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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC) No 158 /76 of 20 January 1976 on the system for guaranteeing the stabilization of earnings from certain commodities exported by the ACP States and the overseas countries and territo­ ries associated with the Community

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN — from the ACP States listed in Annex I to Regula­ COMMUNITIES, tion ( EEC) No 1598/75 (') until the Convention enters into force and thereafter from the ACP Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European States to which the Convention applies ; Economic Community, and in particular Article 213 — from the countries and territories listed in Annex I thereof, to Regulation (EEC) No 1 957/75 (2 ) and Having regard to the proposal from the Commission , subsequently from those covered by the Decision to be adopted by the Council on the association of Whereas the ACP-EEC Convention of Lome was the countries and. territories . signed on 28 February 1975 ;

Whereas Article 17 of the Convention establishes the A rtic/e 2 list of commodities covered by the system for stabi­ The statement referred to in Article 1 shall give lizing export earnings of the ACP States ; details of all products : Whereas it is proposed to extend this system to the — which are released for home uje in the Member overseas countries and territories associated with the State concerned , Community, hereinafter called the 'countries and terri­ tories' ; ... — which arf brought under the inward processing arrangements there in order to be processed . Whereas it is necessary to institute a system of cross­ checking of statistics between the Community and the Article 3 ACP States and between the Community and the The statement referred to in Article 1 shall show the countries and territories in order to implement the system for stabilizing export earnings, country of origin of the products, according to the common geographical code in force, the quantities imported and the cif values of these imports . HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : A rtic/e 4 Article 1 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its Before the end of each month , the Member States publication in the Official Journal of the European shall forward to the Commission a statement of Communities. imports during the previous month of the products listed in the Annex to this Regulation : It shall apply from 1 January 1976.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 20 January 1976 .

For the Council

The President G. THORN

(') OJ No L 166, 28 . 6 . 1975, p . 1 . (-') OJ No L 201 , 31 . 7 . 1975, p . 5 .

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ANNEX

List of products which are the subject of this Regulation

Nimexe code Tariff description

( a ) Ground-nut products Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit , whole or broken : 12.01.31 to 12.01.35 Ground-nuts , in shell or shelled

Ground-nut oil for the manufacture of foodstuffs for 15.07.74 and 15.07.87 human consumption , crude

Ground-nut oil for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption , other

23.04.10 Oil-cake and other residues ( except dregs) resulting from the extraction of vegetable oils : Other : Of ground-nuts

( b ) Cocoa products 18.01.00 Cocoa beans , whole or broken, raw or roasted 18.03.10 to 18.03.30 Cocoa paste ( in bulk or in block ), whether or not defat­ ted : Not defatted Wholly or partly defatted 18.04.00 Cocoa butter ( fat or oil )

( c) Coffee products 09.01.11 to 09.01.17 Coffee , whether or not roasted or freed of caffeine ; coffee husks and skins ; containing coffee in any pro­ portion Coffee , unroasted : Not freed of caffeine ; freed of caffeine Coffee, roasted : Not freed of caffeine ; freed of caffeine 21.02.10 Extracts , essences or concentrates of coffee ; preparations with a basis of coffee extracts , essences or concentrates

( d ) Cotton products 55.01.10 to 55.01.90 Cotton , not carded or combed 55.02.10 to 55.02.90 Cotton linters , raw and other Coconuts : ( e ) Coconut products ^Desiccated coconut : 08.01.71 to 08.01.75 Other 12.01.42 Oil-seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken : Copra 15.07.77 and 15.07.92 Coconut or copra oil for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption , crude Coconut or copra oil for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption , other

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Nimexe code Tariff description

23.04.20 Oil-cake and other residues ( except dregs ) resulting from the extraction of vegetable oils : Other Of copra (= of coconut) ( f) Palm, palm nut and kernel products 15.07.19 and 15.07.61 Palm oil , for technical or industrial uses , crude and 15.07.63 Palm oil , for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption , crude Palm oil, for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption , other

15.07.31 and 15.07.78 Palm kernel oil , for technical or industrial uses , crude and 15.07.93 Palm kernel oil , for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption , solid or fluid , other than in packings of 1 kg or less, crude Palm kernel oil , for the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption , solid or fluid , other than in packings of 1 kg or less, other 23.04.30 Oil-cake and other residues (except dregs) resulting from the extraction of vegetable oils :

Other : Of palm nuts or kernels 12.01.44 Oil seeds and oleaginous fruit, whole or broken : Palm nuts and kernels ( g) Raw hides, skins and leather 41.01.11 to 41.01.95 Raw hides and skins (fresh , salted, dried , pickled or limed ), whether or not split, including sheepskins in the wool 41.02.05 to 41.02.50 Bovine cattle leather ( including buffalo leather ) and equine leather , except leather falling within heading No 4.1.0.6 , 41 :.07 or 41.08 41.03.10 to 41.03.99 Sheep and lamb skin leather , except leather falling within heading No 41.06 , 41.07 or 41.08 41.04.10 to 41.04.99 Goat and kid skin leather , except leather falling within heading No 41.0t6 , 41.07 or 41.08 ( h ) Wood products 44.03.20 to 44.03.99 Wood in the rough , whether or not stripped of its bark or merely roughed down

44.04.20 to 44.04.98 Wood , roughly squared or half-squared, but not further manufactured 44.05.10 to 44.05.79 Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled , but not further prepared , of a thickness exceeding 5 mm ( i ) Fresh bananas Bananas : 08.01.31 Fresh

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Nimexe code Tariff description

(j ) Tea 09.02.10 to 09.02.90 Tea in immediate packings of a net capacity not ex­ ceeding 3 kg : Other ( k) Raw sisal Sisal fibres and other fibres of the Agave family , includ­ 57.04.10 ing waste of such fibres and pulled or garnetted rags or ropes

( 1 ) Iron ore 26.01.12 to 26.01.18 Metallic ores and concentrates and roasted iron pyrites :

Iron ores and concentrates and roasted iron pyrites