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Reference:     WLI/100                    19 March 2010  
   
 
  
 
  
 
  
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING 
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994 
 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS  AND RECTIFICATIONS TO  
SCHEDULE CXL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
1 
 
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY  
 
 I have the honour to furnish herewith a certified tr ue copy of the Certification of Modifications 
and Rectifications to Schedule CXL - European Communities , effective 22 February 2010 . 
 
  
 
  
 
       P a s c a l  L a m y  
       D i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
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1 On 1 December 2009, the Treaty of  Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty 
establishing the European Community (done at Lisbon , 13 December 2007) entere d into force.  On 29 
November 2009, the WTO received a Verbal Note (WT/L/7 79) from the Council of th e European Union and the 
Commission of the European Communities stating that, by virtue of the Treaty of Lisbon, as of 1 December 
2009, the European Union replaces and succeeds the European Community . 
     
 
 
 
 
SCHEDULES OF TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO THE 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADE 1994 
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS 
 
SCHEDULE CXL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES  
  
 WHEREAS the CONTRACTING PARTIES to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
1947 adopted, on 26 March 1980, a Decision on Procedu res for Modification and Rectification of 
Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25); 
  WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above- mentioned Deci sion, a draft 
containing modifications and rectifications to Schedule CXL - European Communities was 
communicated to all Members of the World Tr ade Organization in document G/MA/TAR/RS/74 dated 
15 December 2000; 
 
 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the modi fications and rectifications to Schedule CXL - 
European Communities  are established in conformity with the above-mentioned Decision. 
  The annexed modifications and rectifications are effective as of  22 February 2010  
 
 This Certification is deposited with the Dire ctor-General of the Worl d Trade Organization, who 
shall promptly furnish a certified true copy to each  Member of the World Trade Organization.  It shall 
be registered in accordance with the provisions of  Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations. 
  
 DONE at Geneva this fifth day of March, two thousand and ten. 
  
 
  
 
          P a s c a l  L a m y  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
Certified true copy:  
 
  
 
  
Director-General 
    
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SCHEDULE CXL - EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
 
This Schedule is authentic only in the English language 
 
 
 
 
           22 February 2010  
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                        Schedule CXL – European Communities  
 
RECTIFICATION AND MODIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULES  
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT (G/MA/TAR/RS16)1 
 
 When the European Communities notified their commitments under the Information 
Technology Agreement in doc. G/MA/TAR/RS/16 of 2 April 1997, they indicated that the EC 
would classify "set-top boxes", an Attachment B product , under the foll owing tariff lines: 8517 
50 90, 8517 80 90 and 8525 20 99, all duty-free from 1 January 2000. 
 Customs experts from ITA partic ipants have met several time s to discuss classification 
divergences on ITA products, as mandated by paragraph 5 of the Annex to the Ministerial 
Declaration of 13 December 1996. Their recommenda tions to the Committee of Participants to 
the Agreement are contained in doc. G/IT/14 of 6 September 2000.  
 
As indicated in that document, the European Communities have decided to join some other ITA participants in classifying certain types of ITA set-top boxes under HS sub-heading 8528 12. The European Communities have created a new tariff line for such set-top boxes, as 
follows:  
 
  
Base 
rate Final 
rate Implementation  
8528 12 91 
 
 
 
 
 ------- Apparatus with a microprocessor-based device 
incorporating a modem for gaining access to the 
Internet, and having a function of interactive information exchange, capable of receiving 
television signals ("Set-top boxes with a 
communication function") 
 New 
line 
 0.0 
 
 2000 
 
 
This change took effe ct from 1 October 20002. It is without prejudice to other possible changes 
in ITA product classification that may be necessa ry once the Committee of Participants to the 
Agreement has completed its examination of the recommendations from customs experts. 
 Consequently, the tariff references shown agains t product descriptions in Attachment B of the 
ITA Schedule of the European Communit ies should be modified as follows: 
 Set-top boxes:
 Replace by following referenc e: 8517.50.90 (unchanged), 8517.80.90 
(unchanged), 8525.20.99 (unchanged), 8528.12.91 (new) .  
 
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1 Certified in document WT/LET/156. 
2 Council Regulation (EC) N° 2559/2000 of 16 November 2000, published in the Official Journal of the 
European Communities, L 293 of 22 November 2000