CELEX: 31974R3052
Language: en
Date: 1974-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3052/74 of the Council of 2 December 1974 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in developing countries

No L 329/48                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              9 . 12. 74
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3052/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 2 December 1974
               opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
                                for certain products originating in developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                        industrialized countries which are members of the
                                                                 OECD would participate in granting preferences and
                                                                 would make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked
 European Economic Community ;                                   out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of
                                                                 a temporary nature, does not constitute a binding
Having       regard   to    the    proposal     from   the       commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
 Commission ;                                                    wholly or in part at a later date ; whereas this
                                                                 possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                     remedying any unfavourable situations which might
Parliament;                                                      arise in the associated countries following the
                                                                 implementation of the generalized preference scheme ;
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD, the
European Economic Community offered to grant                     Whereas, moreover, the conference of Heads of
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished                 State or of Government of the Member States and
products coming from developing countries ; whereas              the States acceding to the European Communities
the preferential treatment proposed in that offer                held in Paris on 19 to 21 October 1972 invited the
covers, generally speaking, all finished and semi­               Community institutions and the Member States
finished industrial products covered by Chapters 25              progressively to adopt an overall policy of develop­
to 99 of the Brussels Nomenclature which originate               ment cooperation on a world-wide scale comprising
in developing countries ; whereas the preference                 in particular the improvement of generalized
consists in the granting of exemption from customs               preferences with the aim of achieving a steady
duties ; whereas preferential imports are effected up            increase in imports of manufactures from the
to the level of ceilings calculated by value in respect          developing countries ;
of each - product on the basis of factors which are
uniform for all the products ; whereas, in order that            Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from
the preferences granted to the most competitive                  the second half of 1971 under the conditions set out
developing country or countries should be restricted             above and whereas these preferences should
and that a substantial share should be reserved for              continue to be applied throughout 1975 ; whereas
the least competitive, preferential imports from any             having regard to the terms of the offer concerned
one developing country in respect of a given product             and to the need to improve the generalized
should not, as a general rule, exceed 50% of the                 preferences, the abovementioned basic amount
 ceiling fixed for that product;                                 should normally refer to 1971 , while the additional
                                                                 amount should refer to 1972 ; whereas, however,
Whereas, in the offer made by the Community, the                 taking into account the interests of the associated
annual ceilings should normally be calculated on the             countries , for plywood, blockboard, laminboard,
basis of the total value for 1968 of cif imports from            battenboard and similar laminated products falling
the countries benefiting from this scheme, excluding             within tariff heading No 44.15, the quota amount
those already enjoying various preferential tariff                should be limited to 105 000 m3 ;
arrangements granted by the Community ( basic
 amount) plus 5% of the value of cif imports from                Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the Act
the other countries and from the countries already               of Accession ( 1 ), the generalized tariff preference
enjoying such arrangements ( additional amount);                 scheme became fully applicable in the new Member
whereas such additional amount is variable and is                States on 1 January 1974 ;
calculated each year on the basis of the latest
figures available, provided that this entails no                 Whereas it is expedient, therefore, in respect of the
reduction in the ceilings ;                                      products referred to in Annexes A and B which
                                                                 originate in the countries and territories listed in
Whereas the offer made by the Community includes
a clause stating that the Community drew up the
offer on the assumption that all the main                        ( 1) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972 , p. 14.
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Annex C, that the Community should open for                          of the Member States in the quota amounts are as
1975 , duty-free Community tariff quotas within the                  follows for the quota year under consideration :
limits of the amounts, in units of account, shown
against each of these products ;                                              Germany                          27-5%
                                                                             Benelux                           10-5%
                                                                              France                           19-0%
Whereas charges against each of these tariff quotas
must, in respect of the products originating in any                           Italy                            15-0%
of the abovementioned countries or territories, come
                                                                              Denmark                           5-0%
within a specified percentage of the amount of the
quota ; whereas the benefit of such tariff quotas                              Ireland                           1-0%
should be reserved for products originating in the
countries and territories under consideration, the                             United Kingdom                  22-0%
concept of 'originating products' being determined
in accordance with the procedure laid down in                        Whereas, however, taking into account the more
Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC ) No 802/68                    ^precise information already available concerning
 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of                     trade in plywood, blockboard, laminboard,
 the concept of the origin of goods ;                                 battenboard and similar laminated products falling
                                                                      within heading No 44.15 of the Common Customs
                                                                      Tariff, these percentages should be replaced by :
Whereas it is necessary to ensure equal and                           9-52% , 5-52% , 1-90% , 2-10% , 8-57% , 2-86% and
continuous access for all Community importers to                      69-53% respectively ;
the abovementioned quotas and the uninterrupted
application of the rate laid down for those quotas                    Whereas in connection with the Member States '
to all imports of the products concerned into all                     participation in the Community tariff quota for the
 Member States until those quotas are used up ;                        abovementioned products falling within heading No
whereas, having regard to the principles set out                      44.15 it should be       borne in  mind   that  United
 above, the Community nature of the quotas can                        Kingdom imports in recent years from developing
 be respected by allocating the Community tariff                       countries, in particular from Malaysia and Singapore,
 quota among Member States ; whereas, moreover,                       have been increasing substantially ; whereas the
 to this end and in the context of the utilization                    introduction of customs duties on these imports
 system, the actual charges against the quotas may                    might alter traditional trade flows to the detriment
relate only to products which have been entered                       of the developing countries which hitherto benefited
 for home use and which are accompanied by a                         from duty-free entry ; whereas this situation is a
 certificate of origin ;                                              special reason for raising the share of the said
                                                                      Member State without restricting access thereto of
                                                                      countries covered by the generalized preference
 Whereas the application of the generally accepted                    scheme ;
 principles in respect of the allocation of the Com­
 munity tariff quotas which have been opened                          Whereas, without affecting the Community nature
 hitherto entails under these circumstances, and in                   of the tariff quotas for the products listed in
 view of the variety of the products concerned and                    Annex A, it appears possible to provide temporarily
 the fact that the benefiting countries and territories               for a utilization scheme based on a single allocation
 are specified, calculations which are all the more                   among the Member States ; whereas, moreover, the
 problematic in that the statistical data required                    allocation set out by this Regulation in no way
 sometimes prove to be incomplete or not sufficiently                 prejudices the possibility of adopting the general
 accurate or representative ; whereas the time required               method of allocation of Community tariff quotas
 for these calculations cannot be reconciled with the                 comprising the setting up of a reserve share ; whereas
 continuity necessary for the application of the tariff               at the present juncture it appears feasible that such
 preferences concerned ; whereas, under these                         allocation could be made according to the
 conditions, it would be advisable still at this stage                percentages set out above ;
 to adopt a fixed scale for allocating the Community
 tariff quotas concerned among the Member States ;                    Whereas the percentage for the shares of the
 whereas, using as a basis general economic criteria                  Member States in the Community tariff quotas
 relating to external trade, the gross national product               referred to above, in view of the duration and
 and population, the percentages for the initial shares               amounts thereof, does not appear in this instance
                                                                      to compromise the equal access for Community
                                                                      importers to Community tariff quotas ; whereas for
                                                                      this same reason it would appear expedient to allow
                                                                      each Member State to choose the system for
 (*) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6 . 1968 , p. 1 .                              administering its share ;
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 Whereas, to take account of future import trends               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 for the products listed in Annex B in the various
 Member States, the quotas should be divided into                                       Article 1
 two tranches, the first being allocated among
 Member States and the second held as a reserve to
 cover subsequently the requirements of Member                   1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1975 the
 States which have exhausted their initial shares ;             Common Customs Tariff duties and the tariff duties
 whereas, moreover, the reserve constituted in the              of the new Member States on the products listed in
 manner described above tends to avoid making the               Annexes A and B shall be completely suspended
 system of utilization of the quota excessively rigid,          within the framework of Community tariff quotas
 to the detriment of the developing countries                   of amounts which shall be expressed in units of
 concerned and will contribute to achieving the aim             account and which shall be indicated against each
 already mentioned of improving the generalized                 product in column 3 of those Annexes.
 preferences system ; whereas, to give importers in
 each Member State some degree of certainty, the                2. These tariff quotas shall be enjoyed solely by
 first tranche of the Community quota should be                 products originating in the countries and territories
 fixed at 80% of its full amount;                               listed in Annex C. However, those imports which
                                                                already enjoy exemption from customs duties under
                                                                other preferential tariff arrangements granted by the
                                                                Community may not be charged against these tariff
 Whereas Member States may exhaust their initial                quotas. For the purposes of this Regulation, the
 shares for the products listed in Annex B at                   concept of originating products shall be determined
 different rates ; whereas to avoid disruption of               in accordance with the procedure laid down in
 supplies on this account it should be provided that            Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
 any Member State which has almost used up its
 initial share should draw an additional share from
                                                                3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each
 the reserve ; whereas this must be done by each                country or territory referred to in paragraph 2
 Member State as and when each of its additional
                                                                against each of the tariff quota amounts mentioned
 shares is almost entirely used up, and repeated as             above shall be limited to the maximum amount given
 many times as the reserve allows ; whereas the initial         in column 4 of Annexes A and B against each
 and additional shares must be available for use until
                                                                category of products.
 the end of the quota period ; whereas, however, it
 seems advisable to permit the Member States to
 limit the exercise of their total obligation to draw on       4. Any amendment to Annex C, in particular by
 the reserve amount to a level not exceeding 40% of            the addition of new countries or territories enjoying
 their initial share; whereas this method of                    tariff preferences, may entail a corresponding
 administration calls for close cooperation between             adjustment to the amounts of the quotas and to the
 Member States and the Commission which must, in                maximum amounts appearing in columns 3 and 4
particular, be able to observe the extent to which              of Annexes A and B.
the quota amount is used and inform Member
 States thereof;
                                                                                        Article 2
                                                                1 . For the products listed in Annex A the Com­
 Whereas if, at a specified date in the quota period,          munity tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall
a considerable balance remains in one or other                 be allocated in shares      which  shall be  for   each
Member State it is essential that that Member State            Member State the amounts given in column 5 of
pays a large amount of it back into the reserve, in            Annex A against each category of products .
order to avoid a part of the Community quota
remaining unused in one Member State when it
could be used in others;                                       2. The share allocated to the United Kingdom for
                                                               products falling within heading No 44.15 shall be
                                                               increased by an amount determined by a footnote
                                                               to the said Annex. Article 1 (3 ) shall not apply to
                                                               such an increase .
Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
                                                                                        Article 3
Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concern­
ing the administration of shares allocated to that
Economic Union may be carried out by any one of                 1 . A first tranche of 80% of each of the Community
its members,                                                   tariff quotas listed in Annex B, expressed in units
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of account in column         5    of Annex    B  shall  be                               Article 5
allocated among the Member States ; the shares
which, subject to Article 6, shall be valid from                Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 4 shall
1 January to 31 December 1975, shall for each                   be valid until 31 December 1975 .
Member State be         as  indicated in   column    6  to
Annex B against each of the products listed therein.
                                                                                         Article 6
                                                                A Member State which on 15 September 1975 has
2 . The second tranche of 20% of each of the tariff             not exhausted one of its initial shares shall not later
quotas shall constitute the reserve, specified in each          than 10 October 1975 return to the reserve any
case in column 7 of Annex B.                                    unused portion in excess of 20% of the initial
                                                                 amount. It may return a greater portion if there
                                                                are grounds for believing that such portion may not
                                                                be used in full .
                                                                 Member States shall, not later than 10 October 1975 ,
                           Article 4                             notify the Commission of the total quantities of the
                                                                 product in question imported up to and including
                                                                 15 September 1975 and charged against the Com­
                                                                 munity quotas and of any portion of their initial
 1.   If a Member State has used 90% or more of                  shares returned to the reserve.
 one of its initial shares as fixed in Annex B, or of
 that share minus any portion returned to the reserve
 pursuant to Article 6, it shall forthwith, by notifying                                 Article 7
 the Commission, draw a second share, to the extent
 that the reserve so permits, equal to 10% of its                The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
 initial share .                                                 opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 3
                                                                 and 4 and shall, as soon as the information reaches
                                                                 it, inform 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              It shall , not later than 15 October 1975 , inform the
 share drawn by it, that Member State shall forthwith,           Member State of the amount still in reserve following
 by notifying the Commission, draw a third share, to              any return of shares pursuant to Article 6 .
 the extent that the reserve so permits, equal 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 amount of that balance to the Member
 3 . If a Member State, after exhausting its second              State making the last drawing.
  share, has used 90% or more of the third share
 drawn by it, that Member State shall, in accordance             The Member States shall take           all    appropriate
 with paragraph 2 draw a fourth share equal to the               measures to ensure that additional shares drawn
  third.
                                                                 pursuant to Article 4 are opened in such a way that
                                                                 importations may be charged without interruption
                                                                  against their cumulative shares of the Community
                                                                 quota.
 4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and
 3 , a Member State may draw shares lower than those
                                                                                          Article 8
 specified in those paragraphs if there are grounds
 for believing that those specified may not be used
 in full . Any Member State applying this paragraph               1 . The Member States shall ensure free access to
 shall inform the Commission of its grounds for so                the shares which have been allocated to them for
 doing.                                                           importers of the said goods who are established in
                                                                  their territory.
                                                                 2 . The extent to which a Member State has used
 5 . Any Member State may limit the sum total of                 up its share shall be determined on the basis of
 its additional shares to 40% of its initial share,              imports of the said goods which have been entered
 informing the Commission that it is so doing.                   for home use, on the basis of the customs value of
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the said goods, and which are accompanied by a                question. This notification shall be published in the
certificate of origin in accordance with the rules            Official Journal of the European Communities.
referred to in Article 1(2).
3 . Goods shall qualify for a tariff quota only if                                    Article 10
the certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 2
is submitted before the date on which the levying             Member States     shall   inform   the  Commission      at
of duties is re-introduced .                                  regular intervals of imports of the products in
                                                              question actually charged against their shares .
                        Article 9
                                                                                      Article 11
The Commission shall take all necessary measures
to ensure that the maximum amount referred to in
Article 1(3 ) is observed. When the charges, at Com­          Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
munity level , of products originating in each of the         closely to ensure that the provisions of the above
                                                              Articles are observed .
countries and territories listed in Annex C, against
any one of the Community tariff quotas reach the
maximum amount         laid  down   in  column    4  of
                                                                                      Article 12
Annexes A and B, the Commission shall immediately
notify the Member States of the date on which, as
a result of this fact, the normal tariff is to be re­         This    Regulation     shall   enter   into force      on
introduced in respect of the country or territory in          1 January 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 2 December 1974.
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                    The President
                                                                                J. SAUVAGNARGUES
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                                                                 ANNEX A
                  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 mount per
                                                                                       country or territory
              CCT                                                          Quota               (4                 Share of quota amounts
 Order      heading                                                       amount                                 allocated to Member States
   No          No                           Description                  in u.a . (a )                                    in u.a . ( a)
               (D                                (2)                         (3 )        %          u.a . (a)                 (5 )
    1         41.02      Bovine cattle leather (including buffalo       15 529 000       30       4 658 700   Germany                   4 270 475
                         leather) and equine leather, except leather                                          Benelux                   1 630 545
                         falling within heading No 41.06, 41.07 or                                            France                    2 950 510
                         41.08 :                                                                              Italy                     2 320 350
                                                                                                              Denmark                     776 450
                         ex B. Other, but not including leather                                               Ireland                      155 290
                                  not further prepared than tanned                                            United Kingdom 3 416 380
    2         42.02      Travel goods (for example , trunks , suit­      4 561 000       30        1 368 300  Germany                   1 254 275
                         cases , hat-boxes , travelling-bags , ruck­                                          Benelux                      478 905
                         sacks), shopping-bags , handbags , satchels,                                         France                       866 590
                         briefcases , wallets , purses , toilet-cases ,                                       Italy                        684 150
                         tool-cases , tobacco-pouches , sheaths ,                                             Denmark                      228 050
                         cases , boxes (for example , for arms ,                                              Ireland                       45 610
                         musical instruments, binoculars, jewellery ,                                         United Kingdom 1 003 420
                         bottles , collars , footwear, brushes ) and
                         similar containers , of leather or of com­
                         position leather, of vulcanized fibre , of
                         artificial plastic sheeting, of paperboard
                          or of textile fabric :
                         A. Of artificial plastic sheeting
     3         42.02      Travel goods (for example , trunks , suit­      9 847 000       30       2 954 100   Germany                  2 707 925
                          cases, hat-boxes , travelling-bags, ruck­                                            Benelux                   1 033 935
                          sacks), shopping-bags, handbags , satchels,                                          France                    1 870 930
                          briefcases , wallets, purses , toilet-cases ,                                        Italy                     1 477 050
                          tobacco-pouches , sheaths , cases , boxes                                            Denmark                     492 350
                          (for example , for arms , musical instru­                                            Ireland                      98 470
                          ments , binoculars, jewellery, bottles,                                              United Kingdom 2 166 340
                          collars , footwear , brushes ) and similar
                          containers of leather or of composition
                          leather , of vulcanized fibre , of artificial
                          plastic sheeting, of paperboard or of
                          textile fabric :
                          B. Of other materials
(a ) Unless otherwise indicated .
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                                                                                                   Maximum amount per
                                                                                                    country or territory
                 CCT                                                                 Quota                   (4)                  Share of quota amounts
   Order        heading                                                             amount                                       allocated to Member States
     No           No                          Description                         in u.a . (a)                                            in u.a . (a)
                   1                               (2)                                                 %           u.a . (a)                   5
                                                                                        3)
      4          42.03    Articles of apparel and clothing accesso­              10 118 500           30         3 035 400   Germany                   2  782 450
                          ries, of leather or of composition leather :                                                       Benelux                    1 062 390
                                                                                                                             France                     1 922 420
                          A. Articles of apparel                                                                             Italy                      1 517 700
                                                                                                                             Denmark                      505 900
                          B. Gloves, including mittens and mitts :                                                           Ireland                      101 180
                                II. Special , for sports                                                                     United Kingdom            2 225  960
                              III .  Other
                          C. Other clothing accessories
      5          44.15    Plywood, block-board laminboard, baten­                105000 m 3           30         31500 m 3   Germany                9 995   ms
                          board and similar laminated wood pro­                                                              Benelux                5 795   m3
                          ducts (including veneered panels and                                                               France                  1 995  m3
                          sheets ) ; inlaid wood and wood marquetry                                                          Italy                  2 205   m3
                                                                                                                             Denmark                9 000   m3
                                                                                                                             Ireland                 3 000  m3
                                                                                                                             United
                                                                                                                             Kingdom (1)           73 010 m 3
      6          64.01    Footwear with outer soles and uppers of                 2 307 000           20           461 400   Germany                      634 425
                          rubber or artificial plastic material                                                              Benelux                      242 235
                                                                                                                             France                       438 330
                                                                                                                             Italy                        346 050
                                                                                                                             Denmark                      115 350
                                                                                                                             Ireland                       23 070
                                                                                                                             United Kingdom               507 540
      7      *   64.02    Footwear with outer soles of leather or 18 854 000                          15         2 828 100   Germany                    5 184 850
                          composition leather ; footwear (other than                                                         Benelux                    1 979 670
                          footwear falling within heading No 64.01 )                                                         France                    3  582 260
                          with outer soles of rubber or artificial                                                           Italy                      2 828 100
                          plastic material :                                                                                 Denmark                      942 700
                                                                                                                             Ireland                      188 540
                          A. Footwear with uppers of leather                                                                 United Kingdom            4 147  880
      8          64.02    Footwear with outer soles of leather or 10 468 000                          15         1 570 200   Germany                    2 878 700
                          composition leather ; footwear (other than                                                         Benelux                    1 099 140
                          footwear falling within heading No 64.01)                                                          France                     1 988 920
                          with outer soles of rubber or artificial                                                           Italy                      1 570 200
                          plastic material :                                                                                 Denmark                      523 400
                                                                                                                             Ireland                      104 680
                          B. Other                                                                                           United Kingdom            2 302  960
(*) 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.
O Pursuant to Article 2 (2) this share is increased by 105 000 m3 .
( a) Unless otherwise indicated .
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                                                                                     Maximum amount per
                                                                                     country or territory
               CCT                                                       Quota               (4)                 Share of quota      amounts
  Order      heading                                                    amount                                  allocated to Member States
    No         No                         Description                  in u.a . (a )                                     in u.a. (a) 1
                (D                             (2)                         (3 )         %          u.a . (a)                 (5 )
     9         85.21     Thermionic, cold cathode and photo­           5 823 000       30        1 746 900   Germany                   1 601 325
                         cathode valves and tubes (including                                                 Benelux                     611 415
                         vapour or gas-filled valves and tubes ,                                             France                    1 106 370
                         cathode-ray tubes , television camera tubes                                         Italy                       873 450
                         and mercury arc rectifying valves and                                               Denmark                     281 150
                         tubes) : photocells ; mounted piezo-electric                                        Ireland                      58 230
                         crystals ; diodes, transistors and similar                                          United Kingdom            1 281 060
                         semi-conductor devices ; electronic micro­
                         circuits :
                         D. Diodes , transistors and similar semi­
                              conductor devices ; electronic micro­
                              circuits
                         E. Parts
    10         94.01     Chairs and other seats (other than those     14 984 000       20        4 996 800   Germany                   4 120 600
                         falling within heading No 94.02) whether                                            Benelux                   1 573 320
                         or not convertible into beds, and parts                                             France                    2 846 960
                         thereof :                                                                           Italy                     2 247 600
                                                                                                             Denmark                     749 200
                         B. Other                                                                            Ireland                     149 840
                                                                                                             United Kingdom            3 296 480
    11         94.03     Other furniture and parts thereof            11 053 000       20        2 210 600   Germany                   3 039 575
                                                                                                             Benelux                   1 160 565
                                                                                                             France                    2 100 070
                                                                                                             Italy                     1 657 950
                                                                                                             Denmark                     552 650
                                                                                                             Ireland                     110 530
                                                                                                             United Kingdom            2 431 660
( a) Unless otherwise indicated .
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     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                                                              No L 329/56
                                                             Maximum amount per
                                                Quota         country or territory                       Share of quota amounts
           Description                         amount                 (4)               u.a .           allocated to Member States           u.a .
                                               in u.a .                                                            in u.a .
               3)                                (3 )         %              u.a .
                                                                                         (5)                        6)                        v)
    and primary batteries                     3 862 000       30        1 158 600     3 089 600   Germany                     849   640    772 400
                                                                                                  Benelux                     324   410
                                                                                                  France                      587   025                   Official
                                                                                                  Italy                       463   440
                                                                                                  Denmark                     154   480
                                                                                                  Ireland                      30   895
                                                                                                  United Kingdom              679   710
  phic and radiotelephonic transmis­         16 937 000      20         3 387 400    13 549 600   Germany                 3 726     140   3 387 400
eception apparatus ; radio-broad­                                                                 Benelux                 1 422     710
   elevision transmission and reception                                                           France                  2 574     425
                                                                                                                                                      Journal of the European
 including receivers incorporating                                                                Italy                   2 032     440
 ders or reproducers) and television                                                              Denmark                   677     480
  dio navigational aid apparatus,                                                                 Ireland                   135     495
ratus and radio remote control                                                                    United Kingdom          2 980     910
                                                                                                                                                         Communities
  graphic and radiotelephonic trans­
 and reception apparatus ; radio-­
 ting and televising transmission and
   apparatus (including receivers
  ting sound recorders or reprodu­
   television cameras :
  ivers , whether or not combined with
     und recorder or reproducer
  the goods of subheadings A and B
     r
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                                                      ANNEX C
                  List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                                            I
                                            INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                              India                                     Saudi Arabia
Algeria                                  Indonesia                                 Senegal
Argentina                                Iran                                      Sierra Leone
Bahamas                                  Iraq                                      Singapore
Bahrain                                  Ivory Coast                               Somalia
Bangladesh                               Jamaica                                   Sri Lanka
Barbados                                 Jordan                                    Sudan
Bhutan                                   Kenya                                     Swaziland
Bolivia                                  Khmer Republic                            Syria
Botswana                                 Korea (South)                             Tanzania
Brazil                                   Kuwait                                    Thailand
Burma                                    Laos                                      Togo
Burundi                                  Lebanon                                    Tonga
Cameroon                                 Lesotho                                    Trinidad and Tobago
                                         Liberia                                    Tunisia
Central African Republic
Chad                                     Libya                                      Uganda
Chile                                     Malagasy Republic                         United Arab Emirates :
Colombia                                  Malawi                                         Abu Dhabi
Congo, People's Republic of               Malaysia                                       Dubai
Costa Rica                                Maldive Islands                                Ras al Khaimah
Cuba                                      Mali                                           Fujairah
Cyprus                                    Mauritania                                     Ajman
Dahomey                                   Mauritius                                      Sharjah
Dominican Republic                        Mexico                                         Ummal Qaiwain
Ecuador                                   Morocco                                   Upper Volta
Egypt, Arab Republic of                   Nauru                                     Uruguay
El Salvador                               Nepal                                     Venezuela
Equatorial Guinea                         Nicaragua                                 Vietnam, Republic of
Ethiopia                                  Niger                                     Western Samoa
Fiji                                      Nigeria                                   Yemen, People's Democratic
Gabon                                     Oman                                      Republic of
Gambia                                    Pakistan                                  Yemen Arab Republic
Ghana                                     Panama                                    Yugoslavia
Guatemala                                 Paraguay                                  Zaïre
Guinea                                    Peru                                      Zambia
Guyana                                    Philippines
Haiti                                     Qatar
Honduras                                  Rwanda
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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
            Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
            Angola (including Cabinda)
            Australian Antarctic Territory
            Belize
            Bermuda
            British Antarctic Territory
            British Indian Ocean Territory (Aldabra, Farquhar, Chagos Archipelago, Des Roches)
            British Pacific Ocean (x)
            Brunei
             Cape Verde Islands
            Cayman Islands and Dependencies
            Christmas Island
            Cocos (Keeling) Islands
            Comoro Archipelago
            Corn Islands and Swan Islands
            Falkland Islands and Dependencies
            French Polynesia
            French Southern and Antarctic Territories
            Gibraltar
            Heard Island and MacDonald Islands
            Hong Kong
            Leeward Islands (2)
            Macao
            Mozambique
            Netherlands Antilles
            New Caledonia and Dependencies
            Norfolk Islands
            Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (3)
            Papua-New Guinea
            Portuguese Guinea
            Portuguese Timor
            St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
            Saint Pierre and Miquelon
            Sao Tome and Principe
            Seychelles (including Amirantes)
            Sikkim
            Spanish territories in Africa
            Surinam
            Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niuwe Island, Tokelau Islands
                 and Ross Dependency)
            Turks and Caocos Islands
            Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John, etc.)
            Wallis and Futuna Islands
            Windward Islands (4)
            Note : The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­
                        national status of countries or territories.
            t1) Gilbert and Ellice Islands, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides Condominium, and Pitcairn Islands.
            (2) Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands.
            (3) 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).
            (4) Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent.