CELEX: 31973R3506
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3506/73 of the Council of 18 December 1973 establishing in respect of certain products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff a scheme of generalized preferences in favour of developing countries

No L 358/94                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             28 . 12. 73
                                REGULATION (EEC) No 3506/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                    of 18 December 1973
               establishing in respect of certain products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common
               Customs Tariff a scheme of generalized preferences in favour of developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          any unfavourable situations which might arise in the
                                                                   associated countries following the implementation of
                                                                   the generalized preference scheme;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community, and in particular Ar­
ticle 43 thereof;                                                  Whereas, moreover, the Conference of the Heads of
                                                                   State or of Government of the Member States and
                                                                   the States acceding to the European Communities
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                       held in Paris from 19 to 21 October 1972 invited
1059/69 0) of 28 May 1969 laying down the trade                    the Community institutions and the Member States
arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting                 progressively to adopt an overall policy of develop­
from the processing of agricultural products, and in               ment cooperation on a world-wide scale comprising
particular Article 12 thereof;                                     in particular the improvement of generalized pref­
                                                                   erences with the aim of achieving a steady increase
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                in imports of manufactures from the developing
                                                                   countries ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European
Parliament;                                                        Whereas tariff preferences have been applied as from
                                                                   the second half of 1971 under the conditions set out
                                                                   above and whereas these preferences should continue
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD, the Euro­                   to be applied throughout 1974;
pean Economic Community offered to grant tariff
preferences on certain processed agricultural products
 of Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff                  Whereas, in accordance with Protocol No 23 to the
which originate in developing countries ; whereas the              Act of Accession (2), the generalized tariff preference
preferential treatment proposed in that offer consists,            scheme will be fully applicable in the new Member
in respect of certain goods which are subject to the               States from 1 January 1974 ;
trade arrangements laid down in Regulation (EEC)
No 1059/69, of a reduction in the fixed component
of the charge applicable to such goods by virtue of
that Regulation, and, in respect of products which                 Whereas, for certain products of Chapters 1 to 24 of
 are subject to the single customs duty, of a reduction            the Common Customs Tariff, this scheme would,
 in such duty; whereas preferential imports of the                 however, involve the application in the new Member
products concerned could be effected without quanti­               States in 1974 of customs duties higher than or very
 tative restrictions;                                               close to those which will be applied by the new
                                                                   Member States to non-member countries in general
                                                                   on the basis of the provisions of the abovementioned
 Whereas the offer made by the Community includes                  act; whereas this situation would comply neither with
 a clause stating that the Community drew up the                   the spirit nor with the very nature of the generalized
 offer on the assumption that all the main industrial­             preference scheme; whereas, in order to maintain an
 ized countries which are members of the OECD                      equivalent preferential margin for these products also,
 would participate in granting preferences and would               reduced customs duties should be applied to them, in
 make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas, more­            accordance with detailed rules based on the principle
 over, it is evident from the conclusions worked out                of maintaining, in the new Member States, a prefer­
 in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of a tempor­                ence proportional to that which exists between the
 ary nature, does not constitute a binding commit­                  duties of the Common Customs Tariff and the duties
 ment and, in particular, may be withdrawn wholly                   given in Annex A to this Regulation; whereas, with
 or in part at a later date ; whereas this possibility              a view to granting the beneficiary developing countries
 may be adopted, inter alia, with a view to remedying               the best possible treatment, in accordance with
 (*) OJ No L 141 , 12 . 6 1969 , p. 1 .                             (2) OJ No L 73 , 27 . 3 . 1972, p. 14.
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the objectives of the preference scheme, the duties              ference between the lowest duty applied on 1 January
given in the abovementioned Annex A should also be               1972 to the developing countries set out in Annex C
applied wherever the duties calculated according to              and the Common Customs Tariff, by 20% in respect
the abovementioned detailed rules prove to be higher             of the products mentioned in Annex B, and by 40%
than them ;                                                      in respect of the other products given in Annex A.
Whereas it is expedient, therefore, that the Com­                However, the duties given in Annex A shall be
munity should authorize the importation of the pro­              applied where the duties resulting from the above­
ducts referred to in Annex A, originating in the                 mentioned calculation are higher than them.
countries and territories listed in Annex C, subject to
the customs duties given in respect of each of them,
throughout 1974 ; whereas the benefit of such prefer­            2. The treatment provided for in paragraph 1 shall
ential terms should be reserved for products orig­               be enjoyed solely by products originating in the
                                                                 countries and territories listed in Annex C.
inating in the countries and territories under con­
sideration, the concept of 'originating products' being
determined in accordance with the procedure laid                 For the purposes of the application of this Regulation,
down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No                the concept of originating products shall be deter­
802/26 (*) of 27 June 1968 on the common definition              mined in accordance with the procedure laid down
of the concept of the origin of goods ;                          in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
Whereas measures should be provided for which
will enable any serious disruption in any sector of the                                  Article 2
economic activity of the Community to be avoided ;
whereas, to this end, the Commission should be
empowered to reintroduce partially or wholly the
levying of customs duties in order that such disrup­             When products benefiting from the treatment provi­
tion may be avoided ;                                            ded for in Article 1 are imported in the Community
                                                                 in such quantities or at such prices that Community
                                                                 producers of products similar to or in direct compe­
Whereas the Commission must be able to have access               tition with them suffer or are likely to suffer from
to information concerning imports effected within                serious disadvantage, the levying of customs duties
the framework of generalized preferences ; whereas,              may be reintroduced in whole or in part on the
to this end, Member States shall inform the Com­                 products in question in respect of the countries or
mission every three months of imports actually                   territories which are the cause of the disadvantage.
effected, classified by origin,                                  Such measures may also be taken in the case of
                                                                 actual or potential serious disadvantage in a single
                                                                 region of the Community.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                                         Article 3
                         Article 1
                                                                 1 . The Commission may decide, by means of a
                                                                 Regulation, to reintroduce the levying of customs
1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1974 Community
                                                                 duties for a specified period, in order to ensure that
imports of the products listed in Annex A shall
                                                                 Article 2 is applied.
benefit from the customs duties specified for each
product.
                                                                 2. In the event of such action being requested by
                                                                 a Member State, the Commission shall decide within
On importation into Denmark, Ireland and the
                                                                 a period of not more than ten working days after
United Kingdom, there shall be applied to the above­
                                                                 the request has been received and shall inform the
mentioned products the customs duties determined                 Member States of this decision.
by multiplying, by a coefficient equal to the margin
of preferences existing between the duties given in
Annex A and the Common Customs Tariff duties
                                                                 3 . Any Member State may refer to the Council the
applicable, the duties obtained by reducing the dif­             measure taken by the Commission, within a period of
                                                                 not more than ten working days after it has been
                                                                 informed thereof. The fact that the matter is referred
H OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968 , p. 1 .                            to the Council shall not cause the measure to be
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suspended. The Council shall meet immediately. It                                    Article 5
may, by acting on a qualified majority, amend or
rescind the measure in question.                            Member States shall inform the Commission every
                                                            three months of imports effected under this Regu­
                       Article 4                            lation, classified by origin.
Articles 2 and 3 shall not prejudice the implemen­
tation of the safeguard clauses adopted in pursuance
                                                                                     Article 6
of the common agricultural policy under Article 43
of the Treaty and of those adopted in pursuance of
the common agricultural policy under Article 113 of         This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
the Treaty.                                                 1974.
             This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
             States .
             Done at Brussels, 18 December 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                  I. N0RGAARD
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                                                                  ANNEX A
            List of products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 originating in developing countries and territories
                                    to which the generalized tariff preferences will apply (a)
                   CCT
                                                                                                                         Rate
                  heading                                          Description                                          of duty
                    No
                 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 :
                                  ex B. Furred game, frozen                                                              Free
                                       C. Other :
                                            ex I. Frogs' legs                                                             5%
                 03.03            Crustaceans and molluscs, whether in shell or not, fresh (live
                                  or dead) chilled, frozen, salted , in brine or dried ; crustaceans ,
                                  in shell, simply boiled in water :
                                  A. IV . a) Prawns ( Pandalidae sp. p.)                                                  8%
                 05.03            Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up on a
                                  layer or between two layers of other material :
                                  B. Other                                                                               Free
                 05.07            Skins and other parts of birds , with their feathers or down,
                                  feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed
                                  edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected
                                  or treated for preservation ; powder and waste of feathers or
                                  parts of feathers :
                                  A. Bed feathers ; down :
                                       II. Other                                                                         Free
                                  B. Other                                                                               Free
                 05.15            Animal products not elsewhere specified or included ; dead
                                  animals of Chapter 1 or Chapter 3 , unfit for human consump­
                                  tion :
                                  A.· Fish, crustaceans and molluscs :
                                        I. Fish of a length of 6 cm or less and shrimps and prawns,
                                            dried                                                                        Free
            ( a) Preferences are not to be granted in respect of the products, marked with an asterisk, originating in Romania .
            Note : The terms expressed in the 'Rate of duty' column are explained under ' Abbreviations' on page 109.
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              CCT
                                                                                            Rate
            heading                               Description                              of duty
              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 ....               13%
                            — Horse-radish (Cochlearia armoracia)                           10%
            08.01   Dates, bananas, coconuts, Brazil nuts, cashew nuts, pineapples,
                    avocados, mangoes, guavas, and mangosteens, fresh or dried,
                    shelled or not :
                    ex E. Desicated coconut                                                 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, whortleberries,
                                bilberries , blackberries                                   12%
            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. Pawpaws                                                           3%
                    ex D. Other :
                            — Quinces                                                         8%
                             — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                pineapples, grapefruit and pomelos , whortleberries,
                                bilberries , blackberries                                     6%
            08.12    Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                     08.02, 08.03 , 08.04 or 08.05 :
                         E. Pawpaws                                                          Free
                     ex G. Others :
                             — Tamarind (pods, pulp)                                         Free
             08.13   Peel of melons and citrus fruit , fresh, frozen , dried or provision­
                     ally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative
                     solutions                                                               Free
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             CCT
                                                                                        Rate
            heading                               Description                          of duty
              No
            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 and juniper :
                              b) Other :
                                  2. Other                                              Free
            11.03   Flours of the leguminous vegetables falling within heading
                    No 07.05 :                     -
                    A. Of peas, beans or lentils                                         7%
                    B. Other                                                             7%
            11.04   Flours of the fruits falling within any heading in Chapter 8 :
                    A. Of bananas                                                      10%
                    B. Other :
                       — Chestnuts                                                     10%
                       — Not specified                                                   7%
            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 :
                    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 :
                       L Not decorticated, crushed or ground                            Free
                    C. Apricot, peach and plum stones, and kernels thereof              Free
            13.02   Shellac, seed lac, stick lac and other lacs ; natural gums, resins
                    gum-resins and balsams :
                    A. Conifer resins                                                   Free
            13.03   Vegetable saps and extracts ; pectic substances, pectinates and
                    pectates ; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, derived
                    from vegetable products :
                    A. Vegetable saps and extracts :
                       III. Of quassia amara                                            Free
                       IV. Of liquorice                                                 Free
                        V. Of pyrethrum and of the roots of plants containing
                              rotenone                                                   3%
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                 CCT
                                                                                                Rate
               heading                               Description                               of duty
                  No
              13.03         VII. Intermixtures of vegetable extracts , for the manufac­
              (cont'd)            ture of beverages or of food preparations                     Free
                           VIII . Other :
                                  a) Medicinal                                                  Free
                       C. Agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, derived from
                            vegetable products :
                              I. Agar-agar                                                      Free
                             II. Mucilages and thickeners extracted from locust beans
                                   or locust bean seeds                                         Free
               14.01   Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for
                       example, cereal straw, cleaned, bleached or dyed, osier, reeds,
                       rushes , rattans , bamboos, raffia and lime bark) :
                       A. Osier :
                            II.    Other                                                        Free
                        B. Cereal straw, cleaned, bleached or dyed                              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 :
                        A. Lard stearin and oleostearin :
                            II .   Other                                                          5%
                        B. Tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture
                            of foodstuffs for human consumption                                  Free
                        C. Other                                                                  7%
               15.04    Fats and oils , of fish and marine mammals , whether or not
                        refined :
                        A. Fish-liver oil :
                               I. Of a vitamin A content not exceeding2500international
                                                                                                  3%
                                   units per gramme
               15.05    Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including
                       ¡ anolin) :
                        A. Wool grease, crude                                                    Free
                        B. Other                                                                  4%
               15.06    Other animal oils and fats (including neat's foot oil and fats
                        from bones or waste)                                                     Free
                15.07   Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude, refined or purified :
                        B. China-wood and oiticica oils ; myrtle wax and Japan wax          [J     1%
                        D. Other oils :
                             I.   For technical or industrial uses other than the manufac­
                                  ture of foodstuffs for human consumption :
                                  a) Crude :
                                      ex 3 . Other, excluding linseed oil, palm kernel oil,
                                             ground-nut oil, sunflower seed oil and colza
                                             oil                                                2 -5 %
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              CCT
                                                                                      Rate
            heading                              Description                        of duty
               No
            15.09   Degras                                                            4%
            15.10   Fatty acids ; acid oils from refining ; fatty alcohols :
                    A. Stearic acid                                                   4%
                    C. Other fatty acids ; acid oils from refining                   Free
            15.11   Glycerol and glycerol lyes :
                    A. Crude glycerol and glycerol lyes                              Free
                    B. Other, including synthetic glycerol                            3%
            15.12   Animal or vegetable oils and fats, wholly or partly hydrogena­
                    ted, 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%
                    B. Other                                                         12 %
            15.14   Spermaceti, crude, pressed or refined, whether or not coloured   Free
            15.15   Beeswax and other insect waxes , whether or not coloured :
                    B. Other                                                         Free
            15.16   Vegetables waxes , whether or not coloured :
                    B. Other                                                         Free
             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                                     14%
                    B. Other :
                         II . Game or rabbit meat or offal :
                              — Game                                                 12%
                              — Rabbit                                               14%
                        III . Other :
                              b) Other :
                                  ex 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal :
                                         — Prepared or preserved bovine tongue       18%
                                      2. Not specified :
                                         aa) Ovine meat or offal                     18%
                                         bb) Other                                   18%
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                 CCT
                                                                                             Rate
                heading                              Description
                  No                                                                       of duty
               16.03     Meat extracts, meat juices and fish extracts , in immediate
                        packings of a net capacity of :
                        B. More than 1 kg but less than 20 kg                                3%
                         C. 1 kg or less                                                    12%
               16.04    Prepared or preserved fish, including caviar and caviar sub­
                        stitutes :
                            A. Caviar and caviar substitutes :
                                   I. Caviar (sturgeon roe)                                 15%
                                  II. Other                                                 24%
                            B. Salmonidae                                                    8%
                        ex F. Bonito (Sarda sp. p.) and mackerel                            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 snails                                                   8%
               17.04    Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa :
                        A. Liquorice extract containing more than 10% by weight
                            of sucrose but not containing other added substances ....       13%
                        B. Chewing gum                                                   4% + vc
                                                                                        with a max.
                                                                                          of 23 %
                        C. White chocolate                                              6-5% + vc
                                                                                        with a max.
                                                                                          of 27%
                                                                                           + ads
                        D. Other                                                         10% + vc
                                                                                        with a max.
                                                                                          of 27%
                                                                                           + ads
               18.06    Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa :
                        A. Cocoa powder, not otherwise sweetened than by the
                            addition of sucrose                                          7% + vc
               19.02    Preparations of flour, meal , starch or malt extract, of a kind
                        used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, con­
                        taining less than 50 % by weight of cocoa                       5-5 % + vc
            ex 19.04    Tapioca and sago , excluding tapioca and sago substitutes
                        obtained from potato or other starches                           7% + vc
               19.05    Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals
                        or cereals products (puffed rice, corn flakes and similar pro­
                        ducts)                                                           4% + vc
               19.06    Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for
                        pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar
                        products                                                        3-5% + vc
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              CCT
                                                                                          Rate
            heading                              Description                             of duty
               No
            19.07   Bread, ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares, not
                    containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit :
                    A. Crispbread                                                    4-5% + vc
                                                                                     with a max.
                                                                                        of 24%
                                                                                         + adf
                    B. Matzos                                                         3 % + vc
                                                                                     with a max.
                                                                                        of 20%
                                                                                         -f adf
                    C. Gluten bread for diabetics                                      7% + vc
                    D. Other                                                           7% + vc
            19.08   Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers' wares, whether
                    or not containing cocoa in any proportion :
                    A. Gingerbread and the like                                      6-5% + vc
            20.01 H 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, excluding gherkins, cucumbers, 'mixed pickles'
                             and sweet peppers                                            18%
            20.02   Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar
                    or acetic acid :
                        E. Sauerkraut                                                     16%
                    ex F. Capers                                                          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)
                         ex II. Other :
                                 — 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% by weight,
                                  excluding orange jam and marmalade                  19% + (L)
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                  CCT
                                                                                              Rate
                 heading                              Description                            of duty
                   No
                 20.05      ex II . With a sugar content exceeding 13% but not
                (cont'd)             exceeding 30% 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 pineapples                       19% + ( L)
                            ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13% but not
                                     exceeding 30 % by weight :
                                     — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , exclud­
                                         ing pineapples                                    19% + ( L )
                            ex III . Other :
                                     — Of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 ,
                                         excluding pineapples                                 19%
                 20.06   Fruit, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not
                         containing added sugar or spirit :
                         A. Nuts (including ground-nuts), roasted, in          immediate
                            packings of a net capacity :
                              I. Of more than 1 kg                                            12%
                             II. Of 1 kg or less                                              14%
                         B. Other :
                              I. Containing added spirit :
                                 a) Ginger                                                    19 %
                                 b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capacity :
                                     1 . Of more than 1 kg :
                                         aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 17% 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 % by weight     25% + (L)
                                     2 . Other                                                25%
                                 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 % by
                                               weight                                      25% + (L)
                                          bb) Other                                           25%
                                     2. Of 1 kg or less :
                                          aa) With a sugar content exceeding 15% by
                                               weight                                      25% + (L)
                                          bb ) Other                                          25%
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               CCT
              heading                                    Description
                No                                                                                 auty
              20.06              e) Other fruits :
             (cont'd)                ex 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9% by
                                               weight, excluding cherries                      25 % + (L)
                                     ex 2 .    Other                                              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)
                                              — Tamarind (pods, pulp)                          13% + (L)
                                b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of
                                    a net capacity of 1 kg or less :
                                        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 pineapples ....     14%
                                    ex 2. Of less than 4-5 kg
                                              — 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 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                                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%
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                 CCT
                                                                                             Rate
                heading                              Description                            of duty '
                  No
               20.07    B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15 °C :
              (cont'd)
                           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, excluding
                                          apricot and peach juice :
                                          aa) Containing added sugar                         17%
                                          bb) Other                                          18%
                                       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              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 exceeding
                                           30% by weight                                  12% + (L)
                                       bb) Other                                             12%
                                  4. Other citrus fruit juices :
                                       aa) "With an added sugar content exceeding
                                           30% by weight                                  14% + (L)
                                       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 :
                                       ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding
                                               30% by weight, excluding apricots and
                                               peaches                                    17% + (L)
                                       ex bb) With an added sugar content of 30% or
                                               less by weight, excluding apricots and
                                               peaches                                       17%
                                       ex cc) Not containing added sugar, excluding
                                               apricots and peaches                          18%
                                    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 exceed­
                                                     ing 30% by weight                    17% + (L)
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               CCT
                                                                                               Rate
              heading                                Description
                No                                                                           of duty
              20.07                             22. With an added sugar content of
            (cont'd)                                 30% or less by weight                    17%
                                                33 . Not containing added sugar               18%
              21.01   Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes ; extracts,
                      essences and concentrates thereof :
                      A. Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes :
                          II. Other                                                       4% + vc
                      B. Extracts, essences and concentrates of the products
                          described under subheading A :
                          II. Other                                                       8% + vc
             21.02    Extracts, essences or concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté ;
                      preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or con­
                      centrates :
                      ex A. Essences or concentrates of coffee                               11%
                          B. Extracts, essences or concentrates of tea or maté ;
                                preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or
                                concentrates                                                   6%
             21.03    Mustard flour and prepared mustard :
                      A. Mustard flour, in immediate packings of a net capacity :
                           I. Of 1 kg or less                                                  4%
                          II. Of more than 1 kg                                               Free
                      B. Prepared mustard                                                    13%
             21.04    Sauces ; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings :
                      ex B. Other, excluding sauces with a vegetable oil basis . . .         11%
             21.05    Soups and broths, in liquid, solid or powder form ; homogen­
                      ised composite food preparations :
                      A. Soups and broths, in liquid, solid or powder form                   14%
             21.06    Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders :
                      A. Active natural yeasts :
                             I. Culture yeast                                                10%
                           II . Bakers' yeast :
                                 a) Dried                                                 7 % + vc
                                 b) Other                                                 7% + vc
                          III .  Other                                                       14%
                      B. Inactive natural yeasts :
                           I. In tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings
                                of a net capacity of 1 kg or less                              8%
                          II . Other                                                           5%
                      C. Prepared baking powders                                               6%
             21.07    Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included :
                      A. Cereals in grain or ear form, pre-cooked or otherwise
                          prepared                                                       6·5% + vc
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                  CCT
                                                                                                 Rate
                heading                              Description                               of duty
                   No
                21.07    F. Other :
               f cont'd)
                             I. Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1-5%
                                by weight of such fats :
                                a ) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5%
                                    by weight of sucrose (including inven sugar expressed
                                    as sucrose) :
                                    ex 1 . Containing no starch or less than 5% by
                                            weight of starch
                                            — Palm tree cores                                   12%
                22.01    Waters , including spa waters and aerated waters ; ice and snow :
                         A. Spa waters , natural or artificial ; aerated waters                 Free
                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 :
                         A. Not containing milk or milkfats                                      8%
                22.03    Beer made from malt                                                    19%
                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
                23.02    Bran, sharps and other residues derived from the sifting,
                         milling or working of cereals or of leguminous vegetables :
                         B. Of leguminous vegetables                                             6%
                23.06    Products of vegetable origin of a kind used for animal food ,
                         not elsewhere specified or included :
                         B. Other                                                               Free
                23.07    Sweetened forage ; other preparations of a kind used in animal
                         feeding :
                         A. Fish or marine mammal solubles                                       2%
                         C. Other                                                                8%
                24.02    Manufactured tobacco ; tobacco extracts and essences :
                         D. Chewing tobacco and snuff                                           52%
                         E. Other, including agglomerated tobacco in the form of
                             sheets or strip                                                    19%
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                                                      Abbreviations
             (L) : indicates that the goods referred to are subject to the levy system ;
             vc :  indicates that the goods referred to are subject to a charge based on a variable component
                   which is specified under the regulations concerning trade in certain goods resulting from
                   the processing of agricultural products ;
             adf : indicates that additional duty may be levied on the flour content of the products concerned ;
             ads : indicates that additional duty may be levied on the sugar content of the products concerned ;
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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 the developing countries 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 (a)
                   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 ;
                                           — 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
                                       F. Areca (or betel) and cola
                                   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, whortleberries, 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. Pawpaws
                                   ex D. Other :
                                           — Quinces
                                           — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples, grapefruit
                                                and pomelos, whortleberries , 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. Pawpaws
                                   ex G. Others :
                                            — Tamarind (pods , pulp)
             (a) Preferences are not to be granted in respect of the products , marked with an asterisk, originating in Romania .
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                  CCT
                 heading                                                Description
                   No
                08.13            Peel of melons and citrus fruit, fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved
                                 in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
                 16.02 (a)       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
                20.01 (*)        Vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid, with
                                 or without sugar, whether or not containing sait, spices or mustard :
                                 ex B. Other, excluding gherkins, cucumbers, 'mixed pickles' and sweet peppers
                20.02            Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid :
                                     E. Sauerkraut
                                 ex F. Capers
                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
                                 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, glacé or
                                 crystallized) :
                                 B. Other :
                                     ex I. With a sugar content exceeding 13% 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 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% by weight, excluding orange
                                                jam and marmalade
                                     ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13% 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
            (a) This heading shall be deleted from this Annex from 1 April 1974.
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                  CCT
                 heading                                     Description
                   No
                20.05       ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13% but not exceeding 30% by
               (cont'd)               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 :
                         A. Nuts (including ground-nuts), roasted , in immediate packings of a net
                            capacity :
                              I. Of more than 1 kg
                            II . Of 1 kg or less
                         B. Other :
                              I. Containing added spirit :
                                 a) Ginger
                                 b) Pineapples, in immediate packings of a net capacity :
                                     1 . Of more than 1 kg :
                                         aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17% 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% by weight
                                         bb) Other
                                     2. Of 1 kg or less :
                                         aa) With a sugar content exceeding 15% by weight
                                         bb) Other
                                 e) Other fruits :
                                     ex 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9% by weight, excluding
                                             cherries
                                     ex 2. Other
                                 f ) Mixtures of fruit :
                                     1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9% 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. Grapefruit segments
                                         3 . Mandarins
                                         4. Grapes
                                     ex 7. Other fruits :
                                             — Fruit falling within heading No 08 01 , excluding pineapples
                                             — Tamarind (pods, pulp)
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            CCT
           heading                                        Description
             No
           20.06            b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity
         (cont'd)               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 , excluding
                                                      pineapples
                                ex 2. Of less than 4-5 kg :
                                         — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples
           20.07 *) Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not con­
                    taining 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% by weight :
                                               — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding
                                                  pineapples
                                           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 :
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                CCT
               heading                                Description
                 No
               20.07              aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight . . .
               (cont'd)           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
                              7. Other fruit and vegetable juices :
                                  ex aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight,
                                         excluding apricots and peaches
                                  ex bb) With an added sugar content of 30% or less by weight,
                                         excluding apricots and peaches
                                  ex cc) Not containing added sugar, excluding apricots and
                                         peaches
                              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% by
                                              weight
                                         22. With an added content of 30% or less by weight . .
                                         33 . Not containing added sugar
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                                                        ANNEX C
                   List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                              INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                                India                                    Rwanda
Algeria                                    Indonesia                                Saudi Arabia
Argentina                                  Iran                                     Senegal
Bahamas                                    Iraq ·                                   Sierra Leone
Bahrain                                    Ivory Coast                              Singapore
 Bangladesh                                Jamaica                                  Somalia
 Barbados                                  Jordan                                   Sri Lanka
 Bhutan                                    Kenya                                    Sudan
 Bolivia                                   Khmer Republic                           Swaziland
 Botswana                                  Korea ( South)                            Syria
 Brazil                                    Kuwait                                    Tanzania
 Burma                                     Laos                                      Thailand
 Burundi                                   Lebanon                                   Togo
 Cameroon                                  Lesotho                                   Tonga
 Central African Republic                  Liberia                                   Trinidad and Tobago
 Chad                                      Libya                                     Tunisia
 Chile                                      Malagasy Republic                        Uganda
 Colombia                                   Malawi                                   United Arab Emirates :
 Congo, People's Republic of                Malaysia                                       Abu Dhabi
 Costa Rica                                 Maldive Islands                               Dubai
 Cuba                                       Mali                                           Ras al Khaimah
 Cyprus                                     Mauritania                                     Fujairah
 Dahomey                                    Mauritius                                      Ajman
 Dominican Republic                         Mexico                                         Sharjah
 Ecuador                                    Morocco                                        Ummal Qaiwain
 Egypt, Arab Republic of                    Nauru                                    Upper Volta
 El Salvador                                Nepal                                    Uruguay
 Equatorial Guinea                          Nicaragua                                Venezuela
 Ethiopia                                   Niger                                    Vietnam, Republic of
 Fiji                                       Nigeria                                  Western Samoa
  Gabon                                     Oman                                      Yemen, People's Democratic
  Gambia                                    Pakistan                                 Republic of
  Ghana                                     Panama                                    Yemen Arab Republic
  Guatemala                                 Paraguay                                  Yugoslavia
  Guinea                                    Peru                                      Zaire
  Guyana                                    Philippines                               Zambia
  Haiti                                     Qatar
  Honduras                                  Romania
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                                                   COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
            dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community
                                        or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
            Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
            Angola (including Cabinda)
            Australian Antarctic Territory
            Belize
            Bermuda
            British Antarctic Territory
            British Indian Ocean Territory (Aldabra, Farquhar, Chagos Archipelago, Des Roches)
            British Pacific Ocean (x)
            Brunei
             Cape Verde Islands
             Cayman Islands and Dependencies
             Christmas Island
             Cocos (Keeling) Islands
             Comoro Archipelago
             Corn Islands and Swan Islands
            Falkland Islands and Dependencies
            French Polynesia
            French Southern and Antarctic Territories
            Gibraltar
            Heard Island and MacDonald Islands
            Hong Kong
            Leeward Islands (2)
            Macao
            Mozambique
            Netherlands Antilles
            New Caledonia and Dependencies
            Norfolk Islands
            Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (3)
            Papua-New Guinea
            Portuguese Guinea
            Portuguese Timor
            St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
            Saint Pierre and Miquelon
            Sao Tome and Principe
            Seychelles (including Amirantes)
            Sikkim
            Spanish territories in Africa
            Surinam
            Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niuwe Island, Tokelau Islands
            and Ross Dependency)
            Turks and Caocos Islands
            Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John, etc.)
            Wallis and Futuna Islands
            Windward Islands (4)
            Note : The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­
                       national status of countries or territories.
            (l) Gilbert and Ellice Islands, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, Condominium, and Pitcairn Islands.
            (') Antigua , Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands.
            (3) The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include : Guam , American Samoa (including Swain's
                Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands , Wake Island and he Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the
                Caroline, Marianas and Marshall Islands).
            (4) Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia, St Vincent.