CELEX: 31988R4257
Language: en
Date: 1988-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 4257/88 of 19 December 1988 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries

31 . 2 . 88                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 375 /
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                                             (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 4257/88
                                                     of 19 December 1988
                  applying generalized tariff preferences for 1989 in respect of certain industrial products
                                              originating in developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           the conclusions agreed in UNCTAD in accordance
                                                                   with the intention expressed in the said Committee, in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              particular by all the preference-giving countries ;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 113
thereof,                                                           Whereas the temporary and non-binding nature of the
                                                                   system means that the offer can be withdrawn wholly
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­                     or in part at a later date, thus maintaining the possibil­
sion ('),                                                          ity of remedying any unfavourable situations which
                                                                   might arise following implementation of the system,
                                                                   including such situations in the African, Caribbean and
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­               Pacific States (ACP States);
ment (2),
                                                                   Whereas, since the extension of its generalized tariff
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                   preferences scheme for a second 10-year period ( 1981
Social Committee (3),                                              to 1990), the Community has decided to modify one of
                                                                   the fundamental characteristics of it to give the benefi­
Whereas, in accordance with its offer made within the              ciary countries a more equitable access to the preferen­
context of the United Nations Conference on Trade                  tial advantages ; whereas, in order to attain this, the
and Development (UNCTAD), the European Econo­                      Community had decided to apply a preferential treat­
mic Community opened generalized tariff preferences                ment which takes account of the particular situation of
commencing in 1971 , notably in respect of finished and            each of the beneficiaries and to proceed to a system of
semi-finished industrial products from developing                  individual tariff ceilings for certain sensitive products ;
countries ; whereas the initial 10-year period of applica­         whereas the least-developed countries are not subject
tion of this system of preferences expired on 31 Decem­            to ceilings ; whereas, ever since then, the annual adap­
ber 1980 ;                                                         tations of the Community scheme responds, for the
                                                                   most part, to the double imperative of the differentia­
Whereas, however, the positive role played by this sys­            tion of the preferential advantages and of simplifica­
tem in improving access for developing countries to the            tions ; whereas the identification of the products and
markets of the preference-giving countries was recog­              the countries to treat selectively takes place with regard
nized at the ninth session of the UNCTAD Special                   to the sensitivity of the sectors and to the Community
Committee on Preferences ; whereas it was there agreed             market situation of the products in question as well as
that the objectives of the generalized preference scheme           consideration of the degree of industrial development
would not be fully achieved by the end of 1980, that               and the competitiveness of these countries ;
consequently it should be prolonged beyond the initial
period and that an overall review of the system should             Whereas preferential tariff treatment is applicable to
take place in 1990 ;                                               industrial products of Chapters 25 to 49 and 64 to 97 of
                                                                   the Common Customs Tariff, with the exception of
Whereas, therefore, the Community has decided to                   products :
apply generalized tariff preferences, in the context of
                                                                   — covered by the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                       Coal and Steel Community,
(') OJ No C 302, 28. 11 . 1988, p. 1 .
0 OJ No C 326, 19. 12. 1988 .                                      — contained in the list of basic products in part 1 of
(3) OJ No C 318, 12. 12. 1988.                                         Annex II,
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— entitled to exemption from customs duties in the                uct being referred to, while recourse to the second crite­
    Common Customs Tariff;                                        rion is made where the total imports of the product in
                                                                  question have, in accordance with the mean of the
Whereas the tariff ceiling arrangements mentioned                 years 1986 and 1987, exceeded by at least 10 times the
above must be applied in such a way as to differentiate           tariff quota amount ; whereas the first criterion applies
between products in Annex I ; whereas the tariff                  to seven of the 12 products mentioned above while the
regimes necessary to implement these arrangements                 second criterion applies to five products ;
consist, on the one hand, of fixed duty-free amounts
and tariff quotas for products originating in the most
competitive countries and, on the other hand, by means            Whereas the abovementioned reasons that have justi­
of ceilings for products in Annex I originating in other          fied the criteria of competitiveness remain valid and
less competitive countries ;                                      whereas the maintenance of preferential benefit for the
                                                                  most competitive countries is not justified and a redis­
Whereas the other products covered by this Regulation             tribution of the supply is necessary ; whereas it is
should as a general rule, be made subject to surveill­            appropriate to pursue the differentiation and to initiate
ance for essentially statistical purposes ;                       the suppression of the preferential benefit for certain
                                                                  countries for six additional products per country, desig­
Whereas, since the intermediate revision of the scheme            nated by a footnote, meeting the first criterion and
for the years 1986 to 1990, the Community has estab­              which have previously been reduced by 50 % ;
lished that :
— the latter responds satisfactorily to the fixed objec­          Whereas, however, in the multilateral trade negotia­
    tives,                                                        tions, in accordance with paragraph 6 of the Tokyo
                                                                  Declaration, the Community reaffirmed that special
— the beneficiary countries continue, however, to use             treatment should, whenever possible, be granted to the
    the preferential advantages in an unequal manner,             least developed among the developing countries ;
                                                                  whereas, therefore, charges on preferential importations
— the objectives of the scheme have been reached in               of on products originating in the least developed of the
    certain cases by the most competitive beneficiary             developing countries listed in Annex IV to this Regula­
    countries ;
                                                                  tion should not be subject to fixed duty free amounts,
                                                                  tariff quotas or Community ceilings ;
Whereas, on the basis of these considerations, the
Community has decided :
—- to maintain for the second half of the decade the
                                                                  Whereas to reflect better in the preferential amounts
                                                                  the development of commercial exchange flows of the
    fundamental characteristics of the scheme, notably
                                                                  Community, these amounts must be revised in 1989
    the grant, within certain limits, of the total suspen­        with regard to the products of Annex I , with a view to
    sion of custom duties,
                                                                  the overall improvement of the system ;
— to accentuate the differentiation of the preferential
    advantages from which the most competitive coun­              Whereas, for the same reasons, the process of revision
    tries benefit and to enlarge at the same time the pre­        was extended to the reference bases, taking into consid­
    ferential access to the least competitive countries ;         eration the examination of the situation resulting from
                                                                  preferential importations of other products covered by
Whereas provision should be made to continue in 1989              this Regulation ; whereas, at the same time, the method
the process of differentiation begun in 1986 concerning           of calculation of the abovementioned reference bases
the grant of advantages under the scheme to the more              has been revised, and for this purpose a percentage of
competitive countries — both in terms of market share             total importations for each of these products into the
and export capacity — and whereas it is therefore                 Community has been taken into account ; whereas,
appropriate to reduce the preferential amounts by 50 %            according to the new method of calculation, the refer­
for 12 additional products orginating in those coun­              ence bases for 1989 correspond in general to 6 % of the
tries, marked with three asterisks in Annex I to this
                                                                  total imports into the Community in 1987 of each of
Regulation ;                                                      the products concerned originating in a third country ;
                                                                  whereas products subject to reference bases corres­
Whereas the criteria to be adopted for such a reduction
are based on the competitive capacity of the benefici­            ponding to 2 % only of the said importations are indi­
                                                                  cated in part 3 of Annex II ;
ary country concerned, this capacity being expressed in
the case of a specific product either by this country's
participation in the Community's total imports or by              Whereas such tariff exemptions should be reserved for
the ratio of the preferential volume amount opened for            products originating in the countries or territories under
this country to the total Community imports from the              consideration, the concept of 'originating products'
same country ; whereas, in addition, the level of econo­          being determined by Regulation (EEC) No 693/88 (');
mic development of the country concerned has also
been taken into account ; whereas, with regard to the
application of the first criterion, a share has been set at
20% of the 1987 total extra-EEC imports of the prod­              (')  OJ No L 77, 22. 3 . 1988, p. 1 .
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Whereas the Community preference arrangements                    Whereas according to the case law of the Court of Jus­
applicable to Yugoslavia result exclusively from the             tice it is illegal to allocate Community quotas among
Agreement between the Community and the Socialist                the Member States unless compelling circumstances of
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (');                              an administrative, technical or economic character
                                                                 make it impossible to do otherwise ; whereas in addi­
                                                                 tion in cases where allocation is decided upon a
Whereas the Republic of Korea does not treat the Com­            mechanism is to be provided so as to protect the integr­
munity on an equal footing with other trade partners             ity of the common customs tariff;
and whereas it has taken discriminatory measures in
respect of the Community in the sphere of the protec­
tion of intellectual property ; whereas, therefore, it is        Whereas it is impossible within the brief period before
inappropriate that the Republic of Korea should ben­             the entry into force of this Regulation for the adminis­
efit from the scheme of generalized tariff preferences as        trations of the Member States to create the administra­
long as this situation continues ;                               tive and technical infrastructure required for central­
                                                                 ized administration of the quotas for certain industrial
                                                                 products set out in Annex I , it being in particular
Whereas, from 1 March 1986, the Kingdom of Spain                 impossible to synchronize computer programmes
and the Portuguese Republic shall apply the Com­                 between the Member States and the Commission ;
munity system of generalized preferences, in compli­             whereas the technical equipment available to the
ance with Articles 178 and 365 of the Act of Accession ;         administrations of the Member States varies from one
                                                                 to another, thus making it uncertain that within the
Whereas, regarding the fixed duty-free amounts given             short time available it would be possible to ensure effi­
in Annex I, the method of management has been                    cient, secure and even-handed administration of the
founded until now on an apportionment of most of the             centralized scheme in 1989 ; whereas it is anticipated
amounts between the Member States ; whereas the ana­             that these compelling circumstances will not re-occur in
lysis of the utilization of these volumes shows a state of       1990 and thereafter ;
differing situations among the Member States, one or
two reaching their individual amounts very quickly,
while others disposed of their unused quantities until           Whereas it is appropriate to provide for a protective
the end of the exercise ; whereas, regarding the fact that       mechanism by the establishment of a Community
                                                                 reserve of 30% with a system of automatic transfer
they are Community measures and with the view to the             from the Member States to the reserve of their allocated
achievement of the internal market foreseen by the
                                                                 shares once the reserve has been used up to the 80%
'White Paper' for 1992, it is not, in general, appropriate       level ;
to foresee an apportionment among Member States ;
whereas the new method of management is open, furth­
ermore, to improve the utilization of the said fixed             Whereas for certain products in 1909 the application of
duty-free amounts in that it allows the covering of the          the generally accepted principles in respect of the
needs there where they are seen ; whereas it is appro­           apportionment of the Community tariff quotas which
priate, besides, to foresee the possibility for the Mem­         have been opened hitherto cannot be reconciled with
ber States to effect drawings by reason of quantities            the continuity necessary for the application of the tariff
corresponding to their needs ;                                   preferences concerned ; whereas it would accordingly
                                                                 be advisable to adopt on a provisional basis a fixed
                                                                 scale for apportioning the Community tariff quotas
Whereas, in respect of these fixed duty-free amounts, it
                                                                 concerned among the Member States ; whereas, using
is necessary in particular to ensure equal and contin­
uous access for all Community importers and to ensure
                                                                 as a basis general economic criteria relating to external
uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for              trade, gross national product and population, the per­
those quotas to all imports of the products concerned            centages for the initial shares of the Member States in
into all the Member States until the amounts are used            the quota amounts are as follows for the quota year
                                                                 under consideration :
up ; whereas, to this end, and in the context of such an
arrangement, the actual charges against the amounts
could relate only to products entered for free circula­                  Benelux                              1 0,0 %
tion and accompanied by a certificate of origin ;                        Denmark                                4,6 %
                                                                         Germany                             24,3 %
                                                                         Greece                                 1 ,9 %
Whereas, if a considerable balance remains in one of
the fixed duty-free-amount shares of one or other
                                                                         Spain                                  5,9 %
                                                                         France                               1 7,8 %
Member State, it is essential that that Member State                     Ireland                                0,9 %
returns it in order to prevent a part of the Community
amount from remaining unused in one Member State                         Italy                                1 5,0 %
when it could be used in others ;
                                                                         Portugal                               1 ,5 %
                                                                         United Kingdom                       18,1 %
(') OJ No L 147, 4.6. 1981 , p. 6 ; OJ No L 41 , 14.2. 1983,     Whereas, however, taking into account the more pre­
     p. 1 .                                                      cise information already available concerning trade in
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certain types of plywood, blockboard, laminboard, bat­             imports actually made within the fixed duty-free
tenboard and similar laminated products the above­                 amounts, tariff quotas and/or preferential tariff limits
mentioned percentages should be adjusted as follows :              opened under this Regulation, and thus provision
                                                                   should be made for the Commission to be able to take
        Benelux                                 4,40 %             appropriate measures ; whereas, in order that these
        Denmark                                 5,90 %             regularizations do not lead to tariff ceilings being con­
        Germany                                 7,69 %             siderably exceeded, it is appropriate to foresee at the
        Greece                                  0,19 %             same time that the Commission can take measures to
        Spain                                   2,09 %             stop the import charges ;
        France                                  0,30 %
        Ireland                                 2,02 %             Whereas, in the case of the products other than those
        Italy                                   0,86 %             listed in Annex I, provision should be made for the
        Portugal                                0,16%              possibility of reintroducing the levying of customs
        United Kingdom                         76,40 %             duties in exceptional cases and in accordance with
                                                                   appropriate procedures arid rules ; whereas, taking into
                                                                   account the necessity of initiating the examination of
Whereas, to take account of future import trends in the            certain economic factors relating to the importations of
various Member States in respect of the tariff quotas              a specific product, it is appropriate that the reintroduc­
given in Annex I and to mitigate any inadequacy in the             tion of the levying of custom duties is preceded by an
initial allocation, the quotas should, as a general rule,          appropriate exchange of information between the
be divided into two tranches, the first being appor­               Member States and the Commission and an exchange
tioned among Member States and the second held as a                of views ;
reserve to cover the subsequent requirements of Mem­
ber States which have exhausted their initial shares ;
whereas, moreover, the reserve thus constituted tends              Whereas such methods of administration call for close
to avoid making the system of utilization of the quota             and particularly rapid cooperation between Member
excessively rigid, to the detriment of each of the devel­          States and the Commission ; whereas such cooperation
oping countries concerned, and contributes to achiev­              should be particularly close in view of the need for the
ing the aim already mentioned of improving the gener­              Commission to be able to take appropriate measures to
alized preferences system ; whereas, to this end and to            reintroduce the levying of customs duties when any of
accord importers in each Member State some degree of               the ceiling are reached ;
security, the first tranche of the Community quota
should be fixed at about 70 % of the quota volumes ;               Whereas it is necessary to establish complete statistics
                                                                   on imports admitted in accordance with the provisions
                                                                   of the present Regulation and to apply to the collec­
Whereas if, in the course of the quota period, the Com­
                                                                   tion, preparation and transmission of these statistics
munity reserve is almost fully used, it is essential that          Council Regulations (EEC) No 1736/75 (3) and (EEC)
the Member States return to the said reserve all of the
                                                                   No 3367/87 (4);
unused part of their shares, in order to ensure that part
of a Community tariff quota does not remain unused in
a Member State when it could be utilized in others ;               Whereas, in order to ensure a better transparency of the
                                                                   system, it is necessary to publish both the annual
                                                                   charges recorded against the tariff measures and the
Whereas, in the case of the Community tariff ceilings              tariff ceilings which have reached the 100 % level ;
listed in Annex I, the desired objectives may be
attained by applying a method of administration based              Whereas, for the purposes of applying this Regulation,
on the charging at Community level, against the above­             the rates of conversion into national currencies of the
mentioned ceilings, of imports of the products con­                value in ecus in which the preferential amounts are
cerned as and when these products are entered for free             expressed shall be those fixed on the first working day
circulation and are accompanied by a certificate of ori­           of October 1988 and they shall remain in force from
gin ; whereas this method of administration must make               1 January to 31 December 1989 (5);
provision for the reintroduction of the levying of cus­
toms duties, in accordance with the appropriate proce­
dures, as soon as the said ceilings are reached at Com­            Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
munity level ;                                                     of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­
                                                                   bourg are united within and jointly represented by the
                                                                    Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning,
Whereas, having regard to the rules applying to the                in particular, the administration of fixed duty-free­
repayment or remission of import or export duties, and             amount or tariff-quota shares allocated to that econo­
in particular to Council Regulation ( EEC) No 1430/                mic union may be carried out by any one of its mem­
79 (') and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3040/                    bers,
83 (2), a procedure should be laid down to regularize
                                                                   0    OJ No L 183 , 14.7. 1975, p. 3 .
(')  OJ No L 175 , 12.7 . 1979, p. 1 .                             0    OJ No L 321 , 11 . 11 . 1987 , p. 3 .
0    OJ No L 297, 29. 10. 1983, p. 13 .                            0    OJ No C 257, 4. 10. 1988, p. 4.
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                    3 . The preferences granted by this Regulation are sus­
                                                                 pended, on a temporary basis, for products originating
                          Article 1
                                                                 in the Republic of Korea.
                                                                 4. The admittance to the preferential benefit system
1.   From 1 January to 31 December 1989 the customs              established by this Regulation is subordinated to the
duties of the Common Customs Tariff shall be totally             definition of origin of the products which is determined
suspended for products covered by this Regulation.               by Regulation (EEC) No 693/88.
This Regulation applies to products of Chapters 25 to            5 . Fixed duty-free amounts, tariff quotas, Community
49 and 64 to 97 of the Common Customs Tariff, with               tariff ceilings and other tariff limits, shall be adminis­
the exception of products :                                      tered in accordance with the provisions set out below.
— covered by the Treaty establishing the European
    Coal and Steel Community,
                                                                                         SECTION I
— contained in the list of basic products in part 1 of
    Annex II,                                                          Provisions concerning the administration of fixed
                                                                   duty-free amounts relating to products listed in Annex I
— entitled to exemption from customs duties in the
    Common Customs Tariff.                                                                 Article 2
                                                                 The total suspension of customs duties within the
For the products of Annex I this tariff suspension shall
                                                                 framework of the fixed duty-free amounts referred to in
be accorded within the framework of fixed duty-free
                                                                 Article 1(1 ) shall be granted to each country or territory
amounts, tariff quotas and ceilings. The other products
covered by this Regulation shall, as a general rule, be          listed in column 4 of Annex I , for the products speci­
                                                                 fied in columns 2 and 3 against the name of the coun­
subject to statistical surveillance every three months on
the reference base referred to in Article 14.                    try or territory concerned, together with details in col­
                                                                 umn 5 of the amount of the individual quota.
Spain and Portugal shall apply to the importation of
the aforementioned products the customs duties estab­
lished according to Articles 178 and 365 of the Act of
Accession of 1985 .                                                                        Article 3
                                                                 The fixed duty-free amounts shall be administered by
2 . The preferences provided for in paragraph 1 shall            the Commission .
apply solely :
                                                                 If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration
— to each country or territory listed in column 4 of             of entry into free circulation, including a request for
    Annex I , for each of the products or groups of prod­        preferential benefit for a product, accompanied by a
    ucts listed in columns 2 and 3 ,                             certificate of origin and subject to a fixed duty-free
                                                                 amount, and if this declaration is accepted by the cus­
— for the same products or groups of products listed             toms authorities, the Member state concerned shall
    in Annex I to every other country or territory listed        draw, by means of notification to the Commission, a
    in Annex III , excepting Yugoslavia,                         quantity corresponding to its needs.
— to each of the countries or territories listed in              The requests for drawing, with the indication of the
                                                                 date of acceptance of the said declarations, must be
    Annex III, for other products.
                                                                 communicated to the Commission without delay.
 As regards Yugoslavia,- preference is not granted to            The drawings are granted by the Commission following
products subject to Community tariff ceilings within             the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into
the framework of the Agreement between the Com­                  free circulation by the customs authorities of the Mem­
 munity and Yugoslavia.                                          ber State concerned, to the extent that the balance of
                                                                 the said amount permits.
 The preferential benefit provided for in paragraph 1 is
 not applicable to countries listed in footnote (d) to            If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it
 Annex I or to countries listed in part 2 of Annex II for         shall return them as soon as possible to the correspond­
 the products specified for those countries.                      ing amount.
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 If the quantities requested corresponding to a certain                                  SECTION II
 date are greater than the available balance of the fixed
 duty free amount, allocation shall be made on a pro                   Provisions concerning the administration of the
 rata basis with respect to the requested quantities.                Community tariff quota relating to products listed in
 Member States shall be informed by the Commission                                         Annex I
of the drawings made.
                                                                                           Article 6
                                                                The total suspension of customs duties within the
                                                                framework of the Community tariff quotas referred to
                                                                in Article 1 ( 1 ) tariff duties shall be granted to each
                         Article 4                              country or territory listed in column 4 of Annex I, for
                                                                the products specified in columns 2 and 3 against the
                                                                name of the country or territory concerned, together
                                                                with details in column 5 of the amount of the indivi­
 1 . The Commission shall keep account of the quanti­           dual quota.
ties drawn by the Member States conforming to
Article 3 and shall inform each of them as soon as it
receives notification of the exhausting of the volumes
opened. It shall ensure that the drawing which uses up
any of these amounts is limited to the balance available                                   Article 7
and, to this end, specify the amount to the Member
State which proceeds to the last drawing.                        1 . A first tranche of 70 % of each of the Community
                                                                tariff quotas listed in Annex I shall be apportioned
                                                                among the Member States ; the shares for each Member
                                                                State shall, subject to Article 9 be valid until 3 1 Decem­
The fact that the fixed amounts have been used shall            ber 1989 and shall be those indicated in column 6 of
forthwith be brought to the notice of Member States.            Annex I against each product subject to quotas listed
This communication shall be the subject of a publica­           therein .
tion in the Official Journal of the European Communi­
ties ('C' Series).
                                                                2.    The second tranche of each of the tariff quotas
                                                                shall constitute the reserve .
2.   The Member States shall take all the appropriate
measures to ensure that the drawings that they effect
pursuant to Article 3 may be charged without interrup­                                     Article 8
tion against the fixed duty-free amounts.
                                                                Where a Member State has used all of its quota share it
                                                                draws on the reserve in accordance with the procedures
Each Member State shall guarantee free access to these          laid down in Article 3 relating to fixed duty-free
amounts to the importers of the products in question as         amounts .
far as the balance of the volumes opened permits.
                                                                                           Article 9
                                                                 1.   Once at least 80 % of the reserve of one of the tariff
                         Article 5                              quotas, as defined in Article 7 (2), has been used up,
                                                                the Comission shall inform the Member States thereof.
                                                                2. It shall also notify Member States in this case of
 By 28 February 1990 at the latest, Member States shall         the date from which drawings on the Community
notify the Commission of the final total of the quanti­         reserve must be made according to the provisions laid
ties charged at 31 December 1989. Up to the limit of            down in Article 3 relating to fixed duty-free amounts.
the balance remaining, and at the request of the Mem­
ber States, the Commission shall authorize the Member
 States to make any necessary regularization of the             3 . Within a time limit fixed by the Commission as
 quantities charged against imports actually made                from the date referred to in paragraph 2, Member States
 during the period referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ). The          shall be required to the reserve all the quantities which
 Commission shall inform the other Member States                 have not been used on that date, within the meaning of
 thereof.                                                        Article 17(2).
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                         Article 10                               beneficiary countries, causes or threatens to cause
                                                                  economic difficulties in the Community, or in a region
The Member States shall take all appropriate measures             of the Community, the levying of customs duties may
to ensure free access to the shares which have been               be reintroduced, once the Commission has had an
allocated to them for importers of the products in ques­          appropriate exchange of information and an exchange
                                                                  of views with the Member States .
tion who are established in their territory.
                                                                  The reference base to be considered when examining
                                                                  the situation underlying the damage shall be, as a gen­
                                                                  eral rule, equal to 6 % of the total imports into the
                         Article 11
                                                                  Community, originating from third countries in 1987.
By 28 February 1990 at the latest, Member States shall
notify the Commission of the final total of the quanti­
ties charged and any balance of the shares still unused
                                                                                              Article 15
at 31 December 1989 . Up to the limit of the balance
remaining, and at the request of the Member States, the
Commission shall authorize the Member States to                   1 . The Commission shall reintroduce the levying of
make any necessary regularization of the quantities               customs duties in respect of any of the countries or ter­
charged against imports actually made during the                  ritories referred to in Article 1 (2), under the conditions
period referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ). The Commission             laid down in Articles 13 and 14, by means of a Regula­
shall inform the other Member States thereof.                     tion .
                                                                  In the case of such reintroductions, Spain and Portugal
                                                                  shall reintroduce the levying of customs duties that
                       SECTION III                                they shall apply to third countries on the date in ques­
                                                                  tion .
       Provisions concerning the administration of the
   Community tariff ceilings relating to products listed in       2. By means of a Regulation, the Commission may,
  Annex I and the reference base relating to products other       even after 31 December 1989, take measures to stop
                than those listed in Annex I                      quantities being charged against one or other preferen­
                                                                  tial tariff limit, if, particularly as a result of regulariza­
                         Article 12
                                                                  tions of imports actually made during the period
                                                                  referred to in Article 1(1 ), these limits are exceeded.
Subject to Articles 13 and 14 the preferential tariff ceil­       The Member State which makes such regularization
ing arrangements shall be accorded for products in                shall communicate the figures of import charges relat­
Annex I, to each of the countries or territories listed in
                                                                  ing to this as and when it occurs to the Commission .
Annex III , other than those listed in column 4 and               The Commission, on receiving these communications,
Yugoslavia. The limits of these ceilings are specified in         shall inform the other Member States thereof.
column 7 against each product or group of products.
                                                                                              Article 16
                         Article 13
                                                                  Articles 13, 14 and 15 shall not apply to the imports in
As soon as the individual ceilings, as fixed in accord­           question originating in the countries set out in
ance with Article 12 and which are laid down for                  Annex IV.
imports into the Community of products originating in
any of the countries or territories referred to in
Article 1 (2), are reached at Communtiy level, the levy­
ing of customs duties on imports of the products in
question originating in each of the countries and terri­                                    SECTION IV
tories concerned may be reintroduced until the end of
the period referred to in Article 1(1 ).                                                 General provisions
                                                                                              Article 17
                          Article 14                               1 . For the purposes of the application of this Regula­
                                                                  tion, the rates of conversion into national currencies of
 Where the preferential importation of products other             the value in ecus in which the preferential amounts are
 than those listed in Annex I, originating in one or more          expressed shall be those fixed on 3 October 1988 and
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they shall remain in force from 1 January to 31 Decem­            the present Regulation. This data, transmitted accord­
ber 1989.                                                         ing to the codes of the combined nomenclature and,
2. The Member States shall charge the imports of the              where applicable of the Taric, shall show the country of
products in question against their shares of the fixed            origin, value, quantity and any supplementary units as
duty-free amounts as or of the tariff quotas and when             defined by Regulations (EEC) No 1736/75 and (EEC)
                                                                  No 3367/87 .
they are entered for free circulation on the basis of the
customs value of the said products, accompanied by a              2. However, in the case of products in Annex I sub­
certificate of origin in accordance with the rules laid           jects to quotas, the Member States shall, by the 11th
down in Article 1 (4).                                            day of each month at the latest, forward the list of
                                                                  charges effected during the previous month.
3 . Imports of the products in question shall be
charged against import ceilings or other preferential             In the case of products in Annex I subject to ceilings,
tariff limits as and when the products are entered for            the Member States shall forward to the Commission, at
free circulation, on the basis of the customs value of            its request and under the same conditions, the list of
the said products, accompanied by a certificate of ori­           charges effected during the previous months .
gin in accordance with the rules laid down in                     At the Commissions's request, when the level of 75 %
Article 1(4).                                                     of the ceiling is reached, the Member States shall for­
4. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or other                ward to the Commission the lists of charges every 10
preferential tariff limit or admitted under a quota share         days ; these lists shall be forwarded within five days
only if the certificate of origin referred to in paragraphs       from the end of each 10-day-period.
1 and 2 is submitted before the date on which the levy­           3 . The Commission shall ensure the publication in the
ing of duties is reintroduced.                                     Official Journal of the European Communities ('C' Ser­
                                                                  ies) of the tariff ceilings as and when they reach 100 %
5. The extent to which the fixed duty-free amounts,               utilization .
tariff quotas, ceilings or other preferential tariff limits
have been used up shall be determined at Community                It shall see that the Statistical Office of the European
level on the basis of the imports charged in accordance           Communities ensures the publication of the annual
with paragraphs 2 and 3 .                                         state of import charges.
                                                                                            Article 19
                           Article 18
                                                                  The Member States and the Commission shall cooper­
 1.  The Member States shall, within six weeks of the             ate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied
end of each quarter at the latest, forward to the Statisti­       with .
cal Office of the European Communities the relevant
                                                                                            Article 20
statistical data for the products entered for free circula­
tion in the quarter concerned under generalized prefer­           This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
ential treatment in accordance with the provisions of              1989 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                  States .
                  Done at Brussels, 19 December 1988.
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                 Th. PANGALOS
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                                                                          ANNEX I
                                    List of products subject to fixed amounts doty free quotas, and ceilings (a) (b) (c)
                                                                                                      Fixed amounts duty free or quotas
    Order                                                                                                                         Initial share of
                  CN code                              Description                                                                                     Ceiling
     No                                                                                       Beneficiary        Amount           quota amounts      (ECU) (e)
                                                                                             countries or                          allocated to
                                                                                               territories      (ECU) (e)         Member states
                                                                                                                                    (ECU)(e)
      0               2                                     (3)                                     4               (5)                  (6)             (7
 10.0010         2710 00 21        Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­                                                                          225 800
                 271000 25         minous minerals, other than crude, prepara­                                                                           tonnes
                 27100031          tions not elsewhere specified or included,
                 27100033          containing by weight 70 % or more of petro­
                 271000 35         leum oils or oils obtained from bituminous
                 271000 37         minerals, these being the basic constituents
                 271000 39         of the preparations
                                   — Light oils
                                          For other purposes
  0.0020         27100051          — Medium oils                                                                                                          89 000
                 271000 55                For other purposes                                                                                             tonnes
                 271000 59
 10.0030         2710 00 69            Heavy oils                                                                                                       547 500
                 271000 79            — Gas oils                                                                                                         tonnes
                 27100095                     For other purposes
                 27100099             — Fuel oils
                                              For other purposes
                                      — Lubricating oils ; other oils
                                              To be mixed in accordance with
                                              the terms of additional note 6
                                              (CCT) to this chapter
                                              For other purposes
 10.0040         2814              Anhydrous ammonia                                        Bahrain              6 500 000                            6 500000
                 (*)                                                                        Libya
                                                                                            Qatar
 10.0043         2815 11 00        Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)                                                                                      850 000
                 2815 12 00
10.0044          2815 20 10        Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)                                                                                 200 000
                 2815 2090
  0.0045         2819              Chromium oxides and hydroxides                           China                  800000                               800000
10.0050         2825 8000          Antimony oxides                                          China                  446000       BNL          31 220     446 000
                                                                                                                                DK           14 361
                                                                                                                                D            75 865
                                                                                                                               GR             5 932
                                                                                                                                ES           18 420
                                                                                                                                FR           55 572
                                                                                                                                IRL           2 810
                                                                                                                                I            46 830
                                                                                                                                P             4 683
                                                                                                                                UK           56 508
(a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the designation of the products is to be considered as
     having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the application of the CN code.
     Where ex CN codes position are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description
     taken together.
(b) Preferences are not granted in respect of the products, marked with an asterisk, originating in Romania.
(c) Preferences are not granted in respect of the products, marked with two asterisks, originating in China.
(e) Unless otherwise indicated.
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    (i)              <2                           (3                            W            (5         6             (7)
10.0060         2827 1000    Ammonium chloride                             China            110000  BNL     7 700       0 000
                                                                                                    DK      3 542
                                                                                                    D     18711
                                                                                                    GR      1 463
                                                                                                    ES      4 543
                                                                                                    FR    13 706
                                                                                                    IRL       693
                                                                                                    I     1 1 550
                                                                                                    P       1 155
                                                                                                    UK    13 937
10.0070         2827 38 00   Other chlorides                                                                         186 200
                             — Of barium
10.0080         2836 2000    Disodium carbonate and sodium hydrogen        Romania      3 500 000   BNL  245  000 3 600000
                2836 3000    carbonate (sodium bicarbonate)                                         DK   112  700
                                                                                                    D    595  350
                                                                                                    GR    46  550
                                                                                                    ES   144  550
                                                                                                    FR  436   100
                                                                                                    IRL   22  050
                                                                                                    I    367  500
                                                                                                    P     36  750
                                                                                                    UK  443   450
10.0090         2836 60 00   Barium carbonate                              China           940000   BNL   65 800    940000
                                                                                                    DK    30 268
                                                                                                    D    159 894
                                                                                                    GR    12 502
                                                                                                    ES    38  822
                                                                                                    FR   117  124
                                                                                                    IRL     5 922
                                                                                                    I     98  700
                                                                                                    P       9 870
                                                                                                    UK   119  098
10.0100         2841 3000    Sodium dichromate                             Romania         380000                    380 000
                                                                           Brazil        8 500 000                8 500 000
10.0110         2902 5000    Styrene
                                                                           Saudi Arabia  3 500 000
                                                                                                                   1 600 000
10.0115         2903 15 00    1 ,2-Dichloroethane
                                                                                                                  2 000 000
10.0116         2903 21 00   Vinyl chloride (chloroethylene)
                                                                                                                     340 000
10.0117         2903 51 00    1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane
                              Methanol                                     Bahrain        7 000 000                7 000 000
10.0120          2905 1 1 00
                 (d)                                                       Malaysia
                                                                           Romania
                                                                           Saudi Arabia   2 750 000
                                                                           (***)
(d) 10.0120 : Libya.
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     (1)            (2)                           (3 )                            (4)       (5)      (6)       (7)
 10.0135        2905 1490  Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated sul­      Romania        700000             700000
                           phonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
                           — Saturated monohydric alcohols
                                  Other butanols
                                     Other
 10.0140        2905 31 00 Ethylene glycol (ethanediol)                     Saudi Arabia 1 250000           3 000 000
 10.0150        2907 22 10 Hydroquinone (quinol)                            China          700000             700 000
 10.0160        2909 41 00 2,2'-Oxydiethanol (diethylene-glycol)            Saudi Arabia   350000             850 000
10.0165      ex 2914 21 00 Synthetic camphor                                                                  310000
 10.0167        2915 21 00 Acetic acid                                                                      2 100 000
10.0170         2915 31 00 Ethyl acetate                                    China          460 000            460 000
10.0190         2917 11 00 Oxalic acid, its salts and esters                Brazil         180 000            180 000
                                                                            China
10.0200      ex 2918 1100  Lactic acid                                      China          270000             300 000
10.0210         2918 14 00 Citric acid                                      China          200000             350 000
10.0220         2918 22 00 O-Acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters     China          170 000            170 000
10.0240         2921 19 30 Isopropylamine and its salts                     Romania         66 000            200 000
                                                                            (***)
10.0245         2921 43 90 Toluidines    and    their   derivatives,  salts South Korea    120 500            140 000
                           thereof
                           — Other
10.0250         2922 41 00 Lysine and its esters ; salts thereof                                              600 000
10.0260         2922 42 00 Glutamic acid and its salts                      Brazil         750 000         . 750 000
                (d)                                                         Indonesia
                                                                            Thailand
10.0270         2923 10 10 Choline chloride                                                                   260 000
10.0280         2924 29 30 Paracetamol (INN)                                China          365 000            365 000
10.0290         293090 10  Cysterine, cystine and their derivatives                                         1 000 000
10.0300         2932 21 00 Coumarin, methylcoumarins and ethylcou­          China          160 000            160 000
                           marins
10.0315         2933 61 00 Melamin                                          Romania        750 000
                                                                                                   I          750 000
                                                                            Saudi Arabia   300 000
10.0325         29349040   Furazolidone (INN)                               China          200000
                                                                                                   |          200 000
(d) 10.0260 : South Korea.
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    (l            (2)                            3                            (4).        (5)         (6            (')
10.0330      2935 0000    Sulphonatnides                                 China        4 500000                  4 500000
10.0350      2936 27 00   Vitamin C and its derivatives                  China           850000                    850000
10.0360      2936 22 00   Other vitamins and their derivatives           China           000000   BNL    70 000 1 000 000
             2936 28 00                                                                           DK     32 200
             2936 2990                                                                            D     170 100
                                                                                                  GR     13 300
                                                                                                  ES     41 300
                                                                                                  FR    124 600
                                                                                                  IRL     6 300
                                                                                                  I     105 000
                                                                                                  P      10 500
                                                                                                  UK    126 700
10.0370      2937 21 00   Cortisone, hydrocortisone, prednisone (de­                                               700 000
             2937 29 10   hydrocortisone) and prednisolone (dehy­
                          drohydrocortisone)
                          Acetates of cortisone or hydrocortisone
10.0383      2941 3000    Tetracyclines and their derivatives, salts     China         3 200 000                4 709 000
             (*)          thereof
10.0387      29414000     Chloramphenicol and its denvatives, salts                                                800000
                          thereof
10.0391      3001 90 91   Heparin and its salts                          China         4 000 000                4 000 000
10.0395       3005 90 31  Gauze and articles of gauze                    China         1 500 000                 1 500000
10.0400       310210 10   Urea containing more than 45 % by weight       Saudi Arabia     380000                   380000
              (*)         of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product       Kuwait
                                                                         Malaysia
                                                                         United Arab
                                                                         Emirate
                                                                         Mexico
                                                                         Venezuela
                                                                         Libya            190 000
                                                                         (***)
                                                                         Iraq           2 600000                 2 600 000
10.0410       3103 1000    Superphosphates
              (*)
                           Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing                                            4 600 000
10.0420       3105
              (*)          two or three of the fertilizing elements ni­
                           trogen, phosphorus and potassium ; other
                           fertilizers, goods of the present chapter in
                           tablets or similar forms or in packages of a
                           gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
                           Gelatines and derivatives thereof                                                        700 000
 10.0430       3503 00 10
                           Activated carbon                                                                         800 000
 10.0435       3802 10 00
                                                                          China        10 500 000               12 000000
 10.0440       3806 10 10   Resin, obtained from fresh oleoresins
                                                                                                                  1 200000
 10.0450       3817         Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkyl­
                            naphtalenes, other than those of heading
                            Nos 2707 and 2902
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     (1)           (2)                            (3 )                          (4)        (5)      (6)       (7)
10.0453        3901 10 10
               (*)
                          Linear polyethylene having a specific gravi­
                          ty of less than 0,94
                                                                          Argentina    12 000 000
                                                                                                  I       12 000 000
                                                                          Saudi Arabia  5 000000
                                                                          (***)
10.0455        3901 2000  Polyethylene having a specific gravity of       Saudi Arabia  4 500000          10 500 000
               (*)        0,94 or more                                    (***)
10.0457        3903       Polymers of styrene, in primary forms                                            4 100 000
               3915 20 00 Waste, paring and scrap, of polymers of
                          styrene
               3920 30 00 Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of
               392099 50  plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
                          laminated, supported or similarly combined
                          with other materials
                          — Of polymers of styrene
                          — Of addition polymerization products
10.0458        390410 00  Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halo­    Libya         5 000 000          5 000 000
               390421 00  genated olefins, in primary forms
               390422 00  — Polyvinyl chloride, not mixed with any
               (*)            other substances
                          — Non plasticized
                          — Plasticized
10.0459        3913 1000  Alginic acid and its salts and esters           China           500000             500000
10.0460     ex 3916 9090  Monofilament of which any cross-sectional       Brazil        1 100000           1 100000
                          dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and
                          profile shapes, whether or not surface­
                          worked but not otherwise worked, of plas­
                          tics
                          — Of other plastics
                          — Of regenerated cellulose
            ex 3917 29 19 Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid
                          — Of other plastics
                          — Of regenerated cellulose
               3920 71 11 Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of
               3920 71 19 plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
               3920 71 90 laminated, supported or similarly combined
               (*)        with other materials
                          — Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives
                          — Of regenerated cellulose
10.0465     ex 3920 62 00 Other plates, sheets, film , foil and strip, of South Korea     700000           1 500 000
                          plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
                          laminated, supported or similarly combined
                          with other materials
                          — Of polyethyleneterephthalate excluding
                              films in rolls or in strips, for cinematog­
                              raphy or photography
               3921 90 19 Other plates, sheets, film , foil and strip, of
                          plastics
                          — Other
                                  Of condensation or rearrangement
                                  polymerization products, whether or
                                  not chemically modified
                                     Of polyesters
                                        Other
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    (1)              (2)                             (3 )                          (4)        (5)        (6)           (7)
10.0480          3923 21 00   Sacks and bags (including cones)               South Korea  4 380000                  4 380 000
                              — Of polymers of ethylene                      Hong Kong
                                                                             Singapore
10.0485          3926 2000    Articles of apparel and clothing accessories                                          4400 000
                              (including gloves)
10.0500          4011 40 00   New pneumatic tyres and inner tubes of                                                3 700 000
                 4011 50 10   rubber of a kind used on bicycles and
                 4011 5090    motorcycles
                 4013 2000
                 4013 90 10
                 (*)(d)
10.0510          4011 1000    Other pneumatic tyres and tubes                South Korea   1 369 000                6 000000
                 401 1 20 00                                                 {***)
                 4011 3090
                 4011 91 00
                 4011 99 00
                 401210 90
                 4012 2090
                 4012 9010
                 4012 9090
                 4013 1010
                 4013 10 90
                 4013 9090
                 (*)
10.0520          4104 1095    Leather of bovine or equine animals, with­     Brazil       2 000 000                 7 500 000
                 4104 1099    out hair on, other than leather of heading
                 410431 11    No 4108 or 4109
                 4104 31 19   — Whole bovine skin leather, of a unit sur­
                 4104 31 30      face area not exceeding 28 square feet
                 4104 31 90      (2,6 m2)
                 4104 39 10 .         Other
                 410439 90               Otherwise prepared
                              — Other bovine leather and equine leather,
                                 parchment-dressed or prepared after tan­
                                 ning
10.0530          4105 2000    Sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool                                              2 400 000
                              on, other than leather of heading No 4108
                              or 4109
                              — Parchment-dressed or prepared after tan­
                                 ning
10.0540          4106 2000    Goat or kid skin leather, without hair on ,                                           2 500 000
                              other than leather of heading No 4108 or
                              4109
                              — Parchment-dressed or prepared after tan­
                                  ning
10.0560          4202 12  11  Trunks, suit-cases, vanity cases, executive    South Korea   2 400 000                4 000 000
                 4202 12  19  cases, briefcases, schoolcases and similar
                 4202 22  10  containers                                     Hong Kong     2 400000  BNL   168  000
                 4202 32  10  — With outer surface of plastics or of tex­                            DK      77 280
                 420292   11      tile materials                                                     D     408  240
                 4202 92  15        - In the form of plastic sheeting                                GR      31 920
                 420292   19                                                                         ES      99 120
                              Handbags, whether or not with shoulder                                 FR    299  040
                              straps, including those, without handles                               IRL     15 120
                              — With outer surface of plastic sheeting or                            I     252 000
                                  of textile materials                                               P       25 200
                                      Of plastic sheeting                                            UK    304 080
(d) 1 Q.0500 : South Korea.
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     (1)            (2)                              (3)                           (4)     (5)    (6)       (7)
10.0560                      Articles of kind normally carried in the
(cont'd)                     pocket or in the handbag
                             — With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
                                 of textile materials
                                     Of plastic sheeting
                                                                                    -
                             Other, with outer surface of plastic sheeting
                             or of textile materials
                             — Of plastic sheeting
                             — Travelling bags, toilet bags, rucksacks
                                 and sportsbags
                                     Musical instrument cases
                                        Other
10.0570         4202  11 10  Trunks, suit-cases, vanity cases, executive    Brazil      2 850 000       6 000 000
                4202  1 1 90 cases, brief cases, school satchels and simi­  China
                4202  12 91  lar containers
                4202  12 99  — With outer surface of leather, of compos­    Hong Kong   1 000 000
                420219 91        ition leather or of patent leather         (** #)
                4202 19 99   — With outer surface of plastics or of tex­    South Korea
                4202 21 00       tile materials
                                                                            (***)
                4202 22 90           Of other materials, including vulcan­
                4202 29 00           ized fibre
                4202 31 00   Other of other materials
                4202 32 90
                4202 39 00   Articles of a kind normally carried in the
                4202 91 10   pocket or in the handbag
                4202 91 50   — With outer surface of leather, of compos­
                4202 9190        ition leather or of patent leather
                4202 92 91   — With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
                4202 92 95       of textile materials
                4202 92 99           Of textile materials
                4202 99 10              Other
                4202 99 90   Other
                             — With outer surface of leather, of compos­
                                 ition leather or of patent leather
                             — With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
                                 of textile materials
                                     Other
                                     Musical instrument cases
                                     Other
10.0580         4203  10 00  Articles of apparel and clothing accessories,  China       3 900000        60Q0000
                4203  21 00  of leather or of composition leather, exclud­  Hong Kong
                4203  29 91  ing gloves, mittens, and mitts, protective for
                4203 29 99   all trades
                4203 3000
                4203 40 00
                (d)
10.0590         4203 29 10   Articles of apparel and clothing accessories,  China       3 000000         5 250 000
                (d)(*)       of leather or composition leather
                             — Gloves, mittens and mitts
                             — Protective for all trades
(d) 10.0580 : South Korea,
(d) 10.0590 : Hong Kong.
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    (1)              (2)                                (3)                            (4)        (5)            (6)           (7)
10.0595         4302   30 21      Other whole skins and pieces or cuttings                                                  3 800000
                4302   30 25      thereof, assembled
                4302   30 31
                4302   30 35
                4302   3041
                4302 30 45
                4302 30 51
                4302 30 55
                4302 30 61
                4302 3065
                4302 30 71
                430230 75
10.0600         4302 30 10        Tanned and dressed furskins (including         South Korea  2 300000                      2 300000
                                  heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cut­
                                  tings), unassembled or assembled (without
                                  the addition of other materials) other than
                                  those of heading No 4303
                                  — Whole skins and pieces or cuttings
                                      thereof, assembled
                                         ' Dropped' furskins
                                                                                 China         2 300000   BNL      161 000
                                                                                                          DK         74 060
                                                                                                          D        391 230
                                                                                                          GR         30 590
                                                                                                          ES         94 990
                                                                                                          FR       286 580
                                                                                                          IRL        14 490
                                                                                                          I        241 500
                                                                                                          P          24 150
                                                                                                          UK       291 410
                4303 10 10        Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
                4303 10 90        and other articles of furskin
                4303 9000
                (*)(b)
10.0610         4411               Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous ma­      Brazil        4 000 000  BNL      280 000  7 000 000
                (•)               terials whether or not bonded with resins or                            DK        128 800
                                  other organic substances                                                D        680 400
                                                                                                          GR         53 200
                                                                                                          ES        165 200
                                                                                                          FR       498 400
                                                                                                          IRL        25 200
                                                                                                          I        420 000
                                                                                                           P         42 000
                                                                                                           UK      506 800
                                                                                 South Korea   86 000 m 3                   86 000 m3
10.0630         4412               Plywood, veneered panels and similar lami­
                                   nated wood
                442090 10          Wood marquetry and inlaid wood                Brazil        86 000 m 3  BNL 2648,8 m3
                 (*)                                                             Indonesia                 DK 3 551,8 m3
                                                                                 Malaysia                  D 4 629,4 m3
                                                                                  Philippines              GR 114,4m3
                                                                                 Singapore                 ES 1 258,2 m3
                                                                                                           FR      180,6 m3
                                                                                                            IRL 1 216,0 m3
                                                                                                            I     517,7 m3
                                                                                                            P       96,3 m3
                                                                                                            UK 45 993 m3
                                                                                                                             9 300 000
 10.0640         4418 10 00        Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, in­
                 4418 2000         cluding cellular wood panels
                 4418 30 10
                 4418 3090
                 4418 4000
                 4418 9000
 (b) The asterisk only covers gloves.
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     (1)            (2)                            (3)                            (4)      (5)        (6)              (7)
10.0660         6401         Waterproof footwear with outer soles and       Hong Kong     260000                    1 100 000
                             uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers    (***)
                             of which are neither fixed to the sole nor as­ South Korea
                             sembled by stitching, riveting, nailing,       (•**)
                             screwing, plugging or similar processes
                6402         Other footwear with outer soles and uppers
                (*)(**)      of rubber or plastics
10.0670         6403         Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plas­     South Korea 1250000                    4000 000
                (*)(**)      tics, leather or composition leather and up­   (.♦•)
                             pers of leather
                           l
                                                                            Hong Kong   2 738 000 BNL   191  660
                                                                                                  DK     88  164
                                                                                                  D    465   734
                                                                                                  GR     36  415
                                                                                                  ES    113  079
                                                                                                  FR    341  155
                                                                                                  IRL     17 249
                                                                                                  I     287  490
                                                                                                  P      28 749
                                                                                                  UK   346 905
                                                                            Brazil      1 250000  BNL    87  500
                                                                                                  DK     40  250
                                                                                                  D     212  625
                                                                                                  GR      16 625
                                                                                                  ES      51 625
                                                                                                  FR    155  750
                                                                                                  IRL      7 875
                                                                                                  I       13 250
                                                                                                  P       13 125
                                                                                                  UK    158  375
10.0680         6404         Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plas­     Hong Kong     500000                    2 700 000
                             tics, leather or composition leather, and up­  (***)
                             pers of textiles materials
                6405 90 10   Other footwear, with outer soles of rubber,
                (•)(«) (d)   of plastics, of leather or of composition
                             leather
10.0690         6405 1090    Other footwear, with outer soles of other      China       3 400000  BNL   238  000    3 400000
                6405 2091    materials                                                            DK    109  480
                6405 2099                                                                         D     578  340
                6405 9090                                                                         GR      45 220
                (*)                                                                               ES    140  420
                                                                                                  FR    423  640
                                                                                                  IRL     21 420
                                                                                                  I     357  000
                                                                                                  P       35 700
                                                                                                  UK    430  780
(d) 10.690 : South Korea.
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    (1)             (2)                              (3)                           (4)          (5)       (6)            (7)
10.0700        6601           Umbrellas and sun umbrellas, (including         Hong Kong     1 700 000 BNL   119  000  2 500000
                            . walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas                               DK     54  740
                              and similar umbrellas)                                                  D    289   170
                                                                                                      GR     22  610
                                                                                                      ES     70 210
                                                                                                      FR   211820
                                                                                                      IRL     10 710
                                                                                                      I     178 500
                                                                                                      P       17 850
                                                                                                      UK   215 390
10.0710        6908           Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or      South Korea   1 314000                  3 650000
                              wall tiles, glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and
                              the like, whether or not on a backing
                                                                              Brazil       3 650 000  BNL  255   500
                                                                              Thailand                DK    117  530
                                                                                                      D    620   865
                                                                                                      GR     48  545
                                                                                                      ES    150  745
                                                                                                      FR   454   790
                                                                                                      IRL    22 995
                                                                                                      I    383 250
                                                                                                      P      38 325
                                                                                                      UK   462 455
10.0720        6911           Tableware, kitchenware, other household         South Korea      550000                   800 000
               (*)(**)        articles and toilet articles of porcelain or
                              china
10.0740         6912 00 50    Ceramic      tableware,    kitchenware, other   South Korea      550000                 1 000 000
                CM**)         household articles and toilet articles of
                              earthenware or fine pottery
10.0750        6913           Statuettes and other ornamental ceramic                                                 5 000000
                              articles
10.0760         7012          Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other                                               540000
                              vacuum vessels
10.0770         7013          Glassware of a kind used for table, kit­                                                3 000 000
                (*)           chen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or
                               similar purposes (other than that of heading
                               No 7010 or 7018)
                                                                                                                        500000
10.0785         7014           Signalling glassware and optical elements
                               of glass (other than those of- heading
                               No 7015 not optically worked)
                                                                              South Korea    1 350000                16 000000
10.0800         7117 19 10     Imitation jewellery
                7117 1991      — Of base metal, whether or not plated
                7117 19 99        with precious metal
             ex 71 17 90 00           Others
                (d)            — Others excluding imitation jewellery of
                                  leather or composition leather or of
                                  wood
(d) 10.0800 : Hong Kong.
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     (1)           (2)                            (3)                            (4)      (5)    (6)      (7)
10.0820        7207 19 39  Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy     Romania   •   410 000         410 000
                           steel
                           — Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of
                               carbon
                                  Other, of circular or polygonal cross­
                                  section
                                       Forged
               7207 20 79  — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more of
                               carbon
                                  Of circular or polygonal cross-section
                                       Forged
               7216 6011   Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non­
               7216 6019   alloy steel :
               7216 60 90  — Angles, shapes and sections, not further
               721690 50       worked than cold-formed or cold fin­
               721690 60       ished :
               72169091    — Other
               7216 9093          Other
               7216 9095               Forged
               7216 9097               Other
               72169098
10.0840        7217 11 10  Wire of iron or non-alloy steel                 Romania     1 735 000       1 735 000
               7217 1190   — Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of
               7217 1210      carbon
               7217 12 90  — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more but
               7217  1311     less than 0,6 % of carbon
               7217  13 19
               7217  1391
               7217  13 99
               7217  19 10
               7217 19 90
               7217 2100
               7217 22 00
               7217 23 00
               7217 29 00
10.0850        7207 20 39  Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy     Brazil      3 500000        3 500000
                           steel                                           South Korea
                           — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more of
                              carbon
                                  Other, of rectangular (other than
                                  square) cross-section
                                       Forged
            ex 7207 20 90         Other
                                       Of steel containing by weight
                                       0,6 % or more of carbon
               7211 3090   Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy
                           steel, of a width of less than 600 mm, not
                           clad, plated or coated
                           — Not further worked          than  cold-rolled
                              (cold-reduced) of a thickness of less than
                              3 mm and having a minimum yield point
                              of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or
                              more and having a minimum yield point
                              of 355 MPa
                           — — Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                       Containing by weight 0,6 % or
                                       more of carbon
               7211 49 99  — Other, not further worked than cold­
                              rolled (cold-reduced)
                                  Other
                                       Containing by weight 0,6 % or
                                       more of carbon
               7215 1000   — Of free-cutting steel, not further worked
                               than cold-formed or cold-finished
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    (i)         2)                           (3)                          4          <5 (6   (')
10.0850     7215 40 00 Other bars and rods of iron or non-alloy
(Cont 'd)              steel
                       — Other, not further worked than cold­
                           formed or cold-finished, containing by
                           weight 0,6 % or more of carbon
            7218 90 30 Stainless steel in ingots or other primary
                       terms ; semi-finished products of stainless
                       steel
                       — Other
                              Of rectangular (including square)
                              cross-section
                                  Forged
            7218 9091         Other
            7218 9099             Forged
            7219 9091  Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a
            7219 9099  width of 600 mm or more
                       — Other
                              Other
            722020 31  Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a
            7220 20 39 width of less than 600 mm
            7220 20 51
            7220 20 59 — Not     further worked    than   cold-rolled
            7220 2091      (cold reduced)
            7220 2099         Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
            722090 19  — Other
                              Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                  Other
            722090 90  — Other, of a width not exceeding 500 mm
            7222 20 10 Other bars and rods of stainless steel ; an­
            7222 20 90 gles shapes and sections of stainless steel
            7222 30 51 — Bars and rods, not further worked than
            7222 30 59     cold-formed or cold-finished
            7222 30 91 — Other bars and rods
            7222 3099         Other
            7222 40 91 — Angles, shapes and sections
            7222 4093         Other
            7222 40 99            Not further worked than cold­
                                  formed or cold-finished
            7223 00 10 Wire of stainless steel
            7223 00 90
            722490 9   Other alloy steel ingots or other primary
                       forms ; semi-finished products of other alloy
                       steel
                       — Other
                              Of rectangular (including square)
                              cross-section
                                  Forged
            72249091          Other
            72249099              Forged
            7225 2090   Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a
                        width of 600 mm or more
                       — Of high-speed steel
                               Other
                                  Other
            7225 9090   — Other
                               Other
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                                                                       I
10.0850      7226 10 91 Flat-rolled products of other alloy-steel, of
(cont'd)     7226 1099  a width of less than 600 mm
                        — Of silicon-electrical steel
                               Other
                               Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
             7226 20 39 — Of high-speed steel
                               Not further worked than cold-rolled
                               (cold-reduced)
                                  Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
             7226 20 59        Other
                               Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                      Other
             7226 20 79           Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                      Not    further    worked    than
                                      surface-treated, including clad­
                                      ding
                                         Other
             7226 20 90               Other
             722692 90  — Other
                               Not further worked than cold-rolled
                               (cold-reduced)
                                  Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
             722699 19         Other
                                  Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                      Other
             122699 39            Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                      Not    further    worked    than
                                      surface-treated, including clad­
                                      ding
                                         Other
             722699 90                Other
             7228 10 50 Other bars and rods of other alloy steel ; an­
             7228 1090  gles, shapes and sections, of other alloy
                        steel, hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy of
                        non-alloy steel
                        — Bars and rods of high-speed steel
                               Other
                               Forged
                                   Other
             7228 20 50 — Bars and rods, of silico-manganese steel
             7228 20 70        Other
             7228 2090         Forged
                                   Other
                                   Not further worked than cold­
                                   formed or cold-finished
             7228 4000  — Other bars and rods, not further worked
                            than forged
             7228 5000  — Other bars and rods, not further worked
                            than cold-formed or cold-finished
             7228 6090  — Other bars and rods
                               Other
             7228 7091  — Angles, shapes and sections
             7228 7099         Other
                                   Other
             7229 1000  Wire of other alloy steel
             7229 2000
             7229 9000
                                                                                             7 500000
 10.0860     7304 10 10 Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless,
             7304 10 30 of iron (other than cast iron) or steel
             73041090   — Line pipes of a kind used for oil or gas
                            pipelines
             7304 2091  — Casing, tubing and drill pipe, of a kind
             73042099       used in the drilling for oil or gas
                                Other
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    (i)         (2)                             3                           4          5) (6)     7
10.0860     73043191       Other, of circular cross-section, of iron
(cont 'd)   73043199       or non-alloy steel
                          — Cold-drawn or cold-rolled (cold-re­
                                duced)
                                   Other
            730439 10     — Other
                                   Unworked, straight and of uni­
                                   form wall-thickness, for use solely
                                   in the manufacture of tubes and
                                   pipes with other cross-sections
                                   and wall-thickness
            730439   51            Other
            730439   59                Other
            730439   91                   Other
            7304 39  93
            7304 39  99
            73044190       Other, of circular cross-section of stain­
                           less steel
                           — Cold-drawn or cold-rolled (cold-re­
                                duced)
                                   Other
            7304 49 10     — Other
                                    Unworked, straight and of uni­
                                   form wall-thickness, for use solely
                                    in the manufacture of tubes and
                                    pipes with other cross-sections
                                   and wall-thicknesses
                                       Other
            7304 4991                  Other
            7304 49 99
            7304 51 11      Other, of circular cross-section, of other
            7304 51 19      alloy steel
                           — Cold-drawn or cold-rolled (cold-re­
                                duced)
                                    Straight and of uniform wall­
                                    thickness, of alloy steel containing
                                    by wfeight not less than 0,9 % but
                                    not more than 1,15% of carbon,
                                    not less than 0,5 % but not more
                                    than 2% of chromium and not
                                    more than 0,5 % of molybdenum
            7304 51 91              Other
            7304 51 99                  Other
            7304 59 10     — Other
            7304 59 31
            7304 59 39
            7304 5991
             7304 59 93
             7304 59 99
             73049090       Other
                            — Other
             7305 1 1 00 Other tubes and pipes (for example, weld­
             7305 12 00  ed, riveted or similarly closed) having inter­
             7305 19 00  nal and external circular cross-sections, the
                         external diameter of which exceeds
                         406,4 mm, of iron or steel
                         — Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas
                             pipelines
             7305 20 10  — Casing of a kind used in the drilling for
             7305 20 90      oil or gas
             7305 31 00  — Other, welded
             7305 39 00  — Other
             7305 90 00
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     (1)           (2)                           (3)                        (4)       (5)    (6)       (7)
10.0860        7306 10 11 Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for
(cont'd)       7306 10 19 example, open seam or welded, riveted or
               7306 1090  similarly closed), of iron or steel
                          — Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas
                             pipelines
               7306 20 00 — Casing and tubing of a kind used in the
                             drilling for oil or gas
               730630 21  — Other, welded, of circular cross-section,
               7306 30 29    of iron or non-alloy steel
               7306 30 30        Other
               7306 30 51
               7306 30 59
               7306 30 71
               7306 30 79
               7306 3090
               7306 40 91 — Other, welded, of circular cross-section,
               7306 4099     of stainless steel
                          — Other
               7306 5091  — Other, welded, of circular cross-section,
               7306 5099     of other alloy steel
                                 Other
               7306 60 31 — Other, welded, of non-circular cross-sec­
               7306 60 39    tion
               73066090   — Other
               73069000   — Other
               (*)
10.0890        7318 12 10 Screws, bolts, nuts, coach-screws, screw      China       985 500         1 500 000
               7318 1290  hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers  Hong Kong
                          (including spring washers) and similar arti­
                          cles of iron or steel
                          — Threaded articles
                                 Other wood screws
10.0920     ex 7407 2190  Chopper bars, rods and profiles                                          3 000 000*
                          — Of copper alloys
                                 Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass)
                                     Hollow profiles
                                 Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro­
                                 nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base al­
                                 loys (nickel silver)
            ex 7407 22 10            Hollow-profiles
                                 Of copper-nickel-zinc base alloys
                                 (nickel silver)
            ex 7407 22 90            Hollow profiles
                          — Other
            ex 7407 29 00        Hollow profiles
               7411       Copper tubes and pipes
10.0925        7604 10 10 Aluminium bars, rods and profiles, exclud­    Venezuela  6 500 000        7 000 000
               76041090   ing hollow profiles
               76042910
               7604 29 90
               7605       Aluminium wire
               (*)(**)
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    0)         (2)                            3)                             4         (5)           (6)            (7)
10.0930    8203 20 10  Pliers (including cutting pliers) pincers,      China       2 000 000   BNL     140 000   2 800 000
           8203 2090   tweezers and similar tools                                              DK        64 400
                                                                                               D       340 200
                                                                                               GR        26 600
                                                                                               ES        82 600
                                                                                               FR      249 200
                                                                                               IRL       12 600
                                                                                               I       210 000
                                                                                              ,P *       21000
                                                                                               UK      253 400
10.0940    8205        Handtools (including glaziers' diamonds)        China       9 200 000   BNL 644 000      10 000 000
                       not elsewhere specified or included ; blow                              DK      296 240
                       lamps ; vices, clamps and the like, other                               D    1 564 920
                       than and for parts of, machine tools ; anvils ;                        GR       122 360
                       portable forges ; hand- or pedal-operated                               ES      379 960
                       grinding wheels with frameworks                                         FR 1 146 320
                                                                                               IRL       57 960
                                                                                               I       966 000
                                                                                               P         96 600
                                                                                               UK 1 165 640
           8206 00 00  Tools of two or more of heading Nos 8202
                       to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale
10.0950    8211 10 00  Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not     Hong Kong    1 000 000                    1 200 000
           82119190    (including pruning knives), other than
           8211 92 90  knives of heading No 8208, excluding
           821193 90   knives with handles of base metal
                                                                       South Korea    350 000
 0.0970    8301        Padlocks and locks (key, combination or         Hong Kong    1 314000   BNL       91 980  2 000 000
                       electrically operated), of base metal ; clasps                          DK        42 311
                       and frames with clasps, incorporating locks                             D       223 511
                       of base metal ; keys for any of the foregoing                           GR        17 476
                       articles, of base metal                                                 ES        54 268
                                                                                               FR      163 724
                                                                                               IRL        8 278
                                                                                               I       137 970
                                                                                               P         13 797
                                                                                               UK      166 484
                                                                       Brazil       8 600 000  BNL 602 000       9 000 000
10.0980    841410 30    Pumps and compressors
           8414 10 50                                                  Singapore               DK      276 920
           84141090                                                                            D     1 462 860
           84142091                                                                            GR       114 380
           84142099                                                                             ES     355 180
           841430 30                                                                            FR 1 071 560
            8414 3091                                                                           IRL      54 180
            84143099                                                                            I      903 000
            84144010                                                                            P        90 300
            84144090                                                                            UK 1 089 620
            84148021
            8414 80 29
            84148031
            841480 39
            8414 8041
            8414 8049
            84148060
            8414 8071
            84148079
            8414 80 90
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     (1)            (2)                           (3)                            (4)     (5)        (6)              (7)
10.0990         8452  10 11 Sewing machines, other than book-sewing       Brazil      2 500 000 BNL   175 000     3 000 000
                8452  10 19 machines of heading No 8440                                         DK      80 500
                8452  1090                                                                      D    425 250
                8452  21 00                                                                     GR      33 250
                8452  29 00                                                                     ES    103 250
                                                                                                FR    311500
                                                                                                IRL     15 750
                                                                                                I     262 500
                                                                                                P       26 250
                                                                                                UK   316 750
10.1010         8471 1090   Automatic data-processing machines and        South Korea 7 500 000                  17 000 000
                8471 20 40  units thereof; magnetic or optical readers,   (***)
                8471 20 50  machines for transcribing data into data
                84712060    media in code form, machines for process­
                84712090    ing such data, not elsewhere specified or in­
                8471 91 40  cluded, other than for use in civil aircraft
                8471 91 50
                8471 91 60
                8471 91 90
                8471 9290
                847193 40
                8471 93 50
                8471 93 60
                8471 93 90
                8471 99 10
                847199 30
                8471 99 90
10.1020         8482 10 10  Ball bearings, with greatest external diam­   Singapore   2 000 000                   2 000 000
                (*)         eter not exceeding 30 mm
10.1045         8516 5000   Microwave ovens                               South Korea 1 500 000                   1 500 000
10.1051         8519        Turntables (record-decks), record players,    Hong Kong   7 000 000                 14 000 000
                            cassette-players, and other sound producing   South Korea
                            apparatus not incorporating a sound re­
                            cording device
                8520 1000   Magnetic tape recorders and other sound
                8520 2000   recording apparatus whether or not incor­
                8520 31 11  porating a sound reproducing device ex­
                8520 31 19  cluding cinematographic sound recorders
                8520 31 30
                8520 31 90  Other magnetic tape recorders incorporat­
                852039 10   ing sound reproducing apparatus
                852039 90   — Cassette type
             ex 85209090           With built-in amplifier and one or
                                   more built-in loudspeakers
                                      Capable of operating without an
                                      external source of power
10.1052         8521        Video recording or reproducing apparatus      South Korea 1 100 000                   2 800 000
                8528 1011                                                 (***)
                8528 10 19
                8528 10 30
10.1053         8523        Prepared unrecorded media for sound re­       South Korea 3 000 000                   9 000 000
                            cording or similar recording of other pheno­  (♦ ##)
                            mena other than products of Chapter 37
 ---pagebreak--- No L 375/26                            Official Journal of the European Communities                         31 . 12 . 88
     (l)       (2)                           (3)                            4          5)          6           (7)
10.1053    8524        Records, tapes and other recorded media        Hong Kong    6 000 000 BNL 420 000
(cont 'd)              for sound or other similarly recorded phen­                           DK     193 200
                       omena, including matrices and masters for                             D   1 020 600
                       the production of records but excluding                               GR      79 800
                       products of Chapter 37                                                ES    247 800
                                                                                             FR    747 600
                                                                                             IRL     37 800
                                                                                             I     630 000
                                                                                             P       63 000
                                                                                             UK    760 200
10.1055    8528  10 40 Television receivers (including video moni­    China        4 000000                 4 000000
           8528  10 50 tors and video projectors) whether or not
           8528  10 71 combined in the same housing, with radio­      Hong Kong      650 000
           8528  10 73 broadcast receivers or sound or video re­
                                                                      (***)
           8528  10 79 cording or reproducing apparatus               Singapore
                       — Colour
                                                                      (***)
                              Television projection equipment         South Korea
                              Apparatus incorporating a video­
                              phonic recorder or reproducer
                              Television receivers with integral tube
 0. 060    8527 11 10  Reception apparatus for radio-telephony,       Hong Kong      650 000                4 000 000
           8527 1 1 90 radio-telegraphy or radio-broadcasting,
           8527 21 10  whether or not combined in the same hous­      Singapore
           8527 21 90  ing with recording or reproducing apparatus    (***)
           8527 29 00  or a clock                                     South Korea
           8527 31 10                                                 (***\
           8527 31 91
           8527  31 99
           8527  32 10
           8527  32 90
           8527  39 10
           8527  39 91
           8527  39 99
           8527  9091
           8527  90 99
           8528  10 61 Television receivers (including video moni­
           8528  10 69 tors and video projectors), whether or not
           8528  10 80 combined in the same housing, with radio­
           8528  1091  broadcast receivers or sound or video re­
           8528  1098  cording or reproduction apparatus, exclud­
           8528  20 20 ing video recording or reproducing appara­
           8528  20 71 tus incorporating a video tuner and goods
           8528  20 73 of subheadings 8528 10 50, 8528 10 71 ,
           8528  20 79 8528 10 73 , 8528 10 79
           8528  2091
           8528  20 99
           8529 10 20   Parts suitable for use solely or principally
           8529 10 31  with the apparatus of heading Nos 8525 to
           8529 10 39   8528 excluding cabinets and cases
           8529 1040
           8529 10 50
           8529 10 70
           8529 1090
           8529 9099
                                                                       South Korea 3 600 000                4 100 000
 10.1070    8532        Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or ad­
                       justable (pre-set)
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     (1)        (2)                             (3)                          (4)      (5)        (6)            (7)
10.1070                                                                Singapore   3 600000  BNL  252  000
(cont'd)                                                                                     DK    115 920
                                                                                             D    612  360
                                                                                             GR     47 880
                                                                                             ES    148 680
                                                                                             FR   448  560
                                                                                             IRL    22 680
                                                                                             I    378  000
                                                                                             P      37 800
                                                                                             UK   456  120
10.1090     8539  1090    Electric filament lamps, including sealed­                                         1 700 000
            8539 21 30    beam lamp units, excluding those of a kind
            8539 21 91    used for projectors
            8539 21 99
            8539 22 10
            8539 22 90
            8539 29 31
            8539 29 39
            8539 29 91
            8539 29 99
                        f
10.1094     8540 11 10    Cathode-ray television picture tubes includ­ South Korea   800 000                 2 400 000
            8540 11 30    ing video monitor cathode-ray tubes
            8540 1 1 90   — Colour
10.1096     8540 12 10    Cathode-ray television picture tubes, in­    South Korea 1 000 000                 1 000 000
            854012 30     cluding video monitor cathode-ray tubes
            8540 3000     — Black and white or other monochrome
                             with a diagonal measurement of the
                             screen not exceeding 52 cm
                          — Other cathode-ray tubes
10.1100     8541 60 00    Mounted piezo-electric crystals                                                    2 700 000
10.1110     854091 00     Thermonic, cold cathode or photocathode      South Korea 3 300000                  5 000 000
            854099 00     valves and tubes
                          — Parts
            8541 10 10    Diodes, transistors, and similar semicon­    Hong Kong     530 000
            8541 1091     ductor devices, light emitting diodes        (***)
            8541  1099                                                 Singapore
            8541 21 10                                                 (**♦)
            8541 21 90
            8541 29 10
            8541 29 90
            8541 30 10
            8541 3090
            8541 40 10
            8541 50 10
            8541 5090
            8541 9000
 ---pagebreak--- No L 375/28                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                         31 . 12 . 88
     (1)             (2)                           (3)                           (4)        (5)        (6)            (7)
10.1110          8542  11 10 Electric integrated circuits and microassem­
(cont'd)         8542  11 30 blies
                 8542  11 71
                 8542  11 75
                 8542  11 91
                 8542  11 99
                 8542  19 10
                 8542  19 20
                 8542  19 30
                 8542 19 5Q
                 8542 19 70
                 8542 19 90
                 8542 2000
                 8542 8000
                 8542 9000
10.1120          8703 21 10  Motor vehicles, new, of a cylinder capacity    South Korea 40 000 000                73 000 000
                 8703 22 1 1 not exceeding 3 000 cm3
                 8703 22 19
                 8703 23 1 1
                 8703 23 19
                 8703 31 10
                 8703 32 11
                 8703 32 19
             ex 8703 33 11
             ex 8703 33 19
             ex 8703 9090
10.1125          8704 21 91  Other new motor vehicles for the transport                                            4 000 000
                 8704 3191   of goods
10.1130          9003        Frames and mountings for spectacles, gog­      South Korea  3 292 000                 4 000 000
                             gles or the like and parts thereof
10.1160       ex 9101 1100   Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other                                              10 000 000
              ex 9101 12 00  watches, including stop-watches, with case
                             of precious metal or clad with precious me­
                             tal
              ex 9101 19 00  — Wrist-watches, battery or accumulator
              ex 9101 91 00      powered, whether or not incorporating a
                                 stop-watch facility
                                    Quartz watches
                             — Other
                                    Battery or accumulator powered
                                       Quartz watches
              ex 9102  11 00 Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other
              ex 9102  12 00 watches, including stop-watches, other than
              ex 9102  19 00 those of heading No 9101
              ex 9102  91 00 — Wrist-watches, battery or accumulator
                 (d)             powered, whether or not incorporating a
                                 stop-watch facility
                                    Quartz watches
                             — Other
                                    Battery or accumulator powered
                                       Quartz watches
 10.1170         9103        Clocks with watch movements, excluding         Hong Kong      500 000 BNL     35 000    500000
                             clocks of heading No 9104                                             DK      16 100
                                                                                                   D       85 050
                                                                                                   GR       6 650
                                                                                                   ES      20 650
                                                                                                   FR      62 300
                                                                                                   IRL      3 150
                                                                                                   I       52 500
                                                                                                   P        5 250
                                                                                                   UK      63 350
(d) 10.1 160 : Hong Kong.
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     (1)                (2)                              3                             4          (5)        6               (7)
 0.   80           9105         Other clocks                                                                             4 700 000
                   (d)
10.1190            9108         Watch movements, complete and assem­                                                     4 900 000
                                bled
 0.1205            9113 2000    Watch-straps, watch-bands and watch-bra­                                                    500 000
                   9113 90 10   celets, and parts thereof
                                — Of base metal, whether or not gold1 or sil­
                                    ver plated
                                — Of leather or composition leather
10. 263            9403 80 00   Furniture of other materials, including                                                  2 00000
                   (*)          cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials
10.1265            9405 91 19   Parts of glass : articles for electrical lighting Romania        000 000 BNL   70 000       000 000
                                fittings (excluding searchlights and spot­                               DK    32 200
                                lights)                                                                  D    170 100
                                — Other (for example, diffusers, ceiling,                                GR    13 300
                                    lights, bowls, cups, lampshades, globes,                             ES    41 300
                                    tulip-shaped pieces)                                                 FR   124 600
                                                                                                         IRL     6 300
                                                                                                         I    105 000
                                                                                                         P     10 500
                                                                                                         UK   126 700
10. 280            9603   29 10 Shaving brushes, hairbrushes, nailbrushes,        China          720 000 BNL   50 400    2 000 000
                   9603   29 30 eyelash brushes, and other toilet brushes for     Hong Kong              DK    23  184
                   9603   29 90 use on the person, including such brooms                                 D    122  472
                   9603   30 10 constituting parts of appliances                                         GR      9 576
                   9603   3090  Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar                            ES    29  736
                   9603   40 10 brushes, for the application of cosmetics                                FR    89  712
                   9603   9091  Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes,                            IRL     4 536
                    (d)         road-sweeping brushes, household type                                    I     75  600
                                brooms and brushes, including shoe brush­                                P       7 560
                                es, and clothes brushes, and brushes for                                 UK    91  224
                                grooming animals
10.1300             9503        Other toys, reduced size (scale) models and       South Korea 10 000 000                22 000 000
                    (d)         similar recreational models working or not,
                                puzzles of all sorts
10.1320             9505        Festive, carnival or other entertainment arti­    Hong Kong    2 000 000 BNL  140 000     4 000 000
                    9505 3000   cles, including conjuring tricks and novelty                             DK    64 400
                                jokes                                                                    D    340 200
                                                                                                         GR    26 600
                                                                                                         ES    82 600
                                                                                                         FR   249 200
                                                                                                         IRL    12 600
                                                                                                         I    210 000
                                                                                                         P     21 000
                                                                                                         UK   253 400
 0.1325             9507  10 00  Fishing rods, fish-hooks and other line fish­    South Korea  4 000 000                  4 500 000
                    9507  2090   ing tackle, fish landing nets, butterfly nets
                    9507  30 00  and similar nets, decoy 'birds ' (other than
                    9507  9000  those of heading No 9208 or 9705) and sim­
                                 ilar hunting or shooting requisites, exclud­
                                 ing fish-hooks, not snelled
(d) 1 0. 1 1 80 : Hong Kong,
(d) 10.1280 : South Korea,
(d) 1 0. 1 300 : Hong Kong.
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                                                               ANNEX II
                                                               PART 1 (a)
                                        List of base products excluded from preferential benefit
               CN code                                                   Description
                                 Salt (including table salt and denaturated salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or
                                 not in aqueous solution sea water
             2501 00 31          For chemical transformation (separation of Na from CI) for the manufacture of
                                 other products (001 )
                                 Other
             2501 00 51          (a) Denaturated or for industrial uses (including refining) other than for the preser­
                                     vation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption (001 )
             2501 00 91          Suitable for human consumption
             2501 00 99          Other
             2503 90 00          Other sulphur
             2511 20 00          Natural barium carbonate (witherite)
                                 Pumice stone ; emery ; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives,
                                 whether or not heat-treated
             2513 19 00          Other
             2513 29 00
                                 Granite
                                 Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular
                                 shape
             2516 12 10          Of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
             2516 22 10          Sandstone
             2516 90 10          Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including
                                 square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
                                 Porphyry, syenite, lava, basalt, gneiss, trachyte and other similar hard rocks, merely
                                 cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square)
                                 shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
             2518 20 00          Calcined dolomite
             2518 30 00          Agglomerated dolomite (including tarred dolomite)
                                 Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or other­
                                 wise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape ; talc
             2526 20 00          Crushed or powdered
             2530 40 00          Natural micaceous iron oxides
             2804 61 00          Silicon
             2804 69 00
          (a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the designation of
              the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the CN code being decisive within the
              context of this Annex.                                                    .....             ,        .        . .
              Where ex CN codes positions are indicated, the CN code and corresponding description taken together are deci­
              sive.
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                 CN code                                        Description
               2805 11 00  Sodium
               2805 19 00  Other
               2805 21 00  Alkaline-earth metals
               2805 22 00  Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed
               2805 30 10  Intermixtures or interalloys
               2805 30 90  Other
               2805 40 10  Mercury, in flasks of a net capacity of 34,5 kg (standard weight) of a fob value, per
                           flask, not exceeding ECU 224
               2818 20 00  Aluminium oxide
               2818 30 00  Aluminium hydroxide
            ex 2844 30 11  Cermets raw ; waste and scrap
               2844 30 19  Uranium depleted in U 235
            ex 2844 30 51  Cermets raw ; waste and scrap
               2845 10 00  Heavy water (deuterium oxide)
               2845 90 10  Deuterium and compounds of deuterium, hydrogen and compounds thereof, en­
                           riched in deuterium, mixtures and solutions containing these products, in which the
                           ratio of deuterium atoms to the normal hydrogen atoms exceeds 1 :5 000 in number
                           (Euratom)
               2905 43 00  Manmtol (mannitol)
               2905 44 1 1
               2905 44 19
               2905 44 91  Glucitol (sorbitol)
               2905 44 99
               3201 20 00  Wattle extract
               3201 30 00  Oak or chestnut extract
               3201 90 10  Sumach extract, vallonia extract
            ex 3201 90 90  Other extracts of vegetable origin
                           Other
               3502 10 91  Egg albumin, dried (for example in sheets, scales, flakes, powder)
               3502 10 99  Other (egg albumin)
               3502 90 51  Milk albumin (lactalbumin), dried (for example in sheets, scales, flakes, powder)
               3502 90 59  Other (milk albumin)
               3502 90 70  Other
               3505 10 10  Dextrins
               3505 10 90  Other starches
               3505 20 10
               3505 20 30
               3505 20 50
               3505 20 90
               3809 10 10  Prepared glazings and prepared dressings, with a basis of amylaceous substances,
               3809 10 30  containing by weight of those substances
               3809 10 50
               3809 10 90
               3823 60     Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44
                           Leather of bovine or equine animals, without hair on, other than leather of heading
                           No 4108 or 4109 :
                           — Whole bovine skin leather, of a unit surface area not exceeding 28 square feet
                               (2,6 m2)
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               CN code                                        Description
             4104 10 30   :— — Other skin leather not further prepared than chrome-tanned, in the wet-blue
                                   state
             4104 10 91   — — Other
                          — — , Not further prepared than tanned
                           Sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on, other than leather of heading No 4108
                           or 4109
             4105  11 91   Not further prepared than tanned or re-tanned
             4105  11 99
             4105  12 10
             4105  12 90
             4105  19 10
             4105  19 90
                           Goat or kid skin leather, without hair on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or
                           4109
             4106 11 90    Not further prepared than tanned or re-tanned
             4106 12 00
             4106 19 00
                           Leather of other animals, without hair on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or
                           4109
             4107 10 10    Not further prepared than tanned or re-tanned
             4107 21 00
             4107 29 10
             4107 90 10
             4403 10 10    Poles of coniferous wood, injected or otherwise impregnated to any degree, not less
                           than 6 mm nor more than 18 mm in length and with a circumference at the butt end
                           of more than 45 cm but not more than 90 cm
             4501          Natural cork, raw or simply prepared ; waste cork, crushed, granulated or ground
                           cork
             7202 19 00    Other
             7202 21 10    Ferro-silicon
             7202 21 90
             7202 29 00
             7202 30 00
             7202 41 10
             7202 41 90
             7202 49 10
             7202 49 50
             7202 49 90
             7202  50 00    Ferro-silico-chromium
             7202  70 00   Other
             7202  80 00
             7202  91  00
             7202  92  00
             7202 93   00
             7202 99 90     Other
              7601          Unwrought aluminium
              7602          Aluminium waste and scrap
                            Waste
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              CN code                                       Description
            7602 00 19  Other (including factory rejects)
                        Unwrought lead
            7801  10 00 Unwrought
            7801 91  00 Other
            7801 99  91
            7801 99  99
            7901        Unwrought zinc
            7903        Zinc dust powders and flakes
                        Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
            8101 1000   Unwrought, waste and scrap
            8101 91 10
            8101 91 90
                        Molybdenum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
            8102 10 00  Powders
            8102 91 00  Unwrought, waste and scrap
            8102 91 90
            8103 10 10  Unwrought tantalum, waste and scrap
            8103 10 90
            8104 11 00  Unwrought magnesium, waste and scrap
            8104 19 00
            8107 10 00  Unwrought cadmium, waste and scrap
            8108 10 10  Unwrought titanium
            8108 10 90  Waste and scrap
            8109 10 10  Unwrought zirconium
            8109 10 90  Waste and scrap
            811000 11   Unwrought antimony
            8110 00 19  Waste and scrap
            8111 00 11  Unwrought manganese
            8111 00 19  Waste and scrap
            81122031    Chromium, other
            8112 20 39  Germanium
            8112 30 10  Unwrought, waste and scrap
                        Vanadium ,
            8112 40 11  Unwrought
             8112 40 19 Waste and scrap
             811291 10  Hafnium (celtium) unwrought ; waste and scrap
                        Niobium (columbium) rhenium
             811291 31  Unwrought
             8112 91 39 Waste and scrap
             81129190   Gallium, indium, thallium
             811300 10  Unwrought cermets, waste and scrap
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                                                                PART 2 (a)
               List of products not listed in Annex I and originating in Romania to which preferences are not granted
                CN code                                                   Description
              282410 00           Lead oxides, red lead and orange lead
              2824 20 00
              282490 00
              2849 10 00          Carbides, whether or not chemically defined
                                  — Of calcium
              2907 11 00          Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts
              2912 41 00          Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde)
              2914 11 00          Acetone
              2917 35 00          Phthalic anhydride
              2926 10 00          Acrylonitrile
              2936 26 00          Vitamin B )2 and its derivatives
              2941 10 00          Penicillins and their derivatives with a penicillanic acid structure ; salts thereof
              3102                Mineral or nitrogenous fertilizers, nitrogenous
              3605 00 00          Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of heading No 3604
              3902 10 00          Polypropylene, in primary forms
              3912                Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in
                                  primary forms
              3914 00 00          Ion-exchangers based on polymers of heading Nos 3901 to 3913, in primary forms
              3915 10 00          Waste, parings and scrap, of polymers of ethylene and polymers of propylene
              3915 90 11
              3915 90 91          Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics
                                  — Other
                                         Of cellulose and its chemical derivatives
              3916 10 00          Monofilament, rods, sticks and profile shapes of polymers of ethylene and of poly­
              3916 90 51          mers of propylene
              3916 90 90          Monofilament, rods, sticks and profile shapes
                                  — Of other plastics
                                         Other
           (a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the designation of
               the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the CN code being decisive within the
               context of this Annex.                                                                                           .
               Where ex CN code positions are indicated, the CN code and corresponding description taken together are deci­
               sive.
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                 CN code                                        Description
               3917 21 10 Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid
               3917 22 10 — Of polymers of ethylene
                                 Seamless and cut to a length exceeding the maximum cross-sectional dimen­
                                 sion, whether or not surface-worked, but not otherwise worked
               3917 32 31            Of polymers of ethylene
               3917 32 39               Other
               3917 39 15            Of addition polymerization products
            ex 3917 29 19 Artificial guts of hardened protein or of cellulose materials
                          — Of other plastics
                                 Seamless and cut to a length exceeding the maximum cross-sectional dimen­
                                 sion, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked
               3917 32 51 Other tubes, pipes and hoses
                          — Other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings
                                 Seamless and cut to a length exceeding the maximum cross-sectional dimen­
                                 sion, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked
                                     Other
               3917 39 19           Of addition polymerization products
               3919 10 10 Adhesive strips, the coating of which consists of unvulcanized natural or synthetic
                          rubber
               3919 10 90 Other
                          — Other
               3919 90 90 Other
                          — Other
                                 Other
               3919 10 59 Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics,
                          whether or not in rolls
                          — In rolls of a width not exceeding 20 cm
                                 Other
                                     Of addition polymerization products
                                        Other
               3919 90 50 — Other
                                 Other
                                     Of addition polymerization products
               3920 10 11 Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced
                          laminated supported or similarly combined with other materials
                          — Of polymers of ethylene
                                 Of a thickness not exceeding 0,10 mm and of a specific gravity of
                                     Less than 0,94
               3920 10 19            0,94 or more
               3920 10 90        Of a thickness exceeding 0,10 mm
               3920 20 10 — Of polymers of propylene
                                 Of a thickness of less than 0,05 mm
               3920 20 50        Of a thickness of 0,05 mm to 0,1 0 mm
               3920 20 71
               3920 20 79
               3920 20 90        Of a thickness exceeding 0,10 mm
               3920 72 00 Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
                          laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials
                          — Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives
                                 Of vulcanized fibre
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              CN code                                            Description
            3920  73  10           Film in rolls or in strips for cinematography or photography
            3920  73  50           Sheets, film or strip, coiled or not, of a thickness of less than 0,75 mm
            3920  73 90  Other
            3920  79 00         Of other cellulose derivatives
            3921         Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of plastics
                         — Cellular
                                Of other plastics
            3921 90 60   — Other
            3921 90 90          Of addition polymerization products
            4410         Particle board and similar board of wood or other ligneous materials
            6406 10 11   Parts of footwear
                         — Uppers and parts thereof
                         — Of leather
                                   Uppers
            6406 10 19             Parts of uppers
            6406 10 90          Of other materials
            6406 20 10   — Outer soles and heels, of rubber or plastics
                                   Of rubber
            6406 20 90             Of plastics
            6406 91 00          Of wood
            6406 99 30   Assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components, but without
                         outer soles
            6406 99 50
            6406 99 90
            7004  10  30
            7004  10  50
            7004  10  90
            7004  90  50 Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets
                         — Other glass
                                Antique glass
            7004 90   70        Horticultural sheet glass
            700490    91        Other of a thickness not exceeding 2,5 mm
            7004 90   93 Exceeding 2,5 mm but not exceeding 3,5 mm
            7004 90   95 Exceeding 3,5 mm but not exceeding 4,5 mm
            7004 90   99 Exceeding 4,5 mm
            7010 90 10   Preserving jars (sterilizing jars)
            7303 00 10   Tubes and pipes of a kind used in pressure systems
            7303 00 90   Other
            7307         Tube or pipe fittings (for example couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel
            7310 10 00   Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers of iron or steel
                         — Of a capacity of 50 litres or more
            7325         Other cast articles of iron or steel
             7326 1 1 00 Grinding balls and similar articles for mills
             7326 19 10  Open-die forged
             7326 19 90  Other
                         — Articles of iron or steel wire
                                For use in civil aircraft
             7326  20 30            Small cages and aviaries
             7326  20 50            Wire baskets
             7326  20 90            Other
             7326  90 10 — Other
                                 For use in civil aircraft
             7326 90 30             Snuff boxes, cigarette cases, cosmetic and powder boxes and cases, and
                                    similar pocket articles
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                  CN code   I                                        Description
                7326 90  30             Ladders and steps
             ex 7326 90  40             Pallets and similar platforms for handling goods
                7326 90  50             Reels for cables, piping and the like
                7326 90  60          Non-mechanical ventilators, guttering, hooks and like articles used in the
                                     building industry
                7326 90 70           Perforated, buckets and similar articles of sheet, used to filter water at the entr­
                                     ance to drains
                7326 90 91              Other articles of iron or steel
                                           Open-die forged
                7326 90 93            :    Closed-die forged
                7326 90 99              Other
                7407 10 00    Copper bars, rods and profiles
                              — Of refined copper
                7407 21 10           Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass)
                                        Bars and rods
             cx 7407 21  90             Profiles, excluding hollow profiles
             ex 7407 22  10          Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel), excluding hollow profiles
             ex 7407 22  90          Of copper-nickel zinc base alloys (nickel silver), excluding hollow profiles
             ex 7407 29  00          Other, excluding hollow profiles
                7408          Copper wire
                7606          Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm
                8482 10 90    Ball bearings
                              — Other
                8482 20 00    Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies
                8482 30 00    Spherical roller bearings
                8482 40 00    Needle roller bearings
                8482 50 00    Other cylindrical roller bearings
                8482 80 00    Other, including combined ball roller bearings
                8482 91 10    Tapered rollers
                8482 91 90    Other
                8482 99 00    Other
                8544 11 10    Winding wire
                              — Of copper
                              —      Varnished
                8544 1 1 90          Other
                8544 19 10    — Other
                                     Varnished
                8544 19 90           Other
                8544 20 10    Co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors ready for connectors to be fit­
                              ted or already provided with connectors
                8544 2091     Other
                              — For high frequency
                8544 20 99    — Other
                8544 30 90    Ignition wiring sets and other of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships
                              — Other
                8544 41 00    Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V
                              — Fitted with connectors
                8544 49 10    Insulated with plastic material
                8544 49 90     Insulated with other materials
                8544 51 00    Other electric conductors for a voltage exceeding 80 V but not exceeding 1 000 V
                              — Fitted with connectors
                8544 59 10    With individual conductor wires of a diameter exceeding 0,5 1 mm
                8544 59 91     Insulated with rubber or other elastomers including cross-linked materials
                8544 59 93     Insulated with other plastic material
                8544 59 99     Insulated with other materials
                 8544 60 11    Insulated with rubber or other elastomers including cross-linked materials
                 8544 60 13    Insulated with other plastic material
                 8544 60 19    Insulated with other materials
                 8544 60 91
                 8544 60 93
                 8544 60 99
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              CN code                                         Description
            8712 00 90   Bicycles and other cycles not motorized
                         Other
            8714 20 00   Parts and accessories of vehicles of heading Nos 871 1 to 8713
                         — Of invalid carriages
            8714 91 10   Frames
            8714 91 30   Front forks
            8714 91 90   Parts
            8714 92 10   Rims
            8714 92 90   Spokes
            871493 10    Hubs without free-wheel or braking device
            8714 93 90   Free-wheel sprocket-wheels
            8714 94 10   Coaster braking hubs and hub brakes
            8714 94 30   Other brakes
            8714 94 90   Parts
            871495 00    Saddles
            8714 96 10   Pedals
            8714 96 30   Crank-gear
            8714 96 90   Parts
            8714 99 10   Handlebars
            871499 30    Luggage carriers
            871499 50    Derailleur gears
            8714 99 90   Other parts
            9401 20 00   Seats of a kind used for motor vehicles
            9401 30 10 , Swivel seats with variable height adjustment upholstered with backrest and fitted
                         with castors or glides
            9401 30 90   Other
            9401 40 00   Seats, other than garden seats or camping equipment
            9401 50 00   Seats of carre, osier, bamboo or similar materials
            9401 61 00   Other seats, with wooden frames, upholstered
            9401 69 00   Other
            9401 71 00   Other seats, with metal frames, upholstered
            9401 79 00   Other
            9401  80 00  Other seats
            9401 90 90   Parts, other
            9403 10 10   Other furniture and parts thereof
            9403 10 51
            9403 10 59
            9403 10 91
            9403 10 93
            9403 10 99
            9403 20 91
            9403 20 99
            9403 3011
            9403 30 19
            9403 30 91
            9403 30 99
            9403 40 00
            9403 50 00
             9403 60 10
             9403 60 30
             9403 60 90
             9403 70 90
             9403 90 10
             9403 90 30
             9403 90 90
             9617 00 11   Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases, having a capacity no
                          exceeding 0,75 litre
             9617 00 19   Exceeding 0,75 litre
             9617 00 90   Parts (other than glass inners)
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             List of products, not listed in Annex I and originating in China, to which preferences are not granted
             CN code                                                  Description
           7606               Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm
          List of products, not listed in Annex I and originating in South Korea, to which preferences are not granted
             CN code                                                 Description
           6912 00 30         Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles of stone­
                              ware
           7312   10 30       Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, . not
           7312   10 50       electrically insulated
           7312   10 71
           7312   10 75       — Stranded wire, ropes and cables
           7312   10 79              Other
           7312   10 91       — Other
           7312   10 95       — — Other
           7312 1099
           7312 90 90
           8215 10 10         Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, sugar tongs and similar
           8515 20 10         kitchen or tableware
           8515 99 10         — Sets of assorted articles containing at least one article plated with precious metal
                                     Of stainless steel
                                     Other sets of assorted articles
                                     Of stainless steel
                              — Other
                                     Of other stainless steel
           9201 10 10         Upright pianos, new
          List of products, not listed in Annex I and originating in Hong Kong, to which preferences are not granted
             CN code                                                  Description
           8513 1000          Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (for ex­
           8513 90 00         ample, dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos) other than lighting equipment of
                              heading No 8512
           9111               Watch cases and parts thereof
           9502               Dolls representing only human beings
           9504               Articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pin-tables, billiards, special ta­
                              bles for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment
           9506 40 10
            9506 40 90        Articles and equipment for table tennis
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                                                               PART 3 (a)
                                   List of products subject to reference bases corresponding to 2 %
               CN code                                                   Description
          ex 2903 19 00          Hexachloroethane
          ex 2904 20 90          5-tert-Butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musc-xylene)
          ex 2915 90 00          Dodecyl acid
             2921 42 10          Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated and nitrosated derivatives of aniline and their
                                 salts
             2922   11 00        Monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and thriethanolamine and their salts
             2922   12 00
             2922   13 00
          ex 2922  50  00        D-p-hydroxy-phenylglycine
          ex 2924 29 99          Other cyclic amides (naphthols)
             2926 10 00          Acrylinitril
             2936 25 00          Vitamin B6 and its derivatives
             2936 29 30          Vitamin H and its derivatives
             3102                Other mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous
             except
             codes
             3102 10 10
             3102 50 10
             3204 1 1 00         Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon, as specified in
             3204 12 00          note 3 to this chapter
             3204 13 00
             3204 14 00
             3204  15  00
             3204  16  00
             3204  17  00
             3204  19  00
          ex 3207 20 90          Other vitrifiable enamels and glazes, and similar preparations
                                        Other
                                            Borosilicate of lead
             3901 10 90          Other polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0,94
             3907               -Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms ; polycarbonates,
                                 alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms
             3907 60 00          — Polyethylene terephthalate
                                 — Other polyesters
             3907 99 00                 Other
             3920 20   10        Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
             3920 20   50        laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials :
             3920 20   71        — of polymers of propylene
             3920 20   79
             3920 20   90
          (a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the designation of
              the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being deter­
              mined, within the context of this Annex, by the application of the CN code. Where ex CN code positions are
              indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of they CN code and corresponding descrip­
              tion taken together.
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                 CN code                                          Description
               6704 1 1 00 Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like, of human or ani­
               6704 19 00  mal hair or of textile materials, articles of human hair not elsewhere specified or in­
                           cluded
               6704 20 00  — Of synthetic textile materials
               6704 90 00         Complete wigs
                                  Other
                                  Of human hair
                           — Of other materials
               7113 11 00  Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with pre­
                           cious metal
               7113 1900   — Of precious metal whether not plated or clad with precious metal
                                  Of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal
                                  Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal
               7307        Tube or pipe fittings (for example couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel :
               7307 19 10  of malleable cast iron
               7317 00     Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other than those of heading No
                           8305) and similar articles, of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other materi­
                           al, but excluding such articles with heads of copper
               7409        Copper plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,15 mm
               7606        Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm
            ex 8473 10 00  Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8470
               8473 29 00         Other
               8473 30 00  Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 847 1
               8473 40 00  Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8472
               8501 10 91  Electric motors and generators and electric generating sets and rotary converters, ex­
               8501 10 93  cluding synchronous motors of an output not exceeding 18 W
               8501 10 99
               8501 20 90
               8501 31 90
               8501 32 91
               8501 32 99
               8501 33 91
               8501 33 99
               8501 34 50
               8501 34 91
            ,  8501 34 99
               8501 40 90
               8501 51 90
               8501 52 91
               8501 52 93
               8501 52 99
               8501 53 50
               8501 53 91
               8501 53 99
               8501 61 91
               8501 61 99
               8501 62 90
               8501 63 90
               8501 69 00
               8502 11 90
               8502 12 90
               8502 13 91
               8502 13 99
               8502 20 91
               8502 20 99
               8502 30 91
               8502 30 99
               8502 40 90
               8504 31 90
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                CN code                                          Description
           ex 8504 31 90  Other transformers having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA
                                 Other
                                     To be used with toys
              8504 40 50  Polycrystalline semiconductors
              8504 40 93  Accumulator charges
              8504 40 99  Static converters
                                 Other
                                     Other
                                        Other
              8506        Primary cells and primary batteries
              8507 1091   Lead-acid accumulators
              8507 10 99
              8507 20 99
              8525 30 10  Television cameras with three or more camera tubes
              8525 30 91
              8525 30 99  — Television cameras
                                 Other
                                     Other
              8533        Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resis­
                          tors
              8534        Printed circuits
              8535        Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making con­
                          nections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters,
                          voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs, junction boxes)
              8537        Boards, panels (including numerical control panels), consoles, desks, cabinets and
                          other bases, equipped with two or more apparatuses of heading No 8535 or 8536, for
                          electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instru­
                          ments of apparatus of Chapter 90, other than switching apparatus of heading
                          No 8517
              8538        Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading Nos 8535,
                          8536 or 8537
              8540        Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum
                          or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, mercury are rectifying valves and tube, cath­
                          ode-ray tubes, television camera tubes):
                          — Cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes :
              8540 12            Black and white or other monochrome :
              8540 1290               With a diagonal measurement of the screen exceeding 52 cm
              854020      — Television camera tubes ; image converters and intensifiers ; other photo-cathode
                              tubes :
              8540 20 10         Television camera tubes
              8540 20 30         Image converters or intensifiers
              8540 2090          Other photo-cathode tubes
                           — Microwave tubes (for example, magnetrons, klystrons, travelling wave tubes, car­
                              cinotrons), excluding grid-controlled tubes
              854041 00
              85404200
              854049 00
                           — Other valves and tubes
               8540 81 00
               8540 89 11
               8540 89 19
               8540 89 90
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              CN code                                         Description
            8541        Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices ; photosensitive semiconduc­
                        tor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or
                        made up into panels ; light emitting diodes ; mounted piezo-electric crystals :
            8541 4091   — Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or
            8541 40 93     not assembled in modules or made up into panels ; light emitting diodes
            8541 40 99
            854411 10   Winding wire
                        — Of copper
                               Varnished
            8544 1 1 90        Other
            8544 19 10  — Other
            8544 19 90         Varnished
                                  Other
            8544 20 10  Co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors, ready for connectors to be fit­
                        ted or already provided with connectors
            8544 20 91  Other
                        For high frequency
            8544 20 99  Other
            8544 30 90  Other ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircrafts or
                        ships
            8544 41 00  Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V
                        — Fitted with connectors
            8544 49 10  — Insulated with plastic material
            8544 49 90  — Insulated with other materials
            8544 51 00  Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 80 V but not exceeding 1 000 V
                        — Fitted with connectors
            8544 59 10  With individual conductor wires of a diameter exceeding 0,51 mm
            8544 59 91  Other
                        Insulated with rubber or other elastomers, including cross-linked materials
            8544 59 93  Insulated with other plastic material
            8544 59 99  Insulated with other materials
            8544 60 1 1 Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1 000 V with copper conductors
                        insulated with rubber or other elastomers, including cross-linked materials
            8544 60  13 Insulated with other plastic material
            8544 60  19 Insulated with other materials
            8544 60  91 With other conductors
            8544 60  93
            8544 60  99
            9113 10 10  Watch straps, watch bands and watch bracelets, and part thereof, of precious metals
            9401 20 00  Seats (other than those of heading No 9402), whether or not convertible into beds,
            9401 30 10  and parts thereof, other than those for use in civil aircraft
            9401 30 90
            9401 40 00
            9401 50 00
            9401 61 00
            9401 69 00
            9401 71 00
            9401 79 00
            9401 80 00
            9401 90 90
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                                                                   ANNEX III
                              List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (')
                                                       A. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
048 Yugoslavia                                   370 Madagascar                                604 Lebanon
066 Romania                                      373 Mauritius                                 608 Syria
204 Morocco                                      375 Comoros (2)                               612 Iraq
208 Algeria                                      378 Zambia                                    616 Iran
212 Tunisia                                      382 Zimbabwe                                  628  Jordan
216   Libya                                      386 Malawi (2)                                632  Saudi Arabia
220   Egypt                                      391 Botswana (2)                              636  Kuwait
224   Sudan (2)                                  393 Swaziland                                 640  Bahrain
228   Mauritania (2)                             395 Lesotho (2)                               644 Qatar
232   Mali (2)                                   412 Mexico                                    647 United Arab Emirates
236   Burkina Faso (2)                           416 Guatemala                                 649 Oman
240   Niger (2)                                  421 Belize                                    652 North Yemen (2)
244   Chad (2)                                   424 Honduras                                  656 South Yemen (2)
247   Republic of Cape Verde (2)                 428 El Salvador                               660 Afghanistan (2)
248   Senegal                                    432 Nicaragua                                 662 Pakistan
252   Gambia (2)                                 436 Costa Rica                                664 India
257   Guinea Bissau (2)                          442 Panama                                    666 Bangladesh (2)
260   Guinea (2)                                 448 Cuba                                      667 Maldives (2)
264   Sierra Leone (2)                           449 St Christopher and Nevis                  669 Sri Lanka
268 Liberia                                      452 Haiti (2)                                 672 Nepal (2)
272 Ivory Coast                                  453 Bahamas                                   675 Bhutan (2)
276 Ghana                                        456 Dominican Republic                        676 Burma (2)
280 Togo (2)                                     459 Antigua and Barbuda                       680 Thailand
284 Benin (2)                                    460   Dominica                                684 Laos (2)
288 Nigeria                                      464   Jamaica                                 690 Vietnam
302 Cameroon                                     465   St Lucia                                696 Kampuchea (Cambodia)
306 Central African Republic (2)                 467   St Vincent                              700 Indonesia
310 Equatorial Guinea (2)                        469   Barbados                                701 Malaysia
3 1 1 Sao Tomfc and Principe (2)                 472 . Trinidad and Tobago                     703 Brunei Darussalam
314 Gabon                                        473 Grenada                                   706 Singapore
318 Congo                                        480 Colombia                                  708 Philipjpines
322 Zaire                                        484 Venezuela                                 720 China
324    Rwanda (2)                                488 Guyana                                    728 South Korea
328    Burundi (2)                               492 Surinam                                    801 Papua New Guinea
330    Angola                                    500 Ecuador                                    803 Nauru
334    Ethiopia (2)                              504 Peru                                       806 Solomon Islands
338    Djibouti (2)                              508 Brazil                                     807 Tuvalu (2)
342    Somalia (2)                               512 Chile                                      812 Kiribati (2)
346    Kenya                                     516 Bolivia                                    815 Fiji
350    Uganda (2)                                520   Paraguay                                 816 Vanuatu
352    Tanzania (2)                              524   Uruguay                                  817 Tonga (2)
355    Seychelles and dependencies (2)           528   Argentina                                819 Western Samoa (2)
366    Mozambique                                600   Cyprus
 (') 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. 11 . 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 coun­
                                                  tries are wholly or partly responsible
            044 Gibraltar
            329 St Helena and St Helena dependencies
            357 British Indian Ocean Territory
            377 Mayotte
            406 Greenland
            408 St Pierre and Miquelon
            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 (')
            809 New Caledonia and dependencies .
            811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
            813 Pitcairn
            814 New Zealand Oceania (Tokelau and 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.
            (') 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                                         350 Uganda
            228 Mauritania                                    352 Tanzania
            232 Mali                                          355 Seychelles and dependencies
            236 Burkina Faso                                  375 Comores
            240 Niger                                         386 Malawi
            244 Chad                                          391 Botswana
            247 Republic 6f Cape Verde                        395 Lesotho
            252 Gambia                                        452 Haiti
            257 Guinea Bissau                                 652 North Yemen
            260 Guinea                                        656 South Yemen
            264 Sierra Leone                                  660 Afghanistan
            280 Togo                                          666 Bangladesh
            284 Benin                                         667 Maldives
            306 Central African Republic                      672 Nepal
            310 Equatorial Guinea                             675 Bhutan
            311 Sao Tom6 and Principe                         676 Burma
            324 Rwanda                                        684 Laos
            328 Burundi                                       807 Tuvalu
            334 Ethiopia                                      812 Kiribati
            338 Djibouti                                      817 Tonga
            342 Somalia                                       819 Western Samoa