WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG106/R/B/2
G/L/548
13 May 2002
(02-2660)
Original: English
ASSOCIATION OF CERTAIN OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Biennial Report on the Operation of the Agreement
Communication from the European Community
The report below presents the information rece ived from the Permanent Delegation of the
European Commission, dated 21 March 2000.  It is organized in accordance to the Standard Format
for Information on Regional Trade Agreements (WT/REG/W/6).
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This report covers the period 1999-2001.  The previous biennial report by the European
Communities on the operation of the Association of the overseas countries and territories with the EC
was contained in WTO document WT/REG106/R/B/1, G/L/374 of 2 May 2000.
I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT
1. Membership and dates of signature,  ratification and entry into force
In the reporting period (1999-2001), no modifications were made to Council Decision
91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories (OCTs)1 with
the European Community, as amended at mid-term by Council Decision 97/803/EC of 24 November
1997 (hereinafter: “the current Decision”: see previous report for more information).
However, on 27 November 2000 the Commission pr esented a proposal for a Council decision
which would replace the current Decision. The Commission proposal is designed to renew the
Community's association arrangements with the OCTs pursuant to Declaration n° 36 of the
Amsterdam Treaty, which invited the Council, acting by unanimity in accordance with Article 187 of
the Treaty, to review the current relationship.
The current Decision originally expired at the end of February 2000 but was extended first for
another year until 28 February 2001 (OJ L 55, 29.02.2000), and again for another 9 months until 1
December 2001 (OJ L 58, 28.02.2001).
4. Trade data
There has been a continued increase in EC-OCT trade over the period. A large share of trade
remains accounted for by the movement of vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport
equipment that is registered as “imports” and “exports” (see statistical data attached in Annex 2).
                                                     
1 Annex 1 lists the current OCTs.WT/REG106/R/B/2
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II. TRADE PROVISIONS
In the reporting period (1999-2001), no modifications were made to the current Decision or
its trade provisions, as described in the previous report.WT/REG106/R/B/2
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Annex 1
Overseas Countries and Territories associated with the European Community
Country having special relations with the Kingdom of Denmark
/g167 Greenland
Overseas Territories of the French Republic
/g167 New Caledonia
/g167 French Polynesia
/g167 French Southern and Antarctic Territories
/g167 Wallis and Futuna Islands
Territorial Collectivities of the French Republic
/g167 Mayotte
/g167 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Overseas Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
/g167 Aruba
/g167 Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten)
Overseas Countries and Territories of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland
/g167 Anguilla
/g167 Cayman Islands
/g167 Falkland Islands
/g167 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
/g167 Montserrat
/g167 Pitcairn
/g167 Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha
/g167 Turks and Caicos Islands
/g167 British Antarctic Territory
/g167 British Indian Ocean Territory
/g167 British Virgin IslandsWT/REG106/R/B/2
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Annex 2
EC-OCTs Imports/Exports, 2000 and comparison with extra-EU
balance balance
HS Section M Euro % Total M Euro % Total M Euro M Euro % Total M Euro % Total M Euro imports exports
07-Aug-01
Total 2,103 100.0% 4,267 100.0% 2,165 1,026,798 100.0% 937,836 100.0% -88,961 0.2% 0.5% 2.03
of which:
01 Animals & animal products 234 11.1% 101 2.4% -133 15,386 1.5% 12,064 1.3% -3,321 1.5% 0.8% 0.43
02 Vegetable products 15 0.7% 25 0.6% 9 25,086 2.4% 11,223 1.2% -13,864 0.1% 0.2% 1.62
03 Animal or vegetable fats 3 0.1% 10 0.2% 7 2,360 0.2% 2,687 0.3% 327 0.1% 0.4% 3.73
04 Prepared foodstuffs 133 6.3% 293 6.9% 160 22,170 2.2% 29,937 3.2% 7,767 0.6% 1.0% 2.20
05 Mineral products 212 10.1% 179 4.2% -33 160,181 15.6% 33,372 3.6% -126,808 0.1% 0.5% 0.84
06 Chemical products 7 0.3% 208 4.9% 201 63,673 6.2% 113,378 12.1% 49,705 0.0% 0.2% 29.97
07 Plastics & rubber 0 0.0% 67 1.6% 66 26,308 2.6% 35,240 3.8% 8,932 0.0% 0.2% 177.51
08 Hides & skins 2 0.1% 7 0.2% 6 10,204 1.0% 8,969 1.0% -1,234 0.0% 0.1% 4.26
09 Wood & wood products 1 0.0% 18 0.4% 18 14,618 1.4% 7,007 0.7% -7,611 0.0% 0.3% 24.03
10 Wood pulp products 1 0.0% 68 1.6% 67 17,021 1.7% 24,481 2.6% 7,461 0.0% 0.3% 66.56
11 Textiles & textile articles 5 0.2% 66 1.6% 62 69,611 6.8% 40,549 4.3% -29,062 0.0% 0.2% 14.40
12 Footwear, headgear 0 0.0% 15 0.4% 15 10,903 1.1% 6,825 0.7% -4,078 0.0% 0.2% 93.83
13 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos 0 0.0% 50 1.2% 50 7,846 0.8% 15,121 1.6% 7,275 0.0% 0.3% 240.58
14 Pearls, (semi-)precious stones, metals 83 3.9% 191 4.5% 109 35,656 3.5% 28,969 3.1% -6,687 0.2% 0.7% 2.32
15 Base metals & articles thereof 238 11.3% 147 3.4% -91 57,454 5.6% 52,942 5.6% -4,512 0.4% 0.3% 0.62
16 Machinery & mechanical applicances 21 1.0% 526 12.3% 505 298,805 29.1% 298,008 31.8% -797 0.0% 0.2% 25.48
17 Transportation equipment 1,117 53.1% 2,092 49.0% 975 90,679 8.8% 139,903 14.9% 49,224 1.2% 1.5% 1.87
18 Instruments - measuring, musical 13 0.6% 73 1.7% 60 42,480 4.1% 39,533 4.2% -2,947 0.0% 0.2% 5.69
19 Arms & ammunition 0 0.0% 2 0.1% 2 601 0.1% 1,574 0.2% 973 0.0% 0.1% 803.51
20 Miscellaneous 2 0.1% 92 2.2% 90 27,149 2.6% 18,409 2.0% -8,739 0.0% 0.5% 44.28
21 Works of art 4 0.2% 2 0.0% -3 2,672 0.3% 4,583 0.5% 1,910 0.2% 0.0% 0.38
Other 13 0.6% 35 0.8% 22 25,935 2.5% 13,062 1.4% -12,872 0.0% 0.3% 2.77
Source : Eurostat COMEXT 30 Jul 01 (Statistical regime 4) GL - NC - PF - WF - YT - PM - AW - AN - AI - KY - FK - MS - PN - SH - TC - IO - VG - XR TRADE/D/1  Paul VERBURGT0406 Greenland 1011 Extra-EUROverseas countries and territories (OCTs) 
associated with the EUEU15 trade 2000 with OCTs EU15 trade 2000 with EXTRA-EUR OCTs
imports exports imports exports market shares Exp-Imp 
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__________EU15 trade 1997-2000 with EU Associated Overseas countries and territories (mi llion Euro)
imports exports balance total trade
HS Section 1997 1998 1999 2000 1997 1998 1999 2000 1997 1998 1999 2000 1997 1998 1999 2000
011 Extra-EU1507-Aug-01
Total 1,611 1,464 1,715 2,103 3,058 3,204 3,596 4,267 1,447 1,740 1,881 2,165 4,669 4,668 5,311 6,370
of which:
01 Animals & animal products 212 215 207 234 91 92 89 101 -122 -124 -119 -133 303 307 296 334
02 Vegetable products 69 16 10 15 20 22 24 25 -49 7 14 9 90 38 33 40
03 Animal or vegetable fats 6243 9 1 0 1 0 1 0 48671 5 1 2 1 4 1 2
04 Prepared foodstuffs 89 85 132 133 291 291 317 293 202 206 185 160 380 376 448 427
05 Mineral products 157 86 132 212 134 95 131 179 -22 9 -2 -33 291 182 263 392
06 Chemical products 3377 1 5 9 1 7 2 1 8 3 2 0 8 1 5 6 1 6 8 1 7 5 2 0 1 1 6 1 1 7 5 1 9 0 2 1 5
07 Plastics & rubber 00005 6 5 6 6 0 6 75 6 5 6 5 9 6 65 7 5 7 6 0 6 7
08 Hides & skins 2112 6657 4546 9879
09 Wood & wood products 00012 1 2 0 2 2 1 82 1 2 0 2 2 1 82 1 2 0 2 3 1 9
10 Wood pulp products 74216 2 6 5 6 7 6 85 5 6 1 6 5 6 76 9 6 9 6 9 6 9
11 Textiles & textile articles 56456 1 6 5 6 2 6 65 6 5 9 5 8 6 26 6 7 1 6 7 7 1
12 Footwear, headgear 00001 5 1 7 1 5 1 51 5 1 7 1 5 1 51 6 1 7 1 6 1 5
13 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos 00004 2 5 5 4 7 5 04 2 5 5 4 7 5 04 3 5 5 4 7 5 0
14 Pearls, (semi-)precious stones, metals 105 96 81 83 129 155 157 191 24 59 75 109 234 250 238 274
15 Base metals & articles thereof 181 138 129 238 144 134 142 147 -36 -4 12 -91 325 273 271 385
16 Machinery & mechanical applicances 17 19 30 21 388 441 466 526 371 422 436 505 405 460 495 546
17 Transportation equipment 740 765 946 1,117 1,268 1,302 1,617 2,092 528 537 671 975 2,008 2,067 2,563 3,209
18 Instruments - measuring, musical 81 41 51 3 5 46 16 37 3 4 64 84 86 0 6 27 57 88 6
19 Arms & ammunition 0000 6322 6322 6332
20 Miscellaneous 01226 8 7 8 7 9 9 26 7 7 6 7 7 9 06 8 7 9 8 0 9 4
21 Works of art 2214 2632 042 - 3 4846
Other 8 9 10 13 29 57 37 35 21 48 28 22 38 66 47 48
Source : Eurostat COMEXT 30 Jul 01 (Statistical regime 4) GL - NC - PF - WF - YT - PM - AW - AN - AI - KY - FK - MS - PN - SH - TC - IO - VG - XR TRADE/D/1  Paul VERBURGTOverseas countries and territories (OCTs) 
associated with the EU
0406 Greenland