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RAADETS AFGOERELSE

af 20 . juli 1970

om afslutning af protokollen vedroerende Den forenede arabiske Republiks tiltraedelse af GATT

( 70/376/EOEF )

RAADET FOR DE EUROPAEISKE FAELLESSKABER HAR -

under henvisning til traktaten om oprettelse af Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab , saerlig artikel 113 ,

under henvisning til beretning fra Kommissionen , og

ud fra foelgende betragtninger :

Den forenede arabiske Republik har under konferencen om handelsforhandlinger 1964/1967 optaget de noedvendige toldforhandlinger med Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab for dens tiltraedelse af Den almindelige Overenskomst , og den har den 13 . marts 1970 afsluttet disse ;

de af Den forenede arabiske Republik foretagne toldmaessige indroemmelser , der skal skabe ligevaegt i forhold til de toldmaessige fordele , som dette land opnaar ved sin tiltraedelse af Den almindelige Overenskomst , er acceptable ;

de af Den forenede arabiske Republik foretagne toldmaessige indroemmelser er bilagt protokollen om dette lands tiltraedelse af Den almindelige Overenskomst om Told og Uderingshandel -

VEDTAGET FOELGENDE AFGOERELSE :

Artikel 1

Protokollen for Den forenede arabiske Republiks tiltraedelse af Den almindelige Overenskomst om Told og Udenrigsehandel er blevet vedtaget .

Protokollen er bilagt denne afgoerelse .

Artikel 2

Formanden for Raadet bemyndiges til at udpege den person , der er befoejet til at undertegne protokollen for Den forenede arabiske Republiks tiltraedelse og til at give ham den noedvendige fuldmagt til at forpligte Faellesskabet .

Udfaerdiget i Bruxelles , den 20 . juli 1970 .

Paa Raadets vegne

W . SCHEEL

Formand

BILAG

PROTOKOL

for Den forenede arabiske Republiks tiltraedelse af Den almindelige Overenskomst om Told og Udenrigshandel

De regeringer , som er kontraherende parter i Den almindelige Overenskomst om Told og Udenrigshandel ( herefter benaevnt henholdsvis " De kontraherende parter " og " Den almindelige Overenskomst " ) Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab og Den forenede arabiske Republiks regering ( herefter benaevnt " Den forenede arabiske Republik " ) ,

som har taget den af Den forenede arabiske Republik fremsatte anmodning om tiltraedelse af Den almindelige Overenskomst til efterretning samt de droeftelser , der er gaaet forud for udarbejdelsen af erklaeringen af 13 . november 1962 omhandlende Den forenede arabiske Republiks foreloebige tiltraedelse ,

som ligeledes har taget beretningen fra arbejdsgruppen for Den forenede arabiske Republiks tiltraedelse om de aspekter af tiltraedelsesvilkaarene , som ikke direkte er knyttet til de toldmaessige forhandlinger , til efterretning ,

som har noteret sig resultaterne af de forhandlinger , som Den arabiske Republik har foert med henblik paa dens tiltraedelse af Den almindelige Overenskomst ,

er gennem deres repraesentanter blevet enige om foelgende bestemmelser :

FOERSTE DEL

Almindelige bestemmelser

1 . Den forenede arabiske Republik er paa dagen for denne protokols ikrafttraeden i henhold til nedenstaaende stk . 8 kontraherende part i Den almindelige Overenskomst i det omfang artikel XXXII i denne Overenskomst naevner det , og anvender midlertidigt og under forbehold af denne protokol foelgende :

a ) Afsnit I , III og IV i Den almindelige Overenskomst .

b ) Afsnit II af Den almindelige Overenskomst i den udstraekning , den er forenelig med den gaeldende lovgivning ved denne protokols afslutning .

De i stk . 1 i artikel I fastsatte betingelser under henvisning til artikel III og de i stk . 2 b ) i artikel II fastsatte under henvisning til artikel IV i Den almindelige Overenskomst anses med henblik paa dette stykke for henhoerende under afsnit II i Den almindelige Overenskomst .

2 . a ) De bestemmelser i Den almindelige Overenskomst , som skal anvendes af Den forenede arabiske Republik , saafremt der ikke er truffet anden bestemmelse i denne protokol , forefindes i den ordlyd , der som bilag er knyttet til slutakten fra forberedelsesudvalgets anden session ved De forenede Nationers konference om handel og beskaeftigelse i deres berigtigede , forbedrede eller paa anden maade aendrede form ud fra de akter , som faar gyldighed den dag , hvor Den forenede arabiske Republik bliver kontraherende part .

b ) i ) Til trods for bestemmelserne i stk . 1 i artikel 1 i Den almindelige Overenskomst medfoerer denne protokol ikke Den forenede arabiske Republiks ophaevelse af de praeferencer med hensyn til importtold og -afgifter , som Den forenede arabiske Republik alene indroemmer et eller flere af foelgende lande : Jordan , Syrien , Irak , Libanon , Libyen , Saudi Arabien og Yemen , dog under forbehold af , at naevnte praeferencer ikke overskrider det niveau , de befandt sig paa den 13 . november 1962 ;

ii ) det foregaaende stykke skal betragtes som en afgoerelse vedtaget af de kontraherende parter i henhold til artikel XXV , stk . 5 , i Den almindelige Overenskomst som vaerende en afgoerelse truffet i henhold til stk . 3 i artikel I ;

iii ) i tilfaelde af , at Den forenede arabiske Republik senere skulle oenske at aendre de i ovenstaaende afsnit i ) naevnte praeferencer , saerlig for saa vidt angaar tilfoejelse af varer , for hvilke der i oejeblikket ikke gives praeferencer , vil spoergsmaalet blive behandlet af de kontraherende parter i henhold til stk . 3 i artikel I i Den almindelige Overenskomst ;

iv ) bestemmelserne i afsnit i ) , ii ) og iii ) skal ikke vaere til hinder for Den forenede arabiske Republiks ret til at drage fordel af bestemmelserne i Den almindelige Overenskomst vedroerende oprettelse af en toldunien eller et frihandelsomraade .

c ) I alle de tilfaelde , hvor stk . 6 i artikel V , litra d ) , i stk . 4 i artikel VII og litra c ) i stk . 3 i artikel X i Den almindelige Overenskomst henviser til datoen for naevnte Overenskomst , er gyldighedsdatoen for Den forenede arabiske Republiks vedkommende den 13 . november 1962 , datoen for erklaeringen om Den forenede arabiske Republiks foreloebige tiltraedelse af Den almindelige Overenskomst .

ANDEL DEL

Liste

3 . Den i bilaget gengivne liste udgoer Den forenede arabiske Republiks liste , som er bilagt Den almindelige Overenskomst , ved denne protokols ikrafttraeden .

4 . I tilfaelde af at visse forhandlinger ikke er afsluttet i rette tid , saaledes at resultaterne af disse ikke kan bilaegges denne protokol paa datoen for dens undertegnelse , vil alle andre indroemmelser , der hidroerer fra disse forhandlinger , blive bilagt denne protokol ; de gaelder i henhold til bestemmelserne i naevnte protokol fra dagen efter de paagaeldende parters undertegnelse af en forhandlingsprotokol .

5 . a ) I hver tilfaelde , hvor stk . 1 i artikel II i Den almindelige Overenskomst henviser til datoen for naevnte overenskomst , er gyldighedsdatoen for hver vare , som er genstand for en indroemmelse , der er gengivet i den til denne protokol bilagte vareliste , datoen for denne protokol .

b ) For saa vidt angaar henvisningen til datoen for Den almindelige Overenskomst i stk . 6 a ) i artikel II i naevnte Overenskomst , er gyldighedsdatoen for den til denne protokol bilagte vareliste datoen for denne protokol .

6 . Den " foreloebige afgift til styrkelse af den oekonomiske udvikling " kan bibeholdes , saafremt dens satser ikke overskrider de satser , der anvendes paa datoen for denne protokol , og for saa vidt angaar de bundne satser indtil den 31 . december 1975 ; spoergsmaalet vil paa denne dato blive taget op til undersoegelse af de kontraherende parter , saafremt denne foranstaltning endnu er i kraft .

TREDJE DEL

Slutbestemmelser

7 . Denne protokol deponeres hos de kontraherende parters generaldirektoer . Den er fremlagt for Den forenede arabiske Republiks undertegnelse til den 31 . december 1970 . Den er ligeledes fremlagt for de kontraherende parters og Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskabs undertegnelse .

8 . Denne protokol traeder i kraft paa tredivtedagen for Den forenede arabiske Republiks undertegnelse .

9 . Naar Den forenede arabiske Republik er blevet kontraherende part i Den almindelige Overenskomst i henhold til stk . 1 i denne protokol , kan den tiltraede naevnte Overenskomst i foelge de i denne protokol anvendte bestemmelser , naar den deponerer et tiltraedelsesdokument hos generaldirektoeren . Tiltraedelsen har virkning fra dagen for Den almindelige Overenskomsts ikrafttraeden i medfoer af artikel XXVI eller tredivtedagen for deponeringen af tiltraedelsesdokumentet , saafremt denne dato ligger efter foerstnaevnte . Tiltraedelsen af Den almindelige Overenskomst i overensstemmelse med dette stykke betragtes , for saa vidt angaar anvendelsen af stk . 2 i artikel XXXII i naevnte Overenskomst , som godkendelse af Overenskomsten i overensstemmelse med stk . 4 i artikel XXVI i naevnte Overenskomst .

10 . Den forenede arabiske Republik har mulighed for midlertidigt at bringe anvendelsen af Den almindelige Overenskomst til ophoer foer sin tiltraedelse af naevnte Overenskomst i overensstemmelse med stk . 9 ; denne opsigelse faar virkning den tresindstyvende dag for generaldirektoerens modtagelse af en skriftlig meddelelse .

11 . Generaldirektoeren udleverer ufortoevet en certificeret kopi af denne protokol og giver meddelelse om hver undertegnelse af naevnte protokol i overensstemmelse med stk . 7 , om deponeringen af et tiltraedelsesdokument i overensstemmelse med stk . 9 og om hver afgiven udtalelse i overensstemmelse med stk . 10 til hver af de kontraherende parter , Det europaeiske oekonomiske Faellesskab og Den forenede arabiske Republik .

12 . Denne protokol anmeldes i overensstemmelse med bestemmelserne i artikel 102 i De forenede Nationers Pagt .

Udfaerdiget i Géneve den syvogtyvende februar , nitten hundrede og halvfjerds i ét eksemplar paa fransk og engelsk , med mindre andet er angivet , for saa vidt angaar den bilagte liste , og de to tekster er begge autentiske .

SCHEDULE LXIII - UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC

This schedule is authentic only in the English language

PART I

Most-Favoured-Nation Tariff

Tariff Item Number * Description of Products * Base Rate of Duty * Concession Rate of Duty *

2.01 * Meat and edible offals , fresh , chilled or frozen : * * *

* B . * * *

* ( 1 ) Of the bovine species including buffaloes * free * free *

* ( 2 ) Of sheep and goats * free * free *

2.02 * Dead poultry and edible offals thereof ( except liver ) , fresh , chilled or frozen * 15 % * 12 % *

4.02 * Milk and cream , preserved , concentrated , dried or sweetened : * * *

* A . Milk : * * *

* ( 1 ) Block milk or milk powder * free * free *

* ( 2 ) Other * 20 % * 15 % *

* B . Cream * 40 % * 20 % *

4.04 * Cheese : * * *

* A . White cheese * 40 % * 40 % *

* B . Kachkawal * 25 % * 25 % *

* C . Other * 25 % * 25 % *

4.06 * Natural honey * 80 % * 40 % *

5.07 * Skins and other parts of birds , with their feathers or down , quills and scapes , unworked , cleaned , disinfected or treated for preservation , but not otherwise worked : * * *

* A . For adornment * 75 % * 37 1/2 % *

* B . Other * 50 % * 25 % *

ex 5.12 * Coral and similar substances , unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked ; mother of pearl and other shells , unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape : * * *

* B . Other * 5 % * 2 1/2 % *

6.01 * Bulbs , onions , tubers , tuberous and onion roots , dormant , in growth or in flower * 5 % * 2 1/2 % *

6.02 * Live plants , including trees , shrubs , bushes , roots , cutting and slips * 5 % * 2 1/2 % *

ex 7.01 * Edible vegetables and plants , fresh or chilled : * * *

* A . Mushrooms * 75 % * 37 1/2 % *

* B . Truffles * 75 % * 37 1/2 % *

ex 7.06 * Manioc , arrowroot , salep , Jerusalem artichokes , sweet potatoes and other similar roots and tubers , fresh or dried , whole or sliced : * * *

* A . Salep * 50 % * 25 % *

10.01 * Wheat and meslin ( mixed wheat and rye ) * free * free *

10.05 * Maize * free * free *

ex 12.07 * Plants and parts , seeds and fruits being goods of a kind used primarily in perfumery , in pharmacy , or for insecticidal , fungicidal or similar purposes , fresh or dried , whole , cut , crushed , ground or powdered : * * *

* D . Other * 5 % * 2 1/2 % *

ex 13.01 * Raw vegetable materials for use in dyeing or in tanning , whole , cut , ground : * * *

* A . Wood * 5 % * 2 1/2 % *

* B . Bark * 5 % * 2 1/2 % *

* C . Gall nuts * 5 % * 2 1/2 % *

* E . Other * 5 % * 2 1/2 % *

ex 15.07 * Fixed vegetable oils , fluid or solid , crude , refined or purified : * * *

* I . Maize , soya , turnsole oil * 5 % * 3 % *

Tariff Item Number * Description of Products * Base Rate of Duty * Concession Rate of Duty *

ex 16.02 * Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal : * * *

* D . Poultry and game * 50 % * 25 % *

* E . Tongues * 50 % * 25 % *

ex 16.04 * Prepared , preserved fish , including caviar and caviar substances : * * *

* A . Fish ( salmon , sardines , tunny pilchards , herrings , etc . ) : * * *

* ( 2 ) Tunny * 2 % * 2 % *

* ( 3 ) Other * 2 % * 1 % *

18.05 * Cocoa powder , unsweetened * 75 % * 37 1/2 % *

19.04 * Tapioca including that obtained from potato starch * 30 % * 15 % *

25.04 * Natural graphite * 5 % * 3 % *

25.05 * Natural sands of all kinds , whether or not coloured , other than metal-bearing sands falling within heading N * 26/1 * 5 % * 3 % *

25.06 * Quartz ( other than natural sands ) ; quartzite , includ , quartzite not further worked than roughly split , roughly squared or squared by sawing * 5 % * 3 % *

25.15 * Marble and travertine * 15 % * 15 % *

25.18 * Dolomite , whether or not calcined , includ . dolomite not further worked than roughly split ... , agglomerated dolomite including tarred dolomite * 10 % * 10 % *

25.21 * Stones commonly used for the manufacture of lime and cement * 15 % * 15 % *

25.24 * Asbestos * 10 % * 10 % *

ex 26.01 * Metallic ores and concentrates and roasted iron pyrites : * * *

* A . Roasted iron pyrites * 2 % * 2 % *

28.03 * Carbon , includ . carbon black and anthracene black , acetyline black and lamp black * 2 % * 2 % *

28.05 * Alkali , alkaline-earth and rare earth metals includ . yttrium and scandium , mercury : * * *

* A . Mercury * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

28.10 * Phosphorus pentoxide and phosphoric acids ( Meta - , ortho - and pyro - ) * 10 % * 5 % *

28.11 * Arsenic trioxide , arsenic pentoxide and acids of arsenic * 10 % * 5 % *

28.12 * Boric oxide and boric acid * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 28.16 * Ammonia , anhydrous or in aqueous solution : * * *

* A . Ammonia anhydrous * 10 % * 5 % *

28.17 * Sodium hydroxide ( caustic soda ) ; potassium hydroxide ( caustic potash ) ; peroxides of sodium or potassium : * * *

* A . Sodium hydroxide ( caustic soda ) * 15 % * 15 % *

* B . Potassium hydroxide ( caustic potash ) * 10 % * 5 % *

* C . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

28.18 * Oxides , hydroxides and peroxides , of strontium , barium or magnesium * 10 % * 5 % *

28.20 * Aluminium oxide and hydroxide ; artifical corundum : * * *

* A . Aluminium oxide and hydroxide * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Artificial corundum * 10 % * 5 % *

28.21 * Chromium oxides and hydroxides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.22 * Manganese oxides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.24 * Cobalt oxides and hydroxides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.25 * Titanium oxides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.26 * Tin oxides ; stannous oxide and stannic oxide ( stanic anhydride ) * 10 % * 5 % *

Tariff Item Number * Description of Products * Base Rate of Duty * Concession Rate of Duty *

28.28 * Other inorganic bases and metallic oxides , hydroxides and peroxides ( includ . hydrozine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts ) * 10 % * 5 % *

28.29 * Fluorides ; fluorosilicates , fluoroborates and other complex fluorine salts * 10 % * 5 % *

28.30 * Chlorides and oxychlorides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.31 * Chlorites and hypochlorites * 10 % * 5 % *

28.32 * Chlorates and perchlorates * 10 % * 5 % *

28.33 * Bromides , oxybromides , bromates and perbromates , and hypobromites * 10 % * 5 % *

28.34 * Iodides , oxyiodides , iodates and periodates * 10 % * 5 % *

28.35 * Sulphides , includ . polysulphides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.36 * Dithionites , includ . those stabilised with organic substances ; sulphoxylates * 10 % * 5 % *

28.37 * Sulphites and thiosulphates * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 28.38 * Sulphates ( includ . alums ) and persulphates : * * *

* A . Sulphates : * * *

* ( 2 ) Of magnesium * 10 % * 5 % *

* ( 3 ) Of aluminium * 10 % * 5 % *

* ( 4 ) Of iron * 10 % * 5 % *

* ( 6 ) Other * 10 % * 5 % *

* C . Persulphates * 10 % * 5 % *

28.39 * Nitrites and nitrates * 10 % * 5 % *

28.40 * Phosphites , hypophosphites and phosphates * 10 % * 5 % *

28.41 * Arsenites or arsenates * 10 % * 5 % *

28.42 * Carbonates and percarbonates ( includ . commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbonate ) * 10 % * 5 % *

28.43 * Cyanides and complex cyanides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.44 * Fluminated and cyanates * 10 % * 5 % *

28.45 * Silicates , includ . commercial sodium and potassium silicates * 10 % * 5 % *

28.46 * Borates and perborates * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 28.47 * Salts of metallic acids ( for example chromates , permanganates , stannates ) : * * *

* B . Manganates and permanganates of sodium and potassium * 10 % * 5 % *

* C . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

28.48 * Other salts and peroxysalts of inorganic acids , but not includ . azides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.49 * Colloidal precious metals ; amalgams of precious metals ; salts and other compounds , inorganic or organic , of precious metals , includ . albuminates , proteinates , tannates and similar compounds , whether or not chemically defined : * * *

* A . Silver nitrate * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

28.50 * Radio-active chemical elements and radioactive isotopes ; compounds , inorganic or organic , of such elements or isotopes , whether or not chemically defined * 10 % * 5 % *

28.51 * Isotopes and their compounds , inorganic or organic , whether or not chemically defined , other than isotopes and compounds falling within heading N * 28/50 * 10 % * 5 % *

28.52 * Salts and other compounds , inorganic or organic , of thorium , of uranium or of rare earth metals ( includ . yttrium and scandium ) ; intermixtures of such salts and compounds * 10 % * 5 % *

Tariff Item Number * Description of Products * Base Rate of Duty * Concession Rate of Duty *

28.54 * Hydrogen peroxide ( oxygenated water ) * 10 % * 5 % *

28.55 * Phosphides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.56 * Carbides ( e.g . silicon carbide , boron carbide , metallic carbides ) : * * *

* A . Calcium carbide * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

28.57 * Hydrides , nitrides and azides , sillicides and borides * 10 % * 5 % *

28.58 * Other inorganic compounds ( includ . distilled and conductivity water and water of similar purity , and amalgams except amalgams of precious metals ) * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 29.02 * Halogenated derivates of hydrocarbons : * * *

* A . Chloroform , bromoform , iodoform * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Carbon tatrachloride * 10 % * 5 % *

* C . Dichloror-diphenyl-trichloroethane ( DDT ) * 10 % * 5 % *

* E . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

29.04 * Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates : * * *

* A . Methyl alcohol ( methanol ) * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Propyl alcohol * 10 % * 5 % *

* C . Butyl alcohol * 10 % * 5 % *

* C . Others * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 29.05 * Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates : * * *

* A . Menthol * 10 % * 5 % *

29.06 * Phenols and phenol-alcohols : * * *

* A . Thymol * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

29.07 * Halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates of phenols or phenol-alcohols * 10 % * 5 % *

29.09 * Epoxides , epoxyalcohols , epoxyphenols and epoxyethers and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates * 10 % * 5 % *

29.10 * Acetals and hemiacetals and single or complex oxygen-function acetals and hemicetals , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates * 10 % * 5 % *

29.12 * Halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates of products falling within heading N * 29/11 * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 29.13 * Ketones , ketone-alcohols , ketone-phenols , ketone-aldehydes , quinones , quinones-alcohols , etc . : * * *

* A . Acetone * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Camphornatural or synthetic * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 29.14 * Monoacids and their anhydrides , acid halides , acid peroxides and peracids and their halogenated , sulphonated nitrated or nitrosated derivates : * * *

* A . Formic acid * 10 % * 5 % *

* C . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

29.15 * Polyacids and their anhydrides , acid halides , acid peroxides and peracids and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 29.16 * Alcohol-acids , aldehyde-acids , ketone acids , phenol-acids and other single or complex oxygen-function acids , etc . : * * *

* A . Lactic acid * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Tartric acid * 10 % * 5 % *

* C . Citric acid * 10 % * 5 % *

* D . Salicylic acid * 10 % * 5 % *

* E . Gallic acid * 10 % * 5 % *

* G . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

Tariff Item Number * Description of Products * Base Rate of Duty * Concession Rate of Duty *

29.17 * Sulphuric esters and their salts , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates * 10 % * 5 % *

29.18 * Nitrous and nitric esters , and their halogenated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates : * * *

* A . Nitroglycerol , nitrites , nitroglycol * 10 % * 5 % *

* B . Other * 10 % * 5 % *

29.19 * Phosphoric esters and their salts , includ . lactophosphates , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates * 10 % * 5 % *

29.20 * Carbonic esters and their salts and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates * 10 % * 5 % *

29.21 * Other esters of mineral acids ( exclud . halides ) and their salts , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivates * 10 % * 5 % *

29.23 * Single or complex oxygen-function aminocompounds * 10 % * 5 % *

29.24 * Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides includ . lecithins and other phosphoaminolipins * 10 % * 5 % *

29.25 * Amide-function compounds * 10 % * 5 % *

29.35 * Heterocyclic compounds , including nucleic acids * 10 % * 10 % *

29.38 * Provitamins and vitamins , natural or reproduced by synthesis , includ . concentrates and intermixtures , whether or not in any solvent * 5 % * 3 % *

29.39 * Hormones , natural or reproduced by synthesis * 5 % * 3 % *

29.40 * Enzymes * 5 % * 3 % *

29.44 * Antibiotics * 5 % * 3 % *

32.01 * Tanning extracts of vegetable origin * 5 % * 3 % *

32.03 * Synthetic tanning substances , whether or not mixed with natural tanning materials ; artificial bates for pre-tanning ( e.g . of enzymatic , pancreatic or bacterial origin ) * 5 % * 3 % *

32.05 * Synthetic organic dyestuffs ( includ . pigment dyestuffs ) ; synthetic organic products of a kind used as luminophores ; products of the kind known as optical bleaching agents , substantive to the fibre ; natural indigo : * * *

* A . Indigo , natural or synthetic * 5 % * 3 % *

* B . Other * 5 % * 3 % *

32.06 * Colour lakes * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 32.07 * Other colouring matter ; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores : * * *

* B . Cassel earth ( soluble vandyke brown ) and similar products * 10 % * 5 % *

* C . Pigments with a basis of zinc sulphide ( lithopone and the like ) * 10 % * 5 % *

* D . Pigments with a basis of a titanium oxide * 10 % * 5 % *

* E . Ultramarine blue * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 32.08 * Prepared pigments , prepared opacifiers and prepared colours , vitrifiable enamels and glazes , liquid lustres and similar products , etc . : * * *

* A . Vitrifiable enamels and glass ( frit ) and other glass in the form of powder , granules or flakes * 10 % * 5 % *

ex 32.09 * Varnishes and lacquers ; distempers ; prepared water pigments of the kind used for finishing leather ; other paints and enamels ; pigments in oil or enamel media or other , dyes in forms or packing of a kind sold by retail ; stamping foils : * * *

* A . Varnish * 30 % * 24 % *

* E . Other * 30 % * 24 % *

ex 34.07 * Modelling pastes , etc . * *

* A . Dental waxes * 10 % * 5 % *

Tariff Item Number * Description of Products * Base Rate of Duty * Concession Rate of Duty *

ex 38.04 * Ammonium waters and spent oxide produced in coal-gas purification * 10 % * 5 % *

38.05 * Liquid resin ( tall oil ) * 10 % * 5 % *

38.06 * Concentrated sulphite lye * 10 % * 5 % *

38.07 * Spirits of terpentine and other terpenic solvents produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods ; crude dipentene sulphite terpentine ; pine oil * 10 % * 5 % *

38.12 * Prepared glazings , prepared dressings and prepared mordants , of a kind used in the textile , paper , leather or like industries * 10 % * 10 % *

38.18 * Composite solvents and thinners for varnishes and similar products * 10 % * 10 % *

38.19 * Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries ( includ . those consisting of mixtures of natural products ) , not elsewhere specified or included ; residual products of the chemical or allied industries , not elsewhere specified or included * 10 % * 10 % *

ex 40.01 * Natural rubber , blats , gutta-percha and similar natural gums , raw ( includ . latex , whether or not stabilised ) : * * *

* B . Other * 2 % * 2 % *

40.02 * Synthetic rubbers , includ . synthetic latex whether or not stabilised ; factice derived from oil * 2 % * 2 % *

40.03 * Reclaimed rubber * 2 % * 2 % *

40.04 * Waste , parings and powder of unhardened rubber ; scrap of unhardened rubber , fit for the recovery of rubber * 2 % * 2 % *

44.05 * Wood sawn lengthwise , sliced or peeled of a thickness exceeding 5 millimetres * 15 % * 15 % *

44.21 * Complete wooden packing cases , boxes , crates , drums and similar packings imported , assembled , unassembled or partly assembled * 25 % * 12 1/2 % *

47.01 * Pulp for paper-making * 5 % * 3 % *

47.02 * Waste paper and paperboard ; scrap articles of paper or of paperboard , fit only for use in paper making * 5 % * 3 % *

ex 48.01 * Newsprint * free * free *

* Other printing paper * 20 % * 20 % *

* Kraft and sulfite paper * 30 % * 30 % *

ex 48.09 * Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre * 20 % * 20 % *

ex 53.01 * Sheeps' or lambs' wool not carded or combed : * * *

* A . Sheeps' or lambs' wool in the grease * 2 % * 2 % *

* B . Scoured or washed * 4 % * 2 % *

ex 53.02 * Other animal hair fine or coarse , not carded or combed : * * *

* B . Coarse * 4 % * 2 % *

53.03 * Waste of sheeps' or lambs' wool or other animal hair * 4 % * 2 % *

ex 59.01 * Wadding and articles of wadding ; textile flock and dust and mill neps : * * *

* A . Wadding and articles of wadding * 25 % * 12 1/2 % *

70.02 * Glass of the variety known as " Enamel " glass , in the mass , bars , rods and tubes * 10 % * 5 % *

73.02 * Ferro-alloys * 2 % * 2 % *

73.15 * Special steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in headings N * 73/6 to 73/14 * 5 % * 4 % *

73.18 * Tubes and pipes and blanks therefore of iron and steel * 20 % * 20 1/2 % *

73.21 * Structure , complete or incomplete whether or not assembled , and parts of structures , ( e.g . hangars , etc . ) , of cast iron , iron or steel ; plates , strip , rods , angles , shapes , sections , tubes , and like prepared for use in structures , of cast iron , iron or steel * 40 % * 30 % *

74.01 * Copper matte ; unwrought copper ( refined or not ) ; copper waste and scrap * 2 % * 2 % *

Tariff Item Number * Description of Products * Base Rate of Duty * Concession Rate of Duty *

74.02 * Master alloys * 2 % * 2 % *

74.03 * Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections , of copper ; copper wire : * * *

* A . Wire * * *

* ( 1 ) Threads used in making articles of section XI ( textiles and textile articles ) * 25 % * 25 % *

* ( 2 ) Other : * * *

* ( a ) Rolled , extruded , or drawn only * 25 % * 25 % *

* ( b ) Other incl . coated or covered with metal * 25 % * 25 % *

* B . Other : * * *

* ( 1 ) Simply rolled , extruded , drawn or hammered whether or not polished * 25 % * 25 % *

* ( 2 ) Other incl . coated or covered with metal * 25 % * 25 % *

74.10 * Stranded wire , cables , cordage , ropes , plaited bands , of copper wire , but exclud . insulated electric cables * 40 % * 40 % *

75.01 * Nickel mattes , nickel speiss and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy ; unwrought nickel ( exclud . electro-plating anodes ) ; nickel waste and scrap * 2 % * 2 % *

76.01 * Unwrought aluminium ; aluminium waste and scrap * 2 % * 2 % *

76.02 * Wrought bars , rods , angles shapes and sections , of aluminium ; aluminium wire : * * *

* A . Wire : * * *

* ( 1 ) Threads used in making articles of section XI ( textiles and textile articles ) * 30 % * 30 % *

* ( 2 ) Other * 30 % * 30 % *

* B . Other * 30 % * 30 % *

76.12 * Stranded wire , cables , cordage , ropes , plaited bands of aluminium wire , but exclud . insulated electric cables * 40 % * 40 % *

78.01 * Unwrought lead ( incl . argentiferous lead ) ; lead waste and scrap * 2 % * 2 % *

79.01 * Zinc spelter ; unwrought zinc waste and scrap * 2 % * 2 % *

80.01 * Unwrought tin ; tin waste and scrap * 2 % * 2 % *

82.02 * ex : B . blades for hand saws * 2 % * 2 % *

82.05 * Interchangeable tools for hand tools , for machine tools or for power-operated hand tools ( e.g . pressing , stamping , etc . ) , includ . dies for wire drawing and drilling bits * 2 % * 2 % *

82.06 * Knives and cutting blades , for machines or for mechanical appliances * 2 % * 2 % *

83.07 * ex : A . ( 1 ) non-electrical miners' safety lamps * 5 % * 3 % *

84.06 * Internal combustion piston engines : * * *

* ex : F . Other * 10 % * 10 % *

* ex : G . Parts * 2 % * 2 % *

84.09 * Mechanically propelled road rollers * 2 % * 2 % *

84.16 * Calendering and similar rolling machines ( other than metal-working and metal-rolling machines and glass working machines ) and cylinder thereof * 2 % * 2 % *

84.22 * Lifting , handling , loading or unloading machinery , telphers and conveyors ( e.g . lifts , hoists , etc . ) not being machinery falling within heading N * 84/23 * * *

* ex : B . ( 3 ) Other machineries * 2 % * 2 % *

84.24 * Agricultural and horticultural machinery for soil preparation or cultivation ( e.g . ploughs , harrows , etc . ) ; lawn ( sports ground rollers ) * 2 % * 2 % *

84.30 * Machinery not falling within any other heading of this chapter , of a kind used in the following food or drink industries ; bakery , confectionary , chocolate manufacture , the preparation of meat , fish or vegetables , sugar manufacture or brewing * 2 % * 2 % *

Tariff Item Number * Description of Products * Base Rate of Duty * Concession Rate of Duty *

84.31 * Machinery for making finishing cellulosic pulp , paper or paperboard * 2 % * 2 % *

84.35 * Other printing machinery machines for uses ancillary to printing * 2 % * 2 % *

84.36 * Machines for extruding man-made textiles ; machines of a kind used for processing natural or man-made textile fibres ; textiles spinning and twisting machines ; textile doubling , throwing and reeling ( incl . weft winding ) machines * * *

* A . Machines for extruding man-made textile fibres * 2 % * 2 % *

* B . Machines of a kind used for processing textile fibres : * * *

* ( 1 ) Cotton ginning machines * 15 % * 15 % *

* ( 2 ) Other * 2 % * 2 % *

* C . Other machines * 2 % * 2 % *

84.37 * Weaving machines , knitting machines and machines for making grimped yarn tulle , lace , embroidery , trimmings , braid or not ; machines for preparing yarns for use on such machines , incl . wraping and wrap sizing machines : * * *

* A . Weaving machines * 2 % * 2 % *

* B . Knitting machines * 2 % * 2 % *

* C . Other * 2 % * 2 % *

84.38 * Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading N * 84/37 ( e.g . dobbies , jacquards , etc . ) * * *

* ex : C . Other * 2 % * 2 % *

84.41 * A . Sewing machines and sewing machine heads : * * *

* ex : ( 2 ) Other * 2 % * 2 % *

84.45 * Machines-tools for working metal or metallic carbides , not being machines falling within headling N * 84/49 or 84/50 * 2 % * 2 % *

84.48 * Accessories and parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines falling within headings N * 84/45 to 84/47 , incl . work and tool holders , self-opening dieheads , dividing heads and other appliances for machine tools ; tool holders , etc . * 2 % * 2 % *

84.49 * Tools for working in the hand pneumatic or with self-contained non-electric motor * 2 % * 2 % *

84.51 * Typewriter , other than typewriter incorporating calculating mechanisms ; cheque-writing machines * 25 % * 25 % *

84.56 * Machinery for sorting , screening , separating , washing , crushing , grinding or mixing earth , stone , ores or other mineral substances , in solid ( incl . powder and pasto ) , etc . * 2 % * 2 % *

84.57 * Glass working machines ( other than machines for working glass in the cold ) ; machines for assembling electric filament and discharge lamps and electronic and similar tubes and valves * 2 % * 2 % *

ex 84.59 * Parts for machinery and mechanical appliances for the chemical industries * 10 % * 10 % *

84.62 * Ball , roller or needle roller bearings * 5 % * 5 % *

84.63 * ex : A . Transmission shafts or cranks * 2 % * 2 % *

85.01 * Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators , motors , converters ( rotary or static ) , transformers , rectifiers and rectifying apparatus inductors : * * *

* A . Generators * 2 % * 2 % *

* B . Motors * 2 % * 2 % *

* C . Transformers * 20 % * 20 % *

* D . Other * 10 % * 10 % *

85.05 * Tools for working in the hand with self-contained electric motor * 2 % * 2 % *

85.10 * ex : A . Miners' safety lamps * 5 % * 3 % *

85.11 * Industrial and laboratory electric furnaces and ovens ; electric induction and dielectric heating equipment ; electric welding , brazing and soldering machines and apparatus and similar electric machines and apparatus for cutting * 2 % * 2 % *

85.19 * ex : A . Apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits * * *

* ( 1 ) Relays * 5 % * 4 % *

* ( 2 ) Other apparatus , for high tension ( more than 500 volts ) * 5 % * 4 % *

Tariff Item Number * Description of Products * Base Rate of Duty * Concession Rate of Duty *

85.25 * ex : Insulators in porcelain * 25 % * 25 % *

85.26 * ex : Insulating fittings in ceramic * 25 % * 25 % *

86.01 * Steam rail locomotives and tenders * 2 % * 2 % *

86.02 * Electric rail locomotives , other than selfgenerating * 2 % * 2 % *

86.03 * Other rail locomotives * 2 % * 2 % *

86.04 * Mechanically propelled railway and tramway coaches , vans and trucks , and mechanically propelled track inspection trolleys * 5 % * 5 % *

86.05 * Railway and tramway passenger coaches and luggage vans ; hospital coaches , prison coaches , and other special purpose railway coaches * 15 % * 15 % *

88.02 Flying machines ( incl . gliders , kites and helicopters ) ; rotochutes * 20 % * 10 % *

88.03 * Parts of goods falling in heading N * 88/1 or 88/2 * 20 % * 10 % *

90.06 * Astronomical instruments ( e.g . reflecting telescopes , etc . ) and mountings thereof , but not incl . instruments for radioastronomy ) * 10 % * 5 % *

90.08 * ex : A . ( 1 ) Cinematographic cameras for industry * 2 % * 2 % *

* ex : B . Cinematographic apparatus for sound recording * 2 % * 2 % *

90.11 * Microscopes and diffraction apparatus electron and proton * 10 % * 5 % *

90.12 * Compound optical microscopes , whether or not provided with means for photographing or projecting the image * 10 % * 5 % *

90.14 * Surveying ( incl . photogrammatrical surveying ) , hydrographic , navigational , meteorological , hydrological and geophysical instruments ; compasses ; rangefinders * 10 % * 5 % *

90.17 * Medical , dental , surgical and veterinary instruments and appliances ( incl . electromedical apparatus and ophthalmic instruments ) * 10 % * 8 % *

90.21 * Instruments , apparatus or models , designed solely for demonstrational purposes ( e.g . in education or exhibition ) unsuitable for other uses * 10 % * 8 % *

90.24 * Instruments and apparatus for measuring , checking or automatically controlling the flow , depth , pressure or other variables of liquid or gases , or for automatically controlling temperature ( e.g . pressure gauges , thermostats , etc . ) * 10 % * 8 % *

90.25 * Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis ( such as polarimeters , refracto-meters , etc . ) , instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity , porosity , expansion , surface tension or the like ; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat , light or sound ; microtomes * 10 % * 8 % *

90.28 * Electrical electronical measuring , checking , analysing or automatically controlling instruments and apparatus * 10 % * 8 % *

90.29 * Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or principally with one or more of the articles falling within heading N * 90/23 , 90/24 , 90/26 , 90/27 or 90/28 * 10 % * 8 % *

97.07 * ex : Fish hooks * 25 % * 20 % *

SCHEDULE LXIII - UNITED ARAB REPUBLIC

PART II

Preferential Tariff

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