WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/BOP/N/52
31 July 2000
(00-3139)
Committee on Balance-of-Payments Restrictions Original:  English
NOTIFICATION UNDER PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE UNDERSTANDING ON THE
BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS PROVISIONS OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON
TARIFFS AND TRADE
Communication from the Slovak Republic
The following communication, dated 17 July 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 5 per cent to 3 per cent, as from 1 July 2000.  This has been done by the Decree of the
Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic No. 205/2000 Coll. amending the Decree of the Ministry
of Finance of the Slovak Republic No. 118/1999 Coll. on import surcharge.WT/BOP/N/52
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The Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic
DECREE No. 205/2000 Coll.
from 23rd June 2000
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 Republ ic 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., Decree No. 208/1999 Coll. and Decree No.349/1999 Coll. has amended, as follows:
(1) In the paragraph 1, section 2, the letter "f" is cancelled.(2) In the paragraph 2, number "5" is supplemented by number "3".(3) Behind the paragraph 3, paragraph 3a is substituted, as follows:
"§ 3a
To imported goods, for which the customs declaration form was accepted before the 1
st July
2000, the present regulations are being referred."
(4) Annex No. 1 is supplemented by the Annex of this Decree.(5) Annex No. 3 is cancelled.
Article 2
This Decree enters into force as from the 1
st July 2000.
Brigita Schmögnerová
Minister of Finance
of the Slovak RepublicWT/BOP/N/52
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ANNEX No. 1
to the Decree No. 205/2000 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 weighing not more than 185 g
0105 12 00 Turkeys weighing not more than 185 g
0105 19 Live poultry, ducks, geese weighing 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 500 g with the fat content not more than 10%
0901 11 00 Coffee, not roasted
1001 Wheat and meslin
1003 00 Barley
1005 Maize (corn)
1006 Rice1302 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/cm
3 at 20°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 20°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 20°C of a value not exceeding
2009 30 59 30 EUR per 100 kg net weight
2009 40 19 Pineapple juice of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20°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
2302 Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets derived from
the sifting milling or other working of cereals or of leguminous plants
2303 Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other
waste of sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in
the form of pellets
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
2305 00 00 Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets,
resulting from the extraction of ground-nut oil
2306 Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets,
resulting from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, other than those of heading
No 2304 or 2305
2307 00 Wine lees;  argol2308 Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products,
whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere
specified or included
2309 90 Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding
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 C1)
2503 00 Sulphur of any kind, other than sublimated, precipitated and colloid
2504 10 00 Natural graphite in powder or flakesWT/BOP/N/52
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2506 Quartz (other than natural sands);  quartzite, whether or not roughly trimmed or
merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs 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 tars
2709 00 Mineral oil and oil of bitumen mineral, raw2711 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 energy2803 00 Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon 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 acids2818 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 acid2921 41 00 Aniline and its salts
2933 71 00 6-Hexanelactam (epsilon-capro lactam)
30 Pharmaceutical products
3101 00 00 Animal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated;
fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetableproducts
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 or
boards, sheet or bandWT/BOP/N/52
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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 no n-twisted, tow and waste from true hemp
(including waste of yarn and cut material)
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, or iron or non-alloy steel7408 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 flakes7901 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-zinc8545 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 Orthopaedic 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;WT/BOP/N/52
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hearing aids and other instruments carried in hand or on the person or implanted into
the organism for compensation 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
apparatus
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