COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
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Brussels, 8 September 1989 
Proposal for a 
£2y££Ik-5§§yk£II2£L<EEC) 
temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties 
on a number of products for use in the construction, 
maintenance and repair of aircraft 
(presented by the Commission) 
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
1. In the first quater of this year the Commission, with the assistance of the 
Economic Tariff Problems Group, examined all the requests submitted by the 
Member States for temporary suspension of common customs tariff duties, in­
cluding requests for the prolongation of suspensions currently in force. 
2. The proposal Tor aT Regulation for the suspension of autonomous common 
customs tariff duties on agricultural products has already been forwarded 
to the Council. The attached proposal covers products for use in the con­
struction, maintenance and repair of aircraft. The proposal concerning 
other industrial products is being drawn up. It will shortly be sent to 
the Council. 
3. As in the case of agricultural products, the principle followed, when 
examining the requests for suspension relating to aircraft, was to grant 
total suspension where Community production of the product in question is 
minimal or non-existent, and partial suspension where Community production 
only partially caters for Community requirements. For the latter, the rate 
of suspension varies according to the supply possibilities open to users 
within the Community. 
In this way, the Commission seeks to keep a balance between the interests 
of producers, users and consumers. 
Moreover, the need to safeguard jobs within the Community has been con­
stantly borne in mind. 
4. Given the criteria listed above, the Commission feels that suspension of 
duty is justified only for those products listed in the Annex to the 
attached draft Regulation. In this specific case, is sought a pure and 
simple prolongation of the suspensions currently in force. 
5. As stated in Article 1 of the draft Regulation, the proposal will be valid 
for a period of 12 months. 
6. Particular attention is drawn to the fact that, in order to apply it 
properly this Regulation must be published at least two months before 
entering into force. 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No / 
of 
temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for certain 
products intended for the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 28 
thereof, 
Having regard to the'proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas production of the products referred to in this 
Regulation is at present inadequate or non-existent within 
the Community and producers are thus unable to meet the 
needs of user industries in the Community; 
Where ;s it is in the Community's interest to suspend the 
autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for these 
products completely; suspension measures should be taken only temporarily, by 
fixing their period of validity by reference to the interests of 
Community production. 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
From 1 January to 31 December 1990 the autonomous 
Common Customs Tariff duties for the products listed in 
the Annex shall be totally suspended, provided that the said 
products are intended, on conditions to be determined by 
the competent authorities, for the construction, 
maintenance and repair of aircraft. 
Whereas, taking account of the difficulties involved in 
accurately assessing the development of the economic 
situation in the sectors concerned in the near future, these Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1990, 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member 
States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
S 
ANNEX 
List of products in respect of which Common Customs Tariff duties are totally suspended where such products 
are intended for the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 
kilograms. 
Notes for the purpose of the following table: 
(a) Category A comprises aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kilograms other than those 
specified under (b); • 
fb) Category B comprises aeroplanes of the following types: BAC 1-11, Airbus. Concorde, Mercure and 
F 28; 
(c) Category C comprises aeroplanes and helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 kilograms but not 
exceeding 15 000 kilograms. 
HS code CN code 
i 
1 
38.13 j 
j ex 3813 00 00 
1 
I i 
38.19 j 
! 1 I 1 j ex 3819 00 00 
39.01 | 
! ex 3901 30 00 
i 
i ex 3901 90 00 
l 
i 
™.02 | 
! ex 3902 30 00 
j ex 3902 90 00 
1 
i 1 
i 
j ex 3904 10 00 
i 
I ex 3«04 21 00 
1 ex 3904 22 00 
j ex 3904 40 00 
i ex 3904 50 00 
ex 3904 69 00 l j ex 3904 90 00 
i Description 
Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged 
fire-extinguishing grenades: 
Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers mentioned 
in code 8424 
Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for 
hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less 
than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained 
from bituminous minerals: 
— based on silicate or phosphoric esters 
Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms: 
— Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers, for cavity filling 
— Other, for caviry filling 
Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary 
forms: 
— Propylene copolymers, for cavity filling 
— Other, for cavity filling 
Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenatcd olefins, 
in primary forms: 
— Polyvinyl chloride not mixed with any other substances 
in the form of granules 
— Other polyvinyl chloride, non-plasticized, in the form 
of granules 
— Other polyvinyl chloride, plasticized. approved for 
aircraft construction and in the form of granules 
— Other vinyl chloride copolymers, for cavity filling 
— Vinylidene chloride copolymers, for cavity filling 
— Other fluoro-polymers, for cavity filling 
_ — Other."for cavity filling Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
AH 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
Ail 
All 
All Category B 
All 
All 
All 
All 
* 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
HS code 
39.05 
39.11 
39.16 
39.17 CN code 
ex 3905 19 00 -
ex 3905 90 00 
ex 3911 10 00 
ex 3911 90 90 
3916 10 00 
3916 20 00 
3916 90 51 
3916 90 59 
3917 21 10 
3917 21 99 
3917 22 10 
3917 22 99 
3917 23 10 
3917 23 99 
3917 29 15 
3917 29 99 
3917 31 90 
3917 32 31 
3917 32 35 
3917 32 39 
3917 39 15 Description 
Polymers of vinyl acetate or other vinyl esters, in prtmary 
forms, other vinyl polymers in primary forms: 
— Other polymers of vinyl acetate, for cavity filling 
— Other, for cavity filling 
Petroleum resins, coumaronc-indene resins, polyterpcnes. 
polysulphides, polysulphones and other products specified 
in note 3 to this chapter, not elsewhere specified or 
included in primary forms: 
— Petroleum resins, coumaronc, indene or 
coumarone-indene resins and polyterpcnes, for cavity 
filling 
— Other, for cavity filling 
Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension 
exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or 
not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastics: 
— Of polymers of ethylene 
— Of polymers of vinyl chloride 
— Of polymers of propylene 
— Of other addition polymerization products 
Tubes, pipes and hoses, and finings therefor (for example 
joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics: 
Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid: 
Of polymers of ethylene: 
— Seamless and cut to a length exceeding the maximum 
cross-sectional dimension, whether or not 
surface-worked, but not otherwise worked 
— Other 
Of polymers of propylene: 
— Seamless and cut to a length exceeding the maximum 
cross-sectional dimension, whether or not 
surface-worked, but not otherwise worked 
— Other 
Of polymers of vinyl chloride: 
— Seamless and cut to a length exceeding the maximum 
cross-sectional dimension, whether or not 
surf ace-worked, but not otherwise worked 
— Other 
Ol other addition polymerization products 
— Seamless and cut to a length exceeding the maximum 
cross-sectional dimension, whether or not 
surface-worked, but not otherwise worked 
— Of other plastics 
Tubes, pipes and hoses, flexible: 
— Other 
— Of polymers of ethylene 
— Of polymers of vinyl chloride 
— Of polymers of propylene, or of other addition 
polymerization products 
— Of addition polymerization products Aircraft concerned 
Oregon A 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
A„ 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category' B 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
Ai! 
US code 
39.18 
39.19 
39.20 
39.21 CNcodc 
All codes 
-
3919 10 51 
3919 10 59 
3919 90 50 
3920 10 11 
3920 10 19 
3920 10 90 
3920 20 10 
3920 20 50 
3920 20 90 
ex 3920 30 00 
3920 41 10 
3920 41 90 
3920 42 10 
3920 42 90 
3920 91 00 
3920 99 50 
ex 3921 11 00 
3921 12 00 
3921 19 90 
3921 90 60 Description 
Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in 
rolls or in the form of tiles; wall or ceiling coverings of 
plastics, as defined in note 9 to this chapter 
Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape strip and other 
flat shapes, of plastics whether or not in rolls: 
In rolls of a width not exceeding 20 cm: 
— Of polymers of vinyl chloride 
— Of other addition polymerization products 
— Other 
— Of addition polymerization products 
Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, 
non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or 
similarly combined with other materials: 
Of polymers of ethylene, of a thickness not exceeding 
0,10 mm: 
— Of a specific gravity of less than 0,94 
— Of a specific gravity of 0,94 or more 
— Of polymers of ethylene of a thickness exceeding 
0,10 mm 
Of polymers of propylene: 
— Of a thickness of less than 0,05 mm 
— Of a thickness of 0,05 mm to 0,10 mm 
— Other 
— Of acrylonitrile-butadienc-styrcne 
Of polymers of vinyl chloride, rigid 
— Of a thickness not exceeding 1 mm 
— Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm 
Of polymers of vinyl chloride, flexible 
— Of a thickness not exceeding 1 mm 
— Of a thickness exceeding 1 mm 
Of other plastics: 
— Of polyvinyl buryral 
— Of addition polymerization products 
Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics: 
Cellular: 
— Of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene 
— Of polymers of vinyl chloride 
— Of other plastics 
Non-cellular: 
— Of other addition polymerization products: Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
AH 
All 
Ail 
All 
All 
All 
All Category B 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
HS code 
68.1-5 
70.19 
73.04 
73.06 
ex 73.07 
73.11 CN code 
ex 6815 10 00 
ex 7019 31 00 
ex 7019 32 00 
ex 7019 39 00 
ex 7304 31 91 
ex 7304 39 91 
ex 7304 41 90 
ex 7304 49 91 
ex 7304 51 19 
ex 7304 51 91 
ex 7304 59 31 
ex 7304 59 39 
ex 7304 59 91 
ex 7304 90 90 
ex 7306 30 21 
ex 7306 30 29 
ex 7306 30 71 
ex 7306 30 79 
ex 7306 40 91 
ex 7306 40 99 
ex 7306 50 91 
ex 7306 50 99 
ex 7306 60 90 
ex 7306 90 00 
All codes with 
the exception of 
7307 11 10 to 
7307 19 90 
ex 7311 00 10 Description 
Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including 
articles of peat), not elsewhere specified or included: 
~— Filters, washers and other articles of agglomerated 
carbon or of graphite 
Thin sheets (voiles), webs, mats, mattresses, boards and 
similar non-woven products: 
— Mats of low moisture absorption capacity 
— Thin sheets (voiles) of low moisture absorption 
capacity 
— Boards and similar non-woven products of low 
moisture absorption capacity 
Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other 
than cast iron) or steel: 
— Tubes and pipes, ready for fitting, usable as hydraulic 
conduits or as conduits for fuel-oil or lubricants 
Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example open 
seam or welded, riveted or similarly closed) of iron or 
steel: 
— Tubes and pipes, ready for fitting, usable as hydraulic 
conduits or as conduits for fuel-oil or lubricants 
Tube or pipe fittings (for example couplings, elbows, 
sleeves) of iron or steel 
Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or 
steel: 
— Containers, seamless intended for pressurization Aircraft concerned 
r 
Category A 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
, 
All 
All 
All Category B 
1 
All 
* 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
AM Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
<r 
HS code 
73.18 
73.20 
73.25 
73.26 
"6.04 
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1 
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76.06 ! 
i j 
i 
! Chi cade V-I'l kUUC 
7318 12 10 
7318 12 90 
7318 13 00 
7318 14 10 
7318 14 91 
7318 14 99 
ex 7318 15 10 
ex 7318 15 30 to 
ex 7318 15 90 
ex 7318 16 10 to 
ex 7318 16 99 
7318 19 00 
7318 21 00 to 
7318 29 00 
All codes 
ex 7325 99 90 
-
ex 7326 90 91 ) 
ex 7326 90 93 } 
ex 7326 90 99 j 
ex 7604 10 90 
ex 7604 29 90 
ex 7604.10 90 
ex 7604 29 90 
All codes with 
the exception 
of 7606 12 10 Description 
Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, 
cotters, cotter-pins, washers (including spring washers) and 
similar articles of iron or steel: 
Threaded articles: 
— Wood screws of stainless steel 
— Other wood screws 
— Screw hooks and screw rings 
— Self-tapping screws of stainless steel 
— Spaced-thread screws 
— Other 
— Other screws and bolts, whether or not with their nuts 
. or washers, other than self-locking bolts and nuts (of 
the type *Hi-lok') ' 
— Nuts other than self-locking nuts (of the type 'Hi-lok'l 
— Other 
— Other non-threaded articles . 
Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel 
Other cast articles of iron or steel: 
— Collars, flanges and other devices for fixing, jointing. 
clamping or spacing 
— Devices for cargo storage and clamping 
— Balls used in freight loading systems 
Other articles of iron or steel: 
— Collars, flanges and other devices for fixing, jointing. 
clamping or spacing 
— Devices for cargo storage and clamping 
— Balls used in freight loading systems 
Aluminium bars, rods and profiles: 
— Shapes bearing a specific manufacture number 
— Conical shapes for reinforcing lateral rudders 
Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness 
exceeding 0,2 mm: 
— Plates bearing a specific manufacture number Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All (•> 
— 
All (') Category B 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
AH 
All 
All 
All 
— 
Airbus Category C 
-
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
— 
— 
For maintenance and repair only. 
HScode 
76.08 
76.09 
76.13 
76.16 
81.08 
83.08 
84.18 CNcode 
ex 7608 10 99 
ex 7608 20 30 and 
ex 7608 20 99 
7609 00 00 
ex 7613 00 00 
ex 7616 10 00 
ex 7616 90 91 
ex 7616 90 99 
ex 7616 90 91 
ex 7616 90 99 
ex 7616 90 99 
ex 8108 90 70 
ex 8108 90 90 
8308 20 00 
8418 99 10 
ex 8418 99 90 Description 
Aluminium tubes and pipes: 
— Tubes and pipes, ready for fitting, usable as hydraulic 
conduits or as conduits for fuel-oil or lubricants 
Aluminium tube or pipe fittings (for example couplings, 
elbows, sleeves): 
Aluminium bottles for inflating escape chutes 
Other articles of aluminium: 
— Nails, tacks, staples (other than those of code 8305), 
screws, bolts, nuts, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, 
cotter-pins, washers and similar articles, other than 
scll-iocking bolts and nuts (of the type 'Hi-lok') 
— Collars, flanges and other devices for fixing jointing, 
clamping or spacing 
— 'Quick change' apparatus for transforming passenger 
transport aeroplanes into goods transport aeroplanes 
and vice versa 
— Plates and sheets of variable thickness obtained by 
lamination of a width of 1 200 mm or more 
Titanium and articles thereof, including waste and scrap: 
— Thin walled tubes ready for use in ventilation and 
air-conditioning systems 
— Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and similar articles 
complying with US standards, other than self-locking 
bolts and nuts (of the type 'Hi-lok') 
Clasps, frames with clasps, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, 
eyes, eyelets and the like, of base metal, of a kind used for 
clothing, footwear, awnings, handbags, travel goods or 
other made-up articles, tubular or bifurcated rivets, of base 
metal; beads and spangles of base metal: 
— Tubular or bifurcated rivets 
Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing 
equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than 
air-conditioning machines of code 8415: 
— Iw.ipm.itors and condensers, excluding tlutsc for 
refrigerators of the household type 
— Parts of refrigerating equipment adapted to the 
air-conditioning system Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
All(') 
AUC) 
— 
All 
A1IO-
All 
A1IO 
All " 
All 
All Category B 
— 
— 
All 
All 
All 
F28 
Airbus 
Mercure (') 
All 
All 
All Category C 
— 
— 
— 
All 
All 
— 
All -: 
All 
All 
For mjintenance and repair only. 
HS code 
84.21 
84.24 
84.31 
84.73 
S4.81 CN code 
842199 00 
ex 8424 90 00 
ex 8431 10 00 
ex 8431 31 00 
ex 8431 39 90 
ex 8431 49 20 
cx8431 49 80 
ex 8473 30 00 
8481 10 10 
8481 10 90 
ex 8481 20 10 
ex 8481 20 90 
ex 8481 30 91 
ex 8481 30 99 
ex 8481 40 10 
ex 8481 40 90 
ex 8481 80 63 
ex 8481*80 69 
ex 8481 40 10 
ex 8481 40 90 
ex 8481 80 63 
ex 8481 80 69 
ex 8481 80 99 Description 
Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or 
purifying machinery and apparatus for liquids or gases: 
— Parts of filtering or purification machinery and 
apparatus for liquids or gases 
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 sandblasting machines and 
similar jet projecting machines: 
— Parts of fire extinguishers 
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the 
machinery of codes 8425 to 8430: 
— Pans of jacks 
— Parts of apparatus for fixing permanently in aeroplanes 
and used for loading, unloading and stowing freight 
Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying-cases and 
the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines 
of codes 8469 to 8472: 
— Pans and accessories for computers falling within code 
8471 forming part of the navigation instruments or 
apparatus falling within Chapter 90, used exclusively to 
carry out the calculations appropriate to such 
instruments or apparatus 
Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler 
shells, tanks, vats or the like, including pressure-reducing 
valves and thermostatically controlled valves: 
— Pressure-reducing valves of cast iron or steel 
— Other pressure reducing valves 
— Isolating valves for thrust reverscrs 
— Valves used in air-conditioning and cabin 
pressurization systems Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
AUO 
AIIO 
AIIO 
AUO Category B 
AU 
All 
All 
All 
All 
F28 
F28 
Concorde O 
Airbus 
Mercure O 
F28 Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
AIIO 
AH (') 
— 
F27(«) 
For maintenance and repair only. 
HScode 
84.81 
(cont'd) 
84.82 
84.85 CNcode 
ex 8481 40 10 
ex 8481 40 90 
ex 8481 80 63 
ex 8481 80 69 
ex 8481 80 99 
ex 8481 80 63 
ex 8481 80 69 
ex 8481 80 81 
ex 8481 80 85 
ex 8481 80 87 
ex 8481 80 99 
8481 20 10 
8481 20 90 
8481 30 10 
8481 30 91 
8481 30 99 
8481 40 10 
8481 40 90 
8481 80 11 
8481 80 19 
8481 80 63 
8481 80 69 
8481 80 73 
8481 80 79 
8481 80 81 
8481 80 85 
8481 80 87 
8481 80 99 
8481 90 00 
ex 8482 10 10 
ex 8482 10 90 
ex 8482 20 00 
ex 8482 30 00 
ex 8482 40 00 
ex 8482 50 00 
ex 8482 80 00 
ex 8482 10 10 
ex 8482 10 90 
ex 8482 80 00 
8482 10 10 to 
8482 80 00 
8482 91 10 
8482 91 90 
8482 99 00 
8485 90 10 to 
8485 90 90 Description 
— Valves used in the fire-control system 
— Valves used in the water circulation system 
— Other 
« 
— Pans 
Ball or roller bearings: 
— Bearings used in freight loading systems 
— Other, intended for power plant 
— Other 
— Parts 
Machinery pans, not containing electrical connectors, 
insulators, coils, contacts or other elearical features, not 
specified or included elsewhere in this chapter: 
— Other machinery parts Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
AIIO 
All(') 
AUO 
-
All 
AIIO 
AIIO 
AUO 
All 
All Category B 
Airbus 
Mercurc (') 
F 28 
Airbus 
Mercure (') 
F28 
— 
All 
Airbus 
Airbus 
Mercure O 
— 
All 
All Category C 
— 
— 
All 
— 
— 
— 
All 
All 
(') For maintenance and repair only. 
M 
HS code 
85.01 
85.03 
85.04 
'.'5.05 
85.11 
85.16 
1 CN ode 
850110 10 
8501 10 91 
8501 10 93 
8501 10 99 
ex 8501 20 90 
8501 31 90 
ex 8501 33 99 
ex 8501 40 90 
ex 8501 51 90 
8501 53 91 
8501 53 99 
All codes 
8504 90 11 
8504 90 19 
8504 90 90 
All codes 
8511 90 00 
ex 8516 90 00 Description 
Electric motors and generators (excluding generating 
sets): 
— Synchronous motors of an output of not more than 
18 W 
— Other motors of an output not exceeding 750 W or of 
an output exceeding 150 kW 
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the 
machines of code 8501 or 8502: 
Electrical transformers, static converters (for example 
rectifiers) and inductors: 
— Pans of tranformers, static conveners and inductors 
Electro-magnets, permanent magnets and anicles intended 
to become permanent magnets after magnetization; 
electro-magnetic or permanent magnet chucks, clamps and 
similar holding devices; electro-magnetic couplings, 
clutches and brakes; electro-magnetic lifting heads 
Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used 
for spark-ignition or compression-ignition, internal 
combustion engines (for example ignition magnetos, 
magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, spark-plugs and 
glow-plugs, starter motors); generators (for example 
dynamos, alternators) and cut-outs of a kind used in 
conjunction with such engines: 
— Parts 
Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and 
immersion heaters, electric space heating apparatus and 
soil heating apparatus; electro-thermic hairdressing 
apparatus (for example hair dryers, hair curlers, curling 
tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric smoothing irons; 
other electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for 
domestic purposes; electric heating resistors, other than 
those of code 8545: 
— Parts for heating aircraft and wing surfaces mounted on 
propeller aeroplanes Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category B 
All 
Ail 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
N 
HScode 
85.18 
85.19 
85.21 
85.22 
85.28 
85.29 
85.31 
85.32 CN code 
ex 8518 90 00" 
ex 8519 91 99 
ex 8519 99 90 
ex 8521 90 00 
ex 8522 90 91 
ex 8522 90 99 
ex 8522 90 91 
ex 8522 90 99 
ex 8528 10 40 
ex 8529 90 99 
8531 90 00 
All codes Description 
Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether 
or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones, earphones 
and combined microphone/speaker sets; audio-frequency 
electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets: 
— Parts 
Turntables (record-decks), record-players, cassette-players 
and other sound-reproducing apparatus, not incorporating 
a sound-recording device: 
— Music reproducers and automatic announcers 
Video recording or reproducing apparatus: 
— Video recording or reproducing apparatus other than 
magnetic tape-type 
Parts and accessories of apparatus of codes 8519 to 
8521: 
— Parts ami accessories lor ctickpii voice-recorders 
— Parts and accessories for music reproducers and 
automatic announcers 
Television receivers (including video montiors and video 
projectors), whether or not combined in the same housing 
with radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording 
or reproducing apparatus: 
— Video projector consisting of three cathode-ray tubes, 
each with a lens 
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with apparatus of 
codes 8525 to 8528: 
— Other: 
of other transmitter-receivers excluding VHF radio 
communication transmitter-receivers complying 
with standard ARINC 566 A, and on-board 
intercommunication systems complying with standard 
ARINC 306 or 412 
of receivers excluding radio-broadcasting or television 
apparatus and receivers for selective calling equipment 
(SELCAL) complying with standard ARINC 531 or 
596 
Other, excluding receivers for OMEGA radio 
navigation systems complying with standard ARINC 
580 or 599 
Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example 
bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other 
than those of code 8512 or 8530: 
— Pans 
Flcctriral capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable 
(pre-sol) Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category B 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
J3 
HScode 
85.33 
85.34 
85.35 
85.36 
85.37 
85.38 
85.39 
85.40 CNcode 
All codes 
All codes 
All codes 
All codes 
All codes 
All codes 
ex 8539 21 91 
ex 8539 21 99 
ex 8539 22 10 
ex 8539 22 90 
ex 8539 29 91 
ex 8539 29 99 
ex 8539 31 10 
ex 8539 31 90 
ex 8539 39 10 
ex 8539 39 90 
AH codes Description 
Electrical resistors (including rheostats and 
potentiometers), other than heating resistors 
Printed circuits 
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting elearical 
circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical 
circuits (for example switches, fuses, lightning arrestors. 
voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs, junction boxes), 
for a voltage exceeding 1 000 volts 
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical 
circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical 
circuits (for example switches, relays, fuses, surge 
suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders, junction boxes), 
for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 volts 
Boards, panels (including numerical control panels), 
consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with 
two or more apparatuses of code 8535 or 8536, for electric 
control or the distribution of electricity, including those 
incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90. 
other than switching apparatus of code 8517: 
Pans suitable for use solely or principally with the 
apparatus of code 8535, 8536 or 8537: 
Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed beam 
lamp units and ultra-violet or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps: 
— Filament lamps for lighting 
— Discharge lamps and tubes for lighting, including 
combined filament and discharge lamps and tubes 
Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and 
tubes (for example vacuum or vapour- or gas-filled valves 
and tubes, mercury arc. rectifying valves and tubes, 
cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes), other than 
rhose falling within code 85.39 Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category B 
All 
Ail 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
HScode 
85.41 
85.43 
85.48 
90.07 
90.15 
90.20 
91.07 CNcode 
8541 40 91 
8541 40 93 
8541 40 99 
8541 60 00 
ex 8543 80 90 
8548 00 00 
9007 21 00 
9007 29 00 
ex 9007 92 00 
9015 10 10 
9015 10 90 
ex 9015 80 11 
ex 9015 80 93 
ex 9015 90 00 
ex 9020 00 90 
ex 9107 00 00 Description 
Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; 
photosensitive semiconductor devices, including 
photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or 
made up into panels; light-emitting diodes; mounted 
piezo-electric crystals: 
— Solar cells whether or not assembled in modules or 
made up into panels 
— Photodiodes, phototransistors, photothyristors and 
photocouples 
— Other, photosensitive semiconductors other than 
light-emitting diodes 
— Mounted piezo-electric crystals 
Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual 
functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this 
chapter: 
— Engine-pressure indicators 
Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or 
included elsewhere in this chapter 
Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not 
incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus: 
— Projectors 
— Parts and accessories for projectors 
Surveying (including - photogrammetrical surveying), 
hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological 
or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding 
compasses; rangefinders: 
— Electronic rangefinders 
— Other rangefinders 
— Electronic meterological instruments and apparatus 
— Non-electronic meterological instruments and 
rangefinders 
— Pans for meteorological instruments and rangefinders 
Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding 
protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor 
replacement filters: 
— Pans of breathing appliances and gas masks 
Time switches with clock or watch movement or with a 
synchronous motor: 
— Time switches with clock or watch movement, used in 
automatic systems Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All * 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All Category B 
All 
All 
All 
Ail 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
AH Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
Ail 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
All 
J* 
HS code 
91.10 
91.14 
94.01 CNcode 
ex 9110 12 00 
ex 9110 90 00 
All codes 
ex 9401 10 90 
ex 9401 90 10 Description 
Complete watch or clock movements, unassembled or 
panly assembled (movement sets); incomplete watch or 
clock movements, assembled rough watch or clock 
movements: 
— Incomplete watch or clock movements, assembled, used 
in automatic systems 
Other clock or watch pans 
Seats (other than those of code 9402), whether or not 
convertible into beds, and pans thereof: 
— Specially-designed leather-covered seats for the crew 
— Parts of seats specially-designed for the crew Aircraft concerned 
Category A 
All 
All 
All 
All Category B 
All, 
All 
All 
AU Category C 
All 
All 
All 
All 
J1 
FICHE FINANCIERE Date 
1. Ligne budgétaire concerne : chap. 12, art. 120 
2. Intitulé de l'action : 
Projet de proposition de règlement du Conseil portant suspension 
temporaire des droits autonomes du tarif douanier commun pour un certain 
nombre de produits destinés à la construction/ l'entretien et la 
réparation de véhicules aériens. 
3. Base juridique : Art. 28 du Traité-CEE 
4. Objectifs de l'action : 
Suspensions des droits du TDC pour les produits susvisés. 
5. Coût de l'action : 
à la charge du Budget de la CE : Evaluation rendue difficile/ faute de 
statistiques communautaires précises. 
non-perception des droits : Une pondération établie à partir des données 
fournies par certains Etats membres fait 
ressortir un coût approximatif pour l'action 
pendant la période du 1.1.1990 au 
31.12.1990/ d'environ 51 450 000 ECUS. 
JT. 
Communication on the effect on competition and employment 
1. The subject of the annexed draft proposal for a Regulation is the suspension 
of the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties for certain products intended 
for the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft as requested by 
certain Member States. 
2. In this manner, the needs of the user industries, including small and medium-
sized companies, will be met. 
3. Besides maintaining the competitive capacity of the said companies, this 
measure is likely to safeguard and/or improve employment. 
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