November 1977 .
                                                                                       For the Council
                                                                                         The President
                                                                                          L. OUTERS
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                                                                                 ANN I X A
                    Products referred to in Article 2 subject to a zero-duty Community tariff quota under the generalized
                                               tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
                                                                                                                     Maximum amount
               CCT                                                                                 Quota                per country of            Share of quota amounts
  Order       heading                              Description                                    amount                 territory ( 4)         allocated to Member States
    No          No                                                                             ( in u.a.) ( a)                                           ( in u.a.) ( a)
                                                                                                                   "/,,          u.a. ( a)
                (D                                       W                                          ( 3)                                                       ( 5)
      1        44.15         Plywood, block-board, laminboard, bat­                         28 2 610 m 3           30      84 783 m3 C )      Germany                      13   515 m3
                             tenboard        and    similar    laminated        wood                                                          Benelux                        7  800 m3
                             products ( including veneered panels and                                                                          France                        1  000 m3
                             sheets); inlaid wood and wood marquetry                                                                           Italy                         2  970 m3
                                                                                                                                               Denmark                     12   930 m3
                                                                                                                                               Ireland                       5  595 m3
                                                                                                                                               United
                                                                                                                                               Kingdom             238 800 m 3 (')
      2        64.01          Footwear with outer soles and uppers of                       2 422 350              20         484 470         Germany                         654 034
                              rubber or artificial plastic material                                                                           Benelux                         242 235
                                                                                                                                               France                        448 135
                                                                                                                                               Italy                          339 129
                                                                                                                                               Denmark                         121 117
                                                                                                                                               Ireland                          12 112
                                                                                                                                               United
                                                                                                                                               Kingdom                         605 588
                                                                -
      3      64.02 (*)        Footwear with outer soles of leather or                     19 796 700               15       2 969 505         Germany                     5  345   110
                              composition leather; footwear (other than                                                                       Benelux                     1  979   670
                              footwear falling within heading No 64.01 )                                                                      France                      3  662   390
                              with outer soles of rubber or artificial plas­                                                                  Italy                       2  771   535
                              tic material :                                                                                                  Denmark                         989  835
                                                                                                                                              Ireland                           98 985
                              A. Footwear with uppers of leather                                                                              United
                                                                                                                                              Kingdom                     4 949 175
        4      64.02          Footwear with outer soles of leather or                      10 991 400              15       1 648 710         Germany                     2   967  680
                              composition leather, footwear (other than                                                                       Benelux                     1   099  140
                              footwear falling within heading No 64.01 )                                                                      France                      2   033  410
                              with outer soles of rubber or artificial plas­                                                                   Italy                       1  538  795
                              tic material :                                                                                                   Denmark                        549  570
                                                                                                                                               Ireland                          54 955
                              B. Other                                                                                                         United
                                                                                                                                               Kingdom                    2 747 850
( a) Unless otherwise indicated .
(') The provisions of Article I (3 ) do not apply up to a proportion limited to 141 305 m 1 of the share allocated to the United Kingdom .
(*) Products falling within subheading 64.02 A, originating in the countries and territories listed in Section II of Annex C, are excluded from the benefit of this tariff quota.
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                                                                     ANNEX B
            List of products referred to in Article 3 subject to zero-duty Community tariff quotas under the
                       generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
                                                                                       Maximum amount per
                                                                   Quota                 country or territory       Amount of                                                  Amount of
                                                                                                  4)                                   Initial share of quota amounts
               Description                                         amount                                          first tranche           allocated to Member States           reserve
                                                                   (in u.a.)                                        (in u.a.)                       (in u.a.)                   (in u.a.)
                                                                                         %               u.a.
                     2                                                 3)                                               5)                             6)                          ( 7)
         plex         oxygen-function           amino­              209 000            50               104 500        167 200     Germany                          45 980          41 800      Official
                                                                                                                                   Benelux                          17 555
                                                                                                                                   France                           31   770
                                                                                                                                   Italy                            25   080
       cid and its salts                                                                                                           Denmark                           8   360
                                                                                                                                                                                             Journal
                                                                                                                                   Ireland                           1   670
                                                                                                                                   United Kingdom                   36   785
                                                                                                                                                                                                 of the
   her (including buffalo leather)                               19 864 580             30             5 959 375   13 905 205      Germany                      3 823    930    5 959 375
  r, except leather falling within                                                                                                 Benelux                      1 460    050
  or 41.08 :                                                                                                                       France                       2 641    990
                                                                                                                                   Italy                        2 085    780
cluding leather                        not      further                                                                            Denmark                        695    260
  an tanned                                                                                                                        Ireland                        139    050
                                                                                                                                   United Kingdom               3 059    145
                                                                                                                                                                                             European Communities
            tariff heading are also eligible for Community preferential tariff arrangements.
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                                              Quota
                                                            country or territory         Amount of         Initial share of quota amounts          Amount of
                                              amount
                                                                     4)                 first tranche           allocated to Member States          reserve
        Description
                                              ( in u.a.)                                  (in u.a.)                      (in u.a.)                  (in u.a.)
                                                            %               u.a.
                                                                                              5                            (6)                          7
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            2)                                     3
                                             6 032 000     30             1 809 600       4 825 600     Germany                      1 327   040    1 206 400
 r example, trunks, suitcases,
                                                                                                        Benelux                        506   690
    ng-bags, rucksacks), shopping­                                                                                                                               j
                                                                                                        France                         916   865
 satchels, briefcases, wallets,
                                                                                                        Italy                          723   840
    s, tool-cases, tobacco-pouches,
                                                                                                        Denmark                        241   280
   oxes ( for example, for arms,
  ts, binoculars, jewellery, bott­                                                                      Ireland                         48   255
  twear, brushes) and similar                                                                           United Kingdom               1 061   630
   ther or of composition leather,
   e, of artificial plastic sheeting,
   f textile fabric:
     stic sheeting
                                             13 022 600    30             3 906 780      9 115 820      Germany                      2 506   850    3 906 780
    example, trunks, suit-cases, hat­
                                                                                                        Benelux                        957   160
    ags, rucksacks ), shopping-bags,
                                                                                                        France                       1 732   005
      briefcases, wallets, purses, toilet­
                                                                                                        Italy                        1 367   375
    tobacco-pouches, sheaths, cases,
                                                                                                        Denmark                        455   790
   e, for arms , musical instruments,
   ery , bottles, collars, footwear,                                                                    Ireland                         91   160
  lar containers, of leather or of                                                                      United Kingdom               2 005   480
   r, of vulcanized fibre, of artificial
      paperboard or of textile fabric:
  ials
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     and clothing accessories, of leather    14 050 470    30             4 21 "> 140   9 835 330       Germany                      2 704 715      4 215 140
   leather :                                                                                            Benelux                      1 032 710
                                                                                                        France                       1 868 710
    rel                                                                                                 Italy                        1 475 300
                                                                                                        Denmark                        491 770
   ng mittens and mitts:
                                                                                                        Ireland                         98 350
      sports                                                                                            United Kingdom               2 163 775
   accessories                                                                                                                                                         19 . 12 . 77
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                                             Quota         country or territory     Amount of                                                Amount of
                                                                   ( 4)                                Initial share of quota amounts
         Description                         amount                                first tranche           allocated to Member States         reserve
                                             ( in u.a.)                             (in u.a.)                       (in u.a.)                 (in u.a.)                  19 . 12 . 77
                                                           %              u.a.
             (2)                                ( 3)                                    ( 5)                           ( 6)                      ( 7)
    and radiotéléphonie transmis­          22 230 000     15          3 334 500    17 784 000      Germany                      4 890 600     4 446 000
ption apparatus ; radio-broad­                                                                     Benelux                      1 867 320
     sion transmission and reception                                                               France                       3 378 960
       ding  receivers  incorporating                                                              Italy                        2 66 7 600
   or reproducers ) and television                                                                 Denmark                        889 200
  navigational aid apparatus,                                                                      Ireland                        177 840
   and radio remote control                                                                        United Kingdom               3 912 480
    ic and radiotéléphonie trans­
  reception apparatus ; radio­
   and television transmission and
     paratus   ( including  receivers
    sound recorders or reprodu­
      sion cameras :
        whether or not combined with
        order or reproducer
   goods of subheadings A and B
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    cathode and photo-cathode               7 278 000     20           1 455 600     5 822 400     Germany                      1 601 160     1 45 5 600
    ( including vapour or gas-filled                                                               Benelux                        611 350
  s, cathode-ray tubes, television                                                                 France                       1 106 255
  d mercury arc rectifying valves                                                                  Italy                          873 360
  tocells ; mounted piezo-electric                                                                 Denmark                        291 120
      transistors and similar semi­                                                                Ireland                         58 225
     ; light-emitting diodes; electronic                                                           United Kingdom               1 280 930
    stors and similar semi-conduc­
   light-emitting diodes; electronic
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                                      Quota        country or territory     Amount of          Initial share of quota amounts       Amount of
                                      amount
                                                           (4)             first tranche           allocated to Member States        reserve
       Description
                                      (in u.a.)                              (in u.a.)                      (in u.a.)                (in u.a.)
                                                   %              u.a.
           (2)                           ( 3)                                   (5)                           (6)                       ( 7)
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r seats (other than those falling   22 230 600    20          4 446 120    17 784 480      Germany                      4 890 730   4 446 120
No 94.02), whether or not con­                                                             Benelux                      1 867 370
   , and parts thereof:                                                                    France                       3 379 050
                                                                                           Italy                        2 667 670
                                                                                           Denmark                       889 220
                                                                                           Ireland                       177 850
                                                                                           United Kingdom               3 912 590
                                                                                                                                                     Official
  nd parts thereof                  16 682 400    20           3 336 480   13 345 920      Germany                      3 670 130   3 336 480
                                                                                           Benelux                      1 401 320
                                                                                           France                       2 535 720
                                                                                           Italy                        2 001 890
                                                                                           Denmark                       667 300
                                                                                           Ireland                       133 460
                                                                                           United Kingdom               2 936 100
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                                                                                                                                                     Communities
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                                                                               ANNEX C
                               List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences ( a)
                                                               I. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
660     Afghanistan                                      416 Guatemala                                                          662 Pakistan
208     Algeria                                          260 Guinea                                                             440 Panama
330     Angola                                           257 Guinea Bissau                                                      801   Papua New Guinea
528     Argentina                                        488   Guyana                                                           520   Paraguay
453 Bahamas                                              452 Haiti                                                              504 Peru
640 Bahrain                                              424 Honduras                                                           708   Philippines
666 Bangladesh                                           664 India                                                              644   Qatar
469 Barbados                                             700 Indonesia                                                          324 Rwanda
284 Benin                                                616 Iran                                                               819 Samoa
675 Bhutan                                               612    Iraq                                                            311    Sao Tome and Principe
516 Bolivia                                              272    Ivory Coast                                                     632 Saudi Arabia
391 Botswana                                             464    Jamaica                                                         248    Senegal
508 Brazil                                               628   Jordan                                                           355   Seychelles and Dependencies
676 Burma                                                696    Kampuchea, Democratic                                           264 Sierra Leone
328 Burundi                                              346    Kenya                                                           706    Singapore
302 Cameroon                                             728    Korea, Republic of                                              342 Somalia
247 Cape Verde Islands                                   636 Kuwait                                                             669 Sri Lanka
306 Central African Empire                               684 Laos                                                               224 Sudan
244 Chad                                                 604 Lebanon                                                            492 Surinam
512 Chile                                                395 Lesotho                                                            393 Swaziland
480 Colombia                                             268 Liberia                                                            608   Syria
375 Comoros                                              21 6   Libya                                                           352 Tanzania
318 Congo, People's Republic of                          370    Madagascar                                                      680 Thailand
436 Costa Rica                                           386 Malawi                                                             280   Togo
448 Cuba                                                 701    Malaysia                                                        817   Tonga
600 Cyprus                                               667 Maldive Islands                                                    472   Trinidad and Tobago
338 Djibouti                                             232 Mali                                                               212 Tunisia
456 Dominican Republic                                   228 Mauritania                                                         350   Uganda
500 Ecuador                                              373 Mauritius                                                          647 United Arab Emirates
220 Egypt                                                412 Mexico                                                             236   Upper Volta
428 El Salvador                                          204 Morocco                                                            524   Uruguay
310 Equatorial Guinea                                    366    Mozambique                                                      484 Venezuela
334 Ethiopia                                             803 Nauru                                                              690 Vietnam
815 Fiji                                                 672    Nepal                                                           652 Yemen
314 Gabon                                                432    Nicaragua                                                       656   Yemen, Democratic
252 Gambia                                               240    Niger                                                           048   Yugoslavia
276 Ghana                                                288    Nigeria                                                         322 Zaire
473 Grenada                                              649 Oman                                                               378 Zambia
( ! ) The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature 1977', published by the Statistical Office of the European
      Communities.
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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
             890 Australian Antarctic Territory
             421 Belize
             413 Bermuda
             890 British Antarctic Territory
             357 British Indian Ocean Territory
             812 British Pacific Ocean
             703 Brunei
             202 Canary Islands
             463 Cayman Islands and Dependencies
             205 Ceuta and Melilla
             802 Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Norfolk Island
             529 Falkland Islands and Dependencies
             822 French Polynesia
             890 French Southern and Antarctic Territories
             044 Gibraltar
             740 Hong Kong
             743 Macao
             377 Mayotte
             476 Netherlands Antilles
             809 New Caledonia and Dependencies
             808 Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship ( x)
             329 St Helena and Dependencies
             814 Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niue Island, Tokelau Islands)
             454 Turks and Caicos Islands
             457 Virgin Islands of the United States
             811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
             471 West Indies
             Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
                        status of countries or territories.
             t 1) 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).