RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/L/22
3February 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-0204)
Original: English
ENLARGEMENT OFTHE EUROPEAN UNION
Basic DataforGATT Article XXIV:5 AND XXIV:6
Discussion andNegotiation
Thefollowingcommunication,dated27January1995,togetherwithtradedata,hasbeenreceived
from theEuropean Commission.1
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Concordance Tables
Theprevious Schedule XXXII ofAustria, Schedule XXIV ofFinland andSchedule XXX of
Sweden attached totheMarrakesh Protocol contain ineachcaseaconsolidated listofbound duties
ofthecountries concerned prior totheiraccession totheEU.
Theconsolidated listofthebound duties oftheformer EU(12)comprises previous
Schedule LXXX attached totheMarrakesh Protocol withtheaddition ofthetariff quotas (separately
listed inthedocumentation provided) which hadalready beenbound atlower rates.
Theconcordance tables show thetarifflinesintheprevious schedules ofthethree newMember
States along withthatoftheEU(12). Thetables compare dutyratesoftheacceding countries and
theEU(12)andalsoshow ineachcasetheamount oftrade allocated tothetariff lineintheprevious
EU(12)Schedule.
Trade Data
Datarelating tothevalue andquantity oftotaltrade withother GATT contracting parties for
eachtarifflineintheschedules mentioned above fortheperiod 1991, 1992and1993(average) together
withabreakdown bycountry oforigin isavailable ondiskette. Dutyratesarealsoindicated, andwhere
specific duties areinvolved, anadvalorem equivalent (AVE) hasbeenprovided based ontotaltrade
withother GATT contracting parties.
Using thetrade allocations, thegeneral imports ofthethree newMember States havebeen
recasted according tothetariff linesintheprevious EU(12)Schedule toproduce alisting showing
totalimports from GATT members bythethree newMember States andtheformer EU(12)witha
totalfortheEU(15).
1Interested delegations maycollect copies ofthedocumentation involved from office no.3006.
Import statistics ofthethree acceding countries andoftheEU(12)fortheperiod 1991-93, together
withtheconcordance tables areavailable ondiskettes.