Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION approving the exchange of letters between the Community and the ACP States concerning Annex XL to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention relating to the joint Declaration on agricultural products referred to in Article 168(2)(a)(ii)
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 08. 01. 1997 COM(96) 686 final 97/0010 (ACC) Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION approving the exchange of letters between the Community and the ACP States concerning Annex XL to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention relating to the Joint Declaration on agricultural products referred to in Article 168(2)(a)(ii) (presented by the Commission) EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM The Final Act of the Agreement amending the Fourth ACP-EC Lomé Convention signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995 states that Annex XL to the Convention concerning the Joint Declaration relating to agricultural products referred to in Article 168(2)(a)(ii) will be replaced by the text of paragraph 81. However, in its present form the text will have to be adapted to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations which has been transposed into the Common Customs Tariff adopted by the Community. The Community has undertaken to revise Annex XL signed in Mauritius and has consulted the ACP States on this matter over the last few months. The ACP-EC Council of Ministers in Mauritius adopted the recommendation by the Committee of Ambassadors to formally adopt the revised version in the form of an exchange of letters between the Presidents of the EU and ACP Councils respectively. •x Proposal for a Council Decision approving the exchange of letters between the Community and the ACP States concerning Annex XL to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention relating to the Joint Declaration on agricultural products referred to in Article 168(2)(a)(ii) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 113 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas the exchange of letters between the Community and the ACP States on Annex XL to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention relating to the Joint Declaration on agricultural products referred to in Article 168(2)(a)(ii) should be approved, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Article 1 The exchange of letters between the Community and the ACP States on Annex XL to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention relating to the Joint Declaration on agricultural products referred to in Article 168(2)(a)(ii) is hereby approved on behalf of the European Community. The text of the exchange of letters is attached to this Decision. Article 2 The President of the Council shall notify the ACP States of this exchange of letters on behalf of the European Community. Done at Brussels,. 4Q. Exchange of letters between the Community and the ACP States concerning XL to the Fourth ACP-EC Convention relating to the Joint Declaration on agricultural products referred to in Article 168(2)(a)(ii) A. Letter from the Community Sir, The Final Act of the Agreement amending the Fourth ACP-EC Lomé Convention signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995 states that Annex XL to the Convention shall be replaced by the text of paragraph 81. However, in its present form the text will have to be adapted to take account of the results of the Uruguay Round negotiations which have been transposed into the Common Customs Tariff adopted by the Community. The Community has undertaken to revise the text of Annex XL signed in Mauritius and has consulted the ACP States on this matter over the last few months. I enclose the final revised text in the annex and should be obliged if you would confirm that the ACP States have taken note thereof. Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. On behalf of the Council of the European Union a. ft- B. Letter from the ACP States Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date and to inform you that the ACP States have taken note of its content and the provisions attached thereto. Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. On behalf of the ACP Council of Ministers it ANNEX XL Joint deciaratibn concerning agricultural products referred to in Article 168(2)(a)(ii) The Contracting Parties have taken note that the Community intends to take the measures mentioned in the Annex, and which are laid down at the date of signing of the Convention, with a view to granting ACP States the preferential treatment provided for in Article 168(2)(a)(ii), for certain agricultural and processed products. They have taken note that the Community declares that it will take all the measures required to ensure that the corresponding agricultural regulations are adopted in good time and that, wherever possible, they come into force at the same time as the interim arrangements which will be introduced after the signing of the agreement amending the fourth ACP-EC Convention. Import treatment applicable to agricultural products and foodstuffs originating in the ACP States Common organization of market Special treatment for the ACP States 1. BEEF AND VEAL CN code 0102 90 05 0102 90 21 0102 90 29 0102 90 41 0102 90 49 0102 90 51 0102 90 59 0102 90 61 0102 90 69 0102 90 71 0102 90 79 0201 0202 0206 10 91 0206 10 95 0206 10 99 0206 21 00 0206 22 90 0206 29 91 0206 29 99 0210 20 0210 90 41 0210 90 49 0210 90 90 ex 1502 00 90 1602 50 10 Exemption from ad valorem customs duties for the following products covered by the common organization of the market Where, in the course of a year, imports of beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201, 0202, 0206 10 95, 0206 29 91, 1602 50 10 and 1602 90 61 originating in an ACP State exceed the greatest quantity of Community imports recorded for one year between 1969 and 1974 inclusive for the origin in question, plus an annual growth rate of 7%, exemption from customs duties on the products of that origin shall be partially or totally suspended. In such case, the Commission shall report to the Council of Ministers of the European Union, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide on the treatment to be applied to the imports concerned. Page ii 1602 50 31 1602 50 39 1602 50 80 1602 90 61 1602 90 69 ex 1602 10 00 ex 1602 20 90 ex 1602 90 10 2. SHEEPMEAT AND GOATMEAT CN code 0104 0204 0206 80 99 0206 90 99 0210 9011 0210 9019 0210 90 60 ex 1502 00 90 1602 90 72 1602 90 74 1602 90 76 1602 90 78 ex 160210 00 ex 1602 20 90 ex1602 9010 3. POULTRY MEAT CN code: 01051111 01051119 0105 11 91 01051199 0105 92 00 0105 93 00 010512 00 16% reduction in the customs duty for the following products: Homogenized preparations of beef and veal Preparations of cows' or calves' liver Preparations of cows' or calves' blood Exemption from ad valorem customs duties for the following products covered by the common organization of the market Non-application of specific CCT duties for an annual quota of 100 tonnes for CN codes: (a) 010410 30 010410 80 0104 20 90 (other than pure-bred breeding animals) (b) 0204 0210 9011 0210 9019 (other than meat of domestic sheep). For this meat, reduction of 65% of specific CCT duties for an annual quota of 500 tonnes 16% reduction in the customs duty for the following products: Homogenized preparations of sheepmeat and goatmeat Preparations of sheep's or goats' liver Preparations of sheep's or goats' blood 16% reduction in the customs duty for the following products: Fowl of the species Gallus domesticus Geese and turkeys Page 2 0105 19 20 0105 99 20 0105 99 30 010519 90 0105 9910 0105 99 50 0209 00 90 0210 90 71 0210 90 79 1501 00 90 0207 1602 31 1602 3211 1602 3219 1602 32 30 1602 32 90 1602 39 4. DAIRY PRODUCTS CN Code 0401 04031011 04031013 0403 1019 0403 10 31 040310 33 0403 10 39 0403 9011 to 0403 90 69 040410 0404 90 0405 Ducks and guinea fowls Poultry fat, fresh, chilled or frozen Offal of poultry livers Poultry fat, rendered Reduction of the CCT duty by 65% for: - poultry meat up to an annual. quota of 400 tonnes - other preserved or prepared poultry meat and offal up to an annual quota of 500 tonnes 16% reduction in import duties for the following products: Milk and cream, non-concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter Yogurt, not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa Other fermented or acidified milk and cream, not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa Whey and modified whey Products consisting of natural milk constituents Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk 17021100 Lactose and lactose syrup Page 3 1702 19 00 2106 90 51 23091015 23091019 230910 39 2309 10 59 2309 10 70 2309 90 35 2309 90 39 2309 90 49 2309 90 59 2309 90 70 0402 0406 5. EGGS CN Code: 0407 00 11 0407 00 19 0407 00 30 040811 80 0408 19 81 0408 19 89 0408 91 80 0408 99 80 6. PIGMEAT CN code: 0103 9110 0103 9211 0103 92 19 1501 00 11 1501 00 19 Lactose syrup, flavoured or coloured Dog or cat food containing more than 50% of milk products Other preparations or a kind used for animal feeding containing more than 50% of milk products Reduction of third country customs duties by 65% for: Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar within the limits of an annual quota of 1 000 tonnes Cheese and curd within the limits of an annual quota of 1 000 tonnes 16% reduction in customs duties for products covered by the common organization of the markets: Poultry eggs Yolks of birds' eggs Birds' eggs 16% reduction in customs duties on the following products Live swine other than pure-bred breeding animals Pig fat (including lard) ex 160210 00 Prepared or preserved meat of swine Page 4 ex 1602 20 90 1602 41 10 1602 4210 160249 ex 1602 9010 1602 90 51 1902 20 30 02031110 02031211 02031219 02031911 02031913 02031915 ex 020319 55 020319 59 0203 2110 0203 2211 0203 2219 0203 2911 0203 2913 0203 29 15 ex 0203 29 55 0203 29 59 0206 30 21 0206 30 31 0206 41 91 0206 49 91 0209 0011 0209 0019 0209 00 30 02101111 to 02101139 02101211 02101219 02101910 to 021019 89 0210 90 31 0210 90 39 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared, containing more than 20% by weight of sausages and the like, of meat and meat offal of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin 50% reduction in customs duty within an annual quota of 500 tonnes for the following products: Meat of swine, fresh or chilled except tenderloin, presented singly Meat of swine, frozen except tenderloin, presented singly Offal of domestic swine, fresh or chilled Offal of domestic swine, frozen Pig fat Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in, of domestic swine salted, dried or smoked Bellies of domestic swine, salted, dried or smoked Other cuts of domestic swine, salted, dried or smoked Edible flours and meals of offal of domestic swine Page 5 1601 00 7. FISHERY PRODUCTS CN Code: Reduction of customs duty by 65% within an annual quota of 500 tonnes for: - Sausages and similar products of meat, meat offal and blood Exemption of customs duties for all products covered by the common organization of the market 03 1604 1605 1902 2010 2301 20 00 8. SUGAR CN code: 1212 9120 1212 91 80 1212 92 00 1702 20 10 1702 20 90 1702 30 10 1702 4010 1702 60 10 1702 60 90 1702 90 30 1702 90 60 1702 90 71 1702 90 80 1702 90 99 2106 90 30 2106 90 59 1703 16% reduction in customs duties for the following products: Sugar beet Sugar cane Maple sugar and maple syrup Isoglucose Other fructose and fructose syrup Other, including invert sugar Isoglucose syrups Sugar syrups as food preparations This reduction will not be applicable when the Community, In accordance with Its Uruguay Round commitments, applies additional duties Exemption from third country customs duty within the limits of an annual quota of 600 000 tonnes for: - Molasses Page 6 9. OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUIT CN code: Exemption from customs duties for all products covered by the common organization of the market 1201 00 90 1202 10 90 1202 20 00 1203 00 00 1204 00 90 1205 00 90 1206 00 91 1206 00 99 120710 90 1207 20 90 1207 30 90 1207 40 90 1207 50 90 1207 60 90 1207 91 90 1207 92 90 1207 99 91 1207 99 99 1208 1504 1507 1508 1509 90 00 1510 00 90 1511 1512 1513 1514 15151100 1515 19 1515 21 1515 29 1515 50 1515 90 21 1515 90 29 1515 90 31 1515 90 39 1515 90 40 1515 90 51 1515 90 59 1515 90 60 1515 90 91 1515 90 99 151610 1516 20 91 1516 20 95 1516 20 96 1516 20 98 1517 10 90 Exemption from customs duties Page 7 1517 90 91 1517 90 99 1518 00 31 1518 00 39 1522 00 91 1522 00 99 2304 00 00 2305 00 00 2306 10 00 2306 20 00 2306 30 00 2306 40 00 2306 50 00 2306 60 00 2306 70 00 2306 90 90 10. CEREALS CN code: 0709 90 60 0712 90 19 100510 90 1005 90 00 Sweet corn Reduction of customs duty by ECU 1. 81/tonne 1007 00 Sorghum 1008 20 00 Millet 1101 00 110210 00 110311 1103 21 00 100110 00 100190 91 1001 90 99 60% reduction in customs duty within the limit of an annual ceiling of 100 000 tonnes Non-application of customs duty within the limit of an annual ceiling of 60 000 tonnes 50% reduction in the customs duty can be reintroduced above the annual ceiling for sorghum and millet. 16% reduction in customs duties on the following products: Wheat or meslin flour Rye flour Groats and meal of wheat Pellets of wheat 50% reduction in the customs duty within a quota of 15 000 tonnes for the following products: Wheat and meslin, except spelt for sowing Page 8 1002 00 00 1003 00 10 1003 00 90 1004 00 00 1008 10 00 1008 30 00 1008 90 10 1008 90 90 11. RICE CN Code: 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98 Paddy rice, except for sowing Rye Barley Oats Buckwheat Canary seed Tritlcale Other cereals In compliance with common rules, reduction of customs duty per 1 000 kg: for paddy rice, by 65% and ECU 4. 34 1006 20 Husked rice for husked rice, by 66% and ECU 4. 34 1006 30 Milled and semi-milled rice for milled and semi-milled rice, by ECU 16. 78, subsequently reduced by 65% and ECU 6. 52 1006 40 00 Broken rice for broken rice, by 65% and ECU 3. 62 This exception is valid only if a charge of an equivalent amount is levied at the time of export by the ACP State concerned. Should 125 000 tonnes (husked rice equivalent) of rice ( CN codes 1006 10 21 to 1006 10 98,1006 20 and 1006 30) and 20 000 tonnes of broken rice (CN code 1006 40 00) be exceeded, the general third-country arrangement shall apply. 12. CEREAL SUBSTITUTES AND PROCESSED CEREAL AND RICE PRODUCTS CN code: Exemption from customs duties for the following products: Manioc 071410 91 0714 20 0714 9011 ex 0714 9019 ex 1106 20 Sweet potatoes Arrowroot Arrowroot flour and meal Page 9 ex 1108 19 90 Arrowroot starch 2309 1011 2309 10 31 110814 00 ex 1108 19 90 071410 99 ex 0714 9019 07141010 ex 1106 2010 ex 1106 20 90 1102 2010 1102 9010 1102 90 30 110312 00 11031310 11031910 11031930 1103 2100 11032910 1103 29 20 1103 29 30 1103 29 40 Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale 50% reduction in customs duties for the following products: NOTE: This reduction is additional to the 24. 8 ECU/t. reductions for these same products (see below). Manioc starch Other starches, other than arrowroot ECU 6. 19 reduction per tonne for the following products: Other roots and tubers Other roots, other than arrowroot ECU 8. 38 reduction per tonne for the following products: Manioc roots ECU 7. 98 reduction per tonne for the following products: Flour and meal of sago, roots or tubers of heading No 0714, denatured, other than arrowroot flour or meal ECU 29. 18 reduction per tonne for the following products: Flour and meal of sago, roots or tubers of heading No 0714, other than denatured, other than arrowroot flour or meal ECU 7. 3 reduction per tonne for the following products: Maize flour Barley flour Rice flour Oat groats and meal Maize groats and meal Rye groats and meal Barley groats and meal Wheat pellets Rye pellets Barley pellets Oat pellets Maize pellets Page 10 110411 90 110412 90 11041910 110419 30 110419 50 110419 91 110419 99 1104 21 50 1104 30 1102 20 90 1102 30 00 1102 90 90 110313 90 110314 00 110319 90 1103 29 50 1103 29 90 11041110 11041210 11042110 1104 21 30 1104 21 90 1104 2199 1104 22 1104 23 1104 29 11081100 110812 00 11081300 110814 00 110819 90 11081910 1109 00 00 23031011 Flaked barley Flaked oats Grains of wheat Grains of rye Grains of maize Flaked rice Other flaked grains Pearled grains of barley Germ of cereals ECU 3. 6 reduction per tonne for the following products: Maize flour Rice flour Other cereal flours Maize groats and meal Rice groats and meal Groats and meal of other cereals Rice pellets Pellets of other cereals Rolled barley Rolled oats Hulled barley Hulled barley, sliced or kibbled Barley grains, not otherwise worked than kibbled Other barley grains Oat grains Maize grains Other cereal grains ECU 24. 8 reduction per tonne for the following products: Wheat starch Maize starch Potato starch Manioc (cassava) starch Other starches, exc. rice ECU 37. 2 reduction per tonne for: Rice starch ECU 219 reduction per tonne for the following products: Wheat gluten Residues of starch from maize ECU 117 reduction per tonne for the following products: Page 11 1702 30 51 1702 30 91 1702 90 75 1702 30 59 1702 30 99 1702 40 90 1702 90 50 1702 90 79 2106 90 55 230210 2302 20 2302 30 2302 40 23091013 2309 10 33 230910 51 2309 10 53 2309 90 31 2309 90 33 2309 90 41 2309 90 43 2309 90 51 2309 90 53 Glucose and glucose syrup in the form of white crystalline powder Other glucose In the form of white crystalline powder Other sugars and molasses in powder form ECU 81 reduction per tonne for the following products: Other glucose and glucose syrup Maltodextrine and maltodextrine syrup Other sugars and molasses Glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup ECU 7. 2 reduction for the following products: Maize bran Rice bran Wheat bran Other cereal bran ECU 10. 9 reduction per tonne for the following products: Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale Other preparations of a kind used In animal feeding 13. FRESH OR CHILLED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES CN code: 0706 90 30 ex 0706 90 90 ex 0706 90 90 ex 0707 0010 ex 0707 0015 ex 0707 00 20 ex 0707 00 35 ex 0707 00 40 Exemption from customs duty for the following products: Horse-radish Salad beetroot Radishes (Raphanus sativus), known as"mooli" Small winter cucumbers (Exemption limited to the ad valorem component of the customs duty) Page 12 0708 0709 30 00 0709 40 00 0709 51 90 0709 6010 0709 90 71 0709 90 73 0709 90 75 0709 90 77 0709 90 79 0709 90 90 Leguminous vegetables Aubergines (egg-plants) Celery other than celeriac Mushrooms, other Sweet peppers Courgettes (Exemption limited to the ad valorem component of the customs duty) Other vegetables 0802 31 00 and Walnuts, in shell or shelled 0802 32 00 0802 50 00 0802 90 10 0802 90 50 0802 90 60 0802 90 85 0804 30 00 0804 40 0804 50 00 0805 30 90 0805 40 0805 90 00 0807 11 00 080719 00 0807 20 00 0809 40 90 0810 40 30 0810 90 0813 50 31 Pistachios Pecans Pine nuts Macadamia nuts Other nuts Pineapples Avocados Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens Limes (Citrus aurantifolia) Grapefruit • Other citrus fruit Melons (including watermelons) Pawpaws Sloes Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus Other fresh fruit Mixtures exclusively of nuts of headings Page 13 0813 50 39 CN codes Nos 0801 and 0802 ex 0702 00 45 0702 00 50 0702 0015 0702 00 20 ex 0702 00 45 0702 00 50 0702 00 15 0702 00 20 07031019 0703 20 00 ex 0704 90 90 ex 0705 11 05 ex 07051110 ex 070511 80 ex 0706 10 00 070910 0709 20 00 Reduction in customs duties on the following products: Tomatoes (other than cherry tomatoes) from 15 November to 30 April: reduction of the ad valorem component of the duty by 60% within the limits of a quota of 2 000 tonnes Cherry tomatoes from 15 November to 30 April: exemption from the ad valorem component of the duty within the limits of a quota of 2 000 tonnes Onions, other than sets, from 1 February to 15 May: exemption from the customs duty. For the rest of the year, 15% reduction in the customs duty. Garlic from 1 February to 31 May: exemption from the customs duty. For the rest of the year, 15% reduction in the customs duty. Chinese cabbage from 1 November to 31 December:exemption from the customs duty. For the rest of the year, 15% reduction in the customs duty. Iceberg lettuce from 1 July to 31 October: exemption from the customs duty, For the rest of the year, 15% reduction in the customs duty. Carrots from 1 January to 31 March: exemption from the customs duty. For the rest of the year, 15% reduction in the customs duty. Artichokes from 1 October to 31 December: exemption from the ad valorem component of the customs duty. For the rest of the year, 15% reduction in the customs duty. Asparagus: - exemption from the customs duty from 15 August to 15 January - 40% reduction from 16 January to 31 January - 15% reduction for the rest of the year ex 0804 20 10 Figs (fresh) from 1 November to 30 April: Page 14 080510 0805 20 ex 080610 29 ex 080610 69 0808 10 ex 0808 20 080910 ex 0809 20 71 ex 0809 20 79 ex 0809 20 11 ex 0809 20 19 0809 30 exemption from the customs duty within the limits of a ceiling of 200 tonnes Oranges: - exemption from the ad valorem component of the customs duty from 15 May to 30 September in the framework of a reference quantity of 25 000 tonnes - above this quantity and throughout the year an 80% reduction in the ad valorem component of the customs duty Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); Clementines, wilkings and other similar citrus hybrids: - exemption from the customs duty from 15 May to 30 September in the framework of a reference quantity of 4 000 tonnes - above this quantity and throughout the year an 80% reduction in the ad valorem component of the customs duty Seedless table grapes: exemption from customs duties from 1 December to 31 January within the limits of a quota of 800 tonnes and from 1 February to 31 March within the limits of a reference quantity of 100 tonnes Apples: reduction in the ad valorem component of the customs duty by 50% within the limits of a quota of 1 000 tonnes Pears: reduction in the ad valorem component of the customs duty by 65% within the limits of a quota of 2 000 tonnes Apricots: exemption from the customs duty from 1 September to 30 April. For the rest of the year, a 15% reduction in the ad valorem component of the customs duty. Cherries: exemption from the customs duty from 1 November to 31 March, Peaches, including nectarines: exemption from the customs duty from 1 December to 30 March. For the rest of the year, a 15% reduction in the ad valorem component of the customs duty. 0809 4010 to 0809 40 40 Plums: exemption from the customs duty from 15 December to 31 March. For the rest of the year, Page 15 ex 081010 05 ex 081010 80 0810 40 50 0810 40 90 070310 90 0703 90 00 070410 0704 20 00 0704 9010 0704 90 90 ex 070511 070519 00 0705 21 00 0705 29 00 ex 0706 10 00 0706 90 05 0706 9011 0706 90 17 ex 0707 0010 ex 0707 0015 ex 0707 00 20 ex 0707 00 35 ex 0707 00 40 0707 00 90 0709 5110 a 15% reduction in the ad valorem component of the customs duty. Stawberrles: exemption from 1 November to end February in the framework of a quota of 1 600 tonnes. Reduction of the customs duty to the following levels: - 3% for fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum - 5% for other fruits of the Vaccinium species 16% reduction in customs duties for the following products: Shallots Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables Cauliflowers and headed broccoli Brussels sprouts White cabbages and red cabbages Other cabbages Cabbage lettuce, except iceberg Other lettuce Witloof chicory Other chicory Turnips Celeriac Winter cucumbers, other than small cucumbers (Reduction limited to the ad valorem component of the customs duty) Gherkins Cultivated mushrooms Page 16 0709 51 30 0709 51 50 0709 52 00 0709 70 00 Chantarelles Flap mushrooms Truffles Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach 0709 9010 Salad vegetables other than lettuce and 0709 90 20 0709 90 40 0709 90 50 0802 11 90 0802 12 90 0802 21 00 0802 22 00 0802 40 00 0808 20 90 0810 2010 0810 20 90 0810 30 10 0801 30 30 0810 30 90 chicory Chard (or white beet) and cardoons Capers Fennel Almonds, other Hazelnuts Chestnuts Quinces Raspberries Blackberries, mulberries and loganberries Gooseberries and black-, white- or redcurrants 14. PROCESSED FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTS CN code: Exemption from customs duties for all products covered by the common organization of the market (Council Regulation 2201/96 of 28 October 1996) ex 0710 ex 0711 ex 0712 0804 20 90 0806 20 ex 0811 ex 0812 ex0813 0814 00 00 0904 2010 ex 0811 1302 20 ex 2001 Page 17 2002 2003 ex 2004 ex 2005 ex 2006 00 ex 2007 ex 2008 ex 2009 2007 10 10 2007 99 20 2007 99 31 2007 99 33 2007 99 35 2007 99 39 2007 99 51 2007 99 55 2007 99 58 ex 2008 20 ex 2008 30 ex 2008 40 ex 2008 80 ex 2008 92 ex 2008 99 2009 2011 2009 20 91 ex 2009 40 ex 2009 80 ex 2009 90 2005 20 20 2005 20 80 15. WINE CN code: In addition, non-application of the specific component of custom duties for the following products: Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: - Homogenized preparations with a sugar content exceeding 13% by weight - Purée and pastes Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included: Pineapples Grapefruit segments Pears Strawberries Mixtures of tropical fruit Grapes Passionfruit, guava and tamarinds Grapefruit juice Pineapple juice Passionfruit and guava juice Mixtures of tropical fruit juices 16% reduction in customs duties for the following products: Potatoes prepared or preserved other than In the form of flour, meal or flakes Exemption from customs duties for: Page 18 2009 60 2204 30 92 2204 30 94 2204 30 96 2204 30 98 Unfermented grape juice (including grape must) 16. UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO CN code: 2401 Exemption from customs duties If serious disruptions occur as a result of a large increase in duty-free imports of unmanufactured tobacco (CN code 2401) originating in the ACP States, or if these imports create difficulties which result in deterioration of the economic situation of a region of the Community, the Community may take the necessary safeguard measures pursuant to Article 177(1) of the Convention, including measures to offset deflection of trade. 17. CERTAIN GOODS RESULTING FROM THE PROCESSING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS CN code: Exemption from the customs duties for the following products [Regulation (EEC) No 3448/93] 0403 10 51 to 040310 99 0403 90 71 to 0403 90 99 0710 40 00 071190 30 15171010 1517 9010 1702 50 00 1704(otherthan1704 9010) 1806 1902 (other than 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30) 1903 1904 1905 2001 90 30 2001 90 40 2004 90 10 2005 80 00 2008 99 85 Maize (corn) other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) 2008 99 91 2101 12 98 210120 98 2101 30 19 2101 30 99 210210 31 2102 10 39 2105 Page 19 ex 2106 (other than 2106 90 30 to 2106 90 59) 2202 90 91 2202 90 95 2202 90 99 2905 43 00 2905 44 3302 10 29 3501 3505 10 (other than 3505 10 50) 3505 10 3505 20 3809 10 3824 60 1702 50 00 1704 90 30 1806 20 1806 31 00 1806 32 1806 90 11 1806 90 19 1806 90 31 1806 90 39 1806 90 50 ex 1901 1903 00 00 In addition, suspension of the agricultural component for: Chemically pure fructose White chocolate Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: - Preparations in block slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg, excluding those falling within CN code 1806 20 70 - Other, in blocks, slabs or bars, filled or unfilled - Other chocolate and chocolate products and sugar confectionery and substitutes therefor made from sugar substitution products containing cocoa Malt extract, food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight (of not-fat solids) of less than 40%, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of CN codes Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight (of non-fat solids) of less than 5%, not elsewhere specified of included : - not containing milk fats or containing milk fats In In a proportion by weight of less than 1. 6%, containing 50% or more but less than 75% by weight of starches Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, sittings or similar forms Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa: Page 20 ex 1905 30 ex 1905 40 ex 1905 90 2008 99 85 communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products: Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers: - Biscuits - Rusks, toasted bread and similar (toasted products other than ships biscuits) - Other: - Biscuits Maize (corn), otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added sugar or spirit, other than sweet corn (Zea mays. var. saccharata) 2101 12 98 Coffee-based preparations 18. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR IMPORTING CERTAIN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ORIGINATING IN THE ACP STATES OR THE OCT INTO THE FRENCH OVERSEAS DEPARTMENTS CN code: 0102 90 05 0102 90 21 0102 90 29 0102 90 41 0102 90 49 0102 90 51 0102 90 59 0102 90 61 0102 90 69 0102 90 71 0102 90 79 Live animals of domestic bovine species, other than pure-bred breeding animals Non-application of the customs duty 0201 0202 020610 95 0206 29 91 0709 90 60 0712 9019 100510 90 1005 90 00 071410 91 0714 9011 Meat of bovine animals, fresh chilled or frozen Maize Non-application of the customs duty Non-application of the customs duty. Necessary measures against disturbances of the Community market should imports exceed 25 000 tonnes per annum (including yams) Non-application of the customs duty within the limits of an annual quota of 2 000 tonnes 19. SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT FOR IMPORTS OF RICE INTO REUNION Non-application of the customs duty. 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