RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/MA/TAR/RS/63/Add.1
22 March 2000
(00-1201)
Committee on Market Access Original:  English
RECTIFICATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULES
Schedule XII – India
Addendum
The following letter, dated 14 March 2000, sent by the Permanent Delegation of the European
Communities to the Permanent Mission of India wa s received from the European Communities with the
request that it be circulated to Members.
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India's notification of 1 December 1999 concerning rectification and modifications
to Schedule XII (doc. G/MA/TAR/RS/63)
With its notification of 1 December 1999 (Doc. G/MA/TAR/RS/63 of 16.12.1999) the
Republic of India has modified particular tariff items in Schedule XII.
The Community has the following comments to  make with regards to this notification.
The EC welcomes the fact that India has submitted above-mentioned notification, as provided
for in the Memorandum of Understanding between  the European Community and the Republic of
India on arrangements in the area of market access for textile products (MoU) signed on 31.12.1994.
However, the EC notes that the bound rates notified include a large number of mixed ( ad valorem  and
specific) duties, whose number and amount are likely  to exceed what is provided for in the MoU.
The European Communities do not intend to stand in the way of certification by the WTO
Secretariat of the lines for which the notified rates do not a priori appear to be in contradiction with
the EC-India MoU. These lines are shown at Annex 1. As far as the lines contained in Annex 2 to the
present letter are concerned, the EC wishes to express a reservation, since in the European
Communities' view the proposed bindings exceed the levels agreed in the MoU.
The European Communities understand that a notification cannot be certified where a
Member has reservations on certain aspects of it. The EC therefore requests that India submit a
revised notification limited to the tariff lines shown in Annex 1 so that these modifications can be
certified as soon as possible. The EC also requests consultations on the tariff lines shown in Annex 2with a view to India submitting a revised notification that should include specific rates not exceeding
the values indicated in the last column thereof. It  also requests an indication regarding when India will
carry out the notification to the WTO for those textiles and clothing products covered by the US-India
MoU agreed on 29 December 1994, and seeks confirmation that any specific duties that India might
notify or apply in accordance with the US-India Mo U will not be discriminatory against EU exports
of the same products into India.G/MA/TAR/RS/63/Add.1
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In addition to the above the EC would like to request clarification from India concerning the
footnote contained in the notification, which seems to imply that the bindings will not be
automatically effective upon a certain date or that they may remain suspended until the introduction of
the "Finance Bill" for the respective financial year. The EC is of the opinion that India’s bindings
should apply as from 1.1.2000 and that all the other rates should apply automatically as of 1 January
of the relevant years and should not be conditional upon the accomplishment of internal procedures.
Encl:
Annex 1: Lines for which the new Indian schedule can be certified
Annex 2: Lines for which the specific duties should be reduced to maximum values in a new
notification.G/MA/TAR/RS/63/Add.1
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Annex 1
No. HS Code
1 510610
2 510620
14 520411
15 520419
16 520420
17 530911
18 530919
19 530921
20 530929
21 540110
22 540120
23 540210
24 540220
25 540231
26 540232
27 540233
28 540239
29 540241
30 540242
31 540243
32 540249
33 540251
34 540252
35 540259
36 540261
37 540262
38 540269
40 540743
45 540760
52 540792
54 540794
56 540823
57 540824
58 540832
59 550310
60 550320
61 550330
62 550340
63 550390
64 550931
65 550932
66 550952
67 550961
68 550991
69 551219
71 551299G/MA/TAR/RS/63/Add.1
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72 551321
73 551322
75 551329
76 551331
77 551332
81 551342
82 551343
83 551349
85 551422
86 551423
87 551429
88 551431
89 551432
90 551433
91 551439
92 551441
93 551442
94 551443
95 551449
97 551512
98 551513
101 551522
105 551599
106 560300
109 570252
110 570292
112 570330
115 580121
117 580123
121 580131
127 580190
128 580219
129 580410
130 580421
131 580429
132 580430
133 581010
134 590310
135 590320
136 590390
137 591110
138 591120
139 591131
140 591132
141 591140
142 591190
145 610130
149 610441
151 610444
152 610449G/MA/TAR/RS/63/Add.1
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153 610451
154 610452
155 610453
156 610459
157 610510
158 610520
159 610590
161 610620
162 610690
165 611010
168 611511
169 611512
170 611519
171 611520
172 611591
173 611593
174 611599
175 620111
176 620112
177 620191
178 620192
179 620211
180 620213
181 620291
182 620292
183 620311
184 620312
185 620319
186 620321
187 620322
188 620323
189 620329
190 620331
193 620341
196 620441
197 620443
198 620444
199 620449
201 620461
203 620510
204 620620
206 621030
207 621132
208 621133
209 621142
210 621143
211 621210
214 621430
215 621440
216 621490G/MA/TAR/RS/63/Add.1
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217 621510
218 621520
219 621590G/MA/TAR/RS/63/Add.1
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Annex 2
Tariff lines for which a new notification should be provided whose specific duties should not
exceed certain maxima
N° HS Code Specific
duty as
notified
(INR/unit)maximum
duty to be
notified
(INR/unit)
3 511111 155 70
4 511119 170 70
5 511120 90 50
6 511130 85 45
7 511190 105 55
8 511211 145 70
9 511219 175 80
10 511220 95 50
11 511230 130 60
12 511290 155 75
13 511300 60 35
39 540742 250 200
41 540744 250 225
42 540752 225 100
43 540753 225 180
44 540754 225 200
46 540772 265 210
47 540773 205 120
48 540774 310 200
49 540782 225 170
50 540783 225 140
51 540784 225 125
53 540793 155 120
55 540822 280 230
70 551229 225 160
74 551323 175 150
78 551333 195 160
79 551339 175 100
80 551341 110 90
84 551421 140 40
96 551511 205 160
99 551519 260 200
100 551521 200 175
102 551529 200 135
103 551591 160 150G/MA/TAR/RS/63/Add.1
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104 551592 200 160
107 570232 105 95
108 570242 80 70
111 570320 70 55
113 570490 35 30
114 580110 210 170
116 580122 75 55
118 580124 135 85
119 580125 120 95
120 580126 180 130
122 580132 180 130
123 580133 150 120
124 580134 140 70
125 580135 130 110
126 580136 130 110
143 610110 700 600
144 610120 540 500
146 610210 595 560
147 610220 425 350
148 610230 475 430
150 610443 255 185
160 610610 125 55
163 610910 70 45
164 610990 130 90
166 611020 205 170
167 611030 270 200
191 620332 450 330
192 620339 765 680
194 620342 235 205
195 620432 660 540
200 620451 485 420
202 620462 215 190
205 621020 365 330
212 621410 400 280
213 621420 180 100
220 630120 285 240
Explanation:
N°: Number of product line according to notification (total:163 lines)
Ad-valorem end rate: taken from notification (duties applied between 2000 and 2005)
Ad-valorem duties: Ad-valorem end rate applied to  export prices (A to H), converted into Rupees
(1€ = 43,83 INR)
Specific duty as notified: see notification of 1.12.1999Proposed maximum: Specific duty which is unlikely to "have an adverse impact" on EU exports
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