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Division B To settle the current GATT Article XXIV:6 negotiations on agriculture the following has been agreed and will apply with effect from 1 January 1996:

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  • 0808 10 93 Fresh apples (1 January to 31 March):

    • two additional steps (10 %, 12 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 15 February to 31 March.

  • 0808 10 99 Fresh apples (1 April to 31 July):

    • reduction of the final tariff rate from 3 to 0 %,

    • one additional step (14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 April to 30 June,

    • three additional steps (10 %, 12 %, 14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 to 15 July.

  • 0808 20 31 Fresh pears (1 January to 31 March):

    • reduction of the final tariff rate from 8 to 5 % for pears respecting the entry price for the period 1 February to 31 March.

  • 0808 20 33 Fresh pears (1 to 30 April and 1 to 15 July):

    • reduction of the final tariff rate from 2,5 to 0 %,

    • one additional step (14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 to 30 April,

    • three additional steps (10 %, 12 %, 14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 to 15 July.

  • 0805 30 10 Lemons:

    • four additional steps (10 %, 12 %, 14 %, 16 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 May to 31 July,

    • three additional steps (10 %, 12 %, 14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 to 15 August.

  • Grape juice and grape must. Tariff rate quota for 14 000 tonnes (erga omnes).

    See Annex I. This tariff rate quota will apply with effect from 1 September 1996f1.

  • 1508 10 10 Ground-nut oil, crude:

    • reduction of the final tariff rate (3,2 %) to zero.

The Republic of Argentina accepts the basic components of the European Community's approach to adjusting the GATT obligations of EC-12 and those of Austria, Sweden and Finland, following the recent enlargement of the Community:

  • netting out of export commitments,

  • netting out of tariff quotas,

  • aggregation of domestic support commitments.

The appropriate legal modalities of implementation remain to be agreed.

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Footnotes

f1

In accordance with present Community regulations, imports for inward processing will not be counted against the TRQ. Taking into account the fact that in the past imports of products covered by the TRQ were sometimes higher than 14 000 tonnes the European Community is prepared to open up, on an autonomous basis, additional import opportunities if it emerges, after assessing relevant data (domestic supply and demand situation including market assessment by operators), that the internal market situation in the European Community necessitates additional import of grape juice and grape must used for the production of grape juice and/or non-wine sector products.