RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE G/MA/TAR/RS/47
10February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0477)
Original: English Committee onMarket Access
RECTIFICATION AND MODIFICATION OFSCHEDULES
Schedule CXL -European Communities
Thefollowing communication, dated 4February 1998, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Delegation oftheEuropean Commission.
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Iattach herewith anotice concerning rectifications andmodifications toourSchedule CXL
related toITAproducts (5pages).
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Ifnoobjection isnotified totheSecretariat within threemonths fromthedateofthisdocument,
therectifications andmodifications toSchedule CXL -European Communities willbedeemed tobe
approved andwillbeformally certified.
Copies ofthisdocument areavailable inelectronic form (MSWord) from theDocuments
Dissemination Facility under "Market Access Schedules -Rectifications andModifications". Itisalso
available inpaper formfromtheMarket Access Division (Ms.Wood, Office 3142, Tel:7395079).G/MA/TAR/RS/47
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RECTIFICATION AND MODIFICATIONS OFSCHEDULES
SCHEDULE CXL -EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT (G/MA/TAR/RS16)1
CORRIGENDUM
Following areview ofthedocuments submitted under G/MA/TAR/RS/16 of2April to
incorporate inSchedule CXL thecommitments under theInformation Technology Agreement, the
attached corrections should bemade.
Attachment
Thecorrect 1997 baseratesforthefollowing headings are:
Base rate Final rate Implementation
8517.90.11 4.6% 0% 2000
8517.90.19 4.6% 0% 2000
8517.90.82 7.5% 0% 2000
8517.90.88 7.5% 0% 2000
8531.90.30 3.1% 0% 2000
8542.30.99 7.0% 0% 1999
8543.30.20 5.0% 0% 2000
Theconsequential changes forphasing are:
HS Base rate July1997 1998 1999 2000
8517.90.11 4.6 3.4 2.3 1.1 0.0
8517.90.19 4.46 3.4 2.3 1.1 0.0
8517.90.82 7.5 5.6 3.8 1.9 0.0
8517.90.88 7.5 5.6 3.8 1.9 0.0
8531.90.30 3.1 2.3 1.6 0.8 0.0
8542.30.99
(insert)7.0 3.5 1.8 0.0 0.0
8543.30.20 5.0 3.8 2.5 1.3 0.0
2. Thecorrect staging forthereductions from abaserateof3.2% to0%bytheyear2000
forthefollowing headings are:
8536.69.10 3.2 2.4 1.6 0.8 0.0
8536.69.30 3.2 2.4 1.6 0.8 0.0
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3. Thefollowing tariff numbers should bechanged tomatch those which appear inourCN
Tariff. There isnochange toproduct descriptions.
Revised Previous
842489.95 842489.80
846229.98 846229.99
847759.80 847759.90
847989.98 847989.95
847990.97 847990.98
851410.80 851410.90
851420.80 851420.90
851490.20 851490.10
851490.80 851490.90
852990.72 852990.70
852990.88 852990.89
853650.80 853650.90
854330.30 854330.20
854330.80 854330.90
854389.95 854389.90
854390.80 854390.90
Note: these changes should becarried through totheAnnex dealing withphasing ofreductions.
4. TheWorld Customs Organisation hasdebated theclassification ofmultimedia personal
computers andthegeneral view, which prevailed, wasthatsuchproducts nomatter what their
principal function aretobeclassified within 8471. TheEChasimplemented thisclassification
opinion bytransferring theproducts concerned, together withtheiraccompanying ratesofduty,
from 8528 and8543 to8471.
Theconsequential changes fortheITASchedule means thattheallreferences 8471.30.00,
8471.41.90, 8471.49.90, 8471.50, 8528.12.10, 8528.13.10 and8543.89.17 should bedeleted
andreplaced bythefollowing:
Base
rateFinal
rateImplementation
8471.30
8471 3010
8471 3091
8471 3099-Portable digital automatic data-processing
machines, weighing notmore than10kg,
consisting ofatleast acentral processing unit, a
keyboard andadisplay:
--Capable ofreceiving andprocessing television,
telecommunication, audio andvideo signals
--Other
---Capable ofreceiving andprocessing television
signals buthaving noother specific subsidiary
function
---Other3.5
5.0
14.0
3.50.0
0.0
0.0
0.02000
2000
2000
2000G/MA/TAR/RS/47
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Base
rateFinal
rateImplementation
8471 41
8471 4110Other digital automatic data-processing machines
--Comprising inthesame housing atleast acentral
processing unitandaninput andoutput unit,
whether ornotcombined
---(Unchanged)
----Other
8471 4130
8471 4191
8471 4199----Capable ofreceiving andprocessing
television, telecommunication, audio
andvideo signals
----Other
-----Capable ofreceiving andprocessing
television signals buthaving noother
specific subsidiary function
Other5.0
14.0
3.50.0
0.0
0.02000
2000
2000
8471 49
8471 4910
8471 4930---Other, presented intheform ofsystems
----Unchanged)
----Other
-----Capable ofreceiving andprocessing
television, telecommunication, audio
andvideo signals 5.0 0.0 2000
8471 4991
8471 4199-----Other
------Capable ofreceiving andprocessing
television signals buthaving noother
specific subsidiary function
------Other14.0
3.50.0
0.02000
2000
8471 50
8471 5010
8471 5030-Digital processing units other thanthose of
subheadings No8471 41and8471 49,whether
ornotcontaining inthesame housing oneortwo
ofthefollowing types ofunit: storage units, input
units, output units
--(Unchanged)
--Other
---Capable ofreceiving andprocessing television,
telecommunications, audio andvideo signals
--Other5.0 0.0 2000
8471 5091
8471 5099----Capable ofreceiving andprocessing television
signals buthaving onother specific
subsidiary functions
----Other14.0
3.50.0
0.02000
2000G/MA/TAR/RS/47
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Theresult ofthese changes are:
Previous Now
8528.12.10
8528.13.108471.30.91
41.91
49.91
50.91
8543.89.17 8471.30.10
41.30
49.30
50.30
8471.30.00 8471.30.99
8471 41.90 8471.41.99
8471.49.90 8471.49.99
8471.50.90 8471.50.99
Theconsequential changes fortheAnnex dealing withphasing require theinsertion of
thefollowing :
HS Base rate July1997 1998 1999 2000
8471 3010
8471 3091
8471 30995.0
14.0
3.53.8
10.5
2.62.5
7.0
1.81.3
3.5
0.90.0
0.0
0.0
8471 4130
8471 4191
8471 41995.0
14.0
3.53.8
10.5
2.62.5
7.0
1.81.3
3.5
0.90.0
0.0
0.0
8471 4930
8471 4991
8471 49995.0
14.0
3.53.8
10.5
2.62.5
7.0
1.81.3
3.5
0.90.0
0.0
0.0
8471 5030
8471 5091
8471 50995.0
14.0
3.53.8
10.5
2.62.5
7.0
1.81.3
3.5
0.90.0
0.0
0.0
5. Asaresult oftheabove thefollowing changes should bemade tothetariffreferences against
product descriptions inAttachment B:
Computers etc. Replace byfollowing reference: 8471.10.90 (unchanged), 8471 3010,
8471.30.91, 8471.30.99, 8471.41.30, 8471.41.91, 8471.41.99,
8471.49.30, 8471.49.91, 8471.49.99, 8471.50.30, 8471.50.91,
8471.50.99
Network equipment replace 8471.50.90 by8471.50.99G/MA/TAR/RS/47
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6. Other changes:
8543.89.79 Delete existing textandreplace bythefollowing:
- Apparatus enabling automatic dataprocessing machines andunitsthereof toprocess audio
signals (sound cards); upgrade kits,forautomatic dataprocessing machines andunits
thereof, putupforretail sale,consisting of,atleast, speakers and/or microphone, and
anelectronic assembly thatenables theautomatic dataprocessing machine andunitsthereof
toprocess audio signals (sound cards).
Thepurpose ofthischange istoremove anydoubt thatsound cards, whether considered
asfinished products orconsidered asparts (included in8543.90.20) havebeencovered.
8548.90.10 Delete existing textandreplace bythefollowing:
- Memories inmulticombinational forms suchasstack D-RAMs andmodules
Theheadinghasbeenenlargedtoprovidecoverageforothermulticombinationalmemories.
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