Brussels, 10.2.2005

COM(2005) 43 final

2004/0242 (CNS)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION

Concerning amendment of the Commission's proposal for a Council Regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 2005 to 31 December 2008

Amended Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences

(presented by the Commission)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION

Concerning amendment of the Commission's proposal for a Council Regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 1 July 2005 to 31 December 2008

As a consequence of the tsunami of 26 December 2004, several Asian countries are facing problems which are particularly serious. The international community has acknowledged this by agreeing on a number of programs and actions providing special assistance to these countries. The European Community is called upon to join these efforts. One measure that would seem appropriate in this context is to speed up the entry into force of the Council regulation applying a new scheme of generalised tariff preferences. This new regime provides for better market access for all developing countries including the tsunami-hit countries. They benefit from the new regulation through the reinsertion of tariff preferences for several of their products as well as inclusion of new products in the GSP. Sri Lanka will also benefit by inclusion in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance. The entry into force of the regulation should therefore be advanced to 1 April 2005. The procedure for the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance has been changed accordingly by provisionally incorporating the countries that already qualify for the arrangement. These beneficiary countries, like any other developing countries, shall submit a request for a definitive selection as beneficiary by 31 May 2005. The Commission will assess all the requests. A final list of countries qualifying on 1 July 2005 will be published. Finally, due to the advanced entry into force of the new GSP it appears necessary to provide for a transition period from the current GSP system under Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 to the new GSP scheme. Exceptionally, the preferences under the Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 should therefore continue to apply until 30 June 2005 to the extent that they provide for a more favourable treatment of products than the new GSP regime. Some technical details in the regulation have also been fine-tuned.

For the above reasons, the Commission has decided to amend its proposal for a Council Regulation applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. Context

Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001[1] applying a multiannual scheme of generalised tariff preferences will expire on 31 December 2005. In July 2004, the Commission adopted guidelines on the role of the GSP for the next ten-year period 2006 to 2015[2]. This memorandum explains the context and provisions of the draft proposal for the implementing regulation.

In 1994, the previous guidelines[3] for the ten-year period 1994-2005 and their implementing regulations introduced a number of important changes such as tariff modulation according to product sensitivity, graduation and special incentive schemes. In 2001, a special arrangement for the Least Developed Countries was introduced, for an unlimited period of time. Experience has shown that some of these features work well in practise and should be continued while, on the other hand, it would seem necessary to adjust some of the measures in light of experience gained.

The Community has granted trade preferences to developing countries in the framework of its GSP since 1971. Trade policy plays a key role in the EU’s relations with the rest of the world. The GSP scheme is part of that policy and must be consistent with and consolidate the objectives of development policy. To this end, this scheme must also be compatible with the Doha Development Agenda. A key priority is to help developing countries to benefit from globalisation, in particular by linking trade and sustainable development.

2. Consultation of interested parties

A wide number of interest groups have expressed their view and made their own observations and recommendations on the future of the GSP. The Council has presented its conclusions to the Communication on the ten-year guidelines and the European Parliament and European Economic and Social Committee have similarly expressed their opinions on the guidelines. A civil society dialogue was conducted in July 2004. Trade unions and various professional associations have expressed their views. Beneficiary countries of the GSP have been active in bringing forward their views. Owing to the specialised statistics required, impact assessments have been conducted internally.

3. Budgetary implications

The regulation does not incur costs charged to the EC budget. Its application does, however, entail loss of customs revenue. The annual loss of customs revenue resulting from the draft regulation is estimated to be EUR 2,2 billion. The proposed regulation entails some changes with respect to the current one. These relate to the graduation mechanism, a new special arrangement for sustainable development (merging three previous arrangements) and changes to the product coverage. It is not expected that these changes would mean a significant change in loss of revenue compared to the present situation.

4. Explanation of the provisions

Simplification has been achieved through a reduction in the number of arrangements, from five to three and in particular by the introduction of a single incentive arrangement in place of the three special schemes for the protection of labour rights, of the environment and to combat drug production and trafficking. Thus the proposed scheme consists of a general arrangement, a special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance and a special arrangement for the least developed countries (“EBA – Everything But Arms”).

Further simplification will be achieved in time by removing from the list of beneficiaries those countries that enjoy preferential access to the Community market under the terms of an agreement, usually a free-trade agreement (FTA). The Community would ensure that no country would lose as a result of this transformation because benefits for any particular product which previously received GSP treatment would be consolidated into the FTA in question.

As under the current scheme, preferences shall continue being differentiated according to the sensitivity of products. The regulation maintains the current flat rate reduction of 3,5 percentage points for sensitive products and 100% for non-sensitive products. However, it enlarges the scope of the scheme by introducing new products in the general arrangement and by introducing a generous special incentive scheme. The EBA arrangement maintains its global coverage of everything but arms while the two other arrangements incorporate new - mainly agricultural and fishery - products.

The current GSP Regulation provides for two special incentive arrangements for the protection of labour rights and the environment. These arrangements should be incorporated into a broader scheme in order to reflect the integral nature of the concept of sustainable development.

It is universally recognised that sustainable development involves a variety of aspects, such as respect of fundamental human and labour rights, good governance and environmental protection. Interrelationship among these elements has been expressed, in particular, in multiple international conventions and instruments such as the UN Declaration on the Right to Development of 1986, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development of 1992, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action of 1993, the UN Agenda for Development of 1997, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998, the UN Millenium Declaration of 2000 and the Johannesburg Declaration of Sustainable Development of 2002. In addition, the fight against drugs is a shared responsibility to all countries.

One element in promoting sustainable development is to improve the economic situation in developing countries, in particular in those which are less integrated into the international trading system and which lack diversification of their economies. Consequently, developing countries which are most vulnerable and which through the ratification and effective implementation of the basic conventions on human and labour rights and the protection of the environment and good governance assume special burdens and responsibilities should benefit from additional tariff preferences under the GSP scheme. Conversely, high income countries and countries with a relatively high degree of diversification and trade integration are in a different position as they are deemed to have the resources allowing them to pursue sustainable development policies without additional assistance. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance therefore targets those developing countries most in need.

The additional preferences shall be granted to developing countries that have ratified and effectively implemented the 16 core conventions on human and labour rights and 7 of the conventions related to good governance and the protection of the environment. At the same time beneficiary countries are committing themselves to ratifying and effectively implementing the international conventions which they have not yet ratified.

The 16 conventions on human and labour rights have been selected as they incorporate universal standards and reflect rules of customary international law and they form the core basis of the concept of sustainable development. The remaining conventions reflect basic global standards aiming at the effective implementation of policies geared to sustainable development.

The relevant conventions are also those with mechanisms that the relevant international organisations can use to regularly evaluate how effectively they have been implemented. The Commission will take into account these evaluations before deciding which of the applicant countries will be selected to benefit from the incentive scheme. Based on the applications from developing countries the Commission will produce a list of the beneficiaries under the arrangement.

In addition to targeting GSP on countries through the graduation mechanism as described below, measures have been adopted to dampen the shock when the United Nations removes a country from the list of LDCs, in the form of a transition period for gradual withdrawal of a country from the special GSP, the Everything-But-Arms arrangement. At present, the country in question automatically loses all the GSP advantages it enjoyed as an LDC. The new mechanism allows for a gradual removal of a country from the EBA arrangement.

Graduation shall be applied to groups of products from countries that are competitive on the Community market and no longer need the GSP to boost their exports. Graduation is not a penalty, it is a sign that the GSP has successfully performed its function, at least in relation to the countries and products in question. In this way, graduation is very closely linked to the economic competitiveness of the beneficiary countries. The GSP thus focuses on the countries most in need and helps them play a greater role in international trade. For the other beneficiary countries, graduation brings about greater share of the benefits of GSP.

Essential changes have been made to the graduation mechanism to make it simpler. The current criteria (share of preferential imports, development index and export-specialisation index) have been replaced with a single straightforward criterion: share of the Community market, expressed as a share of preferential imports. Groups of products are defined by reference to the “sections” in the Combined Nomenclature. As only those countries that are competitive for all the products in a section are graduated, small beneficiary countries have not been graduated solely on the basis of a few competitive products in a section.

Graduation should also play an important role in regulating trade flows for textile products and clothing, following the abolition of MFA quotas on 31 December 2004.

The new GSP with a graduation mechanism targeted on the most competitive countries will mean that most beneficiaries will be granted preferences without any restrictions other than compliance with the relevant GSP rules. The GSP temporary withdrawal provisions and the safeguard clause will take account of this new situation. Even though they will still be for use in exceptional circumstances only, those provisions will be made more credible and the way they are used more flexible, in particular in case of unfair trading practices.

As soon as the regulation applies, the Commission will assess its impact on the outermost regions of the EU.

5. Exceptional transition period

Due to the tsunami disaster, which occurred on 26 December 2004, the new GSP system should enter into force as quickly as possible. However, in the interest of a smooth transition from the current GSP scheme to the new GSP scheme it is appropriate to provide for a transitional period until 30 June 2005 until when preferences under the Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 shall continue to apply if they provide for a more favourable treatment to products than the new GSP scheme.

2004/0242 (CNS)

Amended Proposal for a

COUNCIL REGULATION

applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission[4],

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament[5],

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee[6],

Whereas:

(1) Since 1971, the Community has granted trade preferences to developing countries, in the framework of its scheme of generalised tariff preferences.

(2) The Community's common commercial policy must be consistent with and consolidate the objectives of development policy, in particular the eradication of poverty and the promotion of sustainable development and good governance in the developing countries. It must comply with the WTO requirements, and in particular with the GATT Enabling clause of 1979[7].

(3) A communication[8] from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee of 7 July 2004 sets out the guidelines for the application of the scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 2006 to 2015.

(4) This Regulation is the first regulation implementing those guidelines. It should apply from 1 April 2005 until 31 December 2008.

(5) The scheme should consist of a general arrangement granted to all the beneficiary countries and territories and two special arrangements taking into account the various development needs of similar-situated developing countries.

(6) The general arrangement should be granted to all beneficiary countries unless they are classified by the World Bank as a high-income country and if they are not sufficiently diversified in their exports.

(7) The special arrangement for sustainable development and good governance is based on an integral concept of sustainable development as recognized by international conventions and instruments such as the UN Declaration on the Right to Development of 1986, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development of 1992, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998, the UN Millennium Declaration of 2000 and the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development of 2002. Consequently, developing countries which due to a lack of diversification and insufficient integration into the international trading system are vulnerable while assuming special burdens and responsibilities due to the ratification and effective implementation of core international conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance should benefit from additional tariff preferences. These preferences are designed to promote further economic growth and thereby to respond positively to the need for sustainable development. Under this arrangement ad valorem tariffs are therefore suspended for the beneficiary countries, as well as specific duties (unless combined with an ad valorem duty).

(8) Developing countries which already fulfil the criteria under the special arrangement for sustainable development and good governance at the time of entry into force of this Regulation should benefit from this arrangement as quickly as possible. They should therefore be provisionally listed as beneficiary countries. They should continue to benefit from the preferences if upon their application the Commission confirms their qualification by 30 June 2005.

(9) The Commission should monitor the effective implementation of the international conventions in accordance with the respective mechanisms thereunder and should assess the relationship between additional tariff preferences and the promotion of sustainable development.

(10) The special arrangement for the least developed countries should continue to grant duty-free access to products originating in the least developed countries, as recognized and classified by the United Nations. For a country no longer classified by the United Nations as a least developed country a transitional period should be established to alleviate any adverse effects caused by removal of the tariff preferences granted under this arrangement.

(11) Preferences should continue to be differentiated according to the sensitivity of products, differentiating between non-sensitive and sensitive products, to take into account the situation of the sectors manufacturing the same products in the Community.

(12) Tariff duties on non-sensitive products should continue to be suspended, while duties on sensitive products should enjoy a tariff reduction to ensure a satisfactory utilisation rate while at the same time taking into account the situation of the respective Community industries.

(13) Such reduction should be sufficiently attractive in order to motivate traders to use the opportunities offered by the scheme. As far as ad valorem duties are concerned, the reduction should therefore be a flat rate of 3,5 percentage points of the most favoured nation (MFN) duty rate. Specific duties should be reduced by 30 %. Where duties specify a minimum duty, that minimum duty should not apply.

(14) Where preferential duty rates, calculated in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004[9], provide for a more favourable treatment of products, they should continue to apply until 30 June 2005 so as to provide for a smooth transition to the new GSP regime.

(15) Duties should be totally suspended where preferential treatment for an individual import declaration results in ad valorem duties of 1 % or less or in specific duties of EUR 2 or less as the cost of collecting such duties might be higher than the revenue gained.

(16) For the sake of coherence of the Community commercial policy, a beneficiary country should not benefit from both the Community’s scheme of generalised tariff preferences and a free trade agreement, if that agreement covers at least all the preferences provided by the present scheme for that country.

(17) Graduation should be based on criteria related to sections of the Common Customs Tariff. The graduation of a section for a beneficiary country should be applied when the section meets the criteria for graduation during three consecutive years, to increase predictability and fairness of graduation by eliminating the effect of large and exceptional variations in the import statistics.

(18) The rules of origin, concerning the definition of the concept of originating products, the procedures and the methods of administrative cooperation related thereto, laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code[10], apply to tariff preferences provided for by this regulation to ensure that the benefit of this scheme goes only to those whom the scheme is intended to benefit.

(19) The reasons for temporary withdrawal should include serious and systematic violations of the principles laid down in the conventions listed in Annex III so as to promote the objectives of those conventions and to ensure that no beneficiary receives unfair advantage through continuous violation of those conventions.

(20) Due to the political situation in Myanmar, temporary withdrawal of all tariff preferences in respect of imports of products originating in Myanmar should remain in force.

(21) The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission[11],

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 1

1. The Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences (hereafter “the scheme”) shall apply from 1 April 2005 to 31 December 2008 in accordance with this Regulation.

2. This Regulation provides for:

(a) a general arrangement,

(b) a special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance,

(c) a special arrangement for least developed countries.

Article 2

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

Article 3

1. A beneficiary country shall be removed from the scheme when it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income country during three consecutive years, and when the value of imports for the five largest sections of its GSP-covered imports to the Community represent less than 75% of the total GSP-covered imports of the beneficiary country to the Community.

2. When a beneficiary country benefits from a commercial agreement with the Community which covers at least all the preferences provided by the present scheme for that country, it shall be removed from the list of beneficiary countries in Annex I.

3. The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of its removal from the list of beneficiary countries in Annex I.

Article 4

The products included in the arrangements referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1(2) are listed in Annex II.

Article 5

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

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

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

Article 6

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a) «Common Customs Tariff duties» means the duties specified in Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87[12], except those duties set up within the framework of tariff quotas;

(b) “Section” means any of the sections of the Common Customs Tariff as adopted by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87;

(c) “Committee” means the Committee referred to in Article 26.

CHAPTER II

ARRANGEMENTS AND TARIFF PREFERENCES

SECTION 1

GENERAL ARRANGEMENT

ARTICLE 7

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

2. Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on products listed in Annex II as sensitive products shall be reduced by 3,5 percentage points. For products of Section XI, this reduction shall be 20 %.

3. Where preferential duty rates, calculated in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 on Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on 31 March 2005, provide a tariff reduction, for the products referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, of more than 3,5 percentage points, those preferential duty rates shall apply.

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

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

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

7. The tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not apply to products of sections in respect of which those tariff preferences have been removed, for the country of origin concerned, according to Article 13 and column C of Annex I.

Section 2

SPECIAL INCENTIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE

ARTICLE 8

1. Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on all products listed in Annex II which originate in a country included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall be suspended.

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

3. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall not include for a beneficiary country products of the sections listed in column C of Annex I.

Article 9

1. The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance may be granted to a country which :

(a) has ratified and effectively implemented the conventions listed in Part A of Annex III, and

(b) has ratified and effectively implemented at least seven of the conventions listed in Part B of Annex III, and

(c) commits itself to ratify and effectively implement by 31 December 2008 those conventions listed in Part B of Annex III which it has not yet ratified and effectively implemented, and

(d) gives an undertaking to maintain the ratification of the conventions and their implementing legislation and measures and which accepts regular monitoring and review of its implementation record in accordance with the implementation provisions of the conventions it has ratified, and

(e) is considered as a vulnerable country as defined in paragraph 2.

2. A vulnerable country is one:

(a) that is not classified by the World Bank as a high income country during three consecutive years, and whose five largest sections of its GSP-covered imports to the Community represent more than 75% in value of its total GSP-covered imports, and

(b) whose GSP-covered imports to the Community represent less than 1% in value of total GSP-covered imports to the Community.

The data used are those available on 1 September 2004, as an average over three consecutive years.

3 The Commission shall keep under review the status of ratification and effective implementation of conventions listed in Annex III. Prior to the expiry of the period of application of this regulation, the Commission shall present to the Council a report concerning the status of ratification of such conventions, including recommendations on whether the ratification and effective implementation of such conventions should be required in order to benefit from the future granting of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.

Article 10

1. Without prejudice to paragraph 3 the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall be granted if the following conditions are met :

(a) a country or territory listed in Annex I made a request to that effect within two months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, and

(b) an examination of the request shows that the requesting country fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 9(1) and (2).

2. The requesting country shall submit its request to the Commission in writing and shall provide comprehensive information concerning ratification of the conventions referred to in Annex III, the legislation and measures to effectively implement the provisions of the conventions and its commitment to accept and fully comply with the monitoring and review mechanism envisaged in the relevant conventions and related instruments.

3. Those countries that are granted provisionally the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance from the date this regulation enters into force should also submit a request according to paragraphs 1 and 2 by 31 May 2005. The Commission shall assess the request according to Article 11

Article 11

1. Where the Commission receives a request accompanied by the information referred to in Article 10, the Commission shall examine the request. The examination shall take into account the findings of the relevant international organisations and agencies. It may ask the requesting country any questions which it considers relevant and may verify the information received with the requesting country or any natural or legal person.

2. The Commission shall decide, in accordance with the examination referred to in paragraph 1 and the procedure referred to in Article 27, whether to grant a requesting country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance as of 1 July 2005.

3. The Commission shall notify a requesting country of a decision taken in accordance with paragraph 2. Where a country is granted the special incentive arrangement, it shall be informed of the date on which that decision enters into force. The Commission shall by 30 June 2005 at the latest list in Annex I, Column E the beneficiary countries benefitting from the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.

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

5. The Commission shall conduct all relations with a requesting country concerning the request in close coordination with the committee indicated in Article 26.

SECTION 3

SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

ARTICLE 1 2

1. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, Common Customs Tariff duties on all products of Chapters 1 to 97 of the Harmonized System except those of Chapter 93 thereof, originating in a country that according to Annex I benefits from the special arrangement for least developed countries, shall be entirely suspended.

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

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

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

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

6. The Commission shall adopt detailed rules governing the opening and administration of the quotas referred to in paragraph 5, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28. In opening and administrating these quotas, the Commission shall be assisted by the management committees for the relevant common market organisations.

7. When a country is excluded by the United Nations from the list of the least developed countries, it is withdrawn from the list of the beneficiaries of this arrangement. The removal of a country from the arrangement and the establishment of a transitional period shall be decided by the Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(1).

Section 4

COMMON PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 13

1. The tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 8 shall be removed in respect of products originating in a beneficiary country, of a section, when the average value of Community imports from that country of products included in the section concerned and covered by the arrangement enjoyed by that country exceeds 15 % of the value of Community imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I over three consecutive years, on the basis of the most recent data available on 1 September 2004. For section XI the threshold is 12,5 %.

2. The sections removed in accordance with paragraph 1 are listed in Annex I, column C.

3. The removal of sections from this scheme shall apply on entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December 2008.

4. The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of the removal of a section.

5. Paragraph 1 does not apply to a beneficiary country in respect of any section which represents more than 50 % in value of all GSP-covered imports to the Community originating from the country in question.

6. The statistical source used for the purpose of this article shall be the COMEXT statistics.

Article 14

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

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

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

CHAPTER III

TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL AND SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 1 5

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

(a) serious and systematic violations of principles laid down in the conventions listed in Annex III;

(b) export of goods made by prison labour;

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

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

(e) serious and systematic unfair trading practices which have an adverse effect to the Community industry, including those which are prohibited or actionable under the WTO Agreements, provided that a determination to that effect has been made previously by the competent WTO body and the unfair practise has not been addressed;

(f) serious and systematic infringements of the objectives of regional fishery organizations or arrangements to which the Community is a Member concerning the conservation and management of fishery resources.

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

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

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

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

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

(e) complies or ensures compliance with the rules of origin in respect of regional cumulation, within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 2454/93, if the country benefits therefrom.

3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the special incentive arrangement referred to in Section 2 of Chapter II may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or certain products included in this arrangement, originating in a beneficiary country, in particular if the national legislation no longer incorporates the ratified conventions referred to in Annex III or if that legislation is not effectively implemented.

4. The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation shall not be withdrawn pursuant to point (e) of paragraph 1 in respect of products which are subject to anti-dumping or countervailing measures under Regulations (EC) No 384/96 or (EC) No 2026/97, for the reasons justifying those measures.

Article 1 6

1. Where the Commission or a Member State receives information that may justify temporary withdrawal of preferential arrangements and where the Commission considers that there are sufficient grounds for an investigation, the Commission shall inform the Committee.

2. The Commission may decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28, to initiate an investigation.

Article 1 7

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

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

3. The Commission shall seek all information it considers necessary and may verify the information received with economic operators and the beneficiary country concerned. The available assessments, comments, decisions, recommendations and conclusions of the various supervisory bodies of the UN, the ILO and other competent international organizations, shall serve as the point of departure for the investigation as to whether temporary withdrawal is justified for the reason referred to in point (a) of Article 15(1).

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

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

6. The investigation should be completed within a year. The Commission may extend this period, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28.

Article 1 8

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

2. Where the Commission considers that the findings do not justify temporary withdrawal, it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28, to terminate the investigation. In that case, the Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the Official Journal of the European Union , announcing the termination of the investigation and setting out its main conclusions.

3. Where the Commission considers that the findings justify temporary withdrawal for the reason referred to in point (a) of Article 15(1), it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 28, to monitor and evaluate the situation in the beneficiary country concerned for a period of six months. The Commission shall notify this decision to the beneficiary country concerned and shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union , announcing that it intends to submit a proposal to the Council for temporary withdrawal, unless, before the end of the period, the beneficiary country concerned made a commitment to take the measures necessary to conform, in a reasonable period of time, with the conventions referred to in Annex III.

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

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

Article 1 9

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

(a) where it considers that there is sufficient evidence that temporary withdrawal is justified for the reasons referred to in point (d) of Article 15(1), or

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

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

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

4. The period of suspension shall be limited to three months and may be renewed once. The Commission may extend this period, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28.

Article 20

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

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

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

(a) market share,

(b) production,

(c) stocks,

(d) production capacity,

(e) bankruptcies,

(f) profitability,

(g) capacity utilisation,

(h) employment,

(i) imports,

(j) prices.

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

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

Article 21

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

Article 22

1. The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned of any decision taken in accordance with Articles 1 9, 20 or 21 before it becomes effective. The Commission shall also notify the Council and the Member States thereof.

2. Any Member State may refer a decision taken in accordance with Articles 19, 20 or 21 to the Council within ten days. The Council, acting by qualified majority, may adopt a different decision within 30 days.

Article 2 3

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

CHAPTER IV

PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 2 4

The Commission shall in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28 adopt changes to the Annexes of this Regulation made necessary:

(a) by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature;

(b) by changes in the international status or classification of countries or territories in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28;

(c) by the application of Article 3(2);

(d) if a country has reached the thresholds set out in Article 3(1);

(e) for the establishment of the final list of beneficiary countries by 30 June 2005 at the latest in accordance with Article 11.

Article 25

1. Within six weeks of the end of each quarter, Member States shall send the Statistical Office of the European Communities their statistical data on products placed under the customs procedure of free circulation during that quarter under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation. These data, supplied by reference to Combined Nomenclature codes and, where applicable, TARIC codes, shall show, by country of origin, values, quantities and any supplementary units required in accordance with the definitions in Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95[13] and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000[14].

2. In accordance with Article 308d of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, Member States shall forward to the Commission, at its request, details of the quantities of products admitted for free circulation under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation, during the previous months.

3. The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member States, monitor the imports of products of CN code 0803 00 19, of tariff headings 0603, 1006, and 1701 and of CN codes 1604 14 11, 1604 14 18, 1604 14 90, 1604 19 39 and 1604 20 70 in order to determine whether the conditions referred to in Articles 20 and 21 are fulfilled.

Article 2 6

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

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

3. The Committee shall examine the effects of the Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences, on the basis of a report from the Commission covering the period 1 April 2005 to 31 December 2008. This report shall cover all preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2).

4. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.

Article 2 7

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

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

Article 2 8

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

CHAPTER V

FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 2 9

Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 [15], which refers to Council Regulations (EC) No 3281/94[16] and (EC) No 1256/96[17], shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.

Article 30

1. This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 April 2005. Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 is repealed with effect from 1 April 2005 .

2. This Regulation shall apply until 31 December 2008. This date shall not apply to the special arrangements for least developed countries, nor, to the extent that they are applied in conjunction with those arrangements, to any other provisions of this Regulation.

Article 31

Where preferential duty rates calculated on 31 March 2005 under Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 provide a greater tariff reduction than those calculated on 1 April 2005 under this Regulation, the greater reduction shall apply until 30 June 2005. This provision also applies to tariff preferences removed under Article 13 of the present Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels,

For the Council

The President

ANNEX I

Beneficiary countries [18] AND TERRITORIES OF THE COMMUNITY'S SCHEME OF GENERALISED TARIFF PREFERENCES

COLUMN A | CODE ACCORDING TO THE NOMENCLATURE OF COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES FOR THE EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY |

COLUMN B | NAME OF COUNTRY |

COLUMN C | SECTIONS IN RESPECT OF WHICH TARIFF PREFERENCES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR THE BENEFICIARY COUNTRY CONCERNED (ARTICLE13) |

COLUMN D | COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (ARTICLE 12) |

COLUMN E | COUNTRIES INCLUDED IN THE SPECIAL INCENTIVE ARRANGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND GOOD GOVERNANCE (ARTICLE 8) |

A | B | C | D | E |

AE | United Arab Emirates |

AF | Afghanistan | X |

AG | Antigua and Barbuda |

AI | Anguilla |

AM | Armenia |

AN | Netherlands Antilles |

AO | Angola | X |

AQ | Antarctica |

AR | Argentina |

AS | American Samoa |

AW | Aruba |

AZ | Azerbaijan |

BB | Barbados |

BD | Bangladesh | X |

BF | Burkina Faso | X |

BH | Bahrain |

BI | Burundi | X |

BJ | Benin | X |

BM | Bermuda |

BN | Brunei Darussalam |

BO | Bolivia |

BR | Brazil | S-IV Prepared foodstuffs ; beverages, spirits and vinegar ; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes. |

S-IX Wood and articles of wood ; wood charcoal ; cork and articles of cork ; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials ; basketware and wickerwork. |

BS | Bahamas |

BT | Bhutan | X |

BV | Bouvet Island |

BW | Botswana |

BY | Belarus |

BZ | Belize |

CC | Cocos Islands (or Keeling Islands) |

CD | Congo, Democratic Republic of | X |

CF | Central African Republic | X |

CG | Congo |

CI | Côte d'Ivoire |

CK | Cook Islands |

CL | Chile |

CM | Cameroon |

CN | China, People's Republic of | S-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries. |

S-VII Plastics and articles thereof ; rubber ans articles thereof. |

S-VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut). |

S-IX Wood and articles of wood ; wood charcoal ; cork and articles of cork ; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials ; basketware and wickerwork. |

S-X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material ; recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard ; paper and paperboard and articles thereof. |

S-XI Textiles and textile articles. |

S-XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof ; prepared feathers and articles made therewith ; artificial flowers ; articles of human hair. |

S-XIII Articles of stone, plaster, cement,asbestos, mica or similar materials ; ceramic products ; glass and glassware.. |

S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof ; imitation jewellery ; coins. |

S-XV Base metals and articles of base metal. |

S-XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles. |

S-XVII Vehicles, aircraft,vessels and assiciated transport equipment. |

S-XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus ; clocks and watches ; musical instruments ; parts and accessories thereof. |

S-XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles. |

CO | Colombia |

CR | Costa Rica | X |

CU | Cuba |

CV | Cape Verde | X |

CX | Christmas Islands |

DJ | Djibouti | X |

DM | Dominica |

DO | Dominican Republic |

DZ | Algeria | S-V Mineral products. |

EC | Ecuador | X |

EG | Egypt |

ER | Eritrea | X |

ET | Ethiopia | X |

FJ | Fiji |

FK | Falklands Islands |

FM | Micronesia, Federated States of |

GA | Gabon |

GD | Grenada |

GE | Georgia |

GH | Ghana |

GI | Gibraltar |

GL | Greenland |

GM | Gambia | X |

GN | Guinea | X |

GQ | Equatorial Guinea | X |

GS | South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands |

GT | Guatemala |

GU | Guam |

GW | Guinea-Bissau | X |

GY | Guyana |

HM | Heard Island and McDonald Islands |

HN | Honduras |

HT | Haiti | X |

ID | Indonesia | S-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products ; prepared edible fats ; animal or vegetable waxes. |

S-IX Wood and articles of wood ; wood charcoal ; cork and articles of cork ; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials ; basketware and wickerwork. |

IN | India | S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof ; imitation jewellery ; coins. |

IO | British Indian Ocean Territory |

IQ | Iraq |

IR | Iran, Islamic Republic of |

JM | Jamaica |

JO | Jordan |

KE | Kenya |

KG | Kyrgyzstan |

KH | Cambodia | X |

KI | Kiribati | X |

KM | Comoros | X |

KN | St Kitts and Nevis |

KW | Kuwait |

KY | Cayman Islands |

KZ | Kazakhstan |

LA | Lao People's Democratic Republic | X |

LB | Lebanon |

LC | St Lucia |

LK | Sri Lanka | X |

LR | Liberia | X |

LS | Lesotho | X |

LY | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |

MA | Morocco |

MD | Moldova, Republic of |

MG | Madagascar | X |

MH | Marshall Islands |

ML | Mali | X |

MM | Myanmar | X |

MN | Mongolia |

MO | Macao |

MP | Northern Mariana Islands |

MR | Mauritania | X |

MS | Montserrat |

MU | Mauritius |

MV | Maldives | X |

MW | Malawi | X |

MX | Mexico |

MY | Malaysia | S-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products ; prepared edible fats ; animal or vegetable waxes. |

MZ | Mozambique | X |

NA | Namibia |

NC | New Caledonia |

NE | Niger | X |

NF | Norfolk Island |

NG | Nigeria |

NI | Nicaragua | X |

NP | Nepal | X |

NR | Nauru |

NU | Niue Island |

OM | Oman |

PA | Panama | X |

PE | Peru | X |

PF | French Polynesia |

PG | Papua New Guinea |

PH | Philippines |

PK | Pakistan |

PM | St Pierre and Miquelon |

PN | Pitcairn |

PW | Palau |

PY | Paraguay |

QA | Qatar |

RU | Russian Federation | S-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries. S-X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material ; recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard ; paper and paperboard and articles thereof. S-XV Base metals and articles of base metal. |

RW | Rwanda | X |

SA | Saudi Arabia |

SB | Solomon Islands | X |

SC | Seychelles |

SD | Sudan | X |

SH | Santa Helena |

SL | Sierra Leone | X |

SN | Senegal | X |

SO | Somalia | X |

SR | Suriname |

ST | São Tomé and Príncipe | X |

SV | El Salvador |

SY | Syrian Arab Republic |

SZ | Swaziland |

TC | Turks and Caicos Islands |

TD | Chad | X |

TF | French Southern territories |

TG | Togo | X |

TH | Thailand | S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof ; imitation jewellery ; coins. |

S-XVII Vehicles, aircraft,vessels and associated transport equipment. |

TJ | Tajikistan |

TK | Tokelau |

TL | Timor-Leste | X |

TM | Turkmenistan |

TN | Tunisia |

TO | Tonga |

TT | Trinidad and Tobago |

TV | Tuvalu | X |

TZ | Tanzania (United Republic of) | X |

UA | Ukraine |

UG | Uganda | X |

UM | United States Minor outlying islands |

UY | Uruguay |

UZ | Uzbekistan |

VC | St Vincent and the Grenadines |

VE | Venezuela |

VG | Virgin Islands (British) |

VI | Virgin Islands (USA) |

VN | Viet Nam |

VU | Vanuatu | X |

WF | Wallis and Futuna |

WS | Samoa | X |

YE | Yemen | X |

YT | Mayotte |

ZA | South Africa | S-XVII Vehicles, aircraft,vessels and assiciated transport equipment. |

ZM | Zambia | X |

ZW | Zimbabwe |

ANNEX II

List of products included in the arrangements referredto in Article 1(2)(a) and (b)

NOTWITHSTANDING THE RULES FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE, THE DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCTS IS TO BE CONSIDERED AS INDICATIVE, THE TARIFF PREFERENCES BEING DETERMINED BY THE CN CODES. WHERE EX CN CODES ARE INDICATED, THE TARIFF PREFERENCES ARE TO BE DETERMINED BY THE CN CODE AND THE DESCRIPTION TOGETHER. ENTRY OF PRODUCTS MARKED WITH AN ASTERISK IS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN THE RELEVANT COMMUNITY PROVISIONS.

The column “Sensitivity/Non-Sensivity comprises the products included in the general arrangement (Article 7) and in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 8). These products are listed either NS (non-sensitive in the meaning of Article 7(1)) or S (sensitive in the meaning of Article 7(2)). For reasons of simplification, products are listed in groups. These may include products for which Common Customs Tariff duties are exempted or suspended.

CN Code | Description | Sensitivity/ Non- Sensitivity |

0101 10 90 | Live asses and other | S |

Live horses other than pure-bred breeding animals: |

0101 90 19 | Other than for slaughter | S |

0101 90 30 | Live asses | S |

0101 90 90 | Live mules and hinnies | S |

0104 20 10 | Live pure-bred breeding goats * | S |

0106 19 10 | Live domestic rabbits | S |

0106 39 10 | Live pigeons | S |

0205 00 | Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen | S |

0206 80 91 | Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products | S |

0206 90 91 | Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozen, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products | S |

Livers, frozen: |

0207 14 91 | Of fowls of the species (Gallus domesticus) | S |

0207 27 91 | Of turkeys | S |

0207 36 89 | Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls | S |

Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: |

0208 10 | Of rabbits or hares | S |

0208 20 00 | Frogs' legs | NS |

0208 30 00 | Of primates | S |

0208 40 00 | Of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia) | S |

0208 50 | Of reptiles (including snakes and turtles) | S |

ex 0208 90 | Other, excluding products of 0208 90 55 | S |

Meat other than of swine and bovine animals, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal: |

0210 99 10 | Of horses, salted, in brine or dried | S |

0210 99 59 | Offal of bovine animals other than thick skirt and thin skirt | S |

0210 99 60 | Offal of sheep and goats | S |

0210 99 80 | Offal other than poultry liver | S |

ex Chapter 3[19] | FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, excluding products of 0301 10 90 | S |

0301 10 90 | Ornamental saltwater fish | NS |

0403 10 51 0403 10 53 0403 10 59 0403 10 91 0403 10 93 0403 10 99 | Yoghurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa | S S S S S S |

0403 90 71 0403 90 73 0403 90 79 0403 90 91 0403 90 93 0403 90 99 | Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream; kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa | S S S S S S |

ex 0405 20 | Dairy spreads, excluding products of 0405 20 90 | S |

0407 00 90 | Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked other than of poultry | S |

0409 00 00 | Natural honey[20] | S |

0410 00 00 | Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included | S |

Chapter 5 | PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED | S |

ex Chapter 6 | LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS, AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE, excluding products of 0604 91 40 | S |

0604 91 40 | Conifer branches | NS |

0701 | Potatoes, fresh or chilled | S |

0703 10 | Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled | S |

0703 90 00 | Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled | S |

0704 | Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas , fresh or chilled | S |

0705 | Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled | S |

0706 | Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled | S |

ex 0707 00 05 | Cucumber, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October | S |

0708 | Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled | S |

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled: |

ex 0709 10 00 | Globe artichokes, from 1 July to 31 October | S |

0709 20 00 | Asparagus | S |

0709 30 00 | Aubergines (egg-plants) | S |

0709 40 00 | Celery other than celeriac | S |

0709 51 00 0709 59 | Mushrooms | S S |

0709 60 10 | Sweet peppers | S |

0709 60 99 | Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, other than sweet peppers | S |

0709 70 00 | Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach) | S |

0709 90 10 | Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.) | S |

0709 90 20 | Chard (or white beet) and cardoons | S |

0709 90 31 | Olives, for uses other than the production of oil * | S |

0709 90 40 | Capers | S |

0709 90 50 | Fennel | S |

0709 90 70 | Courgettes | S |

0709 90 90 | Other | S |

ex 0710 | Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen[21] | S |

ex 0711 | Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, excluding products of 0711 20 90 | S |

ex 0712 | Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared, excluding olives and products of 0712 90 19 | S |

0713 | Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split: | S |

0714 20 10 | Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, intended for human consumption* | NS |

0714 20 90 | Sweet potatoes other than fresh, whole, intended for human production | S |

0714 90 90 | Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high inulin content; sago pith | NS |

Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled: |

0802 11 90 | Almonds in shell, other than bitter | S |

0802 12 90 | Almonds shelled, other than bitter | S |

0802 21 00 0802 22 00 | Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.), in shell or shelled | S |

0802 31 00 | Walnuts in shell | S |

0802 32 00 | Walnuts shelled | S |

0802 40 00 | Chestnuts (Castanea spp.) | S |

0802 50 00 | Pistachios | NS |

0802 90 50 | Pine nuts | NS |

0802 90 60 | Macadamia nuts | NS |

0802 90 85 | Other | NS |

0803 00 11 | Plantains, fresh | S |

0803 00 90 | Bananas, including plantains, dried | S |

0804 10 00 | Dates, fresh or dried | S |

0804 20 | Figs, fresh or dried | S |

0804 30 00 | Pineapples, fresh or dried | S |

0804 40 00 | Avocados, fresh or dried | S |

Citrus fruit, fresh or dried: |

ex 0805 20 | Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids: from 1 March to 31 October | S |

0805 40 00 | Grapefruit | NS |

0805 50 90 | Limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia) | S |

0805 90 00 | Other | S |

ex 0806 10 10 | Table grapes, fresh, from 1 January to 20 July and from 21 November to 31 December, other than of the variety Emperor (Vitis viniferac.v.) from 1 to 31 December | S |

0806 10 90 | Other grapes, fresh | S |

ex 0806 20 | Dried grapes, excluding products of 0806 20 92 | S |

0807 11 00 | Watermelons, fresh | S |

0807 19 00 | Other melons, fresh | S |

0808 10 10 | Fresh cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December | S |

0808 20 10 | Perry pears, fresh, in bulk, from 1 August to 31 December | S |

ex 0808 20 50 | Other pears, fresh, from 1 May to 30 June | S |

0808 20 90 | Fresh quinces | S |

ex 0809 10 00 | Apricots, fresh, from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 August to 31 December | S |

0809 20 05 | Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh | S |

ex 0809 20 95 | Cherries, other than sour (Prunus cerasus), fresh, from 1 January to 20 May and from 11 August to 31 December | S |

ex 0809 30 | Peaches, including nectarines, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December | S |

ex 0809 40 05 | Plums, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December | S |

0809 40 90 | Sloes | S |

Other fruit, fresh: |

ex 0810 10 00 | Strawberries, from 1 January to 30 April and from 1 August to 31 December | S |

0810 20 | Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries | S |

0810 30 | Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries | S |

0810 40 30 | Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus | S |

0810 40 50 | Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum | S |

0810 40 90 | Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium | S |

0810 50 00 | Kiwifruit | S |

0810 60 00 | Durians | S |

0810 90 95 | Other | S |

0811 | Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter[22]: | S |

ex 0812 | Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, excluding products of 0812 90 30 | S |

0812 90 30 | Papaws (papayas) | NS |

Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter: |

0813 10 00 | Apricots | S |

0813 20 00 | Prunes | S |

0813 30 00 | Apples | S |

0813 40 10 | Peaches, including nectarines | S |

0813 40 30 | Pears, dried | S |

0813 40 50 | Papaws (papayas), dried | NS |

0813 40 95 | Other, dried | NS |

Mixtures of dried fruit, other than of headings 0801 to 0806: |

0813 50 12 | Containing papaws, tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruits, sapodillo, plums, passion fruit, carambola and potahaya | S |

0813 50 15 | Other | S |

0813 50 19 | Containing prunes | S |

Mixtures exclusively of dried nuts of headings 0801 and 0802: |

0813 50 31 | Of tropical nuts | S |

0813 50 39 | Other | S |

0813 50 91 | Other mixtures not containing prunes or figs | S |

0813 50 99 | Other | S |

0814 00 00 | Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions | NS |

0901 12 00 | Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated | S |

0901 21 00 | Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated | S |

0901 22 00 | Coffee, roasted, decaffeinated | S |

0901 90 90 | Coffee substitutes containing coffee | S |

0902 10 00 | Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg | NS |

0904 12 00 | Pepper of the genus Piper, crushed or ground | NS |

0904 20 10 | Sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed nor ground | S |

0904 20 90 | Crushed or ground | NS |

0905 00 00 | Vanilla | S |

0907 00 00 | Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems) | S |

0910 20 90 | Saffron, crushed or ground | NS |

0910 40 | Thyme, bay leaves | S |

0910 91 90 | Mixtures of spices, crushed or ground | S |

0910 99 99 | Other spices, crushed or ground, other than mixtures | S |

ex 1008 90 90 | Quinoa | S |

1105 | Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes | S |

Flour, meal and powder: |

1106 10 00 | Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713 | S |

1106 30 | Of the products of Chapter 8 | S |

1108 20 00 | Inulin | S |

ex Chapter 12 | OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER, excluding products of 1212 91 and 1212 99 20 | S |

1209 | Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing: |

1209 21 00 | Lucerne (alfalfa) seed | NS |

1209 23 80 | Other fescue seed | NS |

1209 29 50 | Lupine seed | NS |

1209 29 80 | Other | NS |

1209 30 00 | Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers | NS |

ex 1209 91 | Vegetable seeds other than products of code 1209 91 30 | NS |

1209 99 91 | Seeds of plants cultivated principally for their flowers, other than those of 1209 30 | NS |

1211 90 30 | Tonquin beans, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered | NS |

Chapter 13 | LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS | S |

1302 12 00 | Vegetable saps and extracts of liquorice | NS |

1501 00 90 | Poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503 | S |

1502 00 90 | Other fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats | S |

1503 00 19 | Lard stearin and oleostearin other than for industrial use | S |

1503 00 90 | Other | S |

1504 | Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | S |

1505 00 10 | Wool grease, crude | S |

1507 | Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | S |

1508 | Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | S |

1511 10 90 | Crude oil, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption | S |

1511 90 | Other | S |

1512 | Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | S |

1513 | Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | S |

1514 | Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | S |

1515 | Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | S |

ex 1516 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared, excluding products of 1516 20 10 | S |

1516 20 10 | Hydrogenated castor oil, so called «opal-wax» | NS |

1517 | Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516 | S |

1518 00 | Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included | S |

1521 90 99 | Beeswax and other insect waxes, other than raw | S |

1522 00 10 | Degras | S |

1522 00 91 | Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks | S |

1601 00 10 | Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood: food preparations based on liver | S |

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood: |

1602 20 11 1602 20 19 | Goose or duck liver | S S |

Of swine: |

1602 41 90 | Ham and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine | S |

1602 42 90 | Shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine | S |

1602 49 90 | Other, including mixtures, other than of domestic swine | S |

1602 50 31 1602 50 39 1602 50 80 | Of bovine animals[23] | S S S |

Other, excluding preparations of blood of any animal: |

1602 90 31 | Of game or rabbit | S |

1602 90 41 | Of reindeer | S |

1602 90 69 1602 90 72 1602 90 74 1602 90 76 1602 90 78 1602 90 98 | Other | S S S S S S |

1603 00 10 | Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or less | S |

1604 | Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs | S |

1605 | Crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved | S |

1702 50 00 | Chemically pure fructose | S |

1702 90 10 | Chemically pure maltose | S |

1704[24] | Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa | S |

Chapter 18 | COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS | S |

ex Chapter 19 | PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS, excluding products of 1901 20 00, 1901 90 91, 1904 | S |

1901 20 00 | Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905 | NS |

1901 90 91 | Other, containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch, excluding food preparations in powder form of goods of headings 0401 to 0404 | NS |

Chapter 20 | PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS except for products of CN code 2002, ex 2008 40 and ex 2008 70. | S |

2002 | Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid [25] | S |

ex 2008 40 | Prepared or preserved pears[26] (except 2008 40 11, 2008 40 21, 2008 40 29 and 2008 40 39) | S |

ex 2008 70 | Prepared or preserved peaches[27] (except 2008 70 11, 2008 70 31, 2008 70 39 and 2008 7059) | S |

2008 20 19 2008 20 39 | Pineapples containing added spirit | NS NS |

ex Chapter 21 | MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS, excluding products of 2106 10, 2106 90 30, 2106 90 51, 2106 90 55 and 2106 90 59 | S |

2101 20 | Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or maté | NS |

2102 20 19 | Other inactive yeasts | NS |

ex Chapter 22 | BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR, excluding products of 2204 10 11 to 2204 30 10, 2206 00 10 and 2208 40 | S |

2302 50 00 | Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals of leguminous plants | S |

2307 00 19 | Other wine lees | S |

Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included: |

2308 00 19 | Other grape marc | S |

2308 00 90 | Other | NS |

2309 10 90 | Dog or cat food put up for retail sale, other than containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup of 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk products | S |

Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding: |

2309 90 10 | Fish or marine mammal solubles | NS |

2309 90 91 | Beetpulp with added molasses | S |

2309 90 95 2309 90 99 | Other | S S |

Chapter 24 | TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES | S |

2519 90 10 | Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate | NS |

2522 | Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825 | NS |

2523 | Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers | NS |

Chapter 27 | MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES | NS |

2801 | Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine | NS |

2802 00 00 | Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur | NS |

ex 2804 | Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, excluding products of 2804 69 00 | NS |

2806 | Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid | NS |

2807 | Sulphuric acid; oleum | NS |

2808 00 00 | Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids | NS |

2809 | Disphosphorus pentoxide; phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined | NS |

2810 00 90 | Oxides of boron; boric acids, other then diboron trioxide | NS |

2811 | Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals | NS |

2812 | Halides and halide oxides of non-metals | NS |

2813 | Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosporus trisulphide | NS |

2814 | Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution | S |

2815 | Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium | S |

2816 | Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium | NS |

2817 00 00 | Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide | S |

2818 10 | Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined | S |

2819 | Chromium oxides and hydroxides | S |

2820 | Manganese oxides | S |

2821 | Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 | NS |

2822 00 00 | Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides | NS |

2823 00 00 | Titanium oxides | S |

2824 | Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead | NS |

ex 2825 | Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, excluding products of 2825 10 00 and 2825 80 00 | NS |

2825 10 00 | Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts | S |

2825 80 00 | Antimony oxides | S |

2826 | Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts | NS |

ex 2827 | Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromides oxides; iodides and iodide oxides, excluding products of 2827 10 00 and 2827 32 00 | NS |

2827 10 00 | Ammonium chloride | S |

2827 32 00 | Aluminium chloride | S |

2828 | Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites | NS |

2829 | Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates | NS |

ex 2830 | Sulphides; polysulphides, excluding products of 2830 10 00 | NS |

2830 10 00 | Sodium sulphides | S |

2831 | Dithionites and sulphoxylates | NS |

2832 | Sulphites; thiosulphates | NS |

2833 | Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates | NS |

ex 2834 | Nitrites; nitrates, excluding products of 2834 10 00 | NS |

2834 10 00 | Nitrites | S |

2835 | Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined | S |

ex 2836 | Carbonates; peroxocarbonates; commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate, excluding products of 2836 20 00, 2836 40 00 and 2836 60 00 | NS |

2836 20 00 | Disodium carbonate | S |

2836 40 00 | Potassium carbonates | S |

2836 60 00 | Barium carbonate | S |

2837 | Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides | NS |

2838 00 00 | Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates | NS |

2839 | Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates | NS |

2840 | Borates; peroxoborates (perborates) | NS |

ex 2841 | Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, excluding products of 2841 61 00 | NS |

2841 61 00 | Potassium permanganate | S |

2842 | Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates wether or not chemically defined), other than azides | NS |

2843 | Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals | NS |

ex 2844 30 11 | Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235 | NS |

ex 2844 30 51 | Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of thorium | NS |

2845 90 90 | Other, than deuterium and compounds thereof; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products | NS |

2846 | Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals | NS |

2847 00 00 | Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea | NS |

2848 00 00 | Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus | NS |

ex 2849 | Carbides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding products of 2849 20 00 and 2849 90 30 | NS |

2849 20 00 | Carbides of silicon | S |

2849 90 30 | Carbides of tungsten | S |

ex 2850 00 | Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of 2849, excluding products of 2850 00 70 | NS |

2850 00 70 | Silicides | S |

2851 00 | Other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals | NS |

2903 | Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons | S |

2904 10 00 | Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters | NS |

2904 20 00 | Derivatives of hydrocarbons, containing only nitro or only nitroso groups | S |

2904 90 | Other derivatives | NS |

ex 2905 | Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2905 43 00, 2905 44 and 2905 45 00 | S |

2905 45 00 | Glycerol | NS |

2906 | Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | NS |

2907 11 00 | Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts | NS |

2907 12 00 | Cresols and their salts | NS |

2907 13 00 | Octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers; salts thereof | NS |

2907 14 00 | Xylenols and their salts | NS |

2907 15 90 | Naphthols and their salts other than 1-Naphtol | S |

2907 19 00 | Other | NS |

2907 21 00 | Resorcinol and its salts | NS |

ex 2907 22 00 | Hydroquinone (quinol) | S |

ex 2907 22 00 | Other | NS |

2907 23 00 | 4,4'—Isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts | NS |

2907 29 00 | Other | NS |

2908 | Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols | NS |

2909 | Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | S |

2910 | Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | NS |

2911 00 00 | Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | NS |

ex 2912 | Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde, excluding products of 2912 41 00 | NS |

2912 41 00 | Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde) | S |

2913 00 00 | Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 2912 | NS |

ex 2914 | Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2914 11 00, 2914 21 00 and 2914 22 00 | NS |

2914 11 00 | Acetone | S |

2914 21 00 | Camphor | S |

2914 22 00 | Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanones | S |

2915 | Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | S |

ex 2916 11 00 | Acrylic acid | S |

ex 2916 11 00 | Salts of acrylic acid | NS |

2916 12 | Esters of acrylic acid | S |

2916 13 00 | Methacrylic acid and its salts | NS |

2916 14 | Esters of methacrylic acid | S |

2916 15 00 | Oleic, linoeic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters | NS |

2916 19 | Other | NS |

2916 20 00 | Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives | NS |

2916 31 00 | Benzoic acid, its salts and esters | NS |

2916 32 | Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride | NS |

2916 39 00 | Other | NS |

ex 2917 | Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2917 11 00, 2917 12 10, 2917 14 00, 2917 32 00, 2917 35 00 and 2917 36 00 | NS |

2917 11 00 | Oxalic acid, its salts and esters | S |

2917 12 10 | Adipic acid, and its salts | S |

2917 14 00 | Maleic anhydride | S |

2917 32 00 | Dioctyl orthophthalates | S |

2917 35 00 | Phthalic anhydride | S |

2917 36 00 | Terephthalic acid and its salts | S |

ex 2918 | Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2918 14 00, 2918 15 00, 2918 21 00, 2918 22 00 and 2918 29 10 | NS |

2918 14 00 | Citric acid | S |

2918 15 00 | Salts and esters of citric acid | S |

2918 21 00 | Salicylic acid and its salts | S |

2918 22 00 | O-Acetysalicylic acid, its salts and esters | S |

2918 29 10 | Sulfosalicylic acids, hydroxynaphthoic acids; their salts and esters | S |

2919 00 | Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphanoted, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | NS |

2920 | Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives | NS |

2921 | Amino-function compounds | S |

2922 | Oxygen-function amino-compounds | S |

2923 | Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined | NS |

2924 19 00 | Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof excluding meprobamate | S |

2924 21 | Ureines and their derivatives; salts thereof | S |

2924 23 00 | 2-Acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthranilic acid) and its salts | NS |

2924 29 30 | Paracetamol (INN) | S |

2924 29 95 | Other carboxyamide-function compounds | S |

2925 | Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds | NS |

ex 2926 | Nitrile-function compounds, excluding products of 2926 10 00 | NS |

2926 10 00 | Acrylonitrile | S |

2927 00 00 | Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds | S |

2928 00 90 | Organic derivatives of hydrazine | NS |

2929 10 | Isocyanates | S |

2929 90 00 | Other than isocyanates | NS |

2930 10 00 2930 20 00 2930 30 00 | Organo-sulphur compounds | NS NS NS |

2930 40 90 2930 90 13 2930 90 16 2930 90 20 2930 90 70 | Organo-sulphur compounds | S S S S S |

2931 00 | Other organo-inorganic compounds | NS |

ex 2932 | Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atoms only, excluding products of 2932 12 00, 2932 13 00 and 2932 21 00 | NS |

2932 12 00 | 2-Furaldehyde (furfuraldehyde) | S |

2932 13 00 | Furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol | S |

2932 21 00 | Coumarin, methylcoumarins and ethylcoumarins | S |

ex 2933 | Heterocylic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atoms only, excluding products of 2933 61 00 | NS |

2933 61 00 | Melamine | S |

2934 | Nucleic acids and their salts, wether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds | NS |

2935 00 90 | Other sulphonamides | S |

2938 | Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives | NS |

ex 2940 00 00 | Rhamnose, raffinose and mannose | NS |

ex 2940 00 00 | Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of 2937, 2938 or 2939, other than rahmnose, raffinose and mannose | S |

2941 20 30 | Dihydrostreptomycin, its salts, esters and hydrates | NS |

2942 00 00 | Other organic compounds | NS |

3102 | Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous[28] | S |

3103 10 | Superphosphates | S |

3105 | Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg | S |

ex 3201 90 90 | Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esthers and other derivatives excluding tanning extracts of eucalyptus, tannings extracts derived from gambier and myrobalan fruits and other tanning extracts of vegetable origin | NS |

3202 | Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning | NS |

3203 00 90 | Colouring matter of animal and preparations based thereon | NS |

3204 | Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined | S |

3205 00 00 | Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes | NS |

3206 | Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of 3203, 3204 to 3205 00 00; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined | S |

3207 | Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes, 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 | NS |

3208 | Paint and varnishes based on synthetic polymer or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter | NS |

3209 | Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymer or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a aqueous medium | NS |

3210 00 | Other paints and varnishes; prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather | NS |

3211 00 00 | Prepared driers | NS |

3212 | Pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in manufacture of paints; stamping foils; dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale | NS |

3213 | Artists', students' or sign board painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings | NS |

3214 | Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for façades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like | NS |

3215 | Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid | NS |

Chapter 33 | ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS | NS |

Chapter 34 | SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES; PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES; MODELLING PASTES, DENTAL WAXES AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF PLASTER | NS |

3501 | Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues | S |

3502 90 90 | Albuminates and other albumin derivatives | NS |

3503 00 | Gelatine sheets, whether or not surface-worked and gelatine derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of 3501 | NS |

3504 00 00 | Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed | NS |

3505 10 50 | Starches, esterified or etherified | NS |

3506 | Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included; products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg | NS |

3507 | Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included | S |

Chapter 36 | EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS; MATCHES; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS; CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS | NS |

Chapter 37 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OR CINEMATOPGRAPHIC GOODS | NS |

3801 | Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures | NS |

3802 | Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black | S |

3803 00 90 | Tall oil, whether or not refined, other than crude | NS |

3804 00 | Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of 3803 | NS |

3805 | Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphiteturpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent | NS |

3806 | Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums | NS |

3807 00 | Wood tar; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch | NS |

3808 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles | NS |

ex 3809 | Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs and other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included, excluding products of 3809 10 | NS |

3810 | Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods | NS |

3811 | Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils | NS |

3812 | Prepared rubber accelerators; compounds plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics | NS |

3813 00 00 | Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades | NS |

3814 00 | Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers | NS |

3815 | Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included | NS |

3816 00 00 | Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products of 3801 | NS |

3817 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of 2707 and 2902: | S |

3819 00 00 | 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 | NS |

3820 00 00 | Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids | NS |

3821 00 00 | Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms | NS |

ex 3823 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols, excluding products of 3823 11 00, 3823 13 00 and 3823 19 | S |

3823 11 00 | Stearic acid | NS |

3823 13 00 | Tall oil fatty acids | NS |

3823 19 | Other | NS |

ex 3824 | Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included, excluding products of 3824 60 | NS |

3825 | Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this chapter | S |

3901 | Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms, | S |

3902 | Polymers of propylene or other olefins, in primary forms | S |

3903 | Polymers of styrene, in primary forms | S |

3904 | Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms | S |

3905 | Polymers of vinyl acetate or other vinyl esters, in primary forms; other vinyl polymers in primary forms | NS |

3906 10 00 | Poly(methyl methacrylate) | S |

3906 90 60 | Copolymer of methyl acrylate with ethylene and a monomer containing a non-terminal carboxy group as a substituent, containing by weight 50% or more o methyl acrylate, whether or not compounded with silica | NS |

3906 90 90 | Other | NS |

ex 3907 | Polycetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms, excluding products of 3907 10 00, 3907 60 and 3907 99 | NS |

3907 10 00 | Polyacetals | S |

3907 60 | Poly(ethylene terephthalate) | S |

3907 99 | Other polyesters, other than unsaturated | S |

3908 | Polyamides in primary form | S |

3909 | Amino-resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes, in primary forms | NS |

3910 00 00 | Silicones in primary forms | NS |

3911 | Petroleum resins, coumarone-indene resins, polyterpenes, polysulphides, polysulphones and other products specified in note 3 to this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms | NS |

3912 | Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms | NS |

3913 | Natural polymers and modified natural polymers, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms | NS |

3914 00 00 | Ion-exchangers based on polymers of 3901 to 3913, in primary forms | NS |

3915 | Waste, parings and scrap, of plastic | NS |

3916 | Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastic | NS |

3917 | Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor, of plastic | NS |

3918 | Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in roll or in form of tiles; wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in note 9 to this chapter | NS |

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