{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-611/annex-I/division-1/division-B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-611/annex-I/division-1/division-B.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1996/611",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 16 September 1996 concerning the conclusion of the results of negotiations with certain third countries under GATT Article XXIV:6 and other related matters (Argentina) (96/611 /EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-611",
  "path": "annex/I/division/1/division/B",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "B",
  "heading": "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:",
  "text": "0808 10 93 Fresh apples (1 January to 31 March):\ntwo additional steps (10 %, 12 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 15 February to 31 March.\n0808 10 99 Fresh apples (1 April to 31 July):\nreduction of the final tariff rate from 3 to 0 %,\none additional step (14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 April to 30 June,\nthree additional steps (10 %, 12 %, 14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 to 15 July.\n0808 20 31 Fresh pears (1 January to 31 March):\nreduction of the final tariff rate from 8 to 5 % for pears respecting the entry price for the period 1 February to 31 March.\n0808 20 33 Fresh pears (1 to 30 April and 1 to 15 July):\nreduction of the final tariff rate from 2,5 to 0 %,\none additional step (14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 to 30 April,\nthree additional steps (10 %, 12 %, 14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 to 15 July.\n0805 30 10 Lemons:\nfour additional steps (10 %, 12 %, 14 %, 16 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 May to 31 July,\nthree additional steps (10 %, 12 %, 14 %) before the full tariff equivalent is applied in the period 1 to 15 August.\nGrape juice and grape must. Tariff rate quota for 14 000 tonnes (erga omnes).\nSee Annex I. This tariff rate quota will apply with effect from 1 September 1996.\n1508 10 10 Ground-nut oil, crude:\nreduction of the final tariff rate (3,2 %) to zero.\nThe 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:\nnetting out of export commitments,\nnetting out of tariff quotas,\naggregation of domestic support commitments.\nThe appropriate legal modalities of implementation remain to be agreed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1996/611/annex/I/division/1/division/B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:19:16.132464+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}