CELEX: 51989PC0135
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Date: 1989-03-21
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) applying supplementary generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain industrial products originating in devolopment countries and sold at the Berlin 'Partners in Progress' fair (presented by the Commission)

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                                                          con ( 89) 135            final
                                                          Brussels , 21 March 1989
                                 Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC )
     applying supplementary generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain
     industrial products originating in devolopment countries and sold at the Berlin
                                ‘Partners in Progress’fair
                       (presented by the Commission)
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                                    EXPLANATÔW MEMORANDUM
Since 1962 , the Overseas Imports Fair " Partners in Progress " has been
held annually in Berlin , centred round the products exported fc-
developing countries . The Commnity has aim * recognised the special importance of
Berlin and the political aspect of the Fair.
Last year , the Council approved a proposal from the Commission, on an “ad hoc "
basis , granting supplementary tariff preferences for certain products
originating in developing countries and sold in the course of the Berlin Fair
 ( Regulation ( EEC ) No .         8 of               O.J. No L42A , page 4 ).
The relatively modest use of the aforesaid Regulation was due particularly
to the belated publication of the Regulation in the Official Journal of the
European Communities                         *
 in letters of If                      »nd     Jmagy       respectively, the
 German Government and the Mayor of Berlin requested the Commission to
  propose to the Council that supplementary tariff preferences be accorded
  developing countries in respect of goods bought or for which sales
  contracts were concluded at the Fair, the intention being to encourage less
  developed countries not at present participating in the Fair to do so.
   The Fair is always held relatively late in the year ( September-October ) by
   which stage the GPS quotas opened under the annual arrangements may well
   have been used up and customs duties resumed for goods under the ceiling .
As regards opening supplementary preferences, however, it is necessary to
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maintain a cautious line. It is, therefore, opportune to propose an ad hoc
Regulation, valid for one year only, with strict limitations on the products
eligible and close supervision by the competent German authorities and the
 Commission . These considerations lead the Commission to propose a *****
          . limiUrhHa
 Regulations* for last year .
 The attached draft Regulation takes account of the afore.Rert : or.ed aims
 while excluding certain products originating in particular developing
 countries . Furthermore it should be noted that this ptevnt Regulation
does not concern agricultural products , five of which are covered by
preferential qu<>rt itative restrictions and which are no * exhibited at
 the Pair . ECSC p-uJuct : are likewise ex.*lud n d because noi e*hibit**d ar
 the Fair . Furthermore , in the absence of relevant statistical data , the
 import levels of the products concerned 3re limited to 6 2 «.f the quotas,
          or fixed duty-free anoints                                                '
 cei lir.gs / f ixed for each product cr group oi p –,docts u:-der the annual CSP
tVgii *.  ions .
 ---pagebreak---                                                TROTO SAL TO"R A
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No
                                                         of
                  applying supplementary generalized tariff preferences in respect of certain
                  industrial products originating in devolopment countries and sold at the Berlin
                                                  'Partners in Progress’ fair
  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        Whereas, without prejudice to the specific provisions of
                                                                  this Regulation, the application of the provisions of the
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           annual      Regulations     regarding     generalized      tariff
  Economic Community, and in particular Article 113               preferences and, in particular, in respect of the beneficiary
  thereof,                                                        countries and the concept of originating products should
                                                                  be applied to the supplementary preferences in question ;
  Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  Whereas it is appropriate, however, to exclude from the
                                                                  scope of this Regulation certain products originating in
 ■Whereas the overseas imports fair ‘Partners in Progress’ is     particular beneficiary countries ;
  organized every year in Berlin with a view to improving
  the access to world markets of products originating in          Whereas declarations     of   release  into   free  circularion
  developing countries ;                                          submitted with a view to the importation of the products
                                                                  in question should be accompanied by the certificate of
  Whereas, in view of the specific features of the Berlin Fair    origin and the contract concluded at the Berlin Fair, the
 and of the unique situation of Berlin, certain measures          latter certified by the competent German authorities ;
 should be taken in the field of generalized .preferences ;
                                                                  Whereas the German authorities must ensure that certifi ¬
 Whereas, in accordance with the . offer made in the              cation of the contracts concluded at the Berlin Fair do
 context of the United Nations Conference on Trade and            not exceed the authorized supplemantary quantities ;
  Development (UNCTAD), the Community opened
 generalized preferences commencing in 1971 and most              Whereas the method of administration adopted requires
  recently under Regulations (EEC) No 435l / Wl and               close                         cooperation between Member
 (EEC) No 425          0) and in particular in respect of         States and the Commission ,
  finished and semi-finished industrial and textile products
 originating in developing countries ;                            Whereas the generalized preferences have been suspended
                                                                  for products originating in the Republic of Korea by
 ■Whereas, in the past, certain products covered by the           Regulationt(EEC) No *<25T /R*         ( Ffc ) tJ* *4jsq /<8 f«)
 system of quotas, ceilings or other tariff measures, being
 the subject of contracts for sale in the course of the Berlin
 Fair, have not been able to benefit from the preferences,        HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 the allocated tariff quotas or fixed duty-free amounts
 having bee/i used up or the collection of custom* duties
 having been re-established for products subject to ceiling                                Article I
 limits before the opening date of the fair ; whereas it is
 important to provide additional latitude to developing
                                                                  1.     From 33 teyfo.frvt 1 9M to                       supple­
 countries to enable them to benefit from the generalized
 tariff preference for products being the subject of             mentary Community tariff preferences shall be opened
 contracts for sale at the fair ; whereas, however, this         subject to Article 4 for the importation of products :
 latitude should be limited to 6 % of the levels of the tariff   – mentioned in Annex I to Regulation ( F.EC) No
 measures applicable for each product or group of products            *un / w or
under the abovementionea annual Regulations, and
should be opened ;                                               – mentioned in Annexes I and II to Regulation ( EEC)
                                                                       No
(' ) Oj No L T* S\ \ 4.Al.&99
 ---pagebreak---      provided tfadb ^riTTaas orifieMr ta MM of the countries                                    Article 4
    Or tetritone* benefiting from the preferences referred to
     in the Annexe* to those Regulation * and have been              This following shall be excluded from the benefits
    exhibited by the exporting countries at the Berlin               lurorded by this Regulation :
 , ‘Partner* in Progress’ Fair and they have been the subjet         – textile products falling within categories 1 , 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
    df sale* contracts, except for products originating in the           7 and 8 appearing in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No
    Ikepuolic or Korea,      WW* Ut«                     Svt *                      and originating in CKi^,
. f         4>                                                           Mac «ec
    i     The supplementary preferences referred to in
    p2??£raph 1 shall be 6 % of the quota, ceiling or fixed
    UVAry-free amounts fixed for each product or group of           – products appearing in Annex I to this Regulation and
    products in Regulations (EEC) No*«5>/ 6$ and (EEC) No                originating in countries indicated in column 4,
 _чгя» /в*.
    3 . Within the framework of the aupplementary
    preferences referred to in paragraph 1 , the Common
    Customs Tariff duties shall be totally suspended .
    Application of the tariff preferences shall be subject to
                                                                                               Article y
    submission of a certificate of origin, Form A, and the
   contract
                                                                    The German authorities shall forward to the Commission,
   4. Within the limits of the supplementary preferences            not more than seven days after the end of the Berlin Fair,
   referred to in paragraph 1 , the Kingdom of Spain and the        a list of certified contracts indicating the nature and value
   Portuguese Republic shall apply customs duties                   or the quantity, whichever is appropriate, of the goods in
   conforming to the relevant provisions of the Act of              question #and the names and addresses of the exporters
   Acceaaion, and the relevant Regulations.                         and importers. The Commission shall send a copy of this
                                                                    list to the authorities of the other Member States .
                             Artide 2
                                                                                               Article 6
   1.     Declaration* of the release into free circulation of
   the products in question accompanied by the certificate         Member States shall forward to the Commission , within
  of origin and by the contract concluded at the Berlin Fair,      two weeks following the end of each quarter, the list of
  the latter certified by the competent German authorities.        the amounts charged during the reference quarter in
                                                                   accordance with the provisions of this Regulation .
 '1 ; The German authorities- shall ensure that the total
  ambunt covered by certified contracts does not exceed the                                    Article 7
  limit fixed in Article 1 (2).
                                                                   Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
       .„                    Artide 3                              closely to ensure compliance with this Regulation .
  Thoae provisions of Regulations (EEC) No *On (U and                                          Article 8
 (BBC) • No VJS'S / W relating to the application of
  generalised tariff preferences which concern beneficiary         This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day
  countries and the concept of originating products shall be       following its publication in the Official Journal of the
  tpplicable.                                                      European Communities.
                    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                    States.
                    Done at Brussels,          4^M .
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                  The President
 iitiLc.i,. t- T-
 ---pagebreak---            LIST OT                       ~CTS i COUNTRIES
 SXCLWEV TI?OM ~n->e 'BEKJETIT OT THIS
'REGULATION/ TOV IV'lXJSTBlAL TROTJUCTS
                  C OTHtTR THANJ "TT-KTILFS )
              Combined
     Ordir
      No
            Nomenclature                   Description                  Cou**kri«a
                code
                                                                        tonn »«md
 10.01 IO    2902 5000   Styrene                                         Saudi Arabia
 10.0120     2905 11 00  Methanol                                       Saudi Arabia
 10.0140     2905 31 00  Ethylene glycol (ethanediol )                   Saudi Arabia
 10.0160     290941 00   2,2'-Oxydiethanol (diethylene-glycol)           Saudi Arabia
 10.0240     2921 19 30  Isopropylamine and its salts                    Romania
 10.03 15    2933 61 00  Melamin                                         Saudi Arabia
 10.0400     3102 10 10  Urea containing more than 45 % by weight
                         of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product                    -
 10.0433     3901 10 10  Linear polyethylene having a specific gravi-
                         ty of less than 0,94
                                                                         Saudi Arabia
 10.0453      3901 20 00  Polyethylene having a specific gravity of      Saudi Arabia
                         0,94 or more
 10.0520     4104 10 95  Leather of bovine or equine animals , with-      Brazil
             4104 10 99  out hair on , other than leather of heading
             4104 31 II  No 4108 or 4109
             410431 19   – Whole bovine skin leather, of a unit sur-
             410431 30       face area not exceeding 28 square feet
             410431 90       (2,6 m >)
             4104 39 10  - Other
             4104 39 90  - Otherwise prepared
                         – · Other bovine leni her und equine Icalhei .
                             parchment-dressed or prepared alter tan-
                             ning
 ---pagebreak---    Oder  Combined
    No  Nomenclature                    Description
           code                                                     Coussin «a
                                                                    Co*scan««l
10.0570 4202 1 1 10  Trunks, suit-cases, vanity cases, executive
        4202 1 1 90  cases, brief cases, school satchels and simi ¬
        4202 12 91   lar containers
        4202 12 99   – With outer surface of leather, of compos¬    Hong Kong
        4202 1991        ition leather or of patent leather
        4202 19 99   – With outer surface of plastics or of tex ¬
        4202 21 00       tile materials
        4202 2290    - Of other materials, including vulcan­
        4202 29 00           ized fibre
        4202 31 00   Other of other materials
        4202 32 90
        4202 39 00   Articles of a kind normally carried in the
        4202 91 10   pocket or in the handbag
        4202 91 50   – With outer surface of leather, of compos¬
        4202 91 90       ition leather or of patent leather
        4202 92 91   – With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
        4202 92 95       of textile materials
        4202 92 99   - Of textile materials
        4202 99 10   - Other
        4202 99 90   Other
                     – With outer surface ofleather, of compos¬
                         ition leather or of patent leather
                     – With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
                         of textile materials
                     - Other
                     - Musical instrument cases
                     - Other
10.0660 6401         Waterproof footwear with outer soles and       Hong Kong
                     uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers
                     of which are neither fixed to the sole nor as¬
                     sembled by stitching, riveting, nailing,
                     screwing, plugging or similar processes
        6402         Other footwear with outer soles and uppers
                     of rubber or plastics
10.0670 6403         Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plas­
                     tics, leather or composition leather and up-   W(il
        – -          pers of leather          __
10.0680 6404         Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plas¬     Hong Kong
                     tics, leather or composition leather, and up¬
                     pers of textiles materials
        6405 90 10   Other footwear, with outer soles of rubber,
                     of plastics, of leather or of composition
                     leather
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                3.
            Combined
    Otder
          Nomenclature                  Description
     No
              code
10.1055   8528  10  40 Television receivers ( including video moni ¬
          8528  10  50 tors and video projectors) whether or not
          8528  10  71 combined in the same housing, with radio ¬    Hong Kong
          8528  10  73 broadcast receivers or sound or video re ¬
          8528  10  79 cording or reproducing apparatus              Singapore
                       – Colour
                       - Television projection equipment
                       - Apparatus incorporating a video-
                              phonic recorder or reproducer
                       - Television receivers with integral tube
10.1060   8527  II 10  Reception apparatus for radio-telephony ,     Hong Kong
          8527  1 1 90 radio-telegraphy or radio-broadcasting.
          8527 21 10   whether or not combined in the same hous ¬    Singapore
          8527 21 90   ing with recording or reproducing apparatus
          8527 29 00   or a clock
          8527 31 10
          8527 31 91
          8527 31 99
          8527 32 10
          8527 32 90
          8527 39 10
          8527 39 91
          8527 39 99
          8527 9091
          8527 9099
 ---pagebreak---            Combiner)
    Oràtt Nomenclature
     No                                     Description                   Goi*4n«a
               code
À0. 49*0   8528   1061     Television receivers (including video moni ¬
           8528   10 69    tors and video projectors), whether or not
           8528   10 80    combined in the same housing, with radio¬
           8528   1091     broadcast receivers or sound or video re ¬
           8528   1098     cording or reproduction apparatus, exclud ¬
           8528 20 20      ing video recording or reproducing appara¬
           8528 20 71      tus incorporating a video tuner and goods
           8528 20 73      of subheadings 8528 10 50. 8528 1071 ,
           8528 20 79      8528 10 73,8528 1079
           8528 20 91
           8528 20 99
           8529 10 20       Parts suitable for use solely or principally
           8529 10 31       with the apparatus of heading Nos 8525 to
           8529 10 39      8528 excluding cabinets and cases
           8529 10 40
           8529 10 50
           8529 10 70
           8529 1090
           8529 90 99
  10.1110   8540 91 00      Thermonic, cold cathode or photocathode
            8540 99 00      valves and tubes
                            – Parts
                            Diodes, transistors, and similar semicon¬      Hong Kong
            8541   10 10
            8S4I   1091     ductor devices, light emitting diodes
                                                                           singapore
            8541   1099
            8541   21 10
            8541 21 90
            8541 29 10
            8541 29 90
             8541 30 10
             8541 3090
             85414010
             8541 50 10
             8541 50 90
             8541 90 00
             8542   11  10   Electric integrated circuits and microassem¬
             8542   11  30   blies
             8542   II  71
             8542   11  75
             8542 II 91
             8542   1 1 99
             8542   19 10
             8542   19 20
             8542   1930
             8542   19 50
             8542   19 70
             8542 19 90
             8542 20 00
             8542 80 00
             8542 90 00