COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
C0MC89) 205 final 
Brussels, 21 April 1989 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical 
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff 
(presented by the Commission) 
r'tfN^ u K 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
In the multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT which 
started in 1986,following the Ministerial Declaration adopted 
at Punta del Este,the Tropical Products sector was identified 
as a priority sector.This priority applied to both the timing of 
the negotiations and the implementation of the results. 
The Community's commitment to this objective was demonstrated 
by it being the first developed country to submit a detailed 
offer in October 1987 an example which was not followed until 
much later by the other participants.However,as the Mid-term 
Review in Montreal approached other participants,both developed 
and developing, tabled their proposals.In November 1988 the 
Commission sent to the Council a proposal which elaborated the 
Community's position on Tropical Produots.lt consisted of four 
elements : 
a special action in favour of the least-developed devel­
oping countries; 
tariff reductions on a selected list of tropical prod­
ucts; 
elimination of certain quantitative restrictions on 
tropical products applied by Member States 
invitation to Member States applying excise duties on 
tropical beverages to indicate their intentions,if 
possible,on their eventual reduotion or elimination 
The Council gave its agreement to the Commission proposal 
and at Montreal accepted that further small modifications were 
necessary in order to reach a result in the negotiations 
that was acceptable to all parties.The Community's contribution 
provides for tariff concessions on trade amounting to more than 
10 bn Ecu,the elimination of certain national quantitative 
restrictions and a number of speoiflc measures in favour of the 
LLDCs.The aim of this proposal for a Council Deoision is to put 
into effect the tariff concessions on Tropical Products resulting 
from the Montreal Mid-term Review. 
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Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical 
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff 
THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic 
Community,and in particular Article 113 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Whereas the multilateral trade negotiations under the GATT opened 
pursuant to the Ministerial Declaration adopted at Punta del Este 
on 20 September 1986 led to an interim result in the Tropical 
Products Negotiating Group at the Montreal Mid-term Review in 
December 1988; 
Whereas the Community's contribution to this result on Trop­
ical products consists of three elements: first,a significant 
number of tariff reductions on a mfn basis,secondly,the 
elimination of a number of quantitative restrictions on tropic?..', 
products applied by Member States and finally a series of 
concessions for least-developed developing countries that would 
ensure duty free access for practically all tropical products &s 
veil as improved aocess where necessary for tropical roots and 
rice; 
Whereas the Community has found the concessions made by other 
countries participating in the negotiations constitute an 
acceptable result; 
U 
Whereas the Punta del Este Ministerial Declaration provides for 
the early implementation of results obtained in the area of Trop­
ical Produots and the Community has found it necessary,therefore, 
to implement this result on Tropical Produots on an autonomous 
basis, pending the end of the current round of multilateral trade 
negotiations ; 
Whereas import measures are necessary amending on an autonomous basis certain 
rates of duty laid down in the combined nomenclature, established by Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), as last amended by Commission Regulation 
(EEC) No 20/89 (2), 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. The combined nomenclature annexed to Regulation 
(EEC)No 2658/87 is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex. 
2. The amendments to combined nomenclature subheadings provided 
for in this Regulation shall be applied as Tario subdivisions 
until their insertion in the combined nomenclature under the 
conditions laid down in Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 
2658/87. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi­
cation in the Official Journal of the European Communities. 
It shall apply with effeot from 1 July 1989. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and direotly 
applicable in all Member States. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the Council 
The President 
(1) 0J No L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. 
(2) 0J No L4 , 6.1.1989, p. 19. 
A* 
- 1,7-
CN 
code Oescri ption Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(5) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 conventional Supplem en 
tary 
unit 
0603 
0603 10 Cut flowers and flower buds of a kind 
suitable for bouquets or for ornamental 
purposes, fresh, dried, dyed, bleached, 
impregnated or otherwise prepared : 
- Fresh : 
- From 1 June to 31 October 
0*03 10 11 Roses 
0603 10 : "; — Carnati ons 
0603 10 "r Orchi ds 
0603 10 21 Gladioli 
0603 10 ?-• Chrysanthemums 
0603 10 •:- — Other 
— From 1 November to 31 May 
0603 10 51 Roses 
0603 10 fo Car-nations 
0603 10 M — - Orchids 
0603 10 61 (— C! ?dioli 
0603 10'65 | Chrysanthemums 
0603 10 69 | Other 
0603 90 00 Unchanged 
0801 Coconut' , Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, 
fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or 
peeled •. 
0801 10 |- Coconuts : 
0801 10 !' !— D&ss ccoted coconut 
0801 10 • '• i— Othe-
0801 20 ' .'unchanged 
0801 30 •'" ' jUnchange'd 20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
15 
15 
15 
15 
I 5 
15 
Free 
0802 iOther nrts, fresh or crier:, whether or not 
jshel1ed or peelcd ; 
08C2 11 r 
to 
0802 90 10 
0802 9f> ?C 
080? *0 v" {unchanged 
— ftrzta (OT* betel; arid cola ... 
._ ni-hr-T. Free 
!rr*e 24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
24 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 
17 p/st 
p/st 
p/st 
p/st 
p/st 
p/st 
p/st 
p/st 
p/st 
p/st 
- 2 -
CN 
code 
0804 
0804 10 00 
to • 
0804 40 90 
0804 50 00 
0807 
10 
10 
0807 20 0807 
to 
0807 90 
00 Descri ption 
Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, 
mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried : 
Unchanged 
- Guavas, mangoes and mangosteens 
Melons (including watermelons) and papaws 
(papayas), fresh : 
Unchanged 
- Papaws (papayas) Rate of duty 
autonomous 
( Î ) or 
1 evy 
(AGR) 
0810 
0810 
to 
0810 
0810 
0810 
0810 10 
40 
90 
90 
90 90 
10 
30 
0810 90 80 
0812 Oi-her fruit, fresh : 
Unchanged 
— Other : 
— Kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis Planch.) 
— Tamarinds, cashewapples, lychees, 
jackfruit, sapodillo plums 
— Other 
Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved 
(for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in 
brine, in sulphur water or in other pre­
servative solutions), but unsuitable in 
that state for immediate consumption : 
0812 10 00 
to [Unchanged 
0812 90 20| 
0812 90 30 j— Papaws (panjyas) 
0812 90 40 I 
to kinchansed 
0812 90 90 I 11 
7,5 
11 conventional 
(S) Supplemen­
tary 
unit 
5,5 
i I 
- 3 -
CN 
code 
1 
0813 
08 r3 10 OC 
to 
0813 40 30 
0813 40 50 
0813 40 60 
0813 40 99 
0813 50 
to 
0813 50 99 
0901 
0901 11 "0 
0901 12 QC-
0901 21 C" 
0901 22 or 
0901 30 00 
0901 40 00 
0902 
0902 10 00 
to 
0902 20 00 
0902 30 00 
0902 40 00 Description 
2 
Fruit, dried, other than of heading Nos 
0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or dried 
fruits of this chapter : 
Unchanged 
— Papaws (papayas) 
— Other 
Unchanged 
Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffei­
nated; coffee husks and skins; coffee sub­
stitutes containing coffee in any propor­
tion : 
- Coffee, not roasted : 
— Not decaffeinated 
- Coffee, roasted : 
Unchanged 
Tea : 
Unchanged 
- Black tea (fermented) and partly fermen­
ted tea, in immediate packings of a con-
Unchanged Rate of 
autonomous 
(*) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 
2 
Free 
8 
4 
10 
12 
lb 
7 
Free duty 
conventional 
(S) 
4 
4 
4 
6 
5 
13 
15 
18 
13 
5 Supplemen 
tary 
unit 
5 
-
_ 
_ 
-
.. ... 
._ 
_ 
- 4 
Description 
0904 
0904 11 
0904 11 10 
0904 11 90 
0904 12 00 
0904 20 
0904 20 10 
31 
35 0904 20 
to 
0904 20 Pepper of the genus Piper; dried or crushed 
or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or 
of the genus Pimenta : 
— Pepper : 
— Neither crushed nor ground : 
— For the industrial manufacture of 
essential oils or resinoids (1) 
— Other 
— Crushed or ground 
— Fruit of the genus Capsicum or of the 
genus Pimenta, dried or crushed or 
ground : 
— Neither crushed nor ground : 
Unchanged 
— Other : 
Unchanged 
0904 20 39 
0904 20 90 
0906 Other 
— Crushed or ground 
Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers : 
0906 10 00 I- Neither crushed nor ground 
0906 20 00 j- Crushed or ground 
0907 00 CC^Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) 
0908 
0908 10 
0908 10 10 
0908 10 90 
0908 20 
0908 20 10 
0908 20 90 
0908 30 00 Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms : 
- Nutmeg : 
Unchanged 
— Other 
- Mace : 
Unchanged 
— Crushed or ground . ^. 
Unchanged Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(*) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
10 conventional 
Free 
10 
12,5 
10 
12 
8 
8 
15 
10 Suppl emen-
tary 
unit 
(1) Entry under this subheading is subject,to conditions laid down in the relevant 
Community provisions. 
- 5 -
0909 
0909 10 
0909 10 10 
0909 10 90 
0909 20 00 
0909 30 
0909 30 11 
0909 30 19 
0909 30 90 
0909 40 
0909 40 11 
0909 40 19 
0909 40 .90 
0909 50 
0909 50 1 
0909 50 ^? 
0909 50 90 
0910 
0910 10 00 
0910 20 
0910 20 10 
0910 20 90 
0910 40 
0910 40 11 
0910 40 13 
0910 40 19 
0910 40 90 
0910 50 00 Descri ption 
Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, 
cumin or caraway; juniper berries : 
— Seeds of anise or badian : 
— Seeds of ani se 
— Seeds of badi an 
Unchanged 
— Seeds of cumin : 
— Neither crushed nor ground : 
— For the industrial manufacture of 
essential oils or resinoids (1) . 
— Other 
— Crushed or ground 
— Seeds of caraway : 
Unchanged 
Other 
— Crushed or ground 
— Seeds of fennel; juniper berries : 
— Neither crushed nor ground : 
For the industrial manufacture of 
essential oils or resinoids (1) . 
— Other 
— Crushed or ground 
Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, 
bay leaves, curry and other spices : 
Unchanged 
— Saffron : 
— Neither crushed nor ground 
— Crushed or ground 
— Thyme; bay leaves : 
— Thyme : 
— Neither crushed nor ground : 
Unchanged 
Other . 
Crushed or ground r 
— Bay 1 eaves 
Unchanged 
— Other spices : Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(%) or 
1 evy 
(AGR) 
3 
Free 
10 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
Free 
10 
10 
7 
8,5 
7 conventional 
(*) 
10 
10 
10 
5 
10 Supplemen-
tary 
unit 
(1) Entry under this subheading is subject-to conditions laid down in the relevant 
Community provisions. 
6 -
0910 91 
0910 91 10 
0910 91 90 
091*0 99 
0910 99 10 
0910 99 91 
0910 99 99 
1211 
1211 10 00 
to 
1211 20 00 
1211 
1211 
1211 
to Descri ption 
— Mixtures referred to in note 1 (b) to 
this chapter : 
Neither crushed nor ground 
— Crushed or ground 
— Other : 
Unchanged 
—Other : 
Neither crushed nor ground 
Crushed or ground 
Plants and parts of plants (including seeds 
and fruits), of a kind used primarily in 
perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, 
fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or 
dried, whether or not cut, crushed or 
powdered : 
Unchanged 
- Other 90 
90 10;— Pyrethrum (flowers, leaves, stems, 
90 30 
1211 90 90 peel and roots) 
Unchanged Rate of duty 
autonomous Supplemen-
(5) or tary 
levy conventional unit 
(AGR) (*) 
3 4 5 
12,5 20 
12,5 25 
12,5 20 
12,5 25 -
Free 3 
7 -
CN 
code 
1 
1302 
1302 11 00 
to 
1302 13 00 
1302 14 CO 
1302 19 
1302 19 10 
1302 19 30 
1302 19 91 
1302 19 9* 
to 
1302 39 00 
1513 
1513 11 
1513 11 :•:• 
1513 11 91 
to 
1513 29 99 Description 
2 
Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic sub­
stances, pectinates and pectates; agar-
agar and other mucilages and thickeners, 
whether or not modified, derived from 
vegetable products : 
- Vegetable saps and extracts : 
Unchanged 
— Of pyrethrum or of the roots of plants 
containi ng rotenone 
— Other : 
Unchanged 
Intermixtures of vegetable extracts, 
for the manufacture of beverages or of 
food preparati ons 
Other : 
Unchanged 
Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil 
and fractions thereof, whether or not re­
fined, but not chemically ;.;dified : 
- Coconut (copra) oil and its fractions : 
— Crude oi1 : 
For technical or industrial uses other 
than the manufacture of foodstuffs for 
Unchanged Rate of 
autonomous 
(5) or 
1 evy 
(AGR) 
3 
Free 
Free 
Free 
4 " duty 
conventional 
(S) 
4 
5 
5 
2,5 
5 Supplemen-
tary 
unit 
5 
-
(1) Entr-v under thi?. sufchp.3di r,«- is subject to conditions lais down in the relevant 
Comnvjm ty provisions. 
r CN 
code Description 
1521 
1521 10 
1521 10 10 
1521 10 90 
1521 90 
1521 90 10 
1521 
1521 90 91 
90 99 
1802 00 00 
1803 
1803 
1803 
1804 
1805 
2001 10 00 
20 00 
00 00 
00 00 Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), 
beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, 
whether or not refined or coloured : 
- Vegetable waxes : 
Unchanged 
- Other 
- Other : 
-- Spermaceti, whether or not refined or 
coloured 
---• Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether 
or not refined or coloured : 
'inchanged 
Other 
Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa 
waste , 
'ocoa paste, whether or not defattt? 
- Not defatted 
- Wholly or partly defatifd 
Cocoa butter, fat and oil 
Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or 
other sweetem ng matter 
iVegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible 
! parts of plants, prepared or preserved by 
U'inegar or acetic acid : 
2001 
to 
2001 10 00 
90 10 ! 
2001 90 20 :hanged 
Fruit of the genu*:- Capsi :. :.;n other than 
sweet peppers or pimentos 
2001 
to 
2001 90 30 
90 50 '.Unchanged 
2001 90 60 !— Palm hearts 
2001 90 80 — Other Rate of duty 
autonomous 
il) or 
I evy 
( AGR ) 
3 
Free 
2,5 
Free 
12 
12 
9 
12 
7,5 
15 conventional 
(*) Supplemen-
tary 
unit 
3,5 
15 
15 
12 
16 
10 
20 
20 
- 9 -
CN 
code 
2008 
2008 11 
to 
2008 80 99 
2008 91 00 
2008 92 
to 
2008 92 
2008 99 
2008 99 
2008 99 
2008 99 
2008 99 11 
99 Description 
Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of 
plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, 
whether or not containing added sugar or 
other sweetening matter or spirit, not 
elsewhere specified or included : 
Unchanged 
.11 
19 
21 
23 — Palm hearts 
Unchanged 
Other : 
- Containing added spirit : 
— Ginger : 
-— Of an actual alcoholic strength by 
mass not exceeding 11,85 \ mas ... 
•— Other 
2008 99 
2008 99 
2008 99 
2008 99 
2008 99 
to 
2008 99 25 
27 
32 
34 
45 sugar content exceeding 13* by - Grapes 
— Uith a 
weight 
-— Other 
Other : 
• Uith a sugar content exceeding 9\ by 
weight : 
— Of an actual alcoholic strength by 
mass not exceeding 11,85 2 mas : 
— Passionfruit and guavas 
Other 
— Other : 
— Passionfruit and guavas 
— Other 
Unchanged Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(5) or 
1 evy 
(AGR) 
16 
16 
24 
32 + AGR 
32 
20+2 30+2 
AD S/Z AD S/Z 
32 + AGR 30+2 
AD S/Z 
20 + AGR 
32 + AGR conventional 
(*) Supplemen-
tary 
unit 
4 
20 
26 
- 10 -
CN 
I rode 
2008 99 46 
2008 99 48 
2008 99 51 
to 
2008 99 55 
2008 99 61 
2008 99 69 
2008 99 71 
to 
2008 99 99 
2009 Description 
Other : 
- Passionfruit, guavas and tamarind 
Other 
Containing added sugar, in immediate 
packings of a net content not excee­
ding 1 kg : 
Unchanged 
Other : 
Passionfruit and guavas 
2009 11 11 
to 
2009 80 19 
2009 80 32 
2009 80 34 
2009 80 39 
to 
2009 80 80 Other 
Unchanged 
•Fruit juices (including grape must) and 
vegetable juices, unfermented and not con­
taining added spirit, whether or not con­
taining added sugar or other sweetening 
matter : 
Unchanged 
Other : 
Of a value not exceeding 30 ECU per 
100 kg net weight : 
Juices of passionfruit and guavas 
—„.— other 
2009 80 87 
2009 80 85 
2009 80 93 
to 
2009 80 99 Unchanged 
— Other : 
Uith an added sugar content exceeding 
30 5 by weight : 
Juices of passionfruit and guavas . 
Other 
Unchanged Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(%) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
10 + 2 
AD S/Z 
23 + AGR 
12 + 2 
AD S/Z 
27 + AGR 
21 
42 AGR 
AGR 
15 
24 AD S/Z 
AGR conventional 
4 
20 + 2 
AD S/Z 
20 + 2 
AD S/Z 
24 + 2 
AD S/Z 
24 + 2 
AD S/Z 
21 
21 AD S/Z 
AD S/Z Suppl cr:.: 
tar y 
unit 
- 11 -
CN 
code 
1 
?101 
2101 10 
to 
2101 10 
2101 20 
2101 20 
2101 20 
to 
2101 30 
3203 00 
3203 00 
3203 00 
3203 00 99 
10 
90 
99 
11 
19 
90 Descri ption 
2 
Extraxts, essences and concentrates, of 
coffee, te or mate and preparations with a 
basis of these products or with a basis 
of coffee, te or mate; roasted chicory and 
other roasted coffee substitutes, and 
extracts, essences and concentrates 
thereof : 
Unchanged 
- Extracts, essences and concentrates, of 
tea or mate, and preparations with a 
basis of these extracts, essences or 
concentrates, or with a basis of tea or 
mate : 
— Containing no milkfats, milk proteins, 
sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch 
or containing less than 1,5 5 milkfat, 
2,5 \ milk proteins, 5 5 sucrose or 
isoglucose, 5 \ glucose or starch .... 
Unchanged 
Colouring matter of vegetable or animal 
origin (including dyeing extracts but 
excluding animal black), whether or not 
chemically defined; preparations as spe­
cified in note 3 to this chapter based on 
colouring matter of vegetable or animal 
origin : 
- Colouring matter of vegetable origin and 
preparations based thereon : 
Unchanged 
— Other 
- Colouring matter of animal origin and 
preparations based thereon Rate of 
autonomous 
(•*;) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 
6 
Free 
2,5 • duty 
conventional 
(*> 
4 
12 
4,1 
5,3 Supplemen-
tary 
unit 
5 
-
_ 
_ 
- 12 
CN 
code 
3301 Descri ption 
Essential oils (terpeneless or not), in­
cluding concrets and absolutes; resinoids; 
concentrates of essential oils in fats, in 
fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained 
by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by­
products of the deterpenation of essential 
oils; aqueous distillates ans aqueous 
solutions of essential oils : 
3301 11 10 
to junchanged 
3301 19 90 I 
3301 21 
3301 21 10 
3301 21 90 
3301 22 
3301 22 10 
3301 22 90 
3301.23 10 
to 
3301 25 90 
3301 26 
3301 26 10 
3301 26 90 
3301 29 — Essential oils other than those of 
citrus fruit : 
— Of geranium : 
— Not deterpenated 
— Deterpenated 
— Of jasmin : 
Unchanged 
— Deterpenated 
Unchanged 
— Of vétiver : 
Unchanged 
— Deterpenated 
— Other : 
| Of clove, niaouli and ylang-ylang 
3301 29 1' | Not deterpenated 
3301 29 71 I Deterpenated 
3301 29 51 
to 
3301 29 59 ; Other : 
Not deterpenated 
Unchanged 
3301 29 91 Deterpenated 
3301 30 00 - Resi noi ds 
3301 90 - Other : 
3301 90 10 — Terpenic by-products of the deterpena­
tion of essenti al oiIs 
3301 90 90 !-~ Other Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(5) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 
Free 
2,3 
2,3 
2,3 
Free 
2,3 
2,3 
2 
2,3 
3 conventional 
(S) 
2,7 
4,6 
4,6 
4,6 
2,7 
4,6 
4,6 
4,1 
A,6 
6 Supplemen­
tary 
unit 
- 13 -
CN 
code 
3802 
3802*10 00 
3802 90 00 
4003 00 00 
4007 00 00 
4014 
4014 10 
4014 90 
4014 90 00 
10 
4014 90 90 
4015 
4015 11 00 
4015 19 
4015 19 10 
4015 It 90 
4015 90 00 Descri ption 
Activated carbon; activated natural mineral 
products; animal black, including spent 
animal black : 
- Activated carbon 
Unchanged 
Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in 
plates, sheets or strip 
Vulcanized rubber thread and cord 
Hygienic or pharmaceutical articles (in­
cluding teats), of vulcanized rubber other 
than hard rubber, with or without fittings 
of hard rubber : 
• Sheath contraceptives 
— Other : 
— Teats, nipple shields, and similar 
arti cl es for babi es 
— Other 
Articles of apparel and clothing accesso­
ries (including gloves), for all purposes, 
of vulcanized rubber other than hard 
rubber : 
- Gloves : 
— Surgi cal 
— Other : 
-— Household gloves . , 
~~ Other • • 
- Other ......... Rate of duty 
autonomous 
<*•) or 
1 evy 
(AGR) 
Free 
Free 
F rue 
Free 
2,7 
2,7 
2,? 
§• conventional 
U) Supplemen-
tary 
uni t 
6,3 
6,2 
5,3 
5,3 
5.3 pa 
pa 
pa 
- 14 
CN 
code 
4016 
4016 10 
4016" 10 10 
4016 10 90 
4016 91 00 
4016 92 00 
4016 93 
4016 93 10 
4016 93 90 
4016 94 00 
4016 95 00 
4016 99 
4016 99 10 
4016 99 90 
4407 
4407 10 10 
to 
4407 10 99 
4407 21 
4407 21 10 
4407 21 31 
4407 21 
4407 21 
4407 21 39 
50 
90 Description Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(S) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
Other articles of vulcanized rubber other 
than hard rubber : 
— Of cellular rubber : 
Unchanged 
— Other 
— Other : 
— Floor coverings and mats 
— Erasers 
— Gaskets, washers and other seals : 
Unchanged 
— Other 
— Boat or dock fenders, whether or not 
i nf1atable 
— Other i nf1atable arti cl es 
— Other : 
Unchanged 
— Other 
Uood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or 
peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or 
finger-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 
6 mm: 
Unchanged 
— Of the following tropical woods : 
— Dark red meranti, 1i ght red meranti, 
meranti bakau, white lauan, white 
meranti, white seraya, yellow meranti, 
alan, keruing, ramin, kapur, teak, 
jongkong, merbau, jelutong and kempas: 
— Finger-jointed, whether or not 
pianed or sanded 
— Other : 
Planed : 
Blocks, strips and friezes for par­
quet or wood block flooring, not 
assembled 
Other 
Sanded 
Unchanged conventional Supplemen­
tary 
unit 
20 (1) 
15 (2) 
15 (2) 
15 (2) 
15 (2) 
15 (2) 
15 (2) 
2,5 
2 
2 
2.5 5,3 
4,4 
4,4 
4,4 
4,4 
4,4 
4,4 
4,9 
4 
4 
4,9 
(1) Duty rate of 4,5 
(2) Duty rate of 3,5 subject to certain conditions, 
subject to certain conditions. 
- 15 -
CN 
code Descri ption Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(*) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 conventional 
(*) Suppl emen-
tary 
unit 
4407 22 
4407 22 10 
4407 22 31 
4407 22 39 
4407 22 50 
4407 22 90 
409 — Okoumé, obeche, sapelli, sipo, acajou 
d'Afrique, makoré, iroko, tiama, 
mansonia, ilomba, dibétou, limba and 
azobé: 
— Finger-jointed, whether or not 
planed or sanded s 
Other : 
Planed : 
Blocks, strips and friezes for par­
quet or wood block flooring, not 
assembled 
Other 
Sanded 
Unchanged 
Uood (including strips and friezes for par­
quet flooring, not assembled) continuously 
shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfe­
red, U-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded 
or the like) along any of its edges or 
faces, whether or not planed, sanded or 
finger-jointed : 2,5 4,9 
2 
2 
2,5 4 
4 
4,9 
4409 10 10 
to 
4409 10 90 Unchanged 
4409 20 
4409 ::o 
4409 20 °1 
4409 20 9* 
4414 00 
4414 00 ;* — Non-c'r i -' crous : 
— Beariings and mouldings including 
moulded skirting and other moulded 
boards 
— Other : 
Blocks, strips and frieres for* parquet 
o r woo d block f 7 - : r i - a. r c 1 :s s s e m b 1 e d 
Othf-r • I 
wooden frames for painti ?%, phoi 
'mirrors or «Mmila" of 
j- Of t" od, as specified in addi­
tional note 2 to this Chapter 
4414 00 90|- Of other wood 
i 
i 2,5 
2,5 
15 5.i 
5,1 
16 
CN 
code 
4418 
4418 10 00 
441S 20 
4418 20 10 
4418 20 90 
4418 30 10 
to 
4418 90 00 
4419 00 00 
4419 00 10 
4419 00 90 
4420 
4420 10 
4420 10 11 
4420 10 19 
4420 90 
4420 90 11 
4420 90 19 
4420 90 91 
4420 90 99 Description T 
Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, 
including cellular wood panels, assembled 
parquet panels, shingles and snakes : 
Unchanged 
— Doors and their frames and thresholds : 
— Of tropical wood, as specified in addi­
tional note 2 to this Chapter 
— Of other wood 
Unchanged 
Tableware and kitchenware, of wood : 
- Of tropical wood, as specified in addi 
tional note 2 to this Chapter 
- Of other wood 
Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and 
cases for jewellery or cutlery, and simi­
lar articles, of wood; statuettes and other 
ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of 
furniture not falling within Chapter 94 : 
— Statuettes and other ornaments, of wood : 
— Of tropical wood, as specified in addi­
tional note to this Chapter 
— Of other wood 
— Other : 
— Uood marquetry and inlaid wood : 
— Of tropical wood, as specified in addi­
tional note 2 to this Chapter 
— Of other wood 
— Other : 
— Of tropical wood, as specified in addi­
tional note 2 to this Chapter 
— Other autonomous 
(%> or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 
14 
Free 
15 
3 
18 
5 
15 ,. un­
conventional Supplemen­
tary 
unit 
10 
10 
- 17 -
r~ 
CN 
cod e 
1 
4421 
4421 
4421 
4421 
4421 
4421 
4421 
4421 
4601 
4601 
4601 
4601 
4601 
4601 
4601 
4601 
4601 
4601 
4601 
to 
4601 10 00 
90 
90 10 
90 30 
90 50 
90 91 
90 99 
10 
10 10 
10 90 
20 
20 10 
20 90 
91 
91 10 
91 90 
99 
99 90 Description 
2 
Other articles of wood : 
- Clothes hangers 
- Other : 
— Spools, cops, bobbins, sewing thread 
reels and the like, of turned wood ... 
— Blind rollers, whether or not fitted 
with spri ngs 
— Match splints; wooden pegs or pins 
for footwear 
— Other : 
Plaits and similar products of plaiting 
materials, whether or not assembled into 
strips; plaiting materials, plaits and 
similar products of plaiting materials, 
bound together in parallel stands or woven, 
in sheet form, whether or not being fi­
nished articles (for example, mats, mat­
ting, screens): 
- Plaits and similar products of plaiting 
materials, whether or not assembled 
into stri ps : 
Unchanged 
— Other 
- Mats, matting and screens of vegetable 
materials : 
— Of plaits or similar products of sub-
headi ng 4601 10 
— Other 
- Other : 
— Of vegetable materials : 
— Of plaits or similar products of sub­
heading 4601 10 
Other 
Unchanged 
. Rate of 
autonomous 
(*) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 
2,4 
Free 
Free 
Free 
5 
Free 
3 
4,5 
3 
4,5 
3 • duty 
conventional 
(S) 
4 
4,9 
2,5 
4,6 -T f »-« 
4,4 
7,5 
4,9 
4,6 
6,2 
4,1 
6*2 
4,1 Supplemen-
tary 
unit 
5 
p/st 
-
_ 
-
-
_ 
— 
_ 
-
-
- 18 -
CN 
code 
4602 
4602 10 
4602 10 10 
4602 10 91 
4602 10 99 
4602 90 
to 
4602 90 90 
5307 
5307 10 . 
5307 10 10 
5307 10 90 
5307 20 00 Descri ption 
Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles, 
made directly to shape from plaiting mate­
rials or made up from goods of heading No 
4601; articles of loofah : 
— Of vegetable materials : 
— Straw envelopes for bottles 
— Other : 
Basketwork, wickerwork and other ar­
ticles, made directly to shape from 
plaiti ng materi als 
Other 
Unchanged 
Yarn of jute or of other textile bast 
fibres of heading No 5303 : 
- Single : 
— Measuring 1 000 decitex or less (10 
metric number or more) 
— Measuring more than 1 000 decitex (less 
than 10 metric number) 
- Multi pie (folded) or cab!ed Rate of duty 
autonomous 
(*) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 
4,5 
4,5 
Free 
Free 
Free conventional Supplemen­
tary 
unit 
3,8 
6,2 
6,2 
5,3 
5,3 
5,3 
- 19 -
CN 
code 
1 
5310 
5310 10 
5310 10 
5310 10 
5310 90 
5607 
5607 10 
5607 21 
to 
5607 29 
5607 30 
5607 41 
to 
5607 90 
5702 
5702 10 
5702 20 
5702 31 
to 
5702 99 10 
90 
00 
00 
00 
90 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 Oescri ption 
2 
Uoven fabrics of jute or of other textile 
bast fibres of heading No 5303 : 
- Unbleached : 
— Of a wi dth exceedi ng 150 cm 
Twine, cordage, ropes and cables, whether 
or not plaited or braided and whether or 
not impregnated, coated, covered or 
sheathed with rubber or plastics : 
- Of jute or other textile bast fibres 
Unchanged 
- Of abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis 
Nee) or other hard (leaf) fibres 
Unchanged 
Carpets and other textile floor coverings, 
woven, not tufted or flocked, whether or 
not made up, including "Kelem", "Schu-
macks", "Karamanie" and similar hand-woven 
rugs : 
Unchanged 
- Floor coverings of coconut fibres (coir) 
Unchanged Rate of 
autonomous 
(*) or 
levy 
(AGR) 
3 
4 
4 
4 
6 
10 
4 • duty 
conventional 
(S) 
4 
8,6 
9,3 
8,6 
12 
12 
8 Supplemen-
tar y 
unit 
5 
— 
-
-
m* 
* 
- 20 -
CN 
code Descri ption Rate of duty 
autonomous 
( $ ) or 
1 evy 
(AGR) conventional Supplemen-
tary 
unit 
5905 00 
5905 00 10 
to 
5905 00 39 
5905 00 50 
5905 00 70 
to 
5905 00 90 
6305 
6305 10 
6305 10 10 
6305 10 90 
6305 20 00 
to 
6305 90 00 
9601 Textile wall coverings 
Unchanged 
9601 10 00 
9601 90 
9601 90 10 
9601 90 90 — Of jute 
Unchanged 
Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the 
packing of goods : 
— Of jute or of other textile bast fibres 
of heading No 5303: 
— Used 
— Other 
Unchanged 
Worked ivory, bone, tortoise-shell, horn, 
antlers, coral, mother-of-pearl and other 
animal carving material, and articles of 
these materials (including articles ob­
tained by moulding) : 
Unchanged 
— Other : 
— worked coral (natural or agglomerated), 
and arti cl es of coral 
— Other Free 
Free 8,8 
5,3 
8,6 
2,5 
5.6 
- 21 -
Chapter 44 
The following additional note shall be introduced : 
"2. For the purpose of subheadings 4414 00 10, 4418 20 20, 4419 00 10, 4420 10 10, 
4420 90 10 and 4420 90 91 "tropical woods" means the tropical woods referred to in 
subheadings 4403 34, 4403 35, 4407 21, 4407 23 and 4408 20." 
EN 
CN CODES 1990 TARIC CODES FOR 1989(1> 
0810 
0810 
0813 
2001 
2001 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2009 
2009 
2009 
2009 
4414 
4414 
4418 
4418 
4419 
4419 
4420 
4420 
4420 
4420 
4420 
4420 90 
90 
40 
90 
90 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
80 
80 
80 
80 
00 
00 
20 
20 
00 
00 
10 
10 
90 
90 
90 
90 30 
80 
60 
60 
80 
23 
25 
27 
32 
34 
46 
48 
61 
69 
32 
34 
83 
85 
10 
90 
10 
90 
10 
90 
11 
19 
11 
19 
91 
99 0810 
0810 
0810 
0810 
0810 
0810 
0813 
2001 
2001 
2001 
2001 
2001 
2001 
2001 
2001 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2008 
2009 
2009 
2009 
2009 
2009 
2009 
4414 
4414 
4418 
4418 
4419 
4419 
4420 
4420 
4420 
4420 
4420 
4420 90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
40 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
90 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
99 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
80 
00 
00 
20 
20 
00 
00 
10 
10 
90 
90 
90 
90 90*50 and 0810 
90*10, 0810 90 
90*31, 0810 90 
90*41, 0810 90 
90*60, 0810 90 
90*90 
90*11 
90*30 
90*11, 2001 90 
90*21, 2001 90 
90*41, 2001 90 
90*51, 2001 90 
90*61, 2001 90 
90*92, 2001 90 
90*97 and 2001 
29*00 
31*10 
31*20 and 2008 
33*10 
33*20 and 2008 
49*11, 2008 99 
49*30 
49*20, 2008 99 
49*90 
59*11 and 2008 
59*20, 2008 99 
59*90 
31*11 
31*19, 2009 80 
31*90 
91*11 
91*19, 2009 80 
91*30 and 2009 
00*10 
00*90 
00*10 
00*90 
00*11 and 4419 
00*91 and 4419 
00*11 and 4420 
00*91 and 4420 
10*10 
10*90 
90*11 and 4420 
90*91 and 4420 90 90*80 
90*20, 
90*52, 
90*42, \ 
90*70 and 
90*19, 
90*29, 
90*49, l 
90*59, 
90*69, 
90*93, 
90 90*98 
99 31*90 
99 35*90 
49*19 and 
49*40 and 
99 59*19 
59*50 and 
i 
i 
31*20 and 
i 
91*20, 
80 91*90 
00 00*19 
00 00*99 
10 00*19 
10 00*99 
90 90*19 
90 90*99 
(1) The TARIC codes shown are those applicable on the date 
of entry into force of the present Regulation. 
u> 
IMPACT ON SME 
This proposal will reduce mfn duties on around 170 tropical products 
imported into the Community, originating in the main from the developing 
countries. After these mfn reductions mfn custom duties will in most 
cases still be superior to existing GSP rates and so there should be no 
economic effect on SME. The few reductions in mfn duty rates which will 
bring mfn duties below existing GSP rates are modest and should have a 
minimal impact on SMEs. 
i 
i I f 
Fiche Financière 
The main suppliers of the tropical products for which custom duty 
reductions are proposed are developing countries that already benefit 
from reduced duty rates under the Community's Generalized Preference 
Scheme. The reduced duty rates in the Community's common external tariff 
for these tropical products are with few exceptions still superior to 
the present GSP rates. Consequently the budgetary cost of this tariff 
reduction is modest and on 1987 trade data is estimated at less than 2 
mi I I ion ECUs. 
i. 

Commission of the European Communities 
COM(89) 205 final 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical 
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff 
(submitted to the Council by the Commission) 
21.4.1989 
Office for Official Publications of the European Communities 
L - 2985 Luxembourg 
Series: DOCUMENTS 
1989 - 28 pp. - Format: 21.0 * 29.7 cm 
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ISSN 0254-1475 
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Catalogue number: CB-CO-89-159-EN-C 
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COM(89) 205 final 
DOCUMENTS 
Proposal for a 
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) 
amending Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the 
tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the 
Common Customs Tariff 
(submitted to the Council by the Commission) 
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