CELEX: 41986D0638
Language: en
Date: 1986-12-16 00:00:00
Title: 86/638/ECSC: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community, meeting within the Council of 16 December 1986 applying for 1987 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating in developing countries

No L 373 / 162                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                    31 . 12 . 86
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                                             (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                       COUNCIL
                                                            t
                    DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF
                    THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL
                                   COMMUNITY, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
                                                       of 16 December 1986
                     applying for 1987 the generalized tariff preferences for certain steel products originating
                                                      in developing countries
                                                          (86/638/ECSC)
THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS                                origin of products adopted in accordance with the pro­
OF THE MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN                                  cedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) v
COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, MEETING                                     No 802/68 (').
WITHIN THE COUNCIL,
 In agreement with the Commission,                                    However, the Community preference arrangements
                                                                      applicable to Yugoslavia shall result exclusively from
                                                                     the provisions contained in the Agreement with that
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :                                            country concerning ECSC products (2); consequently,
                                                                     for products submitted under the said Agreement to
                            Article 1                              ( Community tariff ceilings or listed in Annex I to this
                                                                      Decision , the movement certificate EUR 1 shall be
 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1987, the customs                 deemed the only documentary evidence for the grant­
duties applicable to the products listed in Annexes I                ing of tariff preferences.
and II shall be totally suspended within the framework
of tariff quotas and ceilings .                                      4. The Community tariff quotas and ceilings shall be
Spain and Portugal shall apply on the imports of prod­               administered in accordance with the provisions set out
                                                                     below .
ucts referred to above the customs duties established in
accordance with Articles 178 and 365 of the 1985 Act of
Accession .
                                                                                              SECTION I
2. The arrangements provided for in paragraph 1 shall
apply solely :                                                               Provisions concerning the administration of the
— in all customs areas of the Community, to each of                       Community tariff quotas relating to products listed in
     the countries or territories listed in column 4 of                                         Annex I
     Annex I against each category of products listed in
     columns 2 and 3 ,                                                                          Article 2
— in the Community, to each of the other countries or                The total suspension of customs duties within the limits
     territories listed in Annex III, with the exception of          of the Community tariff quotas referred to in Article 1
     Yugoslavia, for the same categories of products,                ( 1 ) shall be accorded to each country or territory listed
— in the Community, to each of the countries or terri­               in column 4 of Annex I in respect of the products indi­
     tories listed in Annex III for the other categories of          cated against its name in columns 2 and 3 together with
                                                                     details in column 5 of the amount of the individual
     products in Annex II,
                                                                     quotas .
subject to observance of the concept of originating
products.
                                                                     (') OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1 .
3 . Preferential entry as provided for in this Decision              0 OJ No L 41 , 14. 2. 1983, p. 113 ; OJ No L 237, 27. 8. 1983,
shall be subject to conformity with the definition of the                   p. 1 .
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                           Article 3                              the levying of the corresponding duties on imports of
                                                                  the products in question from each of the countries or
1.    The Member States shall administer their tariff             territories concerned until the end of the period
quotas in accordance with their own provisions.                   referred to in Article 1(1 ).
2. The extent to which a Member State has used up its             2 . Within the framework of the foregoing provisions,
share shall be determined on the basis of imports of the          the Commission shall coordinate the procedures for
goods in question which have been entered for free cir­           reintroducing normal customs duties, in particular by
culation, on the basis of the customs value of the said           notifying the date common to the whole of the Com­
goods, and which are accompanied by a certificate of              munity and directly applicable in each Member State.
origin in accordance with the rules referred to in                This notification shall be published in the Official
Article 1 (2).                                                    Journal of the European Communities.
                                                                  3.     However, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the
                                                                  countries listed in Annex IV.
                           Article 4
Each Member State shall reintroduce the levying of
duties which have been suspended in respect of a                                              Article 7
country or territory listed in column 4 of Annex I as
soon as it finds that the charges against its national            The extent to which ceilings have been used up shall be
quota of the products concerned originating in that               determined at Communitiy level on the basis of
country or territory have reached the amount laid down            imports charged in the manner laid down in Article 8
in column 6 of Annex I.                                           ( 1 ) and (2).
                         SECTION II                                                      SECTION III
       Provisions concerning the administration of the                                 General provisions
  Community tariff ceilings relating to the products listed
                      in Annexes I and II
                                                                                              Article '8
                           Articles
                                                                  1 . Imports of the products in question shall be
                            f
                                                                  charged against the quota shares and Community
Subject to Articles 6 and 7, the preferential tariff ceiling      ceilings as and when the products are entered for free
arrangements shall be accorded :                                  circulation, on the basis of the customs value of the
                                                                  said products, and are accompanied by a certificate of
— for products in Annex I, to each of the countries or            origin in accordance with the rules laid down in
     territories listed in Annex III, other than those            Article 1 (2).
     which may be listed in column 4 of Annex I, within
     the limits of the amounts specified in column 7 of
                                                                  2. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or admit­
     Annex I, against each category of products,
                                                                  ted under a tariff quota only if the certificate of origin
— for products in Annex II, to the countries or terri­            referred to in paragraph 1 is presented before the date
     tories listed in Annex III, considered individually,         on which the levying of duties is reintroduced.
     within the limits of a Community ceiling corre­
     sponding to 102 % of the highest maximum amount              3 . For the purposes of the application of this
     valid for 1980 under each of the preferential ceilings       Decision, the value of the ECU, in which the preferen­
     opened for that year.                                        tial amounts are expressed, and the rate of conversion
                                                                  into national currencies shall be that provided for in
                                                                  the Common Customs Tariff.
                           Article 6                              4. An amendment to the list of beneficiaries, in par­
                                                                  ticular by the addition of new countries or territories,
 1 . As soon as the individual ceilings fixed or calcu­           may entail a corresponding adjustment to Community
lated in accordance with the provisions of Article 5 ,            tariff quotas or ceilings .
which are laid down for imports into the Community,
under the conditions which it shall determine, of prod­
ucts originating in any of the countries or territories
referred to in Article 1 (2), are reached at Community                                        Article 9
level , the Member States may at any time, at the
request of any one of them or of the Commission and               1 . The Member States shall, within six weeks of the
in respect of the whole of the Community, reintroduce             end of each quarter at the latest, forward to the Statisti­
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 cal Office of the European Communities the relevant              these lists shall be forwarded within five days of the
 statistical data for the products entered for free circula­      end of each 10-day period.
 tion in the quarter concerned under generalized prefer­
 ential treatment in accordance with the provisions of                                     Article 10
 the present Decision . This data, transmitted according
 to the headings of the nomenclature of goods for exter­          The Member States shall, in close cooperation with the
 nal trade statistics of the Community and statistics of          Commission, take all necessary measures to ensure that
 trade between Member States (NIMEXE), shall show                 this Decision is applied.
 the country of origin, value, quantity and any supple­
 mentary units as defined by Council Regulation (EEC)                                    < Article 11
 No 1736/75 (').
                                                                  The Member States shall take all measures necessary
                                                                  for the implementation of this Decision.
 2 . However, in the case of products in Annex I sub­
ject to quotas, the Member States shall, by the 1 1th day
                                                                                           Article 12
 of each month at the latest, forward the list of charges
 effected during the previous month. In the case of               This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 1987. -
 products of Annex I subject to ceilings, the Member
 States shall forward to the Commission, at its request
 and under the same conditions, the list of charges
 effected during the previous month .                             Done at Brussels, 16 December 1986.
 At the Commission's request, when the level of 75 % of
 the ceiling is reached, the Member States shall forward                                                The President
 the lists of charges to the Commission every 10 days ;                                                   G. HOWE
(') OJ No L 183, 14.7. 1975, p. 3 .
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                                                                          ANNEX I
                                List of products subject to zero duty Community preferential tariff quotas and ceilings (a)
                                                                                                            Community tariff quotas                      Ceilings
                                                                                                                                                       Individual
                    CCT                                                                                                                                   ceiling
   Order          heading                                                                                       Individual      Amount of shares
                                                                                                                                                      for countries
     No
                     No                                Description                            Beneficiary                            allocated to
                                                                                                                                                      or territories
                (NIMEXE                                                                       countries or         quota                               other than
                                                                                                                 amount           Member States
                   code)                                                                        territories                                                those
                                                                                                                  (ECU)                 (ECU)        under column
                                                                                                                                                              4
                                                                                                                                                          (ECU)
     (1)             (2)                                    (3)                                     (4)             (5)                   (6)                (7)
                                                                                                                                       s
 60.0010           73.07           Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (includ­                                                                      3 324 600
              (73.07-12,21 ,       ing tinplate bars), of iron or steel ; pieces
                    24)            roughly shaped by forging, of iron or steel :
                                   A. Blooms and billets :
                                        I.    Rolled
                                                                                              •
                                   B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate
                                       bars):
                                        I.    Rolled
 60.0020         73.08 (*)         Iron or steel coils for re-rolling                      Brazil               3 237 451        BNL       310 795     3 237 451
              (73.08-01,03 ,                                                               South Korea                           DK        148  923
              05,07,21,25 ,                                                                Venezuela                             D         809  363
              29,41,45,49)                                                                                                       E         236  334
                                                                                                                                 GR          58 274
                                                                                                                                 F         563  316
                                                                                                                                 IRL         16 187
                                                                                                                                 I         427 344
                                                                                                                                 P          45 324
                                                                                                                                 UK        621 591
  60.0030        73.10 (*)         Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or          Argentina            2 006 493        BNL 192 623           2 006 493
              (73.10-11 , 12,      steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-­             Brazil                                DK         92 299
               14, 15 , 17, 18,    formed or cold-finished (including preci­               Venezuela                             D         501 623
                    42)            sion-made); hollow mining drill steel :                                                       E         146 474
                                                                                                                                 GR         36 117
                                   A. Not further worked than hot-rolled or ex­
                                                                                                                                 F         349  130
                                        truded
                                                                                                                                 IRL         10 032
                                   D. Clad or surface-worked (for example,                                                       I         264  857
                                        polished, coated):                                                                       P           28 091
                                                                                                                                 UK        385  247
                                        I.    Not further worked than clad :
                                              a) Hot-rolled or extruded
  60.0040          73.11           Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel,                                                                       1 908 900
              (73.11-11,12,        hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed or
               14,16,19,41 ,       cold-finished ; sheet piling of iron or steel,
                     50)           whether or not drilled, punched or made                                                         -
                                   from assembled elements :
                                   A. Angles, shapes and sections :
                                           I. Not further worked than hot-rolled
                                              or extruded
                                        IV. Clad or surface-worked (for ex­
                                              ample, polished, coated):
                                              a) Not further worked than clad :
                                                  I.  Hot rolled or extruded
                                    B. Sheet piling
(a) Preferences are not granted in respect of the products, marked with an asterisk, originating in China.
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    (1)           (2)                                 (3)                             (4)      (5)           (6) '        (7) .
 60.0050      73.13 (*)    Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled     Argentina   5 500 000  BNL     528 000 6 276 000
           (73.13-11 , 16, or cold-rolled :                                    Brazil                 DK      253 000
            17,19,21,23 ,                                                      South Korea            D    1  375 000
                           A. ' Electrical' sheets and plates
           26, 32, 34, 36,                                                                            E       401 500
           43, 45,47,49,   B. Other sheets and plates :                                              GR        99 000
           50, 64,65, 67,         I. Not further worked than hot-rolled                               F       957 000
           68, 72,74, 76,                                                                             IRL      27 500
           78, 79, 82, 84,       II . Not further worked than cold-rolled,                           I        726 000
           86, 87, 88, 89,             of a thickness of:                                             P        77 000
                 92)                   b) More than 1 mm but less than                               UK 1     056 000
                                            3 mm
                                       c)   1 mm or less
                               III . Not further worked than burnished,
                                       polished or glazed
                                IV. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-­
                                      treated :
                                      b) Tinned
                                      c) Zinc-coated or lead-coated
                                      d) Other (for example, copper -­
                                           plated, artificially oxidized, lac­
                                           quered, nickel-plated, varnished,
                                           clad, parkerized, printed)
                                 V. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                      a) Cut into shapes other than rec­
                                           tangular shapes, but not, further
                                           worked :
                                           2.   Other
60.0060        73.15       Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms      Brazil      5 564 100 BNL      534 154 5 891 400
             (73.61-50)    mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :           South Korea           DK       255 949
          (73.62-10,30)                                                                              D    1   391 025
                           A. High carbon steel :
           (73.63-21,29,                                                                             E        406 179
                72)               I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and                              GR       100 154
          (73.64-20, 72)              sheet bars :                                                   F       968 153
                                                                                                     IRL       27 821
                                      b) Other :
                                                                                                     I        734 461
                                           2.   Blooms, billets, slabs and                           P         77 897
                                                sheet bars                                           UK 1 068 307
                               III. Coils for re-rolling
                               IV. Universal plates
                                 V. Bars and rods (including wire rod)
                                      and hollow mining drill steel ;
                                      angles, shapes and sections :
                                      b) Not further worked than hot-­
                                           rolled or extruded
                                      d) Clad or surface-worked (for
                                           example, polished, coated):
                                           I.   Not further    worked    than
                                               clad :
                                               aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
                               VI . Hoop and strip :
                                      a) Not further worked than hot-­
                                          rolled
                                     c) Clad, coated or otherwise sur­
                                          face-treated :
                                          I.   Not    further  worked    than
                                               clad :
                                               aa) Hot-rolled
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     (1)            (2)                                (3)                      (4)   (5) (6)       (?)
 60.0060          73.15       A. VII. Sheets and plates :
  (cont'd)       (cont'd)              a) Not further worked than hot­
             (73.65-21,23,                rolled
             25, 55,70,81 )
             (73.71-51,52,             b) Not further worked than cold­
             54, 55, 56, 59)              rolled, of a thickness of:
             (73.72-11 , 13,               2.  Less than 3 mm
               19., 33, 39)
             (73.73-23,24,             c) Polished, clad,- coated or other­
             25,26,29,33,                  wise surface-treated
             34,35,36,39,              d) Otherwise shaped or worked :
                    72)
                                           1 . Cut into shapes other than
                                               rectangular shapes, but not
                                               further worked
                              B. Alloy steel :
                                   I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and
                                       sheet bars :
                                       b) Other :
                                           2. Blooms, billets, slabs and
                                               sheet bars
                                                                                                        -
                                 III . Coils for re-rolling
                                  IV. Universal plates
                                   V. Bars and rods (including wire rod)
                                       and hollow mining drill steel ;
                                       angles, shapes and sections :
                                       b) Not further worked than hot­
                                           rolled or extruded
                                       d) Clad or surface-worked (for
                                           example, polished, coated) :
                                           1.   Not     further worked    than
                                               clad :
                                                aa) Hot-rolled or extruded
             (73.74-21,23,       VI. Hoop and strip :
                  29,72)               a) Not further worked than hot­
             (73.75-11 , 19,               rolled
             23 , 24, 29, 33,
             34,39,43,44,              c) Clad, coated or otherwise sur­
             49, 63, 64, 69,               face-treated :                           -
             73,79, 83, 84,                1.   Not further     worked    than
                    89)                         clad :
                                                aa) Hot-rolled
                                 VII. Sheets and plates :
                                       a) ' Electrical' sheets and plates
                                       b) Other sheets and plates :
                                            1.  Not     further worked    than
                                                hot-rolled
                                           2.   Not     further worked    than
                                                cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
                                                bb) Less than 3 mm
                                           3 . Polished, clad, coated or
                                                otherwise surface-treated
                                           4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                                aa) Cut into shapes other
                                                than rectangular shapes, but
                                                not further worked
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                                                                         ANNEX II
                         List of products in respect of which the Common Customs Tariff duties are completely suspended
                               under the generalized tariff preferences granted to developing countries and territories
      Order          CCT heading No                                                          Description
       No            (NIMEXEcode)
    62.0010                73.09            Universal plates of iron or steel
                        (73,09-00)
    62.0020                73.12            Hoop and strip, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
                      (73.12-11,19,         A. Not further worked than hot-rolled
                        21,51,71 )
                                            B.   Not further worked than cold-rolled :
                                                     I. In coils for the manufacture of tinplate
                                            C. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                                 III . Tinned :
                                                        a) Tinplate
                                                 V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized, lacquered, nickel-plated,
                                                        varnished, clad, parkerized, printed):
                                                        a) Not further worked than clad :
                                                            1.   Hot-rolled
    62.0030                73.13            Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
                        (73.13-41 )
                                            B. Other sheets and plates :
                            (a)
                                                 II . Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
                                                        a) 3 mm or more                                                         v
    62.0040                73.15           Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in heading Nos 73.06 to 73.14 :
                        (73.65-53)
                                           A. High carbon steel :
                            (a)
                                                VII . Sheets and plates :
                                                        b) Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
                                                            1.  3 mm or more
                                           B. Alloy steel :
                                                VI L Sheets and plates :
                                                        b) Other sheets and plates :
                   (73.75-53 , 54, 59)                      2.  Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of:
                            (a)
                                                                aa) '3 mm or more
                                                                                                                        t
    62.0050                73.16           Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following : rails, check­
                     (73.16-14, 16,        rails, switch blades, crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces, point rods, rack rails, sleepers, fish­
                      17, 20,40,51 )       plates, chairs, chair-wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties, and other
                                           material specialized for joining or fixing rails :
                                           A. Rails :
                                                II . Other
                                           B.   Check-rails
                                           C. Sleepers
                                           D. Fish-plates and sole plates :                   »
                                                I.     Rolled
(a) Preferences are also granted in respect of products falling within this subheading, originating in Romania.
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                                                                    ANNEX III
                               List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (')
                                                      A. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
         048 Yugoslavia                                  373 Mauritius                                 604 Lebanon
         204 Morocco                                     375 Comoros 0                                 608 Syria
         208 Algeria                                     378 Zambia                                    612 Iraq
         212 Tunisia                               '     382 Zimbabwe                                  616 Iran
         216 Libya                                       386 Malawi 0                                  628 Jordan
         220 Egypt                                       391 Botswana 0                                632 Saudi Arabia
         224 * Sudan (2)             '                   393 Swaziland                                 636 Kuwait
         228 Mauritania                                  395 Lesotho 0                                 640 Bahrain
         232   Mali (2)                                  412  Mexico                                   644 Qatar
         236   Burkina Faso (2)                          416  Guatemala                                647 United Arab Emirates
         240   Niger (2)                                 421  Belize              •                    649 Oman
         244   Chad (?)                                  424  Honduras                                 652 North Yemen 0
         247   Republic of Cape Verde 0                  428 El Salvador                               656 South Yemen
         248   Senegal                                   432 Nicaragua                                 660 Afghanistan 0
         252   Gambia (2)                                436 Costa Rica                                662 Pakistan
         257   Guinea Bissau (2)                         442 Panama                                    664 India
         260   Guinea (2)                                448 Cuba                                      666 Bangladesh 0
         264   Sierra Leone 0                            449 St Christopher and Nevis                  667 Maldives 0
         268 Liberia                                     452 Haiti 0                                   669 Sri Lanka
         272 Ivory Coast                                 453 Bahamas                                   672 Nepal 0
         276 Ghana                                       456 Dominican Republic                        675 Bhutan 0
         280 Togo 0                                      459 Antigua and Barbuda                       676 Burma
         284 Benin 0                                     460  Dominica                                 680 Thailand
         288 Nigeria                                     464  Jamaica                                  684 Laos 0
         302 Cameroon                                    465  St Lucia                                 690 Vietnam
         306 Central African Republic 0                  467  St Vincent                               696 Kampuchea (Cambodia)
         310 Equatorial Guinea 0                         469  Barbados                                 700 Indonesia
         311 Sao Tome and Principe 0                     472 Trinidad and Tobago                       701 Malaysia
         314 Gabon                                       473 Grenada                                   703 Brunei Darussalam
         318 Congo                                       480 Colombia                                  706 Singapore
         322 Zaire                                       484 Venezuela                                 708 Philippines
         324   Rwanda 0                                  488 Guyana                                    720 China
         328   Burundi 0                                 492  Surinam                                  728 South Korea
         330   Angola                                    500  Ecuador                                  801 Papua New Guinea
         334   Ethiopia 0                                504  Peru                                     803 Nauru
         338   Djibouti 0                                508  Brazil                                   806 Solomon Islands
         342   Somalia 0                                 512  Chile                                    807 Tuvalu
         346   Kenya                                     516  Bolivia                                  812 Kiribati
         350   Uganda 0                                  520  Paraguay                                 815 Fiji
         352   Tanzania 0                                524  Uruguay                                  816 Vanuatu
         355 Seychelles and dependencies 0               528  Argentina                                817 Tonga 0
         366 Mozambique                                  600  Cyprus                                   819 Western Samoa 0
         370 Madagascar
(') The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature' (Regulation (EEC) No 3639/86
     (OJ No L 336, 29. 1 1 . 1986, p. 46)).
(2) This country is also included in Annex IV.
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                                                 B. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
             dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community or third
                                                  countries are wholly or partly responsible
             044 Gibraltar
             329   St Helena and St Helena dependencies
             357   British Indian Ocean Territory
             377   Mayotte
             406   Greenland (')
             413 Bermuda
             446 Anguilla
             454 Turks and Caicos Islands
            457 Virgin Islands of the United States
            461 British Virgin Islands and Montserrat
            463 Cayman Islands
            474 Aruba
            478 Netherlands Antilles
             529 Falkland Islands and Falkland dependencies
             740 Hong Kong
            743 Macao
            802 Australian Oceania (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald
                   Islands, Norfolk Island)
            808 American Oceania (2)
            809 New Caledonia and dependencies
            811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
             813 Pitcairn
            814 New Zealand Oceania (Tokelau arid Niue Islands ; Cook Islands)
            822 French Polynesia
            890 Polar regions (French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Australian Antarctic Territories, British
                  Antarctic Territories)
             Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
                     status of countries or territories.
            (') As from the entry into force of the Treaty, signed in Brussels on 13 March 1984, amending the treaties establishing
                 the European Communities with regard to Greenland or of interim measures agreed in the Council.
            (2) American Oceania includes : 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).
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                                                ANNEX IV
                               List of least-developed developing countries
             224 Sudan                                           342 Somalia
             232 Mali                                            350 Uganda
             236 Burkina Faso                                  , 352 Tanzania
             240 Niger                                           355 Seychelles and dependencies
             244 Chad                                            375 Comoros
             247 Republic of Cape Verde                          386 Malawi
             252  Gambia                                       « 391   Botswana
             257  Guinea Bissau                                  395   Lesotho
             260  Guinea                                         452   Haiti
             264  Sierra Leone                                   652   North Yemen
             280 Togo                                            656 South Yemen
             284 Benin                                           660 Afghanistan
             306 Central African Republic                        666 Bangladesh
             310 Equatorial Guinea                               667 Maldives
             31 1 Sao Tome and Principe                          672 , Nepal
             324 Rwanda                                          675 Bhutan
             328 Burundi                                         684 Laos
             334 Ethiopia                                        817 Tonga
             338 Djibouti                                        819 Western Samoa