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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)
REGULATION (EEC) No 3074/75 OF THE COUNCIL
of 17 November 1975
on the tariff treatment of certain products intended for use in the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Whereas, in order to give full effect to the principles laid down for suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of certain products intended Having regard to the Treaty establishing the for the construction of aeroplanes of an unladen European Economic Community, and in particular weight exceeding 15 000 kg, it is equally necessary to Article 28 thereof; establish a list of products admissible to suspension of customs duties for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of that kind constructed in the Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by Community; whereas, provided that account is taken the Commission ; of the current capacities of the Community industry, the arrangements should be continued whereby users of aircraft of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3042/74 (1) constructed in third countries or the previous of 18 November 1974 on the tariff treatment of construction of which in the Community has certain products intended for use in the construction, required a considerable quantity of products maintenance and repair of aircraft, supplemented by imported from third countries, may obtain supplies Regulation (EEC) No 1300/75 (2), provides for the of products necessary for the maintenance or repair total or partial suspension as the case may be, of the of such aircraft under suspension of Common duties laid down in the Common Customs Tariff for Customs Tariff duties ; a certain number of products which are intended either to be incorporated in the construction of aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg or used for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes Whereas a limited number of products which are not of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg or for available in the Community are also essential for the aeroplanes or helicopters of an unladen weight maintenance or repair of certain types of aeroplanes exceeding 2 000 kg but not exceeding 15 000 kg; and helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 kg, but not exceeding 15 000 kg; whereas Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of these Whereas all these suspension measures will expire on products should accordingly be suspended; 31 December 1975 ;
Whereas, having regard to the technical requirements Whereas provision should be made for the associated with the design of aeroplanes currently constructed in the Community, suspension measures adaptation, in the light of advances in the technical differentiated according to the type to which the capabilities of the Community aircraft industry and aeroplanes under consideration belong should be Community aircraft equipment industries, of the maintained from 1 January 1976 in respect of arrangements to be made concerning the application products intended for the construction of aeroplanes of the Common Customs Tariff to products of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg in order imported from third countries for use in the to take account, in each case, of the capabilities of construction, maintenance or repair of aircraft; whereas such adaptation could involve a review of the Community industry; arrangements in force at relatively short intervals ; H OJ No L 328, 7. 12. 1974, p . 1 . whereas it is therefore necessary to limit the period H OJ No L 133 , 24. 5 . 1975, p. 1 . of application of this Regulation to one year,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 3
1 . The Common Customs Tariff duties on the products listed in Annex III shall, provided that such Article 1 products are intended to be used, under customs control, for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes and helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 1 . The Common Customs Tariff duties on the 2 000 kg but not exceeding 15 000 kg, which are products listed in Annex I shall be suspended to the listed in column 4 or column 5 of that Annex, as the levels indicated in column 3 thereof provided that case may be, be suspended to the levels indicated in the said products are intended to be incorporated, column 3 of the said Annex. under customs control, in the construction of aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg, as individually listed in column 4 of the said Annex. 2. However, in the case of products falling within heading Nos 85.15, 90.28 and 90.29 of the 2. This Article shall also apply to the same Common Customs Tariff and indicated by a '( 1 )', products intended for the manufacture, under paragraph 1 shall apply only where such products customs control, of parts necessary for the are intended for the maintenance or repair of construction of the aircraft concerned . aeroplanes and helicopters of a type certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and either constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on Article 2 regular routes by airline companies of the Community.
1 . The Common Customs Tariff duties on the products listed in Annex II shall be suspended to the level indicated in column 3 or 4 thereof, as the case Article 4 may be, provided that such products are intended to be used, under customs control, for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of an unladen weight For the purposes of Articles 2 (2) and 3 (2), type of exceeding 15 000 kg comprised in one or other of aeroplane or helicopter shall be taken to mean the the categories specified in that Annex and, in respect prototype of that aeroplane or helicopter and of those in category B, insofar as the maintenance or versions derived directly from that prototype, except repair relates to aeroplanes listed in column 5 of that versions which differ fundamentally from the Annex . prototype . 2. However, in the case of products falling within heading Nos 85.15, 85.22, 90.14, 90.28 and 90.29 of the Common Customs Tariff and indicated by a < (1)', paragraph 1 shall apply only where such Article 5 products are intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of a type certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1 January 1973 and either constructed in the 1976 . Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community. It shall apply until 31 December 1976.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .
Done at Brussels, 17 November 1975 .
For the Council
The President
E. COLOMBO
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ANNEX 1
List of products in respect of which Common Customs Tariff duties are totally or partially suspended where such products are intended to be incorporated in the construction of aircraft of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg
CCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned No of duty
1 2 3 4
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 :
ex P. Preparations known as 'liquids for hydraulic trans mission' ( for example, hydraulic brake fluids) not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals :
— Based on silicate or phosphoric esters 0 % All aeroplanes
39.02 Polymerization and copolymerization products ( for example, polyethylene, polytetrahalothylenes, polyisobuty lene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives , polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone indene resins):
C. Other : VI. Polystyrene and copolymers of styrene :
ex b ) In other forms :
— Acrylonitrilebutadiene styrene, in sheets specially designed for lining the internal walls of aeroplanes . . 0 % Airbus, F 28
VII . Polyvinyl chloride :
ex a ) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 ( a) and ( b ) to this Chapter :
— Approved for aircraft construction , and in the form of granules 0 % Airbus
ex b ) In other forms :
— In sheets specially designed for lining the internal walls of aeroplanes 0 % Airbus
ex VIII . Polyvinylidene chloride ; copolymers of vinylidene chloride with vinyl chloride :
— In sheets specially designed for lining the internal walls of aeroplanes 0 % Airbus
XIV. Other polymerization or copolymerization products :
ex a ) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 ( a ) and (b ) to this Chapter : — For cavity filling 0 °/o Airbus
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CCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned of duty No
1 2 3 4
39.07 Articles of materials of the kinds described in heading Nos 39.01 to 39.06 : E. Of other materials :
ex II . Other :
— Flexible tubes and bellows of strengthened silicon 14-1 % Airbus
— Flexible pipes of polytetrafluoroethylene for hydraulic or fuel circuits 0 % Airbus , Mercure, Concorde
62.05 Other made up textile articles ( including dress patterns ):
ex C. Other :
— Passenger escape chutes 0 % Airbus
ex 70.08 Safety glass consisting of toughened or laminated glass, shaped or not :
— Laminated glass panels of high temperature resistance, used for the cockpit visor 0 % Concorde
70.20 Glass fibre ( including wool ), yarns , fabrics, and articles made therefrom :
ex A. Non-textile fibre and articles made therefrom :
— Superfine glass fibre of low moisture absorption capacity 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 , Concorde
73.18 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron ( other than of cast iron) or steel , excluding high-pressure hydro electric conduits :
ex C. Other :
— Tubes for the hydraulic system of steel 21.6.9 made to Deutsche Airbus standard DAN 41 /BMS 7185 0%> Airbus
73.20 Tube and pipe fittings ( for example, joints, elbows, unions and flanges), of iron or steel 0% All aeroplanes
73.40 Oher articles of iron or steel :
ex. B. Other : — Devices for stowing and clamping freight .... 0 % Airbus
— Ball bearings used in freight loading systems . . 0 % Airbus
ex 76.02 Wrought bars , rods, angles , shapes and sections, of aluminium ; aluminium wire :
— Square angles 0 % F 28
— Conical shapes for reinforcing lateral rudders 0 °/o Airbus
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CCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned of duty No
1 2 3 4
ex 76.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip , of aluminium , of a thickness exceeding 0-20 mm :
— Plates and sheets of variable thickness obtained by lamination for widths of 1 200 mm or more 0 % F 28
— Pre-drawn plates and sheets of variable thickness of 8 mm or more and less than 180 mm 9-6 °/ o Airbus
76.16 Other articles of aluminium :
ex D. Other :
— ' Quick change' apparatus for transforming passenger transport aeroplanes into goods transport aeroplanes and vice versa 0 % F 28
81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof ; cermets , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof :
K. Titanium : ex II . Wrought :
— Thin-walled tubes ready for use in ventilation 0 % Airbus, Mercure and air-conditioning systems
83.07 Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal , and parts thereof, of base metal ( 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) 0 % All aeroplanes
ex 83.09 Clasps , frames with clasps for handbags and the like, buckles, buckle-clasps , hocks, 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 :
5-2 °/o F 28 — Tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets
84.08 Other engines and motors :
B. Gas turbines :
ex II . Other :
— Developing a power of more than 360 kW 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure, F 28
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 :
B. Other pumps :
ex I. Pumps having a pressure capacity of 20 bars or more : — Having a pressure capacity of 200 bars or more 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure, F 28
ex III . Parts : — Of pumps mentioned in B ex I above 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28
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CCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned of duty No
1 2 3 4
ex 84.12 Air-conditioning machines , self-contained comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity of air :
— Air-conditioning machines , with or without refrigeration elements, of a capacity exceeding 5 000 Kcal/h 0 % Airbus, Mercure
84.15 Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other):
ex B. Other :
— Refrigerating equipment adapted to the air-conditioning system 0 % F 28
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, pasturizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing, condensing or cooling, not being machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes ; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electrical :
ex C. Heat-exchange units : — Of the constant speed drive ( CSD ) system 0 % Airbus, Mercure
— Of the air-conditioning system 0 «/o Airbus, Mercure
ex 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 :
— Built-in fire extinguishers for jet engines and auxiliary power units 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28
— Built-in fire extinguishers for luggage holds 0 % Airbus
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 teleferics ), not being machinery falling within heading No 84.23 :
ex D. Other :
— Clamp jacks 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure
— Apparatus for fixing permanently in aeroplanes and used for loading, unloading and stowing freight 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure
84.59 Machines and mechanical appliances, having individual functions, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter :
ex E. Other :
— Air humidifiers and dehumidifiers 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28
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CCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned No of duty
1 2 3 4
84.59 — Windscreen wipers 0 % F 28 (cont'd) — Hydraulic servo-motors 0 % F 28
— Hydropneumatic spherical batteries 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28
— Pneumatic starters for jet engines 0 % Airbus
— Toilet units specially designed for aeroplanes . . 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
84.61 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats and the like, including pressure reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves:
A. Pressure reducing valves 0 % F 28
ex B. Other :
— Valves used in air-conditioning and cabin pressurization systems 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Valves used in the fire-control system 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28
— Valves used in the water-circulation system .... 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28
ex 84.62 Ball , roller or needle roller bearings :
— Bearings used in freight loading systems 0 % Airbus
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 :
— Constant speed drive ( CSD ) apparatus 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28
85.01 Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators, motors, converters (rotary or static), transformers, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors :
A. Generators, motors (whether or not equipped with speed reducing, changing or step-up gear) and rotary converters :
ex II . Other : 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — High speed alternators (exceeding 3 600 rpm) . . — Electric motors with speed reducer for freight 0 % Airbus loading systems — 500 watt, 28 volt DC motors used in freight- 0 % F 28 door opening systems
— Generators in the anti-skid control system incorporated in the landing gear 0 % F 28 , Airbus, Mercure, Concorde
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CCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned No of duty
1 2 3 4
85.01 ex B. Transformers , static converters , rectifiers and (cont'd.) rectifying apparatus , inductors :
— Static converters of a power of 250 V/ A , transforming a direct current of 28 volts into alternating current of 115 volts 0 % F 28 — Rectifying transformers with a direct current output of 100 amps at 28 volts 0 % F 28
ex C. Parts :
— High speed alternators ( exceeding 3 600 rpm ) 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Electric motors, with speed reducer for freight loading systems 0 °/o Airbus — Generators in the anti-skid control system incorporated in the landing gear 0 °/o F 28 , Airbus , Mercure, Concorde — Other apparatus referred to in A and B above 0 °/o F 28
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 :
ex II . Transmitter-receivers : — HF transmitter-receiver apparatus 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
ex B. Other apparatus :
— Meteorological all weather radar complying with standard ARINC 564 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — VOR navigational receivers complying with standard ARINC 547 8 % F 28 — ILS navigational receivers complying with standard ARINC 547 8°/o F 28
C. Parts :
ex III . Other :
— VOR LOK aerials complying with standard ARINC 547 0 % F 28 — Aerial couplers for HF transmitterreceivers 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 , Concorde
ex 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 :
— Warning apparatus for protection against fire 0 % Airbus, F 28 — Smoke detectors 0 % Mercure, Concorde, F 28 — Anti-collision flash lights 0 % All aeroplanes
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CCT Rale heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned No of duty
1 2 3 4
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 potentiometers ), other than heating resistors ; printed circuits ; switchboards (other than telephone swichboards ) and control panels ):
ex A. Electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits, for the protection of electrical circuits or for making connections to or in electrical circuits : — Switches used in the freight-loading, auxiliary 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure, F 28 power unit and emergency lighting systems ....
90.24 Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically controlling the flow, depth, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for automatically 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 :
ex C. Other : — Pneumatic regulators used in air-conditioning 0 % Airbus, Mercure and cabin pressurization systems
90.28 Electrical measuring, checking, analysing or automatically controlling instruments and apparatus :
ex A. Electronic instruments and apparatus : — Terrestrial magnetic-field detector apparatus, by saturation of magnetic circuits (flux valve) .... 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 , Concorde — Air-speed indicators and associated instruments 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Stall warning calculators 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Apparatus for fuel consumption flow control 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Electronic regulators for air-conditioning 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Inertial navigation equipment 0 % Concorde
ex B. Other :
— Indicator apparatus for pressure of fuel and jet-engine oil 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Oil contents gauge for jet-engine control 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Speed indicator apparatus for air-speed indicators and jet-engine control 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Temperature indicator apparatus for air-speed indicators and jet-engine control 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Electro-magnetic pressure indicators and associated modules, intended for control of the jet-engine air intake system 0 % Concorde
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CCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned of duty No
1 2 3 4
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 :
ex A. Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the electronic instruments falling within subheading 90.28 A :
0 % Concorde — Of inertial navigation equipment — Of other instruments or apparatus falling within subheading 90.28 A included in this list 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28
B. Other :
ex II . Other :
— Of instruments and apparatus falling within subheading 90.24 C of this list . . 0 % Airbus, Mercure
— Electro-magnetic pressure indicators and associated modules, intended for control of the jet-engine air intake system 0 °/o Concorde
— Of other instruments and apparatus falling within subheading 90.28 B of this list 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28
92.11 Gramophones, dictating machines and other sound recorders and reproducers, including record-players and tape decks, with or without sound-heads ; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, magnetic :
A. Sound recorders and reproducers :
ex II . Sound reproducers :
— Music reproducers and automatic announcers 0 % Concorde, Airbus, Mercure, F 28
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ANNEX II
Tariff treatment applicable to certain products intended to be used for the maintenance and repair of aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding IS 000 kg
Note for the purpose of the following table :
( a ) category A comprises aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg other than those specified under (b ) below ;
( b ) category B comprises aeroplanes of the following types: BAC 111 , Siddeley Trident, Airbus, Concorde, Mercure and F 28 .
Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods No Rate of Rate of Aeroplanes concerned duty duty
1 2 3 4 5
ex 38.17 Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers ; charged fire-extinguishing grenades :
— Preparations and charges for fire extin guishers mentioned in heading No 84.21 of this list 0 % 0 °/o All aeroplanes
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 pro ducts of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included :
ex P. Preparations known as 'liquids for hydraulic transmission' (for example, hydraulic brake fluids) not containing or containing less than 70 °/o by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals — based on silicate or phosphoric esters 0 °/o 0 % All aeroplanes
39.02 Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example, polyethylene, polytetrahaloethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, poly vinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives, polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene resins):
C. Other : I. Polyethylene : b) In other forms 0 %
IV. Polypropylene, in one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 (c) and (d) to this Chapter 0 %
VI. Polystyrene and copolymers of styrene : ex b) In other forms : — Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, in sheets spe cially designed for lining the internal walls of aeroplanes 0 °/o Airbus, F 28
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
39.02 VII . Polyvinyl chloride : (cont'd) ex a) In one of the forms men tioned in Note 3 ( a) and ( b) to this Chapter: — Approved for aircraft construction, and in the form of granules 0 % Airbus
ex b) In other forms : — In sheets specially design ed for lining the internal 0 % 0 % Airbus walls of aeroplanes — Other 0 °/o
ex VIII. Polyvinylidene chloride, copolymers of vinylidene chloride with vinyl chloride : — In sheets specially designed for lining the internal walls of 0 % Airbus aeroplanes
XIV . Other polymerization or copoly merization products : ex a ) In one of the forms men tioned in Note 3 ( a) and (b) to this Chapter : — For cavity filling 0 % Airbus b ) In other forms 0 %
39.07 Articles of materials of the kinds described in heading Nos 39.01 to 39.06 : E. Of other materials : ex II . Other : — Articles for technical use and structural components 0 % — Flexible tubes and bellows of strengthened silicon 14-1 °/o Airbus — Flexible pipes of polytetrafluoro ethylene for hydraulic or fuel circuits 0 % Airbus, Mercure, Concorde
40.11 Rubber tyres, tyre cases, interchangeable tyre treads, inner tubes and tyre flaps, for wheels of all kinds : ex B. Other : — Tyres, for aircraft, of the following types : 0 °/o — 15-00 x 16—14 ply
— 56-00 x 16—7—32 ply 0 °/o
40.14 Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber : ex B. Other : — Articles for technical use 0 °/o
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate of No duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
62.05 Other made up textile articles ( including dress patterns):
ex C. Other : — Life-jackets 0 % 0 % 0 % Airbus — Passenger escape chutes
68.13 Fabricated asbestos and articles thereof (for example, asbestos board , thread and fabric ; asbestos clothing, asbestos jointing), reinforced or not, other than goods falling within heading No 68.14 ; mixtures with a basis of asbestos and mixtures with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate, and articles of such mixtures : B. Articles of asbestos : III . Other 0 %
68.14 Friction material ( segments, discs , washers , strips, sheets, plates, rolls and the like) of a kind suitable for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of asbestos, other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials .... 0 %
68.16 Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including articles of peat), not elsewhere specified or included :
ex B. Other : — Filters, washers and other articles of agglomerated coal or of graphite . . 0 °/o
ex 70.08 Safety glass consisting of toughened or lami nated glass, shaped or not : — Laminated glass panels of high temperature 0 % Concorde resistance, used for the cockpit visor
70.20 Glass fibre (including wool), yarns, fabrics, and articles made therefrom : ex A. Non-textile fibre and articles made therefrom : — Superfine glass fibre of low moisture 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 , Concorde absorbtion capacity
73.18 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than of cast iron), or steel , excluding high-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel , whether or not reinforced : — Tubes and pipes, ready for fitting, usable as hydraulic conduits for fuel-oil or lubricants 0 % — Tubes for the hydraulic system of steel 21.6.9 made to Deutsche Airbus standard DAN 41 /BMS 7185 0 % Airbus
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods No Rate of Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
73.20 Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows , unions and flanges), of iron or steel . . 0 % 0 % All aeroplanes
ex 73.24 Containers, of iron or steel, for compressed or liquified gas:
— Containers intended for pressurization 0 %
ex 73.25 Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel wire, but excluding insulated electric cables:
— Steel cables for flight controls, ready for fitting 0 %
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 :
A. Not threaded or tapped 0 %
B. Threaded or tapped :
ex II . Other :
— Other than self-locking bolts and nuts (of the type 'Hi-lok') 0 %
73.35 Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel 0 %
73.40 Other articles of iron or steel :
ex B. Other :
— Collars, flanges and other devices for fixing, jointing, clamping or spacing 0 %
— Devices for cargo stowage and 0 % 0 % Airbus clamping — Ball bearings used in freight loading 0 °/o Airbus systems
ex 76.02 Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium ; aluminium wire :
— Shapes bearing a specific manufacture number 0 °/o 0 % F 28 — Square angles
— Conical shapes for reinforcing lateral rudders 0 % Airbus
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods No Rate of Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
ex 76.03 Wrought plates, sheets and strip , of aluminium of a thickness exceeding 0-20 mm :
— Plates bearing a specific manufacture number 0 %
— Plates and sheets of variable thickness obtained by lamination for widths of 1 200 mm or more 0 % F 28
— Pre-drawn plates of variable thickness of 8 mm or more and less than 180 mm .... 9-6 % Airbus
ex 76.06 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of aluminium ; hollow bars of aluminium :
— Tubes and pipes, ready for fitting, usable as hydraulic conduits or as conduits for fuel-oil 0 °/o — — or lubricants
76.07 Tube and pipe fittings ( for example, joints, 0 % elbows, sockets and flanges), of aluminium . .
76.16 Other articles of aluminium :
C. Nails, tacks, staples, hook-nails, spiked cramps, spikes and the like; bolts, nuts, screws and similar articles ; washers and spring washers : ex II . Other : — Other than self-locking bolts 0 % and nuts (of the type 'Hi-lok')
ex D. Other : — Collars, flanges and other devices for 0 % fixing, jointing, clamping or spacing
— ' Quick change' apparatus for trans forming passenger transport aero planes into goods transport aero 0 % F 28 planes and vice versa
81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof :
K. Titanium :
ex II . Wrought :
— Thin-walled tubes ready for use in ventilation and air-conditioning 0 % Airbus, Mercure systems — Bolts, nuts , screws, rivets and similar articles complying with US standards, other than selflocking bolts and nuts (of the 0 % type 'Hi-lok')
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate of No duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
ex 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 : — Automatic door-closing devices and fittings and hinges of all kinds 0 %
83.07 Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal, and parts thereof, of base metal (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) 0 % 0 % All aeroplanes
ex 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 : — Tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets 0 % 5-2 % F 28
ex 84.07 Hydraulic engines and motors ( including water wheels and water turbines): — Other hydraulic engines 0 %
84.08 Other engines and motors :
B. Gas turbines : II . Other : — Developing a power of more than 360 kW 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other 0 %
C. Other engines and motors 0 %
D. Parts : ex II . Other : — Of gas turbines : — Developing a power of more than 360 kW 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Developing a power of no more than 360 kW 0 "/« — Of other engines and motors referred to under C 0 %
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 :
B. Other pumps : ex I. Pumps having a pressure capacity of 20 bars or more : — Having a pressure capacity of 200 bars or more 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other 0 %
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate of No duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
84.10 0% II . Other pumps (cont'd) III . Parts :
— Of pumps mentioned in B I above :
— Having a pressure capacity of 200 bars or more 0 % 0 0/o Airbus, Mercure, F 28
— Other 0 °/o
— Of pumps mentioned in B II above 0 %
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 :
A. Pumps and compressors :
II. Vacuum pumps creating a vacuum better than 10—2 mbar ; centrifugal or axial compressors giving a compres sion ratio of not less than 2 and a flow of more than 3 000 m3 per minute ; stationary reciprocating com pressors of a weight exceeding 2 000 kg 0 %
III . Other pumps and compressors 0 %
ex IV . Parts :
— Of pumps and compressors refer red to in II 0 °/o
— Of pumps and compressors refer red to in III 0 %
C. Fans , blowers and the like 0 % 0 % F 28
ex 84.12 Air-conditioning machines, self-contained, com prising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity of air :
— Air-conditioning machines, with or without refrigeration elements, of a capacity ex ceeding 5 000 Kcal /h 0% Airbus, Mercure
84.15 Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other):
A. Evaporators and condensers, excluding those for domestic refrigerators 0 %
ex B. Other : — Refrigerating equipment adapted to the air-conditioning system 0 % 0 % F 28
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate of Aeroplanes concerned duty duty
2 3 4 5 1
84.17 Machinery, plant and similar laboratory equip ment, 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, sterili zing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evapora ting, vapourizing, condensing or cooling, not being machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electrical :
C. Heat exchange units : — Of the constant speed drive ( CSD ) system 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Of the air-conditioning system 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other 0 %
84.18 Centrifuges ; filtering and purifying machinery and apparatus (other than filter funnels, milk strainers and the like), for liquids or gases
C. Other : II. Machinery and apparatus ( other than centrifuges) for filtering or purifying 0 % 0 % F 28 liquids or gases
ex 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 : — Built-in fire extinguishers for jet engines and auxiliary power units 0 °/o 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Built-in fire extinguishers for luggage holds 0 % 0 %o Airbus
84.22 Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machi nery , telphers and conveyors (for example, lifts, hoists, winches, cranes, transporter cranes, jacks, pulley tackle, belt conveyors and tele ferics), not being machinery falling within heading No 84.23 :
ex D. Other : — Clamp jacks 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure — Other jacks 0 ° / o — Apparatus for fixing permanently in aeroplanes and used for loading, unloading and stowing freight .... 0 % 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure
ex 84.53 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; 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 : — Computers forming part of the navigation instruments or apparatus of heading No 90.28 , used exclusively to carry out the calculations appropriate to such instruments or apparatus 0 % l
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate of Aeroplanes concerned duty duty
3 4 5 1 2 i
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 No 84.51 , 84.52, 84.53 or 84.54 :
ex C. Other : — Parts and accessories for computers falling within heading No ex 84.53 of this list 0 «/o
84.59 Machines and mechanical appliances, having individual functions, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter :
ex E. Other : — Air humidifiers and dehumidifiers . . 0 % 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Starter motors , propeller regulators (valves) and servo-mechanisms .... 0 °/o — Windscreen wipers 0 % 0 % F 28 —■ Hydraulic servo-motors 0 % 0 % F 28 — Hydropneumatic spherical batteries 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Pneumatic starters for jet engines . . 0 % Airbus — Toilet units specially designed for 0 °/o Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 aeroplanes
84.61 Taps , cocks, valves and similar appliances, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats and the like, including pressure reducing valves and thermo statically controlled valves :
0 % 0 % F 28 A. Pressure reducing valves
B. Other : — Valves used in air-conditioning and 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 cabin pressurization systems 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Valves used in the fire-control system . . — Valves used in the water-circulation 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 system — Other 0 %
84.62 Ball , roller or needle roller bearings : 0 % 0 % Airbus — Bearings used in freight loading systems . . — Other 0 %
84.63 Transmission shafts, cranks, bearing housings, plain shaft bearings, gears and gearing (in cluding friction gears and gear-boxes and other variable speed gears), flywheels, pulleys and pulley blocks, clutches and shaft couplings: 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Constant speed drive ( CSD ) apparatus .... 0 °/o
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods No Rate of Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
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 0 °/o
84.65 Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features and not falling within any 0 % — — other heading in this Chapter
85.01 Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators, motors, converters ( rotary or static ), transformers, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus , inductors :
A. Generators, motors (whether or not equip ped with speed reducing, changing or stepup gear) and rotary converters :
I. Synchronous motors of an output of not more than 18 watts 0 %
II . Other : — High-speed alternators (exceeding 3 600 rpm) 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Speed-reducing motors for the freight loading system 0 % 0 % Airbus — 28 volt DC electric motors of a power of 500 watts for controlling freight doors 0 % 0 % F 28 — Generators for the anti-skid system incorporated in the landing gear . . 0 % 0 °/o F 28 , Airbus, Mercure, Concorde — Other 0 %
B. Transformers, static converters, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors :
— Static converters of a power of 250 V/A , transforming a direct current of 28 volts into an alternating current of 115 volts 0 % 0 °/o F 28 — Rectifying transformers with an output of 100 amps at 28 volts for the DC electric generating system 0 % 0 % F 28 — Other 0 %
C. Parts : — High speed alternators (exceeding 3 600 rpm) 0 °/o 0% Airbus, Mercure, F 28
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods No Rate of Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
85.01 -r- Speed-reducing motors for the freight (cont'd) 0 «/o 0 % Airbus loading system — Generators for the anti-skid system 0 ° /« 0%> Concorde, Airbus, Mercure, F 28 incorporated in the landing gear — Other apparatus referred to in A and B above 0 % 0%> F 28
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, champs, vices and similar work holders ; electro magnetic clutches and couplings ; electro — — magnetic brakes ; electro-magnetic lifting heads 0 %
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- 0 % outs for use in conjunction with such engines
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 ; electro-thermic domestic appliances ; electric heating resistors, other than those of carbon :
ex B. Electric soil heating apparatus and electric space heating apparatus : — For heating aircraft and wing sur faces, mounted on propeller aero planes 0 %
85.14 Microphones and stands therefor, loudspeakers ; audio-frequency electric amplifiers 0 %
85.15 Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic trans mission and reception apparatus; radio-broad casting 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 trans mission and reception apparatus (in cluding receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and television cameras : I. Transmitters o % H
(') To be eligible for suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community .
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty
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85.15 II . Transmitter-receivers : (cont'd) — HF transmitter-receivers .... 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — Other transmitter-receivers . . 0 °/o (!)
ex III. Receivers, whether or not com bined with a sound recorder or reproducer, excluding radio-broad casting or television apparatus . . 0 °/o (!)
B. Other apparatus :
— Meteorological all-weather radar 0 % 0 % complying with standard ARINC 564 Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — VOR navigational receivers com o % H 0 %> F 28 plying with standard ARINC 547 . . — ILS navigational receivers complying with standard ARINC 547 0 °/o (!) 0%> F 28 — Other 0 °/o (!)
ex C. Part of the goods of subheadings A and B above :
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 :
— Of transmitters under A I above 0 % (!)
— Of transmitter receivers under A II : — Of HF transmitter-receivers 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — Of other transmitter-receivers 0 °/o (!)
— Of receivers under A III above . . 0 % (!)
— Of other apparatus under B : — Of meterological all-weather radar complying with standard ARINC 564 0 °/o 0 °/o Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — Of VOR navigational recei vers complying with standard ARINC 547 0 °/o (*) 0 °/o F 2,8 — Of ILS navigational receivers complying with standard ARINC 547 0 °/o (!) 0 % F 28 — Other 0 % (!)
(') To be eligible for suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community.
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods No Rate of Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
85.15 III . Other : (cont'd) — VOR LOK aerial complying with standard ARINC 547 0 % 0 % F 28
— Aerial couplers for HF trans mitter-receivers 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
— Other :
— Of transmitters under A I above 0 °/o (!)
— Of transmitter-receivers under A II above : — Of HF transmitter-receivers 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — Of other transmitterreceivers 0 °/o (!)
— Of transmitter-receivers under A III above 0 % (!)
— Of other apparatus under B : — Of meteorological all weather radar complying with standard ARINC 564 0 °/o 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — Of VOR navigational re ceivers complying with standard ARINC 547 .... 0 % (!) 0 % F 28 — Of ILS navigational re ceivers complying with standard ARINC 547 .... o % H 0 % F 28 — Other 0 % (!)
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 :
— Warning apparatus for protection against fire 0 % 0 °/o Airbus, F 28
— Smoke detectors 0 % 0 % Mercure, Concorde, F 28
— Anti-collision flash lights 0 % 0 % All aeroplanes
— Other sound or visual electrical indicators . . 0 % 0 % F 28
85.18 Electrical capacitors, fixed - or variable 0 %
(') To be eligible for suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community .
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate of No duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
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); re sistors, fixed or variable ( including potentio meters), other than heating resistors ; printed circuits ; switchboards ( other than telephone switchboards and control panels :
A. Electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits, for the protection of electrical circuits or for making connec tions to or in electrical circuits :
— Switches used in the freight-loading, auxiliary power unit and emergency 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 lighting systems
— Other 0 °/o
B. Resistors, fixed or variable ( including poten tiometers), other than heating resistors .... 0 %
C. Printed circuits 0 %
D. Switchboards and control panels 0 %
85.20 Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps ( including infra-red and ultra-violet lamps); arc-lamps ; electrically ignited photo graphic flashbulbs :
0 °/o — — A. Filament lamps for lighting
ex B. Other :
— Discharge lamps and tubes for light ing, including combined filament and 0 % discharge lamps and tubes
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 :
A. Valves and tubes 0 % —
0 % — B. Photocells, including photo-transistors ....
C. Mounted piezo-electric crystals 0 °/o
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty
1 2 3 4 5
85.22 Electrical appliances and apparatus, having individual functions, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter :
ex C. Other : — Engine pressure indicators o % H
ex 85.23 Insulated ( including enamelled or anodized) electric wire, cable, bars, strip and the like ( including coaxial cable), whether or not fitted with connectors :
— Electric cables in the form of a harness , 0 % — — ready for fitting
85.28 Electrical parts of machinery and apparatus, not being goods falling within any of the preceding headings of this Chapter 0 %
90.08 Cinematographic cameras, projectors , sound recorders and sound reproducers but not including re-recorders or film editing apparatus ; any combination of these articles:
B. Projectors and sound reproducers, combined or not 0 %
90.14 Surveying ( including photogrammetrical sur veying), hydrographic, navigational , meteorolo gical, hydrological and geophysical instruments ; compasses ; rangefinders :
— — A. Compasses 0 % ( X )
ex B. Other : — Instruments and apparatus for air navigation 0 °/o H — Meteorological instruments and rangefinders 0 % (!)
ex 90.18 Mechano-therapy appliances ; massage ap paratus; psychological aptitude-testing ap paratus ; artifical respiration, ozone therapy, oxygen therapy , aerosol therapy or similar apparatus ; breathing appliances (including gas masks and similar respirators):
— Oxygen masks ; respiratory apparatus for the crew and passengers of aeroplanes . . 0 %
(') To be eligible tor suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community .
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods No Rate of Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
90.24 Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically controlling the flow, depth, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for automatically 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 :
A. Pressure gauges (manometers) 0 %
B. Thermostats 0 %
C. Other : — Pneumatic regulators used in air-condi tioning and cabin pressurization 0 °/ o 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 systems — Other 0 %
90.28 Electrical measuring, checking, analysing, or automatically controlling instruments and apparatus :
A. Electronic instruments and apparatus : — Terrestrial magnetic-field detector ap paratus, by saturation of magnetic circuits (flux valve) o °/o h 0 % Airbus, Mercure , F 28 , Concorde — Air-speed indicators and associated instruments 0 % (!) 0 °/o Airbus, Mercure, F 28 0 % — Stall warning calculators o % H Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Apparatus for fuel consumption flow control 0 °/o i 1 ) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Electronic regulators for air-conditioning 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 0 % Concorde — Inertial navigation equipment 0 % (!) — Electronic instruments and apparatus other than ground proximity warning systems 0 % (!)
B. Other : — Indicator apparatus for fuel pressure and jet-engine oil 0 % (*) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Oil contents gauge for jet-engine control 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Speed indicator apparatus for air-speed indicators and jet-engine control 0 °/o (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Temperature indicator apparatus for air speed indicators and jet-engine control o % H 0 % Airbus , Mercure, F 28 — Electro-magnetic pressure indicators and associated modules, intended for control of the jet-engine air intake system .... o % n 0 % Concorde — Other 0 % (!)
(') To be eligible for suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community .
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods No Rate of Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
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 :
A. Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the electronic instru ments or apparatus falling within subhead ing 90.28 A :
— For : — Terrestrial magnetic field detector apparatus, by saturation of magnetic circuits (flux valve) 0 % 0 % (») Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Air speed indicators and associated instruments 0 % 0 °/o (!) Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Stall warning calculators 0 °/o (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Apparatus for fuel consumption flow control 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Electronic regulators for air-condi tioning 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Inertial navigation equipment 0 % ( x ) 0 °/o Concorde — Other instruments or apparatus falling within subheading 90.28 A of this list 0 % (!)
B. Other :
— For pneumatic regulators used in airconditioning and cabin pressurization systems falling within subheading 90.24 C 0 °/o (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other apparatus and instruments falling within subheading 90.24 C 0 °/o (!)
— For : — Indicator apparatus for pressure of fuel and jet-engine oil 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Oil contents gauge for jet engine control 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Speed indicator apparatus for air speed indicators and jet-engine control 0 % (*) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Temperature indicator apparatus for air-speed indicators and jet-engine control 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Electro-magnetic pressure indicators and associated modules, intended for control of the jet-engine air intake system 0 «/o (') 0 % Concorde — Other apparatus falling within sub heading 90.28 B 0 % ( 1 )
{') To be eligible foi suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community .
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Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B CCT category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate of duty Aeroplanes concerned duty 1 2 3 4 5
91.06 Time switches with clock or watch movement ( including secondary movement) or with synchronous motor: 0 % — — — Clock movements used in automatic systems
91.11 Other clock and watch parts :
ex F. Other : — Of apparatus included in heading No ex 91.06 of this list 0 %
92.11 Gramophones, dictating machines and other sound recorders and reproducers, including record-players and tape decks, with or without sound-heads ; television image and sound recorders and reproducers, magnetic :
A. Sound recorders and reproducers : ex II . Sound reproducers — Music reproducers and automatic announcers 0 % 0 °/o Airbus , Mercure, Concorde, F 28
ex 92.13 Other parts and accessories of apparatus falling within heading No 92.11 :
— Cockpit voice-recorders of heading No ex 92.11 A I 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, Concorde, F 28 — Music reproducers and automatic announ cers referred to in heading No ex 92.11 A II of this list 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, Concorde, F 28
94.01 Chairs and other seats (other than those falling within heading No 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof :
ex A. Specially designed for aircraft : 0 % — — — Specially designed seats for the crew — Parts of seats specially designed for the crew 0 °/o
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ANNEX III
List of products in respect of which Common Customs Tariff duties are totally or partially suspended where such products are intended to be used in the maintenance and repair of aeroplanes and helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 kg but not exceeding 15 000 kg
Aircraft concerned CCT Rate heading Description of goods of duty No Aeroplanes Helicopters
1 2 3 4 J
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 : ex P. Preparations known as ' liquids for hydraulic trans mission' ( for example, hydraulic brake fluids) not containing or containing less than 70 °/o by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals : 0 % All All — Based on silicate and phosphoric esters aeroplanes helicopters
73.20 Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints , elbows, unions and flanges) of iron and steel 0 % All All aeroplanes helicopters
83.07 Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal, and parts thereof, of base metal (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) 0 % All All aeroplanes helicopters
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 :
B. Other pumps :
II . Other pumps 0 °/o F 27 ex III. Parts of pumps referred to under subheading B II 0 % F 27
84.61 Taps, cocks, valves, and similar appliances, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats and the like, including pressure reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves : A. Pressure reducing valves 0 % All All aeroplanes helicopters ex B. Other : — Valves used in air-conditioning and cabin pressur ization systems 0 % F 27
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 : — Constant speed drive ( CSD ) apparatus 0 °/o VFW 614
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Aircraft concerned CCT \ \
Rate heading Description of goods No of duty Aeroplanes Helicopters
1 2 3 4 5
85.01 Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators , motors, converters ( rotary or static), transformers, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors :
ex B. Transformers, static converters, rectifiers and recti fying apparatus, inductors :
— Rectifying transformers with an output of 100 amps at 28 volts for the DC electric generating system 0 °/o VFW 614
ex C. Parts : — Of DC generators of a power of 10-5 kW 0 °/o F27
— Of rotary converters of AC 115 V, 400 Hz, of a power of 250 VA or 1 800 VA 0°/o F 27
— Of AC generators, 120/208 V, of a power of 15 KVA 0%> F 27 —
— Of electric actuators for control of auxiliary flaps and ailerons 0°/o F 27
— Of static converters of AC 115 V, 400 Hz, of a power of 250 VA or 700 VA 0% F 27
85.15 Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting and television trans mission and reception apparatus ( including receivers incor porating 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 tele vision cameras :
II . Transmitter- receivers All All 8 o/o H aeroplanes helicopters ex III. Receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, excluding radio-broad casting or television apparatus 8 °/o (^ All All aeroplanes helicopters B. Other apparatus 8 <Vo (*) All All aeroplanes helicopters C. Parts : 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 8 n/o (') All All aeroplanes helicopters III . Other 8 %> i 1 ) All All aeroplanes helicopters
(') To be eligible for suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes or helicopters of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have been either constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community .
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Aircraft concerned CCT Rate heading Description of goods of duty No Aeroplanes Helicopters
1 2 3 4 5
90.24 Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically controlling the flow, depth, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for automatically 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 : ex C. Other : — Pneumatic regulators used in air-conditioning and cabin pressurization systems 0 % F 27
90.28 Electrical measuring, checking, analysing or automatically controlling instruments and apparatus : ex A. Electronic instruments and apparatus : — Terrestrial magnetic-field detector apparatus, by 0 °/o (!) All All saturation of magnetic circuits ( flux valve) aeroplanes helicopters 0 °/o (!) All All — Electronic regulators for air-conditioning aeroplanes helicopters — Fuel gauges 0 % F 27
0 % F 27 — Electronic timers used in de-icing systems
ex B. Other : — Pressure transmitters used in air-conditioning and 0 % F 27 cabin pressurization systems — Double pressure indicators used in air-conditioning 0 % F 27 and cabin pressurization systems
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 : ex A. Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or princi pally with the electronic instruments or apparatus falling within subheading 90.28 A : — Of fuel gauges 0 % F 27 — Of electronic timers used in de-icing systems .... 0 % F 27 — Of other instruments or apparatus of heading No 90.28 A included in this list 0 % (!) All All ex B. Other : aeroplanes helicopters
— Of instruments or apparatus falling within heading No 90.28 B included in this list 0 % F 27
(') To be eligible for suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes or helicopters of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have been either constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community.