CELEX: 31973R3574
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-27 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3574/73 of the Council of 27 December 1973 on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricultural products originating in Turkey

28 . 12 . 73                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 359/ 17
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 3574/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 27 December 1973
                 on the total or partial suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties on certain agricul­
                                            tural products originating in Turkey
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                        Accession;    whereas       in   order to maintain  an
                                                                  equivalent preferential margin for these products
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                     also, reduced customs duties should be applied to
 European Economic Community, and in particular                   them, in accordance with detailed rules based on the
 Articles 43 and 113 thereof;                                     principle of maintaining, in the new Member States,
                                                                  a preference proportional to that which exists
  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No                   between the duties of the Common Customs Tariff
 1059/69 i1) of 28 May 1969 laying down the trade                 and the duties given in Annex A to this Regulation ;
 arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting               whereas, with a view to granting to Turkey the best
  from the processing of agricultural products, as last           possible treatment, in accordance with the objectives
 amended by Council Regulation (EEC) No 1491 /                    of the preference scheme, the duties given in Annex
 73 (2), and in particular Article 12 thereof;                     A should also be applied wherever the duties
                                                                  calculated according to the abovementioned detailed
                                                                  rules prove to be higher than them,
 Having       regard    to   the   proposal      from   the
 Commission ;
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European
 Parliament;                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
 Whereas under Annex 6 of the Additional Protocol
                                                                                             Article 1
 laying down the conditions, procedures and
 timetables for implementing the transitional phase               1 . From 1 January until 31 December 1974, the
pursuant to Article 4 of the Agreement establishing               products originating in Turkey listed in Annex A
 an association between the European Economic                     shall be admitted for import into the Community at
 Community and Turkey, and under Article 1 of the                 the customs duties indicated for each of them .
Interim Agreement between the European Economic
 Community and Turkey on account of the
Accession of new Member States to the Community:                  On importation into Denmark, Ireland and the
the Community must totally or partially suspend the               United Kingdom, there shall be applied to the
 Common Customs Tariff or duties applicable to                    abovementioned products the customs duties
certain products ; whereas it also appears necessary              determined by multiplying, by a coefficient equal to
 on a provisional basis to adjust or supplement some             the margin of preferences existing between the
of these tariff advantages provided for the                      duties given in Annex A and the Common Customs
abovementioned Annex No 6; whereas the                           Tariff duties applicable, the duties obtained by
Community should as regards the products                         reducing the difference between the duty actually
originating in Turkey, and contained in the list                 applied to Turkey on 1 January 1972 and the
annexed to this Regulation, suspend from 1 January                Common Customs Tariff, by 20 °/o in respect of the
to 31 December 1974, at the levels indicated for                 products mentioned in Annex B, and by 40 °/o in
each of them, either ithe fixed component of the                  respect of the other products given in Annex A.
charge applicable to the goods coming under
Regulation (EEC) No 10 59/69 or the customs duty
applicable to the other products ;                               However, the duties given in Annex A shall be
                                                                 applied where the duties resulting from the
                                                                 abovementioned calculation are higher than them.
Whereas, for certain products of Chapters 1 to 24
of the Common Customs Tariff, this scheme would,
however, involve in 1974 the application in the new              2. For the purposes of application of this
Member States of customs duties higher than or                   Regulation, 'originating products' shall mean those
very close to those which are applied by the new                 products which fulfil the conditions laid down in
Member States to non-member countries in general                 the Decision of the Association Council No 4/72 of
on the basis of the provisions of the Act of                     29 December 1972 annexed to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                                 428 /73 (3 ).
(!) OJ No L 141 , 12 . 6. 1969, p. 1 .
(*) OJ No L 151 , 7. 6. 1973 , p. 1 .                            (3 ) OJ No L 59 , 5 . 3 . 1973, p. 73 .
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The methods of administrative cooperation which                                        Article 3
ensure that the products listed in the annexes
benefit from the total or partial suspension shall be           1 . In order to ensure the application of Article 2,
those laid down in the Decision of the Association             the Commission may decide by means of a Regula­
Council No 5 /72 of 29 December 1972 annexed to                tion to reintroduce Common Customs Tariff duties
Regulation (EEC) No 428/73 as amended by the                    for a limited period.
Decision of the Association Council No 2/73 of 17
                                                               2. If the action of the Commission was requested
December 1973 annexed to Regulation (EEC) No                   by a Member State, the Commission shall take a
3573 /73 ( i ).                                                 decision within a maximum period of ten working
                                                               days from receipt of the request and shall inform
                                                                the Member States of the action taken.
                         Article 2
                                                                3 . Any Member State may remit to the Council
When the imports of products benefiting from the               the measure taken by the Commission within a
arrangements provided for in Article 1 come into                period of ten working days following the day of its
the Community in quantities or at prices which                  notification. The intervention of the Council shall
cause or threaten to cause serious loss to the                  not have a suspensory effect. The Council shall meet
Community producers of similar products or                      without delay. It may by qualified majority modify
directly competitive products, the Common Customs               or annul the measure in question.
Tariff duties may be partially or wholly
reintroduced for the products in question. These                                       Article 4
measures may also be taken in the event of serious
loss or the threat of serious loss limited to a single          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
region of the Community.                                        1974.
                This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                States .
                Done at Brussels, 27 December 1973 .
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                              Ove GULDBERG
 (*) See page 2 of this Official Journal.
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                                                       ANNEX A
               CCT
            heading No                                  Description                      Rate of duty
                 1                                          2                                 3
             02.01      Meat and edible offals of the animals falling within
                         heading No 01.01 , 01.02, 01.03, or 01.04, fresh, chilled
                        or frozen :
                        A. Meat :
                             III . Of swine:
                                   (b ) Other                                               Free
             02.04       Other meat and edible meat offals, fresh chilled or frozen :
                        B. Furred game, frozen                                              Free
             05.15      Animal products not elsewhere specified or included ;
                        dead animals of Chapter 1 or Chapter 3, unfit for human
                        consumption :
                        A. Fish, crustaceans and molluscs :
                                I. Fish of a length of 6 cm or less and shrimps and
                                prawns, dried                                               Free
             07.04      Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut,
                        sliced, broken or in powder but not further prepared:
                        ex B. Other:
                                  — Mushrooms, dried, dehydrated or evaporated,
                                        excluding cultivated                               13%
                                  — Mushrooms; horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia)         10%
             08.01      Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts,
                        pineapples, avocados, mangoes, guavas and margosteens,
                        fresh or dried, shelled or not:
                       ex E. Dehydrated coconut pulp                                       Free
             08.05     Nuts other than those falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                       fresh or dried, shelled or not:
                            D. Pistachios                                                  Free
                            E. Pecans                                                      Free
                            F. Areca (or betel) and cola                                   Free
                       ex G. Other, excluding hazel-nuts                                   Free
            08.10      Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not
                       containing added sugar:
                       ex B. Other:
                                  — Quinces                                               16%
                                  — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01, excluding
                                       pineapples ; grapefruit and pomelos, cranberries,
                                       bilberries, blackberries                           12 %
            08.11      Fruits provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur
                       dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other
                       preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for
                       immediate consumption:
                            C. Papaws                                                       3%
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                      CCT
                  heading No                                      Description                               Rate of duty
                       1                                              2                                              3
                                    ex D. Other:
                    08.11
                  (cont'd)                   — Quinces                                                             8%
                                             — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01, excluding
                                                  pineapples ; grapefruit and pomelos, cranberries,
                                                  bilberries, blackberries                                         6 °/o
                    08.12            Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading
                                     No 08.01 , 08.02, 08.03 , 08.04 or 08.05 :
                                         E. Papaws                                                                 Free
                                     ex G. Other:
                                             — Tamarind (pods, pulp)                                               Free
                    08.13            Pee] of melons and citrus fruit, fresh, frozen, dried or
                                     provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in
                                     other preservative solutions                                                  Free
                    09.02            Tea :
                                     A. In immediate packings of a net capacity not exceeding
                                         3 kg                                                                      Free
                    09.09            Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway
                                     and juniper:
                                     A. Neither crushed nor ground:
                                         III. Seeds of fennel, coriander, cumin, caraway anc'.
                                              juniper:
                                              (b) Other :
                                                  2.  Other                                                        Free
                     12.07           Plants and parts (including seeds and fruit) of trees,
                                     bushes, shrubs or other plants, being goods of a kinc'
                                     used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for
                                     insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried,
                                      whole, cut, crushed, ground or powdered :
                                     B. Liquorice roots                                                            Free
                     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:
                                      B. Locust bean seeds:
                                          I. Not decorticated, crushed or ground                                    Free
                                      C. Apricot, peach and plum stones, and kernels thereof                        Free
                     15.03            Lard stearin, oleostearin and tallow stearin ; lard oil, oleo­
                                      oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or prepared
                                      in any way :
                                      B. Tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manu­
                                          facture of foodstuffs for human consumption (a)          . .              Free
             ( a) Inclusion in this subheading is subject to terms to be de'ermined by the competent authorities .
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                      CCT
                  heading No                                       Description                               Rate of duty
                        1                                              2                                             3
                    15.04            Fats and oils, of fish and marine mammals, whether or
                                     not refined :
                                     A. Fish-liver oil :
                                         1. Of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2 500 inter­
                                              national units per gramme                                            3 %>
                    15.07            Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or puri­
                                     fied :
                                     B. China-wood and oiticica oils, myrtle wax and Japan
                                         wax                                                                       l°/o
                                     D. Other oils:
                                         I.    For technical or industrial uses other than the
                                               manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption :
                                               ( a) Crude (a)
                                                    ex 3. Other, excluding linseed oil, palm kernal
                                                           oil, groundnut oil, sunflower oil and
                                                           colza                                                 2-5 %
                    15.12            Animal or vegetable oils and fats, wholly or partly
                                     hydrogenated, or solidified or hardened by any other
                                     process, whether or not refined, but not further prepared :
                                     A. In immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or
                                         less                                                                     16 °/o
                                    B. Other                                                                      12%
                    15.13            Margarine, imitation lard and other prepared edible fats                     20 °/o
                    15.17            Residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances
                                     or animal or vegetable waxes:
                                     B. Other:
                                            I. Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks                                     Free
                                         II. Other                                                                 Free
                    16.02            Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal :
                                     A. Liver:
                                            I. Goose or duck liver                                                12 °/o
                                     B. Other:
                                          II. Game or rabbit meat or offal
                                               Game                                                               12 %>
                                               Rabbit                                                             14 °/o
                                         III. Other
                                               (b) Other:
                                                    ex 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal :
                                                           — prepared or preserved bovine tongue                  18 %>
                                                       2. Not specified:
                                                           ( aa) Bovine meat or offal                             18 °/o
                                                           (bb) Other                                             18 °/o
             (a) Inclusion in this subheading is subject to terms to be determined by the competent authorities .
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                 CCT
                                                   Description                        Rate of duty
              heading No
                   1                                   2                                   3
               16.04     Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar
                         substitutes:
                             A. Caviar and caviar substitutes :
                                 I. Caviar (sturgeon roe)                               15 °/o
                                II. Other                                               24°/o
                             B. Salmónidas                                                8 °/o
                         ex F. Bonito (Sarda sp.p.), mackerel and anchovies      . .    21%
                             G. Other                                                   14%
               16.05     Crustaceans and molluscs, prepared or preserved:
                             A. Crabs                                                   10%
                         ex B. Other, excluding shrimps of the 'Crangon sp.p.
                                type and whelks                                           8%
               18.06     Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa :
                         A. Cocoa powder, not otherwise sweetened than by the
                             addition of sucrose                                      7 % + vc
            ex 19.04     Tapioca and sago, excluding tapioca and sago substitutes
                         obtained from potato or other starches                       7 % + vc
               20.02     Vegetables prepared or preserved without vinegar or
                         acetic acid :
                         E. Sauerkraut                                                  16% -
               20.03     Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar:
                         ex A. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight:
                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01, excluding
                                    pineapples                                       16 % + ( L)
                         ex B. Other:
                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                    pineapples                                          16%
               20.04     Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar
                         (drained, glacé or crystallized):
                         B. Other:
                             ex I. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight:
                                    — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                        excluding pineapples                         15 % + (L)
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               CCT
            heading No                             Description                         Rate of duty
                 1                                     2                                    3
             20.04        ex II. Other:
            (cont'd)
                                    — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                        excluding pineapples                             15%
             20.05     Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit purée and fruit pastes,
                       being cooked preparations, whether or not containing
                       added sugar:
                       B. Jams and marmalades of citrus fruit:
                          ex     I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 °/o by weight,
                                    excluding orange jam and marmalade ....           19 % + (L)
                          ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not
                                    exceeding 30°/o by weight, excluding orange
                                    jam and marmalade                                 19 % + (L)
                          ex III. Other, excluding orange jam and marmalade .             19 %
                       C. Other:
                                 I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight:
                                    ex B. Other:
                                           — of fruit falling within heading
                                               No 08.01, excluding pineapple . . .    19 % + (L)
                          ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13 °/o but not
                                    exceeding 30 % by weight:
                                    — of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                        excluding pineapples                          19 % + (L)
                           ex III. Other:
                                    — of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                        excluding pineapples .                           19%
             20.06     Fruit prepared otherwise or preserved; whether or not
                       containing added sugar or spirit:
                       B. Other:
                            I. Containing added spirit:
                                                                                         19%
                               (a) Ginger
                               (b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net
                                    capacity:
                                    1 . Of more than 1 kg:
                                        (aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17 °/c
                                             by weight                                19 % + (L)
                                        (bb) Other                                        19 %
                                    2. Of 1 kg or less:
                                        (aa) With a sugar content exceeding 19 "/
                                             by weight                                19 % + ( L)
                                        (bb) Other                                        19 %
                               (c) Grapes:
                                    1 . With a sugar content exceeding 13 °/o by
                                        weight                                        25% + (L)
                                    2. Other                                              25%
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               CCT
                                               Description                        Rate of duty
            heading No
                 1                                 2                                   3
             20.06         (d) Peaches, pears and apricots, in immediate
            (cont'd)           packings of a net capacity:
                               1 . Of more than 1 kg:
                                   (aa) With a sugar content exceeding 13 %
                                        by weight                                25 % + (L)
                                   (bb) Other                                        25 %
                               2. Of 1 kg or less:
                                   (aa) With a sugar content exceeding 15 °A
                                        by weight                                25 % + (L)
                                   (bb) Other                                       25 %
                           (e) Other fruits:
                               ex 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by
                                       weight excluding cherries                 25 % + (L)
                               ex 2. Other, excluding cherries      ......           25%
                           (f) Mixtures of fruit:
                               1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9 % by­
                                   weight                                        25 % + (L)
                               2. Other                                             25%
                       II. Not containing added spirit:
                           (a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings
                               of a net capacity of more than 1 kg:
                                   2. Grapefruit segments                        15 % + (L)
                                   3. Mandarins                                  19 % + (L)
                                   4. Grapes                                     18 % + (L)
                               ex 7. Other fruits:
                                       — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 .
                                          excluding pineapples                   13 % + (L)
                                          — tamarinds, (pods, pulp)     ....     13 % + (L)
                           (b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings
                               of a net capacity of not more than 1 kg:
                                   2. Grapefruit segments                        16 % + (L)
                                   3 . Mandarins                                 20 % + (L)
                                   4. Grapes                                     19 % + (L)
                               ex. 7. Other fruits:
                                   — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                          excluding pineapples                   15 % + (L)
                           (c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate
                               packings of a net capacity:
                                   1 , of 4-5 kg or more
                                       ex (cc) Other fruits
                                                — Fruits falling within heading
                                                    No 08.01, excluding pine­
                                                     apples                          14 %
                                                — Pineapples                         12%
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               CCT
            heading No                                 Description                       Rate of duty
                1                                          2                                  3
             20.06                   ex 2. Of less than 4-5 kg
            (cont'd)
                                             — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01,
                                                 excluding pineapples                      14%
             20.07     Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices,
                       whether or not containing added sugar, but unfermented
                       and not containing spirits:
                       A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15° C:
                          III . Other:
                                ex (a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg
                                        net weight:
                                        — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                            excluding pineapples                           25 %
                                    (b) Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg
                                        net weight:
                                        ex 1 . With an added sugar content
                                                 exceeding 30% by weight:
                                                 — Fruits falling within heading No
                                                     08.01, excluding pineapples . . .  25 % + (L)
                                        ex 2.    Other:
                                                 — Fruits falling within heading No
                                                     08.01 , excluding pineapples . . .    25%
                       B. Of a specific gravity of 1·33 or less at 15° C:
                           II. Other:
                                (a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net
                                    weight:
                                        2. Grapefruit juice                                12%
                                    ex 3 . Other citrus fruit juices:
                                            ( aa) Containing added sugar                   14%
                                            (bb) Other                                     15%
                                    ex 6. Other fruit and vegetable juices, exclu­
                                           ding apricot and peach juices:
                                            (aa) Containing added sugar                    17%
                                           (bb) Other                                      18%
                                        7. Mixtures :
                                           ex (bb) Other, excluding mixtures con­
                                                      taining either separately or
                                                      together, over 25 % of grape,
                                                      citrus fruit, pineapple, apple,
                                                      pèar, tomato, apricot or peach
                                                      juice
                                                      11 . Containing added sugar          17%
                                                      22. Other                            18%
                               (b) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net
                                    weight:
                                       2. Grapefruit juice:
                                           (aa) With an added sugar content excee­
                                                  ding 30% by weight                    12% + (L)
                                           (bb) Other                                      12%
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               CCT
            heading No                           Description                         Rate of duty
                 1                                    2                                   3
             20.07                   4. Other citrus fruit juices :
            (confd)
                                        (aa) With added sugar content exceeding
                                             30 °/o by weight                          14%
                                        (bb) With an added sugar content of
                                             30% or less by weight                     14 %
                                        (cc) Not containing added sugar       . . .    15 %
                                    7. Other fruit and vegetable juices exclu­
                                        ding apricot and peach juices:
                                        ex (aa) With an added sugar content
                                                 exceeding 30 % by weight . . .     17 % + (L)
                                        ex (bb) With an added sugar content of
                                                 30 °/o or less by weight ....         17 %
                                        ex (cc) Not containing added sugar      . .    18%
                                     8. Mixtures :
                                        ex (bb) Other, excluding mixtures con­
                                                 taining either separately or to­
                                                 gether, over 25 % of grape, citrus
                                                 fruit, pineapple, apple, pear,
                                                 tomato, apricot, or peach juice:
                                                 11. With an added sugar content
                                                       exceeding 30 °/o by weight . 17 % + (L)
                                                 22. With an added sugar content
                                                       of 30 % or less by weight       17 %
                                                 33 . Not containing added sugar       18%
             23.01     Flours and meals, of meat, offals, fish, crustaceans or
                       molluscs, unfit for human consumption; greaves;
                       B. Flours and meals of fish, crustaceans or molluscs .           Free
             23.06     Products of vegetable origin of a kind used for animal
                       food, not elsewhere specified or included:
                       B. Other                                                         Free
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                                                         ANNEX B
            List of products in respect of which the difference between the lowest duties applied on
            1 January 1972 to Turkey by Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom and the Common
            Customs Tariff duties must be reduced by 20% in accordance with Article 1 of this Regulation
                    CCT
                  heading                                           Description
                     No
                07.04           Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or
                                in powder but not further prepared:
                                ex B. Other:
                                         — Mushrooms, dried dehydrated or evaporated, excluding cultivated
                                              mushrooms
                                         — Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia)
                08.05           Nuts other than those falling within heading No 08.01 , fresh or dried,
                                shelled or not:
                                    D. Pistachios
                                    E. Pecans
                                ex G. Other (excluding hazel-nuts)
                08.10           Fruit (whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing added
                                sugar:
                                ex B. Other:
                                         — Quinces
                                         — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01, excluding pineapples ;
                                              grapefruit and pomelos, cranberries, bilberries, blackberries
                08.11           Fruit provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in
                                brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in
                                that state for immediate consumption:
                                     C. Papaws
                                ex D. Other:
                                         — Quinces
                                         — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01, excluding pineapples ;
                                              grapefruit and pomelos, cranberries, bilberries, blackberries
                08.12            Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading No 08.01 , 08.02, 08.03,
                                 08.04 or 08.05 :
                                     E. Papaws
                                 ex G. Other:
                                          — Tamarind (pods, pulp)
                08.13            Peel of melons and citrus fruit, fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preser­
                                 ved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
                 16.02           Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal:
                                 B. Other:
                                     III. Other:
                                          (b) Other:
                                              ex 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal:
                                                     — prepared or preserved bovine tongue
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                 CCT
               heading                                         Description
                  No
             20.01      Vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, with
                        or without sugar, whether or not containing salt, spices or mustard :
                        ex B. Other :
                                 — prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, with sugar,
                                        excluding gherkins, cucumbers, 'mixed pickles' and sweet peppers
             20.02      Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid :
                        E. Sauerkraut
             20.03      Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar:
                        ex A. With a sugar content exceeding 13 °/o by weight:
                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples
                       ex B. Other:
                                — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01, excluding pineapples
            20.04      Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glace or
                       crystallized) :
                       B. Other:
                           ex       I. With a sugar content exceeding 13 °/o by weight:
                                       — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01, excluding pineapples
                           ex     II. Other:
                                       — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples
            20.05      Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit puree and fruit pastes, being cooked
                       preparations, whether or not containing added sugar:
                       B. Jams and marmalades of citrus fruit:
                           ex      I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 %> by weight, excluding
                                       orange jam and marmalade
                           ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13 °/o but not exceeding 30 %
                                       by weight, excluding orange jam and marmalade
                           ex III. Other, excluding orange jam and marmalade
                       C. Other :
                                   I. With a sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight:
                                       ex (b ) Other:
                                               — of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                                  pineapples
                           ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13 %> but not exceeding 30 °/o
                                       by weight:
                                       — of fruit falling within heading No 08.01, excluding pineapples
                           ex III . Other:
                                      — of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples
            20.06      Fruit, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added
                       sugar or spirit:
                       B. Other:
                            I. Containing added spirit:
                               ( a ) Ginger
                               (b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capacity :
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             20.06                 1 . Of more than 1 kg:
            (cont'd.)
                                         (aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17 °/o by weight
                                        (bb) Other
                                  2. Of 1 kg or less :
                                         (aa) With a sugar content exceeding 19 %> by weight
                                        (bb) Other
                             ( c) Grapes :
                                  1 . With a sugar content exceeding 13 %> by weight
                                  2.    Other
                             (d) Peaches, pears and apricots, in immediate packings of a net
                                  capacity :
                                  1 . Of more than 1 kg:
                                        ( aa) With a sugar content exceeding 13 °/o by weight
                                        (bb) Other
                                  2. Of 1 kg or less:
                                        ( aa) With a sugar content exceeding 15 °/o by weight
                                        (bb) Other
                             (e) Other fruits:
                                  ex 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9 °/o by weight, excluding
                                             cherries
                                  ex 2. Other
                             (f) Mixtures of fruit:
                                  1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9 °/o by weight
                                  2.   Other
                        II. Not containing added spirit:
                            ( a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity
                                  of more than 1 kg:
                                       2. Grapefruits segments
                                       3 . Mandarins
                                       4. Grapes
                                  ex 7 .     Other fruits :
                                            — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01, excluding
                                                pineapples
                                            — Tamarind (pods, pulp)
                            ( b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity
                                  of 1 kg or less :
                                       2. Grapefruit segments
                                       3 . Mandarins
                                       4. Grapes
                                  ex 7. Other fruits:
                                            — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                                pineapples
                            (c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net
                                  capacity :
                                       1 . Of 4-5 kg or more:
                                            ex (cc) Other fruits
                                                     — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01, exclu­
                                                        ding pineapples
                                 ex 2. Of less than 4-5 kg:
                                            — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                                pineapples
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            20.07   Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not
                    containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit:
                    A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15° C:
                       III. Other:
                             ex (a) Of a value exceeding . 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight:
                                     — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01, excluding
                                        pineapples
                                 (b) Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight:
                                     ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30°/o by
                                             weight:
                                             — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01, excluding
                                                pineapples
                                     ex 2. Other:
                                             — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                                pineapples
                    B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15° C:
                        II . Other:
                             (a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg net weight:
                                     2. Grapefruit juice
                                 ex 3 . Other citrus fruit juices:
                                        (aa) Containing added sugar
                                        (bb ) Other:
                                 ex 6. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apricot and
                                        peach juice:
                                        (aa) Containing added sugar
                                        (bb ) Other:
                                     7. Mixtures :
                                        ex (bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing, either
                                                 separately or together, over 25 % of grape, citrus
                                                 fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or
                                                 peach juice:
                                                 11 . Containing added sugar
                                                 22. Other
                             (b) Of a value of 30 u.a. or less per 100 kg net weight:
                                     2. Grapefruit juice :
                                        ( aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
                                              weight
                                        (bb ) Other
                                     4. Other citrus fruit juices:
                                        ( aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by
                                              weight
                                        (bb) With an added sugar content of 30 % or less by
                                              weight
                                        (cc) Not containing added sugar
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             20.07                7. Other fruit and vegetable juices, excluding apricots and
            (cont'd)                 peaches:
                                     ex (aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 °/o by
                                             weight
                                     ex (bb) With an added sugar content of 30 °/o or less by
                                              weight
                                     ex (cc) Not containing added sugar
                                  8. Mixtures :
                                     ex (bb) Other,     excluding  mixtures   containing, either
                                              separately or together, over 25 % of grape, citrus
                                              fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or
                                              peach juice:
                                              11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30 °/o
                                                   by weight
                                              22. With an added sugar content of 30 °/o or less
                                                   by weight
                                              33 . Not containing added sugar