CELEX: 31976R3019
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3019/76 of 13 December 1976 opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas for certain products originating in developing countries

20. 12. 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 349/1
                                                              I
                                          (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                    COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3019/76
                                                   of 13 December 1976
              opening, allocating and providing for the administration of Community tariff quotas
                               for certain products originating in developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          calculated each year on the basis of the latest figures
                                                                  available, provided that this entails no reduction in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      the ceiling;
European Economic Community,                                      Whereas the offer made by the Community includes
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                a clause stating that the Community drew up the
                                                                  offer on the assumption that all the main
Having regard to the opinion of the European                     industrialized countries which are members of the
Parliament (*),                                                   OECD would participate in granting preferences and
                                                                  would make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas,
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD, the                        moreover, it is evident from the conclusions worked
 European Economic Community offered to grant                    out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished                 a temporary nature, does not constitute a binding
products coming from developing countries; whereas               commitment and, in particular, may be withdrawn
the preferential treatment proposed in that offer                wholly or in part at a later date; whereas this
covers, generally speaking, all finished and semi­               possibility may be adopted inter alia with a view to
finished industrial products covered by Chapters 25              remedying any unfavourable situations which might
to 99 of the Common Customs Tariff which originate               arise in the ACP States following the implementation
in developing countries; whereas the preference                  of the generalized preference scheme;
consists in the granting of exemption from customs               Whereas, moreover, the conference of Heads of
duties; whereas preferential imports are effected up             State or of Government of the Member States and
to the level of ceilings calculated by value in respect          the States acceding to the European Communities
of each product on the basis of factors which are                held in Paris on 19 to 21 October 1972 invited the
uniform for all the products; whereas, in order that             Community institutions and the Member States
the preferences granted to the most competitive                  progressively to adopt an overall policy of develop­
developing country or countries should be restricted             ment cooperation on a world-wide scale comprising
and that a substantial share should be reserved for
                                                                 in particular the improvement of generalized
the least competitive, preferential imports from any             preferences with the aim of achieving a steady
one developing country in respect of a given product             increase in imports of manufactures from the
should not, as a general rule, exceed 50% of the                 developing countries;
ceiling fixed for that product;
                                                                 Whereas tariff preferences have been applied from
Whereas, in the offer made by the Community, the                 the second half of 1971 under the conditions set out
annual ceilings should normally be calculated on the             above; whereas these preferences should continue
basis of the total value for 1968 of cif imports from            to be applied throughout 1977; whereas having
the countries benefiting from this scheme, excluding             regard to the terms of the offer concerned and to
those already enjoying various preferential tariff               the need to improve the generalized preferences, the
arrangements granted by the Community (basic                     abovementioned basic amount should normally refer
amount), plus 5% of the value of cif imports from                to 1974, as should generally the additional amount;
the other countries and from the countries already               whereas however, the application of this method of
enjoying such arrangements (additional amount);                  calculation should remain compatible with the pro­
whereas such additional amount is variable and is                gressive nature of the preference scheme in such a
                                                                 way as to provide a period of adaptation for the
                                                                 industrial sectors affected in the Community; whereas
(x) OJ No C 259, 4. 11 . 1976, p. 27.                            for this purpose it would appear adequate to limit
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tor each product the considerable improvement                    within a specified percentage of the amount of the
resulting from the said method to a level which does             quota ; whereas the benefit of such tariff quotas
not exceed 150% of each of the preferential amounts              should be reserved for products originating in the
open in 1976;                                                    countries and territories under consideration, the
                                                                 concept of 'originating products' being determined
                                                                 in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Whereas in practice the latest complete statistics               Article 14 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/68
available are those relating to the year 1974; whereas           of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the
however since that year the statistics in question and           concept of the origin of goods (2);
particularly those relating to the value of the Com­
munity's external trade have been expressed in a
statistical unit (EUR) which is no longer defined in
the same way as the unit of account (u.a.) prescribed            Whereas it is necessary in particular to ensure equal
for the Common Customs Tariff; whereas therefore                 and continuous access for all Community importers
it is necessary to define a conversion rate between              to the abovementioned quotas and the uninterrupted
these two units ; whereas in 1974 one EUR unit was               application of the rate laid down for those quotas
equivalent in practice to one European unit of account           to all imports of the products concerned into all
and the practice has been to ascribe to the latter the           Member States until those quotas are used up ;
same value as for the unit of account (u.a.); whereas            whereas, having regard to the principles set out
it seems appropriate therefore in these circumstances,           above, the Community nature of the quotas can
and for the particular ends of the calculations                  be respected by allocating the quota among Member
required under this Regulation, to consider the                  States ; whereas, moreover, to this end and in the
statistics expressed in EUR in this Regulation as if             context of the utilization system, the actual charges
expressed in the units of account of the Common                  against the quotas may relate only to products which
 Customs Tariff; whereas the unit of account should              have been entered for home use and which are
 remain the only unit to be used within the preference           accompanied by a certificate of origin ;
 system, along with its conversion rates into national
 currencies based on gold parities ;
                                                                 Whereas the application of the generally accepted
Whereas, taking into account the interests of the ACP            principles in respect of the allocation of the Com­
 States, for plywood, blockboard, laminboard, batten­            munity tariff quotas which have been opened
 board and similar laminated products, falling within            hitherto entails under these circumstances, and in
 heading No 44.15, the quota amount should be                    view of the variety of the products concerned and
 limited to 282 610 m3 ; whereas in the same way as              the fact that the benefiting countries and territories
 regards footwear falling within heading Nos 64.01               are specified, calculations which are all the more
 and 64.02, the situation of the Community sector                 problematic in that the statistical data required
 concerned leaves no alternative but to repeat for                sometimes prove to be incomplete or not sufficiently
 1977 the quota amounts laid down for the preference             accurate or representative ; whereas the time required
 year 1976;                                                      for these calculations cannot be reconciled with the
                                                                 continuity necessary for the application of the tariff
                                                                 preferences concerned; whereas, under these con­
 Whereas, in accordance with Protocol 23 to the Act               ditions, it would be advisable still at this stage to
 of Accession ( 1 ), the generalized tariff preference            adopt a fixed scale for allocating the Community
 scheme became fully applicable in the new Member                 tariff quotas concerned among the Member States ;
 States on 1 January 1974 ;                                      whereas, using as a basis general economic criteria
                                                                  relating to external trade, the gross national product
                                                                  and population, the percentages for the initial shares
 Whereas it is expedient, therefore, in respect of the            of the Member States in the quota amounts are as
 products referred to in Annexes A and B which                    follows for the quota year under consideration :
 originate in the countries and territories listed in
 Annex C, that the Community should open for                              Germany                          27-5%
 1977 duty-free Community tariff quotas within the                        Benelux                          10-5%
 limits of the amounts, in units of account, shown
                                                                          France                           19-0%
 against each of these products ;
                                                                          Italy                            15-0%
                                                                          Denmark                            5-0%
 Whereas charges against each of these tariff quotas                      Ireland                            1-0%
 must, in respect of the products originating in any
 of the abovementioned countries or territories, come                     United Kingdom                   22-0%
 i1) OJ No L 73 , 27. 3. 1972, p. 14.                             (2) OJ No L 148 , 28 . 6. 1968, p. 1 .
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Whereas, however, taking into account the more                 detriment of the developing countries concerned and
precise information already available concerning               will contribute to achieving the aim already
trade in plywood, blockboard, laminboard,                      mentioned of improving the generalized preferences
battenboard and similar laminated products, falling            system ; whereas to give importers in each Member
within heading No 44.15 of the Common Custom                   State some degree of certainty, the first tranche of
Tariff, these percentages should be replaced by                the Community quota should be fixed at a relatively
4-78, 2-76, 0-35, 1-05, 4-58, 1-98 and 84-5%                   high level which in the event could be about 80%
respectively;                                                  of the quota volumes;
Whereas in connection with the Member States '                 Whereas Member States may exhaust their initial
participation in the Community tariff quota for the
                                                               shares for the products listed in Annex B at different
abovementioned products falling within heading No              rates ; whereas to avoid disruption of supplies on
44.15, it should be borne in mind that United                  this account it should be provided that each Member
                                                               State which has almost used up one of its initial
Kingdom imports in recent years from developing                shares, should proceed to draw an additional share
countries, in particular from Malaysia and Singapore,
                                                               from the corresponding reserve ; whereas this must
have been increasing substantially ; whereas the               be done by each Member State as and when each
introduction of customs duties on these imports
might alter traditional trade flows to the detriment           of its additional shares is almost entirely used up,
of the developing countries which hitherto benefited           and repeated as many times as each of these
                                                               reserves allows ; whereas each of these initial and
from duty-free entry; whereas this situation is a              additional shares must be available for use until
special reason for a portion of the said Member
State's share being accessible without limitation to the       the end of the quota period; whereas, however, it
                                                               seems advisable to permit the Member States to limit
countries covered by the generalized preference                the exercise of their total obligation to draw on the
scheme;
                                                               reserve amount to a level not exceeding 40% of their
                                                               initial share; whereas this method of administration
                                                               calls for close cooperation between Member States
Whereas, without affecting the Community nature                and the Commission which must, in particular, be
of the tariff quotas for the products listed in Annex          able to observe the extent to which the tariff quotas
A, it appears possible to provide temporarily for              are used and inform Member States thereof;
a utilization scheme based on a single allocation
among the Member States ; whereas, moreover, the
allocation set out by this Regulation in no way                Whereas if, at a specified date in the quota period,
prejudices the possibility of adopting the general             a considerable balance remains in one of the initial
method of allocation of Community tariff quotas                shares of one or other Member State, it is essential
comprising the setting up of a reserve share; whereas          that that Member State pays a large amount of it
at the present juncture it appears feasible that such          back into the corresponding reserve in order to avoid
allocation could be made according to the                      a part of the Community quota remaining unused in
percentages set out above;                                     one Member State when it could in others;
                                                               Whereas since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
Whereas the percentage for the shares of the Member            of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of
States in the Community tariff quotas referred to              Luxembourg are united in and represented by the
above, in view of the duration and amounts thereof,            Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning
does not appear in this instance to compromise the             the    administration  of shares    allocated to that
equal access for Community importers to Community              economic union may be carried out by any one of
tariff quotas ; whereas for this same reason it would          its members,
appear expedient to allow each Member State to
choose the system for administering its share;
Whereas, to take account of future import trends
for the products listed in Annex B in the various              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
Member States, the quotas should be divided into
two tranches, the first being allocated among Member
States and the second held as a reserve to cover                                       Article 1
subsequently the requirements of Member States
which have exhausted their initial shares; whereas,
moreover, the reserve constituted in the manner                 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1977, the
described above tends to avoid making the system               Common Customs Tariff duties and, until 30 June
of utilization of the quota excessively rigid, to the          1977, the customs duties of the new Member States on
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the products listed in Annex A and B shall be                                           Article 4
totally suspended within the framework of Com­
munity tariff quotas of amounts which shall be                 1 . If a Member State has used 90% or more of
expressed in units of account and which shall be               one of its initial shares as fixed in Annex B, or of
indicated against each product in column 3 of those            that share minus any portion returned to the reserve
Annexes .
                                                               pursuant to Article 6, it shall forthwith, by notifying
                                                               the Commission , draw a second share, to the extent
                                                               that the reserve so permits, equal to 10% of its
2. These tariff quotas shall be enjoyed solely by              initial share, rounded up should the occasion arise to
products originating in the countries and territories          the nearest unit above .
listed in Annex C. However, those imports which
already enjoy exemption from customs duties under
other preferential tariff arrangements granted by the
Community may not be charged against these tariff              2. If a Member State, after exhausting one of its
quotas. For the purposes of this Regulation, the               initial shares, has used 90% or more of the second
concept of originating products shall be determined            share drawn by it, that Member State shall draw a
in accordance with the procedure laid down in                  third share, under the conditions laid down in para­
Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .                     graph 1 , to the extent that the reserve so permits,
                                                                equal to 5% of its initial share.
 3 . The amount to be charged in respect of each
 country or territory referred to in paragraph 2 against
 each of the tariff quota amounts mentioned above              3 . If a Member State, after exhausting its second
 shall be limited to the maximum amount given in                share, has used 90% or more of the third share
 column 4 of Annexes A and B against each category              drawn by it, that Member State shall draw a fourth
 of products.                                                   share under the same conditions equal to the third.
                                                                This process shall continue until the reserve has been
 4. Any amendment to Annex C, in particular by                  exhausted.
 the addition of new countries or territories enjoying
 tariff preferences, may entail a corresponding
 adjustment to the amounts of the quotas and to the             4. By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and
 maximum amounts appearing in columns 3 and 4                   3, Member States may draw shares lower than those
 of Annexes A and B.
                                                                specified in those paragraphs if there are grounds
                                                                for believing that those specified may not be used
                                                                in full . Member States applying this paragraph
                          Article 2
                                                                shall inform the Commission of its grounds for so
                                                                doing.
 For the products listed in Annex A the Com­
 munity tariff quotas referred to in Article 1 shall            5 . Any Member State may limit the sum total of
 be allocated in shares which shall be for each                 its additional shares to 40% of its initial share,
 Member State the amounts given in column 5 of                  informing the Commission that it is so doing.
  Annex A against each category of products.
                                                                                        Article 5
                          Article 3
                                                                Additional shares drawn pursuant to Article 4 shall
  1 . A first tranche of 80% of each of the Community           be valid until 31 December 1977.
 tariff quotas listed in Annex B, expressed in units
 of account in column 5 of Annex B, shall be allocated
 among the Member States ; the shares which, subject
 to Article 6 shall be valid until 31 December 1977,                                    Article 6
 shall for each Member State be as indicated in column
 6 of Annex B against each of the products listed
 therein.                                                       The Member States shall return to the reserve, not
                                                                later than 1 October 1977, the unused portion of
                                                                their initial share which, on 15 September 1977, is
 2. The second tranche of 20% of each of the 'tariff            in excess of 20% of their initial amount. They may
 quotas shall constitute the reserve specified in each          return a larger portion if there are grounds for
 case in column 7 of Annex B.                                   believing that such portion may not be used in full .
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The Member States shall, not later than 1 October             the said goods, and which are accompanied by a
1977, notify the Commission of the total imports              certificate of origin in accordance with the rules
of the product concerned effected up to and including         referred to in Article 1 (2).
15 September 1977 and charged against the Com­
munity quota and , where appropriate, the proportion          3 . Goods shall qualify for a tariff quota only if
of their initial share that is being returned to the          the certificate of origin referred to in paragraph 2
reserve .
                                                              is submitted before the date on which the levying
                                                              of duties is re-introduced.
                        Article 7
                                                                                       Article 9
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares
opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 3
and 4 and shall, as soon as the information reaches           The Commission shall take all necessary measures
it, inform each State of the extent to which the              to ensure that the maximum amount referred to in
reserve has been used up .                                    Article 1 (3 ) is observed . When the charges, at Com­
                                                              munity level, of products originating in each of the
It shall, not l^ter than 15 October 1977, inform the          countries and territories listed in Annex C, against
Member State of the amount still in reserve following         any one of the Community tariff quotas reach the
any return of shares pursuant to Article 6.                   maximum       amount laid     down in    column 4   of
                                                              Annexes A and B, the Commission shall immediately
It shall ensure that when an amount exhausting the            notify the Member States of the date on which, as
reserve is drawn the amount so drawn does not                 a result of this fact, the normal tariff is to be re­
exceed the balance available, and to this end shall           introduced in respect of the country or territory in
notify the amount of that balance to the Member               question. This notification shall be published in the
State making the last drawing.
                                                              Official Journal of the European Communities.
The Member States shall take all appropriate                                          Article 10
measures to ensure that additional shares drawn
pursuant to Article 4 are opened in such a way that           Member States shall inform the Commission on
importations may be charged without interruption
against their cumulative shares of the Community              request or at least monthly of imports of the products
quota.
                                                              in question charged against their shares.
                        Article 8                                                     Article 11
1 . The Member States shall ensure free access to the         Member States and the Commission shall cooperate
shares which have been allocated to them for impor­           closely to ensure that the provisions of the above
ters of the said goods who are established in their           Articles are observed.
territory.
2. The extent to which a Member State has used                                        Article 12
up its share shall be determined on the basis of
imports of the said goods which have been entered             This     Regulation    shall    enter into   force  on
for home use, on the basis of the customs value of             1 January 1977.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 9 December 1976.
                                                                                For the Council
                                                                                 The President
                                                                               M. van der STOEL
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                                                                         ANNEX A
                     List of products referred to in Article 2 subject to zero-duty Community tariff quotas under the
                               generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
                                                                                                  Maximum amount
                CCT                                                                  Quota          per country or               Share of quota amounts
  Order       heading                            Description                        amount            territory (4)            allocated to Member States
     No          No                                                               in u.a . ( a )                                        in u.a . (a)
                 (1)                                 U)                               (3 )          %            u.a . ( a)                  (5 )
      1        41.02        Bovine cattle leather ( including buffalo            19 286 000         30         5 785 800    Germany                   5 303 650
                            leather) and equine leather, except leather                                                     Benelux                  2 025 030
                            falling within heading No 41.06, 41.07 or                                                       France                   3 664 340
                           41.08 :                                                                                          Italy                     2 892 900
                                                                                                                            Denmark                      964 300
                            ex B. Other, but not including leather                                                          Ireland                      192 860
                                       not further prepared than tanned                                                     United Kingdom 4 242 920
               42.02       Travel goods (for example, trunks , suit­             13 022 600         30         3 906 780    Germany                   3  581  215
                           cases , hat-boxes , travelling-bags , ruck­                                                      Benelux                   1  367  375
                            sacks), shopping-bags, handbags, satchels ,                                                     France                    2  474  295
                            briefcases , wallets , purses , toilet-cases,                                                   Italy                     1  953  390
                           tool-cases , tobacco-pouches , sheaths,                                                          Denmark                      651  130
                           cases, boxes (for example, for arms, musi­                                                       Ireland                      130  225
                           cal instruments, binoculars , jewellery ,                                                        United Kingdom            2 864   970
                            bottles , collars , footwear , brushes) and
                            similar      containers ,   of   leather   or   of
                           composition leather, of vulcanized fibre,
                           of artificial plastic sheeting, of paperboard
                            or of textile fabric :
                            B. Of other materials
               42.03        Articles of apparel and clothing accesso­            13 381 400         30         4 014 420    Germany                    3  679  885
                            ries, of leather or of composition leather :                                                    Benelux                    1  405 045
                            A. Articles of apparel                                                                          France                     2  542 465
                            B. Gloves , including mittens and mitts :                                                       Italy                      2  007 210
                                                                                                                             Denmark                      669 070
                                  II . Special , for sports                                                                  Ireland                      133 815
                                 III .  Other
                                                                                                                             United Kingdom            2 943 910
                            C. Other clothing accessories
               44.15        Plywood , block-board , iaminboard , bat­             282 610 nr         30       84 783m3 1     Germany              13 515     m3
                            tenboard and similar laminated wood                                                              Benelux                7 800    m3
                            products ( including veneered panels and                                                         France                 1000    m3
                            sheets ) ; inlaid wood and wood marquetry                                                        Italy                  2 970    m3
                                                                                                                             Denmark              12 930     m3
                                                                                                                             Ireland                5 595   m3
                                                                                                                             United
                                                                                                                             Kingdom            238 800 m 3 l
( a ) I'nksv otherwise indicated .
 (x) The provisions of Article 1 (3) do not apply up to a proportion limited to 141 305 m· of the share allocated to the United Kingdom.
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                                                                                                    Maximum       amount
               CCT                          Description                              Quota          per    cou ntry      or        Share of quota amounts
 Order       heading                                                                amount
                                                                                                        territo ry (4)           allocated to Member States
  No            No                                                                in u.a . (a)                                            in u.a . (a )
                d)                                G)                                  (3)                           u.a . (a)                  (V
   5          64.01      Footwear with outer soles and uppers of                 2 422 350            20           484 470    Germany                     654 034
                         rubber or artificial plastic material                                                                Benelux                     242 235
                                                                                                                              France                      448 135
                                                                                                                              Italy                       339 129
                                                                                                                              Denmark                     121 117
                                                                                                                              Ireland                      12 112
                                                                                                                              United Kingdom              605 588
    6      H 64.02       Footwear with outer soles of leather or                 19 796 700           15         2 969 505    Germany                   5 345 110
                         composition leather ; footwear (other than                                                           Benelux                   1 979 670
                         footwear falling within heading No 64.01 )                                                           France                    3 66 2 390
                         with outer soles of rubber or artificial                                                             Italy                     2 771 535
                         plastic material :                                                                                   Denmark                     989 835
                                                                                                                              Ireland                      98 985
                         A. Footwear with uppers of leather                                                                   United Kingdom            4 949 175
    7         64.02      Footwear with outer soles of leather or                 10 991 400            15         1 648 710   Germany                   2 967 680
                         composition leather ; footwear (other than                                                           Benelux                   1 099 140
                         footwear falling within heading No 64.01 )                                                           France                    2 033 410
                         with outer soles of rubber or artificial                                                             Italy                     1 538 795
                         plastic material :                                                                                   Denmark                     549 570
                                                                                                                              Ireland                      54 955
                         B. Other
                                                                                                                              United Kingdom 2 747 850
(a) Unless otherwise indicated.
(*) Products falling within subheading 64.02 A , originating in the countries and territories listed in Section II of Annex C, are excluded from the benefit of
    this tariff quota.
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      List of products referred to in Article 3 subject to zero-duty Community tariff quotas under the
                 generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
                                                                           Maximum amount per
                                                                            country or territory                                                                  u.a .
              Description                                  Quota                                         u.a .               Share of quota amounts
                                                                                      (4)
                                                          amount                                                            allocated to Member States
                                                           in u.a .                                                                  in    u.a .
                   (25                                       (3 )            %               u.a .       (5)                              (6)                     (7)
                                                                             50             104 500    167 200                                       45 980      41 800
                                                                                                                                                                               Official
omplex oxygen-function amino­                             209 000                                                 Germany
                                                                                                                  Benelux                            17 555
                                                                                                                  France                             31770
ids :                                                                                                             Italy                              25 080                Journal
                                                                                                                  Denmark                             8 360
     mic acid and its salts
                                                                                                                  Ireland                             1 670
                                                                                                                  United Kingdom                     36 785                    of the
 s (for example, trunks, suitcases,                     6 032 000           30          1 809 600     4 825 600   Germany                          1 327 040   1 206 400
   avelling-bags , rucksacks), shopping­                                                                          Benelux                           506 690
                                                                                                                  France                            916 865
 ags, satchels, briefcases, wallets,
                                                                                                                  Italy                             723 840
    -cases, tool-cases, tobacco-pouches,
   s, boxes (for example, for arms,                                                                               Denmark                           241 280
   uments, binoculars, jewellery, bott­                                                                           Ireland                            48 255
                                                                                                                                                                           European Communities
    footwear, brushes) and similar                                                                                United Kingdom 1                  061 630
   f leather or of composition leather,
    fibre , of artificial plastic sheeting,
  d or of textile fabric :
   ial plastic sheeting
      within this tariff heading are also eligible for Community preferential tariff arrangements.
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                                                        country or territory                                                       u.a .
            Description                     Quota                                 u.a .             Share of quota amounts
                                                                                                                                                 20. 12. 76
                                                                (4)
                                            amount                                             allocated to Member States
                                            in u.a.                                                       in u.a.
                (2)                           (3)       %             u.a .        (S)                       (6)                    (7)
   hic and radiotéléphonie transmis­      22 230 000   15         3 334 500    17 784 000   Germany                4 890 600    4 446 000
eception apparatus ; radio-broad­                                                           Benelux                 1 867 320
    levision transmission and reception                                                     France                  3 378 960
  ncluding receivers incorporating                                                          Italy                  2 667 600
  ers or reproducers) and television                                                        Denmark                   889 200
  dio navigational aid apparatus,                                                           Ireland                   177 840
 atus and radio remote control                                                              United Kingdom 3 912 480
                                                                                                                                                  Official
  graphic and radiotéléphonie trans­
 and reception apparatus ; radio­
  ing and television transmission and
   apparatus (including receivers
  ting sound recorders or reprodu­
   television cameras :
    vers, whether or not combined with
      nd recorder or reproducer
                                                                                                                                              Journal of the European
   he goods of subheadings A and B
     r
                                                                                                                                                 Communities
  cold cathode and photo-cathode          7 278 000    20         1 455 600     5 822 400   Germany                 1 601 160   1 455 600 ,
   bes (including vapour or gas-filled                                                      Benelux                   611 350
  ubes, cathode-ray tubes, television                                                       France                  1 106 255
   and mercury arc rectifying valves                                                        Italy                     873 360
  photocells ; mounted piezo-electric                                                       Denmark                   291 120
    des, transistors and similar semi­                                                      Ireland                    58 225
  vices ; electronic micro-circuits :                                                       United Kingdom 1 280 930
   ansistors and similar semi-conduc­
   s ; electronic micro-circuits
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                                                    country or territory                                                      u .a.
      Description                       Quota                                  u.a .          Share of quota amounts
                                                            (4)
                                        amount                                              allocated to Member States
                                        in u.a.                                                      in u.a.
                                                                                                                                            No L 349/10
          (2)                             (3)       %             u.a .        (5 )                    (6)                     (7)
her seats (other than those falling   21 172 000   20        4 234 400     16 937 600    Germany               4 657 840   4 234 400
g No 94.02), whether or not con­                                                         Benelux               1 778 450
 beds, and parts thereof :                                                               France                3 218 145
                                                                                         Italy                 2 540 640
                                                                                         Denmark                846 880
                                                                                         Ireland                169 375
                                                                                         United Kingdom 3 726 270
                                                                                                                                              Official
 e and parts thereof                  15 888 000   20        3 177 600     12 71 0 400   Germany               3 495 360   3 177 600
                                                                                         Benelux               1 334 590
                                                                                         France                2 414 975
                                                                                         Italy                 1 906 560
                                                                                         Denmark                635 520
                                                                                         Ireland                127 105
                                                                                         United Kingdom 2 796 290
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                                                       ANNEX C
                   List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences
                                             I. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
Afghanistan                               Guyana                                    Philippines
Algeria                                   Haiti                                     Qatar
Angola                                    Honduras                                  Rwanda
Argentina                                 India                                     Sao Tome and Principe
Bahamas                                   Indonesia                                 Saudi Arabia
Bahrain                                   Iran                                      Senegal
Bangladesh                                Iraq                                      Seychelles
Barbados                                  Ivory Coast                               Sierra Leone
Bénin                                     Jamaica                                   Singapore
Bhutan                                    Jordan                                    Somalia
Bolivia                                   Kenya                                     Sri Lanka
Botswana                                  Khmer Republic                            Sudan
Brazil                                    Korea (South)                             Surinam
Burma                                     Kuwait
                                                                                    Swaziland
Burundi                                   Laos
                                                                                    Syria
Cameroon                                  Lebanon
                                                                                    Tanzania
Cape Verde Islands                        Lesotho
                                                                                    Thailand
Central African Republic                  Liberia
                                                                                    Togo
Chad                                      Libya                                     Tonga
Chile                                     Malagasy Republic                         Trinidad and Tobago
Colombia                                  Malawi
                                                                                    Tunisia
Comoros                                   Malaysia                                  Uganda
Congo, People's Republic öf               Maldive Islands
                                                                                    United Arab Emirates :
Costa Rica                                Mali                                           Abu Dhabi
Cuba                                      Mauritania                                     Dubai
Cyprus                                    Mauritius                                      Ras al Khaimah
Dominican Republic                        Mexico                                         Fujairah
Ecuador                                   Morocco                                        Ajman
                                                                                         Sharjah
Egypt, Arab Republic of                   Mozambique                                     Ummal Qaiwain
El Salvador                               Nauru
                                                                                    Upper Voltá
Equatorial Guinea                         Nepal                                     Uruguay
Ethiopia                                  Nicaragua                                 Venezuela
Fiji                                      Niger                                     Vietnam
Gabon                                     Nigeria                                   Western Samoa
Gambia                                    Oman
                                                                                    Yemen, People's Democratic
Ghana                                     Pakistan                                  Republic of
Grenada                                   Panama                                    Yemen Arab Republic
Guatemala                                 Papua New Guinea                          Yugoslavia
Guinea                                    Paraguay                                  Zaire
Guinea Bissau                             Peru                                      Zambia
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                                                  II. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
              dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community
                                           or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
              Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
              Australian Antarctic Territory
              Belize
              Bermuda
             British Antarctic Territory
             British Indian Ocean Territory (Aldabra, Farquhar, Chagos Archipelago, Desroches)
             British Pacific Ocean (*)
             Brunei
             Cayman Islands and Dependencies
             Christmas Island
             Cocos (Keeling) Islands
             Corn Islands and Swan Islands
             Falkland Islands and Dependencies
             French Polynesia
             French Southern and Antarctic Territories
             Gibraltar
             Heard Island and McDonald Islands
             Hong Kong
             Leeward Islands (2)
             Macao
             Mayotte
             Netherlands Antilles
             New Caledonia and Dependencies
             Norfolk Island
             Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (s)
             Portuguese Timor
             St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
             Spanish territories in Africa
             Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Cook Islands, Niue Island, Tokelau Islands
                  and Ross Dependency)
             Turks and Caicos Islands
             Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John, etc.)
             Wallis and Futuna Islands
            Windward Islands (*)
             Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­
                      national status of countries or territories.
           (*) Gilbert Islands, Tuvalu, British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides Condominium, and Pitcairn Islands.
            (*) Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, British Virgin Islands.
            {*) The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include: Guam, American Samoa (including
                Swain's Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific
                Islands (the Caroline, Marianas and Marshall Islands).
           (4) Dominica, St Lucia, St Vincent.