Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion and the provisional application of an interim agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Further to the Council authorisation on 20 November 2000, the Commission opened negotiations for a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with the Republic of Croatia on 24 November 2000, in the margins of the Zagreb Summit. After three official rounds of negotiations and several technical meetings, the negotiating process was concluded in Zagreb on 11 May and the Agreement was initialled on 14 May 2001. The Agreement is expected to be signed in early Autumn; ratification from the Member States and the Republic of Croatia and conclusion on behalf of the European Communities will then be necessary for its entry into force.

The Stabilisation and Association Agreement will be the first comprehensive contractual relation established between the European Communities and the Republic of Croatia. Negotiations for a Co-operation Agreement, as well as for a Transport Agreement, started in 1995 but were never concluded because relations between the EU and this country were then "frozen".

At present, the bilateral relations have been developed as follows:

- The trade regime is regulated by the autonomous trade preferences, unilaterally granted by the Community to Croatia under Council Regulation No. 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000, as amended by Council Regulation No. 2563/2000 of 20 November 2000;

- A Textiles agreement, initialled on 8 November 2000 and signed on 17 May 2001, is provisionally applied since 1 January 2001;

- An EU/Croatia Consultative Task Force, set up in February 2000, has served as a forum for bilateral technical discussion, in the absence of any other formalised body.

Pending the conclusion of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, the Commission, in accordance with the negotiating directives and Article 130 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement itself, proposes to conclude an Interim Agreement to allow an early entry into force of the trade and trade-related provisions of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.

The Interim Agreement was therefore negotiated and initialled at Brussels on 10 July 2001. It can be signed after the signature of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and will enter into force as soon as the procedures for its signature will be finalised by both Parties. However, since there is a mutual interest of the Parties to start applying the Interim Agreement at the latest by 1 January 2002, provisions for its provisional application as from that date have been included.

Taking into consideration the absence of a pre-existing Transport Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia, the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, and notably Protocol 6 thereof, also covers land transport, which would usually be regulated by a separate Transport Agreement. It is therefore necessary to provide for an early entry into force, in the framework of the Interim Agreement, of the relevant provisions of Protocol 6 directly linked to free circulation of goods. Given the trade-related nature of these specific provisions, it is considered that article 133 of the Treaty establishing the European Community is a sufficient legal basis to incorporate such provisions.

In addition, in the case of the Interim Agreement with the Republic of Croatia, the option of using institutional bodies established under the Co-operation Agreement, which has been the practice with all other Interim Agreements, is not available. Therefore, there is a need to create an ad hoc body responsible for the implementation of the Interim Agreement, until the structures created by the Stabilisation and Association Agreement are themselves created with the entry into force of that Agreement. This will require an assent of the European Parliament is required under Article 300, paragraph 3 second indent, of the Treaty.

The Interim Agreement will replace the unilateral Autonomous Trade Measures granted by the European Community to the Republic of Croatia under Council Regulation No. 2007/2000 of 18 September 2000, as amended by Council Regulation No. 2563/2000 of 20 November 2000, with the exception of those provisions of the Regulation containing more favourable trade concessions, which will continue to apply in parallel to the Interim Agreement.

In the light of the above, the Commission proposes to the Council:

- To approve the results of the negotiations on an Interim Agreement with the Republic of Croatia;

- To conclude the Interim Agreement on behalf of the European Community on the basis of the enclosed proposal

2001/0160 (AVC)

Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion and the provisional application of an interim agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133, in conjunction with Article 300, second paragraph, first indent and third paragraph second indent thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission [1],

[1] OJ C ...

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament [2],

[2] OJ C ...

Whereas:

(1) Pending the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, signed at ...on ..2001, it is necessary to approve the Interim Agreement on trade and trade-related measures between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia, initialled in Brussels on 10 July 2001;

(2) The absence of a separate, pre-existing Transport Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Croatia requires the inclusion of the relevant, trade-related, transport provisions under Protocol 6 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement;

(3) In the absence of pre-existing contractual structures this Agreement establishes an Interim Committee for the implementation of this Agreement;

(4) The commercial provisions contained in this Agreement are of an exceptional nature, connected with the policy implemented within the framework of the Stabilisation and Association Process and will not constitute, for the European Union, any precedent in the commercial policy of the European Community with regard to third countries other than the countries covered by the Stabilisation and Association Process;

(5) This Agreement should therefore be approved on behalf of the European Community.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. The Interim Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part, the Annexes and Protocols enclosed thereto and the declarations enclosed to the Final Act are hereby approved on behalf of the European Community.

2. The texts referred to in paragraph 1 are attached to this Decision.

Article 2

1. The Commission, assisted by representatives of the Member States, shall represent the Community in the Interim Committee established under Article 38 of the Agreement.

2. The position to be taken by the Community within the Interim Committee shall be determined by the Council, on a proposal by the Commission, or, where appropriate, by the Commission, each in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the Treaty.

Article 3

1. The President of the Council of the European Union is hereby authorised to designate the persons empowered, on behalf of the European Community, to deposit the act of notification provided for in Article 50 of this Agreement.

2. In the event of the procedures for the conclusion of the Agreement not being completed in time for its entry into force on 1 January 2002, the Agreement shall be applied on a provisional basis as from that date.

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President

FINAL ACT

The plenipotentiaries of the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the Community",

of the one part, and

the plenipotentiary of the REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, hereinafter referred to as "Croatia",

of the other part,

meeting in ... on...in the year two thousand and one for the signature of the Interim Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia of the other part, hereinafter referred to as 'the Agreement';

have at the time of signature adopted the following texts:

the Agreement,

its Annexes I - VI, namely:

Annex I on Croatian Tariff concession for Community Industrial Products (Article 5.2);

Annex II on Croatian Tariff concession for Community Industrial Products (Article 5.3);

Annex III on Definition of "Baby beef" products referred to in Article 14.2;

Annex IV a) on Croatian Tariff concession for Agricultural products (duty-free for unlimited quantities at the date of entering into force of the Agreement);

Annex IV b) on Croatian Tariff concession for Agricultural products (duty-free within quota at the entering into force of the Agreement);

Annex IV c) on Croatian Tariff concession for Agricultural products (duty-free for unlimited quantities one year after entering into force of the Agreement);

Annex IV d) on Croatian Tariff concession for agricultural products (progressive elimination of MFN duties within tariff quotas);

Annex IV e) on Croatian Tariff concession for agricultural products (progressive reduction of MFN duties for unlimited quantities);

Annex IV f) on Croatian Tariff concession for agricultural products (progressive reduction of MFN duties within quotas);

Annex V a) on Products referred to in Article 15.1;

Annex V b) on Products referred to in Article 15.2;

Annex VI on Intellectual, Industrial Commercial property rights referred to in Article 36;

and the following Protocols:

Protocol 1 on textile and clothing products;

Protocol 2 on steel products;

Protocol 3 on trade between Croatia and the Community in processed agricultural products;

Protocol 4 concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative co-operation;

Protocol 5 on mutual assistance between administrative authorities in Custom matters;

Protocol 6 on road transit traffic.

The plenipotentiaries of the Community and the plenipotentiaries of Croatia have also adopted the following declarations attached to this Final Act:

Joint Declaration concerning Articles 8 and 16 of the Agreement;

Joint Declaration concerning Article 28 of the Agreement;

Joint declaration concerning the implementation of trade concessions;

Joint Declaration concerning Article 36 of the Agreement;

Joint Declaration concerning Article 45 of the Agreement;

Joint Declaration concerning Protocol 4 with regard to the Principality of Andorra;

Joint Declaration concerning Protocol 4 with regard to the Republic of San Marino.

The plenipotentiaries of Croatia have taken note of the Unilateral declaration by the Community and its member States concerning Article 17 of the Agreement, annexed to this Final Act:

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

ANNEX INTERIM AGREEMENT

On trade and trade-related matters between the European Community of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia, of the other part

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, hereinafter referred to as "the Community"

of the one part, and

THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA, hereinafter referred to as "Croatia"

of the other part

Whereas the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and its Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Croatia of the other part, was signed at [...] on [...] 2001;

Whereas the Stabilisation and Association Agreement is intended to establish a close and lasting relationship based on reciprocity and mutual interest, which should allow Croatia to formalise and strengthen the existing relationship with the European Union;

Whereas it is necessary to ensure the development of trade links through the establishment of a contractual relation;

Whereas to this end it is necessary to implement as speedily as possible, by means of an Interim Agreement, the provisions of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement on trade and trade-related matters;

Whereas some of the provisions included in Protocol 6 to the Stabilisation and Association Agreement on land transport, which are related to road transit traffic, are directly linked to free movement of goods and consequently have to be included in this Interim Agreement;

Whereas it is necessary to ensure that pending the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement and the establishment of the Stabilisation and Association Council, and in the absence of any other contractual institutional structure a specific framework is created to assist in the implementation of the Interim Agreement;

HAVE DECIDED to conclude this Agreement and to this end have designated as their plenipotentiaries:

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

- [Presidency to designate the representative]

- Christopher Patten, Member of the Commission of European Communities

CROATIA

- [to be designated]

WHO, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

TITLE I GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 1 (SAA Article 2)

Respect for the democratic principles and human rights as proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and as defined in the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, respect for international law principles and the rule of law as well as the principles of market economy as reflected in the Document of the CSCE Bonn Conference on Economic Cooperation, shall form the basis of the domestic and external policies of the Parties and constitute essential elements of this Agreement.

TITLE II FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

Article 2 (SAA Article 15)

1. The Community and Croatia shall gradually establish a free trade area over a period lasting a maximum of six years starting from the entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and in conformity with those of the GATT 1994 and the WTO. In so doing they shall take into account the specific requirements laid down hereinafter.

2. The Combined Nomenclature of goods shall be applied to the classification of goods in trade between the two Parties.

3. For each product the basic duty to which the successive reductions set out in this Agreement are to be applied shall be the duty actually applied erga omnes on the day preceding the signature of this Agreement or the duty bound in the WTO for the year 2002 whichever is the lowest.

4. If, after the signature of this Agreement, any tariff reduction is applied on an erga omnes basis, in particular reductions resulting from the tariff negotiations in the WTO, such reduced duties shall replace the basic duty referred to in paragraph 3 as from the date when such reductions are applied.

5. The Community and Croatia shall communicate to each other their respective basic duties.

CHAPTER I INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

Article 3 (SAA Article 16)

1. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to products originating in the Community or in Croatia listed in Chapters 25 to 97 of the Combined Nomenclature, with the exception of the products listed in Annex I, I, (ii) of the Agreement on agriculture (GATT 1994).

2. The provisions of Articles 4 and 5 shall neither apply to textile products nor to steel products of Chapter 72 of the Combined Nomenclature, as specified in Articles 9 and 10.

3. Trade between the Parties in products covered by the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of that Treaty.

Article 4 (SAA Article 17)

1. Customs duties on imports into the Community of products originating in Croatia shall be abolished upon the entry into force of this Agreement.

2. Quantitative restrictions on imports into the Community and measures having equivalent effect shall be abolished on the date of entry into force of this Agreement with regard to products originating in Croatia.

Article 5 (SAA Article 18)

1. Customs duties on imports into Croatia of goods originating in the Community other than those listed in Annexes I and II shall be abolished upon the entry into force of this Agreement.

2. Customs duties on imports into Croatia of goods originating in the Community which are listed in Annex I shall be progressively reduced and eliminated in accordance with the following timetable:

- on the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 60% of the basic duty

- on 1 January 2003 each duty shall be reduced to 30% of the basic duty;

- on 1 January 2004 the remaining duties shall be abolished.

3. Customs duties on imports into Croatia of goods originating in the Community which are listed in Annex II shall be progressively reduced and eliminated in accordance with the following timetable:

- on the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 70% of the basic duty;

- on 1 January 2003 each duty shall be reduced to 50% of the basic duty;

- on 1 January 2004 each duty shall be reduced to 40% of the basic duty;

- on 1 January 2005 each duty shall be reduced to 30% of the basic duty;

- on 1 January 2006 each duty shall be reduced to 15% of the basic duty;

- on 1 January 2007 the remaining duties shall be abolished.

4. Quantitative restrictions on imports into Croatia of goods originating in the Community and measures having equivalent effect shall be abolished upon the date of entry into force of this Agreement.Article 6 (SAA Article 19)

The Community and Croatia shall abolish upon the entry into force of this Agreement in trade between themselves any charges having an effect equivalent to customs duties on imports.

Article 7 (SAA Article 20)

1. The Community and Croatia shall abolish any customs duties on exports and charges having equivalent effect upon the entry into force of this Agreement.

2. The Community and Croatia shall abolish between themselves any quantitative restrictions on exports and measures having equivalent effect upon the entry into force of this Agreement.

Article 8 (SAA Article 21)

Croatia declares its readiness to reduce its customs duties in trade with the Community more rapidly than is provided for in Article 5 if its general economic situation and the situation of the economic sector concerned so permit.

The Interim Committee shall make recommendations to this effect.

Article 9 (SAA Article 22)

Protocol 1 lays down the arrangements applicable to the textile products referred to therein.

Article 10 (SAA Article 23)

Protocol 2 lays down the arrangements applicable to steel products of Chapter 72 of the combined nomenclature.

CHAPTER II AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES

Article 11 (SAA Article 24) Definition

1. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to trade in agricultural and fishery products originating in the Community or in Croatia.

2. The term ''agricultural and fishery products" refers to the products listed in Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature and the products listed in Annex I , I, (ii) of the Agreement on agriculture (GATT, 1994)

3. This definition includes fish and fisheries products covered by chapter 3, headings 1604 and 1605, and sub-headings 0511 91, 2301 20 and ex 1902 20 ("stuffed pasta containing more than 20% by weight of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates").

Article 12 (SAA Article 25)

Protocol 3 lays down the trade arrangements for processed agricultural products which are listed therein.

Article 13 (SAA Article 26)

1. On the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the Community shall abolish all quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect, on imports of agricultural and fishery products originating in Croatia.

2. On the date of entry into force of this Agreement, Croatia shall abolish all quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect, on imports of agricultural and fishery products originating in the Community.

Article 14 (SAA Article 27) Agricultural products

1. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the Community shall abolish the customs duties and charges having equivalent effect, on imports of agricultural products originating in Croatia, other than those of heading Nos 0102, 0201, 0202 and 2204 of the Combined Nomenclature. For the products covered by Chapters 7 and 8 of the Combined Nomenclature, for which the Common Customs Tariff provides for the application of ad valorem customs duties and a specific customs duty, the elimination applies only to the ad valorem part of the duty.

2. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the Community shall fix the customs duties applicable to imports into the Community of «baby-beef » products defined in Annex III and originating in Croatia, at 20% of the ad valorem duty and 20% of the specific duty as laid down in the Common Customs Tariff of the European Communities, within the limit of an annual tariff quota of 9.400 tonnes expressed in carcass weight.

3. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, Croatia shall:

(a) abolish the customs duties applicable on imports of certain agricultural products originating in the Community, listed in Annex IV (a) ;

(b) abolish the customs duties applicable on imports of certain agricultural products originating in the Community, listed in Annex IV (b) within the limits of tariff quotas indicated for each product in that Annex. The tariff quotas will be increased yearly by a quantity indicated for each product in that Annex.

From the first year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, Croatia shall:

(c) abolish the customs duties applicable on imports of certain agricultural products originating in the Community, listed in Annex IV (c).

From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, Croatia shall:

(d) abolish progressively the customs duties applicable on imports of certain agricultural products originating in the Community, listed in Annex IV (d) within the limits of tariff quotas and in accordance with the timetable indicated for each product in that Annex;

(e) reduce progressively to 50% of the MFN duty the customs duties applicable on imports of certain agricultural products originating in the Community, listed in Annex IV (e) in accordance with the timetable indicated for each product in that Annex;

(f) reduce progressively to 50% of the MFN duty the customs duties applicable on imports of certain agricultural products originating in the Community, listed in Annex IV (f) within the limits of tariff quotas in accordance with the timetable indicated for each product in that Annex.

4. The trade arrangements to apply to wine and spirit products will be defined in a protocol on wine and spirit.

Article 15 (SAA Article 28) Fisheries products

1. From the entry into force of this Agreement the Community shall totally eliminate customs duties on fish and fisheries products, other than those listed in Annex V (a), originating in Croatia. Products listed in Annex V (a) shall be subject to the provisions laid down therein.

2. From the entry into force of this Agreement Croatia shall abolish all charges having an equivalent effect to a custom duty and totally eliminate customs duties on fish and fisheries products, other than those listed in Annex V (b), originating in the European Community. Products listed in Annex V (b) shall be subject to provisions laid down therein.

Article 16 (SAA Article 29)

Taking account of the volume of trade in agricultural and fishery products between the Parties, of their particular sensitivities, of the rules of the Community common policies and of the Croatian policies for agriculture and fisheries, of the role of agriculture and fisheries in Croatia's economy and of the consequences of the multilateral trade negotiations under the WTO, the Community and Croatia shall examine in the Interim Committee, no later than 1 July 2006 product by product and on an orderly and appropriate reciprocal basis, the opportunities for granting each other further concessions with a view to implementing greater liberalisation of the trade in agricultural and fishery products.

Article 17 (SAA Article 30)

The provisions of this Chapter shall in no way affect the application, on a unilateral basis, of more favourable measures by one or the other Party.

Article 18 (SAA Article 31)

Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, and in particular Article 25, given the particular sensitivity of the agricultural and fisheries markets, if imports of products originating in one of the two Parties, which are the subject of concessions granted pursuant to Article 12, 14 and 15, cause serious disturbance to the markets or to their domestic regulatory mechanisms, in the other Party, both Parties shall enter into consultations immediately to find an appropriate solution. Pending such solution, the Party concerned may take the appropriate measures it deems necessary.

CHAPTER III COMMON PROVISIONS

Article 19 ( SAA Article 32)

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to trade in all products between the Parties except where otherwise provided herein or in Protocols 1, 2 and 3.

Article 20 (SAA Article 33) Standstill

1. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, no new customs duties on imports or exports or charges having equivalent effect shall be introduced, nor shall those already applied be increased, in trade between the Community and Croatia.

2. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, no new quantitative restriction on imports or exports or measure having equivalent effect shall be introduced, nor shall those existing be made more restrictive, in trade between the Community and Croatia.

3. Without prejudice to the concessions granted under Article13, the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not restrict in any way the pursuit of the respective agricultural policies of Croatia and the Community or the taking of any measures under those policies in so far as the import regime in the Annexes III, IV (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) (f) and V (a) (b) is not affected.

Article 21 (SAA Article 34) Prohibition of fiscal discrimination

1. The Parties shall refrain from, and abolish where existing, any measure or practice of an internal fiscal nature establishing, whether directly or indirectly, discrimination between the products of one Party and like products originating in the territory of the other Party.

2. Products exported to the territory of one of the Parties may not benefit from repayment of internal indirect taxation in excess of the amount of indirect taxation imposed on them.

Article 22 (SAA Article 35 )The provisions concerning the abolition of customs duties on imports shall also apply to customs duties of a fiscal nature.

Article 23 (SAA Article 36) Customs unions, free trade areas, cross-border arrangements

1. This Agreement shall not preclude the maintenance or establishment of customs unions, free trade areas or arrangements for frontier trade except in so far as they alter the trade arrangements provided for in this Agreement.

2. During the transitional periods specified in Article 5 this Agreement shall not affect the implementation of the specific preferential arrangements governing the movement of goods either laid down in frontier agreements previously concluded between one or more Member States and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and succeeded to by Croatia or resulting from the bilateral agreements concluded by Croatia in order to promote regional trade.

3. Consultations between the Parties shall take place within the Interim Committee concerning the agreements described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article and, where requested, on other major issues related to their respective trade policies towards third countries. In particular in the event of a third country acceding to the Community, such consultations shall take place so as to ensure that account is taken of the mutual interests of the Community and Croatia stated in this Agreement.

Article 24 (SAA Article 37) Dumping

1. If one of the Parties finds that dumping is taking place in trade with the other Party within the meaning of Article VI of the GATT 1994, it may take appropriate measures against this practice in accordance with the Agreement on implementation of Article VI of the GATT 1994 and its own related internal legislation.

2. As regards paragraph 1 of this Article, the Interim Committee shall be informed of the dumping case as soon as the authorities of the importing Party have initiated an investigation. When no end has been put to the dumping within the meaning of Article VI of the GATT or no other satisfactory solution has been reached within 30 days of the matter being referred to the Interim Committee, the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures.

Article 25 (SAA Article 38) General safeguard clause

1. Where any product of one Party is being imported into the territory of the other Party in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause:

- serious injury to the domestic industry of like or directly competitive products in the territory of the importing Party; or

- serious disturbances in any sector of the economy or difficulties which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic situation of a region of the importing Party,

the importing Party may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Article.

2. The Community and Croatia shall only apply safeguard measures between themselves in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Such measures shall not exceed what is necessary to remedy the difficulties which have arisen, and should normally consist of the suspension of the further reduction of any applicable rate of duty provided for under this Agreement for the product concerned or the increase of the rate of duty for that product. Such measures shall contain clear elements progressively leading to their elimination at the end of the set period, at the latest. Measures shall not be taken for a period exceeding one year. In very exceptional circumstances, measures may be taken up to a total maximum period of three years. No safeguard measure shall be applied to the import of a product that has previously been subject to such a measure for a period of, at least, three years since the expiry of the measure.

3. In the cases specified in this Article, before taking the measures provided for therein or, in the cases to which paragraph 4 (b) of this Article applies, as soon as possible, the Community or Croatia, as the case may be, shall supply the Interim Committee with all relevant information, with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the two Parties.

4. For the implementation of the above paragraphs the following provisions shall apply:

(a) The difficulties arising from the situation referred to in this Article shall be referred for examination to the Interim Committee, which may take any decisions needed to put an end to such difficulties.

If the Interim Committee or the exporting Party has not taken a decision putting an end to the difficulties or no other satisfactory solution has been reached within 30 days of the matter being referred to the Interim Committee, the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures to remedy the problem in accordance with this Article. In the selection of safeguard measures, priority must be given to those which least disturb the functioning of the arrangements established in this Agreement.

(b) Where exceptional and critical circumstances requiring immediate action make prior information or examination, as the case may be, impossible, the Party concerned may, in the situations specified in this Article, apply forth with precautionary measures necessary to deal with the situation and shall inform the other Party immediately thereof.

The safeguard measures shall be notified immediately to the Interim Committee and shall be the subject of periodic consultations within that body, particularly with a view to establishing a timetable for their abolition as soon as circumstances permit.

5. In the event of the Community or Croatia subjecting imports of products liable to give rise to the difficulties referred to in this Article to an administrative procedure having at its purpose the rapid provision of information on the trend of trade flows, it shall inform the other Party.

Article 26 (SAA Article 39) Shortage clause

1. Where compliance with the provisions of this Title leads to:

(a) a critical shortage, or threat thereof, of foodstuffs or other products essential to the exporting Party; or

(b) re-export to a third country of a product against which the exporting Party maintains quantitative export restrictions, export duties or measures or charges having equivalent effect, and where the situations referred to above give rise, or are likely to give rise to major difficulties for the exporting Party

that Party may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Article.

2. In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which least disturb the functioning of the arrangements in this Agreement. Such measures shall not be applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination where the same conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on trade and shall be eliminated when the conditions no longer justify their maintenance.

3. Before taking the measures provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article or, as soon as possible in cases to which paragraph 4 of this Article applies the Community or Croatia, as the case may be, shall supply the Interim Committee with all relevant information, with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties. The Parties within the Interim Committee may agree on any means needed to put an end to the difficulties. If no agreement is reached within 30 days of the matter being referred to the Interim Committee, the exporting Party may apply measures under this Article on the exportation of the product concerned.

4. Where exceptional and critical circumstances requiring immediate action make prior information or examination, as the case may be, impossible, the Community or Croatia, whichever is concerned, may apply forth with the precautionary measures necessary to deal with the situation and shall inform the other Party immediately thereof.

5. Any measures applied pursuant to this Article shall be immediately notified to the Interim Committee and shall be the subject of periodic consultations within that body, particularly with a view to establishing a timetable for their elimination as soon as circumstances permit.

Article 27 (SAA Article 40) State monopolies

Croatia shall progressively adjust any State monopolies of a commercial character so as to ensure that, by the end of the fourth year following the entry into force of this Agreement, no discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured and marketed exists between nationals of the Member States of the European Union and Croatia. The Interim Committee shall be informed about the measures adopted to attain this objective.

Article 28 (SAA Article 41)

Protocol 4 lays down the rules of origin for the application of tariff preferences provided for in this Agreement.

Article 29 ( SAA Article 42) Restrictions authorised

This Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public morality, public policy or public security; the protection of health and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value or the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property, or rules relating to gold and silver. Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between the Parties.

Article 30 (SAA Article 43)

Both parties agree to co-operate to reduce the potential for fraud in the application of the trade provisions of this Agreement.

Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, and in particular Articles 18, 25 and 37 and Protocol 4, where one Party finds that there is sufficient evidence of fraud such as a significant increase in trade of products by one party to the other party, beyond the level reflecting economic conditions such as normal production and export capacities, or failure to provide administrative co-operation as required for the verification of evidence of origin by the other Party, both Parties shall enter into consultations immediately to find an appropriate solution. Pending such solution, the Party concerned may take the appropriate measures it deems necessary. In the selection of the measures priority must be given to those which least disturb the functioning of the arrangements established in this Agreement.

Article 31 (SAA Article 44)

The application of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands.

Article 32 (SAA Article 58.1) Road transit traffic

Road transit traffic is regulated by the provisions of Protocol 6.

TITLE III PAYMENTS, COMPETITION AND OTHER ECONOMIC PROVISIONS

Article 33 (SAA Article 59)

The Parties undertake to authorise, in freely convertible currency, in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of the Articles of the Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, any payments and transfers on the current account of balance of payments between the Community and Croatia.

Article 34 (SAA Article 66)

1. The Parties shall endeavour wherever possible to avoid the imposition of restrictive measures, including measures relating to imports, for balance of payments purposes. A Party adopting such measures shall present as soon as possible to the other Party a timetable for their removal.

2. Where one or more Member States of the European Union or Croatia is in serious balance of payments difficulties, or under imminent threat thereof, the Community or Croatia, as the case may be, may, in accordance with the conditions established under the WTO Agreement, adopt restrictive measures, including measures relating to imports, which shall be of limited duration and may not go beyond what is strictly necessary to remedy the balance of payments situation. The Community or Croatia, as the case may be, shall inform the other Party forthwith.

3. Any restrictive measures shall not apply to transfers related to investment and in particular to the repatriation of amounts invested or reinvested or any kind of revenues stemming there from.

Article 35 (SAA Article 70) Competition and other economic provisions

1. The following are incompatible with the proper functioning of the Agreement, in so far as they may affect trade between the Community and Croatia:

(i) all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices between undertakings which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition;

(ii) abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the territories of the Community or of Croatia as a whole or in a substantial part thereof;

(iii) any State aid which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or certain products.

2. Any practices contrary to this Article shall be assessed on the basis of criteria arising from the application of the competition rules applicable in the Community, in particular from Articles 81, 82, 86 and 87 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and interpretative instruments adopted by the Community institutions.

3. The Parties shall ensure that an operationally independent public body is entrusted with the powers necessary for the full application of paragraph 1 (i) and (ii) of this article, regarding private and public undertakings and undertakings to which special rights have been granted.

4. Croatia shall establish an operationally independent authority which is entrusted with the powers necessary for the full application of paragraph 1 (iii) of this Article within one year from the date of entry into force of this Agreement. This authority shall have, inter alia, the powers to authorise State aid schemes and individual aid grants in conformity with paragraph 2 of this Article, as well as the powers to order the recovery of State aid that has been unlawfully granted.

5. Each Party shall ensure transparency in the area of State aid, inter alia by providing to the other Party a regular annual report, or equivalent, following the methodology and the presentation of the Community survey on State aid. Upon request by one Party, the other Party shall provide information on particular individual cases of public aid.

6. Croatia shall establish a comprehensive inventory of aid schemes instituted before the establishment of the authority referred to in paragraph 4 and shall align such aid schemes with the criteria referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article within a period of no more than four years from the entry into force of this Agreement.

7. (a) For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph 1(iii), the Parties recognise that during the first four years after the entry into force of this Agreement, any public aid granted by Croatia shall be assessed taking into account the fact that Croatia shall be regarded as an area identical to those areas of the Community described in Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty establishing the European Community.

(b) Within three years form the entry into force of this Agreement, Croatia shall submit to the Commission of the European Communities its GDP per capita figures harmonised at NUTS II level. The authority referred to in paragraph 4 and the Commission of the European Communities shall then jointly evaluate the eligibility of the regions of Croatia as well as the maximum aid intensities in relation thereto in order to draw up the regional aid map on the basis of the relevant Community guidelines.

8. With regard to products referred to in Chapter II of Title II:

- paragraph 1 (iii) shall not apply;

- any practices contrary to paragraph 1(i) shall be assessed according to the criteria established by the Community on the basis of Articles 36 and 37 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and specific Community instruments adopted on this basis.

9. If one of the Parties considers that a particular practice is incompatible with the terms of paragraph 1 of this Article, it may take appropriate measures after consultation within the Interim Committee or after thirty working days following referral for such consultation.

Nothing in this Article shall prejudice or affect in any way the taking, by either Party, of antidumping or countervailing measures in accordance with the relevant Articles of GATT 1994 and WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures or related internal legislation.

Article 36 (SAA Article 71) Intellectual, industrial and commercial property

1. Pursuant to the provisions of this Article and Annex VI, the Parties confirm the importance that they attach to ensure adequate and effective protection and enforcement of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights.

2. Croatia shall take the necessary measures in order to guarantee no later than three years after entry into force of this Agreement a level of protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights similar to that existing in the Community, including effective means of enforcing such rights.

3. The Interim Committee may decide to oblige Croatia to accede to specific multilateral Conventions in this area.

4. If problems in the area of intellectual, industrial and commercial property affecting trading conditions occur, they shall be referred urgently to the Interim Committee, at the request of either Party, with a view to reaching mutually satisfactory solutions.

Article 37 (SAA Article 89) Customs

Mutual assistance between administrative authorities in customs matters of the Parties shall take place in accordance with the provisions of Protocol 5.

TITLE IV Institutional, General and Final Provisions

Article 38

An Interim Committee is hereby established which shall supervise the application and implementation of this Agreement. It shall hold meetings at regular intervals and when circumstances require.

Article 39

1. The Interim Committee shall have the power to take decisions within the scope of the Agreement, in the cases provided for therein. The decisions taken shall be binding on the Parties which shall take the measures necessary to implement them. The Interim Committee may also formulate recommendations which it considers desirable for the purpose of attaining the common objectives and the smooth functioning of this Agreement. It shall draw up its decisions and recommendations by agreement between the Parties.

2. The Interim Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.

Article 40

1. The Interim Committee shall be composed of representatives of the Community, on the one hand, and of representatives of Croatia, on the other. The Members of the Interim Committee may be represented as laid down in its rules of procedure.

2. The chairmanship of the Interim Committee will alternate between the Parties, in accordance with the conditions laid down in the rules of procedures.

3. The Interim Committee shall act by mutual agreement by the Parties.

Article 41

The Interim Committee may create sub-committees.

Article 42 (SAA Article 113)

Each Party shall refer to the Interim Committee any dispute relating to the application or interpretation of this Agreement. The Interim Committee may settle the dispute by means of a binding decision.

Article 43 (SAA Article 117)

Within the scope of this Agreement, each Party undertakes to ensure that natural and legal persons of the other Party have access free of discrimination in relation to its own nationals to the competent courts and administrative organs of the Parties to defend their individual rights and their property rights.

Article 44(SAA Article 118)

Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Party from taking any measures:

(a) which it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of information contrary to its essential security interests;

(b) which relate to the production of, or trade in, arms, munitions or war materials or to research, development or production indispensable for defence purposes, provided that such measures do not impair the conditions of competition in respect of products not intended for specifically military purposes;

(c) which it considers essential to its own security in the event of serious internal disturbances affecting the maintenance of law and order, in time of war or serious international tension constituting threat of war or in order to carry out obligations it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining peace and international security.

Article 45 (SAA Article 119)

1. In the fields covered by this Agreement and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein:

- the arrangements applied by Croatia in respect of the Community shall not give rise to any discrimination between the Member States, their nationals, companies or firms;

- the arrangements applied by the Community in respect of Croatia shall not give rise to any discrimination between Croatian nationals, companies or firms.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to the right of the Parties to apply the relevant provisions of their fiscal legislation to taxpayers who are not in identical situations as regards their place of residence.

Article 46 (SAA Article 120)

1. The Parties shall take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under this Agreement. They shall see to it that the objectives set out in this Agreement are attained.

2. If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to fulfil an obligation under this Agreement, it may take appropriate measures. Before so doing, except in cases of special urgency, it shall supply the Interim Committee with all relevant information required for a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties.

3. In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which least disturb the functioning of this Agreement. These measures shall be notified immediately to the Interim Committee and shall be the subject of consultations within the Interim Committee if the other Party so requests.

Article 47 (SAA Article 121)

The Parties agree to consult promptly through appropriate channels at the request of either Party to discuss any matter concerning the interpretation or implementation of this Agreement and other relevant aspects of the relations between the Parties.

The provisions of this Article shall in no way affect and are without prejudice to Articles 18, 25, 26 and 30.

Article 48 ( SAA Article 123)

Protocols 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and Annexes I to VI shall form an integral part of this Agreement.

Article 49 (SAA Article 124)

This Agreement shall be applicable until the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement signed at [...] on [...].

Either Party may denounce this Agreement by notifying the other Party. This Agreement shall terminate six months after the date of such notification.

Article 50 (SAA Article 126)

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaty establishing the European Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty, and to the territory of Croatia on the other.

Article 51 (SAA Article 127)

The Secretary General of the Council of the European Union shall be the depository of the Agreement.

Article 52 (SAA Article 128)

This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in each of the official languages of the Parties, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Article 53 (SAA Article 129)

1. The Parties shall approve this Agreement in accordance with their own procedures.

2. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Parties notify each other that the procedures referred to in the first paragraph have been completed. In the event of the procedures under paragraph 1 not being completed in time to allow for its entry into force on 1 January 2002, this Agreement shall provisionally apply as from that date.

Joint declaration on Articles 8 and 16 (SAA Article 21 and 29)

The Parties declare that in the implementation of Articles 8 and 16 they will examine, in the Interim Committee, the impact of any preferential agreements negotiated by Croatia with third countries (excluding the countries covered by the EU Stabilisation and Association Process and other adjacent countries which are not EU members). This examination will allow for an adjustment of Croatian concessions to the European Community if Croatia were to offer significantly better concessions to these countries.

Joint Declaration concerning Article 28 (SAA Article 41)

1. The Community declares its readiness to examine, within the Interim Committee, the issue of Croatia's participation in diagonal cumulation of rules of origin once economic and commercial as well as other relevant conditions for granting diagonal cumulation have been established.

2. With this in mind, Croatia declares its readiness to enter into negotiations as soon as possible in order to start economic and trade cooperation with a view to establishing free trade areas with, in particular, the other countries covered by the European Union's Stabilisation and Association Process.

Joint declaration concerning the implementation of trade concessions

1. For the purpose of the implementation of annexes Va) and b) the Parties agree that "Year 1" is intended to start from the date of entry into force of the Agreement, "Year 2" is intended to start on 1 January 2003 and "Year 3" is intended to start on 1 January 2004 respectively.

2. For the purpose of the implementation of Protocol 3, Annex II, the Parties agree that the concessions agreed for year 2002 will be applied from the date of the entry into force of the Agreement. The concessions agreed for the following years will apply from the 1 January of each respective year.

Joint Declaration concerning Article 36 (SAA Article 71)

The Parties agree that for the purpose of this Agreement, intellectual, industrial and commercial property includes in particular copyright, including the copyright in computer programmes, and neighbouring rights, the rights relating to databases, patents, industrial designs, trademarks and service marks, topographies of integrated circuits, geographical indications, including appellation of origins, as well as protection against unfair competition as referred to in Article 10a of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and protection of undisclosed information on know-how.

Joint Declaration concerning Article 46 (SAA Article 120)

(a) For the purposes of the interpretation and practical application of the Agreement, the parties agree that the cases of special urgency referred to in Article 46 of the Agreement mean cases of material breach of the Agreement by one of the two parties. A material breach of the Agreement consists in

- repudiation of the Agreement not sanctioned by the general rules of international law

- violation of the essential elements of the Agreement set out in Article 1

(b) The parties agree that the "appropriate measures" referred to in Article 46 are measures taken in accordance with international law. If a party takes a measure in a case of special urgency pursuant to Article 46, the other party may avail itself of the dispute settlement procedure.

Declarations concerning Protocol 4

Joint declaration concerning the Principality of Andorra

1. Products originating in the Principality of Andorra falling within Chapters 25 to 97 of the Harmonised System shall be accepted by Croatia as originating in the Community within the meaning of this Agreement.

2. Protocol 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis for the purpose of defining the originating status of the above-mentioned products.

Joint declaration concerning the Republic of San Marino

1. Products originating in the Republic of San Marino shall be accepted by Croatia as originating in the Community within the meaning of this Agreement.

2. Protocol 4 shall apply mutatis mutandis for the purpose of defining the originating status of the above mentioned products.

Declaration by the Community and its Member States

Considering that exceptional trade measures are granted by the European Community to countries participating or linked to the EU Stabilisation and Association Process including Croatia on the basis of Regulation (EC) 2007/2000, the European Community and its Member States declare:

- that, in application of Article 17 of this Agreement, those of the unilateral autonomous trade measures which are more favourable shall apply in addition to the contractual trade concessions offered by the Community in this Agreement as long as Council Regulation (EC) 2007/2000 as amended applies;

- that, in particular, for the products covered by Chapters 7 and 8 of the Combined Nomenclature, for which the Common Customs Tariff provides for the application of ad valorem customs duties and a specific customs duty, the reduction shall apply also to the specific customs duty in derogation from the relevant provision of Article14.1.

List of Annexes

Annex I Croatian Tariff concession for Community Industrial Products (Article 5.2)

Annex II: Croatian Tariff concession for Community Industrial Products (Article 5.3)

Annex III: Definition of "Baby beef" products referred to in Article 14.2

Annex IV a): Croatian Tariff concession for Agricultural products (duty-free for unlimited quantities at the date of entering into force of the Agreement)

Annex IV b): Croatian Tariff concession for Agricultural products (duty-free within quota at the entering into force of the Agreement)

Annex IV c): Croatian Tariff concession for Agricultural products (duty-free for unlimited quantities one year after entering into force of the Agreement)

Annex IV d): Croatian Tariff concession for agricultural products (progressive elimination of MFN duties within tariff quotas)

Annex IV e): Croatian Tariff concession for agricultural products (progressive reduction of MFN duties for unlimited quantities)

Annex IV f): Croatian Tariff concession for agricultural products (progressive reduction of MFN duties within quotas)

Annex V a): Products referred to in Article 15.1

Annex V b): Products referred to in Article 15.2

Annex VI: Intellectual, Industrial Commercial property rights referred to in Article 36

ANNEX I Croatian Tariff concession for Community Industrial Products (article 5.2)

Duty rates will be reduced as follows:

- on the date of entry into force of the Agreement, duty shall be reduced to 60% of the basic duty;

- on 1 January 2003, duty shall be reduced to 30% of the basic duty;

- on 1 January 2004, the remaining duties shall be abolished.

HS 6+ // Description

25.01 // Salt ( including table salt and denatured salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or not in aqueous solution or containing added anti caking or free-flowing agents; sea water

2501.001 // --- table salt and salt for food industry

2501.002 // --- salt for Other industry

2501.009 // --- Other

25.15 // Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2,5 or more and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of rectangular (including square) shape.

2515.1 // Marble and travertine

2515.11 // --Crude or roughly trimmed

2515.12 // --Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape

2515.20 // -Ecaussine and Other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster

27.10 // Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations

2710.001 // --- motor petrol and other light oils

2710.0014 // ---- special petroles (extractable and Other)

2710.0015 // ---- white spirit

2710.0017 // ---- spirit type jet fuel

2710.002 // --- kerosene and other medium oils

2710.0021 // ---- kerosene

2710.0022 // ---- kerosene type jet fuel

2710.0023 // ---- alpha and normal olefins (mixtures), normal paraffin's (C10 - C13)

2710.003 // ---heavy oils except waste and intended for further manufacturing

2710.0033 // ---- light, medium, heavy and extra heavy fuel oils with low sulfur content

2710.0034 // ---- other light, medium, heavy and extra heavy fuel oil

2710.0035 // ---- base oils

2710.0039 // ---- Other heavy oils and products based on heavy oils

27.11 // Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons

2711.1 // Liquefied

2711.12 // --Propane

2711.13 // --Butanes

2711.19 // --Other

2711.191 // --- Mixtures of Propane and butane

2711.199 // --- Other

2711.29 // --Other

27.12 // Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, micro-crystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not colored.

2712.10 // -petroleum jelly

2712.20 // -Paraffin wax containing by weight less than 0.75 % of oil

27.13 // Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals.

2713.20 // -petroleum bitumen

27.15 // Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch ( for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs).

2715.009 // --- Other

2803.00 // Carbon ( carbine blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified or included)

2803.001 // --- carbon black

28.06 // Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid.

2806.10 // Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid);

2806.101 // --- pro analysis

2808.00 // Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids.

2808.002 // --- Other nitric acid

28.14 // Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution

2814.20 // --Ammonia in aqueous solution

2814.201 // --- pro analysis

28.15 // Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide ( caustic potash ); peroxides of sodium or potassium.

2815.11 // --Solid

2815.111 // --- granulated, pro analyze

2815.20 // -Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)

2815.201 // --- granulated, pro analysis

29.02 // Cyclic hydrocarbons

2902.4 // - Xylenes

2902.41 // --o-Xylene

2902.411 // --- pro analysis

2902.42 // --m-Xylene

2902.421 // --- pro analysis

2902.43 // --p-Xylene

2902.431 // --- pro analysis

2902.44 // --Mixed Xylene isomers

2902.441 // --- pro analysis

29.05 // Acyclic alcohol and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivates

2905.1 // -Saturated monohydric alcohols

2905.11 // --Methanol (methyl acohol)

2905.111 // --- pro analysis

2905.12 // Propane 1 ol ( propyl alcohol ) and propane 2 ol (isopropyl alcohol)

2905.121 // --- pro analysis

29.14 // Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrostated derivates.

2914.1 // - Acyclic ketones without other oxygen function

2914.11 // --Acetone

2914.111 // --- pro analysis

29.15 // Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acidis and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivates.

2915.3 // - Esters of acetic acid

2915.311 // --- pro analysis

29.33 // Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only

2933.6 // - Compounds containing an unfused triazine ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure

2933.691 // --- atrazine

30.02 // Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products.

3002.30 // -Vaccines for veterinary medicine

30.03 // Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No. 30.02., 30.05 or 30.06. ) consisting of two or more consistuents which have been mixes together for therapeutic or phrophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms of packings for retail sale.

3003.90 // - other

3003.909 // --- Other

30.04 // Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No. 30.02., 30.05 or 30.06. ) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale.

3004.10 // --Containing penicillin's derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives

3004.101 // --- ready medicaments for retail sale

3004.20 // --containing Other antibiotics

3004.201 // --- ready medicaments for retail sale

3004.3 // --Containing hormones or other products of heading No 29.37 but not containing antibiotics

3004.31 // --containing Insulin

3004.311 // --- ready medicaments for retail sale

3004.32 // --containing adrenal cortical hormones

3004.321 // --- ready medicaments for retail sale

3004.39 // --Other

3004.391 // --- ready medicaments for retail sale

3004.40 // --Containing alkaloids or derivates thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading No 29.37 or antibiotics

3004.401 // --- ready medicaments for retail sale

3004.50 // --Other medicaments containing vitamins or other products of heading No. 29.36

3004.501 // --- ready medicaments for retail sale

3004.90 // --Other

3004.902 // --- ready medicaments for retail sale

3004.909 // --- Other

30.06 // Pharmaceutical goods specified in Note 4 to this Chapter

3006.50 // -First-aid boxes and kits

32.07 // Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colors, vitrifiable elements and glazes, engobles (slips), liquid lustres and similar preparations, of a kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry, glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes

3207.10 // -Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers, prepared colors and similar preparations

3207.20 // -Vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes (slips) and similar preparations

3207.30 // -liquid lustres and similar preparations

3207.40 // -Glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes

32.08 // Paints and varnishes ( including elements and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter

3208.10 // -based on polyesters

3208.20 // -based on Acrylic or Vinyl polymers

32.09 // Paints and varnishes ( including elements and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium.

3209.10 // -based on Acrylic or Vinyl polymers

3209.90 // -Other

32.14 // Glaziers' putty, grafing putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters filings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like.

3214.10 // -Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings

3214.90 // -Other

32.15 // Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid.

3215.1 // --Printing ink

3215.11 // --black

3215.19 // --Other

33.04 // Beauty or make-up preparations for the care of the skin ( other than medicaments), including sunscreen or sun tan preparations; manicure or pedicure preparations.

3304.99 // --Other

3304.999 // --- for retail sale

33.07 // Pre-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparations, depilators and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere specified or included, prepared room deodorizers, whether or not perfumed or having disinfectant properties

3307.90 // --Other

3307.909 // --- for retail sale

34.05 // Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coach-work, glass or metal, scouring pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form paper, wadding, felt, non woven, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or covered with such preparations) excluding waxes of heading No. 34.04.

3405.10 // -Polishes, creams and similar preparations for footwear or leather

3405.20 // -Polishes, creams and similar preparations for the maintenance of wooden furniture, floors or other woodwork

3405.30 // -Polishes and similar preparations for coatchwork, other than metal polishes

3405.40 // -Scouring pastes and powders and Other Scouring preparations

3405.90 // -Other

3406.00 // Candles, tapers and the like.

3605.00 // Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of heading No. 36.04.

37.01 // Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in the flat, sentisitised, unexposed, whether or not in packs

3701.10 // -for X-ray

3814.00 // Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers.

3820.00 // Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids.

39.05 // Polymers of vinyl acetate or of other vinyl esters, in primary forms; other polymers in primary forms

3905.1 // -polyvinyl acetate

3905.12 // --in aqueous dispersion

3905.19 // --Other

39.19 // Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shape, of plastics, whether or not in rolls

3919.90 // -Other

39.20 // Other plates, sheet, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials

3920.10 // --of polymers of Ethylene

3920.101 // --- foil 12 micron thick in rolls 50 to 90 mm wide

39.23 // Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics, stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics

3923.2 // - sacks and bags (including cones)

3923.21 // --of polymers of Ethylene

3923.29 // --of Other plastics

3923.40 // -Spools, cops, bobbins and similar supports

3923.90 // - other

3923.901 // --- casks and tanks

3923.909 // --- Other

39.24 // Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles of plastic

3924.10 // -Tableware and kitchenware

3924.90 // -Other

39.25 // Builders ware of plastic, not elsewhere specified or included

3925.10 // -Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, of a capacity exceeding 300 l

3925.20 // -Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors

3925.30 // -Shutters, blinds (including Venetian blinds) and similar articles and parts thereof

3925.90 // -Other

40.09 // Tubes, pipes and hoses, of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber, with or without their fittings (for example, joints, elbows, flanges)

4009.10 // -Not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings

4009.20 // -Reinforced or otherwise combined only with metal, without fittings

4009.40 // -Reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings

4009.50 // -with Fittings

4009.509 // ---other

42.02 // Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive cases, brief cases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers, travelling-bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle cases, jewelry boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanized fibber or of paperboard or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper

4202.1 // Trunks, suit cases, vanity cases, executive cases, brief cases, school satchels and similar containers

4202.11 // --With outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather

4202.12 // --with outer surface of plastics or of textile materials

4202.19 // --Other

4202.2 // Handbags, whether or not with shoulder strap, including those without handle

4202.21 // -- with outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather

4202.22 // --with outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials

4202.29 // --Other

4202.3 // --Articles of a kind normally carried in the pocket or in the handbag

4202.31 // --With outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather

4202.32 // --with outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials

4202.39 // --Other

4202.9 // -- Other

4202.91 // --With outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather

4202.92 // --with outer surface of plastic sheeting or of textile materials

4202.99 // --Other

43.02 // Tanned or dressed furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings), unassembled, or assembled (without the addition of other materials) other than those of heading No. 43.03.

4302.1 // -Whole skins , with or without head, tail or paws, not assembled

4302.11 // --Of mink

4302.12 // --Of rabbit or hare

4302.13 // --Of lamb, the following : Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian and similar lamb, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

4302.19 // --Other

4302.20 // -Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, not assembled

4302.30 // -Whole skins and pieces or cuttings thereof, assembled

4304.00 // Artificial fur and articles thereof

4304.009 // --- articles of artificial fur

44.06 // Railway or tramway sleepers (cross-ties) of wood

4406.10 // --Not impregnated

4406.101 // --- of oak

4406.102 // --- of beech

4406.109 // --- Other

4406.90 // --Other

4406.901 // --- of oak

4406.902 // --- of beech

4406.909 // --- Other

44.18 // Builders joinery and carpentry of wood including cellular wood panels assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes

4418.10 // -Windows, French-windows and their frames

4418.20 // -Doors and their frames and thresholds

4418.30 // -parquet panels

48.05 // Other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets not further worked or processed that are specified in Note 2 to this Chapter

4805.10 // -semi-Chemical fluting paper (corrugating medium)

48.11 // Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibbers, coated, impregnated, covered, surface-colored, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or sheets, other than goods of the kind described in heading No. 48.03, 48.09 0r 48.10

4811.2 // -Gummed or adhesive paper and paperboard

4811.29 // --other

4811.299 // --- Other

48.14 // Wallpaper and similar wall coverings, consisting of paper ;window transparencies of paper

4814.10 // -Ingrain paper

4814.20 // -Wallpaper and similar wall covering, consisting of paper coated or covered, on the face side, with a grained, embossed, colored, design-printed or otherwise decorated layer of plastics

4814.30 // -Wallpaper and similar wall coverings, consisting of paper covered, on the face side, with plaiting material, whether or not bound together in parallel strands or woven

4814.90 // -Other

4817.10 // -Envelopes

4817.20 // -Letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards

4817.30 // -Boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of paper stationery

48.19 // Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or web of cellulose fibbers, box files, letter trays, and similar articles , of paper or paperboard of a kind used in offices, shops or the like

4819.10 // -Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard

4819.20 // -Folding cartons, boxes and cases, of non-corrugated paper of

4819.209 // --- Other

4819.30 // -Sacks and bags, having a base of a width of 40 cm or more

4819.40 // -Other sacks and bags, including cones

4819.50 // -Other packing containers, including record sleeves

4819.501 // --- cylindrical boxes made of two or more materials

4819.60 // -Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles, of a kind used in offices, shops or the like

48.20 // Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting-pads, binders (loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbons sets and other articles stationery of paper or paperboard; albums for stamps or for collections and book covers, of paper or paperboard

4820.10 // -Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles

4820.20 // -Exercise books

4820.30 // -Binders (other than book covers), folders and file covers

4820.40 // -Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets

4820.50 // -Albums for samples or for collections

4820.90 // Other

4820.901 // --- business forms

4820.909 // --- Other

48.21 // Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, whether or not printed

4821.10 // -printed

4821.90 // -Other

48.23 // Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibbers, cut to size or shape; other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibbers

4823.1 // Gummed or adhesive paper, in strips or rolls

4823.11 // --Self-Adhesive

4823.19 // --Other

4823.40 // -Rolls, sheets and dials, printed for self-recording apparatus

4823.5 // Other paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes

4823.51 // --Printed, embossed or perforated

4823.59 // --Other

4823.60 // -Trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard

4823.70 // -Molded or pressed articles of paper pulp

4823.90 // -Other

4823.909 // ---Other

64.02 // Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics

6402.1 // -Sports footwear

6402.19 // -- Other

6402.20 // -Footwear with upper straps or thongs assembled to the Sole by means of plugs

6402.30 // -Other footwear, incorporating a protective metal toe-cap

6402.9 // -Other footwear

6402.91 // -- Covering the ankle

6402.99 // -- Other

64.03 // Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composion leather and uppers of leather

6403.1 // Sports footwear

6403.19 // -- Other

6403.20 // -Footwear with outer soles of leather, and uppers which consist of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe

6403.30 // -Footwear made on a base or platform of wood, not having an inner sole or a protective metal toe-cap

6403.40 // -Other footwear, incorporating a protective metal toe-cap

6403.5 // -Other footwear with outer soles of leather

6403.51 // -- Covering the ankle

6403.59 // -- Other

6403.9 // -Other footwear

6403.91 // -- Covering the ankle

6403.99 // -- Other

64.05 // Other footwear

6405.10 // - with uppers of leather or composition leather

6405.20 // - with uppers of textile materials

6504.00 // Hats and other headgear, plaited or made by assembling strips of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed.

65.05 // Hats and other headgear ,knitted or crocheted , made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece ( but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hair-nets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed.

6505.10 // - Hair-nets

6505.90 // - Other

65.06 // Other headgear, whether or not lined or trimmed

6506.10 // - protective headgear (helmets)

6506.9 // -Other

6506.91 // -- Of caoutchouc, rubber or plastics

6506.92 // -- of fur

6506.99 // -- of Other materials

6507.00 // Head-bands, linings, covers, hat foundations, hat frames, peaks and chinstraps, for headgear.

66.01 // Umbrellas and sun umbrellas ( including walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and similar umbrellas)

6601.10 // - Garden umbrellas and sun umbrellas

6601.9 // -Other

6601.91 // -- Telescopes

6601.99 // -- Other

6602.00 // Walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and the like.

66.03 // Parts, trimmings and accessories of articles other heading No. 66.01 or 66.02

6603.10 // - Handle

6603.20 // -Umbrella frames, including frames mounted on shafts (sticks)

6603.90 // - Other

68.02 // Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than goods of heading No. 68.01; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone ( including slate), whether or not on a back; artificially colored granules, chippings and powder, of natural stone ( including slate)

6802.2 // -Other monumental or building stone and articles thereof simply cut or sawn with a flat or even surface

6802.21 // -- Marble, travertine and alabaster

6802.22 // -- Other limestone

6802.29 // -- Other stone

6802.9 // -Other

6802.91 // -- Marble, travertine and alabaster

6802.92 // -- Other limestone

6802.99 // -- Other stone

68.04 // Millstones, grindstones, grinding wheels and the like, without frameworks, for grinding, sharpening, polishing, trucing or cutting, hand sharpening or polishing stones and parts thereof , of natural stone, of agglomerated natural or artificial abrasives or of ceramics with or without parts of other materials

6804.2 // Other

6804.22 // --of Other Agglomerated abrasives or of ceramics

6804.30 // - Hand sharpening or polishing stones

6804.309 // --- of artificial materials

68.05 // Natural, of artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of textile material, of paper, of paperboard or of other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made up

6805.10 // - on a base of textile material

6805.20 // - on a base of paper or of paperboard

6805.30 // - on a base of Other materials

68.06 // Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wool; exfoliated vermiculite, expanded clays, foamed slag and similar expanded mineral materials; mixtures and articles of heat-insulating, sound-insulating or sound-absorbing mineral materials, other than those of heading No. 68.11 or 68.12 or of Chapter 69

6806.10 // - Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wool (including intermixtures thereof), in bulk, sheets or rolls

68.07 // Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum bitumen or coal tar pitch)

6807.10 // - in bundle

6807.90 // -Other

6807.909 // -- Other

6808.00 // Panels, boards, tiles, blocks and similar articles of vegetable fibber, of straw or of shavings, chips, particles, sawdust or other waste, of wood, agglomerated with cement, plaster or other mineral binders.

68.09 // Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster

6809.1 // -Boards, sheets, panels, tiles and similar articles not ornamented

6809.11 // --Faced or Reinforced with paper or paperboard only

6809.19 // --Other

6809.90 // - Other articles

68.12 // Fabricated asbestos fibbers; mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate; articles of such mixtures or asbestos ( for example, thread, woven fabric; clothing, headgear, footwear, gaskets ) whether or not reinforced other than goods of heading No 68.11 or 68.13.

6812.10 // -Fabricated asbestos fibbers; Mixtures with a basis of asbestos or with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate

6812.20 // -Yarn

6812.30 // -Cords and string, whether or not plaited

6812.40 // - Fabricated or Knitted material

6812.50 // -Clothing, clothing accessories, footwear and headgear

6812.60 // - Paper, millboard and felt

6812.70 // -Compressed asbestos fibber jointing, in sheets or rolls

6812.90 // -other

6812.909 // ---Other

68.13 // Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls, strips, segments, discs, washers, pads), not mounted, for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of asbestos, of other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with textile or other materials

6813.10 // - sheets and pads for brakes

6813.109 // ---other

6813.90 // - other

6813.909 // --- Other

69.04 // Ceramic building brick, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like

6904.10 // - building bricks

6904.101 // --- solid, 250 x 120 x 65 dimensions

6904.102 // --- grate bricks, 250 x 120 x 65 dimensions

6904.103 // --- blocks, 290 x 190 x 190 dimensions

6904.104 // --- blocks, 250 x 190 x 190 dimensions

6904.105 // --- blocks, 250 x 250 x 140 dimensions

6904.109 // --- Other

6904.90 // -Other

6904.901 // --- ceiling filler tiles, 250 x 380 x 140 dimensions

6904.902 // --- ceiling filler tiles, 390 x 100 x 160 dimensions

6904.903 // --- support tiles, 250 x 120 x 40 dimensions

6904.909 // --- Other

69.05 // Roofing tiles, chimney-pots, cowls, chimney liners, architectural ornaments and other ceramic constructional goods

6905.10 // -roofing tiles

6905.101 // --- pressed tiles, 350 x 200 dimensions

6905.102 // --- pressed interlocking tiles, 340 x 200 dimensions

6905.103 // --- plain tiles, 380 x 180 dimensions

6905.104 // --- mediterranean tiles, 375 x 200 dimensions

6905.109 // --- Other

6905.90 // -Other

69.10 // Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans, flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures

6910.10 // - of porcelain or china

6910.90 // - other

70.05 // Float glass and surface ground or polished glass, in sheets, whether or not having and absorbent, reflecting or non-reflecting layer, but not otherwise worked

7005.30 // -Wired glass

70.17 // Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated

7017.10 // -of fused quartz or Other fused Silica

7017.109 // ---other

7017.20 // -Of other glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5 x 10-6 per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0 C to 300 C

7017.90 // -Other

73.06 // Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles ( for example, open seam or welded, riveted or similarly closed), of iron or steel

7306.20 // -Casing and tubing of a kind used in drilling for oil or gas

7306.202 // --- tubing of an external diameter less than 3 1/2"

7306.209 // --- Other

7306.50 // -Other, welded, of circular cross-section, of other alloy steel

7306.509 // ---other

7306.90 // -Other

73.08 // Structures ( excluding prefabricated buildings of heading No. 94.06) and parts of structures ( for example, bridges and bridge- sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frame-works, doors and windows and their frames, and thresholds for doors; shutters, balustrades; pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures of iron or steel

7308.10 // -Bridges and bridge sections

7308.20 // -Towers and lattice masts

7308.40 // -Equipment for scaffolding, shuttering, propping or pitpropping

7308.409 // --- Other

7309.00 // Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material ( other than compressed or liquefied gas ), of iron or steel, of capacity exceeding 300 l, whether or not lined or heat insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment

7309.001 // --- reservoirs for the transport of goods

7309.009 // --- Other

7311.00 // Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel

7311.009 // --- Other

73.12 // Stranded wire, ropes cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not electrically insulated

7312.10 // -Stranded wire, ropes and cables

7312.109 // --- Other

7312.1099 // ---other

7312.90 // -Other

7312.909 // ---other

7313.00 // Barbed wire of iron or steel; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed or not, and loosely twisted double wire, of a kind used for fencing, of iron or steel.

73.14 // Cloth (including endless bands), grill, netting and fencing, of iron or steel wire; expanded metal of iron or steel

7314.4 // - Other cloth, grill, netting and fencing:

7314.41 // -- plated or coated with zinc

7314.42 // --coated with plastics

7314.49 // --other

73.15 // Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel

7315.1 // -Articulated link chain and parts thereof

7315.11 // --Roller chain

7315.12 // --Other chain

7315.19 // --Parts

7315.20 // -Skid chain

7315.8 // -Other chain

7315.81 // --Stud-link

7315.82 // --Other, welded link

7315.89 // --Other

7315.90 // -Other Parts

7316.00 // Anchors, grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel.

73.17 // Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other than those of heading no. 8305) and similar articles, of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material, but excluding such articles with heads of copper

7317.001 // --- for rails

7317.002 // --- for tacks

73.18 // Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel

7318.1 // -Threaded articles

7318.11 // --Coach screws

7318.12 // --Other wood screws

7318.13 // --Screw hooks and Screw rings

7318.14 // --Self-tapping screws

7318.19 // --Other

7318.2 // - non-threaded articles

7318.21 // --Spring washers and Other lock washers

7318.23 // --Rivets

7318.24 // --Cotters and cotter-pins

7318.29 // --Other

73.21 // Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers ( including those with subsidiary boilers for central heating), barbecues, braziers, gas-rings, plate warmers and similar non-electric domestic appliances, and parts thereof, of iron or steel

7321.11 // --for gas fuel or for both gas and Other fuels

7321.13 // --for Solid fuel

73.23 // Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; iron or steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or steel

7323.10 // -Iron or steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like

7323.9 // -Other

7323.93 // -- of stainless steel

7323.931 // --- vessels

7323.939 // --- Other

73.26 // Other articles of iron or steel

7326.1 // -Forged or stamped, but not further worked

7326.19 // --Other

7326.20 // -articles of iron or steel wire

7326.209 // ---other

7326.90 // -Other

7326.909 // --other

76.10 // Aluminum structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading No 94.06) and parts of structures ( for example, bridges and bridges section, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing framework, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, balustrades, pillars and columns), aluminum plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures

7610.10 // -Doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors

7610.109 // -- other

7610.90 // -Other

7610.901 // --- elements prepared for use in structures

7610.909 // --- Other

7611.00 // Aluminum reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity exceeding 300 l, whether or not lined or heat- insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment.

7611.001 // --- lined or heat-insulated

7611.009 // --- Other

76.14 // Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminum, not electrically insulated

7614.10 // -with steel core

7614.90 // -Other

8304.00 // Filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, office-stamp stands and similar office or desk equipment, of base metal, other than office furniture of heading No. 94.03.

83.09 // Stoppers, cps and lids ( including crown cors, screw caps and pouring stoppers), capsules for bottles; threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories, of base metal

8309.90 // -Other

8309.902 // --- seals, not further worked

8309.903 // --- seals, worked

8309.909 // --- Other

84.02 // Steam or other vapor generating boilers (other than central heating hot wear boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers

8402.1 // -Steam or other vapor generating boilers

8402.11 // --Watertube boilers with a steam production exceeding 45t per hour

8402.111 // --- main ship's steam boilers

8402.112 // --- other, with a steam production not exceeding 300 tons per hour

8402.119 // --- other, with a steam production exceeding 300 tons per hour

8402.12 // --Watertube boilers with a steam production not exceeding 45t per hour

8402.121 // --- main ship's steam boilers

8402.129 // --- Other

8402.19 // --Other vapor generating boilers, including hybrid boilers

8402.191 // --- main ship's steam boilers

8402.192 // --- firetube boilers

8402.193 // --- hot-oil boilers

8402.199 // --- Other

8402.20 // -Super-heated water boilers

8402.201 // --- fired with shopped wood

84.03 // Central heating boilers other than those of heading No. 84.02

8403.90 // -Parts

84.04 // Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading No. 84.02 or 84.03 (for example, economizers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recovers), condensers for steam or the vapor power units

8404.90 // -Parts

84.06 // Steam turbines and other vapor turbines

8406.90 // -Parts

84.16 // Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverized solid fuel or for gas; mechanical stokers; including their mechanical grates, mechanical ash discharges and similar appliances.

8416.20 // -Other furnace burners, including combination burners

8416.209 // --- Other

84.18 // Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other, heat pumps other than air conditioning machines or heading No. 84.15

8418.2 // -Refrigerators, household type

8418.21 // --Compression-type

8418.22 // --Absorption-type, electrical

8418.29 // --Other

8418.50 // -Other refrigerating or freezing chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and similar refrigerating or freezing furniture

84.19 // Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vaporizing, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non electric

8419.1 // Instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric

8419.111 // --- for domestic use

8419.119 // --- Other

8419.191 // --- for domestic use

8419.199 // --- Other

8419.40 // -distilling or rectifying plant

8419.401 // ---fractionating columns for oxygen production

8419.409 // --- other

8419.8 // -Other machinery, plant and equipment

8419.81 // --for making hot drinks or for cooking or heating food

8419.819 // ---other

8419.89 // -- other

8419.899 // --- other

8419.8999 // ---- other

84.20 // Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals or glass, and cylinders thereof

8420.10 // _Calendering or Other rolling machines

8420.101 // --- ironing machines

8420.1011 // ---- for domestic use

84.21 // Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers, filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases

8421.1 // --Centrifuge, including centrifugal dryers

8421.121 // --- for domestic use

8421.2 // -Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids

8421.29 // -- other

8421.299 // ---other

8421.3 // -Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases

8421.31 // --Intake air filters for internal combustion engines

8421.319 // --- other

8421.39 // -- other

8421.399 // --- other

8421.9 // - parts

8421.91 // -- of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers

8421.919 // --Of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers

84.23 // Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds

8423.30 // -Constant weight scales and scales for discharging a predetermined weight of material into a bag or container, including hopper scales

8423.8 // - other weighing machinery

8423.81 // --Having a maximum weighing capacity not exceeding 30 kg

8423.82 // --Having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding 5000 kg

8423.829 // --- other

8423.89 // -- other

8423.891 // --- weighbridges (railway or for trucks and vans)

8423.899 // --- Other

84.24 // Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines

8424.10 // -Fire extinguishers, whether or not charged

8424.109 // --- Other

8424.8 // -Other appliances

8424.81 // -- agricultural or horticultural

8424.819 // --- Other

84.27 // Fork-lift trucks; other works trucks fitted with lifting or handling equipment

8427.20 // -Other Self-propelled trucks

8427.209 // --- Other

8427.90 // -Other trucks

84.28 // Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics)

8428.20 // -pneumatic elevators and conveyors

8428.209 // --- Other

8428.3 // - other continuous-action elevators and conveyors for goods or materials

8428.39 // -- other

8428.399 // ---Other

84.32 // Agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation; lawn or sports-ground rollers

8432.10 // -ploughs

8432.2 // - harrows, scarifiers, cultivators, weeders and hoes

8432.21 // --DISC harrows

8432.29 // --Other

8432.30 // -Seeds, planters and transplanters

8432.301 // --- forest seedling planters

8432.309 // --- Other

8432.40 // -Manure spreaders and fertilizer distributors

8432.80 // -Other machinery

84.33 // Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers; grass or hay mowers; machines for cleaning, sorting or grading eggs, fruit or other agricultural produce, other than machinery of heading No. 84.37

8433.1 // -Mowers for lawns, parks or sports-grounds

8433.11 // --Powered, with the cutting device rotating in a horizontal plane

8433.19 // --Other

8433.20 // -Other mowers, including cutter bars for tractor mounting

84.38 // Machinery not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, for industrial preparation on manufacture of food drink, other than machinery for the extraction or preparation animal or fixed vegetable fats or oils

8438.50 // -machinery for the preparation of Meat or poultry

8438.60 // -Machinery for the preparation of fruits, nuts or vegetables

84.52 // Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines of heading No 84.40; furniture; bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles

8452.10 // -Sewing machines of the household type

84.57 // Machining centers, unit construction machines ( single station) and multi-station transfer machines, for working metal

8457.20 // -unit construction machines (single station)

8457.30 // -Multi-station transfer machines

84.58 // Lathes ( including turning centers) for removing metal

8458.1 // - horizontal lathes

8458.19 // --Other

84.59 // Machine tools ( including way-type unit head machines) for drilling, boring, milling, threading or tapping by removing metal, other than lathes (including turning centers) of heading No. 84.58.

8459.2 // -Other drilling machines

8459.29 // --Other

8459.299 // --- Other

8459.6 // -Other milling machines

8459.61 // -- numerically controlled

8459.619 // --- Other

8459.69 // -- other

8459.699 // --- Other

84.60 // Machine-tools for deburring, sharpening, grinding, honing, aping, polishing or otherwise finishing metal or cermets by means of grinding stones, abrasives or polishing products, other than gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines of heading No. 84.61

8460.2 // Other grinding machines, in which the positioning in any one axis can be set up to an accuracy of at least 0,01mm

8460.29 // -- other

8460.292 // --- for crank shafts

8460.3 // -Sharpening (tool or cutter grinding) machines

8460.39 // --Other

84.61 // Machine tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine-tools working by removing metal or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included

8461.50 // -Sawing or cutting-off machines

84.81 // Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes. , boiler shell, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves

8481.10 // pressure-reducing valves

8481.109 // --- other

8481.30 // -check valves

8481.309 // --- other

8481.40 // -safety or relief valves

8481.409 // --- other

8481.80 // -other appliances

8481.801 // --- regulating valves electromechanically or pneumatically powered;

8481.806 // --- fixtures for single pipe and double pipe central heating with nominal size 3/8" and more, but not exceeding 3/4"

85.01 // Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

8501.3 // - other DC motors; DC generators

8501.31 // --Of an output not exceeding 750 W

8501.319 // ---other

8501.33 // --Of an output exceeding 75 kW bu