WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BOP/N/471
28 February 2000
(00-0724)
Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE
BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994
Communication from the Slovak Republic
The following communication, dated 18 January 2000, has been received from the Permanent
Mission of the Slovak Republic.
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The Government of the Slovak Republic has decided to reduce the rate of the import
surcharge from 7 per cent to 5 per cent, as from 1 January 2000.  This has been done by the Decree of
the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic No. 208/1999 Coll. which amends the Decree of theMinistry of Finance of the Slovak Republic No. 118/1999 Coll.
                                                     
1 This document  replaces document G/L/346, issued 8 February 2000 in English only.WT/BOP/N/47
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The Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic
DECREE No. 208/1999 Coll.
from 3rd December 1999
amending Decree of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic
 No. 118/1999 Coll. on import surcharge as amended
              The Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic pursuant to Article 56 of Law No. 42/1980
Coll. on „External Economic Relations“ in the wording of Law No. 102/1988 Coll. and Law No.
113/1990 Coll., has enacted the following:
Article 1
Decree of the Ministry of Finance of th e Slovak Republic No. 118/1999 Coll. on import
surcharge in the wording of Decree No. 126/1999 Coll. and Decree No. 208/1999 Coll. hasamended, as follows:
(1) In the paragraph 2  number “7” is supplemented by number “5”.
(2) Annexes No. 1, 2 and 3 to Decree of the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic No.
118/1999 Coll. on import surcharge as amended are being substituted by Annexes No. 1, 2and No. 3 of this Decree.
Article 2
This Decree enters into force as from the 1
stJanuary 2000.
Brigita Schmögnerová
Minister of Finance
of the Slovak RepublicWT/BOP/N/47
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ANNEX No. 1
to Decree No. 208/1999 Coll.
List of commodities which are not subject to the application of the import surcharge:
0102 10 Beef cattle – pedigree cattle
0105 11 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus weighting not more than 185 g
0105 12 00 Turkeys weighting not more than 185 g
0105 19 Live poultry, ducks, geese weighting not more than 185 g
ex 03 Fish and crustacea, mollusc, and other water invertebrates
0402 29 11 Special types of milk for toddlers, hermetically sealed in vessels whose net contents
do not exceed 500g. with the fat content not more than 10%
0901 11 00 Coffee, not roasted
1006 Rice
1302 19 Other vegetable saps and extracts
1801 00 00 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted
2009 11 Frozen orange juice
2009 20 19 Grapefruit juice of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 200 C of a value not exceeding
30 EUR per 100 kg net weight
2009 30 19 Juice of any other single citrus fruit of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 200 C of
a value not exceeding 30 EUR per 100 kg net weight
2009 30 51 to Lemon juice of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 200 C of a value not
2009 30 59 exceeding 30 EUR per 100 kg net weight
2009 40 19 Pineapple juice of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 200 C of a value not exceeding
30 EUR per 100 kg net weight
2301 Powder, drillings and agglomerated products of cylindrical shape, bean and
similar produced shapes of meat, mince, fish or crustacea or other water
invertebrates, unfit for human consumption, greaves
2304 00 00 Pressed residue and other solid waste, also crushed or agglomerated in a small
cylindrical shape, bean or similar shapes after the extraction of soya oil
2501 00 31 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, also dissolved,
used to produce the chemical reaction for preparation of other products (separation
Na from Cl)
2503 00 Sulphur of any kind, other than sublimated, precipitated and colloid
2504 10 00 Natural graphite in powder or flakes
2505 Natural sand of any kind, also dyed, except sand containing metals of Chapter 26
2506 Quarz (other than natural 'sands); quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely
cut, by sawing otherwise, into blocks or sl abs of a rectangular (including square) shape
2507 Kaolin and other kaolin clays, whether or not calcined
2508 Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading No  6806), andalusite, cyanide
and sillimanite, whether or not calcined; mullite; chamotte or dinas earth
2528 90 00 Natural boric acid containing not more than 85 % of H 3BO 3 calculated on the dry
weight – other
2529 21 00 Fluorspar containing by weight 97% or less of calcium fluoride
2601 Iron ores and their concentrates including roasted pyrite
2602 00 00 Manganese ores and their concentrates including iron-manganese ores and concentrates
containing 20% manganese or more, calculated for the dry weight
2610 00 00 Chrome ores and their concentrates
2613 Molybdenum ores and their concentrates
2701 Black coal, briquette, bullet and similar solid fuel processed from black coal
2708 Pitch and pitch coke, obtained from coal tar or from other mineral tarsWT/BOP/N/47
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2709 00 Mineral oil and oil of bitumen mineral, raw
2711 21 00 Earth gas in gaseous form
2712 Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite,
lignite wax, peat wax, other  mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by- synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured
2716 00 00 Electrical energy
2803 00 Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of car bon not elsewhere specified or included)
2804 69 00 Silicon containing not more  than 99,99% weight of silicon
2809 Phosphorus oxide, phosphoric acid and multi-phosphoric acids
2810 00 Boron oxides, boron acids
2818 20 00 Aluminum oxide, othe r than artificial corundum
2824 10 00 Lead monoxide (lifharge, massicot)
2836 20 00 Disodium carbonate
2844 40 20 Artificial radioactive isotopes – for sanitary purposes only
2844 40 30 Compounds of artificial radioactive isotopes – for sanitary purposes only
2844 40 80 Other – for sanitary purposes only
2915 21 00 Acetic acid
2921 41 00 Aniline and its salts
2933 71 00 6-Hexanelactam (epsilon-capro lactam)
30 Pharmaceutical products
3215 19 00 Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or
solid – other
3816 00 00 Refractory cements, mortars, concretes  and similar compositions, other than products
of heading  No 3801
3906 90 90 Acrylic polymers in primary forms – other
ex 3920 20 21 Other plates, sheets, film foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials, of a thickness not
exceeding 0,10 mm biaxially oriented
4001 Natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guajal, chicle and similar natural types of rubber,
in primary form, or boards, sheet or band
4002 Synthetic rubber and faktis (oil rubber) in primary form or boards, sheet or band,
mixture of products of item 4001 with these product categories in primary form orboards, sheet or band
4003 00 00 Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip
4101 Unprocessed leather of bovine, equine and other ungulate species, fresh or salted, dried,
limed, pickled or otherwise preserved but not untanned, unprocessed into skin
parchment nor otherwise prepared) also dehaired or split
4103 Other unprocessed leather (fresh or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved
but untagged, not processed into skin parchment, nor otherwise prepared) also dehaired
or split, other than excluded with the note 1b) or c) from this Chapter
4501 Natural cork, raw or simple prepared, cork waste, crushed, granulated or minced
4502 00 00 Natural cork de-barked or simple roughly cut, or in rectangular (or square) cubicle,
board, sheet or band (including semi-products with sharp edges intended for caps)
5101 Wool, non-carded and non-teased
5105 Wool and fine or rough hair of animals, ca rded or teased (including strips of carded
wool)
5201 00 Cotton non-carded and non-teased
5301 Linen, rough or processed but not shinned, linen tow, linen waste (including waste of
yarn and cut material)
5302 True hemp, rough or processed, but non-twisted, tow and waste from true hemp
(including waste of yarn and cut material)WT/BOP/N/47
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5303 Jute and other stalk fibres (except linen, true hemp, and ramie) rough, unprocessed but
non-twisted, tow and waste from such fibres (including waste of yarn and cut material)
5304 Sisal and other textile fibres of Agave species, rough or processed but untwisted, tow
and waste from such fibres (including waste of yarn and cut material
6902 Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods,
other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths
7004 Flat glass drawn or blown, also with re flection or absorption layer, otherwise non-
processed
7005 Table float glass and table glass flatted or glazed, also with a surface of absorption
reflection or non-reflection layer, otherwise unprocessed
7019 11 00 Chopped strands, of a length of not more than 50 mm
7201 Rough iron and furnace spiegel cast iron in loaf, block or other basic forms
7202 Ferro-alloy
7204 Ferrous waste and scrap; remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel
7213 Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils, of iron or non-alloy steel
7408 11 00 Copper wire of which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm
7601 10 00 Aluminum, not alloyed
7602 00 90 Aluminum scrap
7801 99 91 Refined lead – lead alloys
7804 20 00 Lead powders and flakes
7901 12 10 Zinc unrefined containing zinc weight from 99.995% to 99.99%
7901 20 00 Zinc alloys
8104 11 00 Rough (unprocessed) magnesium containi ng at least 99.8% weight of magnesium
8401 30 00 Non-spent (non-irradiated) fuel elements (cans) (Euraton)
8506 60 90 Primary cells and primary batteries air–zinc
8545 11 00 Electrodes of a kind used for furnaces
8701 20 Road tractors for semi-trailers
8713 Invalid carriages, whether or not motorized or otherwise mechanically propelled
9018 Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary instruments and tools, including scintigraphic
instruments, other electric treatment instru ments as well as sigh-testing instruments
9021 Orthopedic aids and instruments, including crutches, treatment and surgical bands and
medical support bandages; splints, walking callipers, and other aids and instruments for
treatment of fractures; prosthetic appliances and instruments; hearing aids and other
instruments carried in hand or on the person or implanted into the organism forcompensation impacts of any failure or disability
9022 19 00 Apparatus based on the use of alpha, beta or gamma radiations, whether or not for
medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, including radiography or radiotherapy
apparatusWT/BOP/N/47
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ANNEX No. 2
to Decree No. 208/1999 Coll.
List of commodities aimed to the productive consumption for the pharmaceutical production:
ex 1302 20 10 Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates dry
1302 31 00 Agar-agar
1503 Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or
otherwise prepared
1504 10 10 Fish liver oils and their fractions of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2 500 IU/g
1505 90 00 Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) other than
crude wool grease
1507 10 90 Crude soybean oil and its fractions
1509 10 90 Virgin olive oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically
modified
1520 00 00 Glycerol, crude; glycer ol waters and glycerol lyes
1521 90 99 Beeswax and other insect waxes, refined or colored, other than crude
1702 11 00 Lactose and lactose syrup containing by weight 99 % or more lactose, expressed as
anhydrous lactose, calculated on the dry matter
1702 30 51 Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing  fructose or containing in the dry state
less than 20 % by weight, containing by weight 99 % or more glucose, in the form
of white crystalline powder, whether or  agglomerated
1702 90 10 Chemically pure maltose
2501 00 10 Sea water and salt liquors
2501 00 99 Salt (including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or
not in aqueous solution
2712 10 90 Petroleum jelly, other than crude
2811 22 00 Silicon dioxide
2815 11 00 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda), solid
2815 20 Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)
2817 00 00 Zinc oxide, zinc peroxide
2827 20 00 Calcium chloride
2827 31 00 Other chlorides of magnesium
2835 10 00 Phosphinates (hypophosphites) and phospho nates (phosphites)
2835 25 Calcium hydrogenorthophos phate (dicalcium phosphate)
2836 30 00 Sodium hydrogencarbonate (sodium bicarbo nate)
2836 40 00 Potassium carbonates
2836 50 00 Calcium carbonate
2843 Colloidal precious metals, inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals,
whether or not chemically defined, amalgams of precious metals
2847 00 00 Hydrogen peroxide, whethe r or not solidified with urea
2903 12 00 Dichloromethane (methylene chloride)
2903 49 80 Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydr ocarbons containing two or more different
halogens
2905 12 00 1-Propanol (propyl alcohol) and 2-propanol (isopropyl alcohol)
2905 13 00 1-Butanol (n-butyl alcohol)
2905 43 00 Mannitol
2905 44 91 D-glucitol (sorbitol) containing 2% or  less by weight of D-Mannitol, calculated on
the D-glucitol content
2906 13 10 Sterols
2907 29 00 PhenolsWT/BOP/N/47
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2909 30 38 Brominated derivatives of aromatic ethers
2909 50 90 Ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols and their halotgenated, suplhonated, nitrated
or nitrosated derivatives
2914 19 90 Acrylic ketones without other oxygen function
2915 21 00 Acetic acid
2915 33 00 n-Butylacetate
2915 50 00 Propionic acid, its salts and esters
2916 34 00 Phenylacetic acid and its salts
2918 11 00 Lactic acid, its salts and esters
2918 12 00 Tartaric acid
2918 16 00 Gluconic acid, its salts and esters
2918 22 00 O-Acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters
2918 30 00 Carboxylic acids with aldehyde or ketone function but without other oxygen
function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives
2918 90 30 Sodium phenoxyacetate
2921 49 90 Acylic monoamines and their derivatives and their salts
2922 49 10 Glycine
2922 49 70 Amino-acids and their esters, other than those containing more than one kind or
oxygen function, salts thereof
2922 50 00 Amino-alcohol-phenols, amino-aci d-phenols and other amino-compounds with
oxygen function
2923 90 00 Quarternary ammonium salts and hydroxides, lecithins and other
phosphoaminolipids
2924 21 90 Ureines and their derivatives, salts thereof
2924 29 90 Cyclic amides (including cyclic carbonates)and their derivatives, salts thereof
2926 90 99 Nitrite function compounds
2930 40 90 Methionine
2930 90 70 Organo-sulphur compounds
2932 99 80 Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen heteroatoms only
2933 11 Phenazone (antipyrin) and its derivatives
2933 19 90 Compounds containing an unfused pyrazole ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in
the structure
2933 39 95 Compounds containing an unfused pyridi ne ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in
the structure
2933 59 70 Compounds containing pyrimidine ring (w hether or not hydrogenated) or piperazine
ring in the structure
2933 90 60 Diazepines
2933 90 95 Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen heteroatom(s) only
2934 10 00 Compounds containing an unfused thiazole ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in
the structure
2934 30 90 Compounds containing a phenothiazineri ng-system (whether or not hydrogenated),
not further fused
2934 90 96 Nucleic acids and their salts
2935 00 Sulphonamides
2936 Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural
concentrats), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixture of the
foregoing whether or not in any solvent
2937 Hormones, natural or reproduced by synthesis, derivatives thereof, used primarily as
hormones, other steroids used primarily as hormones
2938 Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and
other derivativesWT/BOP/N/47
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2939 Vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers,
esters and other derivatives
2941 Antibiotics
3402 19 00 Organic surface – active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale
3501 10 50 a Casein for industrial uses other than the  manufacture of food stuffs or fodder
3501 10 90 Casein other than for industrial uses and other than the  manufacture of food stuffs
3503 00 10 Gelatin and derivatives there of
3505 10 50 Starches, esterified or etherified other than dextrins
3507 90 90 Enzymes, prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included
3802 10 00 Activated carbon
3808 40 90 Disinfectants not based on quaternary ammonium salts or on halogenated
compounds
3821 00 00 Prepared culture media for development of microorganisms
3824 60 19 Sorbitol other than that of subheading No 290544, in aqueous solution, containing
more than2 % by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content
3824 90 55 Mixtures of mono, DI- and tri-, fatty acid esters of glycerol (emulsifiers for fats)
3824 90 95 Chemical products or 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 elsewherespecified or included
3905 99 90 Polymers of vinylacetate or of other vinylesters, in primary forms, other
vinylpolymers in primary forms
3906 90 Acrylic polymers in primary forms other than polymethyl methacrylate
3910 00 00 Silicones in primary forms
3912 90 90 Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in
primary forms
3914 00 00 Ionexchangers based on polymers of headings No.  3901 to  3913,  in primary forms
3923 10 00 Boxes, cases, crates and similar articles
3923 29 90 Sacks and bags (including cones) other than of polymers of ethylene or polyvinyl
chloride
3923 30 10 Carboys, bottles, flasks and similar articles of a capacity not exceeding two  litters
3923 50 10 Caps and capsules for bottles, of plastics
4016 99 88 Other articles of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber
4812 00 00 Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp
4819 20 10 Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non corrugated paper or paperboard with a
weight of the paper or the paperboard of less than 600 g/m2
4821 10 10 Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, printed, selfadhesive
7010 91 90 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, ph ials, ampoules and other containers, of glass,
of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods, exceeding 1 l
7010 92 90 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, ph ials, ampoules and other containers, of glass,
of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods exceeding 0,33 l but not
exceeding  1 l
7010 93 70 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, ph ials, ampoules and other containers, of glass,
of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods exceeding 0,15 l but not
exceeding  0,33 l, for pharmaceutical products
7010 94 71toCarboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials , ampoules and other containers, of glass,
of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods exceeding 0,055 l but not
exceeding 0,15 l, for pharmaceutical products
7010 94 79 Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, ph ials, ampoules and other containers, of glass,
of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods not exceeding 0,055 l, for
pharmaceutical productsWT/BOP/N/47
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7017 90 00 Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or
calibrated
7607 19 99 Aluminum foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard,  plastics
or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding
0,2 mm
8309 90 10 Capsules of lead, capsules of al uminum of a diameter exceeding 21 mm
9602 00 00 Worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading No 3503) and articles of
unhardened gelatinWT/BOP/N/47
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ANNEX No. 3
to Decree No. 208/1999 Coll.
List of machinery, plants, equipment and tools which, under the conditions stated in
Article 1(2)(f), are not subject to the application of the import surcharge:
8404 90 00 Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading No. 8402 or  8403 (for example,
economizers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoveries), condensers for steam or
other vapor powerunits, Parts
8405 90 00 Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers, acetylene gas
generators and similar water process gas generators, with or without their purifiers,
Parts
8413 19 Pumps for dispensing fuel or lubricants, of the type used in filling-stations or in garages
– other
8413 50 Other reciprocating positive displacement pumps
8413 60 Other rotary positive displacement  pumps
8413 70 Other centrifugal pumps
8413 81 Pumps
8413 91 Parts of pumps
8414 59 Fans – other
8414 60 00 Hoods having a maximum horizontal side not exceeding 120 cm
8414 80 Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans, ventilating or recycling,
whether  or not fitted with filters - others
8414 90 Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans, ventilating or recycling-
hoods incorporating a fan, whether  or not fitted with filters - parts
8416 20 Other furnace burners, including combination burners
8416 90 00 Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverized solid fuel or for gas, mechanical stokers,
including their mechanical grates, mechanical ash discharges and similar appliances –
parts
8417 90 00 Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, including incinerators, non-electric – parts
8418 10 Combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors
8418 50 19 Refrigerated show-cases and counters  (incorporating a refrigerating unit or evaporator)
Other than for frozen food storage
8418 69 Other refrigerating or freezing equipment; heatpumps;
Other
8418 99 Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other,
heatpumps other than air conditioning machines of heading No.  8415 – other
8419 39 Dryers – other
8419 50 Heat exchange units
8419 81 For making hot drinks or for cooking or  heating food
8419 89 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the
treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating,
coo-king, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying,
evaporating, vaporizing, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind
used for domestic purpose, instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric – other
8419 90 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the
treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating,coo-king, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying,
evaporating, vaporizing, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind
used for domestic purpose, instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric – parts
8420 91 Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals or glass, and cylinders
there-for CylindersWT/BOP/N/47
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8421 19 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers – other
8421 21 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids - For filtering or purifying
water
8421 31 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases intake air filters for internal
combustion engines
8421 39 Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases- other
8421 99 00 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers, filtering or purifying machinery and
apparatus, for liquids or gases – Other
8422 30 00 Machinery for filling, closing, sealing, capsizing or labeling bottles, cans, boxes, bags
or other  containers, machinery for aerating beverages
8422 40 00 Other packing or wrapping machinery
8423 81 Other weighing machinery Having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg
8424 20 00 Spray guns and similar appliances
8424 30 Steam or sand blasting machines and similar  jet projecting machines
8424 89 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or
spraying liquids or powders, fire extinguishers, whether or not charged, spray guns and
similar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines
– Other
8424 90 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or
spraying liquids or powders, fire extinguishers, whether or not charged, spray guns andsimilar appliances, steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines
– parts
8425 11 Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists or hoists of a kind used  for raising
vehicles powered by electric motor
8428 10 Lifts and skip hoists:
8428 20 Pneumatic elevators and conveyors:
8428 33 Other elevators and conveyors, other belt type
8428 90 Other rolling-mill machinery; roller  tables for feeding and removing products; tilters
and manipulators; other machinery
8431 39 90 Other rolling-mill machinery with exemption of subheading 8428 90 30
8438 10 Bakery machinery and machinery for the manufacture of macaroni, spaghetti or similar
products
8438 50 00 Machinery for the preparation of meat or poultry
8438 60 00 Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables
8438 80 Other machinery for industrial  preparation or production of food or drinks
8438 90 00 Parts of machinery for industrial preparation or production of food or drinks PHS 8438
8439 30 00 Machinery for finishing paper or paperboard
8441 30 00 Machines for making cartons, boxes, cases, tubes, drums or similar containers, other
than by moulding
8441 80 Other machinery for making cartons, boxes,  cases, tubes, drums or similar containers
8443 19 Other -offset printing machinery
8443 30 00 Flexographic printing machinery
8443 60 00 Machines for uses ancillary to printing
8444 00 Machines for extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting man-made textile materials
8445 40 00 Textile winding (including weft-winding) or reeling machines
8446 30 00 Other machinery - For weaving fabrics of a width exceeding 30 cm, shuttles type
ex 8447 Knitting machines, stitch-bonding machines and machines for making gimped yarn,
tulle. lace, embroidery, trimmings, braid or net and machines for tufting:
8447 20 Flat knitting machines; stitch-bonding machines
8447 90 00 OtherWT/BOP/N/47
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8451 29 00 Other - Drying machines
8451 30 Ironing machines and presses (including fusing presses)
8451 40 00 Washing, bleaching or dyeing  machines
8451 50 00 Machines for reeling, unreeling, folding, cutting or pinking textile fabrics
8452 21 00 Other sewing machines - automatic
8452 29 00 Other sewing machines
8453 10 00 Machinery for preparing, tanning or  working hides, skins or leather
8453 20 00 Machinery for making or repairing  footwear
8453 90 00 Footwear machinery and parts
8455 30 Rolls for rolling mills
8456 10 Operated by laser or other light or  photon beam processes
8457 10 Machining centres
8457 30 Multi-station transfer machines
8458 11 Horizontal lathes - numerically controlled
8458 91 Other lathes - numerically controlled
8459 10 00 Way-type unit head machines
8459 29 00 Other boring machines
8459 31 00 Other boring-milling machines- numerically controlled
8459 39 00 Other boring-milling machines
ex 8460 Machine-tools for deburring, sharpening, grinding, honing, lapping, polishing or
otherwise finishing metal, or cermets by means of grinding stones, abrasives or
polishing products, other than gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines of
heading No 8461:
8460 21 Grinding machines in which the positioning in any one axis can be set up to an
accuracy of at least 0,01 mm - numerically controlled
8460 29 Grinding machines in which the positioning in any one axis can be set up to an
accuracy of at least 0,01 mm other than numerically controlled
8460 90 Others
ex 8462 Machine-tools (including presses) for working metal by forging, hammering or die-
stamping; machine-tools (including presse s) for working metal by bending, folding,
straightening, flattening, shearing, punching or notching; presses for working metal or
metal carbides, not specified above:
8462 10 Forging or die-stamping machines (including presses) and hammers:
8462 21 Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including presses) - numerically
controlled
8462 29 Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including presses) - other than
numerically controlled
8462 41 Punching or notching machines (including presses), including combined punching and
shearing machines - numerically controlled
8462 49 Punching or notching machines (including presses), including combined punching and
shearing machines - other than numerically controlled
8462 91 Hydraulic presses
8462 99 Other
8464 20 Grinding or polishing machines
8465 10 Machines which can carry out different types of machining operations without tool
change between such operations
8465 91 Sawing machines
8465 92 00 Planing, milling or moulding (by cutting) machines
8465 94 00 Bending or assembling machines
8465 95 00 Drilling or mortising machines
8465 99 Other machineryWT/BOP/N/47
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8471 10 90 Analogue or hybrid automatic data processing machines for use in civil aircraft
8471 41 99 Other digital automatic data processing machines
8474 10 00 Sorting, screening, separating or washing machines
8474 20 Grinding machines
8474 80 Other machinery
8475 90 00 Parts - machines for assembling electric or electronic lamps, tubes or valves or
flashbulbs, in glass lamps, tubes or valves or  flashbulbs, in glass envelopes
8476 21 00 Automatic beverage - vending machines, incorporating heating or refrigerating devices
ex 8477 Machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these
materials, materials, not specified or included elsewhere:
8477 10 Injection-molding machines
8477 20 00 Extruders
8477 30 00 Blow-molding machines
8477 40 00 Vacuum-molding machines and other thermoforming machines
8477 51 00 For molding or retreading pneumatic or tyres or for molding or  otherwise forming
inner tubes
8477 80 Other machinery
8477 90 Parts
8479 30 Presses for the manufacture of particle board or fibre building board of wood or other
ligneous materials and other machinery for treating wood or cork
8479 50 00 Industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included
8479 81 00 Other machines and mechanical  appliances for treating metal, including electric wire
coil-winders
8479 82 00 Mixing, kneading, crushing, grinding, screening, sifting, homogenizing, emulsifying or
stirring machines
8479 89 Other
8480 41 00 Moulds for metal or metal carbides - injection or compression types
8480 49 Other
8480 50 00 Moulds for glass
8480 71 Moulds for rubber or plastics - injection or compression types:
8481 10 Pressure - reducing valves
8481 40 Safety or relief valves:
8501 53 92 Other AC motors, multiphase of an output exceeding 75 kW, but not exceeding 375
kW
ex 8505 Electro-magnets; permanent magnets and articles intended to become permanent
magnets after magnetization; electromagnetic  or permanent magnet chucks, clamps
and similar holding devices; electromagnetic couplings, clutches and brakes;
electromagnetic lifting heads
8505 90 Other, including parts:
8514 10 Resistance heated furnaces and ovens
ex 8515 Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam,
ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding
machines and soldering, brazing or welding machines and electric machines and
apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets
8515 11 00 Soldering irons and guns
8515 21 00 Machines and apparatus for resistance welding of metal- fully or partly automatic
8515 29 Other
8515 31 00 Machines and apparatus for arc (including plasma arc) welding of metals - fully or
partly automaticWT/BOP/N/47
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8515 39 Other
8515 80 Other machines and apparatus
8515 90 90 Parts for machines subheading 8515 80 11
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