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30 . 12.72 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 296/15

REGULATION (EEC) No 2762/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 19 December 1972 establishing preferential tariffs in respect of certain products originating in developing countries

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , it is evident from the conclusions worked out in UNCTAD that this offer, while being of a temporary Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European nature, does not constitute a binding commitment and, Economic Community ; in particular, may be withdrawn wholly or in part at a later date ; whereas this possibility may be adopted Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ; inter alia with a view to remedying any unfavourable situations which might arise in the associated countries Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD , the following the implementation of the generalized European Economic Community offered to grant preference scheme ; tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished products coming from develop ing countries ; whereas the preferential treatment proposed in that offer covers, Whereas tariff preferences have been applied as from generally speaking, all finished and semi-finished the second half of 1971 under the conditions set out industrial products covered by Chapters 25 to 99 of above and whereas these preferences should continue the Brussels Nomenclature which originate in devel­ to be applied , throughout 1973 ; whereas, with regard oping countries ; whereas the preference consists in to the terms of the offer concerned, the abovemen­ the granting of exemption from customs duties ; tioned additional sum of 5% may refer to 1970 ; whereas preferential imports are effected up to the level of ceilings calculated by value in respect of each product on the basis of factors which are uniform Whereas it is expedient, therefore, in respect of the for all the products ; whereas in order that the pre­ products referred to in Annex A which originate in ferences granted to the most competitive developing the countries and territories listed in Annex B, that the country or countries should be restricted and that a Community should allow, for each category of these substantial quota share should be reserved for the products and throughout 1973 , duty-free imports least competitive, preferential imports from any one within the limits of the Community ceilings calculated developing country in respect of a given product in the manner set out above ; whereas the benefit should not, as a general rule, exceed 50% of the of such tariff exemption should be reserved for ceiling fixed for that product ; products originating in the countries and territories under consideration , the concept of ' originating Whereas, in the offer made by the Community, the products' being determined in accordance with the annual ceilings should ordinarily be calculated on procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regu­ the basis of the total value for 1968 of c.i.f. imports lation (EEC) No 802/68 (x) of 27 June 1968 on the from the countries benefiting from this scheme , common definition of the concept of the origin of excluding those already enjoying various preferential goods ; whereas charges against each of these ceilings tariff arrangements granted by the Community , must, as a general rule, come within a maximum increased by 5% of the value of c.i.f . imports from Community amount of 50% in respect of the products the other countries and from the countries already originating in any of the abovementioned countries ; enjoying such arrangements ; whereas such further amount is variable and is calculated each year on the basis of the latest figures available, provided that Whereas, under these circumstances, these objectives this entails no reduction in the ceilings ; may be reached by applying a method of administra­ tion based on the charging, at Community level, against Whereas the offer made by the Community includes a the abovementioned ceilings and maximum amounts, clause stipulating that t.ie Community drew up the of imports of the products concerned as and when offer on the assumption t_iat all the main industrialized countries which are members of the OECD would participate in granting preferences and would make similar efforts in this direction ; whereas , moreover, o OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 1 .

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these products are presented for customs clearance 4. Subject to the provisions of Article 2 and Article under cover of declarations that they have been made 4 (2), within each ceiling thus calculated, charges of available for consumption and accompanied by a products originating in any one of the countries listed certificate of origin ; whereas this method of adminis­ in Annex B should not exceed a Community maxi­ tration must make provision for the reintroduction of mum amount equivalent to 50% of this ceiling with Common Customs Tariff duties as soon as the said the exception of certain products for which the maxi­ ceilings or maximum amounts are reached at Commu­ mum amount shall be reduced to the percentage nity level ; shown in Annex A.

Whereas such method of administration calls for very 5 . Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the close and particularly rapid cooperation between addition of new countries enjoying tariff preferences, Member States and the Commission, which must, in may entail a corresponding adjustment to the Com­ particular, be able to observe the extent to which munity ceilings and the maximum amounts referred charges are made against the ceilings and maximum to in paragraphs 3 and 4. amounts and inform Member States thereof ; whereas such cooperation should be particularly close in view Article 2 of the need for the Commission to be able to take 1 . As soon as the ceilings calculated in accordance appropriate measures to reintroduce Common Cus­ with the provisions of Article 1 (3), which are laid toms Tariff duties either generally or individually down for Community imports of products originating when any of the ceilings or maximum amounts are in all of the countries referred to in Article 1 (2), are reached ; reached at Community level, the levying of Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of the products in Whereas , since the ceilings concerned are valid until 30 question from all the countries concerned may at any September 1973, the system established could be time be reintroduced until the end of the period refer­ amended to take into account the accession of new red to in Article 1 ( 1 ). Member States ; 2 . As soon as the maximum amounts calculated in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4), which HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : are laid down for Community imports of products originating in each of the countries referred to in Article 1 (2), are reached for any one of these Article 1 countries at Community level, the levying of the 1 . From 1 January to 30 September 1973 , the Common Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of the Customs Tariff duties on the products listed in products in question from the country concerned may Annex A shall be totally suspended, subject to the at any time be reintroduced until the end of the period provisions of Article 2 and Article 4 (2) of this Regu­ referred to in Article 1 (1). lation . Article 3 2. This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by products 1 . Imports of the products in question shall be actu­ originating in the countries and territories listed in ally charged against the Community ceilings and Annex B. However, imports already enjoying exemp­ maximum amounts as and when the products are tion from customs duties under other preferential presented for customs clearance under cover of dec­ tariff arrangements shall not be charged against the larations that they have been made available for con­ ceilings specified in paragraph 3 . For the purposes of sumption , and provided that they are accompanied by the application of this Regulation, the concept of a certificate of origin pursuant to the rules laid down originating products shall be determined in accordance in Article (1 (2). with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regu­ lation (EEC) No 802/68 . 2. An item of goods may be charged against a ceiling or maximum amount only if the certificate of origin 3 . Subject to the provisions of Article 2 and Article referred to in paragraph 1 is submitted before the date 4- (2) this suspension shall be granted, in respect of each on which the levying of duties is reintroduced . category of products within a Community ceiling 3 . The extent to which the ceilings and maximum which shall be expressed in units of account and which amounts have been actually used up shall be recorded shall be obtained by adding together the value of c.i.f. at Community level on the basis of the imports char­ imports in 1968 of the products concerned, to the ged in the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2. Community from the countries and territories enjoy­ ing these arrangements, excluding those already en­ Article 4 joying various preferential tariff arrangements granted by the Community, and 5% of the value of c.i.f. im­ 1 . The Commission, in close cooperation with the ports in 1970 from other countries and from countries Member States, shall take all necessary measures to and territories already enjoying such arrangements . ensure that the above provisions are applied.

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2 . The Commission shall reintroduce the levying of Article 6 Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of all the countries referred to in Article 1 (2) or in respect of The above provisions may be amended to take account any one of them by means of a regulation in the con­ of the stiuation resulting from the accession of new ditions laid down in Article 2 (1) and (2). Member States .

Article 5 Article 7 Member States shall infcrm the Commission at regular intervals of imports of tie products in question actu­ ally charged against the Community ceilings and This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January maximum amounts laid down in Article 1 (2) and (4). 1973 .

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 19 December 1972 . For the Council The President T. WESTERTERP

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ANNEX A

List of products originating in developing countries and territories, benefiting under the Gener­ alized Tariff Preferences in respect of which duties under the Common Customs Tariff are totally suspended

CHAPTER 25

25.22 Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime , other than calcium oxide and hydroxide

25.23 Portland cement, ciment fondu, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements , whether or not coloured or in the form of clinker

25.31 A Fluorspar

CHAPTER 27

27.03 B Agglomerated peat

27.04 Coke and semi-coke of coal , of lignite or of peat : A. Of coal : I. For the manufacture of electrodes C. Other

27.05 Retort carbon

27.07 Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar ; similar products as defined in Note 2 to this Chapter : A. Crude oils B. Benzole , toluole , xylole , solvent naphtha (heavy benzole); similar products as defined in Note 2 to this Chapter, of which more than 65 % by volume distils at a temperatures of up to 250 °C (including mixtures of petroleum spirit and benzole); sulphuretted crude light oil toppings : I. For use as power or heating fuels C. Basic products D. Phenols, cresols and xylenols G. Other : II. Not specified *

27.11 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons : A. Propane of a purity not less than 99% : I. For use as power or heating fuel B. Other : I. Commercial propane and commercial butane : c) For other purposes

27.12 Petroleum jelly : A. Crude : III. For other purposes B. Other

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2 /. 13 Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax , slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax , peat wax and other mineral waxes , whether or not coloured : A. Ozokerite, lignite wax or peat wax : I. Crude II . Other B. Other : I. Crude c) For other purposes II . Other

27.14 Petroleum bitumen , petroleum coke and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals : C. Other : II . Unspecified

27.16 Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen , on petroleum bitumen , on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example bituminous mastics , cut-backs)

CHAPTER 23

ex 28.01 Halogens ( fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine)

28.02 Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated ; colloidal sulphur

28.03 Carbon (including carbon black )

ex 28.04 Hydrogen , rare gases and other non-metals

28.06 Hydrochloric acid and chlorosulphonic acid

28.07 Sulphur dioxide

28.08 Sulphuric acid ; oleum

28.09 Nitric acid ; sulphonitric acids

28.10 Phosphorus pentoxide and phosphoric acids ( meta-, ortho- and pyro-) 28.11 Arsenic trioxide, arsenic pentoxide and acids of arsenic

28.12 Boric oxide and boric acid

28.13 Other inorganic acids and oxygen compounds of non-metals ( excluding water)

28.14 Halides , oxyhalides and other halogen compounds of non-metals

28.15 Sulphides of non-metals ; phosphorus trisulphide

28.16 Ammonia , anhydrous or in aqueous solution

28.1 " Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda ); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash ); peroxides of sodium or potassium

28.18 Oxides , hydroxides and peroxides of strontium , barium or magnesium

28.19 Zinc oxide and zinc peroxide

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28.20 B Artificial corundum

28.21 Chromium oxides and hydroxides

28.22 Manganese oxides

28.23 Iron oxides and hydroxides ; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2 0 3

28.24 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides

28.25 Titanium oxides

28.26 Tin oxides (stannous oxide and stannic oxide)

ex 28.28 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts ; other inorganic bases and metallic oxides , hydroxides and peroxides

28.29 Fluorides ; fluorosilicates , fluoroborates and other complex fluorine salts

28.30 Chlorides and oxychlorides

28.31 Chlorités and hypochlorites

28.32 Chlorates and perchlorates

28.33 Bromides , oxybromides , bromates and perbromates and hypobromites

28.34 Iodides , oxyiodides , iodates and periodates

28.35 Sulphides ; polysulphides

28.36 Dithionites , including those stabilized with organic substances ; sulphoxylates

28.37 Sulphites and rhiosulphates

28.38 Sulphates ( including alums ) and persulphates

28.39 Nitrites and nitrates

28.40 Phosphites , hypophosphites and phosphates

28.41 Arsenites and arsenates

28.42 Carbonates and percarbonates ; commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate

28.43 Cyanides and complex cyanides

28.44 Fulminates , cyanates and thiocyanates

28.45 Silicates ; commercial sodium and potassium silicates

ex 28.46 Borates and perborates

28.47 Salts of metallic acids (for example , chromates , permanganates , stannates)

28.48 Other salts and peroxysalts of inorganic acids , but not including azides

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28.49 Colloidal precious metals ; amalgams of precious metals ; salts and other compounds, inorganic or organic, of precious metals, including albuminates, proteinates, tannates and similar compounds, whether or not chemically defined

2S.51 Isotopes and their compounds , inorganic or organic, whether or not chemically defined, other than isotopes and compounds falling within heading No 28.50 : B. Other

28.52 Compounds , inorganic or organic, of thorium , of uranium depleted in U 235 , of rare earth metals , of yttrium or of scandium ; whether or not mixed together : B. Other

28.53 Liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed) ; compressed air

28.54 Hydrogen peroxide ( including solid hydrogen peroxide)

28.55 Phosphides

25.56 Carbides (for example, silicon carbide, boron carbide, metal carbides) (J)

28.57 Hydrides , nitrides and azides, siHcides and borides

28.58 Other inorganic compounds (including distilled and conductivity water and water of similar purity) ; amalgams , except amalgams of precious metals

CHAPTER 29

29.01 Hydrocarbons : A. Acyclic : I. For use as power or heating fuels B. Cyclanes and cyclenes : I. Azulenes II . Other : a ) For use as power or heating fuels C. Cycloterpenes D. Aromatic : I. Benzene, toluene and xylenes : a) For use as power or heating fuels II. Styrene and ethylbenzene III. Isopropvl benzene (cumene) V. Diphenyl and triphenvls ex VI . Other 29.02 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons : A. Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons ex B. Halogenated derivatives of cyclanes , cyclenes and of cvcloterpenes C. Halogenated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons

C) For products falling within subheading No 28.56 C the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4* of this Regula ion is reduced to 30% .

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29.03 Sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons

29.04 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives : A. Saturated monohydric alcohols B. Unsaturated monohydric alcohols C. Polyhydric alcohols I. Diols , triols and tetraols IV. Other polyhydric alcohols V. Halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of poly " hydric alcohols

29.05 Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.06 Phenols and phenol-alcohols

29.07 Halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or pheno-alcohols

29.08 Ethers , ether-alcohols , ether-phenols , ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides and ether peroxides , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.09 Epoxides, epoxyalcohols , epoxyphenols and epoxyethers , with a three or four member ring, and their halogenated , sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.10 Acetals and hemiacetals and single or complex oxygen-function acetals and hemiacetals , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.11 Aldehydes , aldehyde-alcohols , aldehyde-ethers , aldehyde-phenols and other single or complex oxygen-function aldehydes ; cyclic polymers of aldehydes ; paraformaldehyde

29.12 Halogenated , sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products falling within heading No 29.11

29.13 Ketones , ketone-alcohols , ketone-phenols , ketone-aldehydes , quinones , quinone­ alcohols , quinone-phenols , quinone-aldehydes and other single or complex oxygen-function ketones and quinones , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives : A. Acyclic ketones B. Cyclanic , cyclenic and cycloterpenic ketones : I. Camphor : a) Natural , crude ex b) Other (natural refined and synthetic) II . Other C. Aromatic ketones D. Ketone-alcohols and ketone-aldehydes E. Ketone-phenols and other single or complex oxygen-function ketones ex F. Quirlones , quinone-alcohols , quinone-phenols , quinone-aldehydes and other single or complex oxygen-function quinones G. Halogenated, sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.14 Monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides , acid halides , acid peroxides and peracids , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

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29.15 Polycarboxylic acids and their anhydrides , halides, peroxides and peracids» and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.16 Carboxylic acids with alcohol , phenol , aldehyde or ketone function and other single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids and their anhydrides , halides , peroxides and peracids, and their halogenated , sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

ex 29.17 Sulphuric esters and their salts , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.18 Nitrous and nitric esters , and their halogenated, sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29 19 Phosphoric esters and their salts , including lactophosphates , and their hal­ ogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29 20 Carbonic esters and their salts, and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.21 Other esters of mineral acids (excluding halides) and their salts , and their halogenated , sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

29.22 Amine-function compounds

29.23 Single or complex oxygen-function amino-compounds

29.24 Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides ; lecithins and other phospho­ aminolipins

29.25 Carboxyamide-function compounds ; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid

29.26 Carboxyimide-function compounds (including orthobenzoicsulphimide and its salts) and imine-function compounds (including hexamethylenetetramine and trimethylenetrinitramine)

29.27 Nitrile-function compounds

29.28 Diazo-, azo- and azoxy-compounds

29.29 Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine

29.30 Compounds with other nitrogen-functions

29.31 Organo-sulphur compounds

29.32 Organo-arsenic compounds

29.33 Organo-mercury compounds

29.34 Other organo-inorganic compounds

ex 29.35 Heterocyclic compounds ; nucleic acids

29.36 Sulphonamides

29.37 Sultones and sultams

29.38 Provitamins and vitamins , natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins , and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent

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ex 29.39 Hormones , natural or reproduced by synthesis ; derivatives thereof used primarily as hormones ; other steroids used primarily as hormones

ex 29.40 Enzymes

29.41 Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

ex 29.42 Vegetable alkaloids , natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts , ethers , esters and other derivatives

29.43 Sugars , chemically pure, other than sucrose , glucose and lactose ; sugar ethers and sugar esters , and rheir salts , other than products of headings Nos 29.39 , 29.41 and 29.42

ex 29.44 Antibiotics

29.45 Other organic compounds

CHAPTER 30

30.01 Organo-therapeutic glands or other organs , dried, whether or not powdered ; organo-therapeutic extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions ; other animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses , not elsewhere specified or included :

A. Glands or other organs , dried

ex B. Other

30.02 Antisera ; microbial vaccines , toxins , microbial cultures (including ferments but excluding yeasts) and similar products

30.03 Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments)

30.04 Wadding, gauze , bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings , adhesive plasters , poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in retail packings for medical or surgical purposes , other than goods specified in Note 3 to this Chapter

30.05 Other pharmaceutical goods

CHAPTER 31

31.03 Mineral or chemical fertilizers , phosphatic : A. Mentioned in (A) of Note 2 to this Chapter : I. Superphosphates B. Mentioned in (B) and ( C) of Note 2 to this Chapter

31.04 B Mentioned in Note 3 (B) to this Chapter

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CHAPTER 32

32.02 Tannins (tannic acids), including water-extracted gall-nut tannin , and their salts, ethers , esters and other derivatives

32.03 Synthetic organic tanning substances and inorganic tanning substances ; tanning preparations , whether or not containing natural tanning materials ; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning (for example, of enzymatic, pancreatic or bacterial origin)

ex 32.04 Colouring matter of vegetable origin (including dyewood extract and other vegetable dyeing extracts , but excluding indigo) or of animal origin

32.05 Synthetic organic dyestuffs (including pigment dyestuffs); synthetic organic products of a kind used as luminophores ; products of the kind known as optical bleaching agents, substantive to the fibre ; natural indigo

32.06 Colour lakes

ex 32.07 Other colouring matter ; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores

32 . CS Prepared pigments , prepared opaciners and prepared colours, verifiable enamels and glazes , liquid lustres and similar products , of the kind used in the ceramic, enamelling and glass industries ; engobes (slips); glass frit and other glass , in the form of powder, granules or flakes

32.09 Varnishes and lacquers ; distempers ; prepared water pigments of the kind used for finishing leather ; paints and enamels ; pigments in linseed oil , white spirit, spirits of turpentine, varnish or other paint or enamel media ; stamping foils ; dyes or other colouring matter in forms or packings of a kind sold by retail

32.10 Artists', students ' and signboard painters ' colours, modifying tints , amusement colours and the like, in tablets , tubes , jars , bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings , including such colours in sets or outfits , with or without brushes, palettes or other accessories

32.11 Prepared driers

32.12 Glaziers' putty ; grafting putty ; painters ' fillings ; non-refractory surfacing preparations ; stopping , sealing and similar mastics , including resin mastics and cements

32.13 . Writing ink , printing ink and other inks

CHAPTER 33

33.01 Essential oils (terpeneless or not); concretes and absolutes ; resinoids : A. Essential oils, not terpeneless : I. Of citrus fruit II . Other a ) Geranium , clove, niaouli and ylang-ylang oils B. Essential oils, terpeneless C- Resinoids

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33.02 Terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils

33.03 Concentrates of essential oils in fats , in fixed oils , or in waxes or the like , obtained by cold absorption or by maceration

33.04 Mixtures of two or more odoriferous substances ( natural or artificial) and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances , of a kind used as raw materials in the perfumery, food , drink or other industries

33.05 Aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils , including such products suitable for medicinal uses

33.06 Perfumery , cosmetics and toilet preparations

CHAPTER 34 SOAP , ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS , WASHING PREPARA­ TIONS , LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS , ARTIFICIAL WAXES , PREPARED WAXES , POLISHING AND SCOURING PREPARATIONS , CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES , MODELLING PASTES AND ' DENTAL WAXES '

CHAPTER 35

35.02 B Albuminates and other albumin derivatives

35.03 Gelatin ( including gelatin in rectangles , whether or not coloured or surface­ worked) and gelatin derivatives ; glues derived from bones , hides , nerves , tendons or from similar products , and fish glues , isinglass

35.04 Peptones and other protein substances and their derivatives ; hide powder , whether or not chromed

35.06 Prepared glues not elsewhere specified or included ; products suitable for use as glues , put up for sale by retail as glues in packages not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg

CHAPTER 36 EXPLOSIVES ; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS ; MATCHES ; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS ; CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS

CHAPTER 37

37.01 Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitized , unexposed , of any material other than paper, paperboard or cloth

37.02 Film in rolls , sensitized , unexposed , perforated or not

37.03 Sensitized paper, paperboard and cloth , unexposed or exposed but not developed

37.04 Sensitized plates and film , exposed but not developed , negative or positive : A. Cinematograph film : II . Other positives

37.05 Plates , unperforated film and perforated film (other than cinematograph film), exposed and developed , negative or positive

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37.07 B Other cinematograph film , exposed and developed , whether or not incorpora­ ting sound track , positives (excluding intermediate positives)

3 . . 08 Chemical products and flash light materials, of a kind and in a form suitable for use in photography

CHAPTER 38

38.01 Artificial graphite ; colloidal graphite, other than suspensions in oil

3S.02 Animal black (for example, bone black and ivory black), including spent animal black

35.03 Activated carbon (decolourizing, depolarizing or absorbent); activated diatomite, activated clay, activated bauxite and other activated natural mineral products

38.04 Ammoniacal gas liquors and spent oxide produced in coal gas purification

38.05 B Tall oil , other than crude

38.06 Concentrated sulphite lye

38.07 Spirits of turpentine (gum , wood and sulphate) and other terpenic solvents produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods ; crude , dipentene ; sulphite turpentine ; pine oil (excluding 'pine oils' not rich in terpineol)

38.08 Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof other than ester gums included in heading No 39.05 ; rosin spirit and rosin oils A. Rosin , including 'resinous pitch ' ' brais résineux' B. Rosin spirits and rosin oils ex C. Other

3S.09 Wood tar ; wood tar oils (other than the composite solvents and thinners falling within heading No 38.18 ); wood creosote ; wood naphtha ; acetone oil

38.10 Vegetable pitch of all kinds ; brewers' pitch and similar compounds based on rosin or on vegetable pitch , foundry core binders based on natural resinous products

38.11 Disinfectants, insecticides , fungicides , weed-killers, anti-sprouting products , rat poisons and similar products , put up in forms or packings for sale by retail or as preparations or as articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles , fly-papers)

38.12 Prepared glazings , prepared dressings and prepared mordants , of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries : A. Prepared glazings and prepared dressings : II . Other B. Prepared mordants

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38.13 " 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 rods and electrodes

38.14 Anti-knock preparations , oxidation inhibitors , gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers , anti-corrosive preparations and similar prepared additives for mineral oils

38.15 Prepared rubber accelerators

38.16 Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms

38.17 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers ; charged fire-extinguishing grenades

38.18 Composite solvents and thinners for varnishes and similar products

38.19 Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included ; residual products of the chemical or allied industries , not elsewhere specified or included : A. Fusel oil ; dippers oil B. Naphthenic acids C. Water-insoluble salts of naphthenic acids , esters of naphthenic acids D. Petroleum sulphonates , excluding petroleum sulphonates of alkali metals, of ammonium or of ethanolamines ; chiophenated sulphonic acids of oils obtained from bituminous minerals , and their salts E. Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes F. Ion exchangers G. Catalysts H. Getters for vacuum tubes IJ. Non-agglomerated metallic carbides K. Refractory cements , mortars and similar compositions L. Alkaline iron oxide for the purification of gas M. Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes N. Accumulator compounds, based on cadmium oxide or nickel hydroxide O. Carbon (other than that falling within subheading 38.01 A) in metal­ graphite or other compounds , in the form of small plates , bars or other semi-manufactures P. Preparations known as 'liquids for hydraulic transmission' (for example hydraulic brake fluids) not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals Q. Foundry core binders based on synthetic resins R. Anti-rust preparations containing amines as active elements S. Chemical elements mentioned in Note 2 g) to this Chapter ex T. Other

CHAPTER 39

ex 39.01 Condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition products, whether or not modified or polymerized, and whether or not linear (for example) phenoplasts , aminoplasts , alkyds , polyallyl esters, and other unsaturated polyesters, silicones) ; excluding scrap of polyester sheets coated with a tungsten compound

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39.02 Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example, polyethylene, polytetrahaloethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives, poly­ acrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene resins) 39.03 Regenerated cellulose ; cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate and other cellulose esters , cellulose ethers and other chemical derivatives of cellulose, plasticized or not (for example collodions, celluloid) ; vulcanized fibre (x) : A. Adhesive strips of width not exceeding 10 cm , the coating of which consists of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber B. Other : I. Regenerated cellulose (x) III . Cellulose acetates IV. Other cellulose esters V. Cellulose ethers and other chemical . derivatives of cellulose VI . Vulcanized fibre 39.04 Hardened proteins (for example, hardened casein and hardened gelatin) 39.05 Natural resins modified by fusion (run gums) ; artificial resins obtained by esterification of natural resins or of resinic acids (ester gums) ; chemical deri­ vatives of natural rubber (for example, chlorinated rubber, rubber hydrochloride, oxidized rubber, cyclized rubber) 39.06 Other high polymers, artificial resins and artificial plastic materials, including alginic acid, its salts and esters ; linoxyn 39.07 Articles of materials of the kinds described in headings Nos 39.01 to 39.06

CHAPTER 40

40.02 Synthetic rubber latex ; pre-vulcanized synthetic rubber latex ; synthetic rubber ; factice derived from oils : A. Factice derived from oils B. Products modified by the incorporation of artificial plastic materials 40.03 Reclaimed rubber 40.05 Plates , sheets and strip, of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, other than smoked sheets and crepe sheets of heading No 40.01 or 40.02 ; granules of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber compounded ready for vulcanization ; unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, compounded before or after coagu­ lation either with carbon black (with or without the addition of mineral oil ) or with silica (with or without the addition of mineral oil), in any form , of a kind known as masterbatch 40.06 Unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, including rubber latex, in other forms or states (for example , rods , tubes and profile shapes, solutions and dispersions) ; articles of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber (for example, coated or impregnated textile thread ; rings and discs) 40.07 Vulcanized rubber thread and cord, whether or not textile covered , and textile thread covered or impregnated with vulcanized rubber 40.08 Plates , sheets , strip , rods and profile shapes , of unhardened vulcanized rubber 40.09 Piping and tubing, of unhardened vulcanized rubber 40.10 Transmission , conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber 40.12 Hygienic and pharmaceutical articles (including teats) of unhardened vulcanized rubber, with or without fittings of hardened rubber 40.13 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves) for all purposes , of unhardened vulcanized rubber 40.14 Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber

(*) For products falling within subheading No 39.03 B II, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 30% .

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40.15 A Hardened rubber (ebonite and vulcanite), in bulk or blocks , in plates , sheets or strip , in rods , profile shapes or tubes

40.16 Articles of hardened rubber (ebonite and vulcanite)

CHAPTER 41

41.03 Sheep- and lamb-skin leather, except leather falling within heading Nos 41.06, 41.07 or 41.08 : B. Other : II. Not specified

41.05 Other kinds of leather, except leather falling within heading Nos 41.06, 41.07 or 41.08 : B. Other : II . Not specified (*)

41.06 Chamois-dressed leather

41.07 Parchment-dressed leather

. 41.08 Patent leather and imitation patent leather ; metallized leather

41,10 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs , in sheets or in rolls

CHAPTER 42

42.01 Saddlery and harness , of any material (for example, saddles , harnesses, collars , traces , knee-pads and boots), for any kind of animal

42.04 Articles of leather or of composition leather of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for industrial purposes

42.05 Other articles of leather or of composition leather

42. 06 Articles made from gut (other than silk-worm gut), from goldbeater's skin , from bladders or from tendons

CHAPTER 43

43.02 A Furskins, tanned or dressed, including furskins assembled in plates, crosses and similar forms

43.03 Articles of furskin

43.04 Artificial fur and articles made thereof

CHAPTER 44 44.05 Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled , but not further prepared, of a thickness exceeding 5 mm : B. Coniferous wood , of a length of 125 cm or less and of a thickness of less than 12-5 mm

44.06 Wood paving blocks

(*) For products falling within this subparagraph, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) oft his . Regulation is reduced to 30% .

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44.07 Railway or tramwav sleepers of wood

44.08 Riven staves of wood , not further prepared than sawn on one principal surface ; sawn staves of wood , of which at least one principal surface has been cylindrically sawn, not further prepared than sawn

44.09 Hoopwood ; split poles , piles , pickets and stakes of wood , pointed but not sawn lengthwise ; chipwood ; pulp wood in chips or particles ; wood shavings of a kind suitable for use in the manufacture of vinegar or for the clarification of liquids : B. Other

44.10 Wooden sticks , roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, whips , golf club shafts , umbrella handles , tool handles or the like

44.11 Drawn wood ; match splints ; wooden pegs or pins for footwear

44.12 Wood wool and wood flour

44.13 Wood (including blocks, strips and friezes for parquet or wood block flooring, not assembled), planed, tongued, grooved, rebated , chamfered , V-jointed , centre V-jointed, beaded, centre-beaded or the like, but not further manufactured

44.16 Cellular wood panels , whether or not faced with base metal

44.17 'Improved ' wood, in sheets , blocks or the like

44.18 Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding substances , in sheets , blocks or the like

44.19 Wooden headings and mouldings, includingrnoulded skirting and other moulded boards

44.20 Wooden picture frames , photograph frames, mirror frames and the like

44.21 Complete wooden packing cases, boxes, crates , drums and similar packings

44.22 Casks , barrels , vats, tubs, buckets and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, other than staves falling within heading No . 44.08

44.23 Builders' carpentry and joinery (including prefabricated and sectional buildings and assembled parquet flooring panels)

44.24 Household utensils of wood

44.25 Wooden tools , tool bodies, tool handles , broom and brush bodies and handles ; boot and shoe lasts and trees , of wood

44.26 Spools, cops , bobbins, sewing thread reels and the like, of turned wood

44.27 Standard lamps, table lamps and other lighting fittings , of wood ; articles of furniture, of wood , not falling within Chapter 94 ; caskets, cigarette boxes , trays , fruit bowls , ornaments and other fancy articles, of wood ; cases for cutlery, for drawing instruments or for violins , and similar receptacles, of wood ; articles of wood for personal use or adornment, of a kind normally carried in the pocket, in the handbag or on the person ; parts of the foregoing articles , of wood

ex 44.28 Other articles of wood

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CHAPTER 45

45.02 Natural cork in blocks , plates , sheets or strips ( including cubes or square slabs , cut to size for corks or stoppers)

45.03 Articles of natural cork

45.04 Agglomerated cork ( being cork agglomerated^ with or without a binding substance) and articles of agglomerated cork s

CHAPTER 46

46.01 Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, for all uses, whether or not assembled into strips

CHAPTER 47

47.01 Pulp derived by mechanical or chemical means from any fibrous vegetable material : A. Wood pulp : II . Other

47.02 Waste paper and paperboard ; scrap articles of paper or of paperboard, fit only for use in paper-making : A Waste paper and paperboard : II . Other : b ) Not specified

CHAPTER 48

48.01 Paper and paperboard ( including cellulose wadding), machine-made, in rolls . or sheets : A. Newsprint B. Cigarette paper C. Kraft paper and paperboard : I. Paper for the manufacture of paper yarn D. Paper weighing not more than 15 g/m2 for use in stencil making E. Other

48.02 Hand-made paper and paperboard

48.03 Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets

48.04 Composite paper or paperboard (made by sticking flat layers together with an adhesive ), not surface-coated or impregnated , whether or not internally reinforced , in rolls or sheets

48.05 Paper and paperboard , corrugated (with or without flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled , embossed or perforated , in rolls or sheets

48.06 Paper and paperboard , ruled , lined or squared, but not otherwise printed , in rolls or sheets

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48.07 Paper and paperboard , impregnated, coated , surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed (not being merely ruled , lined or squared and not constituting printed matter within Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets

48.08 Filter blocks , slabs and plates, of paper pulp

4S.09 Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not bonded with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders

4S.10 Cigarette paper, cut to size, whether or not in the form of booklets or tubes

43.11 Wallpaper and lincrusta ; window transparencies of paper

48.12 Floor coverings prepared on a base of paper or of paperboard , whether or not cut to size, with or without a coating of linoleum compound

48.13 Carbon and other copying papers (including duplicator stencils) and transfer papers , cut co size, whether or not put up in boxes

48.14 Writing blocks , envelopes , letter cards , plain postcards , correspondence cards ; boxes , pouches , wallets and writing compendiums , of paper or paperboard , containing only an assortment of paper stationery

48.15 Other paper and paperboard , cut to size or shape

48.16 Boxes , bags and other packing containers , of paper or paperboard

48.1 / Box files, letter trays , storage boxes and similar articles, of paper or paperboard , of a kind commonly used in offices , shops and the like

48.18 Registers, exercise books , notebooks, memorandum blocks , order books , receipt books, diaries, blotting-pads ,- binders (loose-leaf or other), file covers and other stationery of paper or paperboard ; sample and other albums and book covers , of paper or paperboard

4S.19 Paper or paperboard labels , whether or not printed or gummed

48.20 Bobbins , spools , cops and similar supports of paper pulp , paper or paperboard (whether or not perforated or hardened )

48.21 Other articles of paper pulp , paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding

CHAPTER 49

49.03 Children 's picture books and painting books

49.05 A Printed globes (terrestrial or celestial )

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49.07 Unused postage, revenue and similar stamps of current or new issue in the country to which they are destined ; stamp-impressed paper ; banknotes, stock, share and bond certificates and similar documents of title ; cheque books : A. Postage , revenue and similar stamps C. Other : II. Not specified

49.08 Transfers (decalcomanias)

49.09 Picture postcards, Christmas and other picture greeting cards, printed by any process, with or without trimmings

49.10 Calendars of any kind , of paper or paperboard , including calendar blocks

49.11 Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs : B. Other

CHAPTER 65 HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF

CHAPTER 66

66.02 Walking-sticks (including climbing-sticks and seat-sticks), canes , whips , riding­ crops and the like

66.03 Parts , fittings , trimmings and accessories of articles falling within heading Nos 66.01 or 66.02

CHAPTER 67

7.01 Skins and other parts of birds and their feathers or down , feathers , parts of feathers , down, and articles thereof (other than goods falling within heading No 05.07 and worked quills and scapes)

67.02 Artificial flowers , foliage or fruit and parts thereof ; articles made of artificial flowers ; foliage or fruit

67.03 Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise worked ; wool or other animal hair prepared for use in making wigs and the like

67 . 05 Fans and hand screens , non-mechanical, of any material ; frames and handles therefor and parts of such frames and handles , of any material

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CHAPTER 68 ARTICLES OF STONE, OF PLASTER , OF CEMENT , OF ASBESTOS , OF MICA AND OF SIMILAR MATERIALS

CHAPTER 69

69.01 Heat-insulating bricks, blocks , tiles and other heat-insulating goods of siliceous fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite)

69.03 Other refractory goods (for example, retorts , crucibles, muffles , nozzles, plugs , supports , cupels , tubes, pipes , sheaths and rods), other than goods falling within heading No 69.01

69.04 Building bricks (including flooring blocks , support or filler tiles and the like)

69.05 Roofing tiles ; chimney-pots , cowls, chimney-liners , cornices and other constructional goods , including architectural ornaments

69.06 Piping, conduits and guttering ( including angles, bends and similar fittings)

69.07 Unglazed setts , nags and paving, hearth and wall tiles (*)

69.0S Glazed setts , flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles (x)

69.09 Laboratory, chemical or industrial wares ; troughs, tubs , and similar receptacles of a kind used in agriculture ; pots , jars and similar articles of a kind commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods

69.10 Sinks , wash basins , bidets , water closet pans , urinals, baths and like sanitary fixtures

69.12 Tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of other kinds of pottery

69.13 Statuettes and other ornaments, and articles of personal adornment ; articles of furniture

69.14 Other articles

CHAPTER 70

70.01 B Glass in the mass (excluding optical glass)

For producrs falling within this tariff heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 20% .

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70.02 Glass of the variety known as ' enamel '* glass , in the mass , rods and tubes

70.03 Glass in balls , rods and tubes , unworked (not being optical glass )

70.04 Unworked cast or rolled glass (including flashed or wired glass), whether figured or not, in rectangles

70.05 Unworked drawn or blown glass (including flashed glass), in rectangles (x)

70.06 Cast, rolled, drawn or blown glass (including flashed or wired glass), in rectangles , surface ground or polished, but not further worked

70.07 Cast, rolled, drawn or blown glass (including flashed or wired glass) cut to shape other than rectangular shape, or bent or otherwise worked (for example, edge worked or engraved), whether or not surface ground or polished ; multiple­ walled insulating glass ; leaded lights and the like

70.08 Safety glass consisting of toughened or laminated glass , shaped or not

70.09 Glass mirrors (including rear-view mirrors), unframed, framed or backed

70.10 Carboys , bottles , jars , pots, tubular containers and similar containers of glass, of a kind commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods ; stoppers and other closures , of glass

70.11 Glass envelopes ( including bulbs and tubes) for electric lamps , electronic valves or the like

70.12 Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels

70.14 Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass , not optically worked nor of optical glass :

A. Articles for electrical lighting fittings : I. Faceted glass, plates , balls , pear-shaped drops , flower-shaped pieces, pendants and similar articles for trimming chandeliers

B. Other (2)

70.15 Clock and watch glasses and similar glasses (including glass of a kind used for sunglasses but excluding glass suitable for corrective lenses) curved , bent, hollowed and the like ; glass spheres and segments of spheres, of a kind used for the manufacture of clock and watch glasses and the like

70.16 Bricks, tiles , slabs , paving blocks , squares and other articles of pressed or moulded glass , of a kind commonly used in building ; multicellular glass in blocks , slabs , plates, panels and similar forms

70.17 Laboratory , hygienic and pharmaceutical glassware , whether or not graduated or calibrated ; glass ampoules

0) For products failing within this subparagraph the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 30% . (*) For products falling within this tariff heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 ^4) of this Regulation is reduced to 20% .

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70.18 Optical glass and elements of optical glass , other than optically worked elements ; blanks for corrective spectacle lenses

70.19 Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious and semi-precious stones, fragments and chippings , and similar fancy or decorative glass smallwares , and articles of glassware made therefrom ; glass cubes and small glass plates, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics and similar decorative purposes ; artificial eyes of glass, including those for toys but excluding those for wear by humans ; ornaments and other fancy articles of lamp-worked glass ; glass grains (ballotini)

70.20 Glass fibre (including wool), yarns , fabrics , and articles made therefrom

70.21 Other articles of glass

CHAPTER 71

71.02 Precious and semi-precious stones , unworked , cut or otherwise worked, but not mounted, set or strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of transport) : B. Other : I. For industrial uses

71.03 Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, unworked , cut or otherwise worked , but not mounted, set or strung ( except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of transport)

ex 71.05 Silver, including silver gilt and platinum-plated silver, semi-manufactured

71.06 Rolled silver, unworked or semi-manufactured

ex 71.07 Gold, including platinum-plated gold, unwrought or semi-manufactured

71.08 Rolled gold on base metal or silver, unworked or semi-manufactured

ex 71.09 Platinum and other metals of the platinum group, unwrought or semi-manufactured

71.10 Rolled platinum or other platinum group metals , on base metal or precious metal , unworked or semi-manufactured

71.12 Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or rolled precious metal

71.13 Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths ' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or rolled precious metal, other than goods falling with heading No 71.12

71.14 Other articles of precious metal or rolled precious metal

71.15 Articles consisting of, or incorporating , pearls , precious or semi-precious stones ( natural , synthetic or reconstructed) : A. Articles consisting of, or incorporating, pearls : II . Other

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71.15 B. Articles consisting of, or incorporating, precious or semi-precious stones (cont'd) (natural , synthetic or reconstructed): I. Made wholly of natural precious or semi-precious stones : b) Other II . Other

CHAPTER 73

73.04 Shot and angular grit, of iron or steel , whether or not graded ; wire pellets of iron or steel

73.05 A Iron or steel powders

73.07 Blooms, billets , slabs and sheet bars ( including tinplate bars), of iron or steel ; pieces roughly shaped by forging; of iron or steel : A. Blooms and billets : II. Forged B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars) : II . Forged C. Pieces roughly shaped by forging

73.10 Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or steel , hot-rolled, forged, extruded, cold-formed or cold-finished ( including precision-made) ; hollow mining dril steel : B. Not further worked than forged C. Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished D. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished , coated) I. Not further worked than clad : b) Cold-formed or cold-finished II . Other

73.11 Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged , extruded, cold-formed or cold-finished ; sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled , punched or made from assembled elements : A. Angles, shapes and sections : II. Not further worked than forged III . Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished IV . Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated) a) Not further worked than clad : 2 . Cold-formed or cold-finished b) Other

73.12 Hoop and strip , of iron or steel , hot-rolled or cold-rolled : B. Not further worked than cold-rolled : II . Other

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73.12 C. Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated : (cont'd) I. Silvered, gilt or platinum-plated II . Enamelled III . Tinned : b) Other IV. Zinc-coated or lead-coated V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized, lacquered, nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed) a) Not further worked than clad 2 . Cold-rolled b) Other D. Otherwise shaped or worked (for example, perforated, chamfered , lap­ jointed)

73.13 Sheets and plates, of iron or steel , hot-rolled or cold-rolled : B. Other sheets and plates : II. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of : a) 3 mm or more IV. Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated : a) Silvered, gilded, platinum-plated or enamelled V. Otherwise shaped or worked : a) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes , but not further worked : 1 . Silvered, gilded, platinum-plated or enamelled b) Other, excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling

73.14 Iron or steel wire, whether or not coated, but not insulated

73.15 Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in headings No 73.06 to 73.14 : A. High carbon steel : I. Ingots, blooms , billets , slabs and sheet bars : a) Forged II. Pieces roughly shaped by forging V. Bars and rods (including wire rod and hollow mining drill steel ; angles, shapes and sections : a) Not further worked than forged c) Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished , coated) 1 . Not further worked than clad : ( bb) Cold-formed or cold-finished 2 . Other VI. Hoop and strip : b) Not further worked than cold-rolled c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated : 1 . Not further worked than clad : bb) Cold-rolled 2 . Other d) Otherwise shaped or worked (for example, perforated, chamfered, lap-jointed) VII. Sheets and plates : b) Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of : 1 . 3 mm or more d) Otherwise shaped or worked : 2 . Others , not including laminated sheets

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73.15 VIII. Wire , whether or not coated, but not insulated (cont'd) B. Alloy steel : I. Ingots , blooms, billets , slabs and sheet bars : a) Forged II. Pieces roughly shaped by forging V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel ; angles, shapes and sections : a) Not further worked than forged c) Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, pclished , coated) 1 . Not further worked than clad : bb) Cold-formed or cold-finished 2 . Other VI. Hoop and strip : b) Not further worked than cold-rolled c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated : 1 . Not further worked than clad : bb) Cold-rolled 2 . Other d) Otherwise shaped or worked (for example, perforated, chamfered, lap-jointed) VII . Sheets and plates : b) Other sheets and plates : 2 . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of : aa) 3 mm or more 4. Otherwise shaped or worked : bb) Other, excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling VIII . Wire, whether or not coated , but not insulated

73.16 Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel , the following : rails, check-rails , switch blades , crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces , point rods, rack rails , sleepers , fish-plates , chairs , chair wedges, sole plates ( base plates), rail clips , bedplates , ties and other material specialized for joining or fixing rails : A. Rails : I. Current-conducting, with parts of non-ferrous metal D. Fish-plates and sole plates : II . Other E. Other

73.17 Tubes and pipes , of cast iron

73.19 High-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel , whether or not reinforced

73.20 Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints , elbows , unions and flanges) of iron or steel

73.21 Structures and parts of structures (for example, hangers and other buildings, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates , towers, lattice masts , roofs, roofing frameworks , door and window frames, shutters , balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel ; plates , strip , rods, angles, shapes , sections , tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel

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73.22 Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers , for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel , of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated , but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment

73.23 Casks , drums , cans, boxes and similar containers , or sheet or plate iron or steel, of a description commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods

73.24 Containers, of iron or steel , for compressed or liquefied gas

73.25 Stranded wire, cables , cordage, ropes, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel wire, but excluding insulated , electric cables

73.26 Barbed iron or steel wire ; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed or not, and loosely twisted double wire, of kinds used for fencing, of iron or steel

73.27 Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials , of iron or steel wire

73 . 2S Expanded metal , of iron or steel

73.29 Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel

73.30 Anchors and grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel

73.31 Nails , tacks, staples, hook-nails, corrugated nails, spiked cramps, studs, spikes and drawing pins , of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other materials, but not including such articles with heads of copper

73.32 Bolts and nuts (including bolt ends and screw studs ), whether or not threaded or tapped, and screws (including screw hooks and screw rings), of iron or steel ; rivets , cotters, cotter-pins , washers and spring washers , of iron or steel

73.33 Needles for hand sewing (including embroidery), hand carpet needles and hand knitting needles, bodkins , crochet hooks , and the like, and embroidery stilettos, of iron or steel

73.34 Pins (excluding hatpins and other ornamental pins and drawing pins), hairpins and curling grips, of iron or steel

73.35 Springs and leaves for springs , of iron or steel

73.36 Stoves (including stoves with subsidiary boilers for central heating), ranges , cookers, grates, fires and other space heaters, gas-rings, plate warmers with burners , wash boilers with grates or other heating elements, and similar equip­ ment, of a kind used for domestic purposes, not electrically operated , and parts thereof, of iron or steel

73.37 Boilers (excluding boilers of heading No 84.01) and radiators, for central heating, not electrically heated and parts thereof, of iron or steel ; air heaters and hot air distributors (including those which can also distribute cool or conditioned air), not electrically heated, incorporating a motor-driven fan or blower, and parts thereof, of iron or steel

73.38 Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes , sanitary ware for indoor use, and parts of such articles and ware, of iron or steel

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73.39 Iron or steel wool ; pot scourers and scouring and polishing pads , gloves and the like, of iron or steel

73.40 Other articles of iron or steel f1)

CHAPTER 74

74.04 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper

74.05 Copper foil (whether or not embossed , cut to shape, perforated , coated, printed , or backed with paper or other reinforcing material ), of a. thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0-15 mm

74.06 Copper powders and flakes

74.07 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper ; hollow bars of copper

74.08 Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints , elbows, sockets and flanges), of copper 74.09 Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, foi; any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of copper, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated , but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment

74.10 Stranded wire, cables , cordage, ropes , plaited bands and the like, of copper wire, but excluding insulated electric wires and cables

74.11 Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials (including endless bands), of copper wire

74.12 Expanded metal , of copper

74.13 . Chain and parts thereof, of copper

74.14 Nails, tacks , staples, hook-nails , spiked cramps , studs , spikes and drawing pins, of copper, or of iron or steel with heads of copper

74.15 Bolts and nuts (including bolt ends and screw studs), whether or not threaded or tapped, and screws ( including screw hooks and screw rings) of copper ; rivets, cotters, cotter-pins , washers and spring wasners, of copper

74.1 6 Springs , of copper

74.17 Cooking and heating apparatus of a kind used for domestic purposes , not electrically operated, and parts thereof, of copper

74.18 Other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware for indoor use, and parts of such articles and wan;, of copper

74.19 Other articles of copper

CHAPTER 75

75.02 Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections , of nickel ; nickel wire

75.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of nickel ; nickel foil ; nickel powders and flakes

(*) For products falling within this heading , the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 30% .

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75 . 04 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of nickel ; hollow bars , and tube and pipe fittings ( for example, joints, elbows , sockets and flanges), of nickel 75.05 Electro-plating enodes, of nickel , wrought or unwrought, including those produced by electrolysis

5.06 Other articles of nickel

CHAPTER 76

- 6.02 Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections , of aluminium ; aluminium wire ( x)

76.03 Wrought plates , sheets and strip, of aluminium (x)

76.04 Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed , cut to shape, perforated , coated , printed , or backed with paper or other reinforcing material ), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0'20 mm

76.05 Aluminium powders and flakes

/ 6.06 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of aluminium ; hollow bars of aluminium

76.07 Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints , elbows , sockets and flanges), of aluminium

76.08 Structures and parts of structures (for example, hangars and other buildings , bridges and bridge-sections , towers , lattice masts , roofs, roofing, frameworks , door and window frames, balustrades , pillars and columns), of aluminium ; plates , rods , angles , shapes , sections , tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of aluminium

76.09 Reservoirs, tanks , vats and similar containers , for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of aluminium , of a capacity exceeding 300 litres , whether or not lined or heat-insulated , but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment

76.10 Casks , drums , cans , boxes and similar containers (including rigid and collapsible tubular containers), of aluminium , of a description commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods

76.11 Containers, of aluminium , for compressed or liquefied gas

76.12 Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes , plaited bands and the like, of aluminium wire, but excluding insulated electric wires and cables

76.13 Gauze, cloth , grill , netting, reinforcing fabric and similar materials , of aluminium wire

/ 6.14 Expanded metal , of aluminium

/ 6.15 Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes , sanitary ware for indoor use , and parts of such articles and ware , of aluminium

76.16 Other articles of aluminium

CHAPTER 77 77.02 Wrought bars , rods , angles, shapes and sections, of magnesium ; magnesium wire ; wrought plates , sheets and strip, of magnesium ; magnesium foil ; raspings and shavings of uniform size, powders and flakes , of magnesium ; tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of magnesium ; hollow bars of magnesium

(V For products falling within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced :o 30°o .

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77.03 Other articles of magnesium

/ 7.04 Beryllium , unwrought or wrought, and articles of beryllium

CHAPTER 78

78.02 Wrought bars, rods , angles , shapes and sections , o:: lead ; lead wire » 78.03 Wrought plates , sheets and strip , of lead

78.04 Lead foil (whether or not embossed , cut to shape, perforated , coated , printed , or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a weight (excluding any backing) not exceeding 1-700 kg/ m2 ; lead powders and flakes

78.05 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of lead ; hollow bars , and tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows , sockets , flanges and S-bends), of "lead

78.06 . Other articles of lead

CHAPTER 79

79.02 Wrought bars , rods, angles , shapes and sections , of zinc ; zinc wire

79.04 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of zinc ; hollow bars , and tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints , elbows , sockets and flanges), of zinc

( 79.05 Gutters, roof capping , skylight frames , and other fabricated building compo­ nents of zinc ,

79.06 Other articles of zinc

CHAPTER 80

80.02 Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections , of tin ; tin wire

80.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of tin

80.04 Tin foil (whether or not embossed , cut to shape , perforated, coated , printed , or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a weight (excluding any backing) not exceeding 1 kg/m2 ; tin powders j.nd flakes

80.05 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of tin , hollcw bars , and tubes and pipe fittings ( for example, joints , elbows , sockets and flanges ), of tin

80.06 Other articles of tin

CHAPTER 81

81.01 Tungsten ( wolfram ), unwrought or wrought, and srticles thereof : B. Hammered bars ; angles , shapes .and sections , wire , filaments , plates , sheets and foil C. Other

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81.02 Molybdenum , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof : B. Hammered bars ; angles, shapes and sections , wire , filaments , plates , sheets , strip and foil C. Other

81.03 Tantalum , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof : B. Hammered bars ; angles, shapes and sections ; wire, filaments , plates, sheets, strip and foil C. Other

81.04 Other base metals , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof ; cermets , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof :

A. Bismuth : II . Wrought B. Cadmium : II . Wrought C. Cobalt : II . Wrought D. Chromium : II . Wrought E. Germanium : II. Wrought F. Hafnium (celtium) : II. Wrought G. Manganese : II . Wrought H. Niobium (columbium ): II. Wrought IJ . Antimony : II. Wrought K. Titanium : II. Wrought L. Vanadium : II . Wrought O. Zirconium : II . Wrought P. Rhenium : II. Wrought O. Gallium ; indium ; thallium : II . Wrought R. Cermets : II . Wrought

CHAPTER S 2 82.01 Hand tools , the following : spades , shovels, picks , hoes , forks and rakes ; axes , bill hooks and similar hewing tools ; scythes , sickles , hay knives, grass shears, timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry

82.02 Saws ( non-mechanical ) and blades for hand or machine saws (including toothless saw blades)

82.03 Hand tools , the following : pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers , tinmen's snips , bolt croppers and the like ; perforating punches ; pipe cutters ; spanners and wrenches (but not including tap wrenches); files and rasps

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82.04 Hand tools , including glaziers' diamonds , not falling within any other heading of this Chapter ; blow lamps, anvils ; vices and climps, other than accessories for, and parts of, machine tools ; portable forges ; grinding wheels with frameworks (hand or pedal operated)

82.05 Interchangeable tools for hand tools, for machine tools or for power-operated hand tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, drilling, tapping, threading, boring, broaching , milling, cutting, turning, dressing, morticing or screw driving), including dies for wire drawing, extrusion dies for metal , and rock drilling bits , with a working part of

82.06 Knives and cutting blades , for machines or for mechanical appliances

82.07 Tool-tips and plates , sticks and the like for tool- tips, unmounted , of sintered metal carbides (for example, carbides of tungsten , molybdenum or vanadium )

82.08 Coffee-mills, mincers, juice-extractors and other mechanical appliances, of a weight not exceeding 10 kg and of a kind used for domestic purposes in the preparation , serving or conditioning of food or drink

82.09 ' Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not ( including pruning knives), other than knives falling within heading No 82.06 (*)

82.10 Knife blades 82.11 Razors and razor blades (including razor blade bh.nks, whether or not in strips)

82.12 Scissors (including tailors ' shears), and blades therefor

82.13 Other articles of cutlery (for example , secateurs , hair clippers, butchers' cleavers , paper knives) ; manicure and chiropody sets and appliances ( including nail files)

82.14 Spoons , forks , fish-eaters , butter-knives , ladles and similar kitchen or table­ ware ( )

82.15 Handles of base metal for articles falling within heading No 82.09 , 82.13 or 82.14

CHAPTER 83

83.02 Base metal fittings and mountings of a kind suitable for furniture, doors, staircases , windows , blinds , coachwork , saddlery , trunks , caskets and the like ( including automatic door closers) ; base metal hat-racks , hat-pegs , brackets and the like

83.03 Safes , strong-boxes , armoured or reinforced strong-rooms , strong-room linings and strong-room doors , and cash and deed boxes and the like , of base metal

83.04 Filing cabinets , racks , sorting boxes , paper trays , paper rests and similar office equipment, of base metal , other than office furniture falling within heading No 94.03

(l) For products falling within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 30% .

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83.05 Fittings for loose-leaf binders, for files or for stationery books , of base metal ; letter clips, paper clips , staples, indexing tags, and similar stationery goods, of base metal

83.06 Statuettes and other ornaments of a kind used indoors , of base metal

83.07 Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal , and parts thereof, of base meta' (excluding switches , electric lamp holders , electric lamps for vehicles , electric battery or magneto lamps , and other articles falling within Chapter 85 except heading No 85.22)

83.08 Flexible tubing and piping, of base metal

83.09 Clasps , frames with clasps for handbags and the like, buckles, buckle-clasps , hooks, eyes, eyelets, and the like, of base metal, of a kind commonly used for clothing, travel goods, handbags , or other textile or leather goods ; tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets , of base metal

83.10 Beads and spangles , of base metal

83.11 Bells and gongs , non-electric, of base metal , and parts thereof of base metal

53 . 12 Photograph , picture and similar frames , of base metal ; mirrors of base metal

83.13 Stoppers , crown corks , bottle caps , capsules , bung covers , seals and plombs , case corner protectors and other packing accessories , of base metal

S3 . 14 Sign-plates , name-plates, numbers , letters and other signs , of base metal

83.15 Wire, rods , tubes , plates , electrodes and similar products , of base metal or of metal carbides , coated or cored with flux material , of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding or deposition of metal or of metal carbides ; wire and rods , of agglomerated base-metal powder, used for metal spraying

CHAPTER S4

84.01 Steam and other vapour generating boilers (excluding central heating hot water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam ) ; superheated-water boilers

84.02 Auxiliary plant for use with boilers falling within heading No 84.01 (for example, economisers, superheaters , soot removers , gas recoverers and the like) ; condensers for vapour engines and power units

84.03 Producer gas and water gas generators , with or without purifiers ; acetylene gas generators (water process ) and similar gas generators , with or without purifiers

84.04 Steam engines (including mobile engines , but not steam tractors falling within heading No 87.01 or mechanically propelled road rollers) with self-contained boilers

84.05 Steam and other vapour power units , not incorporating boilers

84.06 Internal combustion piston engines

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84.07 Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and water turbines)

84.08 Other engines and motors

84.09 Mechanically propelled road rollers

84.10 Pumps ( including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for liquids , whether or not fitted with measuring devices ; liquid elevators of bucket, chain , screw, band and . similar kinds

84.11 Air pumps , vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (including motor and turbo pumps and compressors , and free-piston generators for gas turbines) ; fans, blowers and the like

84.12 Air-conditioning machines , self-contained , comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperatures and humidity of air

84.13 Furnace burners for liquid fuel ( atomizers), for pulverized solid fuel or for gas ; mechanical stokers , mechanical grates , mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances

84.14 Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens , non-electric

84.15 Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other)

84.16 Calendering and similar rolling machines ( other than metal-working and metal­ rolling machines and glass-working machines) and cylinders therefor

84.17 Machinery, plant and similar laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated , for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating , cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing, condensing or cooling, nor being machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes ; instantaneous or storage Water heaters , non-electrical

84.18 Centrifuges ; filtering and purifying machinery and apparatus (other than filter funnels , milk strainers and the like), for liquids or gases

84.19 Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers ; machinery for filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottles , cans , boxes , bags or other containers ; other packing or wrapping machinery ; machinery for aerating beverages ; dish washing machines

84.20 Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 eg or better), including weight-operated counting and checking machines ; weighing machine weights of all kinds

84.21 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated ) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders ; fire extinguishers (charged or not); spray guns and similar appliances ; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines

84.22 Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, telphers and conveyors (for example , lifts, hoists , winches , cranes , transporter cranes , jacks , pulley tackle, belt conveyors and telepheries), not being machinery falling within heading No 84.23

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54.23 Excavating , levelling, tamping, boring and extracting machinery , stationary or mobile, for earth , minerals or ores (for example, mechanical shovels , coal­ cutters, excavators , scrapers , levellers and bulldozers); pile-drivers ; snow­ ploughs, not self-propelled (including snow-plough attachments)

84.24 Agricultural and horticultural machinery for soil preparation or cultivation (for example, ploughs , harrows , cultivators , seed and fertilizer distributors); lawn and sports ground rollers

84.25 Harvesting and threshing machinery ; straw and fodder presses ; hay or grass mowers ; winnowing and similar cleaning machines for seed , grain or leguminous vegetables and egg-grading and other grading machines for agricultural produce (other than those of a kind used in the bread grain milling industry falling within heading No 84.29)

84.26 Dairy machinery ( including milking machines)

84.27 Presses , crushers and other machinery , of a kind used in wine-making, cider­ making, fruit juice preparation or the like

54.28 Other agricultural , horticultural , poultry-keeping and bee-keeping machinery ; germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment ; poultry incubators and brooders

84.29 Machinery of a kind used in the bread grain milling industry , and other machinery (other than farm type machinery) for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables

84.30 Machinery, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter, of a kind used in the following food or drink industries : bakery , confectionery , chocolate manufacture, macaroni , ravioli or similar cereal food manufacture, the preparation of meat, fish, fruit or vegetables ( including mincing or slicing machines), sugar manufacture or brewing

84.31 Machinery for making or finishing cellulosic pulp , paper or paperboard

84.32 Book-binding machinery, including book-sewing machines

84.33 Paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds ; other machinery for making up paper pulp , paper or paperboard

84.34 Machinery , apparatus and accessories for type-founding or type-setting ; machinery , other than the machine-tools of heading No 84.45 , 84.46 or 84.47 , for preparing or working printing blocks , plates or cylinders : printing type, impressed flongs and matrices, printing blocks, plates and cylinders ; blocks, plates , cylinders and lithographic stones , prepared for printing purposes (for example , planed , grained or polished)

84.35 Other printing machines ; machines for uses ancillary to printing

84.36 Machines for extruding man-made textiles ; machines of a kind used for processing natural or man-made textile fibres ; textile spinning and twisting machines ; textile doubling, throwing and reeling (including weft-winding) machines

84.37 Weaving machines , knitting machines and machines for making gimped yarn , tulle, lace, embroidery , trimmings , braid or net ; machines for preparing yarns for use on such machines, including warping and warp sizing machines

84.38 Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading No 84.37 (for example , dobbies , Jacquards, automatic stop motions and shuttle changing mechanisms) ; parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines

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84,38 of the present heading or with machines falling within heading No 84.36 or (cont'd) 84.37 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers , card clothing , combs , extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-lifters and hosiery needles)

84.39 Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt in the piece or in shapes , including felt-hat making machines and hat-making blocks

84.40 Machinery for washing, cleaning, drying, bleaching , dyeing , dressing, finishing or coating textile yarns , fabrics or made-up textile articles ( including laundry and dry-cleaning machinery); fabric folding, reeling or cutting machines ; machines of a kind used in the manufacture of linoleum or other floor coverings for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support ; machines of a type used for printing a repetitive design , repetitive words or overall colour on textiles , leather, wallpaper wrapping paper, linoleum or other materials , and engraved or etched plates , blocks or rollers therefor

84.41 Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for sewing machines ; sewing machine needles : A. Sewing machines , furniture specially designed for sewing machines : I. Sewing machines (lock-stitch only), with heads of a weight not exceeding 16 kg without motor or 17 kg including the motor ; sewing machine heads (lock-stitch only), of a weight not exceeding 16 kg without motor or 17 kg including the motor : a ) Sewing machines having a value (not including frames , tables or furniture) of more than 65 u.a . each II . Other sewing machines and other sewing machine heads B. Sewing machine needles

84.42 Machinery (other than sewing machines) for preparing , tanning or working hides , skins or leather ( including boot and shoe machinery)

84.43 Converters , ladles , ingot moulds and casting machines , of a kind used in metallurgy and in metal foundries

84.44 Rolling mills and rolls therefor

84.45 Machine-tools for working metal or metallic carbides , not being machines falling within heading Nos 84.49 or 84.50

84.46 Machine-tools for working stone , ceramics , concrete, asbestos-cement and like mineral materials or for working glass in the cold , other than machines falling within heading No 84.49

84.47 Machine-tools for working wood , cork , bone, ebonite (vulcanite), hard artificial plastic materials or other hard carving materials , other than machines falling within heading No 84.49

84.48 Accessories and parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines falling within headings Nos 84.45 to 84.47, including work and tool holders , self-opening dieheads', dividing heads and other appliances for machine-tools ; tool holders for any type of tool or machine-tool for working in the hand

84.49 Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic or with self-contained non-electric motor

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84.50 Gas-operated welding, brazing, cutting and surface tempering appliances

84.51 Typewriters , other than typewriters incorporating calculating mechanisms ; cheque-writing machines

84.52 Calculating machines ; accounting machines , cash registers, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines , incorporating a calculating device

84.53 Automatic data processing machines and units therefor ; magnetic or optical readers , machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data , not elsewhere specified or included

54.54 Other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines , addressing machines , coin-sorting machines , coin-counting and wrapping machines , pencil-sharpening machines , perforating and stapling machines)

84.55 Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of a kind falling within heading Nos 84.51 , 84.52 , 84.53 or 84.54

54.56 Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing; grinding or mixing earth , stone, ores or other mineral substances , in solid (including powder and paste) form ; machinery for agglomerating, moulding or shaping solid mineral fuels , ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste form ; machines for forming foundry moulds of sand

84.57 Glass-working machines (other than machines for working glass in the cold) ; machines for assembling electric filament and discharge lamps and electronic and similar tubes and valves

84.58 Automatic vending machines (for example, stamp, cigarette , chocolate and food machines ), not being games of skill or chance

84.59 Machines and mechanical appliances , having individual functions , not falling within any other heading of this Chapter : A. For the manufacture of the products specified in subheading 28.51 A (Euratom ) B. Nuclear reactors : I. Nuclear reactors (Euratom) II. Parts : ex c) Other (Euratom ) C. Specially designed for the recycling of irradiated nuclear fuels (for example , sintering of radio-active metal oxides , sheating) (Euratom ) D. Rope or cable making machinery, including electric wire and cable making machines E. Other

84.60 - Moulding boxes for metal foundry ; moulds of a type used for metal (other than ingot moulds), for metal carbides , for glass , for mineral materials (for example, ceramic pastes, concrete or cement) or for rubber or artificial plastic materials

54.61 Taps , cocks , valves and similar appliances , for pipes, boiler shells, tanks , vats and the like, including pressure reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves

84.62 Ball , roller or needle roller bearings

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ex 84.63 Transmission shafts , cranks , bearing housings , plain shaft bearings , gears and gearing ( including friction gears and gear-boxes and other variable speed gears), flywheels , pulleys and pulley blocks , clutches and shaft couplings

84.64 Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material (for example, asbestos , felt and paperboard) or of laminated metal foil ; sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints , dissimilar in composition , for engines, pipes , tubes and the like, put up in pouches, envelopes or similar packings

84.65 Machinery parts , not containing electrical connectors , insulators , coils , contacts or other electrical features and not falling within any other heading in this Chapter

CHAPTER 85

85.01 Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators , motors , converters ( rotary or static), transformers , rectifiers and rectifying apparatus ; inductors B. Transformers , static converters , rectifiers and rectifying apparatus ; inductors C. Parts

85.02 Electro-magnets ; permanent magnets and articles of special materials for permanent magnets , being blanks of such magnets ; electro-magnetic and permanent magnet chucks , clamps , vices and similar work holders ; electro­ magnetic clutches and couplings ; electro-magnetic brakes ; electro-magnetic lifting heads

85.04 Electric accumulators (x)

85.05 Tools for working in the hand , with self-contained electric motor

85.06 Electro-mechanical domestic appliances , with self-contained electric motor

85.07 Shavers and hair clippers , with self-contained electric motor

85.08 Electrical starting and ignition equipment for internal combustion engines ( including ignition magnetos , magneto-dynamos , ignition coils , starter motors , sparking plugs and glow plugs); generators (dynamos and alternators) and cut-outs for use in conjunction with such engines

85.09 Electrical lighting and signalling equipment and electrical windscreen wipers , defrosters and demisters , for cycles or motor vehicles

85.10 Portable electric battery and magneto lamps , other than lamps falling within heading No 85.09 A. Miners' safety lamps

85.11 Industrial and laboratory electric furnaces , ovens and induction and dielectric heating equipment ; electric welding, brazing and soldering machines and apparatus and similar electric machines and apparatus for cutting

f1 ) For products falling within subheading 85.04 A the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4 ) of this Regulation is reduced to 30% .

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85.12 Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters ; electric soil heating apparatus and electric space heating apparatus ; electric hair dressing appliances (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers , curling tong heaters) and electric smoothing irons ; electrothermic domestic appliances ; electric heating resistors, other than those of carbon

85.13 Electrical line telephonic and telegraphic apparatus ( including such apparatus for carrier-current line systems)

85.14 Microphones and stands therefor ; loudspeakers ; audio-frequency electric amplifiers

85.15 Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus (including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and television cameras ; radio navigational aid apparatus, radar apparatus and radio remote control apparatus : A. Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus (including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and television cameras : I. Transmitters II . Transmitter-receivers IV . Television cameras B. Other apparatus C. Parts of the goods of subheadings A and B above ; I. Cabinets and cases II . Parts of base metal , obtained by turning bars, angles , shapes , sections or wire, of solid section , the greatest diameter of which does not exceed 25 mm

85.16 Electric traffic control equipment for railways , roads or inland waterways and equipment used for similar purposes in port installations or upon airfields

85.17 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (such as bells, sirens , indicator panels, burglar and fire alarms), other than those of heading No 85.09 or 85.16

85.18 Electrical capacitors, fixed or variable (*)

85.19 Electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits , for the protection of electrical circuits , or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches , relays , fuses , lightning arresters , surge suppressors , plugs , lampholders and junction boxes) ; resistors , fixed or variable (including poten­ tiometers), other than heating resistors ; printed circuits ; switchboards (other than telephone switchboards) and control panels

85.20 Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps ( including infra-red and ultra-violet lamps); arc-lamp ; electrically ignited photographic flashbulbs (2)

85.21 Thermionic, cold cathode and photo-cathode valves and tubes ( including vapour or gas filled valves and tubes , cathode-ray tubes , television camera tubes and mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes); photocells ; mounted piezo­ electric crystals ; diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor devices ; electronic microcircuits :

(') For products tailing within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 30% . C ) For products falling within subheading S5.20 A , the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 30% .

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85.21 A. Valves and tubes (cont'd.) B. Photocells, including photo-transistors C. Mounted piezo-electric crystals

85.22 Electrical appliances and apparatus , having individual functions , not falling within any other heading of this Chapter

85.24 Carbon brushes , arc-lamp carbons , battery carbons , carbon electrodes and other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical purposes

85.25 Insulators of any material

85.26 Insulating fittings for electrical machines , appliances or equipment , being fittings wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly , but not including insulators falling within heading No 85.25

85.27 Electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor , of base metal lined with insulating , material

85.2.8 Electrical parts of machinery and apparatus , not being goods falling within any of the preceding headings of this Chapter

CHAPTER 86 RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES , ROLLING-STOCK AND PARTS THEREOF ; RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES AND FITTINGS ; TRAFFIC SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL KINDS ( NOT ELECTRICALLY POWERED )

CHAPTER 87

87.01 Tractors (other than those falling within heading No 87.07), whether or not fitted with power take-offs , winches or pulleys

87.02 Motor - vehicles for the transport of persons , goods or materials (including sports motor vehicles other than those of heading No 87.09 )

87.03 Special purpose motor lorries and vans (such as break down lorries , fire-engines , fire-escapes , road sweeper lorries , snow-ploughs , spraying lorries , crane lorries , searchlight lorries , mobile workshops and mobile radiological units), but not including the motor vehicles of heading No 87.02

87.04 Chassis fitted with engines , for the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 , 87.02 or 87.03

87.05 Bodies ( including cabs ), for the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 , 87.02 or 87.03

87.06 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 , 87.02 or 87.03

87.07 Works trucks , mechanically propelled , of the types used in factories or ware­ houses , dock areas or airports for short distance transport or handling of goods (for example, platform trucks , fork-lift trucks and straddle carriers) ; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms ; ports of the foregoing vehicles

87.08 Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles , motorized, whether or not fitted with weapons , and parts of such vehicles

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87.09 Motor-cycles , auto-cycles and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars ; side-cars of all kinds

87.11 Invalid carriages, fitted with means of mechanical propulsion (motorized or not)

87.12 A Parts and accessories of motor-cycles

87.13 Baby carriages and invalid carriages (other than motorized or otherwise mechani­ cally propelled) and parts thereof

87.14 Other vehicles ( including trailers), not mechanically propelled , and parts thereof A. Animal-drawn vehicles B. Trailers and semi-trailers : I. Specially designed for the transport of highly radio-active materials (Euratom) C. Other vehicles D. Parts

CHAPTER 853

88.01 Balloons and airships

ex 88.02 Flying machines , gliders and kites ; rotochutes

88.03 Parts of goods falling within heading No 88.01 or 88.02

88.04 Parachutes and parts thereof and accessories thereto

SS.05 Catapults and similar aircraft launching gear ; ground flying trainers ; parts of any of the foregoing articles

CHAPTER 89

89.01 Ships , boats and other vessels not falling within any of the following headings of this Chapter : B. Other : II . Other

89.02 Vessels specially equipped for towing ( tugs) or pushing other vessels : B. Pusher craft : II . Other

89.03 Light-vessels , fire-floats, dredgers of all kinds , floating cranes , and other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function ; floating docks :

B. Other

89.05 Floating structures other than vessels (for example, coffer-dams , landing stages , buoys and beacons)

CHAPTER 90

90.01 Lenses , prisms , mirrors and other optical elements , of any material , unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked ; sheets or plates , of polarizing material

90.02 Lenses , prisms , mirrors and other optical elements , of any material, mounted ; being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked

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90.03 Frames and mountings, and parts thereof, for spectacles, pince-nez, lorgnettes, goggles and the like

90.04 Spectacles , pince-nez , lorgnettes , goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other

90.06 Astronomical instruments (for example, reflecting telescopes , transit instruments and equatorial telescopes), and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy

90.07 Photographic cameras ; photographic flashlight apparatus : A. Photographic cameras (x) B. Photographic flashlight apparatus

90.08 Cinematographic cameras , projectors , sound recorders and sound reproducers ; any combination of these articles : A. Cameras and sound recorders , combined or not (l) B. Projectors and sound reproducers , combined or not

90.09 Image projectors (other than cinematographic projectors) ; photographic (except cinematographic) enlargers and reducers

90.10 Apparatus and equipment of a kind used in photographic or cinematographic laboratories , not falling within any other heading in this Chapter ; photo­ copying apparatus ( whether incorporating an optical system or of the contact type) and thermo-copying apparatus , screens for projectors

90.11 Microscopes and diffraction apparatus , electron and proton

90.12 Compound optical microscopes , whether or not provided with means for photographing or projecting the image (*)

90.13 Optical appliances and instruments ( but not including lighting appliances other than searchlights or spotlights), not falling within any other heading of this Chapter

90.14 Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic , navigational , meteorological , hydrological and geophysical instruments ; compasses , rangefinders

90.15 Balances of a ,sensitivity of 5 eg or better, with or without their weights

90.16 Drawing, marking-out and mathematical calculating instruments , drafting machines , pantographs , slide rules , disc calculators and the like ; measuring or checking instruments , appliances and machines , not falling within any other heading of this Chapter (for example, micrometers, callipers, gauges, measuring rods , balancing machines) ; profile projectors

90.17 Medical , dental, surgical and veterinary instruments and appliances (including electro-medical apparatus and ophthalmic instruments)

90.18 Mechano-therapy appliances ; massage apparatus ; psychological aptitude­ testing apparatus ; artificial respiration , ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy or similar apparatus ; breathing appliances ( including gas masks and similar respirators)

(l) For products falling within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 20% .

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90.19 Orthopaedic appliances, surgical belts , trusses and the like ; splints and other fracture appliances ; artificial limbs , eyes , teeth and other artificial parts of the body ; deaf-aids and other appliances which are worn or carried , or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability

90.20 Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of the radiations from radio-active substances (including radiography and radiotherapy apparatus); X-ray generators ; X-ray tubes ; X-ray screens ; X-ray high tension generators ; X-ray control panels and desks ; X-ray examination or treatment tables ; chairs and the like

90.21 Instruments , apparatus or models, designed solely for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibition), unsuitable for other uses

90.22 Machines and appliances for testing machanically the hardness , strength , compressibility , elasticity and the like properties of industrial materials ( for example, metals, wood , textiles , paper or plastics)

90.23 Hydrometers and similar instruments ; thermometers, pyrometers, barometers , hygrometers, psychrometers , recording or not ; any combination of these instruments

90.24 Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically controlling the flow, depth , pressure or other variables of liquids or gases , or for auto­ matically controlling temperature (for example, pressure gauges , thermostats , level gauges, flow meters , heat meters , automatic oven-draught regulators), not being articles falling within heading No 90.14

90.25 Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (such as polari­ meters , refractometers , spectrometers, gas analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity , porosity , expansion , surface tension or the like (such as viscometers , porosimeters , expansion meters); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, light or sound (such as photometers (including exposure meters), calorimeters); microtomes

90.26 Gas, liquid and electricity supply or production meters ; calibrating meters therefor

90.27 Revolution counters , production counters, taximeters , mileometers , pedometers and the like, speed indicators (including magnetic speed indicators) and tacho­ meters (other than articles falling within heading No 90.14); stroboscopes

90.28 Electrical measuring, checking, analysing or automatically controlling instru­ ments and apparatus (x)

90.29 Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or principally with one or more of the articles falling within heading No 90.23 , 90.24, 90,26 , 90.27 or 90.28

CHAPTER 91

91.01 Pocket-watches , wrist-watches and other watches , including stop-watches

f) For products falling within this subparagraph the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation, is reduced to 20% .

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91.02 Clocks with watch movements (excluding clocks of heading No 91.03 )

91.03 Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a similar type, for vehicles , aircraft or vessels

91.04 Other clocks

91.05 Time of day recording apparatus ; apparatus with clock or watch movement (including secondary movement) or with synchronus motor, for measuring, recording or otherwise indicating intervals of time

91.06 Time switches with clock or watch movement ( including secondary movement) or with synchronous motor

91.07 Watch movements ( including stop-watch movements) assembled

91.08 Clock movements , assembled

91.10 Clock cases and cases of a similar type for other goods of this Chapter, and parts thereof

91.11 Other clock and watch parts

CHAPTER 92

92.01 Pianos (including automatic pianos , whether or not with keyboards) ; harpsi­ chords and other keyboard stringed instruments ; harps but not including aeolian harps

92.02 Other string musical instruments

92.03 Pipe and reed organs , including harmoniums and the like

92.04 Accordions , concertinas and similar musical instruments ; mouth organs

92.05 Other wind musical instruments

92.06 Percussion musical instruments (for example , drums , xylophones , cymbals , castanets) 92.07 Electro-magnetic , electrostatic, electronic and similar musical instruments (for example , pianos , organs , accordions)

92.08 Musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this Chapter (for example, fairground organs , mechanical street organs , musical boxes , musical saws); mechanical singing birds ; decoy calls and effects of all kinds ; mouth­ blown sound signalling instruments (for example, whistles and boatswain's pipes)

92.09 Musical instrument strings

92.10 Parts and accessories of musical instruments ( other than strings), including perforated music rolls and mechanisms for musical boxes ; metronomes , tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds

92.11 Gramophones , dictating machines and other sound recorders and reproducers , including record-players and tape . decks , with or without sound-heads ; tele­ vision image and sound recorders and reproducers , magnetic B. Television image and sound recorders and reproducers , magnetic

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92.13 Other parts and accessories of apparatus falling within heading No 92.11

CHAPTER 93

93.01 Side-arms (for example , swords , cutlasses and bayonets ) and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor

93.02 Revolvers and pistols , being firearms

93.04 Other firearms, including Very light pistols , pistols and revolvers for firing blank ammunition only, line-throwing guns and the like

93.05 Arms of other descriptions , including air, spring and similar pistols , rifles and guns

93.06 Parts of arms including gun barrel blanks, but not including parts of side-arms : B. Of other arms

93.07 Bombs, grenades , torpedoes , mines, guided weapons and missiles and similar munitions of war, and parts thereof ; ammunition and parts thereof, including cartridge wads , lead shot prepared for ammunition

CHAPTER 94

94.01 Chairs and other seats (other than those falling within heading No 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds , and parts thereof : A. Specially designed for aircraft

94.02 Medical , dental , surgical or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables , hospital beds with mechanical fittings) ; dentists ' and similar chairs with mechanical elevating, rotating or reclining movements ; parts of the foregoing articles

94.04 Mattress supports ; articles of bedding or similar furnishing fitted with springs or stuffed or internally fitted with any material or of expanded, foam or sponge rubber or expanded , foam or sponge artificial plastic material , whether or not covered (for example , mattresses , quilts, eiderdowns , cushions , pouffes and pillows)

CHAPTER 95 ARTICLES AND MANUFACTURES OF CARVING OR MOULDING MATERIAL

CHAPTER 96 BROOMS , BRUSHES , FEATHER DUSTERS , POWDER-PUFFS AND SIEVES

CHAPTER 97

97.01 Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children (for example, toy bicycles and tricycles and pedal motor-cars); dolls' prams and dolls' push chairs

97.04 Equipment for parlour, table and funfair games for adults or children (including billiard tables and pintables and table-tennis requisites) (J)

P ) For products falling within this subheading the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 30% .

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97.06 Appliances, apparatus , accessories and requisites for gymnastics or athletics, or for sports and outdoor games (other than articles falling within heading No 97.04) (x) : B. Tennis rackets C. Other 97.07 Fish-hooks, line fishing rods and tackle ; fish landing nets and butterfly nets ; decoy ' birds', lark mirrors and similar hunting or shooting requisites 97.08 Roundabouts , swings , shooting galleries and other fairground amusements ; travelling circuses , travelling menageries and travelling theatres

CHAPTER 98

98.01 Buttons and button moulds , studs , cuff-links , and press-fasteners , including snap-fasteners and press-studs ; blanks and parts of such articles 98.02 Slide fasteners and parts thereof 98.03 Fountain pens , stylograph pens and pencils ( including ball point pens and pencils and other pens , pen-holders , pencil-holders and similar holders , propelling pencils and sliding pencils ; parts and fittings thereof, other than those falling within heading No 98.04 or 98.05 98.04 Pen nibs and nib points 98.05 Pencils (other than pencils of heading No 98.03 ), pencil leads , slate pencils , crayons and pastels , drawing charcoals and writing and drawing chalks ; tailors ' and billiards chalks 98.06 Slates and boards , with writing or drawing surfaces , whether framed or not 98.07 Date , sealing or numbering stamps , and the like (including devices for printing or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand ; hand-operated com­ posing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks 98.08 Typewriter and similar ribbons , whether or not on spools ; ink-pads , with or without boxes 98.09 Sealing wax (including bottle-sealing wax) in sticks, cakes or similar forms ; copying pastes with a basis of gelatin , whether or not on a paper or textile backing 98.10 Mechanical lighters and similar lighters, including chemical and electrical lighters , and parts thereof, excluding flints and wicks

98.11 Smoking pipes ; pipe bowls , stems and other parts of smoking pipes (including roughly shaped blocks of wood or root) ; cigar and cigarette holders and parts thereof 98.12 Combs , hair-slides and the like 98.13 Corset busks and similar supports for articles of apparel or clothing accessories 98.14 Scent and similar sprays of a kind used for toilet purposes, and mounts and heads therefor 98.16 Tailors' dummies and other lay figures ; automata and other animated displays of a kind used for shop window dressing

0 For products falling within subheadings B and C, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation is reduced to 30% .

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ANNEX B

List of developing countries and territories benefiting under the Generalized Tariff Preferences

INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES

yfghanistan Honduras Qatar Algeria India Rwanda Argentina Indonesia Saudi Arabia Bahrain Iran Senegal Bangladesh Iraq Sierra Leone Barbados Ivory Coast Singapore Bhutan Jamaica Somalia Bolivia Jordan South Vietnam Botswana Kenya Southern Yemen Brazil Khmer Republic Sri Lanka Burma Korea , Republic of (South Korea) Sudan Burundi Kuwait Swaziland Cameroun Laos Syria Central African Republic Lebanon Tanzania Chad Lesotho Thailand Chile Liberia Togo Colombia Libya Tonga Congo, People's Republic of Malagasy Republic Trinidad and Tobago Costa Rica Malawi Tunisia Cuba Malaysia Uganda Cyprus Maldive Islands Union of Arab Emirates : Dahomey Mali Abu Dhabi Dominican Republic Mauritania Dubai Ecuador Mauritius Ras al Khaimah Egypt, Arab Republic of Mexico Sharjah El Salvador Morocco Ajman Equatorial Guinea Nauru Umm al Qaiwain Ethiopia Nepal Fujairah Fiji Nicaragua Upper Volta Gabon Niger Uruguay Gambia Nigeria , Federal Republic of Venezuela Ghana Pakistan Western Samoa Guatemala Panama Yemen Guinea , Republic of Paraguay Yugoslavia Guyana Peru Zaire, Democratic Republic of Haiti Philippines . Zambia

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COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

dependent or administered, or for the conduct of whose external affairs Member States of the Community or third countries are wholly or partly responsible

Afars and Issas ( Territory of the) Angola (including Cabinda) Bahamas Bermuda British Honduras British Indian Ocean Territory ( Chagos Archipelago , Des Roches) British Oceania (Territories under the jurisdiction of the Western Pacific High Commission) (x) Brunei Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands and Dependencies Comoro Archipelago Cook Islands Falkland Islands (Malvinas ) and Dependencies French Polynesia French Southern and Antarctic Territories Gibraltar Hong Kong Macao Mozambique Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia and Dependencies New Guinea (Australian) and Papua Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States ,trusteeship (2) Papua (see Australian New Guinea) Portuguese Guinea Portuguese Timor St Helena (including Ascension , Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Sao Tomé and Principe Seychelles (including Amirantes ) Sikkim Spanish territory in Africa Surinam Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Niuwe Island , Tokelau Islands ) Turks and Caicos Islands Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas , St John etc .) Wallis and Futuna Islands West Indies (3)

Note : The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­ national status of countries or territories .

(*) Gilbert and Ellice Islands , British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides , Condominium , Canton , Enderbury and Pitcairn Islands . (2) The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include : Guam , American Samoa ( including Swain's Island ), Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands , Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the Caroline, Mariana and Marshall Islands). (3) Leeward Islands, Antigua , Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla , British Virgin Islands, Windward Islands, Dominica , Grenada , St Lucia , St Vincent.