Draft DECISION OF THE EC-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE on amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation consequent upon the introduction of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System - Proposal for a common Community position

(presented by the Commission)

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. The tariff provisions of the EEC-Switzerland Agreement are based on the Customs Cooperation Council (CCC) Nomenclature, as are some other agreements in the form of an exchange of letters.

The CCC Nomenclature was replaced as of 1 January 1988 by the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System (HS). The International Convention on the HS was approved on behalf of the Community by virtue of Council Decision 87/369/EEC of 7 April 1987 [1].

[1] OJ. L 198, 20.07.1987, p.1.

2. Consequently, the Council instructed the Commission to open negotiations with non-member countries with a view to amending the preferential agreements concluded with them to reflect the new nomenclature.

3. Negotiations with Switzerland have been completed. All amendments made to the HS since 1988 have also been incorporated. The proposal for a Decision of the Joint Committee was drafted following the negotiations and corresponds fully to the negotiating directives.

4. External trade is, of course, conducted on the basis of the HS. The legal texts should, therefore, now be brought into line with practice.

5. In the light of the above, the Commission proposes that the Council adopt the text of the attached proposal for a Decision at its earliest convenience, in the form of a Community common position in the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee.

Draft DECISION OF THE EC-SWITZERLAND JOINT COMMITTEE on amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation consequent upon the introduction of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System

THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972, hereafter referred to as "the Agreement", and in particular Article 12a thereof,

Whereas, consequent upon the introduction of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System, the Community and the Swiss Confederation amended their customs tariff nomenclature;

Whereas the provisions referring to the tariff nomenclature in the Agreement should therefore be adjusted in line with the amendments,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Agreement is amended as follows:

1. Article 2 of the Agreement is replaced by the following:

"Article 2

The Agreement shall apply to products originating in the Community or Switzerland:

(i) which fall within Chapters 25 to 97 of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System, excluding the products listed in Annex I;

(ii) which are specified in Annex II;

(iii) which are specified in Protocol No 2, with due regard to the arrangements provided for in that Protocol."

2. The first subparagraph of Article 4(3) is replaced by the following:

"3. Switzerland may retain temporarily, while observing the conditions of Article 18, duties corresponding to the fiscal element contained in customs duties on imports of products specified in Annex III."

3. Article 7(2) is replaced by the following:

"2. In the case of products listed in Annex IV, customs duties on exports and charges having equivalent effect shall be abolished in line with the provisions of that Annex."

4. The first subparagraph of Article 14(1) is replaced by the following:

"Article 14

1. The Community reserves the right to modify the arrangements applicable to the petroleum products falling within heading Nos 27.10, 27.11, ex 27.12 (excluding ozokerite and lignite/peat wax), and 27.13 of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System upon adoption of decisions under the common commercial policy for the products in question or upon establishment of a common energy policy."

5. Annex I is replaced by the following:

"ANNEX I

List of products referred to in Article 2(i) of the Agreement

HS code Description

2905. Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

2905.45 - - Glycerol

3301. Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils:

ex 3301.90 - Other:

- - Extracted oleoresins:

- - - Of liquorice and hops

3302. Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages:

ex 3302.10 - Of a kind used in the food or drink industries:

- - Of a kind used in the drink industries:

- - - Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage, of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 0,5%

3501. Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues:

3501.10 - Casein

ex 3501.90 - Other:

. Other than casein glues

3502. Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80% whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivatives:

- Egg albumin:

3502.11 - - Dried

3502.19 - - Other

3502.20 - - Milk albumin, including concentrates of two or more whey proteins

3823. Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols:

- Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining:

3823.11 - - Stearic acid

3823.12 - - Oleic acid

3823.19 - - Other

3823.70 - Industrial fatty alcohols

4501. Natural cork, raw or simply prepared; waste cork; crushed, granulated or ground cork

5301. Flax, raw or processed but not spun; flax tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)

5302. True hemp (Cannabis sativa L.), raw or processed but not spun; tow and waste of true hemp (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) "

6. The following Annex II is added to the Agreement:

"ANNEX II

List of products referred to in Article 2(ii) of the Agreement

HS code Description

1302. Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:

- Vegetable saps and extracts:

ex 1302.19 - - Other:

- - - Vanilla oleoresin

1404. Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included:

1404.20 - Cotton linters

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:

ex 1516.20 - Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:

. Hydrogenated castor oil, so called 'opal-wax'

ex 1518. 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 No 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: Linoxyn"

7. Annex II is replaced by Annex III below:

1. "ANNEX III

List of products referred to in Article 4 of the Agreement

On 1 January 1997 Switzerland converted the fiscal element of customs duties on imports of products specified in Annex II to the 1972 Agreement into an internal tax. That Annex is therefore deleted."

8. The title of the former Annex III is replaced by the following:

"ANNEX IV"

9. Article 3 of Protocol No 2 is replaced by the following:

"Article 3

1. This Protocol shall also apply to the alcoholic beverages of subheading Nos 2208.20 to 2208.90 (excluding undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength of less than 80% vol) of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System not specified in Tables I and II annexed to this Protocol. The rules governing tariff reductions applicable to these products shall be decided by the Joint Committee.

When defining these rules or at a later date, the Joint Committee shall decide whether to include in this Protocol other products of Chapters 1 to 24 of the Nomenclature of the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System which are not subject to agricultural regulations in the Contracting Parties.

2. On this occasion the Joint Committee shall supplement Protocol No 3, if necessary."

10. Table I of Protocol No 2 is replaced by the following:

"TABLE I

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11. Table II in Protocol No 2 is replaced by the following:

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12. The table in Article 2 of Protocol No 5 is replaced by the following:

Swiss Customs

Tariff

Heading No. // Description

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:

// - Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:

ex 2091/ // - - Other:

2099 // . Hydrogenated castor oil, so-called 'opal wax', for the manufacture of soap or organic surface-active agents

1704. // Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa:

// - Other:

ex 9010 // - - White chocolate, in containers holding more than 1 kg

1806. // Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:

ex 1010/

1020 // - Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in containers holding more than 1 kg

// - Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg:

2091/

2099 // - - Other

ex 3111/

3290 // - Other, in blocks, slabs or bars, in containers holding more than 1 kg

ex 9011/

9029 // - Other, in containers holding more than 1 kg

1905. // Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products:

// - Other:

// - - Bread and other ordinary bakers' wares, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit:

// - - - Not put up for retail sale:

// - - - - Breadcrumbs:

9021 // - - - - - For use in animal feeding

2510. // Natural calcium phosphates, natural aluminium calcium phosphates and phosphatic chalk:

ex 1000/

2000 // - Natural phosphates, used as fertilisers

2707. // Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar; similar products in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents:

// - For use as motor fuel:

1010 // - - Benzole

2010 // - - Toluole

3010 // - - Xylole

4010 // - - Naphthalene

5010 // - - Other aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250° C by the ASTM D 86 method

6010 // - - Phenols

9110 // - - Creosote oils

9910 // - - Other

// - For use as heating fuel:

ex 4090 // - - Naphthalene

ex 5090 // - - Other aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures of which 65% or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250° C by the ASTM D 86 method

ex 6090 // - - Phenols

ex 9190 // - - Creosote oils

ex 9990 // - - Other

2709. // Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude:

0010 // - For use as motor fuel

0090 // - Other

2710. // Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations:

// - For use as motor fuel:

// - - Gasoline and its fractions:

0011 // - - - Unleaded, for use as such as motor fuel

0012 // - - - Other

0013 // - - White spirit

0014 // - - Diesel oil

0015 // - - Petroleum

0019 // - - Other

// - For other purposes:

ex 0021 // - - Gasoline and its fractions:

// . For gas production, petrochemical processing or industrial heating

0022 // - - White spirit

0023 // - - Petroleum

0024 // - - Heating oils

ex 0025 // - - Unmixed distillates of mineral oils, of which less than 20% distils, by volume, below 300°C, not including liquid paraffin of pharmaceutical quality

0026 // - - Mixed distillates of mineral oils, of which less than 20% distils, by volume, below 300°C

0027 // - - Lubricating mineral oils

0029 // - - Other distillates and products

2809. // Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids:

ex 2000 // - phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids:

// . Phosphoric acid, used as fertiliser

2814. // Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution:

ex 1000 // - Anhydrous ammonia, used as fertiliser

ex 2000 // - Ammonia in aqueous solution, used as fertiliser

2827. // Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides:

ex 1000 // - Ammonium chloride, used as fertiliser

2834. // Nitrites; nitrates:

// - Nitrates:

ex 2100 // - - Of potassium, used as fertiliser

ex 2900 // - - Other:

// . Of magnesium and calcium, used as fertiliser

2835. // Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites), phosphates and polyphosphates:

// - Phosphates:

ex 2400 // - - Of potassium, used as fertiliser

ex 2500 // - - Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate ('dicalcium phosphate'), used as fertiliser

ex 2600 // - - Other calcium phosphates, used as fertiliser

ex 2900 // - - Other, used as fertiliser

// - Polyphosphates:

ex 3900 // - - Other, used as fertiliser

2836. // Carbonates; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate:

ex 4000 // - Potassium carbonates, used as fertiliser

2842. // Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids, excluding azides:

// - Double or complex silicates

ex 1090 // - - Other:

// . Double or complex salts (water softeners), for the manufacture of washing products

// - Other:

// - - Other:

ex 9090 // . Double or complex salts (water softeners), for the manufacture of washing products

2901. // Acyclic hydrocarbons:

// - Saturated:

// - - Other than in gaseous state:

1091 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - Unsaturated:

// - - Buta-1,3-diene and isoprene:

// - - - Isoprene:

2421 // - - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Other:

// - - - Other than in gaseous state:

2991 // - - - - For use as motor fuel

2902. // Cyclic hydrocarbons:

// - Cyclanes, cyclenes and cycloterpenes:

// - - Cyclohexane:

1110 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Other:

1910 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - Benzene:

2010 // - - For use as motor fuel

// - Toluene:

3010 // - - For use as motor fuel

// - Xylenes:

// - - o-Xylene:

4110 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - m-Xylene:

4210 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - p-Xylene:

4310 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Mixed xylene isomers:

4410 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - Ethylbenzene:

6010 // - - For use as motor fuel

// - cumene:

7010 // - - For use as motor fuel

// - Other:

9010 // - - For use as motor fuel

2905. // Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

// - Saturated monohydric alcohols:

// - - Methanol (methyl alcohol):

1110 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Propan-l-ol (propyl alcohol) and propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol):

1210 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Other butanols:

1410 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Pentanol (amyl alcohol) and isomers thereof:

1510 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof:

1610 // - - - For use as motor fuel

ex 1690 // - - - Other:

// . Fatty alcohols for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

ex 1700 // - - Dodecan-1-ol (lauryl alcohol), hexadecan-1-ol (cetyl alcohol) and octadecan-1-ol (stearyl alcohol)

// . Fatty alcohols for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

// - - Other:

1910 // - - - For use as motor fuel

ex 1990 // - - - Other:

// . Fatty alcohols for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

// - Unsaturated monohydric alcohols:

// - - Acyclic terpene alcohols:

2210 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Other:

2910 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - - Other:

ex 2999 // - - - - Other:

// . Fatty alcohols for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

2907. // Phenols; phenol-alcohols:

// - Monophenols:

ex 1300 // - - Octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers; salts thereof for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

ex 1500 // - - Naphthols and their salts, for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

// - - Other:

ex 1990 // - - - other, for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

ex 3000 // - Phenol-alcohols for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

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:

// - Acyclic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

// - - Other:

1910 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

2010 // - - For use as motor fuel

// - Aromatic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

3010 // - - For use as motor fuel

// - Ether-alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

// - - Monomethyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol:

4210 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Monobutyl ethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol:

4310 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Other monoalkylethers of ethylene glycol or of diethylene glycol:

4410 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Other:

4910 // - - - For use as motor fuel

// - Ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

5010 // - - For use as motor fuel

// - Alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

6010 // - - For use as motor fuel

2910. // Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three-membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

ex 1000 // - Oxirane (ethylene oxide), for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

2915. // Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

// - Butyric acids, valeric acids, their salts and esters:

ex 6090 // - - Other:

// . Fatty alcohols for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

// - Palmitic acid, stearic acid, their salts and esters:

ex 7090 // - - Other:

// . Fatty alcohols for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

// - Other:

ex 9090 // - - Other:

// . Fatty alcohols for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

// . Esters of monocarboxylic acid for the manufacture of synthetic lubricants

2916. // Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

// - Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives:

// - - Oleic, linoleic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters:

ex 1590 // - - - Other:

// . Fatty alcohols for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

// - - Other:

ex 1990 // - - - Other:

// . Fatty acids, for the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

2917. // Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:

// - Acyclic polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives:

ex 1200 // - - Adipic acid, its salts and esters:

// . Esters of adipic acid for the manufacture of synthetic lubricants

2922. // Oxygen-function amino-compounds:

// - Amino-acids and their esters, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function; salts thereof:

// - - Other:

ex 4990 // - - - Other:

// . Nitrilotriacetates, for the manufacture of washing products

2933. // Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only:

ex 4000 // - Compounds containing a quinoline or isoquinolene ring-system (whether or not hydrogenated), not further fused:

// . substances with an antibiotic action

// - Compounds containing a pyrimidine ring (whether or not hydrogenated) or piperazine ring in the structure:

// - - Other:

ex 5910 // - - - Products covered by the lists in Part 1b:

// . Substances with an antibiotic action

// - Other:

ex 9010 // - - Products covered by the lists in Part 1b:

// . Substances with an antibiotic action

2934. // Nucleic acids and their salts; other heterocyclic compounds:

// - Other:

ex 9020 // - - Products covered by the lists in Part 1b:

// . Substances with an antibiotic action

2941. 1000/

9000 // Antibiotics

3003. // Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale:

1000 // - Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives

2000 // - Containing other antibiotics

3004. // Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale:

1000 // - Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives

2000 // - Containing other antibiotics

3102. 1000/

9000 // Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous

3103. 1000/

9000 // Mineral or chemical fertilisers, phosphatic

3104. 1000/

9000 // Mineral or chemical fertilisers, potassic

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:

2000 // - Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the three fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium

3000 // - Diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)

4000 // - Ammonium dihydrogenorthophosphate (monoammonium phosphate) and mixtures thereof with diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate)

// - Other mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the two fertilising elements nitrogen and phosphorus:

5100 // - - Containing nitrates and phosphates

5900 // - - Other

6000 // - Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing the two fertilising elements phosphorus and potassium

ex 9000 // - Other:

// . Containing nitrogen, phosphoric acid or potassium

3401. // Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent:

// - Soap and organic surface-active products and preparations, in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, and paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent:

ex 1100 // - - For toilet use (including medicated products), not including paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent:

// - - Other:

1910 // - - - Ordinary soaps

ex 1990 // - - - Other, not including paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent

2000 // - Soap in other forms

3402. // Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations, whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading No 3401:

// - Organic surface-active agents, whether or not put up for retail sale:

// - - Anionic:

ex 1190 // - - - Other:

// . For the manufacture of washing products

// - - Cationic:

ex 1290 // - - - Other:

// . For the manufacture of washing products

// - - Non-ionic:

ex 1390 // - - - Other:

// . For the manufacture of washing products

ex 1900 // - - Other:

// . For the manufacture of washing products

ex 2000 // - Preparations put up for retail sale:

// . Washing products, ready to use

ex 9000 // - Other:

// . For the manufacture of washing products

// . Washing products, ready to use

3403. // Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and preparations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70% or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals:

// - containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals:

ex 1900 // - - Other:

// . Synthetic lubricants

// - Other:

ex 9900 // - - Other:

// . Synthetic lubricants

3505. // Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinised or esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches:

// - Dextrins and other modified starches:

1010 // - - For use in animal feeding

// - Glues:

2010 // - - For use in animal feeding

ex 3807.0000 // Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch:

// . For heating

3811. // Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils:

// - Other:

9010 // - - For use as motor fuel

3814. // Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers:

0010 // - For use as motor fuel

3817. // Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading No 2707 or 2902:

// - Mixed alkylbenzenes:

1010 // - - For use as motor fuel

ex 1090 // - - Other:

// . For the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

// - Mixed alkylnaphthalenes:

2010 // - - For use as motor fuel:

ex 2090 // - - Other:

// . For the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

3819. 0000 // 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

3823. // Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols:

// - Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining:

ex 1300 // - - Tall oil fatty acids

// . For the manufacture of soaps and organic surface-active agents

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; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included:

// - Other:

9030 // - - For use as motor fuel

// - - Other:

ex 9099 // - - - Other:

// . Prepared water softeners

3902. // Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms:

// - Other:

ex 9090 // - - Other:

// . Poly-alpha-olefin (PAO), for the manufacture of synthetic lubricants

Article 2

This Decision enters into force on the day of its adoption.

Done at Brussels, . . .

For the EC-Switzerland Joint Committee

The President