CELEX: 21977A0523(02)
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Interim Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic Protocol concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation - Final Act

No L 126/90                           Official Journal uf the European Communities                               23 . 5 . 77
                                                 INTERIM AGREEMENT
                      between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab Republic
             THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
              of the one part, and
             THE PRESIDENT OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
              of the other part,
                                                          PREAMBLE
              WHEREAS a Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the
              Syrian Arab Republic was signed this day in Brussels ;
              WHEREAS, pending the entry into force of that Agreement, certain provisions of the Agreement
              relating to trade in goods should be implemented as speedily as possible by means of an
              Interim Agreement,
              HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement, and to this end have designated as their
              Pleinipotentiaries :
              THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES :
                    Anthony CROSLAND , MP,
                    Presiden^-in-Office of the Council of the European Communities,
                    Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of
                    Great Britain and Northern Ireland ;
                    Clauda CHEYSSON,
                    Member of the Commission of the European Communities ;
              THE PRESIDENT OF THE SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC :
                    Mohamed IMADI,
                    Minister of Economic Affairs and Foreign Trade.
                           TITLE I                                 to increasing the rate of growth of Syria's trade and
                                                                   improving the conditions of access for its products to
                 TRADE COOPERATION
                                                                   the Community market.
                           Article 1                                               A. Industrial products
The object of this Agreement is to promote trade                                          Article 2
between the Contracting Parties, taking account of
their respective levels of development and of the need             Subject to the provisions of Articles 6, 7 and 9,
to ensure a better balance in their trade, with a view             customs duties and charges having equivalent effect
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on imports into the Community of products                                                             Article 4
originating in Syria other than those listed in Annex
II to the Treaty establishing the European Economic                         1 . In the case of customs duties comprising a
Community, and other than those listed in Annex A,                          protective element and a fiscal element, Article 2 shall
shall be abolished in accordance with the following                         apply to the protective element.
timetable :
                                                                           2.     The United Kingdom shall replace customs
                                                                            duties of a fiscal nature and the fiscal element of such
                                                                            duties bv an internal tax, in accordance with Article
                Timetable                    Rate of reduction
                                                                            38 of the Act concerning the conditions of accession
                                                                            and the adjustments to the Treaties referred to in
— On the date of entry into                                                Article 3 .
    force of the Agreement                         80 %
                                                                                                      Article 5
— From 1 July 1977                                100 %
                                                                            Quantitative     restrictions    on     imports  into  the
                                                                           Community of products originating in Syria other
                           Article 3                                        than those listed in Annex II to the Treaty
                                                                           establishing the European Economic Community,
                                                                            shall be removed on the date of the entry into force
1 . For each product, the basic duties to which the                        of the Agreement, and measures having an effect
reductions provided for in Article 2 are to be applied                     equivalent to quantitative restrictions on imports shall
are :
                                                                           be abolished on the date of the entry into force of the
— for the Community as originally constituted :                            Agreement.
     those duties actually applied in respect of Syria on
      1 January 1975,                                                                                 Article 6
— for Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom :
     those duties actually applied in respect of Syria on                  The measures provided for in Article 1 of Protocol 7
      1 January 1972.                                                      to the Act concerning the conditions of accession and
                                                                           the adjustments to the Treaties referred to in Article 3
                                                                           concerning imports of motor vehicles and the motor
2.      The reduced duties calculated in accordance
                                                                           vehicle assembly industry in Ireland shall apply to
with Article 2 shall be applied rounded off to the first                   Syria.
decimal place.
                                                                                                      Article 7
Subject to the application by the Community of
Article 39 (5 ) of the Act concerning the conditions of                     1.    Imports of the following products shall be
accession and the adjustments to the Treaties of 22                        subject to annual ceilings above which the customs
January 1972, as regards the specific duties or the                        duties actually applied in respect of third countries
specific part of the mixed duties in the customs tariffs                   may be reintroduced in accordance with paragraphs 2
of Ireland and of the United Kingdom, Article 2 shall                      to 4, the ceiling fixed for the year of the entry into
be applied, rounded off to the fourth decimal place.                       force of the Agreement being indicated in each case.
                    CCT
                   heading                                     Description                                     Ceiling
                     No                                                                                       (tonnes)
                  27.10 .        Petroleum     oils    and    oils  obtained     from    bituminous
                                 minerals, other than crude ; preparations not elsewhere
                                 specified or included, containing not less than 70 % by
                                 weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bitu­
                                 minous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents
                                 of the preparations :
                                 A. Light oils :
                                     III. For other purposes
                                 B. Medium oils :
                                     III. For other purposes
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                  CCT
                 heading                                  Description                                  Ceiling
                   No
                                                                                                      (tonnes)
                27.10         C. Heavy oils :
               (cont'd)              I. Gas oils :
                                        c) For other purposes
                                   II . Fuel oils :
                                         c) For other purposes
                                  III. Lubricating oils, other oils :
                                         c) To be mixed in accordance with the terms of
                                            Additional Note 7 to Chapter 27
                                         d) For other purposes
                 27.11        Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                              A. Propane of a purity not less than 99 % :
                                  I. For use as power or heating fuel
                              B. Other :
                                  I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                                       c) For other purposes
                                                                                                         175 000
                 27.12        Petroleum jelly :
                              A. Crude :
                                  III. For other purposes
                              B. Other
                 27.13        Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozokerite,
                              lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral waxes, whether
                              or not coloured :
                              B. Other :
                                    I. Crude :
                                         c) For other purposes
                                  II . Other
                 27.14        Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of
                              petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous
                              minerals :
                              C. Other :
                                   II . Other
                 55.09         Other woven fabrics of cotton                                                500
 2. For products falling within subheading 28.40 B                    actually applied in respect of third countries may be
II (phosphates, including polyphosphates, other than                  reimposed on imports of the product in question
 of ammonia), heading No 31.03 (mineral or chemical                   until the end of the calendar year.
 fertilizers, phosphatic), heading No ex 31.05
 (fertilizer compounds containing phosphates),                        4. When imports into the Community of a product
 heading No 55.05 (cotton yarn, not put up for retail                 subject to ceilings reach 75 % of the level fixed, the
 sale), and Chapter 76 ( aluminium) of the Common                     Community shall inform the Joint Committee.
 Customs Tariff, the Community reserves the right to
 introduce ceilings.
                                                                                              Article 8
 3 . When a ceiling fixed for imports of a product                     1 . The Community reserves the right to modify the
 covered by this Article is reached, the customs duties                arrangements applicable to the petroleum products
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falling within subheadings or heading No 27.10,                               For the application of this paragraph consultations
27.11 A and B I, 27.12, 27.13 B or 27.14 of the                               shall be held within the Joint Committee at the
Common Customs Tariff:                                                        request of the other party.
— upon the adoption of a common definition of                                 3 . Subject to paragraph 1 , this Agreement shall not
     origin for petroleum products,                                           affect the non-tariff rules applied to imports of
                                                                              petroleum products.
— upon the adoption of decisions under a common
     commercial policy, or
                                                                                                            Article 9
— upon the establishment of a common energy
     policy.                                                                  For goods resulting from the processing of
                                                                              agricultural products listed in Annex B, the
2. In that event the Community shall ensure that                              reductions specified in Article 2 shall apply, to the
imports of these products will enjoy advantages                               fixed component of the charge levied on imports of
equivalent to those provided for in this Agreement.                           these products into the Community.
                                                         B. Agricultural products
                                                                   Article 10
               Customs duties on imports into the Community of the following products originating in
               Syria shall be reduced by the rates indicated for each of them .
                       CCT
                                                                                                                       Rate of
                     heading                                          Description                                     reduction
                        No
                    05.04               Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish),
                                        whole and pieces thereof                                                        80 %
                    07.01               Vegetables, fresh or chilled :
                                        ex H. Onions, shallots and garlic :
                                                — Onions, from 1 February to 30 April                                  50 %
                                                — Garlic, from 1 February to 31 May                                    50 %
                    07.05               Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skin­
                                        ned or split :
                                        B. Other (than for sowing)                                                     80 %
                ex 08.09                Other fruit, fresh :
                                        — Watermelons, from 1 April to 15 June                                         50 %
                    08.12              Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading
                                       No 08.01 , 08.02, 08.03 , 08.04 or 08.05 :
                                       A. Apricots                                                                     60 %
                   09.09               Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway
                                       and juniper                                                                     80 %
                    12.03              Seeds, fruits and spores of a kind used for sowing :
                                       E. Other (a)                                                                   50 %
             (a) This concession is solely for seeds complying with the provisions of the Directives on the marketing of seeds and
                 plants.
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                    CCT
                                                                                                        Rate of
                  heading                                    Description                             reduction
                     No
                  12.07           Plants and parts (including seeds and fruit) of trees, bushes,
                                  shrubs or other plants, being goods of a kind used
                                  primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal,
                                  fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whole, cut,
                                  crushed, ground or powdered :
                                      A. Pyrethrum (flowers, leaves, stems, peel and roots)             80%
                                       B. Liquorice roots                                               80%
                                       C. Tonquin beans                                                 80%
                                  ex D. Other :
                                          — Camomile, mint, cinchona bark, assia amara
                                              (wood and bark), calabar beans, cubeb powder,
                                              coca leaves , other wood, roots and bark ;
                                              mosses, lichens and algae                                  80%
                  12.08            Locust beans, fresh or dried, whether or not kibbled or
                                   ground, but not further prepared ; fruit kernels and
                                   other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for
                                   human food, not falling within any other heading                      80%
                                                           Article 11
              Customs duties on imports into the Community of the following products originating in
              Syria shall be applied at the following rates :
                     CCT
                   heading                                   Description                             Rate of duty
                      No
                  07.04            Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut,
                                   sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared :
                                   A. Onions                                                             15%
   /
       *                 Article 12                                   movements away from alignment on the final duty,
                                                                      Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom may
                                                                      maintain their duties until the level of these duties
1 . The rates of reduction specified in Article 10
 shall apply to the customs duties actually applied in                has been reached on the* occasion of a subsequent
respect of third countries.                                           alignment, or they may apply the duty resulting from
                                                                      a subsequent alignment as soon as a tariff movement
                                                                      reaches or passes the said level.
2. However, the duties resulting from the
reductions made by Denmark, Ireland and the United
 Kingdom may in no case be lower than those applied                   4.   The reduced duties calculated in accordance
by the said countries to the Community as originally                  with Article 10 shall be rounded off to the first
constituted .                                                         decimal place.
                                                                      However, subject to the application by the
3 . In derogation from paragraph 1 , should the                       Community of Article 39 (5 ) of the Act concerning
 application thereof temporarily result in tariff                     the conditions of accession and the adjustments to
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the Treaties referred to in Article 3 as regards the           3 . Furthermore, Syria may derogate from the
specific duties or the specific part of the mixed duties       provisions of paragraph 1 in the case of measures
in the customs tariffs of Ireland and of the United            adopted with a view to regional economic integration
Kingdom, the reduced duties shall be rounded off to            or measures benefiting the developing countries. The
the fourth decimal place.                                      Community shall be notified of such measures.
                       Article 13                                                     Article 16
1 . Should specific rules be introduced as a result of         1 . The Contracting Parties shall inform each other
the implementation of its agricultural policy or               on the occasion of the signing of this Agreement of
modification of the existing rules, or should the              the provisions they apply under their trade
provisions on the implementation of its agricultural           arrangements .
policy be modified or developed, the Community
may modify the arrangements laid down in the                   2. Syria shall be entitled to introduce into its trade
Agreement in respect of the products concerned.                arrangements with the Community new customs
In such cases the Community shall take appropriate             duties or charges having equivalent effect and new
account of Syria's interests.                                  quantitative restrictions or measures having
                                                               equivalent effect and to increase the duties and the
                                                               quantitative restrictions or charges or measures
2. If the Community, in applying paragraph 1 ,                 having equivalent effect applied to products
modifies the arrangements made by this Agreement               originating in or going to the Community, where
for products covered by Annex II to the Treaty                 such measures are necessitated by Syria's
establishing the European Economic Community, it               industrialization and development requirements. The
shall accord imports originating in Syria an                   Community shall be notified of such measures.
advantage comparable to that provided for in this
Agreement.                                                     For the application of these measures, consultations
                                                               shall be held within the Joint Committee at the
3.      The application of this Article may be the             request of the other Contracting Party.
subject of consultations in the Joint Committee.
                                                                                      Article 17
                 C. Common provisions
                                                               Where Syria applies quantitative restrictions in the
                       Article 14                              form of quotas to a given product in accordance with
                                                               its own legislation it shall treat the Community as a
                                                               single entity.
1 . The products originating in Syria referred to in
this Agreement may not enjoy more favourable
treatment when imported into the Community than                                       Article 18
that applied by the Member States between
themselves.
                                                               For the purposes of implementing this title, the
                                                               Protocol to this Agreement shall determine the rules
2. For the application of paragraph 1 , account                of origin.
shall not be taken of the customs duties and charges
having equivalent effect resulting from the
application of Articles 32, 36 and 59 of the Act                                      Article 19
concerning the conditions of accession and the
adjustments to the Treaties referred to in Article 3 .         In the event of modifications to the nomenclature
                                                               of the customs tariffs of the Contracting Parties
                                                               affecting products referred to in this Agreement, the
                       Article IS
                                                               Joint Committee may adapt the tariff nomenclature
                                                               of these products to conform with such
1 . Subject to the special provisions relating to              modifications .
frontier-zone trade, Syria shall grant the Community
treatment in the field of trade no less favourable than
most-favoured-nation treatment.                                                       Article 20
2.     Paragraph 1 shall not apply in the case of the          The Contracting Parties shall refrain from any
maintenance or establishment of customs unions for             measure or practice of an internal fiscal nature
free-trade areas.                                              establishing, whether directly or indirectly,
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discrimination between the products of one                     concerned may take the necessary safeguard measures
Contracting Party and like products originating in the         under the conditions and in accordance with the
territory of the other Contracting Party.                      procedures laid down in Article 25 .
Products exported to the territory of one of the
Contracting Parties may not benefit from repayment                                       Article 25
of internal taxation in excess of the amount of direct
                                                                1 . In the event of a Contracting Party's subjecting
or indirect taxation imposed upon them.                        imports of products liable to give rise to the
                                                                difficulties    referred  to    in  Article  24    to     an
                                                               administrative procedure, the purpose of which is to
                          Article 21                            provide rapid information on the trend of trade
                                                               flows, it shall inform the other Contracting Party.
Payments relating to commercial transactions carried
out in accordance with foreign trade and exchange              2 . In the cases specified in Articles 23 and 24,
regulations and the transfer of such payments to the            before taking the measures provided for therein, or as
 Member State of the Community in which the                     soon as possible in cases to which paragraph 3 (b)
 creditor is resident or to Syria shall be free from any        applies, the Contracting Party in question shall
 restrictions .                                                 supply the Joint Committee with all relevant
                                                                information required for a thorough examination of
                                                                the situation with a view to seeking a solution
                          Article 22                            acceptable to the Contracting Parties.
                                                                In the selection of measures, priority must be given to
 The Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or               those which least disturb the functioning of the
 restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit           Agreement. Such measures must not exceed the limits
 justified on grounds of public morality, public policy         of what is strictly necessary to counteract the
 or public security; the protection of the health and           difficulties which have arisen .
 life of humans, animals or plants ; the protection of          The Joint Committee shall be notified immediately of
 national treasures of artistic, historical or archaeologi­      any safeguard measures, and these shall be the
 cal value ; the protection of industrial and commercial         subject . of periodic consultations within the Joint
 property, or rules relating to gold or silver. Such            Committee particularly with a view to their abolition
 prohibitions or restrictions must not, however, con­           as soon as circumstances permit.
 stitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a
 disguised restriction on trade between the Contracting         3 . For the implementation of paragraph 2, the
 Parties .                                                      following provisions shall apply :
                                                                 ( a) as regards Articles 23 and 24, consultation in the
                                                                      Joint Committee shall take place before the
                          Article 23                                  Contracting Party concerned takes the
                                                                      appropriate measures ;
  1.    If one of the Contracting Parties finds that              (b) where exceptional circumstances requiring
  dumping is taking place in trade with the other                     immediate action make prior examination
 Contracting Party, it may take appropriate measures                  impossible, the Contracting Party concerned may,
 against this practice in accordance with the Agree­                  in the situations specified in Articles 23 and 24,
 ment on implementation of Article VI of the General                  apply forthwith such precautionary measures as
 Agreement on tariffs and trade, under the conditions                 are strictly necessary to remedy the situation.
 and in accordance with the procedures laid down in
 Article 25 .
                                                                                         Article 26
  2. In the event of measures being directed against             "Where     one    or   more   Member     States   of     the
  bounties or subsidies, the Contracting Parties
  undertake to respect the provisions of Article VI of            Community or Syria is in serious difficulties or is
  the General Agreement on tariffs and trade.                     seriously threatened with difficulties as regards its
                                                                  balance of payments, the Contracting Party
                                                                 concerned may take the necessary safeguard
                                                                  measures. In the selection of measures, priority must
                           Article 24                             be given to those which least disturb the functioning
                                                                  of the Agreement. The other Contracting Party shall
  If serious disturbances arise in any sector of the              be notified immediately of them and these measures
  economy or if difficulties arise which might bring              shall be the subject of periodic consultations within
  about    a    serious  deterioration   in  the  economic        the Joint Committee particularly with a view to their
  situation     of   a  region,   the   Contracting   Party       abolition as soon as circumstances permit.
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                         TITLE II                                                        Article 31
             GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
                                                                Either Contracting Party shall, if so requested by the
                                                                other Contracting Party, provide all relevant
                        Article 27
                                                                information on any agreements it concludes involving
                                                                tariff or trade provisions, and on any amendments to
 1 . A Joint Committee is hereby established which,             its customs tariff or external trade arrangements.
  for the purpose of attaining the objectives set out in
 the Agreement, shall have the power to take decisions         Where such amendments or agreements have a direct
 in the cases provided for in the Agreement.                    and particular effect on the functioning of the
                                                               Agreement, appropriate consultations shall be held
 The decisions taken shall be binding on the                    within the Joint Committee at the request of the
 Contracting Parties, which shall take such measures            other Contracting Party so that the interests of the
 as are required to implement them.                            Contracting Parties may be taken into consideration.
 2. The Joint Committee may also formulate any
 resolutions, recommendations or opinions which it                                       Article 32
 considers desirable for the attainment of the common
 objectives and the fmooth functioning of the
 Agreement.                                                    1 . The Contracting Parties shall take any general
                                                               or specific measures required to fulfil their
 3 . The Joint Committee shall adopt its rules of              obligations under the Agreement. They shall ensure
 procedure.                                                    that the objectives set out in the Agreement are
                                                               attained .
                        Article 28
                                                               2. If either Contracting Party considers that the
 1 . The Joint Committee shall be composed of                  other Contracting Party has failed to fulfil an
 representatives of the Community, on the one hand,            obligation under the Agreement, it may take
 and of representatives of Syria on the other.                 appropriate measures. Before so doing, it shall supply
                                                              the Joint Committee with all relevant information
2.      The Joint Committee shall act by mutual                required for a thorough examination of the situation
 agreement between the Community, on the one hand,            with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the
and Syria, on the other.                                       Contracting Parties.
                                                              In the selection of measures, priority must be given to
                       Article 29                              those which least disturb the functioning of the
                                                              Agreement. The Joint Committee shall be notified
                                                              immediately of such measures, and these shall be the
 1 . The office of President of the Joint Committee           subject of consultations within the Joint Committee if
shall be held alternately by the Contracting Parties, in      the other Contracting Party so requests .
accordance with the modalities to be laid down in the
rules of procedure.
2. Meetings of the Joint Committee shall be called                                       Article 33
by its President.
The Joint Committee shall, in addition, meet                  Nothing in the Agreement shall prevent                  a
whenever necessary, at the request of either                  Contracting Party from taking any measures :
Contracting Party, in accordance with the conditions
to be laid down in its rules of procedure.                    ( a) which it considers necessary to prevent the
                                                                    disclosure of information contrary to its essential
                                                                    security interests ;
                       Article 30
                                                              (b) Which relate to trade in arms, munitions or war
1 . The Joint Committee may decide to set up any                    materials or to research, development or
other committee that can assist it in carrying out its              production indispensable for defence purposes,
duties .                                                            provided that such measures do not impair the
                                                                    conditions of competition in respect of products
                                                                    not intended for specifically military purposes ;
2. In its rules of procedure, the Joint Committee
shall determine the composition and duties of such            ( c) which it considers essential to its security in time
committees and how they shall function.                             of war or serious internal tension .
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                         Article 34                           conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other
                                                               hand, to the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic.
In the field covered by the Agreement:
                                                                                      Article 37
— the arrangements applied by Syria in respect of
     the Community shall not give rise to any
     discrimination between the Member States, their           This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the
     nationals, or their companies or firms,                   Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian and
                                                               Arabic languages, each of these texts being equally
— the arrangements applied by the Community in                 authentic.
     respect of Syria shall not give rise to any
     discrimination between Syrian nationals, com­                                    Article 38
     panies or firms.
                                                               1.    This Agreement shall be subject to approval by
                         Article 35                            the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own
                                                               procedures. They shall notify each other when the
 The Protocol and Annexes A and B shall form an                procedures necessary to this end have been
integral part of the Agreement. The declarations and           completed.
the exchange of letters shall appear in the Final Act,
 which shall form an integral part of the Agreement.           2. This Agreement shall enter into force on the
                                                               first day of the second month following the date on
                         Article 36                            which the notifications provided for in paragraph 1
                                                               have been carried out.
 This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the           It shall be applicable until the entry into force of the
 territories to which the Treaty establishing the              Cooperation Agreement signed this day or until
 European Economic Community applies under the                 30 June 1978 at the latest.
               4
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            Til bekræftelse heraf har undertegnede befuldmægtigede underskrevet denne interims­
            aftale.
            Zu Urkund dessen haben die unterzeichneten Bevollmächtigten ihre Unterschriften unter
            dieses Interimsabkommen gesetzt.
            In witness whereof, the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have affixed their signatures below
            this Interim Agreement.
            En foi de quoi, les plénipotentiaires soussignés ont apposé leurs signatures au bas du
            présent accord intérimaire.
            In fede di che, i plenipotenziari sottoscritti hanno apposto le loro firme in calce al pre­
            sente accordo interinale.
            Ten blijke waarvan de ondergetekende gevolmachtigden hun handtekening onder deze
            Interimovereenkomst hebben gesteld.
            Udfærdiget i Bruxelles, den attende januar nitten hundrede og syvoghalvfjerds.
            Geschehen zu Brüssel am achtzehnten Januar neunzehnhundertsiebenundsiebzig.
            Done at Brussels on the eighteenth day of January in the year one thousand nine hun­
            dred and seventy-seven .
            Fait a Bruxelles, le dix-huit janvier mil neuf cent soixante-dix-sept.
            Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciotto gennaio millenovecentosettantasette.
            Gedaan te Brussel , de achttiende januari negentienhonderdzevenenzeventig.
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            For Rådet for De europæiske Fællesskaber
            Für den Rat der Europäischen Gemeinschaften
            For the Council of the European Communities
            Pour le Conseil des Communautés européennes
            Per il Consiglio delle Comunità europee
            Voor de Raad van de Europese Gemeenschappen
            For præsidenten for Den arabiske republik Syrien
            Für den Präsidenten der Arabischen Republik Syrien
            For the President of the Syrian Arab Republic
            Pour Ie président de la République arabe syrienne
             Per il presidente della Repubblica araba siriana
            Voor de President van de Syrische Arabische Republiek
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                                                      ANNEX A
                  relating to the products referred to in Article 2 excluded from the Agreement
              CCT
             heading                                            Description
               No
            17.02             Other sugars ; sugar syrups ; artificial honey (whether or not mixed with
                              natural honey) ; caramel :
                              A. Lactose and lactose syrup :
                                  I. Containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure
                                      product
                              B. Glucose and glucose syrup :
                                  I. Containing, in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of the pure
                                      product
            22.03             Beer made from malt
            22.06             Vermouths, and other wines of fresh grapes flavoured with aromatic
                              extracts
            22.09             Spirits (other than those of heading No 22.08) ; liqueurs and other spirituous
                              beverages ; compound alcoholic preparations (known as 'concentrated
                              extracts') for the manufacture of beverages :
                              B. Compound alcoholic preparations (known as 'concentrated extracts') for
                                  the manufacture of beverages
                              C. Spirituous beverages
            35.01             Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives ; casein glues :
                              A. Casein
                              C. Other
            35.02             Albumins, albuminates and other albumin derivatives :
                              A. Albumins :
                                 II . Other :
                                       a) Ovalbumin and lactalbumin
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                                                              ANNEX B
                                          relating to the products referred to in Article 9
                     CCT
                    heading                                                Description
                      No
               ex 17.04              Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, but not including liquorice
                                     extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing
                                     other added substances
                   18.06             Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
                   19.01             Malt extract
                   19.02             Preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant
                                     food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 % by
                                     weight of cocoa
                   19.03             Macaroni, spaghetti and similar products
                   19.04             Tapioca and sago ; tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or
                                     other starches
                   19.05             Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal
                                     products (puffed rice, cornflakes and similar products)
                   19.06             Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical
                                     use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products
                   19.07             Bread, ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares, not containing
                                     added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit
                   19.08             Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers' wares, whether or not
                                     containing cocoa in any proportion
               ex 21.01              Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes ; extracts , essences
                                     and concentrates thereof :
                                     — Excluding roasted chicory and extracts thereof
                   21.06             Natural yeasts (active or inactive) ; prepared baking powders :
                                     A. Active natural yeasts :
                                         II. Bakers' yeast
               ex 21.07              Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing sugar,
                                     dairy products, cereals or products based on cereals (x)
               ex 22.02              Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters and other
                                     non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and vegetable juices falling
                                     within heading No 20.07 :
                                     — Containing milk or milk fats
                   29.04             Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
                                     derivatives :
                                     C. Polyhydric alcohols :
                                          II. Mannitol
                                         III. Sorbitol
            (l) This heading covers only products which, on importation into the Community, are subject to the duty laid down
                in the Common Customs Tariff, comprising an ad valorem duty constituting the fixed component and a variable
                component.
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              CCT
             heading                                     Description
               Np
            35.05    ' Dextrins and dextrin glues ; soluble or roasted starches ; starch glues
            38.12      Prepared glazings, prepared dressings and prepared mordants, of a kind
                       used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries :
                       A. Prepared glazings and prepared dressings :
                           I. With a basis of amylaceous substances
            38.19      Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries
                       (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere
                       specified or included ; residual products of the chemical or allied industries,
                       not elsewhere specified or included :
                       T. Sorbitol, other than that falling within subheading 29.04 C III