Article 1Access 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 2The 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 3The list of least-developed countries in Annex IV to Regulations (EC) Nos 3281/94 and 1256/96 is hereby amended as follows:in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 3281/94, "330 Angola" shall be inserted after "328 Burundi" and "391 Botswana" and "817 Tonga" shall be deleted,in Annex IV to Regulation (EC) No 1256/96, "391 Botswana" and "817 Tonga" shall be deleted.

Article 4This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal 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.Done at Brussels, 9 March 1998.For the CouncilThe PresidentG. BrownANNEX I

LIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1Notwithstanding the rules for the interpreation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as having no more than 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 preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken together.The entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.

CN code	Description
(1)	(2)
	Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti-caking or free-flowing agents; sea water:
25010031	—for chemical transformation (separation of Na from Cl) for the manufacture of other products,
25010051	—denatured or for industrial uses (including refining) other than the preservation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption,
25010091	—salt suitable for human consumption,
25010099	—other
25030090	Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and colloidal sulphur, except crude or unrefined sulphur
25161210	Granite merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
25162210	Sandstone merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (incuding square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
25169010	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
25182000	Calcined dolomite
25183000	Agglomerated dolomite, including tarred dolomite
25304000	Natural micaceous iron oxides
2804610028046900	Silicon
2805110028051900	Alkali metals
2805210028052200	Alkaline-earth metals
280530	Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed
28054010	Mercury in flasks of a net content of 34,5 kg (standard weight), of a fob value per flask not exceeding ECU 224
28182000	Aluminium oxide other than artificial corundum
28183000	Aluminium hydroxide
ex28443011	Crude cermets, waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235
28443019	Uranium depleted in U 235; alloys, dispersions, ceramic products and mixtures, containing uranium depleted in U 235 or compounds of this product (excluding cermets)
ex28443051	Crude cermets, waste and scrap of thorium
28451000	Heavy water (deuterium oxide)
28459010	Deuterium and compounds thereof; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products
29054300	Mannitol
290544	D-glucitol (sorbitol)
32012000	Wattle extract
32019020	Sumach, valonea, oak or chestnut extract
ex32019090	Tanning extracts of eucalyptus
ex32019090	Tanning extracts derived from gambier and myrobalan fruits
ex32019090	Other tanning extracts of vegetable origin
35021190	Egg albumin, dried (e.g. in sheets, scales, flakes, powder)
35021990	Other (egg albumin)
35022091	Milk albumin (lactalbumin), dried (e.g. in sheets, scales, flakes, powder)
35022099	Other (milk albumin)
35029070	Other albumins
35051010	Dextrins
35051090	Other modified starches, other than esterified or etherified
350520	Glues
380910	Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included; with a basis of amylaceous substances
382460	Sorbitol other than that of subheading 290544
41041091	Other skin leather, not further prepared than tanned
41051191	Other skin leather, not split
41051199	Other skin leather, split
410512	Sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or 4109, tanned or retanned but not further prepared, whether or not split, otherwise pre-tanned
410519	Other sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on
41061190	Other 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
41061200	Other 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, otherwise pre-tanned
41061900	Other goat or kid skin leather, without hair on
41071010	Leather of swine, without hair on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or 4109, not further prepared than tanned
41072910	Reptile skin leather, other than vegetable pre-tanned, not further prepared than tanned
41079010	Leather of other animals, without hair on, not further than tanned
44031010	Poles of coniferous wood, injected or otherwise impregnated to any degree, not less than 6 m or 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
4501	Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork
50010000	Silkworm cocoons suitable for reeling
50020000	Raw silk (not thrown)
5105	Wool and fine or coarse animal hair, carded or combed (including combed wool in fragments)
52030000	Cotton, carded or combed
	Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight 0,5 % or less of phosphorus
72011011	—containing by weight not less than 0,4 % of manganese and 1 % or less of silicon (ECSC)
72011019	—containing by weight not less than 0,4 % of manganese and more than 1 % of silicon (ECSC)
72011030	—containing by weight not less than 0,1 % but less than 0,4 % of manganese
72012000	Non-alloy pig iron containing by weight more than 0,5 % of phosphorus
72015090	Alloy pig iron; spiegeleisen: other than containing by weight not less than 0,3 % but not more than 1 % of titanium and not less than 0,5 % but not more than 1 % of vanadium
7203	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
72045090	Remelting scrap ingots, other than of alloy steel
7206	Iron and non-alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms, excluding iron of heading No 7203
72181000	Stainless steel in ingots or other primary forms (ECSC)
72241000	Other alloy steel in ingots or other primary forms (ECSC)
7601	Unwrought aluminium: not alloyed
76020019	Other aluminium waste and scrap (including factory rejects)
	Unwrought lead:
78011000	Refined lead
78019100	Lead, other than refined, containing by weight antimony as the principal other element
78019991	Lead alloys
78019999	Other
7901	Unwrought zinc
7903	Zinc dust, powders and flakes
81011000	Tungsten powders
810191	Unwrought tungsten, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering, wate and seval
81021000	Molybdenum powders
810291	Unwrought molybdenum, including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering; waste and scrap
810310	Unwrought tantalum including bars and rods obtained simply by sintering; waste and scrap, powders
81041100	Unwrought magnesium, containing at least 99,8 % by weight of magnesium
81041900	Other
810710	Unwrought cadmium; waste and scrap; powders
810810	Unwrought titanium; waste and scrap; powders
810910	Unwrought zirconium; waste and scrap; powders
81100011	Unwrought antimony; powders
81100019	Waste and scrap
81110011	Unwrought manganese; powders
81110019	Waste and scrap
81122031	Unwrought chromium; powders other than chromium alloys containing more than 10% by weight of nickel
81122039	Waste and scrap
81123020	Unwrought germanium; powders
81123040	Waste and scrap
81124011	Unwrought vanadium; powders
81124019	Waste and scrap
81129110	Hafnium (celtium)
81129131	Unwrought niobium (columbium), unwrought rhenium; powders
81129139	Waste and scrap
81129150	Waste and scrap
81129181	Indium
81129189	Gallium, thallium
	Cermets:
81130020	—unwrought cermets
81130040	—waste and scrap

ANNEX IILIST OF PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description 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 coverage of the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description together.The reduction is applicable on the specific duties.The reduction is applicable on the ad valorem duties.The reduction is applicable on the specific duties and on the ad valorem duties.

PART 1Very sensitive productsEntry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.

CN code	Decription
	Live swine:
	– Other:
	– – Weighing less than 50 kg:
01039110	– – – Domestic species
	– – Weighing 50 kg or more:
	– – – Domestic species:
01039211	– – – – Sows having farrowed at least once, of a weight of not less than 160 kg
01039219	– – – – Other
0105	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:
02090090	– 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:
02109071	– – – – – Fatty livers of geese or ducks, salted or in brine
02109079	– – – – – Other
	Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
040110	– Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1 %
040120	– Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1 % but not exceeding 6 %
040130	– Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6 %
	Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir 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:
040310110403101304031019040310310403103304031039	– – Not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa
	– Other:
	– – Not flavoured nor containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:
040390110403901304039019040390310403903304039039	– – – In powder, granules or other solid forms
040390510403905304039059040390610403906304039069	– – – Other
0404	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
	Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:
040510	– Butter
	– Dairy spreads:
04052090	– – Of a fat content, by weight, of more than 75 % but less than 80 %
040590	– Other
	Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked:
	– Of poultry:
0407001104070019	– – For hatching
04070030	– – 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
	– Egg yolks:
	– – Dried:
04081180	– – – Other
	– – Other:
	– – – Other:
04081981	– – – – Liquid
04081989	– – – – Other, including frozen
	– Other:
	– – Dried:
04089180	– – – Other
	– – Other:
04089980	– – – Other
	Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other vegetables, fresh or chilled:
ex07032000	– Garlic	The reduction is applicable from 1 June to 31 January
	Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled:
ex07070005	– Cucumbers with a length of more than 15 cm	The reduction is applicable from 1 November to 15 May
07070090	– Gherkins
	Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:
ex07091000	– Globe artichokes	The reduction is applicable from 1 January to 30 June
	– Mushrooms and truffles:
07095200	– – Truffles
	Apricots, cherries, peaches (including nectarines), plums and sloes, fresh:
ex08091000	– Apricots	The reduction is applicable from 1 June to 31 July
ex080930	– Peaches, including nectarines:	The reduction is applicable from 11 June to 30 September
	– Plums and sloes:
ex08094005	– – Plums	The reduction is applicable from 11 June to 30 September
	Wheat or meslin flour:
	– Wheat flour:
11010011	– – Of durum wheat
11010015	– – Of common wheat and spelt
11010090	– Meslin flour
	Cereal groats, meal and pellets:
11021000	– Rye flour
	Cereal groats, meal and pellets:
	– Groats and meal:
110311	– – Of wheat
	– Pellets:
11032100	– – Of wheat
	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 Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included:
	– Other:
121291	– – Sugar beet
12129200	– – Sugar cane
	Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading No 0209 or 1503:
	– Pig fat (including lard):
15010019	– – Other
	Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:
	– Homogenized preparations:
ex16021000	– – Of swine, of bovine animals, of sheep and goats
	– Of liver of any animal:
	– – Other
ex16022090	– – – Of swine, of bovine animals, of sheep and goats
	– Of swine:
	– – Ham and cuts thereof:
16024110	– – – Of domestic swine
	– – Shoulders and cuts thereof:
16024210	– – – Of domestic swine
	– – Other including mixtures:
160249111602491316024915160249191602493016024950	– – – Of domestic swine
	– Other, including preparations of blood of any animal:
	– – Preparations of blood of any animal:
ex16029010	– – – Preparations of blood of bovine animals and of swine
	– – Other:
	– – – Other:
16029051	– – – – 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:
1702110017021900	– Lactose and lactose syrup
	– Maple sugar and maple syrup:
17022010	– – Maple sugar in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter
17022090	– – Other
	– Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than 20 % by weight of fructose:
17023010	– – Isoglucose
	– Glucose and glucose syrup, containing in the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by weight of fructose:
17024010	– – Isoglucose
170260	– Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 % by weight of fructose:
	– Other, including invert sugar:
17029030	– – Isoglucose
17029060	– – Artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey
	– – Caramel:
17029071	– – – Containing 50 % or more by weight of sucrose in the dry matter
	– – – Other:
17029075	– – – – In the form of powder, whether or not agglomerated
17029080	– – Inulin syrup
17029099	– – Other
	Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
	– Other:
	– – Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups:
21069030	– – – Isoglucose syrups
	– – – Other:
21069051	– – – – Lactose syrup
21069059	– – – – Other:
	Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:
	– Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale:
	– – Containing starch, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup falling within subheadings 17023051 to 17023099, 17024090, 17029050 and 21069055 or milk products:
	– – – Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup:
	– – – – Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch:
23091015	– – – – – Containing not less than 50 % but less than 75 % by weight of milk products
23091019	– – – – – Containing not less than 75 % by weight of milk products
	– – – – Containing more than 10 % but not more than 30 % by weight of starch:
23091039	– – – – – Containing not less than 50 % by weight of milk products
	– – – – Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch:
23091059	– – – – – Containing not less than 50 % by weight of milk products
23091070	– – – 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 17023051 to 17023099, 17024090, 17029050 and 21069055, or milk products:
	– – – – – Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine syrup:
	– – – – – Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch:
23099035	– – – – – – Containing not less than 50 % but less than 75 % by weight of milk products
23099039	– – – – – – Containing not less than 75 % by weight of milk products
	– – – – – Containing more than 10 % but not more than 30 % by weight of starch:
23099049	– – – – – – Containing not less than 50 % by weight of milk products
	– – – – – Containing more than 30 % by weight of starch:
23099059	– – – – – – Containing not less than 50 % by weight of milk products
23099070	– – – – Containing no starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup but containin milk products

PART 2Sensitive productsWhere, in the course of a year, imports of beef and veal falling within CN codes 0201 and 0202, originating in one of the countries mentioned in Annex IV of Regulation (EC) No 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.

CN code	Description
	Live bovine animals:
010290	– Other
0201	Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:
0202	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:
021020	– Meat of bovine animals:
	Starches; inulin:
11081400	– – Manioc (cassava) starch
	– – Other starches:
	– – – Other:
ex11081990	– – – – Other than starches of arrowroot
11090000	Wheat gluten, whether or not dried
	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:
17029079	– – – – Other
	Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
	– Other:
	– – Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups:
	– – – Other:
21069055	– – – – Glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup
	Residues of starch 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:
23031011	– – – Exceeding 40 % by weight
	Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:
	– Other:
	– – Other:
	– – – Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup falling within subheadings 17023051 to 17023099, 17024090, 17029050 and 21069055 or milk products:
	– – – – Containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup:
	– – – – – Containing no starch or containing 10 % or less by weight of starch:
23099031	– – – – – – Containing no milk products or containing less than 10 % by weight of such products

PART 3Semi-sensitive products

CN code	Description
	Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:
080510	– Oranges
ex080520	– Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids	The reduction is applicable from 1 November to the end of February

PART 4Non-sensitive productsEntry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.

CN code	Description
	Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen:
02041000	– Carcases and half-carcases of lamb, fresh or chilled
0204210002042202042300	– Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled
02043000	– Carcases and half-carcases of lamb, frozen
02044100020442020443	– Other meat of sheep, frozen
020450	– 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:
02061095	– – – Thick skirt and thin skirt
	– Of bovine animals, frozen:
	– – Other:
	– – – Other:
02062991	– – – – Thick skirt and thin skirt
	Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen:
	– Other:
02089050	– – 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:
02101290	– – – Other
	– Other including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
	– – Offal:
	– – – Of bovine animals:
02109041	– – – – Thick skirt and thin skirt
02109090	– – Edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal
	Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled:
ex07032000	– Garlic	The reduction is applicable from 1 February to 31 May
	Cucumbers and gherkins, fresh or chilled:
ex07070005	– Cucumbers with a length not exceeding 15 cm	The reduction is applicable from 1 November to 15 May
	Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:
ex07091000	– Globe artichokes	The reduction is applicable from 1 November to 31 December
	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:
07141091	– – – 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:
ex07149011	– – – – Arrowroot
	– – – Other:
ex07149019	– – – – Arrowroot
	Grapes, fresh or dried:
	– Dried:
	– – Other:
08062092	– – – Sultanas
	Wheat and meslin:
	– Other:
10019010	– – Spelt for sowing
	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:
	– – Denatured:
ex11062010	– – – Of flour and meal of arrowroot
	– – Other:
ex11062090	– – – Of flour and meal of arrowroot
	Starches; inulin:
	– Starches:
	– – Other starches:
	– – – Other:
ex11081990	– – – – Starches of arrowroot
	Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
	– Fats and oils and their fractions, of marine mammals:
	– – Solid fractions:
15043011	– – – Whale oil and sperm oil
	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:
16029072	– – – – – – – – Of sheep

Amendments and corrections
December 31, 2001	See 31996R1256
March 21, 1998	Entry into force - Date pub. + 3 See Art 4
January 1, 1998	Application - See Art 4

Council Regulation (EC) No 602/98 of 9 March 1998 extending the coverage of Regulations (EC) No 3281/94 and No 1256/96 concerning Community schemes of generalised tariff preferences for the benefit of the least-developed countries