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31 . 2 . 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 375 /

I

(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particular Article 113 thereof, Whereas the temporary and non-binding nature of the system means that the offer can be withdrawn wholly Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­ or in part at a later date, thus maintaining the possibil­ sion ('), ity of remedying any unfavourable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 tions ; whereas the identification of the products and tem in improving access for developing countries to the 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 and the competitiveness of these countries ; would not be fully achieved by the end of 1980, that 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 : Whereas to reflect better in the preferential amounts —- to maintain for the second half of the decade the 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 ponding to 2 % only of the said importations are indi­ are based on the competitive capacity of the benefici­ 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 short time available it would be possible to ensure effi­ Whereas, regarding the fixed duty-free amounts given cient, secure and even-handed administration of the in Annex I , the method of management has been 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 1990 and thereafter ; lysis of the utilization of these volumes shows a state of differing situations among the Member States, one or two reaching their individual amounts very quickly, Whereas it is appropriate to provide for a protective while others disposed of their unused quantities until mechanism by the establishment of a Community the end of the exercise ; whereas , regarding the fact that 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 as a basis general economic criteria relating to external uous access for all Community importers and to ensure trade, gross national product and population, the per­ uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for centages for the initial shares of the Member States in those quotas to all imports of the products concerned the quota amounts are as follows for the quota year into all the Member States until the amounts are used 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 Spain 5,9 % the fixed duty-free-amount shares of one or other 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 Italy 1 5,0 % amount from remaining unused in one Member State Portugal 1 ,5 % when it could be used in others ; United Kingdom 18,1 %

Whereas, however, taking into account the more pre­ (') OJ No L 147, 4.6. 1981 , p. 6 ; OJ No L 41 , 14.2 . 1983 , 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 appropriate measures ; whereas, in order that these Benelux 4,40 % Denmark 5,90 % regularizations do not lead to tariff ceilings being con­ Germany 7,69 % siderably exceeded, it is appropriate to foresee at the same time that the Commission can take measures to Greece 0,19 % 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 such methods of administration call for close whereas, moreover, the reserve thus constituted tends 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 should be particularly close in view of the need for the oping countries concerned, and contributes to achiev­ ing the aim already mentioned of improving the gener­ Commission to be able to take appropriate measures to reintroduce the levying of customs duties when any of alized preferences system ; whereas, to this end and to the ceiling are reached ; accord importers in each Member State some degree of 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 of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­ munity level ; 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 in the Republic of Korea. Article 1

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 listed in column 4 of Annex I , for the products speci­ covered by this Regulation shall, as a general rule, be fied in columns 2 and 3 against the name of the coun­ subject to statistical surveillance every three months on try or territory concerned, together with details in col­ the reference base referred to in Article 14. 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 toms authorities, the Member state concerned shall — for the same products or groups of products listed draw, by means of notification to the Commission, a in Annex I to every other country or territory listed quantity corresponding to its needs. in Annex III , excepting Yugoslavia,

The requests for drawing, with the indication of the — to each of the countries or territories listed in 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.

Article6¶

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.

Article9¶

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 of the Community, the levying of customs duties may The Member States shall take all appropriate measures 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 2 . By means of a Regulation , the Commission may, Community tariff ceilings relating to products listed in 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 tions of imports actually made during the period Article 12 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.

Article16¶

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

Article17¶

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 , where applicable of the Taric, shall show the country of 2. The Member States shall charge the imports of the origin, value, quantity and any supplementary units as products in question against their shares of the fixed defined by Regulations (EEC) No 1736/75 and (EEC) duty-free amounts as or of the tariff quotas and when 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, the Member States shall forward to the Commission, at tariff limits as and when the products are entered for free circulation, on the basis of the customs value of its request and under the same conditions, the list of charges effected during the previous months . the said products, accompanied by a certificate of ori­ 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 ward to the Commission the lists of charges every 10 4. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or other days ; these lists shall be forwarded within five days preferential tariff limit or admitted under a quota share from the end of each 10-day-period. only if the certificate of origin referred to in paragraphs 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 state of import charges . with paragraphs 2 and 3 . 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 countries or allocated to (ECU) (e) 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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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

2903 15 00 1 600 000 10.0115 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

Bahrain 7 000 000 7 000 000 10.0120 2905 1 1 00 Methanol (d) Malaysia Romania

Saudi Arabia 2 750 000 (***)

(d) 10.0120 : Libya.

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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 750 000 750 000 I

Saudi Arabia 300 000

10.0325 29349040 China 200000 200 000 Furazolidone (INN) |

(d) 10.0260 : South Korea.

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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 Saudi Arabia 380000 380000 Urea containing more than 45 % by weight of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product Kuwait (*) Malaysia United Arab Emirate Mexico Venezuela

Libya 190 000 (***)

2 600000 2 600 000 10.0410 3103 1000 Superphosphates Iraq (*)

4 600 000 10.0420 3105 Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing (*) 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

700 000 10.0430 3503 00 10 Gelatines and derivatives thereof

800 000 10.0435 3802 10 00 Activated carbon

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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10.0453 3901 10 10 Linear polyethylene having a specific gravi­ Argentina 12 000 000 12 000 000 (*) ty of less than 0,94 I

Saudi Arabia 5 000000 (***)

10.0455 3901 2000 Saudi Arabia 4 500000 10 500 000 Polyethylene having a specific gravity of (*) 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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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 2 400 000 Sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or 4109 — Parchment-dressed or prepared after tan­ ning

10.0540 4106 2000 2 500 000 Goat or kid skin leather, without hair on , other than leather of heading No 4108 or 4109 — Parchment-dressed or prepared after tan­ ning

South Korea 2 400 000 4 000 000 10.0560 4202 12 11 Trunks, suit-cases, vanity cases, executive 4202 12 19 cases, briefcases, schoolcases and similar 4202 22 10 containers 2 400000 BNL 168 000 Hong Kong 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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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 1 000 000 Hong Kong 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 of textile materials 4202 92 95 Of textile materials 4202 92 99 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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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 Brazil 4 000 000 BNL 280 000 7 000 000 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous ma­ terials whether or not bonded with resins or DK 128 800 (•) D 680 400 other organic substances 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 Brazil 86 000 m 3 BNL 2648,8 m 3 Wood marquetry and inlaid wood 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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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

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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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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

6913 Statuettes and other ornamental ceramic 5 000000 10.0750 articles

Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other 540000 10.0760 7012 vacuum vessels

3 000 000 10.0770 7013 Glassware of a kind used for table, kit­ (*) chen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than that of heading No 7010 or 7018)

7014 500000 10.0785 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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10.0820 7207 19 39 Romania • 410 000 410 000 Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy 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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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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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

10.0860 7 500000 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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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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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 3 000 000* Chopper bars, rods and profiles — 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

7604 10 10 Venezuela 6 500 000 7 000 000 10.0925 Aluminium bars, rods and profiles, exclud­ 76041090 ing hollow profiles 76042910 7604 29 90 7605 Aluminium wire (*)(**)

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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

1 314000 BNL 91 980 2 000 000 0.0970 8301 Padlocks and locks (key, combination or Hong Kong DK 42 311 electrically operated), of base metal ; clasps and frames with clasps, incorporating locks D 223 511 of base metal ; keys for any of the foregoing GR 17 476 ES 54 268 articles, of base metal FR 163 724 IRL 8 278 I 137 970 P 13 797 UK 166 484

841410 30 Brazil 8 600 000 BNL 602 000 9 000 000 10.0980 Pumps and compressors DK 276 920 8414 10 50 Singapore D 1 462 860 84141090 84142091 GR 114 380 84142099 ES 355 180 FR 1 071 560 841430 30 8414 3091 IRL 54 180 84143099 I 903 000 P 90 300 84144010 UK 1 089 620 84144090 84148021 8414 80 29 84148031 841480 39 8414 8041 8414 8049 84148060 8414 8071 84148079 8414 80 90

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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

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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 650 000 Hong Kong 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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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

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10.1110 8542 11 10 Electric integrated circuits and microassem­ (cont'd) 8542 1 1 30 blies 8542 11 71 8542 1 1 75 8542 11 91 8542 1 1 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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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 South Korea 4 000 000 4 500 000 Fishing rods, fish-hooks and other line fish­ 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 1 1 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 Description I

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 1 1 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 395 Lesotho 247 Republic 6f Cape Verde 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