Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending the coverage of Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 concerning the European Union's schemes of generalized tariff preferences for the benefit of the least- developed countries
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 16. 12. 1997 COM(97) 721 final 97/0361 (ACQ Proposal for a COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) extending the coverage of Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 concerning the European Union's schemes of generalised tariff preferences for the benefit of the least-developed countries (presented by the Commission) Explanatory memorandum 1 The action plan adopted by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) at its ministerial conference in Singapore is aimed at improving the access of the least-developed countries (LLDCs) to the industrialised countries' markets. In particular, it recommends that the latter unilaterally waive import duties on products originating in LLDCs. 1 On 2 June 1997 the Council adopted conclusions on the basis of a Commission It considered that the Union should communication following up the action plan. initially implement the Singapore conclusions by granting LLDCs not party to the Lomé Convention conditions equivalent to those enjoyed by signatories. The Union's scheme of tariff preferences introduced by Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/962 provides a ready-made framework for doing so. Incorporating the Lomé Convention's industrial concessions into the GSP poses no particular problems. Whether the Lomé Convention's agricultural concessions, and in particular those for products subject to quota, can be incorporated into the GSP is however, another matter as, on the one hand, the legal principle of non-discrimination enshrined in the Lomé Convention prevents their transposition into equivalent measures by converting quotas into tariff modulation and as, on the other hand, the GSP scheme no longer provides for any quantitative limitations. Perhaps the most coherent solution to this problem would be for future ACP arrangements to admit a form of positive discrimination in favour of the countries most in need. Such an approach would help transcend the limitations of the present machinery and enable a special initiative to be launched for all LLDCs. Introducing the quotas provided for in the Lomé Convention into the GSP would have a negligible impact, owing to their strongly deterrent effect on the take-up of preferences for certain products. The Commission therefore thinks it inopportune to include agricultural products subject to such quotas in this proposal. Accordingly, it is proposing that the GSP Regulations be amended to cover (a) those basic industrial products not yet included and (b) agricultural products not subject to quotas in the Lomé Convention, for the benefit of the LLDCs. Such a proposal, which covers more than 99% of the LLDCs' current non-GSP exports, is a substantial and practical response to the Council wishes. 1 Albeit with the possibility of exceptions. 2 Respectively covering industrial and agricultural products (OJ No L 348, 31. 12. 1994, p. I; OJ No L J 60, 29. 6. 1996, p. 1). <: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) extending the coverage of Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 concerning the European Union's schemes of generalised tariff preferences for the benefit of the least-developed countries 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,1 Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 of 19 December 1994 applying a four-year scheme of generalised tariff preferences (1995 to 1998) in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries provides for more favourable tariff treatment for the least-developed countries;2 Whereas Article 3 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 of 20 June 1996 applying multiannual schemes of generalised tariff preferences from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1999 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries likewise provides for more favourable tariff treatment for the least-developed countries;3 Whereas at the Singapore ministerial conference in December 1996 the WTO member countries pledged to carry out an action plan to improve access to their markets for products originating in the least-developed countries; Whereas on 2 June 1997 the Council, on the basis of a Commission communication of 16 April 1997, adopted conclusions calling for the Union to implement the Singapore conclusions by granting least-developed countries not party-to the Lomé Convention preferences equivalent to those enjoyed by signatories; Whereas equivalent treatment for industrial products means including in the GSP scheme all products currently excluded from it but exempt from customs duties under the Lomé Convention; Whereas agricultural products subject under the Lomé Convention to a tariff reduction but not to a tariff quota should be included in the scheme for the benefit of least-developed countries by applying one of the preferential rates of duty provided for in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1256/96, in line with the reduction accorded by the Lomé Convention, 1 OJC. -. p. 2 OJ L 348, 31. 12. 1994, p. l, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 998/97 (OJ L 144, 4. 6. 1997, p. 13). 3 OJ L 160, 29. 6. 1996, p. l, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2448/96 (OJ L 333, 21. 12. 1996, p. 12). HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: J Article 1 Access to the arrangements provided for in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 is hereby extended to the products listed in Annex I to this Regulation. Article 2 The arrangements laid down in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 shall be supplemented by applying to the products listed in Annex II to this Regulation one of the preferential rates of duty specified in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1256/96, according to product sensitivity. Article 3 The list of least-developed countries in Annex IV to Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 is amended as follows: - - '330 Angola' is inserted after '328 Burundi' in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 3281/94, and '391 Botswana' and '817 Tonga' are deleted. '391 Botswana' and '817 Tonga' are deleted from Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1256/96. Article 4 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the OfficialJournal of the European Communities. It shall apply from 1 January 1998. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. ANNEX I Product list mentioned in article I1 CN Code (1) Description of goods (2) 2501 00 31 2501 00 51 2501 00 91 250100 99 25030090 251612 10 2516 22 10 2516 90 10 2518 20 00 2518 30 00 2530 40 00 2804 61 00 2804 69 00, 2805 11 00 280519 00 2805 21 00 - 2805 22 00 • 2805 30. Salt (including tabic salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution sea water: For chemical transformation (separation of Na frorfl^Cl) for the manufacture of other products Denatured or for industrial uses (including refining) other than for the preservation " or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption ' Suitable for human consumption Other Other sulphur Granite merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular shape of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm Sandstone, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular 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 à rectangular (including square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm Calcinated dolomite Agglomerated dolomite Natural micaceous iron oxides Silicon Alkali metals Alkaline-earth metals Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or mteralloyed the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, is considered as having no more than an indicative value, the Notwithstanding for the products scheme being determined, within the context of this annex, by the coverage of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, by the preferential application of the CN code and (he corresponding description is to be determined together. the wording preferential scheme taken the >r (2) Mercury, in flasb of a net capacity of 344 kg (standard weight) of an fob value, per flask, not exceeding ECU 224 Aluminium oxide, other than artificial corundum Aluminium hydroxide Cermets raw; waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235 Uranium depleted in U 235; alloys, dispersions (other than cermets), ceramic products and mixtures containing uranium depleted in U 235 or compounds of this product Cermets raw, waste and scrap of thorium Heavy water (deuterium oxide) Deuterium and compounds of deuterium; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products Mannitol D-glucitol (sorbitol) Wattle extract Sumach extract, vàllonia extract Tanning extracts of eucalyptus Tanning extracts derived from gambier and myrobolan fruits Other tanning extracts of vegetable origin Egg albumin, dried (for example, in sheets, scales, flakes, powder) Other (egg albumin) Milk albumin (lactalbumin), dried (for example, in sheets, scales, flakes, powder) Other (milk albumin) Other albumins Dextrins Other modified starches, other than esterified or etherified Glues Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the drying or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included, with a basis of amylaceous substances Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44 Other leather and skins, otherwise tanned Other skins, not split Other skins, split Sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or 4109 tanned or reUnned but not further prepared, whether or not split Otherwise prc-tanned; Goat or kid skin leather, without hair on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or 4109, tanned or retanned but not further prepared, whether or not split; vegetable pre-tanned Other than of Indian goat or kid Other sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or 4109, tanned or retanned but not further prepared, even with split, otherwise pre-tanned Other lamb skin leather, without wool on Leather of swine, without hair on. other than leather of heading No 4108 or 4109, not further prepared than tanned Reptile skin leather, other than vegetable pre-tanned, not further prepared than tanned Hi 280540 10 2818 2000 2818 30 00 ex 28443011 284430 19 ex 284430 51 2845 10 00 284590 10 2905 43 00 290544 320120 00 3201 9020 ex 320190 90 ex 3201 90 90 ex 3201 90 90 3502 11 90 3502 19 90 35022091 35022009 3S02 90 70 3505 10 10 350510 90 3505 20 3809 10 382^60 4104 10 91 41051191 410511 99 410512 410519 4106 11 90 410612 00 410619 00 410710 10 4107 29 10 4107 90 10 Leather of other animals, without hair on, not further prepared than tanned Hi 4403 10 10 4501 500100 00 5002 00 00 5105 5203 00 00 7201 10 720120 00 720150 90 7203 7204 50 90 7206 7218 10 00 7224 10 00 7601 7602 00 19 7801 7801 10 00 78019100 780199 91 780199 99 7901 7903 8101 10 00 810191 810210 00 810291 8103 10 8104 11 00 8104 19 00 8107 10 8108 10 8109 10 m. Poles of coniferous wood, injected or otherwise impregnated to any degree, not less than 6 m nor more than 18 m in length and with a circumference at the butt end of more than 45 cm but not more than 90 cm Natural cork, raw or simply prepared ; waste cork, crushed, granulated or ground cork Silkworm cocoons suitable for reeling Raw silk (not thrown) Wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments) Cotton, carded or combed Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0,5% or less of phosphorus Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0,5 % phosphorous Alloy pig iron, other than containing by weight not less than 03 %, but not more than 1 % of titanium and not less than 0,5 % but not more than 1 */o of vanadium Ferrous products obtained by direct reduction of iron ore and other spongy ferrous products, in lumps, pellets or similar forms ; iron having a minimum purity by weight of 99,94 % in lumps, pellets or similar forms Remelting scrap ingots, other than of alloy steel Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (excluding iron of heading No 7203) Stainless steel ingots or other primary forms (ECSC) Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, semi-finishcd products of other alloy steel : ingots and other primary forms (ECSC) Umwrought aluminium, not alloyed Other aluminium waste and scrap (including factory rejects) Unwrought lead Refined lead Other than reffined lead, containing by weight antinomy as the principal other element Lead alloys Others Unwrought zinc Zinc dust, powders and flakes Tungsten powders Unwrought tungsten, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering ; waste and scrap Molybdenum powders Unwrought molybdenum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering ; waste and scrap Unwrought tantalum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering ; waste and scrap, powders Unwrought magnesium, containing at least 99,8 % by weight of magnesium Other Unwrought cadmium ; waste and scrap ; powders Unwrought titanium ; waste and scrap ; powders Unwrought zirconium ; waste and scrap ; powders } (I) 81100011 8110 00 19 81110011 811100 19 811220 31 811220 39 8112 30 20 811230 40 81124011 811240 19 811291 10 81129131 81129139 81129150 811291 81 81129189 8113 00 20 811300 40 : Unwrought antimony; powders (?) Waste and scrap Unwrought manganese; powders Waste and scrap Unwrought chromium; powders, other than chromium alloys containing more than 10 % by weight of nickel Waste and scrap. Unwrought germanium ; powders Waste and scrap Unwrought vanadium ; powders Waste and scrap Hafnium (celtium). • Unwrought niobium (colombium), rhenium ; powders Waste and scrap Waste and scrap Indium Gallium, thallium Unwrought cermet Waste and scrap ANNEX II List of productsin accordance with article 2' PARTI Very sensitive products Description of goods Live swine : — Other : ~ Weighing less than 50 kg : — Domestic species — Weighing 50 kg or more : — Domestic species : — Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not less than 160 kg — Other Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls : Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat,not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked : — Poultry fat Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked ; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal : — Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal : -- Offal : — Other : — Poultry liver : Fatty livers of geese or ducks, salted or in brine CN code 0103 91 10 0103 92 11 0103 92 19 0105 a 0209 0090: 02109071' 1 Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considerd as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferntial scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description together. CN code 0210 90 79' Description of goods Other Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter : - Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1 % - Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1 % but not exceeding 6 % - Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6 % : Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, képhir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa : - Yoghurt : -- Not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa. - Other : -- Not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa : — In powder, granules or other solid forms -- Other Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included : 0401 10 a 0401 20 a 0401 30 a 0403 10 11 0403 10 13 0403 10 19 0403 10 31 0403 10 33 0403 10 39 0403 90 11 0403 90 13 0403 90 19 0403 90 31 0403 90 33 0403 90 39 0403 90 51 0403 90 53 0403 90 59 0403 90 61 0403 90 69 0404 10 CN code 0405 1 0' 0405 20 90 a 0405 90 ' 0407 00 11 * 0407 00 19* Description of goods Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk ; dairy spreads : - Butter - Dairy spreads : - Of a fat content, by weight, of more than 75 % but les. s than 80% - Other Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked : -Of poultry: ~ For hatching1 0407 00 30 * ~ Other Birds' eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter : - Egg yolks : « Dried : — Other - Other : — Other : — Liquid — Other, including frozen - Other - Dried — Other - Other : — Other Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled: - Garlic The reduction is applicable from 01. 06 to 31. 01 0408 11 80 a 0408 19 81 a 0408 19 89a 0408 91 80a 0404 99 80a 0703 20 00' 1 Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions. The reduction is applicable from 01. 11 to 15. 05 The reduction is applicable from 01. 01 to 30. 06 The reduction is applicable from 01. 06 to 3 1. 07 The reduction is applicable from 11. 06 to 30. 09 The reduction is applicable from 11. 06 to 30. 09 CN code Ex 0707 00 05 Description of goods Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled : Cucumbers : Winter cucumbers : Other than small winter cucumbers 0707 00 90 Gherkins Ex 0709 10 00 0709 52 00 b Ex 0809 10 00 Ex 0809 30 b Ex 0809 40 05 1101 00a 1101 00 15'' 1101 00 90'1 1102 10 00a 1103 11 a 1103 21 00 a Other vegetables, fresh or chilled : - Globe artichokes - Mushrooms and truffles : -- Mushrooms Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh : - Apricots - Peaches, including nectarines — Plums and sloes : — Plums Wheat or meslin flour : — Wheat Hour : — Of durum wheat — Of common wheat and spelt - Meslin flour Cereal flours other than of wheat or meslin : - Rye flour Cereal groats, meal and pellets : - Groats and meal : -- Of wheat - Pellets : - Of wheat 12 Description of goods Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not ground ; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including unroasted chicory roots of the variety dehorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included : — Other : — Sugar beet — Sugar cane Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading No 0209 or 1503 : — Pig fat (including lard) : — Other Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood : — Homogenized preparations : Of swine, of bovine animals, of sheep and goats — Of liver of any animal of swine, of bovine animals, of sheep and goats — Of swine : — Ham and cuts thereof : — Of domestic swine — Shoulders and cuts thereof: — Of domestic swine — Other including mixtures : — Of domestic swine : CN code 121291 a 1212 92 00 a 501 00 19 a Ex 1602 10 00b Ex 1602 20 90 b 160241 10 1602 42 10 a 1602 49 11 a 1602 49 13" 1602 49 15 a 1602 49 19 a 1602 49 30 a 1602 49 50 a 13 CN code Ex 1602 90 10 1602 90 51 1702 11 00 '' 1702 19 00a 1702 20 10 a Description of goods - Other, including preparations of blood of any animal : - Preparations of blood of any animal : Preparation of blood of bovine animals and of pig - Other : - Other : - Containing meat or meat offal of domestic swine Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form ; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey ; caramel : - Lactose and lactose syrup - Maple sugar and maple syrup : -- Maple sugar in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter 1702 20 90 - Other - Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 *7c by weight of fructose : -- Isoglucose - Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry stale at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose : - Isoglucose - Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 % by weight of fructose : - Other, including invert sugar : -- Isoglucose -- Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honcv 1702 30 10; 1702 40 10 a 1702 60 9 1702 90 30 1702 90 60 14 CN code 1702 90 71 1702 90 75 a 1702 90 80 a 1702 90 99 a 2106 90 30 2106 90 5 la 2106 90 59 Description of goods — Caramel : — Containing 50 % or more by weight of sucrose in the dry matter — Other : — In the form of powder, whether or not agglomerated ~ Inulin syrup -Other Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : — Other : — Isoglucose syrups — Other : — Lactose syrup — Other : syrup maltodextrine Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding : — Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale : ~ Containing starch, glucose or syrup, maltodextrine falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk products : — Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup : — Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch : 2309 10 15 2309 10 19 Containing not less than 50 % but less than 75 % by weight of milk products Containing not less than 75 % by weight of milk products CN code Description of goods 15 2309 10 39* 2309 10 59" 2309 10 70* 2309 90 35 2309 90 39 a — Containing more than 10 % but not more than 30 % by weight of starch : Containing not less than 50 % by weight of milk products — Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch : Containing not less than 50 % by weight of milk products — Containing no starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup but containing milk products : — Other : » Other : — Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99,1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk products : — Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup : Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch : Containing not less than 50 % but less than 75 % by weight of milk products Containing not less than 75 % by weight of milk products 16 CNcode 2309 90 49" 2309 90 59 a 2309 90 70a CN code 0102 90b 0201' bl 0202' 0210 20' 1108 14 00 Ex 1108 1990 1109 00 00 a Description of goods Containing more than 10 % but not more than 30 % by weight of starch : Containg not less than 50 % by weight of milk products Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch : Containing not less than 50 % by weight of milk products -— Containing no starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup but containing milk products PART 2 Sensitive products Description of goods Live bovine animals : - Other Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled : Meat of bovine animals, frozen Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked ; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal : - Meat of bovine animals : Starches ; inulin : - Manioc (cassava) starch ~ Other starches : - Other Other than starches of arrowroot Wheat gluten, whether or not dried Where, in the course of a year, imports of beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 1 02. 02, originating in one of the countries mentioned in annex IV of Regulation (EC) n° 1256/96, 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. 17 CN code 1702 90 79* 2106 90 55 2303 10 11 a Description of goods Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form ; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter ; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey ; caramel : — Other, including invert sugar : -- Caramel : — Other : — Other Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included : — Other : — Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups : — Other : — Glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup Residues of stardi manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets : - Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues : - Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product : - Exceeding 40 % by weight CN code Description of goods 18 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding : - Other : - Other : — Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup falling within subheadings 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk products : — Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup : Containing no starch or containg 10 % or less by weight of starch : Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by weight of such products PART 3 Semi-sensitive products Description of goods Citrus fruit, fresh or dried : - Oranges - Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas) ; Clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids PART 4 Non-sensitive products Description of goods Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen : - Carcases and half-carcases of lamb, fresh or chilled 2309 90 31 a CN Code 0805 10" 0805 20" CN Code 0204 I000b The reduction is applicable from 01. 11 to the end of February 19 CN code 0204 21 00 b 0204 22 b 0204'23 00 b 0204 30 00 b 0204 4100 b 0204 42 b 0204 43 b 0204 50 b 0206 10 95" 0206 29 9 lb 0208 90 50 0210 12 90b 0210 90 41b 0210 90 90 b Description of goods - Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled - Carcases and half-carcases of lamb, frozen - Other meat of sheep, frozen -Meat of goats Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen : - Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled : ~ Other : - Thick skirt and thin skirt - Of bovine animals, frozen : - Other : ---Other: -— Thick skirt and thin skirt Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen : - Other : ~ Whale and seal meat Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked ; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal - Meat of swine : ~ Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof : — Other - Other including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal : - Offal : — Of bovine animals : — Thick skirt and thin skirt ~ Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal 20 The reduction is applicable from 01. 02 to 31. 05 The reduction is applicable from 01. llto 15. 05 The reduction is applicable from 01. 11 to 31. 12 CNcode 0703 2000b' Ex 0707 00 05 b Ex 0709 1000' 0714 10 91 Ex 0714 90 11 Description of goods Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled : - Garlic Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled : - Cucumbers : Small winter cucumbers Other vegetables, fresh or chilled : - Globe artichokes Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets ; sago pith : - Manioc (cassava) : -Other : — Of a kind used for human consumption, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 28 kg, either fresh and whole or without skin and frozen, whether or not sliced — Other : ~ Arrowroot, salep and similar roots and tubers with high starch content : — Of a kind used for human consumption, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 28 kg, either fresh and whole or without skin and frozen, whether or not sliced : of arrowroot Ex 0714 90 19; — Other : Of arrowroot 21 CN code 0806 20 92 1001 90 10 Ex 1106 20 10a Ex 1106 20 90 Ex 1108 19 90a 1504 30 11" 1509 90 00' Description of goods Grapes, fresh or dried : - Dried : - Other : - Sultanas Wheat and meslin : - Other : - Spelt for sowing1 Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading No 0713, of sago or of roots or tubers of heading No 0714 or of the products of Chapter 8 : - Of sago or of roots or tubers of heading No 0714 : ~ Denatured2 Of flour and meal of arrowroot - Other Of flour and meal of arrowroot Starches ; inulin : - Starches : ~ Other starches : - Other : starches of arrowroot Fats and oils and their fractions, offish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified - Fats and oils and their fractions, of marine mammals : ~ Solid fractions : - Whale oil and sperm oil Olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified : - Other Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions. Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions. 22 •Other oils and their fractions, obtained solely from olives, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, including blends of these oils or fractions with oils or fractions of heading No 1509 : - Other Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood : - Other, including preparations of blood of any animal: - Other : - Other : - Other : Other : Of sheep or goats : Uncooked ; mixtures of cooked meat or offal and uncooked meat or offal : Of sheep 151000 90* 1602 90 72 b The reduction is applicable on the specific duties. The reduction is applicable on the ad valorem duties. <? FINANCIAL STATEMENT Title of operation Draft proposal for a Council Regulation extending the coverage of Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 concerning the European Union's schemes of generalised tariff preferences for the benefit of the least-developed countries Legal basis Article 113 of the Treaty Objective of the operation The aim of the proposed Regulation is to extend the range of products from the least- developed countries qualifying from generalised preferences. Estimate of customs revenue On the basis of 1996 imports of products listed in Annexes I and II to this proposal from the beneficiary countries mentioned in Annex IV to Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 and an average 50% take-up of the GSP scheme by the least-developed countries in 1995, the loss of customs revenue is estimated at ECU 77 918. 23 zy ISSN 0254-1475 COM(97) 721 final DOCUMENTS EN 02 05 11 14 Catalogue number : CB-CO-97-741-EN-C ISBN 92-78-29789-5 Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg