RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/C/W/328
24 October 2001
(01-5207)
Council for Trade in Goods Original:  English
REQUEST FOR A WTO WAIVER
New EC Special Tariff Arrangements to Combat Drug Production and Trafficking
The following communication, dated 23 October 2001, has been received from the Permanent
Delegation of the European Communities.
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The European Communities would like to hereby submit to the consideration of the Council
for Trade in Goods a request for a GATT Article I waiver, concerning the new EC special tariff
arrangements to combat drug production and traf ficking, whose text and two annexes are enclosed
herewith.
1. Purpose of the request
Since 1971, the European Community (hereafter “EC”) has applied autonomous tariff
preferences under a General System of Preferences. The current EC legal instrument, Council
Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 of 21 December 1998 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised
tariff preferences, will expire on 30 December 2001.
A new Council Regulation will establish a revised regime from the beginning of 2002 until
the end of 2004. As part of this revised regime, special autonomous tariff arrangements will be
provided to certain Members that are combating drug production and trafficking.
Those arrangements should be viewed in the context of the use of EC trade policy to favour
sustainable development and promote shared responsibility, so as to improve the conditions under
which countries dependent on trade in narcotics are able to develop alternative legitimate crops and
new industries capable of competing in the world market. They augment the benefits provided to the
region under the GSP, as well as the efforts of other nations to promote trade and economic
development in the region.
The EC presents this request for a waiver from the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article I of
the GATT 1994 to the extent necessary to permit the EC to provide preferential treatment for eligible
products originating in the countries beneficiary of the special GSP arrangements to combat drug
production and trafficking as provided by the relevant provisions of the revised EC GSP regime until31 December 2004, without being required to extend the same preferential treatment to the like
products of any other Member.
2. Description of the measures for which a waiver is requested
The revised special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking that should apply
from 1 January 2002 will be open to eligible products listed in Annex I originating in Bolivia,G/C/W/328
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Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama,
Peru and Venezuela.
Because the special arrangements are only available to imports originating in those Members,
a waiver from the provisions of paragraph 1 of Article I of the GATT 1994 appears necessary beforethey can effectively enter into force for reasons of legal certainty.
Under the arrangements,-the ad valorem  duties applied by the EC under its common customs tariff are entirely
suspended for the eligible products, except for shrimps falling under CN code 0306 13, for which the
applicable duty is 3,6%,
and- the specific duties applied by the EC under its common customs tariff are entirely suspended
for the eligible products, except for products for which common customs tariff duties also include ad
valorem  duties, and except sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa, falling under CN codes 1704 10
91 and 1704 10 99, for which the specific duty is limited to 16% of the customs value.
The suspension is however without prejudice to the right for the EC to withdraw temporarily
the arrangements under certain conditions (for example, in case of shortcomings in customs controlson export or transit of drugs or failure to comply with international conventions on money laundering)
or to apply safeguard measures.
Furthermore, the arrangements shall be subject to appropriate monitoring and evaluation of its effects.
3. Circumstances justifying the waiver
The Members beneficiary of the special arrangements are engaged in a fight against drug
production and trafficking.
Special tariff preferences on a wide range of products going beyond the normal GSP benefits
are necessary to help these countries stimulate economic growth and trade opportunities that would
offer people in drug-producing areas the concrete ability to move out of illicit drugs and intolegitimate products.
The tariff preferences provided under the special arrangements do not create any impediment
to the reduction or the elimination of tariffs or other restrictions to trade on a most-favoured-nation
basis. The tariff preferences under the special arrangements will not affect benefits to otherdeveloping countries under the EC’s GSP programme.
4. Conclusion
The EC requests on the basis of Article IX :3 of the Marrakech Agreement Establishing the
World Trade Organisation a waiver from the obligations of the European Communities under
Article I :1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 with respect to the granting of
preferential tariff treatment for products originat ing in selected Members as provided for in the
revised special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking.
The EC requests that the Council for Trade in Goods give its application for a waiver
expeditious and favourable consideration. In the meantime, the EC is prepared to give full
consideration to representations made to it by other WTO Members and to engage in consultations
with them as may be necessary.G/C/W/328
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ANNEX I
List of products included in the special arrang ements to combat drug production and trafficking
CN code:  For reasons of simplification, products are listed in groups. These may include products for
which Common Customs Tariff duties are exempted or suspended. Where certain arrangements
include a group of products while other arrangements include only certain products of the same group,
these products are also listed individually. In that case, individual products belonging to a group of
products included in certain arrangements are again shown as included in those arrangements.
Description:  Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the
description of products is to be considered as indicative, the tariff preferences being determined by theCN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the tariff preferences are to be determined by the CN
code and the description together.
CN Code Description
Live horses other than pure-bred breeding animals:
0101 19 90 Other than for slaughter
0104 20 10 Live pure-bred breeding goats
0106 00 10 Live domestic rabbits
0106 00 20 Live pigeons
0205 00 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen
0206 80 91 Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled, other than for the
manufacture of pharmaceutical products
0206 90 91 Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozen, other than for the
manufacture of pharmaceutical products
0208 Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen
0208 10 Of rabbits or hares
0208 90 Other, excluding products of 0208 90 50
Chapter 03 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC
INVERTEBRATES
Live fish:
0301 91 90 Other trout
ex 0301 99 90 Saltwater fish: dogfish and other sharks ( Squalus spp .), porbeagles ( Lamna
cornubica; Isurus nasus ), lesser or Greenland halibut ( Rheinhardtius
hippoglossoides ), Atlantic halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus )
Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of 0304:
0302 11 90 Other trout
Flat fish ( Pleuronectidae , Bothidae , Cynoglossidae , Soleidae , Scophthalmidae
and Citharidae ) , excluding livers and roes:
0302 21 10 Lesser or Greenland halibut ( Reinhardtius hippoglossoides )
0302 21 30 Atlantic halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus )
0302 22 00 Plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa )
0302 62 00 Haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
0302 63 00 Coalfish ( Pollachius virens )
0302 65 Dogfish and other sharks
0302 69 33 Redfish ( Sebastes spp .) other than of the species Sebastes marinus
0302 69 41 Whiting ( Merlangius merlangus )G/C/W/328
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CN Code Description
0302 69 45 Ling ( Molva spp .)
0302 69 51 Alaska pollack ( Theragra chalcogramma ) and pollack ( Pollachius pollachius )
0302 69 85 Blue whiting ( Micromesistius poutassou  or Gadus poutassou )
0302 69 86 Southern blue whiting ( Micromesistius australis )
0302 69 92 Pink cusk-eel ( Genypterus blacodes )
Ex 0302 69 98 Other
0302 70 00 Livers and roes, fresh or chilled
Fish, frozen, excluding fish fill ets and other fish meat of 0304:
0303 21 90 Other trout
Flat fish ( Pleuronectidae , Bothidae , Cynoglossidae , Soleidae , Scophthalmidae
and Citharidae ), excluding livers and roes
0303 31 10 Lesser or Greenland halibut ( Reinhardtius hippoglossoides )
0303 31 30 Atlantic halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus )
0303 33 00 Sole ( Solea spp .)
0303 39 10 Flounder ( Platichthys flesus )
0303 72 00 Haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
0303 73 00 Coalfish ( Pollachius virens )
0303 75 Dogfish and other sharks
0303 79 37 Redfish ( Sebastes spp .) other than of the species Sebastes marinus
0303 79 45 Whiting ( Merlangius merlangus )
0303 79 51 Ling ( Molva spp .)
0303 79 58 Fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor :
0303 79 83 Blue whiting ( Micromesistius poutassou  or Gadus poutassou )
0303 79 85 Southern blue whiting ( Micromesistius australis )
0303 79 87 Swordfish ( Xiphias gladius )
0303 79 88 Toothfish ( Dissostichus spp )
0303 79 92 Blue grenadier ( Macruronus novaezealandiae )
0303 79 93 Pink cusk-eel ( Genypterus blacodes )
0303 79 94 Fish of the species Pelotreis flavilatus  and Peltorhamphus novaezealandiae
0303 79 98 Other
0303 80 90 Other livers and roes
Fish fillets and other fish meat:
0304 10 11 Fillets of trout of the species Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss , Oncorhynchus
clarki , Oncorhynchus aguabonita  and Oncorhynchus gilae
ex 0304 10 98 Fillets other than flaps of herring: of dogfish and other sharks ( Squalus spp .),
porbeagles (Lamna cornubica, Isurus nasus ), lesser or Greenland halibut
(Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides ), Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus )
Frozen fillets of freshwater fish:
0304 20 11 Of trout of the species Salmo trutta , Oncorhynchus mykiss , Oncorhynchus clarki ,
Oncorhynchus agubonita  and Oncorhynchus gilae
0304 20 21 Of cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus
0304 20 29 Of other cod and of fish of the species Boreogadus saida
0304 20 31 Of coalfish ( Pollachius virens )
0304 20 33 Of haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
0304 20 37 Of other redfish ( Sebastes spp .) than of the species Sebastes marinus
0304 20 41 Of whiting ( Merlangius merlangus )
0304 20 43 Of ling ( Molva spp .)G/C/W/328
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CN Code Description
0304 20 55
0304 20 56
0304 20 580304 20 59Of hake ( Merluccius spp., Urophycis  spp.)
0304 20 61
0304 20 69Of dogfish ( Squalus acanthias  and Scyliorhinus spp.)
Of other sharks
0304 20 71 Of plaice ( Pleuronectes platessa )
0304 20 73 Of flounder ( Platichthys flesus )
0304 20 87 Of swordfish ( Xiphias gladius )
0304 20 91 Of blue grenadier ( Macruronus novaezealandiae )
Ex 0304 20 95 Other: of halibut ( Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus hippoglossus,
Hippoglossus stenolepsis)
0304 90 39 Of other cod
0304 90 41 Of coalfish ( Pollachius virens )
0304 90 45 Of haddock ( Melanogrammus aeglefinus )
0304 90 47
0304 90 49Of hake ( Merluccius  and Urophycis )
0304 90 57 Of monkfish ( Lophius  spp.)
0304 90 59 Of blue whiting ( Micromesistius poutassou  or Gadus poutassou )
0304 90 97 Of other saltwater fish
Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or
during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human
consumption:
ex 0305 30 90 Dried fish of the species Clupea ilisha , in brine
0305 59 70 Atlantic halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus )
0305 69 30 Atlantic halibut ( Hippoglossus hippoglossus )
0305 69 50 Pacific salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka , Oncorhynchus gorbuscha , Oncorhynchus
keta, Oncorhynchus tschawytscha , Oncorhynchus kisutch , Oncorhynchus masou
and Oncorhynchus rhodurus ), Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) and Danube salmon
(Hucho hucho ), salted or in brine
ex 0305 69 90 Salted fish of the species Clupea ilisha , in brine
Crustaceans, frozen:
0306 11 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish ( Palinurus  spp., Panulirus  spp., Jasus  spp.)
0306 12 Lobsters ( Homarus  spp.)
0306 13 Shrimps and prawns, excluding products of 0306 13 30
0306 14 Crabs
0306 19 10 Freshwater crayfish
0306 19 90 Other crustaceans, including flours, m eals and pellets, fit for human consumption
Crustaceans, not frozen:
0306 21 00 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish ( Palinurus  spp., Panulirus  spp., Jasus  spp.)
0306 22 Lobsters ( Homarus  spp.)
Shrimps and prawns:
0306 23 10 Of the family Pandalidae
0306 23 90 Other
0306 24 Crabs
Other croustaceans, including flours, meals and pellets:
0306 29 10 Freshwater crayfish
ex 0306 29 90 Puerullus  spp.G/C/W/328
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CN Code Description
Molluscs, whether in shell or not, and aquatic invertebrates other than
crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine;
flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans: fit forhuman consumption:
0307 10 90 Oysters
0307 21 00 Scallops, live, fresh or chilled
0307 29 Other scallops
0307 31 Mussels ( Mytilus  spp, Perna  spp), live, fresh or chilled
0307 39 Other mussels
0307 41 Cuttle fish and squid,  live, fresh or chilled
0307 49 Other cuttle fish and squids, excluding products of
0307 49 59
0307 51 00 Octopus ( Octopus  spp.), live, fresh or chilled
0307 59 Other octopus
Other molluscs, including flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other
than crustaceans, fit for human consumption:
0307 91 00 Live, fresh or chilled
Frozen:
0307 99 13 Striped venus and other species of the family Veneridae
0307 99 18 Other aquatic invertebrates
0307 99 90 Other than frozen
0407 00 90 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked other than of poultry
0409 00 00 Natural honey
0410 00 00 Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
Chapter 05 PRODUCTS OF  ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR
INCLUDED
0509 00 90 Natural sponges of animal origin, other than raw
Chapter 06 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS, AND THE LIKE;
CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes,   chicory plants and
roots other than roots of 1212:
0601 10 Dormant
0601 20 Chicory plants and roots, other than roots of 1212
Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn:
0602 10 90 Unrooted cuttings and slips, other than of vines
0602 20 90 Trees, shrubs and bushes of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts, other than vine
slips, grafted or rooted
0602 30 00 Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not
0602 40 Roses, grafted or not
0602 90 Other
0603 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental
purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared
0604 Foliage, branches and other parts of plants, without flowers or flower buds, and
grasses, being goods of a kind suitable for bouquets of for ornamental purposes,
dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared, excluding products of 0604
91 41G/C/W/328
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CN Code Description
0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled:
0706 90 30 Horseradish ( cochleria armoricia ), fresh or chilled
ex 0707 00 05 Cucumber, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October
0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled
Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:
ex 0709 20 00 Asparagus, from 1 October to 31 January
0709 30 00 Aubergines (egg-plants)
0709 40 00 Celery other than celeriac
0709 51 30 Chanterelles
0709 60 10 Sweet peppers
0709 60 99 Fruits of the genus Capsicum  or of the genus Pimenta , other than sweet peppers
0709 90 70 Courgettes
0709 90 90 Other
ex 0710 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen,
excluding products of  0710 80 10,0710 80 70 and 0710 80 85
0710 80 70 Tomatoes
0710 80 85 Asparagus
ex 0711 Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in
brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that
state for immediate consumption, excl uding products of 0711 20 10 and 0711 20
90
ex 0712 Dried vegetables, whole, cut, slice d, broken or in powder, but not further
prepared, excluding olives and products of 0712 90 11 and 0712 90 19
0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split:
0713 50 00 Broad beans ( Vicia faba  var. major ) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina ,
Vicia faba  var. minor )
0713 90 Other
0803 00 90 Bananas, including plantains, dried
0804 10 00 Dates, fresh or dried
0804 30 00 Pineapples, fresh or dried
0804 40 00 Avocados, fresh or dried
Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:
ex 0805 20 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and
similar citrus hybrids,from 15 May to 15 September
0805 30 90 Limes ( Citrus aurantifolia ), fresh or dried
0805 90 00 Other
0807 11 00 Watermelons
0807 19 00 Other melons
0809 20 05 Sour cherries ( Prunus cerasus ), fresh
0809 40 90 Sloes
0810 20 Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries
0810 30 Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries
0810 40 30 Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus
0810 40 50 Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon  and Vaccinium corymbosum
0810 40 90 Other cranberries, bilberries and other fruits of the genus Vaccinium
0810 50 00 Kiwifruit
0810 90 85 OtherG/C/W/328
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CN Code Description
0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen,
whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:
0811 20 Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- or redcurrants
and gooseberries
ex 0811 90 Other, excluding products of  0811 90 75
ex 0812 Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in
brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that
state for immediate consumption, excl uding products of 0812 90 30 and 0812
9095
0812 90 95 Other
Fruit, dried, other than of 0801 to 0806; mi xtures of nuts or dried fruits of this
chapter:
0813 10 00 Apricots
0813 20 00 Prunes
0813 30 00 Apples
0813 40 10 Peaches, including nectarines
0813 40 30 Pears, dried
Mixtures of nuts of dried fruit, other than of 0801 to 0806:
0813 50 12 Containing papaws, tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruits, sapodillo,
plums, passion fruit, carambola and potahaya
0813 50 15 Other
0813 50 19 Containing prunes
Mixtures exclusively of dried nuts of 0801 and 0802
ex 0813 50 31 Mixtures exclusively of coconut, Brazil nut, cashew nut, areca (or betel) nuts or
colanuts
ex 0813 50 91 Mixtures of dried guavas, mang oes and mangosteens, papaws, tamarind, cashew
apples, jackfruit, lychees or sapodillo plums
0901 12 00 Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated
0901 21 00 Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated
0901 22 00 Coffee, roasted, decaffeinated
0901 90 90 Coffee substitutes containing coffee
0904 20 10 Sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed nor ground:
0910 40 Thyme, bay leaves
0910 91 90 Mixtures of spices, crushed or ground
0910 99 99 Other spices, crushed or  ground, other than mixtures
ex 1008 90 90 Quinoa
1105 Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes
Flour, meal and powder:
1106 10 00 Of the dried leguminous vegetables of 0713
1106 30 Of the products of Chapter 8
ex Chapter 12 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS,
SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW
AND FODDER, excluding products of 1212 91 and 1212 92
1208 10 00 Flours and meals of soya beans
1209 11 00 Sugar beet seed, of a kind used for sowing
1210 Hop cones; fresh or dried, whether  or not ground, powdered,  or in the form of
pellets; lupulin
1212 10 Locust beans, including locust bean seedsG/C/W/328
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CN Code Description
1214 90 10 Mangolds, swedes and other fodder roots
Chapter 13 LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS
1302 13 00 Vegetable saps and extracts of hops
1302 20 Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates
1503 00 19 Lard stearin and oleostearin other than for industrial use
1503 00 90 Other
ex 1504 Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modified, excluding products of ex 1504 30 00
(whale oil or sperm oil)
1504 10 10 Fish-liver oils and their fractions, of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2 500
IU/g
1504 20 10 Solid fractions of fish, other than liver oils
ex 1504 30 10 Solid fractions of marine mammals,  other than whale oil or sperm oil
1505 10 00 Wool grease, crude
1507 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically
modified
1508 Groundnut oil and its fractions, not chemically modified
1511 10 90 Crude oil, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture
of foodstuffs for human consumption
1511 90 Other
1512 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, not
chemically modified
1513 Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modified
15 13 11 Coconut (copra) oil and its fractions
1513 19 Other than crude oil
Palm kernel or babassu oil, and fractions thereof:
1513 21 Crude oil
1513 29 Other than crude oil
1514 Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, not chemically modified
1515 Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions,
whether or not refined, but not chemically modified
 1516 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly
hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterifie d or elaidinised, whether or not refined,
but not further prepared, excluding products of 1516 20 10
1517 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats and oils
1518 00 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised,
dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or
otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of 1516; inedible mixtures or
preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or
oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included
1522 00 10 Degras
1522 00 91 Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks
Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:
1602 20 111602 20 19Goose or duck liver
Of swine:G/C/W/328
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CN Code Description
1602 41 90 Ham and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine
1602 42 90 Shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine
1602 49 90 Other, including mixtures, other than of domestic swine
1602 50 311602 50 39
1602 50 80Of bovine animals
Other, including preparations of blood of any animal:
1602 90 31 Of game or rabbit
1602 90 41 Of reindeer
1602 90 69
1602 90 721602 90 74
1602 90 76
1602 90 78
1602 90 98Other
1603 00 10 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic
invertebrates, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or less
1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs
Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced:
1604 11 00 Salmon
1604 13 11 Sardines in olive oil
1604 13 90 Other than sardines
1604 15 Makerel
1604 19 10 Salmonidae, other than salmon
1604 19 50 Fish of the species Orcynopsis  unicolor
1604 19 91
1604 19 92
1604 19 93
1604 19 94
1604 19 95
1604 19 98Fillets, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not prefried in
oil, deep frozenCod ( Gadus morhua , Gadus ogac , Gadus macrocephalus )
Coalfish (( Pollachius virens )
Hake ( Merluccius  spp., Urophycis  spp.)
Alaska Pollack ( Theragra chalcogramma ) and pollack ( Pollachius pollachius )
Other
1604 20 05 Preparations of surimi
1604 20 10 Preparations of salmon
1604 20 30 Preparations of salmonidae, other than salmon
ex 1604 20 50 Preparations of mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus  and Scomber
japonicus , fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor
ex 1604 20 90 Preparations of smoked coalfish; brisling or sprats ( Sprattus sprattus ), mackerel
(Scomber australasicus ) and lamprey, minced
1604 30 Caviar and caviar substitutes
1605 Crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved
1702 50 00 Chemically pure fructose
1702 90 10 Chemically pure maltose
1704 Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa
Chapter 18 COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS
1803 Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted
1804 00 00 Cocoa butter, fat and oilG/C/W/328
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CN Code Description
1805 00 00 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter
1806 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa
ex Chapter 19 PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK;
PASTRYCOOKS’ PRODUCTS, excluding products of 1901 20 00, 1901 90 91,
1902 20 30, 1904 20 95 and 1904 20 99
1902 20 30 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared, containing more
than 20% by weight of sausages and the like, of meat and meat offal of any kind,
including fats of any kind or origin
1904 20 95 Prepared foods obtained from rice
1904 20 99 Other
Chapter 20 PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF
PLANTS
2001 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by
vinegar or acetic acid:
2003 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or
acetic acid
2004 Other vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
frozen, other than products of 2006
2005 Other vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
not frozen, other than products of 2006
2006 Vegetables, fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar
(drained, glacé or crystallised)
2007 10 Homogenised preparations of jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée
and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing
added sugar or other sweetening matter
2007 91 Citrus fruit
Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved,
whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not
elsewhere specified or included:
2008 11 Groundnuts
2008 19 Nuts and other seeds, other than groundnuts
2008 20 51
2008 20 59
2008 20 71
2008 20 792008 20 91
2008 20 99Pineapples not containing added spirit
2008 30 11
2008 30 312008 30 39Citrus fruit containing added spirit
2008 30 51
2008 30 55
2008 30 59
2008 30 71
2008 30 75
2008 30 792008 30 91
2008 30 99Citrus fruit not containing added spiritG/C/W/328
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CN Code Description
2008 40 11
2008 40 21
2008 40 292008 40 39Pears containing added spirit
2008 60 11
2008 60 31
2008 60 39Cherries containing added spirit
2008 60 59
2008 60 69
2008 60 79
2008 60 99Cherries not containing added spirit
2008 70 11
2008 70 31
2008 70 39
2008 70 59Peaches containing added spirit
ex2008 80 Strawberries, excluding  products of 2008 80 19
2008 91 00 Palm hearts
ex2008 92 Mixtures, excluding products of 2008 92 16 and 2008 92 18
2008 99 11
2008 99 19
2008 99 232008 99 25
2008 99 26
2008 99 28
2008 99 36
2008 99 382008 99 40 Other mixtures containing added spirit
2008 99 43
2008 99 45
2008 99 462008 99 47
2008 99 49
2008 99 53
2008 99 55
2008 99 612008 99 62
2008 99 68
2008 99 72
2008 99 74
2008 99 792008 99 85
2008 99 91
2008 99 99Other mixtures not containing added spirit
2009 11 19
2009 11 91
2009 11 99 Frozen orange juice
2009 19 19
2009 19 91
2009 19 99Orange juice, other than frozenG/C/W/328
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2009 20 19
2009 20 91
2009 20 99 Grapefruit juice
2009 30 19
2009 30 312009 30 39
2009 30 51
2009 30 55
2009 30 59
2009 30 912009 30 95
2009 30 99Juice of any other single citrus fruit
2009 40 19
2009 40 302009 40 91
2009 40 93
2009 40 99 Pineapple juice
2009 70 19
2009 70 30
2009 70 91
2009 70 932009 70 99Apple juice
2009 80 19
2009 80 36
2009 80 38
2009 80 50
2009 80 61
2009 80 63
2009 80 69
2009 80 712009 80 73
2009 80 83
2009 80 84
2009 80 86
2009 80 882009 80 89
2009 80 95
2009 80 96
2009 80 97
2009 80 99Juice of any other single fruit or vegetableG/C/W/328
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2009 90 19
2009 90 29
2009 90 392009 90 41
2009 90 49
2009 90 51
2009 90 59
2009 90 712009 90 73
2009 90 79
2009 90 92
2009 90 94
2009 90 952009 90 96
2009 90 97
2009 90 98 Mixtures of juices
ex Chapter 21 MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS, excluding products of  2106
90 30, 2106 90 51, 2106 90 55 and
2106 9059
2101 11 Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee
2101 12 Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee or with a
basis of coffee
2101 30 Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and
concentrates thereof
2102 10 Active yeasts
2102 20 11 Inactive yeasts, in tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net
content not exceeding 1 kg
2102 30 00 Prepared baking powders
2103 Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings;
mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard
2104 Soups and broths and preparations thereof; homogenised composite food
preparations
2105 00 Ice-cream and other edible ice
2106 90 10 Cheese fondues
2106 90 20 Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous
substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages
2106 90 922106 90 98Other than flavoured or coloured sugar syrups
ex Chapter 22 BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR, excluding products of 2204 10 11 to
2204 30 10, 2206 00 10 and2208 40
2202 10 00 Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or
sweetening matter or flavoured
2202 90 Other non-alcoholic beverages
2205 Vermouths and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic
substancesG/C/W/328
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2206 Other fermented beverages; mixtures of fermented beverages and  mixtures of
fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specifies or
included
2207 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or
higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength
2208 90 912208 90 99Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 %
volume
2209 Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid
Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets, derived
from the milling, sifting or other working of leguminous plants:
2302 50 00 Of leguminous plants
Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, ofa kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included:
2309 10 90 Dog or cat food put up for retail sale, other than containing starch, glucose syrup,
maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup of 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90,
1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk products
Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:
2309 90 91 Beetpulp with added molasses
2309 90 93 Premixtures
2309 90 952309 90 97Other
Chapter 24 TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES
2814 Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution
2815 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash);
peroxides of sodium or potassium
2817 00 00 Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide
2818 10 Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined
2819 Chromium oxides and hydroxides
2820 Manganese oxides
2823 00 00 Titanium oxides
2825 10 00 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts
2825 80 00 Antimony oxides
2827 10 00 - Ammonium chloride
2827 32 00 - Aluminium chloride
2834 10 00 Nitrites
2835 Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites), phosphates and
polyphosphates
2836 20 00 - Disodium carbonate
2836 40 00 - Potassium carbonates
2836 60 00 - Barium carbonate
2841 61 00 Potassium permanganate
2849 20 00 Carbides of silicon
2849 90 30 Carbides of tungsten
2850 00 70 Silicides
2903 Halogeanted derivatives of hydrocarbons
2904 20 00 Derivatives of hydrocarbons, contai ning only nitro or only nitroso groupsG/C/W/328
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ex 2905 Acyclic alcohols and thier halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives, excluding products of 2905 43 00, 2904 44 and 2905 45 00
2907 15 90 Naphthols and their salts other than 1-Naphtol:
2907 22 10 Hydroquinone (quinol)
2909 Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides,
ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their
halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
2912 41 00 Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde)
2914 11 00 Acetone
2914 21 00 Camphor
2914 22 00 Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanones
2915 Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides
and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosatedderivatives
2916 11 10 Acrylic acid
2916 12 Esters of acrylic acid
2916 14 Esters of methacrylic acid
2917 11 00 Oxalic acid, its salts and esters
2917 12 10 Adipic acid, and its salts
2917 14 00 Maleic anhydride
2917 32 00 Dioctyl orthophthalates
2917 35 00 Phthalic anhydride
2917 36 00 Terephthalic acid and its salts
2918 14 00 Citric acid
2918 15 00 Salts and esters of citric acid
2918 21 00 Salicylic acid and its salts
2918 22 00 O-Acetysalicylic acid, its salts and esters
2918 29 10 Sulfosalicylic acids, hydroxynaphthoic acids; its salts and esters
2921 Amino-function compounds
2922 Oxygen-function amino-compounds
2924 10 00 Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof
2924 21 Ureines and their derivatives; salts thereof
2924 29 30 Paracetamol (INN)
2924 29 90 Other carboxyamide-function compounds
2926 10 00 Acrylnitrile
2927 00 00 Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds
2929 10 Isocyanates
2930 40 90
2930 90 12
2930 90 142930 90 16
2930 90 20
2930 90 70Organo-sulphur compounds
2932 12 00 2-Furaldehyde (furfural)
2932 13 00 Furfurylic alcohol and tetrahydrofurfurylic alcohol
2932 21 00 Coumarin, methylcoumarins and ethylcoumarins
2933 61 00 Melamine
2935 00 90 SulphonamidesG/C/W/328
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2940 00 90 Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and
fructose; sugar ethers and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of
2937, 2938 or 2939, other than rahmnose, raffinose and mannose
3102 Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous
3103 10 Superphosphates
3105 Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements
nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in
tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg
3204 Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined;
preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic
products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores,
whether or not chemically defined
3206 Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other
than those of 3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used as
luminophores, whether or not chemically defined
3501 Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues
3507 Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included
3802 Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including
spent animal black
3817 Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of 2707 and
2902
3823 Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty
alcohols
3901 Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms,
3902 Polymers of propylene or other olefins, in primary forms
3903 Polymers of styrene, in primary forms
3904 Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms
3906 10 00 Polymethyl methacrylate
3907 10 00 Polyacetals
3907 60 00 Polyethylene terephthalate
3907 99 Other polyesters, other than unsaturated
3908 Polyamides in primary form
3920 Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not
reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials
3921 90 19 Other plates, sheets, foil and strip, of plastics other than cellular products, of
polyesters, other than corrugated sheets and plates
3923 21 00 Sacks and bags (including cones) of ethylene polymers
4010 Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber
ex 4104 Leather of bovine or equine animals, without hair on, other than leather of 4108
or 4109,  excluding products of
4104 10 91
4105 20 00 Sheep or lamb skin leather, parchment-dressed or prepared after tanning, without
wool on, other than leather of 4108 or 4109
4106 20 00 Parchment-dressed or prepared after tanning
4108 00 Chamois leather
4109 00 00 Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather
4111 00 00 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or
strip, whether or not in rollsG/C/W/328
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4202 Trunks, suitcases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels,
spectacle cses, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun
cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, toilet bags, rucksacks,handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-
pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes,
cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of
sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or
wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper
4203 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather
4410 Particle board and similar board of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or
not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances
4411 Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with
resins or other organic substances
4412 Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood
4418 10
4418 20 10
4418 30 10Builders' joinery or carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels,
assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes
4420 10 11ex 4420 90 104420 90 91Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and
similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; woodenarticles of furniture not falling within Chapter 94
4503 Articles of natural cork
Chapter 46 MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING
MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK
4820 10 30 Notebooks, letter pads and memorandum pads
4903 00 00 Children’s picture, drawing or colouring books
4905 10 00 Globes
4908 Transfers (decalcomanias)
4909 00 Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings,
messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without
envelopes or trimmings
4910 00 00 Calandars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks
4911 Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs
Chapter 50 SILK
ex Chapter 51 WOOL, FINE OR COARSE ANIMAL HAIR; YARN AND WOVEN
FABRICS, excluding products of 5105
Chapter 52 COTTON
Chapter 53 OTHER VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES; PAPER YARN AND WOVEN
FABRICS OF PAPER YARN
Chapter 54 MAN-MADE FILAMENTS
Chapter 55 MAN-MADE STAPLE FIBRESG/C/W/328
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Chapter 56 WADDING, FELT AND NONWOVENS; SPECIAL YARNS; TWINE,
CORDAGE, ROPES AND CABLES AND ARTICLES THEREOF
Chapter 57 CARPETS AND OTHER TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS
Chapter 58 SPECIAL WOVEN FABRICS; TUFTED TEXTILE FABRICS; LACE;
TAPESTRIES; TRIMMINGS; EMBROIDERY
Chapter 59 IMPREGNATED, COATED, COVERED OR LAMINATED TEXTILE
FABRICS; TEXTILE ARTICLES OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL
USE
Chapter 60 KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS
Chapter 61 ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, KNITTED OR
CROCHETED
Chapter 62 ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, NOT
KNITTED OR CROCHETED
Chapter 63 OTHER MADE-UP TEXTILE ARTICLES; SETS; WORN CLOTHING AND
WORN TEXTILE ARTICLES
Chapter 64 FOOTWEAR, GAITERS AND THE LIKE; PARTS OF SUCH ARTICLES
Chapter 66 UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, SEAT STICKS,
WHIPS, RIDING CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF
Chapter 69 CERAMIC PRODUCTS
Chapter 70 GLASS AND GLASSWARE
7117 Imitation jewellery
7202 Ferro-alloys
Chapter 74 COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOF
ex Chapter 76 ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7601
ex Chapter 78 LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7801
ex Chapter 79 ZINC AND ARTICLES THEREO F, excluding products of 7901 and 7903
ex Chapter 81 OTHER BASE METALS; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding
products of 8101 10 00, 8101 91 10, 8102 10 00, 8102 91 10, 8104 11 00, 810419 00,
8107 10 10, 8108 10, 8109 10 10, 8110 00 11, 8112 20 31, 8112 30 20, 8112 91
and 8113 00 20G/C/W/328
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Chapter 82 TOLLS, IMPLEMENTS, CUTLERY, SPOONS AND FORKS, OF BASE
METAL; PARTS THEREOF OF BASE METAL
Chapter 83 MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL
8401 10 00 Nuclear reactors
8407 21 10 Marine propulsion engines, outboard motors, of a cylinder capacity not
exceeding 325 cm3
8516 50 00 Microwave ovens
8519 Turntables (record decks), record-players, cassette-players and other sound-
producing apparatus, not incorporating a sound-recording device
8520 32 99 Digital audio type, other than cassette-type
8520 39 90 Magnetic tape-recorders and other sound-recording apparatus, other than using
tapes on reels, allowing sound recording or reproduction either at a single speed
of 19 cm per second or at several speeds if those comprise only 19 cm per secondand lower speeds
8521 Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video
turner
8525 Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting
or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound
recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras, still image videocameras and other video camera recorders
8527 Reception apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy or radio-broadcasting,
whether or not combined, in the dame housing, with sound recording or
reproducing apparatus or a clock
ex 8528 Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast
receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus, excluding
products of 8528 13 00, video monitors and video projectors
8529 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of 8525 to 8528
8540 118540 12Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes
8702 Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 persons or more, including the driver
8703 Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of
persons (other than those of 8702), including station wagons and racing cars
8704 218704 22
8704 23
8704 31
8704 328704 90 00Motor vehicles for the transport of goods
8705 Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the
transport of persons or goods (for exampl e, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire-
fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road-sweeper lorries, spraying lorries,
mobile workshops, mobile radiological units)
8706 00 Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705
8707 Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705
8708 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705G/C/W/328
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8709 Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the
type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance
transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms; parts ofthe forgoing vehicles
8711 Motor-cycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with
or without side-cars; side cars
8712 00 Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised
8714 Parts and accessories of vehicles of 8711 to 8713
Chapter 90 OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC,  CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING,
CHECKING, PRECISION MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND
APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF
Chapter 91 CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF
9405 Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts
thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated
name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts
thereof not elsewhere specified or included
9503 Other toys; reduced-size (‘scale´) models and similar recreational models,
working or not; puzzles of all kindsG/C/W/328
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ANNEX II
Draft Decision of [date of decision]
The General Council,
HAVING REGARD TO paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article IX of the Marrakech Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organisation (the "W TO Agreement"), the Guiding Principles to be
followed in considering applications for waiv ers adopted on 1 November 1956 (BISD 5S/25), the
Understanding in Respect to Waivers of Obligations under the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade 1994, paragraph 3 of Article IX of the WTO Agreement, and Decision-Making Proceduresunder Articles IX and XII of the WTO Agreement agreed by the General Council (WT/L/93);
CONDUCTING  the function of the Ministerial Conference in the interval between meetings
pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article IV of the WTO Agreement;
TAKING NOTE  of the request of the European Community (the “EC”) for a waiver from the
obligations of the EC under paragraph 1 of Article I of the General Agreement with respect to the
granting of preferential treatment for eligible products originating in certain Members as provided
under the special GSP arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking (hereinafter also
referred to as “the special arrangements”);
CONSIDERING the exceptional situation of the deve loping countries beneficiary of the special
arrangements and that the objective of these arrangements is to assist the trade and economic
development of beneficiary developing countries by  encouraging the expansion of trade in legitimate
products as an alternative to the production and trafficking of illicit narcotics;
CONSIDERING also that the pref erential treatment provided under the special arrangements is
designed to promote the expansion of trade and economic development of beneficiaries in a manner
consistent with the objectives of the GATT 1994 and with the trade, financial and development needs of
the beneficiary countries, and not to raise barriers or  to create difficulties for trade of other Members;
NOTING the assurances given by the EC that it will, upon request, promptly enter into
consultations with any interested Member with respec t to any difficulty or matter that may arise as a
result of the implementation of the special arrangements;
NOTING  that, in light of the foregoing, the exceptional circumstances justifying a waiver
from paragraph 1 of Article I of the General Agreement exist;
DECIDES as follows:
1. Subject to the terms and conditions set out hereunder, Article I, paragraph 1 of the General
Agreement shall be waived, until 31 December 2004, to the extent necessary to permit the ECto provide preferential tariff treatment to eligible products originating in certain Latin-
American Members as provided under the special GSP arrangements to combat drug
production and trafficking, without being required to extend the same preferential treatment to
like products of any other Member.
2. The EC shall promptly notify the General Council  of any changes in the preferential treatment
to eligible products originating in the beneficiary countries of the special arrangements.G/C/W/328
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3. The EC will, upon request, promptly enter into consultations with any interested Member
with respect to any difficulty or matter that may arise as a result of the implementation of the
special arrangements covered by this waiver; where a Member considers that any benefit
accruing to it under the General Agreement may be or is being impaired unduly as a result of
such implementation, such consultations shall examine the possibility of action  for asatisfactory adjustment of the matter.
4. Any Member which considers that the special arrangements covered by this waiver are being
applied inconsistently with this waiver or that any benefit accruing to it under the General
Agreement may be or is being impaired unduly as a result of the implementation of the
special arrangements covered by this waiver and that consultations have proved
unsatisfactory, may bring the matter before the General Council , which will examine it
promptly and will formulate any recommendations that they judge appropriate.
5. The EC will submit to the General Council an annual report on the implementation of the
special arrangements covered by this waiver.
6. This waiver shall not preclude the right of affected members to have recourse to
Articles XXII and XXIII of the General Agreement.
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