31977R2609

CELEX: 31977R2609
Datum: 1977-11-21
Källa: eur-lex.europa.eu

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COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) No 2609/77

of 21 November 1977

on the tariff treatment of certain products intended for use in the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , suspension of customs duties for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of that kind constructed in the Community ; whereas, provided that account is taken of the current capacity of the Community industry , the Having reagrd to the Treaty establishing the European arrangements should also be continued whereby users Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 of aircraft of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg thereof, constructed in third countries or the previous construc tion of which in the Community has required a consid erable quantity of products imported from third coun Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by the tries, may obtain supplies of products necessary for the Commission , maintenance or repair of such aircraft under suspension of Common Customs Tariff duties ;

Whereas Council Regulation ( EEC) No 2721 /76 of 25 October 1976 on the tariff treatment of certain pro Whereas a limited number of products which are not ducts intended for use in the construction , maintenance available in the Community are also essential for the and repair of aircraft ( 1 ), provides for the total or par maintenance or repair of certain types of aeroplanes and tial suspension , as the case may be, of the duties laid helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 kg, down in the Common Customs Tariff for a certain but not exceeding 15 000 kg; whereas Common Cus number of products which are intended to be either toms Tariff duties in respect of these products should incorporated in the construction of aeroplanes of an accordingly be suspended ; unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg or used for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg or for aeroplanes or Whereas provision should be made for the adaptation , in the light of advances in the technical capabilities of helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 kg the Community aircraft industry and of Community but not exceeding 15 000 kg; aircraft equipment industries, of the arrangements to be made concerning the application of the Common Cus toms Tariff to products imported from third countries Whereas all these suspension measures will expire on 31 December 1977 ; for use in the construction , maintenance or repair of aircraft ; whereas such adaptation could involve a re view of arrangements in force at relatively short inter vals ; whereas it is therefore necessary to limit the period Whereas, having regard to the technical requirements of application of this Regulation to one vear , associated with the design of aeroplanes currently con structed in the Community , suspension measures dif ferentiated according to the type to which the aero planes under consideration belong should be maintained from 1 January 1978 in respect of products intended for the construction of aeroplanes of an unladen weight HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : exceeding 15 000 kg in order to take account, in each case, of the capabilities of the Community industry ;

Article I Whereas, in view of the principles laid down for suspen 1 . The Common Customs Tariff duties on the pro sion of Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of certain products intended for the construction of aero ducts listed in Annex I shall be suspended to the levels indicated in column 3 thereof provided that the said planes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg, it is necessary to establish a list of products admissible to products are intended to be incorporated , on the condi tions to be determined by the competent authorities , in the construction of aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg, as individually listed in column 4 (!) OJ No L 313 , 15 . II . 1976 , p. 19 . of the said Annex .

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2 . This Article shall also apply to the same products ucts are intended to be incorporated, on the conditions intended for the manufacture, on the conditions to be to be determined by the competent authorities, in the determined by the competent authorities, of parts neces maintenance or repair of aeroplanes and helicopters of sary for the construction of the aircraft concerned . an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 kg but not exceed ing 15 000 kg, which are listed in column 4 or column 5 of that Annex, as the case may be, be suspended to the Article 2 levels indicated in column 3 .

1 . The Common Customs Tariff duties on the prod 2 . However, in the case of products falling within ucts listed in Annex II shall be suspended to the level heading Nos 85.15 , 90.28 and 90.29 of the Common indicated in column 3 or 4 thereof, as the case may be, Customs Tariff and indicated by a ( 1), paragraph 1 shall provided that such products are intended to be incor apply only where such products are intended for the porated, on the conditions to be determined by the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes and helicopters of a competent authorities, in the maintenance or repair of type certificated for the first time in a Member State of aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg the Community before 1 January 1973 and either con comprised in one or other of the categories specified in structed in the Community or imported and used at that that Annex and, in respect of those in category B, in so date on regular routes by airline companies of the far as the maintenance or repair relates to aeroplanes Community. listed in column 5 of that Annex.

2 . However, in the case of products falling within Article 4 heading Nos 85.15 , 85.22 , 90.14, 90.28 and 90.29 of the Common Customs Tariff and indicated by a ( x ), For the purposes of Articles 2 (2 ) and 3 (2 ), 'type of paragraph 1 shall apply only where such products are aeroplane or helicopter' shall be taken to mean the intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of prototype of that aeroplane or helicopter and versions a type certificated for the first time in a Member State derived directly from that prototype, except versions of the Community before 1 January 1973 and either which differ fundamentally from the prototype. constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community. Article 5

Article 3 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1978 . 1 . The Common Customs Tariff duties on the prod ucts listed in Annex III shall, provided that such prod It shall apply until 31 December 1978 .

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

Done at Brussels , 21 November 1977 .

For the Council

The President

H. SIMONET

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ANNEX I

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 kilograms

CCT Rate heading Description of goods of duty Aeroplanes concerned No

1 2 3 4

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

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CCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned No of duty

1 '2 3 4

39.02 C'. XIV. Other polymerization or copolymerization (cont'd) products : ex a) In one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 ( a) and ( b ) to this Chapter : For cavity filling 0 % Airbus

39.07 Articles of materials of the kinds described in heading Nos 39.01 to 39.06 : E. Of other materials : ex IV . Other : — Flexible pipes of polytetrafluoroethylene for hydraulic or fuel circuits 0 % Airbus, Mercure, Concorde

62.05 Other made up textile articles ( including dress patterns):

ex D. 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 °/o 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 4 1 /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 Other 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 — C onical shapes for reinforcing lateral rudders 0 % Airbus

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CCT Rate heading Description of goods of duty Aeroplanes concerned 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

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

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

84.08 Other engines and motors : B. Gas turbines : ex II . Other : — Developing a" power of more than 360 kW 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28

ex C. Other engines and motors : — Pneumatic drive units for thrust reverser actuators 0 % Concorde

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 bar or more : — Having a pressure capacity of 200 bar or more 0 % 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 No of duty

1 2 3 4

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 : ex C. Fans, blowers and the like : — Fan and motor unit in housing for cabin tempe rature probes 0 % Airbus

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, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing, condensing or cooling, not being machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantanéous 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 % 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

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CCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned of duty No

1 2 3 4

84.22 ex D. Other : (cont'd) — Clamp jacks 0 % Airbus, Mercure — Apparatus for fixing permanently in aeroplanes and used for loading, unloading and stowing freight 0 % 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 — Windscreen wipers 0 % F 28 — 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 — Mechanical actuators for thrust reversers 0 % Concorde

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 : — Isolating valves for thrust reversers 0 % Concorde — 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

— Flexible drive shafts made of a double mesh of steel wire connecting the pneumatic drive unit with the thrust reverser actuator 0 % Concorde

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I ' ' - " CCT Rate heading Description of goods of duty Aeroplanes concerned No

1 2 3 4

85.01 Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators, motors, converters ( rotary or static), transformers, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors :

A. Generators, motors ( wheather or not equipped with speed reducing, changing or step-up gear) and rotary converters :

ex H. Other : — Electrical actuators used in the afr-conditio ning system ! o % Airbus

— High speed alternators ( exceeding 3 600 r/ min ) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 -— Electric motors with speed reducer for freight loading systems 0 % Airbus — 500 watt, 28 volt d. c. motors used in freight-door opening systems 0 % F 28 — Generators in the anti-skid control system incorporated in the landing gear 0 % F 28 , Airbus, Mercure, Concorde

ex B. Transformers, static converters, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors : — Static converters of a power of 250 V/A , converting a direct current of 28 volts into an 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 r/min ) 0 % Airbus , Mercure, F 28 — Electric motors , with speed reducer for freight loading svstems 0 % Airbus — Generators in the anti-skid control system incorporated in the landing gear 0 % F 28 , Airbus , Mercure, Concorde — Other apparatus referred to in A and B above 0 % F 28

85.15 Radiotelegraphic and radiotéléphonie 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 radiotéléphonie transmission and reception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus ( including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and television cameras:

ex 11 . Transmitter-receivers : — HF transmitter-receiver apparatus 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28

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CCT Rate heading Description of goods of duty Aeroplanes concerned No

1 2 3 4

85.15 ex B. Other apparatus : (cont'd) — Meteorological all weather radar complying with standard AR INC 564 0% Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — VOR navigational receivers complying with standard AR1NC 547 8 % F 28 — ILS navigational receivers complying with standard ARINC 547 8 % F 28 — RD-DRMJ combined indicators for VOR and DM E 0 % Airbus

C. Parts : ex III . Other : — VOR LOK aerials complying with standard ARINC 547 0 % F 28 — Aerial couplers for HF transmitter receivers 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 , Concorde — Meteorological radar aerials comply ing with standard ARINC 564 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 , Concorde

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

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, in auxiliary power unit and in emergency lighting systems 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 t

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 pressuruation systems 0 % Airbus, Mercure

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OCT Rate heading Description of goods Aeroplanes concerned No of duty

1 2 3 4

90.28 Electrical measuring, checking, analyzing 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

— Electronic controllers for thrust reversers 0 % Concorde

— Servo airspeed indicators with built-in maximum speed warning system 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 o % . Concorde

— Thrust reverser position indicators 0 % Concorde

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 : — Of inertial navigation equipment 0 % Concorde — Of electronic controllers for thrust reversers 0 % Concorde

— Of servo airspeed indicators with built-in maximum speed warning system 0 % Concorde

— Of other instruments or apparatus falling within subheading 90.28 A included in this list 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28

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CCT Rate heading Description of goods of duty Aeroplanes concerned No

1 2 3 4

90.29 B. Other : (cont'd) ex II . Other : — Of instruments and apparatus falling within subheading 90.24 C of this list 0 % Airbus, Mercure — Of electro-magnetic pressure indicators and associated modules, intended for control of the jet-engine air intake system , 0 % Concorde — Of thrust reverser position indi cators 0 % Concorde — Of other instruments 'ánd 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 or reproducers : A. Sound recorders ór reproducers : ex II. Sound reproducers : — Music reproducers and automatic announcers 0 % Concorde, Airbus, Mercure, 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 B. Other : — Hydraulic positioning and locking actuators and associated controls (Hydroloks) 0 % All aeroplanes

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ANNEX II

Tariff treatment applicable to certain products intended to be incorporated as a result of maintenance and repair in aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kilograms

Note for the purpose of the following table:

( a) category A comprises aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kilograms other than those specified under (b) below;

( b ) category B comprises aeroplanes of the following types: BAG 111 , Siddeley Trident, Airbus, Concorde, Mercure and F 28 .

CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No duty Λ eroplanes concerned of duty

1 2 3 i 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 % All aeroplanes

ex 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 : — Based on silicate or phosphoric esters 0 % 0 % All aeroplanes

39.02 Polymerization and copolymerization products ( for example, polyethylene, polytetrahalo ethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, poly vinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives, polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene resins):

C. Other : 1 . Polyethylene : b) In other forms 0 % _ —

ex IV. Polypropylene, in one of the forms mentioned in Note 3 (c) and ( d) to this Chapter 0 % —

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

1 2 3 4 5

39.02 C. VI. Polystyrene and copolymers of (cont'd) styrene :

ed b ) In other forms :

— Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, in sheets spe cially designed for lining the internal walls of aeroplanes 0 % Airbus, F 28

VIL Polyvinyl chloride :

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 walls of aeroplanes 0 % 0 % Airbus — Other 0% —

ex VIII. Polyvinylidene chloride, copolymers of vinyl idene chloride with vinyl chloride :

— In sheets specially designed for lining the internal walls of — f ) % 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 IV. Other :

— Articles for technical use and structural components 0 % — Flexible pipes of polytetrafluoro ethylene for hydraulic or fuel circuits — 0 % Airbus, Mercure, Concorde

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

1 2 3 4 5

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 : 15-00 x 16—14 ply 0 % 0 % — 56 00 X 16—7—32 ply

40.14 Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber : ex B. Other : — Articles for technical use 0 % — —

62.05 Other made up textile articles (including dress patterns): ex D. Other : — Life-jackets 0 % — Passenger escape chutes 0 % 0 % Airbus

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 0 % — — agglomerated carbon or of graphite ....

ex 70.08 Safety glass consisting of toughened or lami nated glass, shaped or not: — Laminated glass panels of high temperature resistance, used for the cockpit visor 0 % Concorde

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No Aeroplanes concerned duty of duty

1 2 3 4 5

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 °/ύ absorbtion capacity Airbus, Mercure, F 28 , Concorde

ex 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 : ex C. Other : — Tubes and pipes, ready for fitting, usa ble as hydraulic conduits for fuel-oil or lubricants 0 % — Tubes for the hydraulic system of steel 21.6.9 made to Deutsche Airbus stan dard DAN 41 /BMS 7185 — 0 % Airbus

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 : 0 % — — — Containers intended for pressurization

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 0 % — fitting

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 :

0 % — — A. Not threaded or tapped B. Threaded or tapped : ex II . Other : — Other than self-locking bolts and 0 % — — nuts (of the type ' Hi-lok')

73.35 0 % — — Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

1 2 3 4 5

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 clamping 0 % 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 :

— Shapes bearing a specific manufacture number 0 % _ — 0 % F 28 — Square angles — Conical shapes for reinforcing lateral rudders — 0 % Airbus

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

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 or lubricants 0 %

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 and nuts ( of the type 'Hi-lok ') 0 % — —

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No Aeroplanes concerned duty of duty

1 2 3 4 5

76.16 ex D. Other : (cont'd) — Collars, flanges and other devices for fixing, jointing, clamping or spacing 0 % _ — ' 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 systems 0 % Airbus, Mercure — Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and similar articles complying with US standards, other than self locking bolts and nuts ( of the type ' Hi-lok') 0 %

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 clothes, travel goods, handbags, or other textile or leather goods; tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets, of base metal ; beads and spangles, of base metal : — Tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets 0 % — —

ex 84.07 Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and water turbines): — Other hydraulic engines 0 % — —

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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 : — Pneumatic drive units for thrust reverser actuators 0 % 0 % Concorde — Other 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 bar or more : — Having a pressure capacity of 200 bar or more 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other 0 %

II. Other pumps 0 %

III. Parts : — Of pumps mentioned in B I above : — Having a pressure capacity of 200 bar or more 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other 0 % — 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 :

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84.11 A. II. Vacuum pumps creating a vacuum (cont'd} 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 0 % — kg III. Other 0 % — —

ex IV. Parts : — Of pumps and compressors refer red to in II 0 % — — — Of pumps and compressors refer red to in III 0 % — C. Fans, blowers and the like: — Fan and motor unit in housing for cabin temperature probes 0 % 0 % Airbus, F 28 — Other 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 — 0 % Airbus, Mercure ceeding 5 000 kcal/h

84.15 Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other): A. Evaporators and condensers, excluding 0 % — — those for domestic refrigerators ex B. Other : — Refrigerating equipment adapted to the air-conditioning system . . . .' 0 % 0 % F 28

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 %

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B eadir category A Description of goods Rate of Rate No duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

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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 liquids or gases 0 % 0 % F 28

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 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Built-in fire extinguishers for luggage holds 0 % 0 % 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 % — Apparatus for fixing permanently in aeroplanes and used for loading, unloading and stowing freight 0 % 0 % 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 %

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 %

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

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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 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Starter motors, propeller regulators ( valves) and servo-mechanisms 0 % — — — Windscreen wipers 0 υ/ο 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 % aeroplanes Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — Mechanical actuators for thrust re versers 0 % Concorde

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 :

A. Pressure reducing valves 0 % 0 % F 28

B „ Other : — Isolating valves for thrustreversers 0 % 0 % Concorde — Valves used in air-conditioning and cabin pressurization systems 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 ·— Valves used in the fire-control system 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Valves used in the water-circulation svstem , . . , 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other 0 %

84.62 Ball, roller or needle roller bearings : —- Bearings used in freight loading systems 0 % 0 % Airbus — 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 :

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84.63 — Flexible drive shafts made of a double mesh of (cont'd) steel wire, connecting the pneumatic drive unit with the thrust reverser actuator 0 % 0% Concorde — Constant speed drive ( CSD) apparatus 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other 0 % — —

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 %

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 0 % — —

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 step up gear) and rotary converters :

I. Synchronous motors of an output of not more than 18 watts 0 % — —

II . Other : 1

— Electrical actuators used in the air conditioning system 0 % 0% Airbus — High-speed alternators (exceeding 3 600 r/min) 0 % 0 % ■ Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Speed-reducing motors for the freight loading system 0 % 0 % Airbus — 28 volt d.c. 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% F 28 , Airbus, Mercure, Concorde — Other 0 % — —

B. Transformers, static converters, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors : — Static converters of a power of 250 VA, converting a direct current of 28 volts into an alternating current of 115 volts 0 % 0 % F 28

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

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85.01 B. — Rectifying transformers with an output (cont'd) of 100 amps at 28 volts for the d.c. electric generating system 0 % 0 % F 28

— Other 0 % — —

C. Parts : — High speed alternators (exceeding 3 600 r/min ) 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28

— Speed-reducing motors for the freight loading system 0 % 0 % Airbus

— Generators for the anti-skid system incorporated in the landing gear 0 % 0 % Concorde, Airbus, Mercure, F 28

— 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 outs for use in conjunction with such engines 0 %

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 %

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No Aeroplanes concerned duty of duty

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85.15 Radiotelegraphic and radiotéléphonie 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 radiotéléphonie 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 — — 0 % ( J )

ex II . Transmitter-receivers :

— HF transmitter-receivers 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — Other transmitter-receivers excluding VHF radio communi cation transmitter-receivers complying with standard ARINC 566A, on-board intercommunica tion systems complying with standards ARINC 306 and 412 0 % (!)

ex III . Receivers, whether or not com bined with a sound recorder or reproducer, excluding radio-broad casting or television apparatus and receivers for selective calling equipment SELCA-L complying with standards ARINC 531 and 596 .... 0 % ( 1 )

ex B. Other apparatus :

— Meteorological all-weather radar complying with standard ARINC , 564 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — VOR navigational receivers com plying with standard ARINC 547 o % c ) 0 % F 28 — ILS navigational receivers complying with standard ARINC 547 0 % («) 0 % F 28 — RD-DRMI combined indicators for VOR and DME 0 % (>) 0 % Airbus

(!) 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 rime 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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85.15 ex B. — Other, excluding radio altimeters (cont'd) complying with standard ARINC 552 A, DME interrogators complying with stan dard ARINC 568 and receivers for OME GA radio navigation systems complying with standards ARINC 580 and 599 . . . 0 % ( x) — —

C. Parts of the goods of subheadings A and B above : ex 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 % i 1} — Of receivers under A III above 0 % (!) — —

— Of other apparatus under B :

— Of meteorological all-weather radar complying With stand ard ARINC 564 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28

— Of VOR navigational recei vers complying with standard ARINC 547 0 % (!) 0 % F 28

— Of ILS navigational receivers complying with standard ARINC 547 0 % (») 0 % F 28

— Of RD-DRMI combined in dicators for VOR and DME 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus

— Other, excluding receivers for OMEGA radio navi gation systems complying with standards ARINC 580 and 599 o % o ex III . Other : — VOR LOK aerials complying with standard ARINC 547 0 % 0 % F 28

— Aerial couplers for HF trans mitter-receivers 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28

— Meteorological radar aerials complying with standard ARINC 564 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure; F 28

(') To he 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 I January 1 47 ? 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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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate duty Λ emplanes concerned of duty

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85.15 C. ex III . — Other : (cont'd) — Of transmitters under A I above 0 % (!) — Of transmitter-receivers un der A II above : — Of HF transmitter receivers 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28 — Of other transmitter receivers 0 % ( ] ) — Of receivers under A III above 0 % (!)

— Of other apparatus under B :

— Of meteorological all weather radar complying with standard ARINC 564 0 % 0 % Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28

— Of VOR navigational re ceivers complying with standard ARINC 547 . . 0 % ( 1) 0 % F 28

, — Of ILS navigational re ceivers complying with standard ARINC 547 .. 0 % (!) 0 % F 28

— Of RD-DRMI combined indicators for VOR and DME 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus — Other, excluding receivers for OMEGA radio navi gation systems complying with standards ARINC 580 and 599 0 % i 1 )

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 % 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 (.(immunity or imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community .

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

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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 freight loading, in - auxi liary power units and in emergency lighting systems 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other 0 % — — B. Resistors, fixed or variable (including poten 0 % — — tiometers), other than heating resistors

C. Printed circuits 0 % — —

0 % — — D. Switchboards and control panels

85.20 Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps ( including infra-red and ultra-violet t lamps ); arc-lamps : A. Filament lamps for lighting 0 % ex B. Other : — Discharge lamps and tubes for light ing, including combined filament and discharge lamps and tubes 0 % — —

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; light-emitting diodes; electronic microcircuits :

A. Valves and tubes . 0%

0 % — — B. Photocells, including photo-transistors

C. Mounted piezo-electric crystals 0 %

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85.22 Electrical appliances and apparatus, having individual functions, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter: ex C. Other : — Engine pressure indicators 0 % (!)

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, ready for fitting 0 %

85.28 Electrical parts of machinery and apparatus, not being goods falling within any of the 0 % — — preceding headings of this Chapter

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), hydrographie, navigational, meteorolo gical, hydrological and geophysical instruments; compasses; rangefinders :

_ — A , Compasses 0 % ( ï) ex B. Other : — Instruments and apparatus for air navigation 0 % (») — Meteorological instruments and — — rangefinders 0 % ( J )

ex 90.18 Mechanotherapy appliances; massage ap paratus ; psychological aptitude-testing ap paratus ; artificial respiration, ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy or similar apparatus; breathing appliances ( including gas masks and similar respirators ): — Oxygen masks; respiratory apparatus for 0 % — — the crew and passengers of aeroplanes

(*) 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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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

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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, thermostars, level gauges, flow meters, heat meters, automatic oven-draught regulators ), not being articles falling within heading No 90.14 :

0 % — A. Pressure gauges ( manometers ) i B. Thermostats 0 % — C. Other : — Pneumatic regulators used in air-condi tioning and cabin pressurization systems 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Other 0 % ' — —

90.28 Electrical measuring, checking, analyzing, 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 % ( 1) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 , Concorde — Air-speed indicators and associated instruments 0 % c1 ) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Stall warning calculators . 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Apparatus for fuel consumption flow control 0 % (*) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Electronic regulators for air condition ing 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Inertial navigation equipment 0 % (!) 0 % Concorde — Electronic controllers for thrust reversers 0 % (!) 0 % Concorde — Servo airspeed indicators with built in maximum speed warning system .... 0 % (\) 0 % Concorde — Other electronic instruments and apparams except ground proximity — warning systems 0 % ( l ) B. Other : - Indicator apparatus for fuel pressure and jet-engine oil 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus , Mercure, F 28 — Oil contents gauge for jet-engine con trol 0 % (') 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 — Speed indicator apparatus for air speed indicators and jet-engine control 0 % ( 1 ) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28 - - Temperature indicator apparatus for air-speed indicators and jet-engine control . : 0 % ( 1 ) 0 % Airbus , Mercure, F 28

( l ) To be eligible for suspension, rhe products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of types certificated for the firsr time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 197.3 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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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of No Rate duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

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90.28 B. — Electro-magnetic pressure indicators (cont'd) and associated modules, intended for control of the jet-engine air intake system 0 % o 0 % Concorde

— Thrust reverser position indicator 0 % (!) 0 % Concorde

— Other o % n — —

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 or apparatus falling within subheading 90.28 A :

— For :

— Terrestrial magnetic field detector apparatus, by saturation of mag netic circuits (flux valve) 0 % {!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28

— Air speed indicators and associ ated instruments 0 % (!) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28

— Stall warning calculators 0 % (») 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 % (!) 0 % Concorde — Electronic controllers for thrust reversers 0 % ( ] ) 0 % Concorde

— Servo airspeed indicators with built in maximum speed warning system . 0 % (!) 0 % Concorde

— Other instruments or apparatus falling within subheading 90.28 A of this list . . . . .' 0 % (!) — —

B. Other :

— For pneumatic regulators used in air conditioning and cabin pressurization systems falling within subheading 90.24 C 0 % (') 0 % Airbus , Mercure, F 28

— Other apparatus and instruments falling within subheading 90.24 C 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 compagnies of the Community .

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CCT Aeroplanes Aeroplanes category B category A heading Description of goods Rate of Rate No duty Aeroplanes concerned of duty

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90.29 B. — For : (cont'd) — Indicator apparatus for pressure of fuel and jet-engine oil 0 % ( i ) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28

— Oil contents gauge for jet-engine control 0 % ( i) 0 % Airbus, Mercure, F 28

— Speed indicator apparatus for air speed indicators and jet-engine control o % H 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 indi cators and associated modules, intended for control of the jet engine air intake system 0 % (!)' 0 % Concorde

— Thrust reverser position indica tors o % i 1 ) 0 % Concorde

— Other apparatus falling within — — subheading 90.28 B o % H

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 or reproducers, including record-players and tape decks, with or without sound-heads ; television image and sound recorders or reproducers :

A. Sound recorders or reproducers :

ex II. Sound reproducers : — Music reproducers and automatic announcers 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, Concorde, F 28

(') 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 I January 1973 and which have been either constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by air line companies of the Community .

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ex 92.13 Other parts and accessories of apparatus falling within heading No 92.11 : — Cockpit voice-recorders of subheading 92.11 AI 0 % 0 % Airbus, Mercure, Concorde, F 28 — Music reproducers and automatic announcers referred to in subheading 92 . 1 1 A II of this 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 °/o — — — Specially designed seats for the crew — Parts of seats specially designed for the crew 0 % ex B. Other : — Hydraulic positioning and locking actuators and associated controls ( Hydroloks) 0 % 0 % All aeroplanes

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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 incorporated in the maintenance and repair of aeroplanes and helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 kilograms but not exceeding 15 000 kilograms

Aircraft concerned CCT heading Description of goods No of duty Aeroplanes Helicopters

1 2 3 4 ■ 5

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 th^n 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals : — Based on silicate and phosphoric esters 0 % All All aeroplanes helicopters

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

84.61 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: 0 % VFW 614 — — Constant speed drive ( CSD) apparatus

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- Aircraft concerned CCT 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 0 % VFW614 — at 28 volts for the d.c. electric generating system

ex C. Parts :

— Of d.c. generators of a power of 10-5 kW 0 % F 27 —

— Of rotary converters of a. c. 115 V, 400 Hz, of a power of 250 VA or 1 800 VA 0 % F 27

— Of a.c. generators, 120/208 V, of a power of 15 kVA 0 % F 27

— Of electric actuators for control of auxiliary flaps and ailerons o % F 27

— Of static converters of a.c. 115 V, 400 Hz, , of a power of 250 VA or 700 VA 0 % F 27 —

85.15 Radiotelegraphic and radiotéléphonie 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 radiotéléphonie transmission and reception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus (including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and tele vision cameras :

ex II . Transmitter- receivers excluding VHF radio commu nication transmitter-receivers complying with stan dard ARINC 566 A, and on-board inter-communi cations systems complying with standards ARINC 306 and 412 8 % i 1 ) All All aeroplanes helicopters

ex III. Receivers, wether or not combined with a sound recorder or reproducer, excluding radio-broadcast ing or television apparatus and receivers for selec tive calling equipment SELCAL complying with standards ARINC 531 and 596 8 % ( i ) 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 air line companies of the Community.

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85.15 ex B. Other apparatus with the exception of radioaltimeters (cont'd) complying with standard ARINC 552 A, DME interro gators complying with standard ARINC 568 and receivers for OMEGA radio navigation systems complying with standards ARINC 580 and 599 8 % i 1 ) All All aeroplanes helicopters C. Parts : ex II. Parts of base metal, obtained by turning bars, angles, shapes, sections of wire, of solid section, the greatest diameter of which does not exceed 25 mm, excluding parts for receivers for OMEGA radio navigation systems complying with standards ARINC 580 and 599 8 % (M All All aeroplanes helicopters ex III. Other, excluding parts for receivers for OMEGA radio navigation systems complying with standards ARINC 580 and 599 8 % i 1) All All aeroplanes helicopters

90.14 Surveying ( including photogrammetrical surveying), hydro graphic, navigational, metereological, hydrological and geophysical instruments; compasses; rangefinders : ex B. Other : — Parts : — For cabin altimeter and differential pressure gauge 0 % F 27 — For cabin rate of climb indicator 0 % F 27

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, analyzing 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 % t 1 ) All Λ I ! 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 air line companies of the Community .

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90.28 ex A. — Electronic regulators for air-conditioning 0 % (!) All All (cont'd) aeroplanes helicopters — Fuel gauges 0 % F 27 — Electronic timers used in de-icing systems 0 % F 27

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 transitorized voltage regulators 0 % F 27 — Of other instruments or apparatus of subheading 90.28 A included in this list 0 % (^ All All aeroplanes helicopters

ex B. Other : — Of transducers used in the stall warning system 0 % F 27 — Of instruments or apparatus falling within subheading 90.28 B included in this list 0 % F 27 —

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 B. Other : / — Hydraulic positioning and locking actuators and asso 0 % All — ciated controls (Hydroloks) aeroplanes

i 1 ) 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 air line companies of the Community.