CELEX: 31975R3008
Language: en
Date: 1975-11-17 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3008/75 of the Council of 17 November 1975 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in developing countries

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                               REGULATION (EEC) No 3008/75 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 17 November 1975
               opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
                                 for certain products originating in developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           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
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       industrialized countries which are members of the
European Economic Community ;                                      OECD would participate in granting preferences and
                                                                   would make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked
                                                                   out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of
                                                                   a temporary nature, does not constitute a binding
Having regard to the Opinion of the European                       commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
Parliament (*);
                                                                   wholly or in part at a later date; whereas this
                                                                   possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD, the                         remedying any unfavourable situations which might
European Economic Community offered to grant                       arise in the ACP States following the implementation
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished                   of the generalized preference scheme ;
products coming from developing countries ; whereas
the preferential treatment proposed in that offer
covers, generally speaking, all finished and semi­
finished industrial products covered by Chapters 25                Whereas, moreover, the conference of Heads of
                                                                   State or of Government of the Member States and
to 99 of the Brussels Nomenclature which originate
in developing countries ; whereas the preference                   the States acceding to the European Communities
                                                                   held in Paris on 19 to 21 October 1972 invited the
consists in the granting of exemption from customs
duties ; whereas preferential imports are effected up              Community institutions and the Member States
to the level of ceilings calculated by value in respect           progressively to adopt an overall policy of develop­
of each product on the basis of factors which are                  ment cooperation on a world-wide scale comprising
uniform for all the products ; whereas, in order that              in particular the improvement of generalized
the preferences granted to the most competitive                    preferences with the aim of achieving a steady
developing country or countries should be restricted               increase in imports of manufactures from the
and that a substantial share should be reserved for                developing countries;
the least competitive, preferential imports from any
one developing country in respect of a given product
should not, as a general rule, exceed 50% of the                  Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from
ceiling fixed for that product;                                    the second half of 1971 under the conditions set out
                                                                   above and whereas these preferences should continue
Whereas, in the offer made by the Community, the                   to be applied throughout 1976; whereas having
annual ceilings should normally be calculated on the               regard to the terms of the offer concerned and to
basis of the total value for 1968 of cif imports from              the need to improve the generalized preferences, the
the countries benefiting from this scheme, excluding               abovementioned basic amount should normally refer
those already enjoying various preferential tariff                 to 1971 , while the additional amount should refer
arrangements granted by the Community (basic                       to 1972 ; whereas, moreover, these same reference
amount) plus 5% of the value of cif imports from                   years have already been used for calculating the
the other countries and from the countries already                 annual ceilings for the 1975 preferences year;
enjoying such arrangements (additional amount);                    whereas, since there are no Community reference
whereas such additional amount is variable and is                  data for more recent periods and in order to ensure
calculated each year on the basis of the latest figures            none the less that there is an appropriate
available, provided that this entails no reduction in              improvement in the preferences in 1976, the ceilings
the ceilings ;                                                     calculated   on  the  basis  of the    abovementioned
                                                                   reference years are to be increased by 15% in general
                                                                   for the 1976 preferences year; whereas, however,
i1) OJ No C 257, 10 . 11 . 1975, p. 30.                            taking into account the interests of the ACP States
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for plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard                      are specified, calculations which are all the more
and similar laminated products, falling within tariff                 problematic in that the statistical data required
heading No 44.15 , the quota amount should be                         sometimes prove to be incomplete or not sufficiently
 limited to 113 500 m3 ;                                              accurate or representative; whereas the time required
                                                                      for these calculations cannot be reconciled with the
                                                                      continuity necessary for the application of the tariff
Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the Act                    preferences concerned ; whereas, under these con­
of Accession (*) the generalized tariff preference                    ditions, it would be advisable still at this stage to
scheme became fully applicable in the new Member                      adopt a fixed scale for allocating the Community
States on 1 January 1974;                                             tariff quotas concerned among the Member States ;
                                                                      whereas, using as a basis general economic criteria
                                                                      relating to external trade, the gross national product
Whereas it is expedient, therefore, in respect of the                 and population, the percentages for the initial shares
products referred to in Annexes A and B which                         of the Member States in the quota amounts are as
originate in the countries and territories listed in                  follows for the quota year under consideration :
Annex C, that the Community should open for
1976 duty-free Community tariff quotas within the
limits of the amounts, in units of account, shown                             Germany                          27-5%
against each of these products ;
                                                                              Benelux                           10-5%
Whereas charges against each of these tariff quotas                           France                            19-0%
must, in respect of the products originating in any
of the abovementioned countries or territories, come                          Italy                            15-0%
within a specified percentage of the amount of the
quota ; whereas the benefit of such tariff quotas                             Denmark                            5-0%
should be reserved for products originating in the                            Ireland                            1-0%
countries and territories under consideration, the
concept of 'originating products' being determined                            United Kingdom                   22-0%
in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68
 (2) of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of
the concept of the origin of goods ;                                  Whereas, however, taking into account the more
                                                                      precise information already available concerning
                                                                      trade in plywood, blockboard, laminboard,
Whereas it is necessary to ensure equal and                           battenboard and similar laminated products falling
continuous access for all Community importers to                      within heading No 44.15 of the Common Customs
the abovementioned quotas and the uninterrupted                       Tariff, these percentages should be replaced by :
application of the rate laid down for those quotas                    9-52% , 5-52,% , 1-90% , 2-10% , 8-57% , 2-86% and
to all imports of the products concerned into all                     69-53% respectively;
Member States until those quotas are used up ;
whereas, having regard to the principles set out
above, the Community nature of the quotas can
                                                                      Whereas in connection with the Member States'
be respected by allocating the Community tariff
quota among Member States ; whereas, moreover,                        participation in the Community tariff quota for the
to this end and in the context of the utilization                     abovementioned products falling within heading No
                                                                      44.15 it should be borne in mind that United
system, the actual charges against the quotas may
relate only to products which have been entered                       Kingdom imports in recent years from developing
for home use and which are accompanied by a                           countries, in particular from Malaysia and Singapore,
certificate of origin ;                                               have been increasing substantially; whereas the
                                                                      introduction of customs duties on these imports
                                                                      might alter traditional trade flows to the detriment
Whereas the application of the generally accepted                     of the developing countries which hitherto benefited
principles in respect of the allocation of the Com­                   from duty-free entry; whereas this situation is a
munity tariff quotas which have been opened                           special reason for raising the share of the said
hitherto entails under these circumstances, and in                    Member State without restricting access thereto of
view of the variety of the products concerned and                     countries covered by the generalized preference
the fact that the benefiting countries and territories                scheme ;
(») OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p . 14 .                              Whereas, without affecting the Community nature
 (2 ) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p . 1 .                            of the tariff quotas for the products listed in Annex
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A, it appears possible to provide temporarily for              the Commission which must, in particular, be able
a utilization scheme based on a single allocation              to observe the extent to which the quota amount
among the Member States ; whereas, moreover, the               is used and inform Member States thereof;
allocation set out by this Regulation in no way
prejudices the possibility of adopting the general
method of allocation of Community tariff quotas                Whereas if, at a specified date in the quota period,
                                                               a considerable balance remains in one or other
comprising the setting up of a reserve share; whereas          Member State it is essential that that Member State
at the present juncture it appears feasible that such
allocation   could   be    made    according     to  the       pays a large amount of it back into the reserve, in
percentages set out above ;                                    order to avoid a part of the Community quota
                                                               remaining unused in one Member State when it
                                                               could be used in others ;
Whereas the percentage for the shares of the Member            Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
States in the Community tariff quotas referred to              of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
above, in view of the duration and amounts thereof,            Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
does not appear in this instance to compromise the             Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning
equal access for Community importers to Community              the   administration   of   shares  allocated  to  that
tariff quotas ; whereas for this same reason it would          Economic Union may be carried out by any one of
appear expedient to allow each Member State to                 its members,
choose the system for administering its share ;
                                                               HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Whereas, to take account of future import trends
for the products listed in Annex B in the various
Member States, the quotas should be divided into
two tranches, the first being allocated among Member                                   Article 1
States and the second held as a reserve to cover
subsequently the requirements of Member States
which have exhausted their initial shares ; whereas,           1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1976 the
                                                               Common Customs Tariff duties and the tariff duties
moreover, the reserve constituted in the manner
described above tends to avoid making the system               of the new Member States on the products listed in
of utilization of the quota excessively rigid, to the          Annexes A and B shall be completely suspended
detriment of the developing countries concerned and            within the framework of Community tariff quotas
will contribute to achieving the aim already                   of amounts which shall be expressed in units of
mentioned of improving the generalized preferences             account and which shall be indicated against each
system ; whereas, to give importers in each Member             product in column 3 of those Annexes.
State some degree of certainty, the first tranche of
the Community quota should be fixed at 80% of its              2. These tariff quotas shall be enjoyed solely by
full amount;                                                   products originating in the countries and territories
                                                               listed in Annex C. However, those imports which
                                                               already enjoy exemption from customs duties under
                                                               other preferential tariff arrangements granted by the
Whereas Member States may exhaust their initial                Community may not be charged against these tariff
shares for the products listed in Annex B at different         quotas. For the purposes of this Regulation, the
rates ; whereas to avoid disruption of supplies on
this account it should be provided that any Member
                                                               concept of originating products shall/ be determined
                                                               in accordance writh the procedure laid down in
State which has almost used up its initial share               Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
should draw an additional share from the reserve ;
whereas this must be done by each Member State
as and when each of its additional shares is almost            3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each
entirely used up, and repeated as many times as the            country or territory referred to in paragraph 2 against
reserve allows ; whereas the initial and additional            each of the tariff quota amounts mentioned above
shares must be available for use until the end of the          shall be limited to the maximum amount given in
quota period ; whereas, however, it seems advisable            column 4 of Annexes A and B against each category
to permit the Member States to limit the exercise              of products.
of their total obligation to draw on the reserve
amount to a level not exceeding 40% of their initial
share ; whereas this method of administration calls            4. Any amendment to Annex C, in particular by
for close cooperation between Member States and                the addition of new countries or territories enjoying
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tariff preferences, may entail a corresponding                 3 . If a Member State, after exhausting its second
adjustment to the amounts of the quotas and to the             share, has used 90% or more of the third share
 maximum amounts appearing in columns 3 and 4                  drawn by it, that Member State shall, in accordance
 of Annexes A and B.                                           with paragraph 2 draw a fourth share equal to the
                                                               third. This process shall continue until the reserve
                                                               has been exhausted.
                         Article 2                             4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and
                                                               3 , a Member State may draw shares lower than those
 1 . For the products listed in Annex A the Com­               specified in those paragraphs if there are grounds
 munity tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall           for believing that those specified may not be used
 be allocated in shares which shall be for each                in full . Any Member State applying this paragraph
 Member State the amoums given in column 5 of                  shall inform the Commission of its grounds for so
 Annex A against each category of products.                    doing.
2. The share allocated to the United Kingdom for               5 . Any Member State may limit the sum total of
 products falling within heading No 44.15 shall be             its additional shares to 40% of its initial share,
 increased by an amount determined by a footnote               informing the Commission that it is so doing.
 to the said Annex. Article 1 (3 ) shall not apply to
 such an increase.
                                                                                       Article 5
                         Article 3                             Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 4 shall
                                                                be valid until 31 December 1976.
 1 . A first tranche of 80% of each of the Community
tariff quotas listed in Annex B, expressed in units
of account in column 5 of Annex B shall be allocated                                   Article 6
 among the Member States ; the shares which, subject
 to Article 6, shall be valid from 1 January to                A Member State which on 15 September 1976 has
 31 December 1976, shall for each Member State be              not exhausted one of its initial shares shall not later
 as indicated in column 6 to Annex B against each              than 10 October 1976 return to the reserve any
 of the products listed therein.                               unused portion in excess of 20% of the initial
                                                               amount. It may return a greater portion if there are
2. The second tranche of 20% of each of the tariff             grounds for believing that such portion may not
                                                               be used in full.
 quotas shall constitute the reserve, specified in each
 case in column 7 of Annex B.
                                                               Member States shall, not later than 10 October 1976,
                                                               notify the Commission of the total quantities of the
                                                               product in question imported up to and including
                         Article 4                             15 September 1976 and charged against the Com­
                                                               munity quotas and of any portion of their initial
                                                               shares 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
                                                                                       Article 7
pursuant to Article 6, it shall forthwith, by notifying
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
2. If a Member State, after exhausting one of its              it, inform each State of the extent to which the
initial shares, has used 90% or more of the second             reserve has been used up.
share drawn by it, that Member State shall forthwith,
by notifying the Commission, draw a third share, to            It shall, not later than 15 October 1976, inform the
the extent that the reserve so permits, equal to 5%            Member State of the amount still in reserve following
of its initial share.                                          any return of shares pursuant to Article 6.
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It shall ensure that when an amount exhausting the                                    Article 9
reserve is drawn the amount so drawn does not
exceed the balance available, and to this end shall           The Commission shall take all necessary measures
notify the amount of that balance to the Member               to ensure that the maximum amount referred to in
State making the last drawing.                                Article 1(3 ) is observed. When the charges, at Com­
                                                              munity level, of products originating in each of the
The Member States shall take all appropriate
                                                              countries and territories listed in Annex C, against
measures to ensure that additional shares drawn               any one of the Community tariff quotas reach the
                                                              maximum amount         laid   down   in   column    4 of
pursuant to Article 4 are opened in such a way that
                                                              Annexes A and B, the Commission shall immediately
importations may be charged without interruption
                                                              notify the Member States of the date on which, as
against their cumulative shares of the Community              a result of this fact, the normal tariff is to be re­
quota.
                                                              introduced in respect of the country or territory in
                                                              question. This notification shall be published in the
                                                              Official Journal of the European Communities.
                        Article 8
                                                                                      Article 10
1 . The Member States shall ensure free access to
the shares which have been allocated to them for
                                                              Member States shall inform the Commission at
importers of the said goods who are established in
their territory.                                              regular intervals of imports of the products in
                                                              question actually charged against their shares.
2. The extent to which a Member State has used
up its share shall be determined on the basis of                                      Article 11
imports of the said goods which have been entered
for home use, on the basis of the customs value of
                                                              Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
the said goods, and which are accompanied by a                closely to ensure that the provisions of the above
certificate of origin in accordance with the rules            Articles are observed.
referred to in Article 1(2).
3 . Goods shall qualify for a tariff quota only if                                    Article 12
the certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 2
is submitted before the date on which the levying             This    Regulation     shall   enter   into   force   on
of duties is re-introduced.                                    1 January 1976.
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States.
              Done at Brussels, 17 November 1975.
                                                                                     For the Council
                                                                                      The President
                                                                                      E. COLOMBO
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                                                                      ANNEX A
                  List of products referred to in Article 2 subject to zero-duty Community tariff quotas under the
                             generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
                                                                                       Maximum amount
              CCT                                                             Quota     per country or             Share of quota amounts
   Order    heading                          Description                     amount       territory (4) .        allocated to Member States
    No         No                                                          in u.a. (a)                                    in u.a. (a)
                1                                 (2)                           3)       %           u.a. (a)                  (5
     1       41.02       Bovine cattle leather (including buffalo         16 771 320    30         5 031 396  Germany                  4 612   115
                         leather) and equine leather, except leather                                          Benelux                  1 760   990
                         falling within heading No 41.06, 41.07 or                                            France                   3  186  550
                         41.08 :                                                                              Italy                    2 515   700
                                                                                                              Denmark                    838   565
                         ex B. Other, but not including leather                                               Ireland                    167   710
                                   not further prepared than tanned                                           United Kingdom           3 689   690
    2        42.02       Travel goods (for example, trunks , suit­        11 324 000    30         3 397 200  Germany                  3  114  100
                         cases, hat-boxes , travelling-bags, ruck­                                            Benelux                  1  189  020
                         sacks), shopping-bags, handbags, satchels,                                           France                   2 151   560
                         briefcases , wallets, purses , toilet-cases,                                         Italy                    1 698   600
                         tool-cases , tobacco-pouches, sheaths,                                               Denmark                    566   200
                         cases, boxes (for example, for arms, musi­                                           Ireland                    113   240
                         cal instruments, binoculars, jewellery,                                              United Kingdom           2 491   280
                         bottles , 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
    3        42.03       Articles of apparel and clothing accesso­        11 636 000    30        3 490 100   Germany                  3 199 900
                         ries , of leather or of composition leather :                                        Benelux                  1 221 780
                        A. Articles of apparel                                                                France                   2 210 840
                        B. Gloves , including mittens and mitts :                                             Italy                    1 745 400
                                                                                                              Denmark                    581 800
                               II. Special, for sports                                                        Ireland                    116 360
                             III .  Other
                                                                                                              United Kingdom           2 559 920
                         C. Other clothing accessories
    4        44.15      Plywood, block-board, laminboard, bat­ 113 500 m3               30        34 050 m3 Germany                10  600  m3
                        tenboard and similar laminated wood                                                   Benelux               5  850  m3
                        products (including veneered panels and                                               France                2  050  m3
                        sheets) ; inlaid wood and wood marquetry                                              Italy                 2  300  m3
                                                                                                              Denmark              10 200 m3
                                                                                                              Ireland               3 500 m3
                                                                                                              United
                                                                                                              Kingdom (x)          79 000 m3 (:)
(a) Unless otherwise indicated.
i1) Pursuant to Article 2 (2) this share is increased by 113 500 m3 .
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                                                                                                  Maximum amount
                CCT                         Description                           Quota           per    country     or         Share of quota amounts
 Order        heading                                                            amount               territory (4)           allocated to Member States
   No            No                                                            in u.a. (a)                                             in u.a. (a)
                 (1 )                           (2)                                 (3)             %            u.a. (a)                   (5)
     5         64.01     Footwear with outer soles and uppers of               2 422 350            20          484 470    German^                   654 034
                         rubber or artificial plastic material                                                             Benelux                   242 235
                                                                                                                           France                    448 135
                                                                                                                           Italy                     339 129
           \                                                                                 l                             Denmark                   121 117
           \                                                                                 ll                            Ireland                    12 112
                        \                                                                                                  United Kingdom            605 588
     6       (*) 64.02   Footwear with outer soles of leather or 19796 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                                                          Italy                   2 771 535
                         plastic material :                                                                                Denmark                   989 835
                                                                                                                           Ireland                    98 985
                         A. Footwear with uppers of leather                                                                United Kingdom          4 949 175
     7         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                                                          Italy                   1 538 795
                         plastic material :                                                                                Denmark                   549 570
                                                                                                                           Ireland                    54 955
                         B. Other
                                                                                                                           United Kingdom          2 747 850
     8          85.21    Thermionic, cold cathode and photo 5 823 000                               30         1 746 900 Germany                   1 601 325
           II            cathode valves and tubes (including                                 IIIl Benelux                                            611 415
           \\            vapour or gas-filled valves and tubes,                              IIl France                                            1 106 370
           II            cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes \                                         \ Italy                                873 450
           li            and mercury arc rectifying valves and II                                             \ Denmark                              291 150
                         tubes) : photocells ; mounted piezo-electric II                                      \ Ireland                               58 230
           II crystals ; diodes , transistors and similar Il                                                  l United Kingdom                     1 281 060
           II            semi-conductor      devices  ; electronic   micro  ­ ||II\
                         circuits :
                                                                              Il
                         D. Diodes , transistors and similar semi­            ||
           \                  conductor devices ; electronic micro                           II\
           Il                 circuits
                                                                              IIl\
                         E. Parts
     9          94.01     Chairs and other seats (other than those             17 232 000           20         3 446 000    Germany                4 738 800
                          falling within heading No 94.02), whether                                                        Benelux                 1 809 360
                          or not convertible into beds, and parts                                                          France                  3 274 080
                         thereof : .                                                                                       Italy                   2 584 800
                                                                                                                           Denmark                   861 600
                         B. Other                                                                                           Ireland                  172 320
                                                                                                                            United Kingdom         3 791 040
( a) Unless otherwise indicated .
(*) 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
                                                           country or territory
          Description                        Quota                                     u.a .           Share of quota amounts           u.a .
                                                                   (4)
                                             amount                                                   allocated to Member States
                                             in u.a.                                                             in u.a.
              (2)                              (3)         %               u.a .        (5)                      ( 6)                    (7)
s (for example, trunks, suitcases,          5 245 000      30            1 573 500   4 196 000   Germany                1 153 900     1 049 000
  avelling-bags, rucksacks), shopping­                                                           Benelux                  440 580
ags, satchels, briefcases, wallets,                                                              France                   797 240
   -cases, tool-cases, tobacco-pouches,                                                          Italy                    629 400
  s, boxes (for example, for arms,                                                               Denmark                  209 800
  uments, binoculars, jewellery, bott­                                                           Ireland                   41 960
   footwear, brushes) and similar                                                                United Kingdom           923 120
  f leather or of composition leather,
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   fibre, of artificial plastic sheeting,
 d or of textile fabric :
  ial plastic sheeting
   and primary batteries                    4 441 000      30            1 332 300   3 552 800   Germany                  977   020    888 200
                                                                                                 Benelux                  373   040
                                                                                                 France                   675   030
                                                                                                 Italy                    532   920
                                                                                                 Denmark                  177   640
                                                                                                 Ireland                   35   530
                                                                                                 United Kingdom           781   620
                                                                                                                                                     29                       .
                                                                                                                                                                                     .   .
                                                                                                                                                      11 75
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                                                        Maximum amount per                                                                                             .   .
                                                         country or territory                                                      u.a .
           Description                       Quota                                 u.a.              Share of quota amounts
                                                                 (4)                                                                             11 75
                                             amount                                             allocated to Member States
                                             in u.a.                                                       in u.a.
               (2)                             (3)       %             u.a.         (5)                       (6)                   (7)
  aphic and radiotelephonic transmis­      17783 800    20         3 556 760    14227 040    Germany                 3 912 440   3 556 760
reception apparatus ; radio-broad­                                                           Benelux                 1 493 840
   television transmission and reception                                                     France                  2 703 130
 (including receivers incorporating                                                          Italy                   2 134 060
 rders or reproducers) and television                                                        Denmark                   711 350
  adio navigational aid apparatus,                                                           Ireland                   142 270
 ratus and radio remote control                                                              United Kingdom 3 129 950
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  egraphic and radiotelephonic trans­
  and reception apparatus ; radio­
 sting and television transmission and
  n apparatus (including receivers
  ating sound recorders or reprodu­
  d television cameras :
  eivers , whether or not combined with
   und recorder or reproducer
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   the goods of subheadings A and B
  er
                                                                                                                                                Communities
  ture and parts thereof                   12 711 000   20         2 542 200    10 168 800   Germany                 2 796 420   2 542 200
                                                                                             Benelux                 1 067 724
                                                                                             France                  1 932 072
                                                                                             Italy                   1 525 320
                                                                                             Denmark                   508 440
                                                                                             Ireland                   101 688
                                                                                             United Kingdom 2 237 136
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                                                        ANNEX C
                    List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                             I. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
 Afghanistan                               Honduras                                  Rwanda
 Algeria                                   India                                     Saudi Arabia
 Argentina                                 Indonesia                                 Senegal
 Bahamas                                   Iran                                      Sierra Leone
 Bahrain                                   Iraq                                      Singapore
 Bangladesh                                Ivory Coast                               Somalia
 Barbados                                  Jamaica                                   Sri Lanka
 Bhutan                                    Jordan                                    Sudan
 Bolivia                                   Kenya                                     Swaziland
 Botswana                                  Khmer Republic                            Surinam
Brazil                                     Korea (South)                             Syria
Burma                                      Kuwait                                    Tanzania
Burundi                                    Laos                                      Thailand
Cameroon                                   Lebanon                                   Togo
 Cape Verde Islands                       Lesotho                                    Tonga
Central African Republic                   Liberia
                                                                                     Trinidad and Tobago
Chad                                      Libya                                      Tunisia
Chile
                                          Malagasy Republic                          Uganda
Colombia                                  Malawi                                    United Arab Emirates :
Congo, People's Republic of               Malaysia                                        Abu Dhabi
Costa Rica
                                          Maldive Islands                                Dubai
Cuba
                                          Mali                                            Ras al Khaimah
Cyprus
                                          Mauritania
Dahomey                                                                                  Fujairah
Dominican Republic                        Mauritius
                                                                                         Ajman
Ecuador                                   Mexico                                         Shariah
Egypt, Arab Republic of                   Morocco
                                                                                         Ummal Qaiwain
El Salvador                               Nauru
                                                                                    Upper Volta
Equatorial Guinea                         Nepal                                     Uruguay
Ethiopia                                  Nicaragua                                 Venezuela
Fiji                                      Niger
Gabon                                                                               Vietnam, Republic of
                                          Nigeria
Gambia                                                                              Western Samoa
                                          Oman
Ghana                                     Pakistan                                  Yemen, People's Democratic
Grenada                                                                             Republic of
                                          Panama
Guatemala                                                                           Yemen Arab Republic
                                          Papua New Guinea
Guinea                                                                              Yugoslavia
                                          Paraguay
Guinea Bissau                                                                       Zaire
                                          Peru
Guyana                                    Philippines                               Zambia
Haiti                                     Qatar
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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, Desroches)
               British Pacific Ocean (*)
               Brunei
               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 McDonald Islands
               Hong Kong
               Leeward Islands (2)
               Macao
               Mozambique
               Netherlands Antilles
               New Caledonia and Dependencies
             Norfolk Island
               Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (8)
               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
              Territories for which New Zealand is responsible ( Cook Islands, Niue Island, Tokelau Islands
                   and Ross Dependency)
             Turks and Caicos 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.
             (i) Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu, British Solomon Islands , New Hebrides Condominium, and Pitcairn Islands.
             (') Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands.
              (s) 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, St Lucia, St Vincent.