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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2501/2001

of 10 December 2001

applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004







THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ( 1 ), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 2 ), Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee ( 3 ), Whereas: (1) Since 1971, the Community has granted trade preferences to developing countries, in the framework of its scheme of generalised tariff preferences. (2) The Community's common commercial policy must be consistent with and consolidate the objectives of development policy, in particular the eradication of poverty and the promotion of sustainable development in the developing countries. (3) A communication from the Commission to the Council of 1 June 1994 sets out the guidelines for the application of the scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1995 to 2004. (4) Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 ( 4 ) implements the scheme of generalised tariff preferences until 31 December 2001. Thereafter, the scheme should continue to apply until 31 December 2004, in accordance with the guidelines. (5) The scheme should incorporate the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 416/2001 extending duty-free access without any quantitative restrictions to products originating in the least developed countries. The benefit of this arrangement should be granted to all countries recognized and classified by the United Nations as least developed countries. (6) The special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking should be closely monitored. (7) Preferences should be differentiated according to the sensitivity of products. It would be sufficient to differentiate between two product categories, non-sensitive and sensitive products. (8) Tariff duties on non-sensitive products should continue to be suspended, while duties on sensitive products should enjoy a tariff reduction. (9) Such reduction should be sufficiently attractive in order to motivate traders to use the opportunities offered by the scheme. As far as ad valorem duties are concerned, the reduction should therefore be a flat rate of 3,5 percentage points of the most favoured nation (MFN) duty rate. Specific duties should be reduced by 30 %. Where duties specify a minimum duty, that minimum duty should not apply. (10) Where preferential duty rates, calculated in accordance with Regulation (EC) 2820/98, provide a higher tariff reduction, they should continue to apply. (11) Duties should be totally suspended where preferential treatment results in ad valorem duties of 1 % or less or in specific duties of EUR 2 or less. (12) The provisions on the exclusion of beneficiary countries on grounds of the degree of their development should be applied once a year. However, countries should be excluded only where they meet the criteria for exclusion during three consecutive years, and they should be readmitted where they do not meet those criteria during three consecutive years. (13) During the first year of application of this Regulation, the countries previously excluded should remain excluded. (14) The provisions on graduation of sectors should be applied once a year. However, sectors should be graduated only where they meet the criteria for graduation during three consecutive years, and they should be readmitted where they do not meet those criteria during three consecutive years. (15) During the first year of application of this Regulation, the sectors previously graduated should remain graduated. (16) The tariff preferences under the special incentive arrangements should be as high as the preferences offered under the general arrangements, thus doubling the latter. (17) The special incentive arrangements should grant tariff preferences in all sectors that had been graduated, equivalent to the preferences available under the general arrangements. (18) The special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights should require effective application of all standards referred to in the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. (19) The available assessments, comments, decisions, recommendations and conclusions of the various supervisory bodies of the ILO, including in particular Article 33 procedures should, serve as the point of departure for the examination of requests for the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights, as well as for the investigation as to whether temporary withdrawal is justified on the grounds of violations of ILO Conventions. (20) The general rules concerning proof of origin and methods of administrative cooperation laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 ( 5 ) and the rules concerning the customs debt, in particular Article 220(2)(b) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 ( 6 ), apply to tariff preferences, including those granted under the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights. (21) The special incentive arrangements for the protection of the environment should take into account new developments concerning internationally agreed standards and certification schemes. (22) The reasons for temporary withdrawal should include serious and systematic violation of any standards referred to in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. (23) Temporary withdrawal of all tariff preferences in respect of imports of products originating in Myanmar should remain in force. (24) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission ( 7 ), Whereas: HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:







Article 1

1. The Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences shall apply during the years 2002, 2003 ►M4 , 2004 and 2005 ◄ in accordance with this Regulation.

2. This Regulation provides for:

(a) general arrangements,

(b) special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights,

(c) special incentive arrangements for the protection of the environment,

(d) special arrangements for least developed countries, and

(e) special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking,







TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 2

The beneficiary countries of each of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) are listed in Annex I.

Article 3

1. A beneficiary country shall be removed from Annex I where it has met, during three consecutive years, both the following criteria:

— the country is classified by the World Bank as a high-income country,

— the country's development index, as defined in Annex II, is higher than − 1.

2. Where a country or territory, which had been removed from Annex I, has not met, during three consecutive years, the criteria set out in paragraph 1, it shall again be included in Annex I.

3. On the basis of the most recent data available on 1 September of each year, the Commission shall establish which beneficiary countries meet the conditions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2.

4. The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities, listing the beneficiary countries which meet the criteria set out in paragraph 1 in respect of the most recent year for which data are available.

5. Upon the entry into force of this Regulation, and before the end of each year, the Commission shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 38, to remove from Annex I the beneficiary countries which meet the condition set out in paragraph 1 and to include those which meet the condition set out in paragraph 2.

6. The first decision taken in accordance with paragraph 5 shall enter into force on 1 January 2003. Subsequently, decisions taken in accordance with paragraph 5 shall enter into force on 1 January of the second year following the one during which they were taken.

7. The Commission shall notify a decision taken in accordance with paragraph 5 to the beneficiary country concerned and inform it of the date on which that decision enters into force.

Article 4

The products included in the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2)(a), (b), (c) and (e) are listed in Annex IV.

Article 5

1. The tariff preferences provided for by this Regulation shall apply to imports of products included in the arrangements enjoyed by the beneficiary country in which they originate.

2. The rules concerning the definition of the concept of originating products, the proof of origin and the methods of administrative cooperation, for the purposes of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) of this Regulation, are laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

3. Regional cumulation within the meaning of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall also apply where a product used in further manufacture in a country belonging to a regional group originates in another country of the group, which does not benefit from the arrangements applying to the final product, provided that both countries benefit from regional cumulation for that group.

Article 6

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a) ‘Common Customs Tariff duties’ shall mean the duties specified in Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff ( 8 ), except those duties set up within the framework of ►M4 tariff quotas adopted pursuant to Article 26 of the Treaty or Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 ◄ ;

(b) ‘sector’ shall mean any of the sectors of products listed in Annex III;

(c) ‘Committee’ shall mean the Committee referred to in Article 37.







TITLE II

TARIFF PREFERENCES







Section 1

General arrangements

Article 7

1. Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in Annex IV as non-sensitive products shall be entirely suspended, except for agricultural components.

2. Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on products listed in Annex IV as sensitive products shall be reduced by 3,5 percentage points. For products of Chapters 50 to 63, this reduction shall be 20 %.

3. Where preferential duty rates, calculated in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 on Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on 31 December 2001, provide a tariff reduction, for the products referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, of more than 3,5 percentage points, these preferential duty rates shall apply as long as the reduction is higher than 3,5 percentage points.

4. Common Customs Tariff specific duties other than minimum or maximum duties on products listed in Annex IV as sensitive products shall be reduced by 30 %. For products of CN code 2207, the reduction shall be 15 %.

5. Where Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in Annex IV as sensitive products include ad valorem duties and specific duties, the specific duties shall not be reduced.

6. Where duties reduced in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 4 specify a maximum duty, that maximum duty shall not be reduced. Where such duties specify a minimum duty, that minimum duty shall not apply.

7. The tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not apply to products of sectors which according to column C of Annex I are not included in the general arrangements for the country of origin concerned.

8. The tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not apply to products of sectors in respect of which those tariff preferences have been removed, for the country of origin concerned, according to column D of Annex I or a decision taken subsequently in accordance with Article 12.







Section 2

Special incentive arrangements

Article 8

1. Subject to the provisions of Title III, Common Customs Tariff duties on products referred to in Article 7:

(a) which belong to sectors which, according to Annex I, are included, for the country of origin concerned, in the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights, or

(b) which, according to Annex IV are included in the special incentive arrangements for the protection of the environment and which originate in a country which, according to Annex I, enjoys those arrangements,

shall be further reduced in accordance with this Article.

2. Common Customs Tariff duties on products to which the tariff preferences referred to in the first sentence of Article 7(2) apply, shall be further reduced by another 5 percentage points. Common Customs Tariff duties on products to which the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7(3) apply, shall be further reduced by an additional amount so as to provide a total reduction of 8,5 percentage points. Where preferential duty rates, calculated in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 on Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on 31 December 2001, provide a tariff reduction of more than 8,5 percentage points, these preferential duty rates shall apply as long as the reduction is higher than 8,5 percentage points.

3. Common Customs Tariff duties on products to which the tariff preferences referred to in the second sentence of Article 7(2) or those referred to in Article 7(4) apply, shall be further reduced by the same amount.

4. Common Customs Tariff duties on products which meet both criteria set out in paragraph 1(a) and (b) shall be further reduced in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.

5. The special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights shall not include sectors which, according to column C of Annex I, are not included in the general arrangements for the country of origin concerned.

6. The additional tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall not apply to products to which the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7(1) to (4) do not apply according to Article 7(8). Where such products meet either of the criteria set out in paragraph 1(a) and (b), the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7(1) to (4) shall apply, notwithstanding Article 7(8). The certificate of origin Form A or the invoice declaration for such products shall be valid only in respect of the tariff preferences referred to in Article 7.







Section 3

Special arrangements for least developed countries

Article 9

1. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2 to 4, Common Customs Tariff duties on all products of Chapters 1 to 97, except those of Chapter 93 thereof, originating in a country that according to Annex I benefits from the special arrangements for least developed countries, shall be entirely suspended.

2. Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of CN code 0803 00 19 shall be reduced by 20 % annually starting on 1 January 2002. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 January 2006.

3. Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of tariff heading 1006 shall be reduced by 20 % on 1 September 2006, by 50 % on 1 September 2007 and by 80 % on 1 September 2008. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 September 2009.

4. Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of tariff heading 1701 shall be reduced by 20 % on 1 July 2006, by 50 % on 1 July 2007 and by 80 % on 1 July 2008. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 July 2009.

5. Until Common Customs Tariff duties are entirely suspended in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4, a global tariff quota at zero duty shall be opened for every marketing year for products of tariff heading 1006 and subheading 1701 11 10 respectively, originating in the countries benefiting from these special arrangements. The initial tariff quotas for the marketing year 2001/2002 shall be equal to 2 517 tonnes, husked rice equivalent, for products of tariff heading 1006, and 74 185 tonnes, white sugar equivalent, for products of subheading 1701 11 10. For each of the following marketing years, the quotas shall be increased by 15 % over the quotas of the previous marketing year.

6. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules governing the opening and administration of the quotas referred to in paragraph 5, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 38. In opening and administrating these quotas, the Commission shall be assisted by the management committees for the relevant common market organisations.







Section 4

Special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking

Article 10

1. Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on products which, according to Annex IV, are included in the special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking referred to in Title IV and which originate in a country that according to Column I of Annex I benefits from those arrangements, shall be entirely suspended. For products of CN code 0306 13, the duty shall be reduced to a rate of 3,6 %.

2. Common Customs Tariff specific duties on products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be entirely suspended, except for products for which Common Customs Tariff duties also include ad valorem duties. For products of CN codes 1704 10 91 and 1704 10 99, the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value.

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3. The tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to products of sectors in respect of which those tariff preferences have been removed, for the country of origin concerned, in accordance with column D of Annex I or a decision taken subsequently in accordance with Article 12.

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Section 5

Common provisions

Article 11

Tariff preferences on products which are subject to anti-dumping or countervailing measures under Regulations (EC) No 384/96 ( 9 ) or (EC) No 2026/97 ( 10 ), imposed after the entry into force of this Regulation and based on the injury margin, shall be limited to the tariff preferences reflected by the import prices from which that injury margin was derived.

Article 12

1. The tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 10 shall be removed in respect of products originating in a beneficiary country, of a sector which has met, during three consecutive years, either of the following criteria:

— the country's development index, as defined in Annex II, is higher than − 2, and — Community imports from that country of all products of the sector concerned and included in the arrangements enjoyed by that country exceed 25 % of Community imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I; (a)

— the country's development index, as defined in Annex II, is higher than − 2, and — the specialisation index of the sector concerned is higher than the threshold corresponding to that country's development index, as defined in Annex II, and — Community imports from that country of all products of the sector concerned and included in the arrangements enjoyed by that country exceed 2 % of Community imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I. (b)

2. Where a sector, in respect of which tariff preferences had been removed according to column D of Annex I or to a decision taken subsequently in accordance with this Article, has not met, during three consecutive years, either of the criteria set out in paragraph 1, the tariff preferences shall be re-established.

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3. On the basis of the most recent data available on 1 September of each year, the Commission shall establish which sectors meet the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2. However, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to beneficiary countries whose exports to the Community account for less than 1 % in value of total Community imports of products covered by the Community preference scheme in at least one of the three years referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. Similarly, tariff preferences removed pursuant to column D of Annex 1 shall be restored.

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4. The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities, listing the sectors which meet the criteria set out in paragraph 1 in respect of the most recent year for which data are available.

5. Upon the entry into force of this Regulation, and before the end of each year, the Commission shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 38, to remove tariff preferences in respect of sectors which meet the condition set out in paragraph 1 and to re-establish tariff preferences for sectors which meet the condition set out in paragraph 2.

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6. The first decision taken in accordance with paragraph 5 shall apply as follows:

— it shall apply with respect to the removal of tariff preferences by 50 % as from 1 November 2003 and by 100 % as from 1 May 2004, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1; and

— it shall apply as from 1 January 2003 with respect to the re-establishment of tariff preferences, in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 2.

Subsequently, decisions taken in accordance with paragraph 5 shall enter into force on 1 January of the second year following the one during which they were taken.

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7. The Commission shall notify a decision taken in accordance with paragraph 5 to the beneficiary country concerned and inform it of the date on which that decision enters into force.

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8. Where a beneficiary country records a decrease of at least 3 % of its real Gross Domestic Product, expressed in its national currency and in respect of the most recent 12-month period for which data are available, paragraph 1 shall not apply to the decisions taken in accordance with paragraph 5.

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Article 13

1. Where the rate of an ad valorem duty reduced in accordance with the provisions of this Title is 1 % or less, that duty shall be entirely suspended.

2. Where the rate of a specific duty reduced in accordance with the provisions of this Title is EUR 2 or less per individual euro amount, that duty shall be entirely suspended.

3. Subject to paragraphs 1 and 2, the final rate of preferential duty calculated in accordance with this Regulation shall be rounded down to the first decimal place.







TITLE III

SPECIAL INCENTIVE ARRANGEMENTS







Section 1

Special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights

Article 14

1. The tariff preferences referred to in Article 8(1) shall apply to products originating in a country which according to Annex I benefits from the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights, or which has subsequently been granted those arrangements by a decision taken in accordance with Article 18, for the sector concerned, provided that the products are accompanied by the statement referred to in Article 19.

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2. The special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights may be granted to a country:

(a) the national legislation of which incorporates the substance of the standards laid down in ILO Conventions Nos 29 and 105 on forced labour, 87 and 98 on the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, 100 and 111 on non-discrimination in respect of employment and occupation, and 138 and 182 on child labour, and which effectively applies that legislation, or

(b) the national legislation of which incorporates the substance of the standards referred to in paragraph (a), and which is engaged in a clear and significant way in applying them, including all appropriate means envisaged in the relevant ILO conventions, taking the utmost account of the assessment of the situation made by the ILO.

In the case provided for in (b), the arrangements may be accorded for a limited period and their renewal shall be subject to the beneficiary country giving proof of progress in this area. The appraisal of such progress shall be carried out according to the memorandum of understanding to be agreed upon by the authorities of the beneficiary country.

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Article 15

1. The special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights shall be granted provided that:

— they are requested by a country or territory listed in Annex I,

— examination of the request shows that the requesting country fulfils the condition laid down in Article 14(2),

— the requesting country has given an undertaking to monitor the application of the special incentive arrangements and to provide the necessary administrative cooperation,

— the requesting country has given the agreement referred to in Article 17.

2. The requesting country shall submit its request to the Commission in writing and shall provide comprehensive information concerning:

— the national legislation referred to in Article 14(2), the measures taken to implement it and to monitor its application,

— any sectors in which that legislation is not applied.

3. The full official text of the legislation referred to in Article 14(2) and of the implementing measures shall be attached to the request.

4. Where the legislation referred to in Article 14(2) is not applied in certain sectors, a country may request the special incentive arrangements only for those sectors in which it is applied.

Article 16

1. Where the Commission receives a request accompanied by the information referred to in Article 15(2), it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities, announcing that request. The notice shall state that any relevant information concerning that request may be sent to the Commission and it shall specify the period within which interested parties may make their views known in writing.

2. The Commission shall examine the request. It may ask the requesting country any questions which it considers relevant and may verify the information received with the requesting country or any natural or legal person.

3. The Commission may carry out assessments in the requesting country. The Commission may be assisted in this task by the Member States.

4. The Commission shall inform the requesting country of its assessments. Where the requesting country needs an additional period of time before it fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 14(2), it may ask the Commission to postpone the decision referred to in Article 18(1) accordingly. The Commission shall take a decision on postponement in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 39.

5. The examination of a request shall be completed within a year of the date of publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission may extend this period, after informing the Committee.

6. The Commission shall submit its findings to the Committee.

Article 17

During the examination of the request, the Commission shall determine, in agreement with the requesting country,

(a) the authorities of that country that will be in charge of the administrative cooperation,

(b) the authorities of that country that will be in charge of issuing the statement referred to in Article 19.

Article 18

1. The Commission shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 38, whether to grant a requesting country the special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights.

2. Where a request was made in accordance with Article 15(4) or where the examination referred to in Article 16 shows that in some sectors the legislation referred to in Article 14(2) is not applied, the special arrangements may be granted only for the sectors in which it is applied.

3. The Commission shall notify a requesting country of a decision taken in accordance with paragraph 1. Where a country is granted the special incentive arrangements, it shall be informed of the date on which that decision enters into force.

4. Where a requesting country is not granted the special incentive arrangements or where some sectors are excluded, the Commission shall explain the reasons if that country so requests.

5. The Commission shall conduct all relations with a requesting country concerning the request in close coordination with the Committee.

Article 19

1. The tariff preferences referred to in Article 8(1) shall apply provided that the products concerned are accompanied by a statement issued by the authorities referred to in Article 17(b), certifying that those products have been manufactured in the country of origin under conditions complying with the legislation referred to in Article 14(2). This statement shall be validated by a stamp of the issuing authority, in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

2. The statement referred to in paragraph 1 shall mention: ‘ILO Conventions No 29, No 87, No 98, No 100, No 105, No 111, No 138, No 182 — Title III, Section 1, of Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001’, and shall be entered in box 4 of the certificate of origin Form A or on the invoice declaration referred to in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

Article 20

1. The provisions of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 concerning the proof of origin and the methods of administrative cooperation shall apply mutatis mutandis to the statement referred to in Article 19, as far as beneficiary countries are concerned.

2. The Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39, may review the non-exhaustive list of criteria specifying cases of reasonable doubt which may arise concerning compliance with the special incentive arrangements ( 11 ). Any changes to that list shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

3. Where a second communication is sent for the purpose of the subsequent verification of certificates of origin Form A and of invoice declarations in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, concerning the tariff preferences referred to in Article 8(1), the customs authorities in the Community shall inform the Commission, which shall immediately publish a notification in the Official Journal of the European Communities, announcing that reasonable doubt exists in respect of certain products, producers or exporters, and stating those.

4. Where it has been established, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 for the purpose of the subsequent verification of certificates of origin Form A and of invoice declarations, that the tariff preferences referred to in Article 8(1) do not apply to products from certain producers or exporters, the customs authorities of the Community shall inform the Commission, which shall immediately publish a notification in the Official Journal of the European Communities.







Section 2

Special incentive arrangements for the protection of the environment

Article 21

1. The tariff preferences referred to in Article 8(3) shall apply to products of the tropical forest originating in a country which according to Annex I benefits from the special incentive arrangements for the protection of the environment or which has subsequently been granted those arrangements by a decision taken in accordance with Article 23.

2. The special incentive arrangements for the protection of the environment may be granted to a country which effectively applies national legislation incorporating the substance of internationally acknowledged standards and guidelines concerning sustainable management of tropical forests.

Article 22

1. The special incentive arrangements referred to in Article 21 shall be granted provided that:

— they are requested by a country or territory listed in Annex I,

— the examination of the requests shows that the requesting country fulfils the condition laid down in Article 21(2),

— the requesting country has given an undertaking to maintain the national legislation referred to in Article 21(2), to monitor the application of the special incentive arrangements and to provide the necessary administrative cooperation.

2. The requesting country shall submit its request to the Commission in writing and shall provide comprehensive information concerning:

— the national legislation referred to in Article 21(2), the measures taken to implement it and to monitor its application,

— any forest management certification system, where such system is used in that country.

3. The full official text of the legislation referred to in Article 21(2) and of the implementing measures shall be attached to the request.

4. The Commission shall process requests made pursuant to paragraph 2 in accordance with the provisions of Article 16.

Article 23

1. The Commission shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 38, whether to grant a requesting country the special incentive arrangements for the protection of the environment.

2. The Commission shall notify a requesting country of a decision taken in accordance with paragraph 1. Where a country is granted the special incentive arrangements, it shall be informed of the date on which that decision enters into force.

3. Where a requesting country is not granted the special incentive arrangements, the Commission shall explain the reasons if that country so requests.

4. The Commission shall conduct all relations with a requesting country concerning the request in close coordination with the Committee.

Article 24

The tariff preferences referred to in Article 8(3) shall apply provided that the products concerned are accompanied by the following statement: ‘Environmental clause — Title III, Section 2, of Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001’.

This statement shall be entered in box 4 of the certificate of origin Form A or on the invoice declaration referred to in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.







TITLE IV

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS TO COMBAT DRUG PRODUCTION AND TRAFFICKING

Article 25

1. The Commission shall monitor and evaluate the effects of the special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking in respect of each beneficiary country's:

(a) use of the tariff preferences provided for by these arrangements,

(b) efforts in combating drug production and trafficking.

2. The Commission shall also assess each beneficiary country's:

(a) social development, in particular the respect and promotion of the standards laid down in the ILO Conventions referred to in the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work,

(b) environmental policy, in particular the sustainable management of tropical forests.

3. The evaluation referred to in paragraphs 1(b) and 2(a) and (b) shall take into account the findings of the relevant international organisations and agencies. The Commission shall inform each beneficiary country of its evaluation and invite it to comment. The evaluation shall be included in the report referred to in Article 37(3). It will be without prejudice to the continuation of the arrangements referred to in paragraph 1 until 2004, and their possible extension thereafter.

4. Before the end of ►M4 2005 ◄ , the Commission shall conduct a general evaluation of the results of the arrangements referred to in paragraph 1. It shall submit the findings to the Committee and take them into account when establishing guidelines for a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the decade 2005 to 2014.







TITLE V

TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL AND SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS

Article 26

1. The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, for any of the following reasons:

(a) practice of any form of slavery or forced labour as defined in the Geneva Conventions of 25 September 1926 and 7 September 1956 and ILO Conventions No 29 and No 105;

(b) serious and systematic violation of the freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining or the principle of non-discrimination in respect of employment and occupation, or use of child labour, as defined in the relevant ILO Conventions;

(c) export of goods made by prison labour;

(d) shortcomings in customs controls on export or transit of drugs (illicit substances or precursors), or failure to comply with international conventions on money laundering;

(e) fraud, irregularities or systematic failure to comply or to ensure compliance with the rules of origin of products and the proof thereof, and to provide the administrative cooperation as required for the implementation and the control of the respect of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2);

(f) unfair trading practices, including those which are prohibited or actionable under the WTO Agreements, provided that a determination to that effect has been made previously by the competent WTO body;

(g) infringement of the objectives of international conventions such as NAFO, NEAFC, ICCAT and NASCO concerning the conservation and management of fishery resources;

2. The administrative cooperation referred to in paragraph 1(e) requires, inter alia that a beneficiary country:

(a) communicate to the Commission and update the information necessary for the implementation of the rules of origin and the control of respect thereof;

(b) assist the Community by carrying out, on request of the customs authorities of Member States, subsequent verification of the proof of origin and communicate its results in time;

(c) assist the Community by allowing the Commission, in coordination and close cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States, to conduct Community administrative and investigative cooperation missions in that country, in order to verify the authenticity of documents or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the benefit of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2);

(d) carry out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify and prevent contravention of the rules of origin;

(e) comply or ensure compliance with the rules of origin in respect of regional cumulation, if the country benefits therefrom.

3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the special incentive arrangements referred to in Title III may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or certain products included in those arrangements, originating in a beneficiary country, for either of the following reasons:

(a) if the national legislation no longer incorporates the standards referred to in Article 14(2) or Article 21(2) or if that legislation is not effectively applied;

(b) if the undertaking referred to in Article 15(1) or Article 22(1) is not respected.

4. Without prejudice to Article 11, the preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation shall not be withdrawn pursuant to paragraph 1(f) in respect of products which are subject to anti-dumping or countervailing measures under Regulations (EC) No 384/96 or (EC) No 2026/97, for the reasons justifying those measures.

Article 27

1. Where the Commission or a Member State receives information that may justify temporary withdrawal and where it considers that there are sufficient grounds for an investigation, it shall inform the Committee and request consultations, which should take place within 15 days.

2. Following the consultations, the Commission may decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39, to initiate an investigation.

Article 28

1. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities announcing the investigation, and notify the beneficiary country concerned thereof. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received and state that any useful information may be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period within which interested parties may make their views known in writing.

2. The Commission shall provide the beneficiary country concerned with every opportunity to cooperate in the investigation.

3. The Commission shall seek all information it considers necessary and may verify the information received with economic operators and the beneficiary country concerned. The available assessments, comments, decisions, recommendations and conclusions of the various supervisory bodies of the ILO, including in particular Article 33 procedures, shall serve as the point of departure for the investigation as to whether temporary withdrawal is justified for the reason referred to in Article 26(1)(b).

4. The Commission may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests.

5. Where information requested by the Commission is not provided within a reasonable period or the investigation is significantly impeded, findings may be made on the basis of the facts available.

6. The investigation should be completed within a year. The Commission may extend this period, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39.

Article 29

1. The Commission shall submit a report on its findings to the Committee.

2. Where the Commission considers that the findings do not justify temporary withdrawal, it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39, to terminate the investigation. In that case, the Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the Official Journal of the European Communities, announcing the termination of the investigation and setting out its main conclusions.

3. Where the Commission considers that the findings justify temporary withdrawal for the reason referred to in Article 26 (1)(b), it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 39, to monitor and evaluate the situation in the beneficiary country concerned for a period of six months. The Commission shall notify this decision to the beneficiary country concerned and shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities, announcing that it intends to submit a proposal to the Council for temporary withdrawal, unless, before the end of the period, the beneficiary country concerned made a commitment to take the measures necessary to conform, in a reasonable period of time, with the principles referred to in the 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

4. Where the Commission considers temporary withdrawal to be necessary, it shall submit an appropriate proposal to the Council, which shall decide within 30 days by a qualified majority.

5. Where at the end of the period referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission finds that the beneficiary country concerned has not made the required commitment, and where it considers temporary withdrawal necessary, it shall submit an appropriate proposal to the Council, which shall decide within 30 days by a qualified majority. Where the Council decides on temporary withdrawal, such decision shall enter into force six months after it was taken, unless it is decided before then that the reasons justifying it no longer prevail.

Article 30

1. After informing the Committee, the Commission may suspend the preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country:

(a) where it considers that there is sufficient evidence that temporary withdrawal is justified for the reasons referred to in Article 26(1)(e), or

(b) where imports under these arrangements massively exceed the usual levels of production and export capacity of that country.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information that may justify suspension of preferences.

3. Where the Commission considers that there is sufficient evidence that the conditions for suspension are met, it shall take all appropriate measures as quickly as possible.

4. The period of suspension shall be limited to three months and may be renewed once. The Commission may extend this period, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39.

Article 31

1. Where a product originating in a beneficiary country is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to a Community producer of like or directly competing products, normal Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be reintroduced at any time at the request of a Member State or on the Commission's initiative.

2. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Communities announcing the investigation. The notice shall state that any useful information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period within which interested parties may make their views known in writing.

3. In examining whether there are serious difficulties, the Commission shall take account, inter alia, of the following factors concerning Community producers where the information is available:

— market share,

— production,

— stocks,

— production capacity,

— bankruptcies,

— profitability,

— capacity utilisation,

— employment,

— imports,

— prices.

4. The Commission shall take a decision within 30 working days of consulting the Committee.

5. Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make an investigation impossible, the Commission may, after informing the Committee, take any preventive measure which is strictly necessary.

Article 32

Where imports of products included in Annex I to the Treaty cause, or threaten to cause, serious disturbance to Community markets or their regulatory mechanisms, the Commission may suspend the preferential arrangements in respect of the products concerned after informing the management committee for the relevant common market organisation.

Article 33

1. The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned of any decision taken in accordance with Articles 30, 31 or 32 before it becomes effective. The Commission shall also notify the Council and the Member States thereof.

2. Any Member State may refer a decision taken in accordance with Articles 30, 31 or 32 to the Council within ten days. The Council, acting by qualified majority, may adopt a different decision within 30 days.

Article 34

Nothing in this Title shall affect the application of safeguard clauses adopted as part of the common agricultural policy under Article 37 of the Treaty, or as part of the common trade policy under Article 133 of the Treaty, or any other safeguard clauses which may be applied.







TITLE VI

PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

Article 35

The Commission shall adopt changes to the Annexes of this Regulation made necessary by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature or by changes in the international status or classification of countries or territories in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 39.

Article 36

1. Within six weeks of the end of each quarter, Member States shall send the Statistical Office of the European Communities their statistical data on products admitted for free circulation during that quarter under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation. These data, supplied by reference to Combined Nomenclature codes and, where applicable, TARIC codes, shall show, by country of origin, values, quantities and any supplementary units required in accordance with the definitions in Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 ( 12 ) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 ( 13 ).

2. In accordance with Article 308(d) of Commission Regulation (EEC) 2454/93, Member States shall forward to the Commission, at its request, details of the quantities of products admitted for free circulation under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation, during the previous months.

3. The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member States, monitor the imports of products of CN code 0803 00 19, of tariff headings 0603, 1006, and 1701 and of CN codes 1604 14 11, 1604 14 18, 1604 14 90, 1604 19 39 and 1604 20 70 in order to determine whether the conditions referred to in Articles 30, 31 and 32 are fulfilled.

Article 37

1. In implementing this Regulation, the Commission shall be assisted by a Generalised Preferences Committee, composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by the representative of the Commission.

2. The Committee may examine any matter relating to the application of this Regulation raised by the Commission or at the request of a Member State.

3. The Committee shall examine the effects of the Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences, on the basis of an annual report from the Commission. This report shall cover all preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2).

4. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 38

1. Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

2. The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at 3 months.

Article 39

Where reference is made to this Article, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.







TITLE VII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 40

1. Requests concerning Title III of this Regulation made under the provisions of a previous regulation on the Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences, on which no decision has been taken before this Regulation enters into force, shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.

2. Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 of 24 March 1997 temporarily withdrawing access to generalised tariff preferences from the Union of Myanmar ( 14 ), which refers to Council Regulations (EC) No 3281/94 ( 15 ) and (EC) No 1256/96 ( 16 ), shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.

3. This Regulation replaces Council Regulation (EC) No 416/2001 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 1999 to 31 December 2001 so as to extend dutyfree access without any quantitative restrictions to products originating in the least developed countries.

Article 41

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2002.

2. It shall apply until 31 December ►M4 2005 ◄ . This date shall not apply to the special arrangements for least developed countries, nor, to the extent that they are applied in conjunction with those arrangements, to any other provisions of this Regulation.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

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ANNEX I







Beneficiary countries and territories of the Community's scheme of generalised tariff preferences A B C D E F G H I AE United Arab Emirates AF Afghanistan X AG Antigua and Barbuda AI Anguilla AM Armenia II, XXVI AN Netherlands Antilles AO Angola X AQ Antarctica AR Argentina AS American Samoa AW Aruba AZ Azerbaijan II, XXVI BB Barbados BD Bangladesh X BF Burkina Faso X BH Bahrain BI Burundi X BJ Benin X BM Bermuda BN Brunei Darussalam (1) BO Bolivia X BR Brazil I, VI, IX, XI, XII, XVII, XIX, XX, XXVI, XXXIV BS Bahamas BT Bhutan X BV Bouvet Island BW Botswana BY Belarus II, XXVI BZ Belize CC Cocos Islands (or Keeling Islands) CD Democratic Republic of Congo X CF Central African Republic X CG Congo CI Côte d'Ivoire CK Cook Islands CL Chile CM Cameroon CN People's Republic of China XXVI (2) III, IV, VIII, XIV, XVI, XVIII, XX, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVII, XXVIII, XXIX, XXXII, XXXIII CO Colombia X CR Costa Rica X CU Cuba CV Cape Verde X CX Christmas Islands DJ Djibouti X DM Dominica DO Dominican Republic DZ Algeria EC Ecuador X EG Egypt ER Eritrea X ET Ethiopia X FJ Fiji FK Falklands Islands FM Federated States of Micronesia GA Gabon GD Grenada GE Georgia II, XXVI GH Ghana GI Gibraltar GL Greenland II GM Gambia X GN Guinea X GQ Equatorial Guinea X GS South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands GT Guatemala X GU Guam GW Guinea-Bissau X GY Guyana HM Heard Island and McDonald Islands HN Honduras X HT Haiti X ID Indonesia X, XIX, XXIII IN India XVIII, XXI IO British Indian Ocean Territory IQ Iraq IR Iran (Islamic Republic of) JM Jamaica JO Jordan KE Kenya KG Kyrgyzstan II, XXVI KH Cambodia X KI Kiribati X KM Comoros X KN St Kitts and Nevis KW Kuwait KY Cayman Islands KZ Kazakhstan II, XXVI LA Lao People's Democratic Republic X LB Lebanon LC St Lucia LK Sri Lanka LR Liberia X LS Lesotho X LY Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1) XIII MA Morocco XV MD Moldova (Republic of) II, XXVI X All except II and XXVI MG Madagascar X MH Marshall Islands ML Mali X MM Myanmar X MN Mongolia MO Macao MP Northern Mariana Islands MR Mauritania X MS Montserrat MU Mauritius MV Maldives X MW Malawi X MX Mexico XI, XIV, XXIV, XXVI, XXXI MY Malaysia X, XVI, XIX, XXIX MZ Mozambique X NA Namibia NC New Caledonia NE Niger X NF Norfolk Island NG Nigeria NI Nicaragua X NP Nepal X NR Nauru NU Niue Island OM Oman PA Panama X PE Peru X PF French Polynesia PG Papua New Guinea PH Philippines PK Pakistan XVII, XVIII, XXI, XXII X PM St Pierre and Miquelon PN Pitcairn PW Palau PY Paraguay QA Qatar RU Russian Federation II, XXVI XIII, XV, XXXIV RW Rwanda X SA Saudi Arabia XIII SB Solomon Islands X SC Seychelles SD Sudan X SH Santa Helena SL Sierra Leone X SN Senegal X SO Somalia X SR Suriname ST São Tomé and Príncipe X SV El Salvador X SY Syrian Arab Republic SZ Swaziland TC Turks and Caicos Islands TD Chad X TF French Southern territories TG Togo X TH Thailand II, XI, XVI, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXIX TJ Tajikistan II, XXVI TK Tokelau Islands TL East Timor TM Turkmenistan II, XXVI TN Tunisia XV, XXII TO Tonga TT Trinidad and Tobago TV Tuvalu X TZ Tanzania (United Republic of) X UA Ukraine II, XXVI UG Uganda X UM United States Minor outlying islands UY Uruguay UZ Uzbekistan II, XXVI VC St Vincent and Northern Grenadines VE Venezuela X VG Virgin Islands (British) VI Virgin Islands (USA) VN Vietnam VU Vanuatu X WF Wallis and Futuna WS Samoa X YE Yemen X YT Mayotte ZA South Africa XXVI ZM Zambia X ZW Zimbabwe (1) Beneficiary country without development index. (2) Only the products of sector XXVI which are underlined in Annex III are not included for the People's Republic of China, pursuant to Article 7(7).

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ANNEX II

1. Development index

The development index refers to a country's level of industrial development. It compares that level to the one of the European Union, using the following formula:

where:

Yi = the beneficiary country's gross national product per capita,

Yue = the European Union's gross national product per capita,

Xi = the value of the beneficiary country's manufactured exports,

Xue = the value of the European Union's manufactured exports.

Manufactured exports are those of Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) 5 to 8 less 68.

2. Specialisation index

The specialisation index refers to the importance of a sector in the Community imports from a beneficiary country. It is based on the ratio between that country's share in imports from all countries, of all products of the sector concerned, whether included in the preferential arrangements or not, and its share in all imports from all countries.

3. Thresholds







Development index Threshold for the Specialisation index = or > − 1,00 100 % < − 1,00 and = or > − 1,23 150 % < − 1,23 and = or > − 1,70 500 % < − 1,70 and = or > − 2,00 700 %.

4. Statistical sources

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The statistical source for per capita income is the World Bank's World Development Report, for quarterly gross domestic product the IMF International Financial Statistics, for manufactured exports the UN Comtrade statistics, and for Community imports the Comext statistics.

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ANNEX III

Sectors referred to in point (b) of Article 6







No Description CN code I Live animals and meat Chapters 1 and 2 II Fishery products Chapter 3, codes 1604, 1605 and 1902 20 10 III Edible products of animal origin Chapter 4 IV Other products of animal origin Chapter 5 V Trees, plants, cut flowers, edible vegetables and nuts Chapters 6 to 8 VI Coffee, tea, maté and spices Chapter 9 VII Cereals and malt and starches Chapters 10 and 11 VIII Grains, seeds, fruit and plants Chapter 12 IX Lac, gums and resins Chapter 13 X Fats, oils and waxes Chapter 15 XI Edible preparations and beverages Chapters 16 to 23, except codes 1604, 1605 and 1902 20 10 XII Tobacco Chapter 24 XIII Mineral products Chapters 25 to 27 XIV Chemicals except fertilisers Chapters 28 to 38, except 31 XV Fertilisers Chapter 31 XVI Plastics and rubber Chapters 39 and 40 XVII Leather, raw hides and skins Chapter 41 XVIII Articles of leather and furskins Chapters 42 and 43 XIX Wood Chapters 44 to 46 XX Paper Chapters 47 to 49 XXI Textiles Chapters 50 to 60 XXII Clothing Chapters 61 to 63 XXIII Footwear Chapters 64 to 67 XXIV Glass and ceramic Chapters 68 to 70 XXV Jewellery and precious metals Chapter 71 ▼M6 XXVI Iron or steel (1) 7202 11; 7207 11 11; 7207 11 14; 7207 11 16; 7207 12 10; ex720719 12; ex720719 80; 7207 20 11; 7207 20 15; 7207 20 17;7207 20 32; ex720720 52; ex720720 80; 7208 10 00; 7208 25 00; 7208 26 00; 7208 27 00; 7208 36 00; 7208 37 00; 7208 38 00; 7208 39 00; 7208 40 00; 7208 51 20; 7208 51 91; ex720851 98; 7208 52 20; ex720852 80; ex720853 00; 7208 54; ex720890 00; 7209 15 00; 7209 16; 7209 17; 7209 18; 7209 25 00; 7209 26; 7209 27; 7209 28; ex720990 00; ex721011 00; ex72 10 12; ex721020 00; ex721030 00; ex721041 00; ex721049 00; ex721050 00; ex721061 00; ex721069 00; ex721070 10; 7210 70 80; ex72 10 90; 7211 13 00; ex721114 00; ex721119 00; ex721123 20; ex721123 30; ex721123 80; ex721129 00; ex721190 00; 7212 10 10; ex721210 90; ex721220 00; ex721230 00; ex721240 20; ex72 12 50; ex721260 00; 7213 10 00; 7213 20 00; 7213 91 10; 7213 91 20; 7213 91 41; 7213 91 49; 7213 91 70; 7213 91 90; 7213 99 10; 7213 99 90; 7214 20 00; 7214 30 00; 7214 91 10; 7214 91 90; 7214 99 10; 7214 99 31; 7214 99 39; 7214 99 50; ex721499 71; ex721499 79; ex721499 95; ex721590 00; 7216 10 00; 7216 21 00; 7216 22 00; 7216 31; 7216 32; 7216 33; 7216 40; 7216 50; ex721699 00; ex72 18 91; 7218 99 11; 7218 99 20; 7219 11 00; 7219 12; 7219 13; 7219 14; 7219 21; 7219 22; 7219 23 00; 7219 24 00; 7219 31 00; 7219 32; 7219 33; 7219 34; 7219 35; ex721990 00; 7220 11 00; 7220 12 00; ex72 20 20; ex722090 00; 7221 00; 7222 11; 7222 19; ex722230 97; 7222 40 10; ex722240 90; ex722490 02; 7224 90 03; 7224 90 05; 7224 90 07; 7224 90 14; 7224 90 31; 7224 90 38; 7225 11 00; 7225 19; ex722520 00; 7225 30; 7225 40; 7225 50 00; ex722591 00; ex722592 00; ex722599 00; ex722611 00; 7226 19 10; ex722619 80; ex722620 00; 7226 91; ex722692 00; ex722693 00; ex722694 00; ex722699 00; 7227; 7228 10 20; ex722820 10; 7228 20 91; 7228 30; ex72 28 60; 7228 70 10; ex722870 90; ex722880 00; 7301 10 00; 7302 10 21; 7302 10 23; 7302 10 29; 7302 10 40; 7302 10 50; 7302 10 90; ex730240 00; ex730290 00 ▼B XXVII Base metals and articles of base metal, other than products of sector XXVI 7202 21; 7202 41; 7202 49; 7202 50 00; 7202 70 00; 7202 91 00; 7202 99 30; 7202 99 80; 7217; 7223; 7303 to 7326; Chapters 74 to 83 XXVIII Electro-mechanics ex Chapter 84 and ex Chapter 85 (other than products of sector XXIX) XXIX Consumer electronics 8470; 8471; 8473; 8504; 8505; 8517; 8518; 8519; 8520; 8521; 8522; 8523; 8524; 8525 30; 8525 40; 8526; 8527; 8528; 8529; 8531; 8532; 8533; 8534; 8536; 8540 11; 8540 12; 8541; 8542 XXX Transport equipment Chapters 86, 88 and 89 XXXI Automobiles Chapter 87 XXXII Optical and clocks Chapters 90 to 92 XXXIII Miscellaneous Chapters 94 to 96 ▼M6 XXXIV Other base metals and articles of base metal 7202 19; 7202 29; 7202 30 00; 7202 92 00; 7207 11 90; 7207 12 90; 7207 19 19; ex720719 80; 7207 20 19; 7207 20 59; ex720720 80; ex720890 00; ex720990 00; ex721011 00; ex721012 20; ex721020 00; ex721030 00; ex721041 00; ex721049 00; ex721050 00; ex721061 00; ex721069 00; ex721070 80; ex721090 30; ex721090 40; ex721090 80; ex72 11 23; ex721129 00; ex721190 00; ex721210 90; ex721220 00; ex721230 00; ex72 12 40; ex72 12 50; ex721260 00; 7215 10 00; 7215 50; ex721590 00; 7216 61; 7216 69 00; 7216 91; ex721699 00; ex72 18 91; ex721899 80; ex721990 00; ex72 20 20; ex722090 00; 7222 20; 7222 30 51; 7222 30 91; ex722230 97; ex722240 50; ex722240 90; ex722490 02; 7224 90 18; ex722490 90; ex722520 00; ex722591 00; ex722592 00; ex722599 00; ex722611 00; ex722619 80; ex722620 00; ex722692 00; ex722693 00; ex722694 00; ex722699 00; 7228 10 50; 7228 10 90; ex722820 10; 7228 20 99; 7228 40; 7228 50; ex72 28 60; ex722870 90; 7229; 7301 20 00; 7302 10 10; ex730240 00; ex730290 00 ▼B (1) The products of sector XXVI not included for the People's Republic of China pursuant to Article 7(7) are underlined.









ANNEX IV

List of products included in the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2)







CN Code Description G E D 0101 10 90 Live asses S Live horses other than pure-bred breeding animals: 0101 90 19 Other than for slaughter S X 0101 90 30 Live asses S 0101 90 90 Live mules and hinnies S 0104 20 10 Live pure-bred breeding goats * S X 0106 19 10 Live domestic rabbits S X 0106 39 10 Live pigeons S X 0205 00 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen S X 0206 80 91 Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products S X 0206 90 91 Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozen, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products S X Livers, frozen: 0207 14 91 Of fowls of the species (Gallus domesticus) S 0207 27 91 Of turkeys S 0207 36 89 Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls S Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: 0208 10 Of rabbits or hares S X 0208 20 00 Frogs' legs NS ex02 08 90 Other, excluding products of 0208 90 55 S X Meat other than of swine and bovine animals, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal: 0210 99 10 Horsemeat, salted, in brine or dried S 0210 99 59 Offal of bovine animals other than thick skirt and thin skirt S 0210 99 60 Offal of sheep and goats S 0210 99 80 Offal other than poultry liver S Chapter 3 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES X Live fish: 0301 10 90 Ornamental saltwater fish NS 0301 91 90 Other trout S X ex030199 90 Saltwater fish: dogfish and other sharks (Squalus spp.), porbeagles (Lamna cornubica; Isurus nasus), lesser or Greenland halibut (Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides), Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) S X Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of 0304: ►M3 0302 11 20 0303 11 80 ◄ ►M3 Trout other than of the species Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster ◄ S X Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding livers and roes: 0302 21 10 Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) S X 0302 21 30 Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) S X 0302 22 00 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) S X 0302 62 00 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) S X 0302 63 00 Coalfish (Pollachius virens) S X 0302 65 Dogfish and other sharks S X 0302 69 33 Redfish (Sebastes spp.) other than of the species Sebastes marinus S X 0302 69 41 Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) S X 0302 69 45 Ling (Molva spp.) S X 0302 69 51 Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) and pollack (Pollachius pollachius) S X 0302 69 85 Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus poutassou) S X 0302 69 86 Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis) S X 0302 69 88 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) S X 0302 69 92 Pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes) S X ex030269 99 Other than fish of the species Kathetostoma giganteum S X 0302 70 00 Livers and roes, fresh or chilled S X Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of 0304: ►M3 0303 21 20 0303 21 80 ◄ ►M3 Trout other than of the species Oncorhynchus apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster ◄ S X Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae, Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and Citharidae), excluding livers and roes: 0303 31 10 Lesser or Greenland halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides) S X 0303 31 30 Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) S X 0303 33 00 Sole (Solea spp.) S X 0303 39 10 Flounder (Platichthys flesus) S X 0303 72 00 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) S X 0303 73 00 Coalfish (Pollachius virens) S X 0303 75 Dogfish and other sharks S X 0303 79 37 Redfish (Sebastes spp.) other than of the species Sebastes marinus S X 0303 79 45 Whiting (Merlangius merlangus) S X 0303 79 51 Ling (Molva spp.) S X 0303 79 58 Fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor: S X 0303 79 83 Blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus poutassou) S X 0303 79 85 Southern blue whiting (Micromesistius australis) S X 0303 79 87 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) S X 0303 79 88 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp) S X 0303 79 92 Blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezealandiae) S X 0303 79 93 Pink cusk-eel (Genypterus blacodes) S X 0303 79 94 Fish of the species Pelotreis flavilatus and Peltorhamphus novaezealandiae S X 0303 79 98 Other S X 0303 80 90 Other livers and roes S X Fish fillets and other fish meat, fresh or chilled: ►M3 0304 10 15 0304 10 17 ◄ Fillets of trout of the species Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita and Oncorhynchus gilae S X ex030410 98 Fillets of dogfish and other sharks (Squalus spp.), porbeagles (Lamna cornubica, Isurus nasus), lesser or Greenland halibut (Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides), Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) S X Frozen fillets of freshwater fish: ►M3 0304 20 15 0304 20 17 ◄ Of trout of the species Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus agubonita and Oncorhynchus gilae S X 0304 20 21 Of cod of the species Gadus macrocephalus S X 0304 20 29 Of other cod and of fish of the species Boreogadus saida S X 0304 20 31 Of coalfish (Pollachius virens) S X 0304 20 33 Of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) S X 0304 20 37 Of other redfish (Sebastes spp.) than of the species Sebastes marinus S X 0304 20 41 Of whiting (Merlangius merlangus) S X 0304 20 43 Of ling (Molva spp.) S X 0304 20 55 Of hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) S X 0304 20 56 S X 0304 20 58 S X 0304 20 59 S X 0304 20 61 Of dogfish (Squalus acanthias and Scyliorhinus spp.) S X 0304 20 69 Of other sharks S X 0304 20 71 Of plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) S X 0304 20 73 Of flounder (Platichthys flesus) S X 0304 20 87 Of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) S X 0304 20 91 Of blue grenadier (Macruronus novaezealandiae) S X ▼M6 ex030420 94 Other: of halibut (Rheinhardtius hippoglossoides, Hippoglossus S X ▼B 0304 90 39 Of other cod S X 0304 90 41 Of coalfish (Pollachius virens) S X 0304 90 45 Of haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) S X ▼M6 0304 90 48 Of hake (Merluccius and Urophycis) S X ▼B 0304 90 57 Of monkfish (Lophius spp.) S X 0304 90 59 Of blue whiting (Micromesistius poutassou or Gadus poutassou) S X 0304 90 97 Of other saltwater fish S X 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: ex030530 90 Fish of the species Clupea ilisha, in brine S X 0305 59 70 Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) S X 0305 69 30 Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) S X 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 S X ▼M6 ex030569 80 Fish of the species Clupea ilisha, in brine S X ▼B Crustaceans, frozen: 0306 11 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) S X 0306 12 Lobsters (Homarus spp.) S X ex03 06 13 Shrimps and prawns, excluding products of 0306 13 30 S X 0306 14 Crabs S X 0306 19 10 Freshwater crayfish S X 0306 19 90 Other crustaceans, including flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption S X Crustaceans, not frozen: 0306 21 00 Rock lobster and other sea crawfish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) S X 0306 22 Lobsters (Homarus spp.) S X Shrimps and prawns: 0306 23 10 Of the family Pandalidae S X 0306 23 90 Other S X 0306 24 Crabs S X Other croustaceans, including flours, meals and pellets: 0306 29 10 Freshwater crayfish S X ex030629 90 Puerullus spp. S X 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 for human consumption: 0307 10 90 Oysters S X 0307 21 00 Scallops, live, fresh or chilled S X 0307 29 Other scallops S X 0307 31 Mussels (Mytilus spp, Perna spp.), live, fresh or chilled S X 0307 39 Other mussels S X 0307 41 Cuttle fish and squid, live, fresh or chilled S X ex03 07 49 Other cuttle fish and squid, excluding products of 0307 49 59 S X 0307 51 00 Octopus (Octopus spp.), live, fresh or chilled S X 0307 59 Other octopus S X Other molluscs, including flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans, fit for human consumption: 0307 91 00 Live, fresh or chilled S X Frozen: 0307 99 13 Striped venus and other species of the family Veneridae S X 0307 99 18 Other aquatic invertebrates S X 0307 99 90 Other than frozen S X 0403 10 51 Yoghurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa S 0403 10 53 S 0403 10 59 S 0403 10 91 S 0403 10 93 S 0403 10 99 S 0403 90 71 Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream; kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa S 0403 90 73 S 0403 90 79 S 0403 90 91 S 0403 90 93 S 0403 90 99 S ex04 05 20 Dairy spreads, excluding products of 0405 20 90 S 0407 00 90 Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked other than of poultry S X 0409 00 00 Natural honey X 0410 00 00 Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included S X Chapter 5 PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED X 0509 00 90 Natural sponges of animal origin, other than raw S X Chapter 6 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS, AND THE LINK; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE X Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, chicory plants and roots other than roots of 1212: 0601 10 Dormant S X 0601 20 In growth or in flower S X Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn: 0602 10 90 Unrooted cuttings and slips, other than of vines S X 0602 20 90 Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts, other than vine slips, grafted or rooted S X 0602 30 00 Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not S X 0602 40 Roses, grafted or not S X 0602 90 Other S X 0603 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind suitable for bouquets or for ornamental purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, impregnated or otherwise prepared S X ex06 04 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 41 S X 0604 91 41 Conifer branches of Nordmann's firs (Abies nordmanniana (Stev.) Spach) and of noble firs (Abies procera Rehd.) NS 0701 Potatoes, fresh or chilled S X 0703 10 Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled S 0703 90 00 Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled S 0704 Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible Brassica spp., fresh or chilled S 0705 Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled S 0706 Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled S 0706 90 30 Horseradish (cochleria armoricia), fresh or chilled X ex070700 05 Cucumber, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October X 0708 Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled S X Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: ex070910 00 Globe artichokes, from 1 July to 31 October S 0709 20 00 Asparagus S ex070920 00 Asparagus, from 1 October to 31 January X 0709 30 00 Aubergines (egg-plants) S X 0709 40 00 Celery other than celeriac S X 0709 51 00 Mushrooms S 0709 59 S 0709 59 10 Chanterelles X 0709 60 10 Sweet peppers S X 0709 60 99 Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, other than sweet peppers S X 0709 70 00 Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) S 0709 90 10 Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.) S 0709 90 20 Chard (or white beet) and cardoons S 0709 90 31 Olives, for uses other than the production of oil * S 0709 90 40 Capers S 0709 90 50 Fennel S 0709 90 70 Courgettes X 0709 90 90 Other S X ex07 10 Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen, excluding products of 0710 80 10, 0710 80 70 and 0710 80 85 S X 0710 80 10 Olives S 0710 80 70 Tomatoes X 0710 80 85 Asparagus X ex07 11 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, excluding products of 0711 20 10 and 0711 20 90 S X 0711 20 10 Olives, for uses other than the production of oil * S ex07 12 Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared, excluding olives and products of 0712 90 11 and 0712 90 19 S X 0713 Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split: X 0713 50 00 Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina, Vicia faba var. minor) S X 0713 90 Other S X 0714 20 10 Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, intended for human consumption* NS 0714 20 90 Sweet potatoes other than fresh, whole, intended for human production S 0714 90 90 Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high inulin content; sago pith NS Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled: 0802 11 90 Almonds in shell, other than bitter S 0802 12 90 Almonds shelled, other than bitter S 0802 21 00 0802 22 00 Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.), in shell or shelled S 0802 31 00 Walnuts in shell S 0802 32 00 Walnuts shelled S 0802 40 00 Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) S 0802 50 00 Pistachios NS 0802 90 50 Pine nuts NS 0802 90 60 Macadamia nuts NS 0802 90 85 Other NS 0803 00 11 Plantains, fresh S 0803 00 90 Bananas, including plantains, dried S X 0804 10 00 Dates, fresh or dried S X 0804 20 Figs, fresh or dried S 0804 30 00 Pineapples, fresh or dried S X 0804 40 00 Avocados, fresh or dried S X Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: ex08 05 20 Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids: from 1 March to 31 October S ex08 05 20 from 15 May to 15 September X 0805 40 00 Grapefruit NS 0805 50 90 Limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia) S X 0805 90 00 Other X ex080610 10 Table grapes, fresh, from 1 January to 20 July and from 21 November to 31 December, other than of the variety Emperor (Vitis vinifera c.v.) from 1 to 31 December S 0806 10 90 Other grapes, fresh S ex08 06 20 Dried grapes, excluding products of 0806 20 92 S 0807 11 00 Watermelons, fresh S X 0807 19 00 Other melons, fresh S X 0808 10 10 Fresh cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December S 0808 20 10 Perry pears, fresh, in bulk, from 1 August to 31 December S ex080820 50 Other pears, fresh, from 1 May to 30 June S 0808 20 90 Fresh quinces S ex080910 00 Apricots, fresh, from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 August to 31 December S 0809 20 05 Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh X ex080920 95 Cherries, other than sour (Prunus cerasus), fresh, from 1 January to 20 May and from 11 August to 31 December S ex08 09 30 Peaches, including nectarines, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December S ex080940 05 Plums, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December S 0809 40 90 Sloes S X 0810 Other fruit, fresh: ex081010 00 Strawberries, from 1 January to 30 April and from 1 August to 31 December S 0810 20 Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries S X 0810 30 Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries S X 0810 40 30 Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus S X 0810 40 50 Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum S X 0810 40 90 Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium S X 0810 50 00 Kiwifruit S X 0810 60 00 Durians S X 0810 90 95 Other S X 0811 Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter: X 0811 20 Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries S X ex08 11 90 Other, excluding products of 0811 90 75 S X ex08 12 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, excluding products of 0812 90 30 S X 0812 90 30 Papaws (papayas) NS Fruit, dried, other than of 0801–0806; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter: 0813 10 00 Apricots S X 0813 20 00 Prunes S X 0813 30 00 Apples S X 0813 40 10 Peaches, including nectarines S X 0813 40 30 Pears, dried S X 0813 40 50 Papaws (papayas) NS 0813 40 95 Other NS 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 S X X 0813 50 15 Other S X 0813 50 19 Containing prunes S X Mixtures exclusively of dried nuts of 0801 and 0802: 0813 50 31 Of tropical nuts S X ex081350 31 Mixtures exclusively of coconut, Brazil nut, cashew nut, areca (or betel) nuts or colanuts X 0813 50 39 Other S 0813 50 91 Other mixtures not containing prunes or figs S ex081350 91 Mixtures of dried guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, papaws, tamarind, cashew apples, jackfruit, lychees or sapodillo plums X 0813 50 99 Other S 0814 00 00 Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions NS 0901 12 00 Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated S X 0901 21 00 Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated S X 0901 22 00 Coffee, roasted, decaffeinated S X 0901 90 90 Coffee substitutes containing coffee S X 0902 10 00 Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of not exceeding 3 kg NS 0904 12 00 Pepper of the genus Piper, crushed or ground NS 0904 20 10 Sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed nor ground S X 0904 20 90 Crushed or ground NS 0905 00 00 Vanilla S 0907 00 00 Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) S 0910 20 90 Saffron, crushed or ground NS 0910 40 Thyme, bay leaves S X 0910 91 90 Mixtures of spices, crushed or ground S X 0910 99 99 Other spices, crushed or ground, other than mixtures S X ex100890 90 Quinoa X 1105 Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes S X Flour, meal and powder: 1106 10 00 Of the dried leguminous vegetables of 0713 S X 1106 30 Of the products of Chapter 8 S X 1108 20 00 Inulin S 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 99 20 X 1208 10 00 Flours and meals of soya beans S X 1209 Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing: 1209 10 00 Sugar beet seed S X 1209 21 00 Lucerne (alfalfa) seed NS 1209 23 80 Other fescue seed NS 1209 29 50 Lupine seed NS 1209 29 60 Other beet seed S X 1209 29 80 Other NS 1209 30 00 Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers NS ►M3 ex12 09 91 ◄ ►M3 Vegetable seeds other than products of code 1209 91 30 ◄ NS ▼M3 1209 91 30 Salad beet seed or beetroot seed (Beta vulgaris var. conditiva) S X ▼B 1209 99 91 Seeds of plants cultivated principally for their flowers, other than those of 1209 30 NS 1209 99 99 Other seeds S X 1210 Hop cones; fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered, or in the form of pellets; lupulin S X 1211 90 30 Tonquin beans, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered NS 1212 10 Locust beans, including locust bean seeds S X 1214 90 10 Mangolds, swedes and other fodder roots S X Chapter 13 LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS X 1302 12 00 Vegetable saps and extracts of liquorice NS 1302 13 00 Vegetable saps and extracts of hops S X 1302 20 Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates S X 1501 00 90 Poultry fat, other than of 0209 or 1503 S 1502 00 90 Other fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats S 1503 00 19 Lard stearin and oleostearin other than for industrial use S X 1503 00 90 Other S X ex15 04 Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified, excluding products of ex150430 10 (whale oil or sperm oil) X 1504 10 10 Fish-liver oils and their fractions, of a vitamin A content not exceeding 2 500 IU/g S X 1504 20 10 Solid fractions of fats and oils of fish, other than liver oils S X ex150430 10 Solid fractions of fats and oils of marine mammals, other than whale oil or sperm oil S X 1505 00 10 Wool grease, crude S X 1507 Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S X 1508 Groundnut oil and its fractions, not chemically modified S X 1511 10 90 Crude oil, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption S X 1511 90 Other S X 1512 Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, not chemically modified S X 1513 Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S X 1514 Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, not chemically modified S X 1515 Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified S X ex15 16 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, excluding products of 1516 20 10 S X 1516 20 10 Hydrogenated castor oil, so called ‘opal-wax’ NS 1517 Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats and oils S X 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 S X 1521 90 99 Beeswax and other insect waxes, other than raw S X 1522 00 10 Degras S X 1522 00 91 Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks S X 1601 00 10 Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood: food preparations based on liver S Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: 1602 20 11 Goose or duck liver X 1602 20 19 X Of swine: 1602 41 90 Ham and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine X 1602 42 90 Shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine X 1602 49 90 Other, including mixtures, other than of domestic swine X 1602 50 31 Of bovine animals X 1602 50 39 X 1602 50 80 X Other, including preparations of blood of any animal: 1602 90 31 Of game or rabbit X 1602 90 41 Of reindeer X 1602 90 69 Other X 1602 90 72 X 1602 90 74 X 1602 90 76 X 1602 90 78 X 1602 90 98 X 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 S X 1604 Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs X Prepared or preserved fish, whole or in pieces, but not minced: 1604 11 00 Salmon S X 1604 13 11 Sardines in olive oil S X 1604 13 90 Other than sardines S X 1604 15 Makerel S X 1604 19 10 Salmonidae, other than salmon S X 1604 19 50 Fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor S X 1604 19 91 Fillets, raw, merely coated with batter or breadcrumbs, whether or not prefried in oil, deep frozen S X 1604 19 92 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) S X 1604 19 93 Coalfish (Pollachius virens) S X 1604 19 94 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) S X 1604 19 95 Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) and pollack (Pollachius pollachius) S X 1604 19 98 Other S X 1604 20 05 Preparations of surimi S X 1604 20 10 Preparations of salmon S X 1604 20 30 Preparations of salmonidae, other than salmon S X ex160420 50 Preparations of mackerel of the species Scomber scombrus and Scomber japonicus, fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor S X ex160420 90 Preparations of smoked coalfish; brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), mackerel (Scomber australasicus) and lamprey, minced S X 1604 30 Caviar and caviar substitutes S X 1605 Crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved S X 1702 50 00 Chemically pure fructose S X 1702 90 10 Chemically pure maltose S X 1704 Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa S X Chapter 18 COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS X 1803 Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted S X 1804 00 00 Cocoa butter, fat and oil S X 1805 00 00 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter S X 1806 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa S X 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 und 1904 20 99 S X 1901 20 00 Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of 1905 NS 1901 90 91 Other, containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch, excluding food preparations in powder form of goods of 0401 to 0404 NS 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 X 1904 20 95 Prepared foods obtained from rice X 1904 20 99 Other X Chapter 20 PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS X 2001 Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid: S X 2001 90 60 Palm hearts, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid: S X X 2003 Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid S X 2004 Other vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of 2006 S X 2005 Other vegetables, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of 2006 S X 2006 Vegetables, fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised) S X 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 S X 2007 91 Citrus fruit S X 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 S X 2008 19 Nuts and other seeds, including mixtures, other than groundnuts S X 2008 20 19 Pineapples containing added spirit NS 2008 20 39 NS ▼M6 2008 20 51 Pineapples not containing added spirit S X 2008 20 59 S X 2008 20 71 S X 2008 20 79 S X 2008 20 90 S X ▼B 2008 30 11 Citrus fruit containing added spirit S X 2008 30 31 S X 2008 30 39 S X 2008 30 51 Citrus fruit not containing added spirit S X 2008 30 55 S X 2008 30 59 S X 2008 30 71 S X 2008 30 75 S X 2008 30 79 S X 2008 30 90 S X 2008 40 11 Pears containing added spirit S X 2008 40 21 S X 2008 40 29 S X 2008 40 39 S X 2008 60 11 Cherries containing added spirit S X 2008 60 31 S X 2008 60 39 S X 2008 60 59 Cherries not containing added spirit S X 2008 60 69 S X 2008 60 79 S X 2008 60 99 S X 2008 70 11 Peaches, including nectarines, containing added spirit S X 2008 70 31 S X 2008 70 39 S X 2008 70 59 S X ex20 08 80 Strawberries, excluding products of 2008 80 19 S X 2008 91 00 Palm hearts S X X ex20 08 92 Mixtures, excluding products of 2008 92 16 and 2008 92 18 S X 2008 99 11 Other than mixtures, containing added spirit S X 2008 99 19 S X 2008 99 23 S X 2008 99 25 S X 2008 99 26 S X 2008 99 28 S X 2008 99 36 S X 2008 99 38 S X 2008 99 40 S X ▼M6 2008 99 43 Other than mixtures, not containing added spirit S X 2008 99 45 S X 2008 99 46 S X 2008 99 47 S X 2008 99 49 S X 2008 99 61 S X 2008 99 62 S X 2008 99 67 S X 2008 99 72 S X 2008 99 78 S X 2008 99 85 S X 2008 99 91 S X 2008 99 99 S X ▼B 2009 11 19 Frozen orange juice S X 2009 11 91 S X 2009 11 99 S X 2009 19 19 Orange juice, other than frozen S X 2009 19 91 S X 2009 19 98 S X 2009 21 00 Grapefruit juice S X 2009 29 19 S X 2009 29 91 S X 2009 29 99 S X 2009 31 11 Juice of any other single citrus fruit S X 2009 31 19 S X 2009 31 51 S X 2009 31 59 S X 2009 31 91 S X 2009 31 99 S X 2009 39 19 S X 2009 39 31 S X 2009 39 39 S X 2009 39 51 S X 2009 39 55 S X 2009 39 59 S X 2009 39 91 S X 2009 39 95 S X 2009 39 99 S X 2009 41 10 Pineapple juice S X 2009 41 91 S X 2009 41 99 S X 2009 49 19 S X 2009 49 30 S X 2009 49 91 S X 2009 49 93 S X 2009 49 99 S X 2009 71 10 Apple juice S X 2009 71 91 S X 2009 71 99 S X 2009 79 19 S X 2009 79 30 S X 2009 79 91 S X 2009 79 93 S X 2009 79 99 S X 2009 80 19 Juice of any other single fruit or vegetable S X 2009 80 36 S X 2009 80 38 S X 2009 80 50 S X 2009 80 61 S X 2009 80 63 S X 2009 80 69 S X 2009 80 71 S X 2009 80 73 S X 2009 80 83 S X 2009 80 84 S X 2009 80 86 S X 2009 80 88 S X 2009 80 89 S X 2009 80 95 S X 2009 80 96 S X 2009 80 97 S X 2009 80 99 S X 2009 90 19 Mixtures of juices S X 2009 90 29 S X 2009 90 39 S X 2009 90 41 S X 2009 90 49 S X 2009 90 51 S X 2009 90 59 S X 2009 90 71 S X 2009 90 73 S X 2009 90 79 S X 2009 90 92 S X 2009 90 94 S X 2009 90 95 S X 2009 90 96 S X 2009 90 97 S X 2009 90 98 S X ex Chapter 21 MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS, excluding products of 2106 90 30, 2106 90 51, 2106 90 55 and 2106 90 59 X 2101 11 Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee S X 2101 12 Preparations with a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee or with a basis of coffee S X 2101 20 Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or maté NS 2101 30 Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof S X 2102 10 Active yeasts S X 2102 20 11 Inactive yeasts, in tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg S X 2102 20 19 Other inactive yeasts NS 2102 30 00 Prepared baking powders S X 2103 Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard S X 2104 Soups and broths and preparations thereof; homogenised composite food preparations S X 2105 00 Ice-cream and other edible ice S X 2106 90 10 Cheese fondues * S X 2106 90 20 Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages S X 2106 90 92 Other than flavoured or coloured sugar syrups S X 2106 90 98 S X ex Chapter 22 BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR, excluding products of 2204 10 11 to 2204 30 10, 2206 00 10 and 2208 40 X 2202 10 00 Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or sweetening matter or flavoured S X 2202 90 Other non-alcoholic beverages S X 2203 00 Beer made from malt NS 2205 Vermouths and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances S X 2206 00 Other fermented beverages; mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non-alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included S X 2207 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength S X 2208 90 91 Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % volume S X 2208 90 99 S X 2209 00 Vinegar and substitutes for vinegar obtained from acetic acid S X 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 S X 2307 00 19 Other wine lees S Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included: 2308 00 19 Other grape marc S 2308 00 90 Other NS 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 S X Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding: 2309 90 10 Fish or marine mammal solubles NS 2309 90 91 Beetpulp with added molasses S X ▼M3 ————— ▼B ►M3 2309 90 95 ◄ Other S X ►M3 2309 90 99 ◄ S X Chapter 24 TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES S X 2519 90 10 Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate NS 2522 Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of 2825 NS 2523 Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers NS Chapter 27 MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES NS 2801 Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine NS 2802 00 00 Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur NS ex28 04 Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, excluding products of 2804 69 00 NS 2806 Hydrogen chloride; chlorosulphuric acid NS 2807 Sulphuric acid; oleum NS 2808 00 00 Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids NS 2809 Disphosphorus pentoxide; phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids NS 2810 00 Oxides of boron; boric acids NS 2811 Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals NS 2812 Halides and halide oxides of non-metals NS 2813 Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosporus trisulphide NS 2814 Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution S X 2815 Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium S X 2816 Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium NS 2817 00 00 Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide S X 2818 10 Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined S X 2819 Chromium oxides and hydroxides S X 2820 Manganese oxides S X 2821 Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 NS 2822 00 00 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides NS 2823 00 00 Titanium oxides S X 2824 Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead NS ex28 25 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, excluding products of 2825 10 00 and 2825 80 00 NS 2825 10 00 Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts S X 2825 80 00 Antimony oxides S X 2826 Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts NS ex28 27 Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromides oxides; iodides and iodide oxides, excluding products of 2827 10 00 and 2827 32 00 NS 2827 10 00 Ammonium chloride S X 2827 32 00 Aluminium chloride S X 2828 Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites NS 2829 Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates NS ex28 30 Sulphides; polysulphides, excluding products of 2830 10 00 NS 2830 10 00 Sodium sulphides S X 2831 Dithionites and sulphoxylates NS 2832 Sulphites; thiosulphates NS 2833 Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates NS ex28 34 Nitrites; nitrates, excluding products of 2834 10 00 NS 2834 10 00 Nitrites S X 2835 Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites), phosphates and polyphosphates S X ex28 36 Carbonates; peroxocarbonates; commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate, excluding products of 2836 20 00, 2836 40 00 and 2836 60 00 NS 2836 20 00 Disodium carbonate S X 2836 40 00 Potassium carbonates S X 2836 60 00 Barium carbonate S X 2837 Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides NS 2838 00 00 Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates NS 2839 Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates NS 2840 Borates; peroxoborates NS ex28 41 Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, excluding products of 2841 61 00 NS 2841 61 00 Potassium permanganate S X 2842 Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates wether or not chemically defined), other than azides NS 2843 Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals NS ex284430 11 Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235 NS ex284430 51 Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of thorium NS 2845 90 90 Other, than deuterium and compounds thereof; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products NS 2846 Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals NS 2847 00 00 Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea NS 2848 00 00 Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus NS ex28 49 Carbides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding products of 2849 20 00 and 2849 90 30 NS 2849 20 00 Carbides of silicon S X 2849 90 30 Carbides of tungsten S X ex28 50 00 Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of 2849, excluding products of 2850 00 70 NS 2850 00 70 Silicides S X 2851 00 Other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals NS 2901 Acyclic hydrocarbons NS 2903 Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons S X 2904 10 00 Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters NS 2904 20 00 Derivatives of hydrocarbons, containing only nitro or only nitroso groups S X 2904 90 Other derivatives NS ex29 05 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2905 43 00, 2905 44 and 2905 45 00 S X 2905 45 00 Glycerol NS 2906 Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives NS 2907 11 00 Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts NS 2907 12 00 Cresols and their salts NS 2907 13 00 Octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers; salts thereof NS 2907 14 00 Xylenols and their salts NS 2907 15 90 Naphthols and their salts other than 1-Naphtol S X 2907 19 00 Other NS 2907 21 00 Resorcinol and its salts NS ▼M6 ex290722 00 Hydroquinone (quinol) S X ex290722 00 Other NS ▼B 2907 23 00 4,4'—Isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts NS ►C1 2907 29 00 ◄ Other NS 2908 Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols NS 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 S X 2910 Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives NS 2911 00 00 Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives NS ex29 12 Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehy