WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/TE/W/47/Add.1 
27 June 2005 
 
 (05-2738) 
Committee on Trade and Environment  
Special Session Original:  English 
 
 
 
MARKET ACCESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS  
 
Communication from the European Communities  
 
Paragraph 31(iii)  
 
Addendum  
  
 The following communication, dated 24 June 2005,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Communities
. 
 
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1. In submission TN/TE/W/47, paragraphs 12 and 13 contain tables, respectively, of  
 - Examples of Sub-sectors and Products Included in the Pollution Control and 
Resource Management Category ;  and 
 
 - Examples of Sub-sectors and Products Iden tified in the Category of Goods that 
have a High Environmental Performa nce or Low Environmental Impacts . 
 2. The following table reproduces those two tabl es.  Following requests from Members it also 
contains a further column providing, on an indicative basis only, the relevant HS code
 where this has 
been identified.  For further ease of use this table contains the entry numbers used in the Secretariat 
compilation JOB(05)/57. 
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A.  Examples of Sub-sectors and Products  Included in the Pollution Control  
and Resource Management Category 
 
SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY OBJECTIVE  SUB-
SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
ENTRY NUMBER IN 
JOB(05)/57 HS CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
Water analysis, 
measurement and monitoring 
(148) 9025 Thermometers, 
pyrometers, hydrometers, hygrometers, 
salinometer and 
parts thereof   
(151) 9026 Instruments for 
measuring or 
checking the flow, 
level, pressure or 
other variables of 
liquids and parts thereof Flow meters, 
manometers, level 
gauges, etc. for 
water 
Water collection 
(363) … Rainwater 
catchment system  
Production of 
drinking water, 
including water 
treatment systems   
(88) 8413 Pumps for water, 
whether dry well 
or submersible, 
and parts thereof For water, 
wastewater and 
sludge.   
(120) 8421.21 
8421.29 Filtering or 
purifying 
machinery and 
apparatus for water and parts thereof Including sludge 
belt filter presses 
and belt 
thickeners. 
Water handling equipment 
(67) 681091 
7309 7611 Cisterns, vats and 
reservoirs for 
drinking water, for 
households or industry, including 
for rainwater, 
made of plastic, concrete or metal.  WATER FOR HUMAN 
USE (COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION) AND 
WASTEWATER 
MANAGEMENT     
 
Millennium Development 
Goal:  Halve,  by the year 
2015, the proportion of 
people without 
sustainable access to safe 
drinking water .  WSSD 
Plan of Implementation:  
Halve,  by the year 2015, 
the proportion of people who do not have access to 
basic  sanitation .  
Protecting and managing the natural resource  base 
of economic and social 
development. 
WSSD, para. 25:  
Intensify water pollution 
prevention to reduce 
health hazards and protect ecosystems by introducing 
technologies for 
affordable sanitation and industrial and domestic 
wastewater treatment;  
establishing national 
monitoring systems.  
Support the diffusion of water conservation 
technologies, and 
programmes for energy-efficient, sustainable and 
cost-effective desalination (125) 
6810.91   
6906; 7303; 7307  Pipes for drinking 
water, wastewater 
and sea manhole, 
and accessories thereof.   TN/TE/W/47/Add.1 
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SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY OBJECTIVE  SUB-
SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
ENTRY NUMBER IN 
JOB(05)/57 HS CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
Wastewater 
treatment 
(68) … Wastewater 
treatment plant.  
Wastewater 
treatment unit, for individual use, and 
parts thereof e.g.  Used by 
households or 
services 
companies.   A specific tariff code 
could be provided 
for wastewater treatment plants. 
(69) 6810.91    
7309 Septic tanks and 
other vats and 
reservoirs for 
wastewater treatment  
Irrigation 
(364) … Drip irrigation 
equipments 
 Reduces the use of 
water of seawater, water 
recycling and water 
harvesting from coastal 
fogs in developing 
countries.            
(365) … Sprinkling 
equipments Reduces the use of 
water 
Waste  collection   
(187) 3923.10 ; 3923.30 ;   
3925.10 ; 4819.30 ;   
4819.40 ; 7309.00;        
7310.10; 7310.29;    
7612.90; 9403.20  Waste containers, 
whether or not 
combined with a 
compactor Containers of any 
material, of any 
form, for liquid or 
solid waste, including for 
municipal or 
dangerous waste. 
(204) 8704  Recycling 
vehicles/ Refuse 
disposal vehicles Including vehicles 
for the collection 
of industrial waste. 
Waste  treatment 
and disposal, 
including recycling      
(173) 8479.82 Waste sorter 
devices   SOLID/HAZARDOUS 
WASTE 
MANAGEMENT 
WSSD, para 22 (a):  
Develop waste 
management systems, 
with the highest priority 
placed on waste 
prevention and minimization, reuse and 
recycling, and 
environmentally sound disposal facilities, 
including technology to 
recapture the energy contained in waste, and 
encourage small-scale 
waste-recycling initiatives (...). (173) 8479.82 
8479.90 Sorting, screening, 
separating and 
washing machines 
for recycling waste (i.e. metals, 
plastics, glass, 
paper, etc.), and parts thereof  TN/TE/W/47/Add.1 
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SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY OBJECTIVE  SUB-
SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
ENTRY NUMBER IN 
JOB(05)/57 HS CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
PROTECTION OF 
AMBIENT AIR AND 
CLIMATE 
Agenda 21 (chapter 9):  
development of pollution 
control and 
measurement 
technologies for 
stationary and mobile sources of air pollution as 
well as of alternative 
environmentally sound technologies.                        Air pollution 
measurement and 
monitoring  (gas, 
particles and aerosols 
in the environment 
and at the emission source) 
(272, 40) 9026 
9027.10 
9033 Air quality 
monitor, Dust 
emissions monitor.  
Parts thereof  
 (272, 40) 9027.10 
9033 Gas, smoke and 
particles analysis apparatus, and 
parts thereof  
 Air purification, 
including odour control 
(43) 8421.31 
8421.39  Filtering or 
purifying machinery and 
apparatus for gas 
or air Physical, 
mechanical, chemical or 
electrostatic filters 
and purifiers for the removal of 
COV, solid or 
liquid particles in 
gases, etc. 
(44) 8417.80 
8417.90  Heat or catalytic 
incinerators (oxidisers) and parts thereof COV destruction 
by heating of polluted air and oxidation of 
organic 
components. 
Air handling (15) 8414.59 
8414.90  Fans and parts 
thereof Transport or 
extraction of 
polluted air and 
corrosive gases or dust  
(18) 8414.80 
8414.90  Industrial hoods 
and parts thereof Ex:  for exhaust 
gases 
Analysis 
(263) 9027 Instruments and 
apparatus for physical or 
chemical analysis  
and parts thereof Analysis of 
hydrocarbons and heavy metals in 
the soil PROTECTION AND 
REMEDIATION / CLEANUP OF SOIL 
AND WATER 
Protection of soil, in 
particular from pollution, 
erosion, land degradation, 
contamination and 
desertification.  
Sustainable use of soil.  (299) 903010 Instruments and 
apparatus for 
measuring or detecting ionising 
radiations and 
radioactivity  
 Pollution control 
(222) 8907.10  Inflatable oil spill 
recovery barges 
and tanks   TN/TE/W/47/Add.1 
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SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY OBJECTIVE  SUB-
SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
ENTRY NUMBER IN 
JOB(05)/57 HS CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
 (224) 8907.90; 3926.90; 
5603.14  Oil containment 
booms, oil 
absorbent booms  
Soil cleaning/ 
remediation 
(216) 8479.89  Equipment and 
apparatus for 
cleaning or stabilizing the soil Stripping, oil-
water separator, 
catalytic oxidisers, ultrafiltration 
apparatus, 
bio-remediation equipment, soil 
stabilization and 
solidification equipment, etc.  
(217) 3002.90   
3507.90  Cultures of micro-
organisms and 
enzymes for soil bio-remediation Bio-remediation.  
Also used for the 
biological treatment of 
wastewater. 
Soil protection 
(398) 4601.20  Erosion control 
matting, biodegradable   
 
(397) 5603.13   
5603.14   
5603.93   5603.94  5407.61 ; 5407.69            
5407.71 to 540774
 Woven or non-
woven geotextiles 
used for the 
separation, 
filtration, draining, 
reinforcement, watertightness, and 
anti-erosion of soil Made of natural 
(i.e. coir, straw, 
jute) or man-made 
materials. 
 (399)  Seeder for direct 
sowing Conservation 
tilling.  Allows to sow without 
ploughing the soil.  
Noise measurement and analysis 
(236) 9027.80     
9027.90  Instruments and 
apparatus for 
measuring, checking or 
analysing noise;  
parts and accessories thereof  
NOISE AND 
VIBRATION 
ABATEMENT 
EC policy objective:  
substantial reduction of 
the number of people affected by noise,  in 
particular from traffic 
(reduction of noise emissions from services 
and products;  mitigation 
of traffic noise).  Vibration 
measurement and 
analysis (237) 9031.80    
9031.90  Instruments and 
apparatus for 
measuring, checking or 
analysing 
vibrations; parts and accessories 
thereof Vibrometers, hand 
vibration meters. 
 Noise and vibration 
abatement 
(238) 3920 
3921 Soundproof panels 
and screens for 
outdoor uses  TN/TE/W/47/Add.1 
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SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY OBJECTIVE  SUB-
SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
ENTRY NUMBER IN 
JOB(05)/57 HS CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
 (239) 4504 Panels, boards, 
tiles, blocks and 
similar articles of  
agglomerated cork  
ENVIRONMENTAL 
MONITORING, ANALYSIS AND 
ASSESSMENT not 
already  included elsewhere 
Improve the data and 
information on the state and trends of the 
environment.    
WSSD, para 36 (g):  Improve the systematic 
observation of the Earth's 
atmosphere, land and oceans by improving 
monitoring stations (…).   (264) 9015.30 
9015.80 
9015.90  Hydrological, 
oceanographic, meteorological 
instruments and 
appliances, and parts thereof Includes levels, 
limnigraphs, seismic 
instruments, 
machinery and apparatus for 
measuring the 
ozone layer, etc. 
Solar energy 
(380) 8419.50 
7309 7611 3925.10
 Solar heating 
(Solar water heater, solar 
swimming pool 
heater, solar space heating system) Solar collector and 
solar system controller: 
RENEWABLE ENERGIES 
WSSD  para. 8 :  To 
facilitate the achievement 
of the Millennium development  
goals, including the goal 
of halving the proportion of people in poverty by 
2015, by improving access 
to sustainable energy services and resources, 
through rural 
electrification and decentralised energy 
systems,  increased use of 
renewables (...).  Para 20. 
(c):  Develop and 
disseminate alternative 
energy technologies with the aim of giving a 
greater share of the 
energy mix to renewable 
energies.                               
Climate change:  
greenhouse gas emissions 
reduction and prevention 
by encouraging the use of renewable energy sources.   
 (381) 8511 Solar 
Photovoltaics (PV 
generator) PV module  TN/TE/W/47/Add.1 
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SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY OBJECTIVE  SUB-
SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
ENTRY NUMBER IN 
JOB(05)/57 HS CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
Bonn International 
Conference for 
Renewable Energies , 
June 2004:  Political Declaration:  substantially 
increase with a sense of 
urgency the global share of renewable energy in the 
total energy supply.  
Policy recommendations:  the WTO rules should 
promote renewables; 
Governments, the WTO (…) should proceed 
rapidly to reduce trade 
barriers for renewable energy technologies as 
well as electricity and 
fuels from renewable sources.  Efforts and 
instruments to foster the 
use of renewable energies should include safeguards 
against market distortions, 
especially export subsidies 
and import duties.  
 Wind energy  
(384)  
8502.31  Wind generator Wind turbine 
Hydropower 
(366) 8502.39 Small hydro 
powered 
generating plant: 
(367) 8410.11;         
8410.90  - Hydraulic 
turbines and water 
wheels of a power 
not exceeding 1000 kW and parts 
thereof.  
(368) 8502.39 - Generator for use 
in the above hydro-power plant   
 Marine/ocean power 
(385) 8502.39 Electricity 
generators 
powered by ocean 
currents/tidal streams  TN/TE/W/47/Add.1 
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SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY OBJECTIVE  SUB-
SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
ENTRY NUMBER IN 
JOB(05)/57 HS CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
 Geothermal power 
generation 
(386) 8419.50  Heat pumps and 
parts thereof  
 Bio-energy 
(387) 7304.10 
7305.10 7306.10 8501.10 8501.20 8501.30 9026.80 9028.10 8417.80 Plants for 
producing bio-electricity and bio-
heat from waste Bio-energy 
derived from organic material 
(vegetable, 
animals and micro-organisms), is 
known as biomass.  
In order to be sustainable, 
biomass 
exploitation implies careful 
resource 
management  that 
includes the 
rehabilitation of 
the atmosphere and respect of 
ecosystems.  
Considering that such a condition is 
not a priori 
granted, for the 
purpose of this list, 
the exploitation of bio-energy focuses 
on waste recovery  
(agricultural and forestry residues, 
biodegradable 
fraction of municipal solid 
waste). 
  
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B.  Examples of Sub-sectors and Products Included in the Category of Goods that Have a High 
Environmental Performance or  Low Environmental Impacts 
 
SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY 
OBJECTIVE  
 SUB-SECTOR /ACTIVITY  HS  CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
INSULATION   
Promotion of energy 
efficiency in buildings; 
Sustainable use of raw 
materials (renewable resources).  Insulation 
(400) 6808 Panels, boards, tiles, 
blocks and similar articles of vegetable 
fibre, of straw or of 
shavings, chips, particles, sawdust and 
other waste of wood, 
agglomerated with 
cement, plaster or 
other mineral binders, used for 
soundproofing and 
thermal insulation, not containing dangerous 
substances. Includes 
insulation articles made 
of wood waste, 
coir, true hemp, reed, 
etc. 
VEGETABLE 
PLAITING 
MATERIALS Vegetable plaiting 
material 
(401) 
 Chap 14 Vegetable plaiting 
materials and other 
vegetable products of 
Chapter 14.     
PULPS OF FIBROUS 
CELLULOSIC 
MATERIAL Pulps of fibrous 
cellulosic material 
(402) 470610 
470691 Pulps of fibres derived 
from recovered 
fibrous cellulosic 
material, not 
chemically treated. Includes pulps 
of jute, flax, 
true hemp, 
sisal, etc. 
VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES Vegetable textile fibres 
(403) ex Chapter 53, except 
ex 5308.90 (paper yarn) 
and                ex 
5311.00 (woven fabrics 
of paper yarn). Vegetable textile 
fibres and articles 
thereof (yarn and 
woven fabrics) of 
Chapter 53 Better 
environmental 
performance of 
these materials 
compared to 
their alternatives. 
(404) 1521.10          
1521.90 Vegetable waxes; 
beeswax and other 
insect waxes Products 
harvested on 
trees without deforestation. OTHER NATURAL 
PRODUCTS 
  
 3404 Preparations 
exclusively made of a 
mixture of vegetable and/or animal waxes.   TN/TE/W/47/Add.1 
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SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY 
OBJECTIVE  
 SUB-SECTOR /ACTIVITY  HS  CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
  1515.90 (Wild) Shea butter, 
mechanically 
extracted, neither refined nor chemically 
modified Shea butter is 
extracted from 
the fruits of the wild shea tree, 
in Sahelian 
Africa, either by mechanical 
extraction or 
solvent extraction.  
Here are 
included naturally-
obtained shea 
butter, i.e.  neither solvant 
extracted nor 
refined, which is of a better 
quality. 
SUSTAINABLE 
AGRICULTURE OR 
GARDENING Organic fertilisers 
 3101 Animal or vegetable 
fertilisers Organic 
fertilisers are 
an essential 
input to 
organic 
farming 
  Natural pest control   1211.90 
1302.14 
3808.10 Biological plant 
protection products Includes 
micro-
organisms that 
have a limited impact on 
biodiversity, 
for example by targeting the 
pest to be 
controlled. 
ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
EC Policy objective:  
Promotion of energy efficiency in buildings  Fluorescent tubes  
  
8539 Lifetime around 
10.000 hours, up to 
over 20.000 hours.  
SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT  
Agenda 21  (chapter 9):  
development and promotion of more Public transport of 
persons/transport of 
goods:  railway and tramway   8601 
8603 
8606 8607 Rail locomotives and 
self-propelled railway 
or tramway coaches/vans/trucks  
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SECTOR /ACTIVITY  
AND 
ENV. POLICY 
OBJECTIVE  
 SUB-SECTOR /ACTIVITY  HS  CODE (INDICATIVE ) P RODUCTS  R EMARKS  
Other forms of 
sustainable transport  
 8901.90 Barges and similar 
vessels for the 
transport of persons or 
goods, on inland 
waterways.                    Parts thereof Inland 
waterways are 
a sustainable 
alternative to 
road transport (energy 
efficiency, 
safe, lower air pollution). efficient, less polluting 
and safer transport 
systems;                            
WSSD  para. 21:  
Providing safe, affordable and efficient 
transportation, 
increasing energy efficiency, reducing 
greenhouse gas 
emissions, congestion, adverse health effects 
and limiting urban 
sprawl by developing 
better vehicle 
technology  and multi-
modal transportation 
systems , including 
public mass 
transportation 
systems .       
 The EC also proposes to include in the definition of environmental goods products that have a label issued by a 
scheme included in the existing international network Global Ecolabelling Network (GEN) as defining environmental 
goods.  GEN labels are ISO type I eco-labelling schemes that  meet the general requirements and principles of ISO 14024 
while originating from various countries, both developed a nd developing countries.  At the same time, WTO Members 
should be ready to increase t echnical assistance to help developing countries set up and administer their own ecolabels 
within these parameters.  
 
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