Council Regulation (EEC) No 3211/90 of 29 October 1990 amending Regulations (EEC) No 3896/89, (EEC) No 3897/89 and (EEC) No 3898/89 in respect of the system of generalized tariff preferences applied to certain products originating in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3211/90   of 29 October 1990   amending Regulations (EEC) No  3896/89, (EEC) No 3897/89 and (EEC) No 3898/89 in respect of the system of generalized tariff  preferences applied to certain products originating in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular  Article 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament  (1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee  (2),
Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3896/89  (3), (EEC) No 3897/89  (4) and (EEC) No 3898/89  (5) apply  generalized tariff preferences for 1990 to certain industrial products, to textile products and  certain agricultural products originating in the developing countries;
Whereas the Community applies to those countries, which include Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and  Peru, preferential treatment by reference notably to their degree of development and  competitiveness; whereas for the industrial and textile sector this gives rise to suspension of the  duty within a quota and an individual tariff ceiling and to a reduction in the customs duty without  any quantitative limit for agricultural products, with the exception of five products which are  subject to a fixed amount at a reduced duty;
Whereas cocaine production is being developed in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to the  detriment of lawful agricultural production, the earnings from which enter those countries'  economies; whereas this situation results in a substantial decline to those countries' export  resources;
Whereas cocaine trafficking seriously undermines those countries' social integrity and impairs  their economies to the point of jeopardizing and even setting back their development;
Whereas the Community has delivered a favourable opinion concerning the request for support for  the special cooperation programme presented by the Colombian Government; whereas, in order to  increase the export earnings of the countries concerned and improve growth rates, they should be  given increased aid, on an exceptional, temporary basis, by granting them a system of generalized  tariff preferences consisting of exemption from quotas and ceilings and the according of duty-free  treatment for industrial and textile products, and the according of duty-free treatment for a  specified list of products in the agricultural sector; whereas this system should be granted to  them for the period of the special programme, i.e. four years, without prejudice to the annual  nature of the Community's generalized preferences scheme,