Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
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30.6.2005
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Official Journal of the European Union
L 169/1
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 980/2005
of 27 June 2005
applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),
Whereas:
(1)
Since 1971, the Community has granted trade preferences to developing countries, in the framework of its scheme of generalised tariff preferences.
(2)
The Community's common commercial policy is to be consistent with and consolidate the objectives of development policy, in particular the eradication of poverty and the promotion of sustainable development and good governance in the developing countries. It is to comply with the WTO requirements, and in particular with the GATT Enabling clause of 1979 (3).
(3)
A communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee of 7 July 2004 entitled ‘Developing countries, international trade and sustainable development: the function of the Community's generalised system of preferences (GSP) for the ten-year period from 2006 to 2015’ sets out the guidelines for the application of the scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 2006 to 2015.
(4)
This Regulation is the first Regulation implementing those guidelines. It should apply until 31 December 2008.
(5)
The scheme of generalised tariff preferences (hereinafter referred to as ‘the scheme’) should consist of a general arrangement granted to all the beneficiary countries and territories and two special arrangements taking into account the various development needs of similar-situated developing countries.
(6)
The general arrangement should be granted to all beneficiary countries unless they are classified by the World Bank as a high-income country and where they are not sufficiently diversified in their exports.
(7)
The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance is based on an integral concept of sustainable development as recognized by international conventions and instruments such as the UN Declaration on the Right to Development of 1986, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development of 1992, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998, the UN Millennium Declaration of 2000 and the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development of 2002. Consequently, developing countries which due to a lack of diversification and insufficient integration into the international trading system are vulnerable while assuming special burdens and responsibilities due to the ratification and effective implementation of core international conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance should benefit from additional tariff preferences. These preferences are designed to promote further economic growth and thereby to respond positively to the need for sustainable development. Under this arrangement ad valorem tariffs are therefore suspended for the beneficiary countries, as well as specific duties (unless combined with an ad valorem duty). The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should exceptionally apply before the entry into force of the whole Regulation to conform with the WTO ruling on the special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking.
(8)
Developing countries which already fulfil the criteria under the special arrangement for sustainable development and good governance at the time of entry into force of this Regulation should benefit from this arrangement as quickly as possible. They should therefore be provisionally listed as beneficiary countries. They should continue to benefit from the preferences if upon their application the Commission confirms their qualification by 15 December 2005.
(9)
The Commission should monitor the effective implementation of the international conventions in accordance with the respective mechanisms thereunder and should assess the relationship between additional tariff preferences and the promotion of sustainable development.
(10)
The special arrangement for the least developed countries should continue to grant duty-free access to products originating in the least developed countries, as recognised and classified by the United Nations. For a country no longer classified by the United Nations as a least developed country a transitional period should be established to alleviate any adverse effects caused by removal of the tariff preferences granted under this arrangement.
(11)
Preferences should continue to be differentiated according to the sensitivity of products, differentiating between non-sensitive and sensitive products, to take into account the situation of the sectors manufacturing the same products in the Community.
(12)
Tariff duties on non-sensitive products should continue to be suspended, while duties on sensitive products should enjoy a tariff reduction to ensure a satisfactory utilisation rate while at the same time taking into account the situation of the respective Community industries.
(13)
Such reduction should be sufficiently attractive in order to motivate traders to use the opportunities offered by the scheme. As far as ad valorem duties are concerned, the reduction should therefore be a flat rate of 3,5 percentage points of the most favoured nation (MFN) duty rate. Specific duties should be reduced by 30 %. Where duties specify a minimum duty, that minimum duty should not apply.
(14)
Duties should be totally suspended where preferential treatment for an individual import declaration results in ad valorem duties of 1 % or less or in specific duties of EUR 2 or less as the cost of collecting such duties might be higher than the revenue gained.
(15)
For the sake of coherence of the Community commercial policy, a beneficiary country should not benefit from both the Community's scheme and a free trade agreement, if that agreement covers at least all the preferences provided by the present scheme for that country.
(16)
Graduation should be based on criteria related to sections of the Common Customs Tariff. The graduation of a section for a beneficiary country should be applied when the section meets the criteria for graduation during three consecutive years, to increase predictability and fairness of graduation by eliminating the effect of large and exceptional variations in the import statistics.
(17)
The rules of origin, concerning the definition of the concept of originating products, the procedures and the methods of administrative cooperation related thereto, laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (4), apply to tariff preferences provided for by this Regulation to ensure that the benefit of this scheme goes only to those whom the scheme is intended to benefit.
(18)
The reasons for temporary withdrawal should include serious and systematic violations of the principles laid down in the conventions listed in Annex III so as to promote the objectives of those conventions and to ensure that no beneficiary receives unfair advantage through continuous violation of those conventions.
(19)
Due to the political situation in Myanmar, temporary withdrawal of all tariff preferences in respect of imports of products originating in Myanmar should remain in force.
(20)
The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission (5),
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Loading citations...1. The Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences (hereinafter referred to as ‘the scheme’) shall, from the date of entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December 2008, apply in accordance with this Regulation.
2. This Regulation provides for:
(a)
a general arrangement,
(b)
a special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance,
(c)
a special arrangement for least developed countries.
Article 2
The beneficiary countries of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) are listed in Annex I.
Article 3
1. A beneficiary country shall be removed from the scheme when it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income country during three consecutive years, and when the value of imports for the five largest sections of its GSP-covered imports to the Community represent less than 75 % of the total GSP-covered imports of the beneficiary country to the Community.
2. When a beneficiary country benefits from a preferential commercial agreement with the Community which covers at least all the preferences provided by the present scheme for that country, it shall be removed from the list of beneficiary countries in Annex I.
3. The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of its removal from the list of beneficiary countries in Annex I.
Article 4
The products included in the arrangements referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1(2) are listed in Annex II.
Article 5
1. The tariff preferences provided for by this Regulation shall apply to imports of products included in the arrangements enjoyed by the beneficiary country in which they originate.
2. For the purposes of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2), the rules of origin, concerning the definition of the concept of originating products, the procedures and the methods of administrative cooperation related thereto, are laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
3. Regional cumulation within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall also apply where a product used in further manufacture in a country belonging to a regional group originates in another country of the group, which does not benefit from the arrangements applying to the final product, provided that both countries benefit from regional cumulation for that group.
Article 6
For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a)
‘Common Customs Tariff duties’ means the duties specified in Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (6), except those duties set up within the framework of tariff quotas;
(b)
‘Section’ means any of the sections of the Common Customs Tariff as adopted by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. For the purposes of this Regulation only, Section XI is treated as two separate sections: Section XI(a) comprising Common Customs Tariff chapters 50-60 and Section XI(b) comprising Common Customs Tariff chapters 61-63;
(c)
‘Committee’ means the Committee referred to in Article 28.
CHAPTER II
ARRANGEMENTS AND TARIFF PREFERENCES
SECTION 1
General arrangement
Article 7
1. Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in Annex II as non-sensitive products shall be entirely suspended, except for agricultural components.
2. Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on products listed in Annex II as sensitive products shall be reduced by 3,5 percentage points. For products of sections XI(a) and XI(b), this reduction shall be 20 %.
3. Where preferential duty rates, calculated in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 (7) on Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on the day before the entry into force of this Regulation, provide a tariff reduction, for the products referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, of more than 3,5 percentage points, those preferential duty rates shall apply.
4. Common Customs Tariff specific duties other than minimum or maximum duties on products listed in Annex II as sensitive products shall be reduced by 30 %.
5. Where Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in Annex II as sensitive products include ad valorem duties and specific duties, the specific duties shall not be reduced.
6. Where duties reduced in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 4 specify a maximum duty, that maximum duty shall not be reduced. Where such duties specify a minimum duty, that minimum duty shall not apply.
7. The tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not apply to products of sections in respect of which those tariff preferences have been removed, for the country of origin concerned, according to Article 14, Article 21(8) and column C of Annex I.
SECTION 2
Special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance
Article 8
1. Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on all products listed in Annex II which originate in a country included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall be suspended.
2. Common Customs Tariff specific duties on products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be entirely suspended, except for products for which Common Customs Tariff duties also include ad valorem duties. For products of CN codes 1704 10 91 and 1704 10 99, the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value.
3. For a beneficiary country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall not include products of the sections for which these tariff preferences have been withdrawn according to column C of Annex I.
Article 9
1. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance may be granted to a country which:
(a)
has ratified and effectively implemented the conventions listed in Part A of Annex III, and
(b)
has ratified and effectively implemented at least seven of the conventions listed in Part B of Annex III, and
(c)
commits itself to ratify and effectively implement by 31 December 2008 those conventions listed in Part B of Annex III which it has not yet ratified and effectively implemented, and
(d)
gives an undertaking to maintain the ratification of the conventions and their implementing legislation and measures and which accepts regular monitoring and review of its implementation record in accordance with the implementation provisions of the conventions it has ratified, and
(e)
is considered as a vulnerable country as defined in paragraph 3.
2. By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (a) and (c) for countries faced with specific constitutional constraints, the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance may be granted to a country which has not ratified and effectively implemented a maximum of two of the sixteen conventions listed in Part A of Annex III provided:
(a)
that a formal commitment has been made by the country concerned to sign, ratify and implement any missing Convention should it be ascertained that there exists no incompatibility with its Constitution no later than 31 October 2005, and
(b)
in case of an incompatibility with its Constitution, the country concerned has formally committed itself to sign and ratify any missing Convention no later than 31 December 2006.
Before the end of 2006, the Commission shall report to the Council on the compliance by a country concerned with the above-mentioned commitments. The granting of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance to this country beyond 1 January 2007 is subject to a Council decision. As appropriate, and on the basis of the abovementioned report, the Commission shall propose to the Council such a continuation.
3. A vulnerable country is one:
(a)
that is not classified by the World Bank as a high income country during three consecutive years, and whose five largest sections of its GSP-covered imports to the Community represent more than 75 % in value of its total GSP-covered imports, and
(b)
whose GSP-covered imports to the Community represent less than 1 % in value of total GSP-covered imports to the Community.
The data to be used are those available on 1 September 2004, as an average over three consecutive years.
4. The Commission shall keep under review the status of ratification and effective implementation of the conventions listed in Annex III. Before the end of the period of application of this Regulation and in time for the discussion on the next Regulation, the Commission shall present to the Council a report concerning the status of ratification of such conventions, including recommendations by monitoring bodies.
Article 10
1. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall be granted if the following conditions are met:
(a)
a country or territory listed in Annex I has made a request to that effect by 31 October 2005, and
(b)
an examination of the request shows that the requesting country fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 9(1), (2) and (3).
2. The requesting country shall submit its request to the Commission in writing and shall provide comprehensive information concerning ratification of the conventions referred to in Annex III, the legislation and measures to effectively implement the provisions of the conventions and its commitment to accept and fully comply with the monitoring and review mechanism envisaged in the relevant conventions and related instruments.
3. Those countries that are granted provisionally the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance from the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall also submit a request according to paragraphs 1 and 2 by 31 October 2005. The Commission shall assess the request according to Article 11.
Article 11
1. Where the Commission receives a request accompanied by the information referred to in Article 10, the Commission shall examine the request. The examination shall take into account the findings of the relevant international organisations and agencies. It may ask the requesting country any questions which it considers relevant and may verify the information received with the requesting country or any other relevant sources.
2. The Commission shall decide, in accordance with the examination referred to in paragraph 1 and the procedure referred to in Article 28(4), whether to grant a requesting country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance as of 1 January 2006.
3. The Commission shall notify a requesting country of a decision taken in accordance with paragraph 2. Where a country is granted the special incentive arrangement, it shall be informed of the date on which that decision enters into force. The Commission shall by 15 December 2005 publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, listing the countries benefiting from the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.
4. Where a requesting country is not granted the special incentive arrangement, the Commission shall explain the reasons if that country so requests.
5. The Commission shall conduct all relations with a requesting country concerning the request in close coordination with the Committee acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(4).
SECTION 3
Special arrangement for least developed countries
Article 12
1. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, Common Customs Tariff duties on all products of Chapters 1 to 97 of the Harmonized System except those of Chapter 93 thereof, originating in a country that according to Annex I benefits from the special arrangement for least developed countries, shall be entirely suspended.
2. Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of tariff heading 1006 shall be reduced by 20 % on 1 September 2006, by 50 % on 1 September 2007 and by 80 % on 1 September 2008. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 September 2009.
3. Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of CN code 0803 00 19 shall be reduced by 20 % annually as from 1 January 2002. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 January 2006.
4. Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of tariff heading 1701 shall be reduced by 20 % on 1 July 2006, by 50 % on 1 July 2007 and by 80 % on 1 July 2008. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 July 2009.
5. Until Common Customs Tariff duties are entirely suspended in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 4, a global tariff quota at zero duty shall be opened for every marketing year for products of tariff heading 1006 and subheading 1701 11 10 respectively, originating in the countries benefiting from this special arrangement. The initial tariff quotas for the marketing year 2001/2002 shall be equal to 2 517 tonnes, husked rice equivalent, for products of tariff heading 1006, and 74 185 tonnes, white sugar equivalent, for products of subheading 1701 11 10. For each of the following marketing years, the quotas shall be increased by 15 % over the quotas of the previous marketing year.
6. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules governing the opening and administration of the quotas referred to in paragraph 5, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(4). In opening and administrating these quotas, the Commission shall be assisted by the management committees for the relevant common market organisations.
7. When a country is excluded by the United Nations from the list of the least developed countries, it is withdrawn from the list of the beneficiaries of this arrangement. The removal of a country from the arrangement and the establishment of a transitional period of at least three years shall be decided by the Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(4).
Article 13
Article 12(4) and provisions of Article 12(5) referring to products of tariff subheading 1701 11 10 shall not apply to products originating in countries benefiting from the preferences referred to in this section and released for free circulation in the French overseas departments.
SECTION 4
Common provisions
Article 14
1. The tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 8 shall be removed in respect of products originating in a beneficiary country of a section, when the average value of Community imports from that country of products included in the section concerned and covered by the arrangement enjoyed by that country exceeds 15 % of the value of Community imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I over three consecutive years, on the basis of the most recent data available on 1 September 2004. For each of the sections XI(a) and XI(b) the threshold shall be 12,5 %.
2. The sections removed in accordance with paragraph 1 are listed in Annex I, column C.
3. The removal of sections from this scheme shall apply as from 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2008.
4. The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of the removal of a section.
5. Paragraph 1 does not apply to a beneficiary country in respect of any section which represents more than 50 % in value of all GSP-covered imports to the Community originating from the country in question.
6. The statistical source used for the purpose of this Article shall be the COMEXT statistics.
Article 15
1. Where the rate of an ad valorem duty for an individual import declaration reduced in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter is 1 % or less, that duty shall be entirely suspended.
2. Where the rate of a specific duty for an individual import declaration reduced in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter is EUR 2 or less per individual euro amount, that duty shall be entirely suspended.
3. Subject to paragraphs 1 and 2, the final rate of preferential duty calculated in accordance with this Regulation shall be rounded down to the first decimal place.
CHAPTER III
TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL AND SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS
SECTION 1
Temporary withdrawal
Article 16
1. The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, for any of the following reasons:
(a)
serious and systematic violations of principles laid down in the conventions listed in Part A of Annex III, on the basis of the conclusion of the relevant monitoring bodies;
(b)
export of goods made by prison labour;
(c)
serious shortcomings in customs controls on export or transit of drugs (illicit substancesor precursors), or failure to comply with international conventions on money-laundering;
(d)
serious and systematic unfair trading practices which have an adverse effect on the Community industry and have not been addressed by the beneficiary country. For those unfair trading practices which are prohibited or actionable under the WTO Agreements, the application of this Article shall be based on a previous determination to that effect by the competent WTO body;
(e)
serious and systematic infringements of the objectives of regional fishery organizations or arrangements to which the Community is a member concerning the conservation and management of fishery resources.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the special incentive arrangement referred to in Section 2 of Chapter II may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or certain products included in this arrangement, originating in a beneficiary country, in particular if the national legislation no longer incorporates those conventions referred to in Annex III which have been ratified in fulfilment of the requirements of Article 9(1) and (2) or if that legislation is not effectively implemented.
3. The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation shall not be withdrawn pursuant to paragraph 1(d) in respect of products which are subject to anti-dumping or countervailing measures under Regulations (EC) No 384/96 (8) or (EC) No 2026/97 (9), for the reasons which justify those measures.
Article 17
1. The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, in cases of fraud, irregularities or systematic failure to comply or to ensure compliance with the rules of origin of products and the procedures related thereto, and to provide the administrative cooperation as required for the implementation and the control of the respect of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2).
2. The administrative cooperation referred to in paragraph 1 requires, inter alia, that a beneficiary country:
(a)
communicate to the Commission and update the information necessary for the implementation of the rules of origin and the control of respect thereof;
(b)
assist the Community by carrying out, on request of the customs authorities of Member States, subsequent verification of origin and communicate its results in time;
(c)
assist the Community by allowing the Commission, in coordination and close cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States, to conduct Community administrative and investigative cooperation missions in that country, in order to verify the authenticity of documents or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the benefit of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2);
(d)
carry out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify and prevent contravention of the rules of origin;
(e)
comply or ensure compliance with the rules of origin in respect of regional cumulation, within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, if the country benefits therefrom;
(f)
assist the Community in the verification of conduct where there is a presumption of origin-related fraud. The existence of fraud may be presumed where imports of products under the preferential regimes granted under this Regulation massively exceed the usual levels of exports of the beneficiary country.
3. The Commission may suspend the preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, where it considers that there is sufficient evidence that temporary withdrawal would be justified for the reasons referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, provided that it has first:
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informed the Committee;
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called on the Member States to take such precautionary measures as are necessary in order to safeguard the Community's financial interests and/or secure compliance by the beneficiary country with its obligations;
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published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union stating that there are grounds for reasonable doubts about the application of the preferential arrangements and/or compliance by the beneficiary country with its obligations, which may call into question its right to continue enjoying the benefits granted by this Regulation.
The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned of any decision taken in accordance with this paragraph, before it becomes effective. The Commission shall also notify the Committee thereof.
4. Any Member State may refer a decision taken in accordance with paragraph 3 to the Council within 1 month. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within 1 month.
5. The period of suspension shall not exceed 6 months. On conclusion of the period, the Commission shall decide either to terminate the suspension after informing the Committee or to extend the period of suspension in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 3.
6. Member States shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information that may justify suspension of preferences or its extension.
Article 18
1. Where the Commission or a Member State receives information that may justify temporary withdrawal and where the Commission or a Member State considers that there are sufficient grounds for an investigation, it shall inform the Committee and request consultations, which should take place within one month.
2. Following the consultations, the Commission may decide, within 1 month and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5), to initiate an investigation.
Article 19
1. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation, and notify the beneficiary country concerned thereof. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which may not exceed four months as from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing.
2. The Commission shall provide the beneficiary country concerned with every opportunity to cooperate in the investigation.
3. The Commission shall seek all information it considers necessary including the available assessments, comments, decisions, recommendations and conclusions of the relevant supervisory bodies of the UN, the ILO and other competent international organisations. These shall serve as the point of departure for the investigation as to whether temporary withdrawal is justified for the reason referred to in point (a) of Article 16(1). The Commission may verify the information received with economic operators and the beneficiary country concerned.
4. The Commission may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests.
5. Where information requested by the Commission is not provided within the period specified in the notice announcing the investigation, or the investigation is significantly impeded, findings may be made on the basis of the facts available.
6. The investigation should be completed within a year. The Commission may extend this period, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5).
Article 20
1. The Commission shall submit a report on its findings to the Committee.
2. Where the Commission considers that the findings do not justify temporary withdrawal, it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5), to terminate the investigation. In that case, the Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, announcing the termination of the investigation and setting out its main conclusions.
3. Where the Commission considers that the findings justify temporary withdrawal for the reason referred to in point (a) of Article 16(1), it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5), to monitor and evaluate the situation in the beneficiary country concerned for a period of six months. The Commission shall notify the beneficiary country concerned of this decision and shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, announcing that it intends to submit a proposal to the Council for temporary withdrawal, unless, before the end of the period, the beneficiary country concerned makes a commitment to take the measures necessary to conform, in a reasonable period of time, with the conventions referred to in Part A of Annex III.
4. Where the Commission considers temporary withdrawal to be necessary, it shall submit an appropriate proposal to the Council, which shall decide within 1 month by a qualified majority. In cases referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission shall submit its proposal at the end of the period referred to in that paragraph.
5. Where the Council decides on temporary withdrawal, such decision shall enter into force 6 months after it was taken, unless it is decided before then that the reasons justifying it no longer prevail.
SECTION 2
Safeguard clause
Article 21
1. Where a product originating in a beneficiary country is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to a Community producer of like or directly competing products, normal Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be reintroduced at any time at the request of a Member State or on the Commission's initiative.
2. The Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an investigation within a reasonable period of time. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which shall not exceed 4 months from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing.
3. The Commission shall seek all information it deems necessary and may verify the information received with the beneficiary country concerned and any other relevant source. It may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests.
4. In examining whether there are serious difficulties, the Commission shall take account, inter alia, of the following factors concerning Community producers where the information is available:
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market share,
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production,
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stocks,
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production capacity,
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bankruptcies,
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profitability,
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capacity utilisation,
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employment,
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imports,
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prices.
5. The investigation shall be completed within 6 months after the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 2. The Commission may, in case of exceptional circumstances and after consultation of the Committee, extend this period in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5).
6. The Commission shall take a decision within 1 month, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5). Such decision shall enter into force within 1 month as from its publication.
7. Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make an investigation impossible, the Commission may, after informing the Committee, take any preventive measure which is strictly necessary.
8. Where imports of products of section XI(b), as referred to in Article 14(1), originating in a beneficiary country:
(a)
increase by at least 20 % in quantity (by volume) as compared to the previous calendar year, or
(b)
exceed 12,5 % of the value of Community imports of products from section XI(b) from all countries and territories listed in Annex I during any twelve months period,
the Commission, on the 1st of January of every year during the period of application of this Regulation, on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State and after informing the Committee, shall remove the preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 8 with respect to products from section XI(b). This provision shall not apply to countries benefiting from the special arrangement for least developed countries referred to in Article 12 and to countries whose share of imports into the Community as defined in Article 14(1) do not exceed 8 %. The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of the removal of the preferences. The removal of the preferences shall take effect two months after the publication of the Commission's decision to this effect in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 22
Where imports of products included in Annex I to the Treaty cause, or threaten to cause, serious disturbance to Community markets, in particular to one or more of the outermost regions, or these markets' regulatory mechanisms, the Commission, on request of a Member State or on its own initiative, may suspend the preferential arrangements in respect of the products concerned after consulting the management committee for the relevant common market organisation.
Article 23
1. The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned as soon as possible of any decision taken in accordance with Article 21 or 22 before it becomes effective. The Commission shall also notify the Council and the Member States thereof.
2. Any Member State may refer a decision taken in accordance with Article 21 or 22 to the Council within 1 month. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may adopt a different decision within 1 month.
SECTION 3
Surveillance measures in the agricultural sector
Article 24
Products in Chapters 1 to 24 originating in beneficiary countries may be subject to a special surveillance mechanism in order to avoid disturbances in the Community market. The Commission, on its own initiative or on the request of a Member State, shall decide the products on which this surveillance list shall be applied.
All periods mentioned in Article 21 which exceed 2 months shall be reduced to 2 months in the following cases:
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when the beneficiary country does not comply with the rules of origin or does not provide the administrative cooperation required in Article 17, or
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when imports of products in Chapters 1 to 24 under the preferential regimes granted under this Regulation massively exceed the usual levels of exports of the beneficiary country.
SECTION 4
Common provision
Article 25
Nothing in this Chapter shall affect the application of safeguard clauses adopted as part of the Common Agricultural Policy under Article 37 of the Treaty, or as part of the Common Trade Policy under Article 133 of the Treaty, or any other safeguard clauses which may be applied.
CHAPTER IV
PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS
Article 26
The Commission shall in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5) adopt changes to the Annexes to this Regulation made necessary:
(a)
by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature;
(b)
by changes in the international status or classification of countries or territories;
(c)
by the application of Article 3(2);
(d)
if a country has reached the thresholds set out in Article 3(1);
(e)
for the establishment of the final list of beneficiary countries by 15 December 2005 at the latest in accordance with Article 11.
Article 27
1. Within six weeks of the end of each quarter, Member States shall send the Statistical Office of the European Communities their statistical data on products placed under the customs procedure of free circulation during that quarter under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation. These data, supplied by reference to Combined Nomenclature codes and, where applicable, TARIC codes, shall show, by country of origin, values, quantities and any supplementary units required in accordance with the definitions in Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 (10) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 (11).
2. In accordance with Article 308d of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, Member States shall forward to the Commission, at its request, details of the quantities of products admitted for free circulation under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation, during the previous months. These data shall include the products referred to in paragraph 3.
3. The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member States, monitor the imports of products of CN code 0803 00 19, of tariff headings 0603, 1006, 1701, 1704 and 6403 and of CN codes 1604 14, 1604 19 31, 1604 19 39, 1604 20 70, 2002 90 and 2103 20 in order to determine whether the conditions referred to in Articles 21 and 22 are fulfilled.
Article 28
1. In implementing this Regulation, the Commission shall be assisted by a Generalised Preferences Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’).
2. The Committee may examine any matter relating to the application of this Regulation raised by the Commission or on the request of a Member State.
3. The Committee shall examine the effects of the scheme, on the basis of a report from the Commission covering the period from 1 January 2006. This report shall cover all preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) and be presented in time for the discussion on the next Regulation.
4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at 3 months.
5. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.
6. The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.
CHAPTER V
FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Article 29
Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 (12), which refers to Council Regulations (EC) No 3281/94 (13) and (EC) No 1256/96 (14), shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation. Commission Regulations (EC) No 1381/2002 (15) and (EC) No 1401/2002 (16), which refer to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001, shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.
Article 30
1. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance of Section 2 of Chapter II of this Regulation as well as the provisions applied in conjunction with that arrangement shall enter into force on 1 July 2005. That arrangement repeals with effect from its entry into force the special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 and the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applied in conjunction with those arrangements. The other provisions of this Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2006 and repeal with effect from that date those provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 then still in force.
2. This Regulation shall apply until 31 December 2008. However, this date shall not apply to the special arrangements for least developed countries, nor, to the extent that they are applied in conjunction with those arrangements, to any other provisions of this Regulation.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 2005.
For the Council
The President
L. LUX
(1) Opinion delivered on 9 March 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2) Opinion delivered on 9 February 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(3) ‘Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries’, GATT Decision of 28 November 1979 (L/4903).
(4) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 837/2005 (OJ L 139, 2.6.2005, p. 1).
(5) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
(6) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1).
(7) Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 (OJ L 346, 31.12.2001, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2004 (OJ L 321, 22.10.2004, p. 23).
(8) Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against imports from countries not members of the European Community (OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12).
(9) Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004.
(10) Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (OJ L 118, 25.5.1995, p. 10). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).
(11) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 of 7 September 2000 laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade (OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 14). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 179/2005 (OJ L 30, 3.2.2005, p. 6).
(12) Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 of 24 March 1997 temporarily withdrawing access to generalised tariff preferences from the Union of Myanmar (OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 8).
(13) Council Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 of 19 December 1994 applying a four-year scheme of generalized tariff preferences (1995 to 1998) in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (OJ L 348, 31.12.1994, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 (OJ L 357, 30.12.1998, p. 1).
(14) Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 of 20 June 1996 applying multiannual schemes of generalised tariff preferences from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1999 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (OJ L 160, 29.6.1996, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/98 (OJ L 80, 18.3.1998, p. 1).
(15) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1381/2002 of 29 July 2002 laying down detailed rules for opening and administration of the tariff quotas for raw cane sugar for refining, originating in the least developed countries, for the marketing years 2002/03 to 2005/06 (OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p. 14).
(16) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1401/2002 of 31 July 2002 laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of the tariff quotas for rice, originating in the least developed countries, for the marketing years 2002/03 to 2008/09 (OJ L 203, 1.8.2002, p. 42).
ANNEX I
Beneficiary countries (1) and territories of the Community's scheme of generalised tariff preferences
Column A
:
code according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community
Column B
:
name of country
Column C
:
sections in respect of which tariff preferences have been removed for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 14)
Column D
:
countries included in the special arrangement for least developed countries (Article 12)
Column E
:
countries included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 8)
A
B
C
D
E
AE
United Arab Emirates
AF
Afghanistan
X
AG
Antigua and Barbuda
AI
Anguilla
AM
Armenia
AN
Netherlands Antilles
AO
Angola
X
AQ
Antarctica
AR
Argentina
AS
American Samoa
AW
Aruba
AZ
Azerbaijan
BB
Barbados
BD
Bangladesh
X
BF
Burkina Faso
X
BH
Bahrain
BI
Burundi
X
BJ
Benin
X
BM
Bermuda
BN
Brunei Darussalam
BO
Bolivia
X
BR
Brazil
S-IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes.
S-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.
BS
Bahamas
BT
Bhutan
X
BV
Bouvet Island
BW
Botswana
BY
Belarus
BZ
Belize
CC
Cocos Islands (or Keeling Islands)
CD
Congo, Democratic Republic of
X
CF
Central African Republic
X
CG
Congo
CI
Côte d'Ivoire
CK
Cook Islands
CL
Chile
CM
Cameroon
CN
China, People's Republic of
S-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries.
S-VII Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof.
S-VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut).
S-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.
S-X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof.
S-XI(a) Textiles; S-XI(b) Textile articles.
S-XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair.
S-XIII Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware.
S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.
S-XV Base metals and articles of base metal.
S-XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles.
S-XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment.
S-XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof.
S-XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles.
CO
Colombia
X
CR
Costa Rica
X
CU
Cuba
CV
Cape Verde
X
CX
Christmas Islands
DJ
Djibouti
X
DM
Dominica
DO
Dominican Republic
DZ
Algeria
S-V Mineral products.
EC
Ecuador
X
EG
Egypt
ER
Eritrea
X
ET
Ethiopia
X
FJ
Fiji
FK
Falklands Islands
FM
Micronesia, Federated States of
GA
Gabon
GD
Grenada
GE
Georgia
X
GH
Ghana
GI
Gibraltar
GL
Greenland
GM
Gambia
X
GN
Guinea
X
GQ
Equatorial Guinea
X
GS
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
GT
Guatemala
X
GU
Guam
GW
Guinea-Bissau
X
GY
Guyana
HM
Heard Island and McDonald Islands
HN
Honduras
X
HT
Haiti
X
ID
Indonesia
S-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.
S-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.
IN
India
S-XI(a) Textiles;
S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.
IO
British Indian Ocean Territory
IQ
Iraq
IR
Iran, Islamic Republic of
JM
Jamaica
JO
Jordan
KE
Kenya
KG
Kyrgyzstan
KH
Cambodia
X
KI
Kiribati
X
KM
Comoros
X
KN
St Kitts and Nevis
KW
Kuwait
KY
Cayman Islands
KZ
Kazakhstan
LA
Lao People's Democratic Republic
X
LB
Lebanon
LC
St Lucia
LK
Sri Lanka
X
LR
Liberia
X
LS
Lesotho
X
LY
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
MA
Morocco
MD
Moldova, Republic of
MG
Madagascar
X
MH
Marshall Islands
ML
Mali
X
MM
Myanmar
X
MN
Mongolia
X
MO
Macao
MP
Northern Mariana Islands
MR
Mauritania
X
MS
Montserrat
MU
Mauritius
MV
Maldives
X
MW
Malawi
X
MX
Mexico
MY
Malaysia
S-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.
MZ
Mozambique
X
NA
Namibia
NC
New Caledonia
NE
Niger
X
NF
Norfolk Island
NG
Nigeria
NI
Nicaragua
X
NP
Nepal
X
NR
Nauru
NU
Niue Island
OM
Oman
PA
Panama
X
PE
Peru
X
PF
French Polynesia
PG
Papua New Guinea
PH
Philippines
PK
Pakistan
PM
St Pierre and Miquelon
PN
Pitcairn
PW
Palau
PY
Paraguay
QA
Qatar
RU
Russian Federation
S-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries.
S-X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof.
S-XV Base metals and articles of base metal.
RW
Rwanda
X
SA
Saudi Arabia
SB
Solomon Islands
X
SC
Seychelles
SD
Sudan
X
SH
Santa Helena
SL
Sierra Leone
X
SN
Senegal
X
SO
Somalia
X
SR
Suriname
ST
São Tomé and Príncipe
X
SV
El Salvador
X
SY
Syrian Arab Republic
SZ
Swaziland
TC
Turks and Caicos Islands
TD
Chad
X
TF
French Southern territories
TG
Togo
X
TH
Thailand
S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.
S-XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment.
TJ
Tajikistan
TK
Tokelau
TL
Timor-Leste
X
TM
Turkmenistan
TN
Tunisia
TO
Tonga
TT
Trinidad and Tobago
TV
Tuvalu
X
TZ
Tanzania (United Republic of)
X
UA
Ukraine
UG
Uganda
X
UM
United States Minor outlying islands
UY
Uruguay
UZ
Uzbekistan
VC
St Vincent and the Grenadines
VE
Venezuela
X
VG
Virgin Islands (British)
VI
Virgin Islands (USA)
VN
Vietnam
VU
Vanuatu
X
WF
Wallis and Futuna
WS
Samoa
X
YE
Yemen
X
YT
Mayotte
ZA
South Africa
S-XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment.
ZM
Zambia
X
ZW
Zimbabwe
(1) The list may include countries which are temporarily suspended from the EU GSP or have not complied with the administrative cooperation requirements, which are a pre-condition for goods to be granted the benefit of tariff preferences. The Commission or the competent authorities of the country concerned will be able to provide an updated list.
ANNEX II
List of products included in the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b)
Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the description of products is to be considered as indicative, the tariff preferences being determined by the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the tariff preferences are to be determined by the CN code and the description together. Entry of products marked with an asterisk is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.
The column ‘Sensitivity/Non-Sensitivity’ comprises the products included in the general arrangement (Article 7) and in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 8). These products are listed either NS (non-sensitive in the meaning of Article 7(1)) or S (sensitive in the meaning of Article 7(2)). For reasons of simplification, products are listed in groups. These may include products for which Common Customs Tariff duties are exempted or suspended.
CN Code
Description
Sensitivity/Non-Sensitivity
0101 10 90
Live asses and other
S
Live horses other than pure-bred breeding animals:
0101 90 19
Other than for slaughter
S
0101 90 30
Live asses
S
0101 90 90
Live mules and hinnies
S
0104 20 10
Live pure-bred breeding goats *
S
0106 19 10
Live domestic rabbits
S
0106 39 10
Live pigeons
S
0205 00
Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
S
0206 80 91
Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products
S
0206 90 91
Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozen, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products
S
Livers, frozen:
0207 14 91
Of fowls of the species (Gallus domesticus)
S
0207 27 91
Of turkeys
S
0207 36 89
Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls
S
0208
Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: (1)
S
0208 10
Of rabbits or hares
S
0208 20 00
Frogs' legs
NS
0208 30 00
Of primates
S
0208 40 00
Of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia)
S
0208 50
Of reptiles (including snakes and turtles)
S
ex 0208 90
Other, excluding products of 0208 90 55
S
Meat other than of swine and bovine animals, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:
0210 99 10
Of horses, salted, in brine or dried
S
0210 99 59
Offal of bovine animals other than thick skirt and thin skirt
S
0210 99 60
Offal of sheep and goats
S
0210 99 80
Offal other than poultry liver
S
ex Chapter 3 (2)
FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, excluding products of 0301 10 90
S
0301 10 90
Ornamental saltwater fish
NS
0403 10 51
Yoghurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa
S
0403 10 53
S
0403 10 59
S
0403 10 91
S
0403 10 93
S
0403 10 99
S
0403 90 71
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream; kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa
S
0403 90 73
S
0403 90 79
S
0403 90 91
S
0403 90 93
S
0403 90 99
S
ex 0405 20
Dairy spreads, excluding products of 0405 20 90
S
0407 00 90
Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked other than of poultry
S
0409 00 00
Natural honey (1)
S
0410 00 00
Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
S
Chapter 5
PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
S
ex Chapter 6
LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS, AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE, excluding products of 0604 91 40
S
0604 91 40
Conifer branches
NS
0701
Potatoes, fresh or chilled
S
0703 10
Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled
S
0703 90 00
Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled
S
0704
Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled
S
0705
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled
S
0706
Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled
S
ex 0707 00 05
Cucumber, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October
S
0708
Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
S
Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:
ex 0709 10 00
Globe artichokes, from 1 July to 31 October
S
0709 20 00
Asparagus
S
0709 30 00
Aubergines (egg-plants)
S
0709 40 00
Celery other than celeriac
S
0709 51 00
Mushrooms
S
0709 59
S
0709 60 10
Sweet peppers
S
0709 60 99
Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, other than sweet peppers
S
0709 70 00
Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)
S
0709 90 10
Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.)
S
0709 90 20
Chard (or white beet) and cardoons
S
0709 90 31
Olives, for uses other than the production of oil *
S
0709 90 40
Capers
S
0709 90 50
Fennel
S
0709 90 70
Courgettes
S
0709 90 90
Other
S
ex 0710
Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen (3)
S
ex 0711
Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, excluding products of 0711 20 90
S
ex 0712
Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared, excluding olives and products of 0712 90 19
S
0713
Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split:
S
0714 20 10
Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, intended for human consumption *
NS
0714 20 90
Sweet potatoes other than fresh, whole, intended for human production
S
0714 90 90
Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high inulin content; sago pith
NS
Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:
0802 11 90
Almonds in shell, other than bitter
S
0802 12 90
Almonds shelled, other than bitter
S
0802 21 00
0802 22 00
Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.), in shell or shelled
S
0802 31 00
Walnuts in shell
S
0802 32 00
Walnuts shelled
S
0802 40 00
Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)
S
0802 50 00
Pistachios
NS
0802 90 50
Pine nuts
NS
0802 90 60
Macadamia nuts
NS
0802 90 85
Other
NS
0803 00 11
Plantains, fresh
S
0803 00 90
Bananas, including plantains, dried
S
0804 10 00
Dates, fresh or dried
S
0804 20
Figs, fresh or dried
S
0804 30 00
Pineapples, fresh or dried
S
0804 40 00
Avocados, fresh or dried
S
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:
ex 0805 20
Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids: from 1 March to 31 October
S
0805 40 00
Grapefruit
NS
0805 50 90
Limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia)
S
0805 90 00
Other
S
ex 0806 10 10
Table grapes, fresh, from 1 January to 20 July and from 21 November to 31 December, other than of the variety Emperor (Vitis viniferac.v.) from 1 to 31 December
S
0806 10 90
Other grapes, fresh
S
ex 0806 20
Dried grapes, excluding products of ex 0806 20 30 dried sultanas, other than in immediate containers of a net capacity not exceeding 2 kg
S
0807 11 00
Watermelons, fresh
S
0807 19 00
Other melons, fresh
S
0808 10 10
Fresh cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December
S
0808 20 10
Perry pears, fresh, in bulk, from 1 August to 31 December
S
ex 0808 20 50
Other pears, fresh, from 1 May to 30 June
S
0808 20 90
Fresh quinces
S
ex 0809 10 00
Apricots, fresh, from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 August to 31 December
S
0809 20 05
Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh
S
ex 0809 20 95
Cherries, other than sour (Prunus cerasus), fresh, from 1 January to 20 May and from 11 August to 31 December
S
ex 0809 30
Peaches, including nectarines, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December
S
ex 0809 40 05
Plums, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December
S
0809 40 90
Sloes
S
Other fruit, fresh:
ex 0810 10 00
Strawberries, from 1 January to 30 April and from 1 August to 31 December
S
0810 20
Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries
S
0810 30
Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries
S
0810 40 30
Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus
S
0810 40 50
Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum
S
0810 40 90
Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium
S
0810 50 00
Kiwifruit
S
0810 60 00
Durians
S
0810 90 95
Other
S
0811
Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (4):
S
ex 0812
Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, excluding products of 0812 90 30
S
0812 90 30
Papaws (papayas)
NS
Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter:
0813 10 00
Apricots
S
0813 20 00
Prunes
S
0813 30 00
Apples
S
0813 40 10
Peaches, including nectarines
S
0813 40 30
Pears, dried
S
0813 40 50
Papaws (papayas), dried
NS
0813 40 95
Other, dried
NS
Mixtures of dried fruit, other than of headings 0801 to 0806:
0813 50 12
Containing papaws, tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruits, sapodillo, plums, passion fruit, carambola and potahaya
S
0813 50 15
Other
S
0813 50 19
Containing prunes
S
Mixtures exclusively of dried nuts of headings 0801 and 0802:
0813 50 31
Of tropical nuts
S
0813 50 39
Other
S
0813 50 91
Other mixtures not containing prunes or figs
S
0813 50 99
Other
S
0814 00 00
Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions
NS
0901 12 00
Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated
S
0901 21 00
Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated
S
0901 22 00
Coffee, roasted, decaffeinated
S
0901 90 90
Coffee substitutes containing coffee
S
0902 10 00
Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg
NS
0904 12 00
Pepper of the genus Piper, crushed or ground
NS
0904 20 10
Sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed nor ground
S
0904 20 90
Crushed or ground
NS
0905 00 00
Vanilla
S
0907 00 00
Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)
S
0910 20 90
Saffron, crushed or ground
NS
0910 40
Thyme, bay leaves
S
0910 91 90
Mixtures of spices, crushed or ground
S
0910 99 99
Other spices, crushed or ground, other than mixtures
S
ex 1008 90 90
Quinoa
S
1105
Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes
S
Flour, meal and powder:
1106 10 00
Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713
S
1106 30
Of the products of Chapter 8
S
1108 20 00
Inulin
S
ex Chapter 12
OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER, excluding products of 1209 21 00, 1209 23 80, 1209 29 50, 1209 29 80, 1209 30 00, ex 1209 91, 1209 99 91, 1210, 1211 90 30, 1212 91 and 1212 99 20
S
1209
Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing:
1209 21 00
Lucerne (alfalfa) seed
NS
1209 23 80
Other fescue seed
NS
1209 29 50
Lupine seed
NS
1209 29 80
Other
NS
1209 30 00
Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers
NS
ex 1209 91
Vegetable seeds other than products of code 1209 91 30
NS
1209 99 91
Seeds of plants cultivated principally for their flowers, other than those of 1209 30
NS
1210
Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin (1)
S
1211 90 30
Tonquin beans, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered
NS
ex Chapter 13
LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS, excluding products of 1302 12 00
S
1302 12 00
Vegetable saps and extracts of liquorice
NS
1501 00 90
Poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503
S
1502 00 90
Other fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats
S
1503 00 19
Lard stearin and oleostearin other than for industrial use
S
1503 00 90
Other
S
1504
Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
S
1505 00 10
Wool grease, crude
S
1507
Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
S
1508
Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
S
1511 10 90
Crude oil, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption
S
1511 90
Other
S
1512
Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
S
1513
Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
S
1514
Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
S
1515
Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
S
ex 1516
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, excluding products of 1516 20 10
S
1516 20 10
Hydrogenated castor oil, so called ‘opal-wax’
NS
1517
Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516
S
1518 00
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included
S
1521 90 99
Beeswax and other insect waxes, other than raw
S
1522 00 10
Degras
S
1522 00 91
Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks
S
1601 00 10
Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood: food preparations based on liver
S
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:
1602 20 11
Goose or duck liver
S
1602 20 19
S
Of swine:
1602 41 90
Ham and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine
S
1602 42 90
Shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine
S
1602 49 90
Other, including mixtures, other than of domestic swine
S
1602 50 31
Of bovine animals (1)
S
1602 50 39
S
1602 50 80
S
Other, excluding preparations of blood of any animal:
1602 90 31
Of game or rabbit
S
1602 90 41
Of reindeer
S
1602 90 69
Other
S
1602 90 72
S
1602 90 74
S
1602 90 76
S
1602 90 78
S
1602 90 98
S
1603 00 10
Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or less
S
1604
Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs
S
1605
Crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved
S
1702 50 00
Chemically pure fructose
S
1702 90 10
Chemically pure maltose
S
1704 (5)
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
S
Chapter 18
COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS
S
ex Chapter 19
PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS, excluding products of 1901 20 00 and 1901 90 91
S
1901 20 00
Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905
NS
1901 90 91
Other, containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch, excluding food preparations in powder form of goods of headings 0401 to 0404
NS
ex Chapter 20
PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS except for products of CN code 2002, 2005 80 00, 2008 20 19, 2008 20 39, ex 2008 40 and ex 2008 70
S
2002
Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (1)
S
2005 80 00
Sweetcorn (1)
S
ex 2008 40
Prepared or preserved pears (1) (except 2008 40 11, 2008 40 21, 2008 40 29 and 2008 40 39 for which the footnote does not apply)
S
ex 2008 70
Prepared or preserved peaches (1) (except 2008 70 11, 2008 70 31, 2008 70 39 and 2008 70 59 for which the footnote does not apply)
S
2008 20 19
Pineapples containing added spirit
NS
2008 20 39
NS
ex Chapter 21
MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS, excluding products of 2101 20, 2102 20 19, 2106 10, 2106 90 30, 2106 90 51, 2106 90 55 and 2106 90 59
S
2101 20
Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or maté
NS
2102 20 19
Other inactive yeasts
NS
ex Chapter 22
BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR, excluding products of 2204 10 11 to 2204 30 10, 2207 and 2208 40
S
2207
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength (1):
S
2302 50 00
Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals of leguminous plants
S
2307 00 19
Other wine lees
S
Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included:
2308 00 19
Other grape marc
S
2308 00 90
Other
NS
2309 10 90
Dog or cat food put up for retail sale, other than containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup of 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk products
S
Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:
2309 90 10
Fish or marine mammal solubles
NS
2309 90 91
Beetpulp with added molasses
S
2309 90 95
Other
S
2309 90 99
S
Chapter 24
TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES
S
2519 90 10
Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate
NS
2522
Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825
NS
2523
Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers
NS
Chapter 27
MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES
NS
2801
Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine
NS
2802 00 00
Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur
NS
ex 2804
Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, excluding products of 2804 69 00
NS
2806
Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid
NS
2807
Sulphuric acid; oleum
NS
2808 00 00
Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids
NS
2809
Disphosphorus pentoxide; phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined
NS
2810 00 90
Oxides of boron; boric acids, other then diboron trioxide
NS
2811
Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals
NS
2812
Halides and halide oxides of non-metals
NS
2813
Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosporus trisulphide
NS
2814
Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
S
2815
Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium
S
2816
Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium
NS
2817 00 00
Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide
S
2818 10
Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined
S
2819
Chromium oxides and hydroxides
S
2820
Manganese oxides
S
2821
Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3
NS
2822 00 00
Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides
NS
2823 00 00
Titanium oxides
S
2824
Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead
NS
ex 2825
Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, excluding products of 2825 10 00 and 2825 80 00
NS
2825 10 00
Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts
S
2825 80 00
Antimony oxides
S
2826
Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts
NS
ex 2827
Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromides oxides; iodides and iodide oxides, excluding products of 2827 10 00 and 2827 32 00
NS
2827 10 00
Ammonium chloride
S
2827 32 00
Aluminium chloride
S
2828
Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites
NS
2829
Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates
NS
ex 2830
Sulphides; polysulphides, excluding products of 2830 10 00
NS
2830 10 00
Sodium sulphides
S
2831
Dithionites and sulphoxylates
NS
2832
Sulphites; thiosulphates
NS
2833
Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates
NS
ex 2834
Nitrites; nitrates, excluding products of 2834 10 00
NS
2834 10 00
Nitrites
S
2835
Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined
S
ex 2836
Carbonates; peroxocarbonates; commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate, excluding products of 2836 20 00, 2836 40 00 and 2836 60 00
NS
2836 20 00
Disodium carbonate
S
2836 40 00
Potassium carbonates
S
2836 60 00
Barium carbonate
S
2837
Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides
NS
2838 00 00
Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates
NS
2839
Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates
NS
2840
Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)
NS
ex 2841
Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, excluding products of 2841 61 00
NS
2841 61 00
Potassium permanganate
S
2842
Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides
NS
2843
Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals
NS
ex 2844 30 11
Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235
NS
ex 2844 30 51
Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of thorium
NS
2845 90 90
Other, than deuterium and compounds thereof; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products
NS
2846
Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals
NS
2847 00 00
Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea
NS
2848 00 00
Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus
NS
ex 2849
Carbides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding products of 2849 20 00 and 2849 90 30
NS
2849 20 00
Carbides of silicon
S
2849 90 30
Carbides of tungsten
S
ex 2850 00
Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of 2849, excluding products of 2850 00 70
NS
2850 00 70
Silicides
S
2851 00
Other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals
NS
2903
Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons
S
2904 10 00
Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters
NS
2904 20 00
Derivatives of hydrocarbons, containing only nitro or only nitroso groups
S
2904 90
Other derivatives
NS
ex 2905
Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2905 43 00, 2905 44 and 2905 45 00
S
2905 45 00
Glycerol
NS
2906
Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
NS
2907 11 00
Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts
NS
2907 12 00
Cresols and their salts
NS
2907 13 00
Octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers; salts thereof
NS
2907 14 00
Xylenols and their salts
NS
2907 15 90
Naphthols and their salts other than 1-Naphtol
S
2907 19 00
Other
NS
2907 21 00
Resorcinol and its salts
NS
ex 2907 22 00
Hydroquinone (quinol)
S
ex 2907 22 00
Other
NS
2907 23 00
4,4′-Isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts
NS
2907 29 00
Other
NS
2908
Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols
NS
2909
Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
S
2910
Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
NS
2911 00 00
Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
NS
ex 2912
Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde, excluding products of 2912 41 00
NS
2912 41 00
Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde)
S
2913 00 00
Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 2912
NS
ex 2914
Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2914 11 00, 2914 21 00 and 2914 22 00
NS
2914 11 00
Acetone
S
2914 21 00
Camphor
S
2914 22 00
Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanones
S
2915
Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
S
ex 2916 11 00
Acrylic acid
S
ex 2916 11 00
Salts of acrylic acid
NS
2916 12
Esters of acrylic acid
S
2916 13 00
Methacrylic acid and its salts
NS
2916 14
Esters of methacrylic acid
S
2916 15 00
Oleic, linoeic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters
NS
2916 19
Other
NS
2916 20 00
Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives
NS
2916 31 00
Benzoic acid, its salts and esters
NS
2916 32
Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride
NS
2916 39 00
Other
NS
ex 2917
Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2917 11 00, 2917 12 10, 2917 14 00, 2917 32 00, 2917 35 00 and 2917 36 00
NS
2917 11 00
Oxalic acid, its salts and esters
S
2917 12 10
Adipic acid, and its salts
S
2917 14 00
Maleic anhydride
S
2917 32 00
Dioctyl orthophthalates
S
2917 35 00
Phthalic anhydride
S
2917 36 00
Terephthalic acid and its salts
S
ex 2918
Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2918 14 00, 2918 15 00, 2918 21 00, 2918 22 00 and 2918 29 10
NS
2918 14 00
Citric acid
S
2918 15 00
Salts and esters of citric acid
S
2918 21 00
Salicylic acid and its salts
S
2918 22 00
O-Acetysalicylic acid, its salts and esters
S
2918 29 10
Sulfosalicylic acids, hydroxynaphthoic acids; their salts and esters
S
2919 00
Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphanoted, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
NS
2920
Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
NS
2921
Amino-function compounds
S
2922
Oxygen-function amino-compounds
S
2923
Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined
NS
2924 19 00
Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof excluding meprobamate
S
2924 21
Ureines and their derivatives; salts thereof
S
2924 23 00
2-Acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthranilic acid) and its salts
NS
2924 29 30
Paracetamol (INN)
S
2924 29 95
Other carboxyamide-function compounds
S
2925
Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds
NS
ex 2926
Nitrile-function compounds, excluding products of 2926 10 00
NS
2926 10 00
Acrylonitrile
S
2927 00 00
Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds
S
2928 00 90
Organic derivatives of hydrazine
NS
2929 10
Isocyanates
S
2929 90 00
Other than isocyanates
NS
2930 10 00
Organo-sulphur compounds
NS
2930 20 00
NS
2930 30 00
NS
2930 40 90
Organo-sulphur compounds
S
2930 90 13
S
2930 90 16
S
2930 90 20
S
2930 90 70
S
2931 00
Other organo-inorganic compounds
NS
ex 2932
Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atoms only, excluding products of 2932 12 00, 2932 13 00 and 2932 21 00
NS
2932 12 00
2-Furaldehyde (furfuraldehyde)
S
2932 13 00
Furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol
S
2932 21 00
Coumarin, methylcoumarins and ethylcoumarins
S
ex 2933
Heterocylic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atoms only, excluding products of 2933 61 00
NS
2933 61 00
Melamine
S
2934
Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds
NS
2935 00 90
Other sulphonamides
S
2938
Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives
NS
ex 2940 00 00
Rhamnose, raffinose and mannose
NS
ex 2940 00 00
Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of 2937, 2938 or 2939, other than rahmnose, raffinose and mannose
S
2941 20 30
Dihydrostreptomycin, its salts, esters and hydrates
NS
2942 00 00
Other organic compounds
NS
3102
Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous (1)
S
3103 10
Superphosphates
S
3105
Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
S
ex 3201 90 90
Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esthers and other derivatives excluding tanning extracts of eucalyptus, tannings extracts derived from gambier and myrobalan fruits and other tanning extracts of vegetable origin
NS
3202
Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning
NS
3203 00 90
Colouring matter of animal and preparations based thereon
NS
3204
Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined
S
3205 00 00
Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes
NS
3206
Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of 3203, 3204 to 3205 00 00; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined
S
3207
Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes, liquid lustres and similar preparations, of a kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes
NS
3208
Paint and varnishes based on synthetic polymer or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter
NS
3209
Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymer or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a aqueous medium
NS
3210 00
Other paints and varnishes; prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather
NS
3211 00 00
Prepared driers
NS
3212
Pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in manufacture of paints; stamping foils; dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale
NS
3213
Artists', students' or sign board painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings
NS
3214
Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for façades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like
NS
3215
Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid
NS
Chapter 33
ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS
NS
Chapter 34
SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES; PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES; MODELLING PASTES, DENTAL WAXES AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER
NS
3501
Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues
S
3502 90 90
Albuminates and other albumin derivatives
NS
3503 00
Gelatine sheets, whether or not surface-worked and gelatine derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of 3501
NS
3504 00 00
Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed
NS
3505 10 50
Starches, esterified or etherified
NS
3506
Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included; products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg
NS
3507
Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included
S
Chapter 36
EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS; MATCHES; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS; CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS
NS
Chapter 37
PHOTOGRAPHIC OR CINEMATOPGRAPHIC GOODS
NS
3801
Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures
NS
3802
Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black
S
3803 00 90
Tall oil, whether or not refined, other than crude
NS
3804 00
Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of 3803
NS
3805
Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphiteturpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent
NS
3806
Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums
NS
3807 00
Wood tar; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch
NS
3808
Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles
NS
ex 3809
Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs and other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included, excluding products of 3809 10
NS
3810
Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods
NS
3811
Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils
NS
3812
Prepared rubber accelerators; compounds plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics
NS
3813 00 00
Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades
NS
3814 00
Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers
NS
3815
Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included
NS
3816 00 00
Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products of 3801
NS
3817
Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of 2707 and 2902:
S
3819 00 00
Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
NS
3820 00 00
Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids
NS
3821 00 00
Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms
NS
ex 3823
Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols, excluding products of 3823 11 00, 3823 13 00 and 3823 19
S
3823 11 00
Stearic acid
NS
3823 13 00
Tall oil fatty acids
NS
3823 19
Other
NS
ex 3824
Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included, excluding products of 3824 60
NS
3825
Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this chapter
S
3901
Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms
S
3902
Polymers of propylene or other olefins, in primary forms
S
3903
Polymers of styrene, in primary forms
S
3904
Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms
S
3905
Polymers of vinyl acetate or other vinyl esters, in primary forms; other vinyl polymers in primary forms
NS
3906 10 00
Poly(methyl methacrylate)
S
3906 90 60
Copolymer of methyl acrylate with ethylene and a monomer containing a non-terminal carboxy group as a substituent, containing by weight 50 % or more o methyl acrylate, whether or not compounded with silica
NS
3906 90 90
Other
NS
ex 3907
Polycetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms, excluding products of 3907 10 00, 3907 60 and 3907 99
NS
3907 10 00
Polyacetals
S
3907 60
Poly(ethylene terephthalate)
S
3907 99
Other polyesters, other than unsaturated
S
3908
Polyamides in primary form
S
3909
Amino-resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes, in primary forms
NS
3910 00 00
Silicones in primary forms
NS
3911
Petroleum resins, coumarone-indene resins, polyterpenes, polysulphides, polysulphones and other products specified in note 3 to this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms
NS
3912
Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms
NS
3913
Natural polymers and modified natural polymers, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms
NS
3914 00 00
Ion-exchangers based on polymers of 3901 to 3913, in primary forms
NS
3915
Waste, parings and scrap, of plastic
NS
3916
Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastic
NS
3917
Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor, of plastic
NS
3918
Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in roll or in form of tiles; wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in note 9 to this chapter
NS
3919
Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls
NS
3920
Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials
S
ex 3921
Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, excluding products of 3921 90 19
NS
3921 90 19
Other plates, sheets, foil and strip, of plastics other than cellular products, of polyesters, other than corrugated sheets and plates
S
3922
Baths, shower-bath, wash-basins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware, of plastics
NS
ex 3923
Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics, excluding products of 3923 21 00
NS
3923 21 00
Sacks and bags (including cones) of ethylene polymers
S
3924
Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilets articles, of plastics
NS
3925
Builders' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included
NS
3926
Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of 3901 to 3914
NS
ex Chapter 40
RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 4010
NS
4010
Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber
S
ex 4104
Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, excluding products of 4104 41 19 and 4104 49 19
S
ex 4106 31
4106 32
Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, excluding products of 4106 31 10
NS
4107
Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 4114
S
Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather:
4112 00 00
Of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split, other than leather of 4114
S
4113 10 00
Of goats or kids, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of 4114
S
4113 20 00
Of swine
NS
4113 30 00
Of reptiles
NS
4113 90 00
Other
NS
4114
Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather
S
4115 10 00
Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls
S
4201 00 00
Saddlery and harness for any animal (including traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog coats and the like), of any material
NS
4202
Trunks, suitcases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
S
4203
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather
S
4204 00
Articles of leather, or of composition leather, of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses
NS
4205 00 00
Other articles of leather or of composition leather
NS
4206
Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons
NS
Chapter 43
FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR; MANUFACTURES THEREOF
NS
4407
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm
NS
4408
Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm
NS
4410
Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand board and waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
S
4411
Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances
S
4412
Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
S
4414 00 10
Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects, of tropical wood, as specified in additional note 2 to this Chapter
NS
4415
Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood
NS
4418 10
Builders' joinery or carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes
S
4418 30 10
S
4418 20 10
Doors and their frames and thresholds, of tropical wood, as specified in additional note 2 to this Chapter
S
4420 10 11
Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling within Chapter 94
S
4420 90 10
S
4420 90 91
S
4421 90 91
Other articles of wood: other than of fibreboard
NS
ex Chapter 45
CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, excluding products of 4503
NS
4503
Articles of natural cork
S
Chapter 46
MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
S
Chapter 50
SILK
S
ex Chapter 51
WOOL, FINE OR COARSE ANIMAL HAIR, HORSEHAIR YARN AND WOVEN FABRIC, excluding products of 5105
S
Chapter 52
COTTON
S
Chapter 53
OTHER VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES; PAPER YARN AND WOVEN FABRICS OF PAPER YARN
S
Chapter 54
MAN-MADE FILAMENTS
S
Chapter 55
MAN-MADE STAPLE FIBRES
S
Chapter 56
WADDING, FELT AND NONWOVENS; SPECIAL YARNS; TWINE; CORDAGE; ROBES AND CABLES AND ARTICLES THEREOF
S
Chapter 57
CARPETS AND OTHER TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS
S
Chapter 58
SPECIAL WOVEN FABRICS; TUFTED TEXTILE FABRICS; LACE; TAPESTRIES; TRIMMINGS; EMBROIDERY
S
Chapter 59
IMPREGNATED, COATED, COVERED OR LAMINATED TEXTILE FABRICS; TEXTILE ARTICLES OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE
S
Chapter 60
KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS
S
Chapter 61
ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, KNITTED OR CROCHETED
S
Chapter 62
ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED
S
Chapter 63
OTHER MADE-UP TEXTILE ARTICLES; SETS; WORN CLOTHING AND WORN TEXTILE ARTICLES; RAGS
S
Chapter 64
FOOTWEAR, GAITERS AND THE LIKE; PARTS OF SUCH ARTICLES
S
Chapter 65
HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF
NS
Chapter 66
UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, SEAT STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF
S
Chapter 67
PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF DOWN; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR
NS
Chapter 68
ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS
NS
Chapter 69
CERAMIC PRODUCTS
S
Chapter 70
GLASS AND GLASSWARE
S
7113
Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
NS
7114
Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal
NS
7115 90
Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, other then catalysts in the form of wire cloth or grill, of platinum
NS
7116 20 19
Other
NS
7116 20 90
Other than articles made wholly of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed)
NS
7117
Imitation jewellery
S
7202
Ferro-alloys
S
Chapter 73
ARTICLES OF IRON AND STEEL
NS
Chapter 74
COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOF
S
7505 12 00
Bars, rods and profiles, of nickel alloys
NS
7505 22 00
Wire, of nickel alloys
NS
7506 20 00
Nickel plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys
NS
7507 20 00
Nickel tube or pipe fittings
NS
ex Chapter 76
ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7601
S
ex Chapter 78
LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7801
S
ex Chapter 79
ZINC AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7901 and 7903
S
ex Chapter 81
OTHER BASE METALS; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 8101 10 00, 8101 94 00, 8102 10 00, 8102 94 00, 8104 11 00, 8104 19 00, 8107 20 00, 8108 20 00, 8108 30 00, 8109 20 00, 8110 10 00, 8112 21 90, 8112 30 20, 8112 51 00, 8112 59 00, 8112 92 and 8113 00 20
S
Chapter 82
TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, CUTLERY, SPOONS AND FORKS, OF BASE METAL; PARTS THEREOF OF BASE METAL
S
Chapter 83
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
S
ex Chapter 84
NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF, excluding products of 8401 10 00 and 8407 21 10
NS
8401 10 00
Nuclear reactors
S
8407 21 10
Marine propulsion engines, outboard motors, of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 325 cm3
S
ex Chapter 85
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES, excluding products of 8516 50 00, 8519, 8520 32 99, 8520 39 90, 8521, 8525, 8527, 8528 12, 8528 21 to 8528 30, 8529, 8540 11 and 8540 12
NS
8516 50 00
Microwave ovens
S
8519
Turntables (record decks), record-players, cassette-players and other sound-producing apparatus, not incorporating a sound-recording device
S
8520 32 99
Digital audio type, other than cassette-type
S
8520 39 90
Magnetic tape-recorders and other sound-recording apparatus, other than using tapes on reels, allowing sound recording or reproduction either at a single speed of 19 cm per second or at several speeds if those comprise only 19 cm per second and lower speeds
S
8521
Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video turner
S
8525
Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, still image video cameras and other video camera recorders
S
8527
Reception apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy or radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock
S
ex 8528
Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus, excluding products of 8528 13 00, video monitors and video projectors
S
8529
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of 8525 to 8528
S
8540 11
Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes
S
8540 12 00
S
Chapter 86
RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND PARTS THEREOF; RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES FITTINGS AND PARTS THEREOF; MECHANICAL (INCLUDING ELECTRO-MECHANICAL) TRAFFIC SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL KINDS
NS
8701
Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)
NS
8702
Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 persons or more, including the driver
S
8703
Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of 8702), including station wagons and racing cars
S
8704
Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
S
8705
Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (e.g. breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire-fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road-sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units)
S
8706 00
Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705
S
8707
Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705
S
8708
Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705
S
8709
Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms; parts of the forgoing vehicles
S
8710 00 00
Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles
NS
8711
Motor-cycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side cars
S
8712 00
Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised
S
8714
Parts and accessories of vehicles of 8711 to 8713
S
8715 00
Baby carriages and parts thereof
NS
8716
Trailers and semi-trailers, other vehicles not mechanically propelled; parts thereof
NS
Chapter 88
AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT AND PARTS THEREOF
NS
Chapter 89
SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES
NS
Chapter 90
OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
S
Chapter 91
CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF
S
Chapter 92
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES
NS
ex Chapter 94
FURNITURE; BEDDING, MATTRESSES, MATTRESS SUPPORTS, CUSHIONS AND SIMILAR STUFFED FURNISHINGS; LAMPS AND LIGHTING FITTINGS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; ILLUMINATED SIGNS, ILLUMINATED NAME-PLATES AND THE LIKE; PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS, excluding products of 9405
NS
9405
Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified or included
S
ex Chapter 95
TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF, excluding products of 9503
NS
9503
Other toys; reduced-size (‘scale’) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds
S
Chapter 96
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
NS
(1) For these products, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.
(2) For products of CN code 0306 13, the duty shall be 3,6 % under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.
(3) For the products of CN codes 0710 80 85, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.
(4) For the products of CN code 0811 10 and 0811 20, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.
(5) For products of CN codes 1704 10 91 and 1704 10 99, the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.
ANNEX III
Conventions referred to in Article 9
PART A
Core human and labour rights UN/ILO Conventions
1.
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
2.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
3.
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
4.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
5.
Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
6.
Convention on the Rights of the Child
7.
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
8.
Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (No 138)
9.
Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (No 182)
10.
Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (No 105)
11.
Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (No 29)
12.
Convention concerning Equal Remuneration of Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value (No 100)
13.
Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (No 111)
14.
Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (No 87)
15.
Convention concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively (No 98)
16.
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.
PART B
Conventions related to the environment and governance principles
17.
Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer
18.
Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
19.
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
20.
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
21.
Convention on Biological Diversity
22.
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
23.
Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
24.
United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961)
25.
United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971)
26.
United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988)
27.
United Nations Convention against Corruption (Mexico).