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REGULATION (EEC ) No 2767/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 19 December 1972
establishing in respect of certain products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff a scheme of generalized preferences in favour of developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , "Whereas tariff preferences have been applied as from the second half of 1971 under the conditions set out Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European above and whereas these preferences should continue Economic Community ; to be applied , pro rata temporis, until 30 September 1973 ; Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69 ( 2) of 28 Ma)- 1969 laying down the trade Whereas it is expedient, therefore, that the Community arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting should authorize the importation of the products refer from the processing of agricultural products , and in red to in Annex A , originating in the countries and particular Article 12 thereof ; territories listed in Annex B , subject to the customs duties given in respect of each of them throughout Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; 1973 ; whereas the benefit of such preferential terms Whereas , within the context of UNCTAD , the should be reserved for products originating in the European Economic Community offered to grant countries and territories under consideration, the con tariff preferences on certain processed agricultural cept of ' originating products ' being determined in ac products of Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common cordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 Customs Tariff which originate in developing coun of Council Regulation (EEC) No 802/26 (2) of 27 June tries ; whereas the preferential treatment proposed in 1968 on the common definition of the concept of the that offer consists, in respect of certain goods which origin of goods ; are subject to the trade arrangements laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 1059/69, of a reduction in the Whereas measures should be provided for which will fixed component of the charge applicable to such enable any serious disruption in any sector of the goods by virtue of that Regulation , and, in respect economic activity of the Community to be avoided ; of products which are subject to the single customs whereas , to this end , the Commission should be em duty, of a reduction :n such duty ; whereas pref powered to reintroduce partially or wholly the Com erential imports of the products concerned could be mon Customs Tariff duties in order that such disrup effected without quantitative restrictions . tion may be avoided ;
Whereas the offer made by the Community includes Whereas the Commission must be able to have access a clause stipulating that the Community drew up the to information concerning imports effected within the offer on the assumption that all the main industrial framework of generalized preferences ; whereas, to ized countries which are members of the OECD this end , A4ember States are to inform the Commission would participate in granting preferences and would every six months of imports actually effected, classi make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas , more fied by origin ; over, it is evident from the conclusions worked out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of a temporary HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : nature, does not constitute a binding commitment and , in particular, may be withdrawn wholly or in part at a later date ; whereas th:s possibility may be adopted Article 1 inter alia with a view to remedying any unfavourable situations which might arise in the associated coun 1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1973 Community tries following the implementation of the generalized imports of the products listed in Annex A shall benefit preference scheme ; from the customs duties specified for each product.
O OJ No L 141 , 12.6.1969, p . 1 . ( 2) OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 1 .
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2 . The treatment provided for in paragraph 1 shall period of not more than ten working days after the be enjoyed solely by products originating in the coun request has been received and shall inform the Mem tries and territories listed in Annex B. ber States of this decision .
For the purposes of the application of this Regulation, 3 . Any Member State may refer to the Council the the concept of originating products shall be deter measure taken by the Commission, within a period of mined in accordance with the procedure laid down in not more than ten working days after it has been in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 . formed thereof. Reference of the matter to the Coun cil shall not suspend the measure. The Council shall Article 2 meet immediately. It may, by a qualified majority, amend or rescind the measure in question. When products benefiting from the treatment provi ded for in Article 1 are imported in the Community in Article 4 such quantities or at such prices that Community producers of products similar to or in direct competi The provisions of Articles 2 and 3 shall not prejudice tion with them suffer or are likely to suffer serious the implementation of the safeguard clauses adopted disadvantage, the Common Customs Tariff duties may on account of the common agricultural policy under be reintroduced in whole or in part on the products in Article 43 of the Treaty and of those adopted on ac question in respect of the countries or territories which count of the common commercial policy under Article are the cause of the disadvantage. Such measures may 113 of the Treaty . also be taken in the case of actual or likely serious disadvantage in a single region of the Community. Article 5 Article 3 Member States shall inform the Commission every six months of imports effected by origin under this Regu 1 . The Commission may decide, by means of a Regu lation . lation, to reintroduce the Common Customs Tariff duties for a specified period , in order to ensure that Article 2 is applied. Article 6 2 . In the event of such action being requested by a This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January Member State, the Commission shall decide within a 1973 .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels , 19 December 1972 .
For the Council The President T. WESTERTERP
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ANNEX A
List of products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 originating in developing countries and territories to which the Generalized Tariff Preferences will apply
CCT Rate heading Description of Duty Xo 1 2 3
02.04 Other meat and edible meat offals , fresh , chilled or frozen :
ex B. Of game : ·
— Furred game, frozen 3%
C. Other : ex I. Frog's legs 7%
C 5 . 07 Skins and other parts of birds , with their feathers or down , feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down , not further worked than cleaned , disinfected or treated for preservation ; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers : B. Bed feathers ; down : II . Other 1-5%
07.04 Dried, dehydrated or evaporated vegetables , whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder but not further prepared : ex B. Other : — Mushrooms, excluding cultivated mushrooms .... 13%
08.10 Fruit ( whether or not cooked), preserved by freezing, not containing added sugar : ex B. Other : — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples ; grapefruit and pomelos, quinces, whortleberries , bilberries , blackberries 16%
08.11 Fruit provisionally preserved (for example , by sulphur dioxide gas , in brine , in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions)^ but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption :
C. Pawpaws 3% ex D. Other : — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples ; grapefruit and pomelos , quinces , whortleberries, bilberries , blackberries 8%
KB.: An explanation of the abbreviations is found on p. 105 .
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CCT Rate heading Description of Duty No 1 2 3
08.12 • Fruit, dried, other than that falling within heading No 08.01 , 08.02 , 08.03 , 08.04 or 08.05 : ex G. Others : — Tamarind (pods , pulp) · . exemption
08.13 Peel of melons and citrus fruit, fresh , frozen , dried or pro visionally preserved in brine , in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions exemption
11.03 Flours of the leguminous vegetables falling within heading No 07.05 : A. Of peas , beans or lentils 9% B. Other 9%
11.04 Flours of the fruits falling within any heading in Chapter 8 : A. Of bananas 12% B. Other — Of tamarind 7% — Not specified 10%
12.07 Plants and parts (including seeds and fruit) of trees , bushes , shrubs or other plants , being goods of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal , fungicidal or similar purposes , fresh or dried , whole , cut, crushed , ground or powdered : B. Liquorice roots exemption
13.03 Vegetable saps and extracts , pectic substances , pectinates and pectates ; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners , derived from vegetable products : • A. Vegetable saps and extracts : III . Of quassia amara exemption IV . Liquorice 3% V. Of pyrethrum and of the roots of plants containing rotenone 3% VII . Intermixtures of vegetable extracts , for the manufac ture of beverages or of food preparations 3% VIII . Other : a) Medicinal exemption
C. Agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, derived from vegetable products : I. Agar-agar exemption II . Mucilages and thickeners extracted from locust beans or locust bean seeds 1%
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CCT Rate heading Description of Duty No 1 2 3
15.03 Lard stearin , oleostearin and tallow stearin ; lard oil , oleo-oil and tallow oil , not emulsified or mixed or prepared in any way : A. Lard stearin and oleostearin : 11 . Other 6%
B. Tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs (a) 2% C. Other 10%
15.04 Fats and oils , of fish and marine mammals , whether or not refined : A. Fish-liver oil : I. Of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2500 international units per gramme 4%
15.05 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) : A. Wool grease, crude 3% B. Other A O 'T" /0 15.06 Other animal oils and fats (including neat's-foot oil and fats from bones or waste) exemption
15.09 Degras .' 4% 15.10 Fatty acids ; acid oils from refining, fatty alcohols : A. Stearic acid 6% 15.11 Glycerol and glycerol lyes : A. Crude glycerol and glycerol lyes exemption B. Other, including svnthetic glycerol 4% 15.14 Spermaceti , crude, pressed or refined , whether or not coloured 1% 15.15 Beeswax and other insect waxes , whether or not coloured : B. Other 3% 15.16 Vegetable waxes , whether or not coloured : B. Other . . exemption 16.02 Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal : A. Liver : I. Goose or duck liver 14%
(a) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions to be determined by the competent authorities .
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CCT Rare heading Description of Duty No 1 2 3
16.02 B. Other : (cont'd) II . Game or rabbit meat or offal 14% III . Not specified : b) Other ex 1 . Containing bovine meat or offal : — prepared or preserved bovine tongue .. 21% 2 . Not specified : aa) Ovine meat or offal 18% bb) Other 23% 16.03 Meat extracts and meat juices, in immediate packings of a net capacity of : B. 1 kg exclusive to 20 kgs exclusive 5% 16% C. 1 kg or less
16.04 Prepared or preserved fish , including caviar and caviar substi tutes : A. Caviar and caviar substitutes : I. Caviar (sturgeon's eggs) 15% II . Other 24% B. Salmonidae 10% ex G. Other, excluding hake ( merluccius) and sardinops sagax ocellata (called ' Pilchards ') 16%
16.05 Crustaceans and molluscs , prepared or preserved : A. Crab 13 % ex B. Other, excluding shrimps of the ' Crangon sp. p ' type 16%
17.04 Sugar confectionery , not containing cocoa :
A. Liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sugar but not containing other added substances . . . 17% B. Chewing gum 6% + vc i 1) C. White chocolate 10 % + vc ( 2) + ads 18.06 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa : A. Cocoa powder, not otherwise sweetened than by the simple addition of saccharose 7% + vc 19.02 Preparations of Hour, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes , containing less than 50 % by weight of cocoa 8 % + vc
ex 19.04 Tapioca and sago , excluding tapioca and sago substitutes obtained from potato or other starches 7 % + vc
1) With a maximum of 23% (2) With a maximum of 27%
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CCT Rate heading Description of Duty No 1 3 I 2
19.05 Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products ( puffed rice, corn flakes and similar products) 6% + vc 19.06 Communion wafers , empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers , rice paper and similar products 4% + vc 19.07 Bread, ship's biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares , not containing sugar, honey , eggs , fats , cheese or fruit : A. Knäckerbrot 7% + vc O + adf B. Mazoth 3 % + vc (2) + adf C. Gluten bred for diabetics 7% + vc D. Other 7% + vc 19.08 Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers ' wares , whether or not containing cocoa in any proportion : A. Gingerbread and the like 10% + vc 20.01 Vegetables and fruit, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid , with or without sugar, whether or not containing salt, spices or mustard : ex B. Other, excluding gherkins and cucumbers 18% 20.02 Vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid : E. Sauerkraut 18% ex F. Capers 16% 20.03 Fruit preserved by freezing, containing added sugar : ex A. With a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight : — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples · 21 % + (L) ex B. Other : — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples 21%
20.04 Fruit, fruit-peel and parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained , glacé or crystallized) : B. Other : ex I. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight : — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples 20 % + (L) ex 11 . Not specified : — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples 20%
(*) With a maximum of 24% t' 2} With a maximum of 20%
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CCT Rate heading Description of Duty No 1 2 3
20.05 Jams , fruit jellies, marmalades , fruit purée and fruit pastes , being cooked preparations , whether or not containing added sugar : B. Jams and marmalades of citrus fruit : ex I. With a sugar content exceeding 30% by weight , 22 % + (L) excluding orange jam and marmalade ex II. With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30% by weight, excluding orange jam and marmalade 22% + (L) 22% ex III. Other, excluding orange jam and marmalade C. Other : I. With a sugar content exceeding 30% by weight : ex b ) Other : — of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples 24% + (L) ex II . With a sugar content exceeding 13 % but not exceeding 30% by weight : — of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , exclud ing pineapples 24% + (L) ex III . Not specified : — of fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , exclud 24% ing pineapples 20.06 Fruit prepared otherwise or preserved ; whether or not contain ing added sugar or spirit : A. Nuts ( including groundnuts), roasted , in immediate Pack ings of a net capacity : I. Of more than 1 kg 12% 14% II . Of 1 kg or less B. Other : I. Containing added spirit : 25% a) Ginger b ) Pineapples in immediate packings of a net capacity : 1 . Of more than 1 kg : aa) With a sugar content exceeding 17% by weight 25% + (L) 25% bb) Other 2 . Of 1 kg or less : aa ) With a sugar content exceeding 19% by weight 25 % + (L) bb) Other 25% c) Grapes : 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight . 25 % + (L) 2 . Other 25%
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CCT Kate heading Description of Duty No 1 2 3
20.06 d) Peaches, pears and apricots, in immediate packings :ont'd) of a net capacity : 1 . Of more than 1 kg : aa ) "With a sugar content exceeding 13 % by weight 25% +(L) bb) Other 25% 2 . Of 1 kg or less : aa) With a sugar content exceeding 15 % by weight 25% + (L) bb) Other 25% e) Other fruits : 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9% by weight . 25% + (L) 2 . Other 25% f) Mixtures of fruit : 1 . With a sugar content exceeding 9% by weight . 25% + (L) 2 . Other 25% II . Not containing added spirit : a) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity of more than 1 kg : 2 . Grapefruit segments 15 % -f (L) 3 . Mandarins 19% + (L) 4. Grapes 18% + (L) ex 7. Other fruits : — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples 18 % + (L) — Tamarind (pods, pulp) 13 % + (L) b) Containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less : 2 . Grapefruit segments 16% + (L) 3 . Mandarins 20% + (L) 4 . Grapes 19% + (L) ex 7. Other fruits : — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples 19% + (L) c) Not containing added sugar, in immediate packings of a net capacity : 1 . Of 4-5 kg or more ex cc) Other fruits — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples 18% ex 2 . Of less than 4-5 kg — Fruit falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples 18%
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CCT Rate of heading Description No Duty
1 2 3
20.07 Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, whether or not containing added sugar, but unfermented and not containing spirit : A. Of a specific gravity exceeding 1-33 at 15 °C : III. Other : ex a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a . per 100 kg net weight : — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , exclu 34% ding pineapples b) Of a value not exceeding 30 u.a. per 100 kg~net weight : ex 1 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , excluding pineapples 34 % -f- (L) 2 . Other — Fruits falling within heading No 08.01 , 34% excluding pineapples
B. Of a specific gravity of 1-33 or less at 15 °C : II . Other : a) Of a value exceeding 30 u.a . per 100 kg net weight : 2. Grapefruit juice 12% ex 3 . Other citrus fruit juice : aa) With an added sugar content 14% bb) Other 15% ex 6. Other fruit and vegetable juice, excluding apricot and peach juice : aa) With an added sugar content 17% bb) Other 18% 7 . Mixtures : ex bb) Other, excluding mixtures containing , either separately or together, over 25 % of grape , citrus fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or peach juice 11 . Containing added sugar 17% 22 . Other 18% b) Of a value of 30 u.a . or less per 100 kg net weight : 2 . Grapefruit juice : aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 12 % + (L) 12% bb) Other 4. Other citrus fruit juice : aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight 14 % + (L) bb) With an added sugar content of 30% or less by weight 14% cc) Not containing added sugar - 15%
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CCT Rate of heading Description . Duty No 1 2 3
20.07 7. Other fruit and vegetable juices : (cont'd) aa) With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 17% + (L) bb) "With an added sugar content of 30% or less by weight 17% cc) Not containing added sugar 18% 8 . Mixtures : ex bb) Others , excluding mixtures containing, . either sepárately or together, over 25% of grape, citrus fruit, pineapple, apple, pear, tomato, apricot or peach juice : 11 . With an added sugar content exceeding 30% by weight 17% + (L) 22 . With an added sugar content of 30% or less by weight 17% 33 . Not containing added sugar 18%
21.01 Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes ; extracts , essences and concentrates thereof : A. Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes : II . Other 4 % + vc B. Extracts, essences and concentrates of the products described under subheading A : II . Other 8 % + vc
21.02 Extracts , essences or concentrates , of coffee, tea or maté ; preparations with a basis of those extracts , essences or concentrates : A. Extracts , essences or concentrates of coffee ; preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates . . . 14% B. Extracts , essences or concentrates of tea or maté ; prepara tions with a basis of those extracts , essences or concentrates 6%
21.03 Mustard flour and prepared mustard : A. Alustard flour, in immediate packings of a net capacity : I. Of 1 kg or less 6% II. Of more than 1 kg 2% B. Prepared mustard 13%
21.04 Sauces ; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings : B. Other 14%
21.05 Soups and broths , in liquid, solid or powder form ; homogenized composite food preparations : A. Soups and broths, in liquid , solid or powder form 14%
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CCT Rate of heading Description Duty No 1 2 3
21.06 Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders : A. Active natural yeasts : I. Culture yeast 14% II. Bakers' yeast : a) Dried 7% + vc b) Other 7% + vc III . Other 18% B. Inactive natural yeast : I. In tablet, cube or similar form , or in immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less 10% II . Other 6% C. Prepared baking powders 8%
21.07 Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : A. Cereals in grain or ear form , pre-cooked or otherwise prepared 10% + ve F. Other : I. Containing no milkfats or containing less than 1-5% by weight or such fats : a) Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5% by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar ex pressed as sucrose) : ex 1 . Containing no starch or less than 5% by weight of starch — Palm tree cores 16%
22.02 Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and vege table juices falling within heading No 20.07 : A. Not containing milk or milkfats : — Beverages obtained from tamarind pulp 8% — Other 12%
23.02 Bran , sharps and other residues derived from - the sifting , milling or working of cereals or of leguminous vegetables : B. Of leguminous vegetables 6%
23.07 Sweetened forage ; other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding : A. Fish or marine mammal solubles 4% C. Not specified 12%
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Abbreviations :
(L): indicates that the goods referred to are subject to the levy system ;
vc : indicates that the goods referred to are subject to a charge based on a variable component which is specified under the regulations concerning trade in certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products ; adf : indicates that additional duty may be levied on the flour content of the products concerned ; ads : indicates that additional duty may be levied on the sugar content of the products concerned .
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ANNEX B
List of developing countries and territories benefiting under the Generalized Tariff Preferences
INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES Afghanistan Honduras Qatar Algeria India Rwanda Argentina Indonesia Saudi Arabia Bahrain Iran Senegal Bangladesh Iraq Sierra Leone Barbados Ivory Coast Singapore Bhutan Jamaica Somalia Bolivia Jordan South Vietnam Botswana Kenya Southern Yemen Brazil Khmer Republic Sri Lanka Burma Korea , Republic of (South Korea) Sudan Burundi Kuwait Swaziland Cameroun Laos Syria Central African Republic Lebanon Tanzania Chad Lesotho Thailand Chile Liberia Togo Colombia Libya Tonga Congo, People's Republic of Malagasy Republic Trinidad and Tobago Costa Rica Malawi Tunisia Cuba Malaysia Uganda Cyprus Maldive Islands Union of Arab Emirates .: Dahomey Mali Abu Dhabi Dominican Republic Mauritania Dubai Ecuador Mauritius Ras al Khaimah Egypt, Arab Republic of Mexico Sharjah El Salvador Morocco Ajman Equatorial Guinea Nauru Umm al Qaiwain Ethiopia Nepal Fujairah Fiji Nicaragua Upper Volta Gabon Niger Uruguay Gambia Nigeria , Federal Republic of Venezuela Ghana Pakistan Western Samoa Guatemala Panama Yemen Guinea , Republic of Paraguay Yugoslavia Guyana Peru Zaire , Democratic Republic of Haiti Philippines Zambia
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COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES dependent or administered, or for the conduct of whose external affairs Member States of the Community or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
Afars and Issas (Territory of the) Angola (including Cabinda) Bahamas Bermuda British Honduras British Indian Ocean Territory ( Chagos Archipelago, Des Roches) British Oceania (Territories under the jurisdiction of the Western Pacific High Commission) (x) Brunei Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands and Dependencies Comoro Aichipelago Cook Islands Falkland Is ands (Malvinas) and Dependencies French Polynesia French Southern and Antarctic Territories Gibraltar Hong Kong Macao Mozambique Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia and Dependencies New Guinea (Australian) and Papua Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States trusteeship (2) Papua (see Australian New Guinea) Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Timor St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha) Saint Pierre and Miquelon São Tomé and Principe Seychelles ( ncluding Amirantes ) Sikkim Spanish territory in Africa Surinam Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Niuwe Island, Tokelau Islands) Turks and Caicos Islands Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas , St John etc.) Wallis and Futuna Islands West Indies (3) Note : The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter national status of countries or territories .
P) Gilbert and Ellice Islands , British Solomon Islands , New Hebrides, Condominium, Canton, Enderbury and Pitcairn Islands . (*) The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include : Guam, American Samoa (including Swain's Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the Caroline, Mariana and Marshall Islands). (3) Leeward Islands, Antigua , Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla , British Virgin Islands, Windward Islands, Dominica , Grenada , St Lucia , St Vincent.