PART IV
REGULATION OF INPUTS IN THE COMMUNITY
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16. The Member States shall apply the rate of duty set by COTED on all imported oils, fats and their substitutes.
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17. (1) (a) In the event of insufficient supply, the Secretary-General acting on behalf of COTED may grant a suspension of the Common External Tariff in accordance with Article 72 of the Treaty.
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(b) In determining the adequacy of supply, the Secretary-General shall take into consideration the allocation and provisions which obtain under this Schedule.
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(2) (a) The Secretary-General may issue a certificate under the Safeguard Mechanism of the Rules of Origin in accordance with Article 73 of the Treaty, in the event of insufficient supply of inputs used in the manufacture of oils and fats products.
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(b) In determining the adequacy of supply, the Secretary-General shall take into consideration the guidelines established by the Conference of Oils and Fats and COTED.
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18. The Member States may use automatic licences to monitor imports of oils and fats especially where other methods prove inadequate.
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19. No Member State shall use non-automatic licences to regulate or restrict the imports of oils and fats except under paragraph 22.
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20. (1) If any Member State considers that–
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(a) its oils and fats processing industry is being injured as a result of a substantial decrease (10 per cent for LDCs and 25 per cent for MDCs) in internal demand for a domestic product; and
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(b) this decrease in demand is due to an increase in imports consigned from other Member States, that Member State shall take remedial measures in accordance with Chapter V of this Treaty;
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(2) Where in the Community, especially in any of the LDC Member States, a difficulty arises from the importation of oils, fats or their substitutes from third countries, the affected Member State shall, notwithstanding the provisions identified at paragraph 18, 19 and 21, use non-automatic licences and quantitative restrictions in accordance with its international obligations.
APPENDIX I TO SCHEDULE III
ANCILLARIES
| Aluminum Sulphate | Ferric Chloride |
| Animal Grease | Filter Aids and Materials |
| Animal Tallow | Flavours and Flavouring Materials |
| Anti-Spattering Agents | Flourescers |
| Anti-Oxidants | Hexane |
| Antiseptics | Hydrochloric Acid Hydrogenated Fats |
| Bacteriacides and Disinfectants | Hydrogenated Oils |
| Bleaching Aids and Materials | Cotton Seed, Bleaching Earth |
| Calcium Chloride | Soyabean, Palm Kernel, Groundnut |
| Calcium Michel | Palm, Whale, Fish or other Oils of a similar kind |
| Caustic Potash | Castor Oil |
| Caustic Soda | Lanolin |
| Colouring Matter and Dyes | Milk Powders and Cultures |
| Citric Acid | Mineral Acids |
| Emulsifiers | Soap Perfumes |
| Fatty Acids | Soda Carbonate |
| Mineral Salts | Sodium Hydrosulphate |
| Oleo Stearines | Sodium Sulphate |
| Organic Acids | Sulphuric Acid |
| Phosphate and Zinc Oxide | Titanium Dioxide |
| Preservative | Vitamin Concentrates |
| Resin | Water Softeners |
| Silicate of Soda | Salt |
APPENDIX II TO SCHEDULE III
SUBSTITUTES
Oil seeds which do not qualify as being of Community Origin under the provisions of Article 84.
Vegetable oils refined or unrefined, derived from materials in the above category.
Edible tallow or edible stearines.
Soaps including all soaps in block, bar, tablet or powdered form not produced within the Community.
Margarine and shortening which do not qualify as being of Common Market Origin under the provisions of Article 84.
Compound Lard.
Pure Lard.