(WT/MIN(96)/16) F-9
Document: Request for the Establishment of a Panel
Document codes: WT/DS375/R; WT/DS376/R; WT/DS377/R; WT/DS375/8; WT/DS376/8; WT/DS377/6
Complainant: Taiwan
Respondent: EU
Third parties: Australia, Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Hong Kong, India, Japan, South Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, U.S., Vietnam
Dispute stage: Panel
Agreements cited: Art. II:1, X:1, X:2, XXIII  GATT 1994

ANNEX F

JOINT PANEL REQUEST AND MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON
TRADE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS (WT/MIN(96)/16)

CONTENTS PAGE
F-1 Request for the Establishment of a Panel by the United States, Japan
and Chinese Taipei (, and ) F-2
F-2 Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products
(WT/MIN(96)/16) F-9

ANNEX F-1

REQUEST FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PANEL BY
THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN AND CHINESE TAIPEI
(, AND )

EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND ITS MEMBER STATES – TARIFF TREATMENT
OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS

Request for the Establishment of a Panel by the United States, Japan and

the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu

 The following communication, dated 18 Augus t 2008, from the delegations of the United
States, Japan and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu to the
Chairman of the Dispute Settlement Body, is circulated pursuant to Articles 4.7 and 6.2 of the DSU.

 Pursuant to Article 4 of the Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the
Settlement of Disputes (DSU) and Article XXII:1 of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
1994 (GATT 1994), the United States, Japan, and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu,
Kinmen and Matsu requested cons ultations with the European Co mmunities (EC) and its member
States regarding the tariff treatment the EC and its member States accord to certain information
technology products. The United States requested consultations with the EC and its member States on
28 May 2008, and the request was circulated on 2 June 2008 as document ,
Japan requested consultations with the EC and its member States on the same matter on 28 May 2008,
and the request was circulated on 2 June 2008 as document WT/DS376/1, G/L/852. The Separate
Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu requested consultations with the EC and its
member States on the same matter on 12 June 2008, a nd the request was circulated on 18 June 2008
as document WT/DS377/1, G/L/853.

The United States and the EC and its member States held consultations on 25-26 June 2008
and 14-15 July 2008 in Geneva. Japan and the EC and its member States held consultations on

26 June 2008 and 16-17 July 2008 in Geneva. Th e Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu,
Kinmen and Matsu and the EC and its member States held consultations on 3 July 2008, 18 July 2008,
and 25 July 2008 in Geneva. Those consultations we re held with a view to reaching a mutually
satisfactory solution. Unfortunately, those consultations failed to find such a solution.

 Therefore, the United States, Japan, and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu,
Kinmen and Matsu, acting jointly and severally, each in the exercise of the rights accruing to it as a
member of the WTO, hereby request that a panel be established pursuant to Article 6 of the DSU and
Article XXIII of the GATT 1994 regarding the m easures specified below and any amendments or
extensions thereto as well as any related or implementing measures.

As participants in the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products ,
or "ITA" (Information Technology Agreement),
1 the EC and its member States modified their
Schedules of Concessions to the GATT 1994 (EC Schedules) to reflect the commitments made under
the ITA.2 Such modifications became effective 2 July 1997. 3 Accordingly, the EC and its member
States shall grant duty-free treatment for flat panel displays, set-top boxes (STBs) with a
communication function, and "input or output units" of "automatic data processing machines" and
facsimile machines. However, as a result of the a pplication of certain EC measures, the EC and its
member States impose duties on these products.

Flat panel displays
 Customs authorities of EC member States impose duties on flat panel displays. The measures
at issue through which they do so include:
1. Council Regulation (EC) No. 493/2005 of 16 March 2005;
2. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 634/2005 of 26 April 2005;
3. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2171/2005 of 23 December 2005;
4. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, including all annexes thereto, as
amended;
4 and
5. Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities,
2008/C 133/01 (May 30 2008), alone or in combination with Council Regulation
(EEC) No. 2658/87 of 23 July 1987,
as well as any amendments or extensions and any related or implementing measures.
5

1 Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products , 13 December 1996
(WT/MIN(96)/16), see also Implementation of the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology
Products, 2 April 1997 (G/L/160).
2 G/MA/TAR/RS/16 (2 April 1997).
3 WT/Let/156 (15 August 1997).
4 Including amendments adopted pursuant to Commission Regulation No. 1214/2007 of 20 September
2007.
5 Including the actual application by customs authorities of EC member States of a 14% customs duty
on imports of certain flat panel displays.

On 2 July 1997, the EC modified Schedule LXXX – European Communities to the
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (the Marrakesh Agreement).
Those concessions include the concession for "[i]np ut or output units...Other" as in HS item 8471 60
90. This subcategory carries a zero duty rate. The Schedule also provides in a headnote that "[w]ith
respect to any product described in or for Attachment B to the Annex to the Ministerial Declaration on
Trade in Information Technology Products, to the extent not specifically provided for in this
Schedule, the customs duties on such product, as we ll as any other duties and charges of any kind …
shall be bound and eliminated, as set forth in para graph 2(a) of the Annex to the Declaration,
wherever the product is classified." Attachment B includes "[f]lat panel display devices (including
LCD, Electro Luminescence, Plasma, Vacuum-Fluorescence and other technologies) for products
falling within this agreement and parts thereof." The bound duty rate for this product, as set forth in
HS items 8471 60 90, 8473 30 10, 8473 30 90, 8531 20 30, 8531 20 51, 8531 20 59, 8531 20 80, 8531
80 30, 8531 90 10, 8531 90 30, 9013 80 11, 9013 80 19, 9013 80 30 and 9013 90 10, and as specified
in the headnote, is zero.
As a result of these concessions, the EC and its member States are obliged to grant duty-free
treatment to flat panel displays. Nevertheless, the EC and its member States impose duties on these
products, as explained below.
On 31 March 2005, the EC published Council Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 which provides
that certain flat panel displays using LCD technol ogy that are "capable of reproducing video images
from a source other than an automatic data-process ing machine" are not covered by the ITA or the
Communication on its implementation (Council Decision 97/359/EC of 24 March 1997).
6
On 26 April 2005, the EC published Commission Regulation (EC) No 634/2005, which
provides that flat panel displays with certain attributes, including digital visual interface (DVI), would
be classified as dutiable.7
Also, on 29 December 2005, the EC published Commission Regulation (EC) No 2171/2005,
which also provides that flat panel displays with certain attributes, including DVI, would be classified
as dutiable.
8
On 20 September 2007, the EC published Co mmission Regulation 1214/2007, amending
Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and
on the Common Customs Tariff, and establishing Combined Nomenclature (CN) 8528 59 10 and
8528 59 90, which provided a duty rate of 14% on certain flat panel displays.
Furthermore, on 30 May 2008, the EC published an amendment to the Explanatory Notes to
the Combined Nomenclature of the European Co mmunities (2008/C 133/01) providing that flat panel
displays with certain attributes, such as DVI, would be classified as dutiable.
9
As a result, customs authorities of EC member States have been applying a 14% duty to
certain flat panel displays, instead of providing dut y-free treatment as required by the EC Schedules.
The United States, Japan, and the Separate Custom s Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu

6 Council Regulation (EC) 493/2005 of 16 March 2005, O.J. L 82 (31 March 2005), pp. 1-2.
7 Commission Regulation (EC) No 634/2005 of 26 April 2005, O.J. L 106 (27 April 2005), pp. 7-9.
8 Commission Regulation (EC) No 2171/2005 of 23 December 2005, O.J. L 346 (29 December 2005),
pp. 7-9.
9 Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities, 2008/C 133/01,
O.J. C 133 (30 May 2008), pp. 352-3.

consider that their commerce has been accorded treatment less favourable than that provided in the
EC Schedules, and that ordinary customs duties, or other duties and charges, in excess of those set
forth in the EC Schedules have been applied to ce rtain flat panel displays, inconsistent with the
obligations of the EC and its member States under Articles II:1(a) and II:1(b) of the GATT 1994.
While the EC has temporarily suspended the collectio n of duties on some flat panel displays pursuant
to Council Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 of 31 March 2005 and Council Regulation (EC) No
301/2007 of 22 March 2007, it fails to accord tariff treatment that is no le ss favourable than that
provided for in the EC Schedules. The measures at issue nullify or impair, within the meaning of
GATT Article XXIII, benefits accruing directly or indirectly to the United States, Japan, and the
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu under the GATT 1994.
STBs with a communication function
 Customs authorities of EC member States impose duties on STBs with a communication
function. The measures at issue through which they do so include:
1. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, including all annexes thereto, as
amended;
10 and

2. Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nome nclature of the European Communities,
2008/C 112/03, (7 May 2008), alone or in combination with Council Regulation
(EEC) No. 2658/87 of 23 July 1987,
11

as well as any amendments or extensions and any related or implementing measures.12

On 2 July 1997, the EC modified Schedule L XXX – European Communities to the Marrakesh
Agreement. The Schedule provides in a headnote that "[w]ith respect to any product described in or
for Attachment B to the Annex to the Ministeria l Declaration on Trade in Information Technology
Products, to the extent not specifically provided fo r in this Schedule, the customs duties on such
product, as well as any other duties and charges of any kind…shall be bound and eliminated, as set
forth in paragraph 2(a) of the Annex to the Decl aration, wherever the product is classified."
Attachment B includes "set-top boxes which have a communication function: a microprocessor-based
device incorporating a modem for gaining access to th e Internet, and having a function of interactive
information exchange." The bound duty rate for this product, as set forth in HS items 8517 50 90,
8517 80 90, 8525 20 99, and 8528 12 91, and as specified in the headnote, is zero.
As a result of these concessions, the EC and its member States are obliged to grant duty free
treatment to STBs with a communication function. Nevertheless, the EC and its member States
impose duties on these products, as explained below.
On 7 May 2008, the EC published an amendment to the Explanatory Notes to the EC's CN,
which provides that the duty-free heading CN 8528 71 13 ("set-top boxes with a communication
function") does not include STBs with modems of certain types (e.g., Ethernet modems) or STBs
which incorporate a device performing a recording or reproducing function (e.g ., a hard disk or DVD

10 Including amendments adopted pursuant to Commission Regulation No. 1214/2007 of
20 September 2007.
11 See also the decisions of the Customs Code Committee discussed on page 5, infra.
12 Including the actual application by customs authorities of EC member States of customs duties on
imports of STBs with a communication function.

drive).
13 Moreover, in the same amendment, the EC added an explanatory note to accompany CN
8521 90 00 indicating that this subheading includes STBs which incorporate a device performing a
recording or reproducing function (e .g., a hard disk or DVD drive).
14 The duty rate for CN 8521 90
00 is 13.9%.
As a result, customs authorities of EC member States have been applying duties on STBs with
a communication function, instead of providing duty -free treatment as required by the EC Schedules.
The United States, Japan, and the Separate Custom s Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
consider that their commerce has been accorded treatment less favourable than that provided in the
EC Schedules, and that ordinary customs duties, or other duties and charges, in excess of those set
forth in the EC Schedules have been applied to STBs with a communication function, inconsistent
with the obligations of the EC and its member States under Articles II:1(a) and II:1(b) of the
GATT 1994. The measures at issue nullify or impair, within the meaning of GATT Article XXIII,
benefits accruing, directly or i ndirectly, to the United States, Japan, and the Separate Customs
Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu under the GATT 1994.

In addition, with respect to STBs with a communication function, the Tariff and Statistical
Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee delivered favorable opinions with respect to
the proposed amendments to the Explanatory Notes contained in 2008/C 112/03 in October 2006 and
May 2007, respectively. It did not publish the amended explanatory notes in the EC Official Journal
until 7 May 2008. Furthermore, EC member States were applying duties to STBs using the approach
specified in 2008/C 112/03 prior to 7 May 2008. We consider that these actions are inconsistent with
the EC’s obligations under Articles X:1 and X:2 of the GATT 1994.

MFMs ("multifunctional digital machines")
15
 Customs authorities of EC member States impose duties on MFMs. The measures at issue
through which they do so include:
1. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 517/1999 of 9 March 1999;

2. Report of the Conclusions of the 360
th meeting of the Customs Code Committee,
Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section, TAXUD/555/2005-EN (March 2005);

3. Commission Regulation (EC) No. 400/2006 of 8 March 2006; and

4. Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, including all annexes thereto, as
amended,
16

13 Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities, 2008/C 112/03,
O.J. C 112 (7 May 2008), pp. 8-9.
14 Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities, 2008/C 112/03,
O.J. C 112 (7 May 2008), pp. 8-9.
15 In this panel request, the United States, Japan and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu use the term "MFMs" to refer to machines which perform two or more of the
functions of printing, copying, or facsimile transmission, capable of connecting to an automatic data processing
machine or to a network (including devices commerci ally known as MFPs (multifunctional printers), other
"input or output units" of "automatic data processing machines", and facsimile machines).
16 Including amendments adopted pursuant to Commission Regulation No. 1214/2007 of
20 September 2007.

as well as any amendments or extensions and any related or implementing measures.
17

On 2 July 1997, the EC modified Schedule L XXX – European Communities to the Marrakesh
Agreement, including the concessions for "[f]acsimile machines", as contained in HS 8517 21 00 and
"input or output units" of "autom atic data processing machines", as in HS category 8471 60. The
bound duty rate for both products is zero.
As a result of these concessions, the EC and its member States are obliged to grant duty free
treatment to MFMs. Nevertheless, the EC and its member States impose duties on these products, as
explained below.
On 9 March 1999, the EC published Commis sion Regulation (EC) No 517/1999, which
provides that certain MFMs would be classified as indirect process electrostatic photocopiers under
CN 9009 12 00 with a duty rate of 6%.
18
In January of 2005, the Customs Code Committe e issued a statement providing that "if a
multifunctional device has the capability of photocopyin g in black and white 12 or more pages per
minute (A4 format)," it would be classified in heading 9009 as photocopying apparatus. 19
Photocopying apparatus classified in heading 9009 was subject to a 6% duty.
On 9 March 2006, the EC published Commis sion Regulation (EC) No 400/2006, which
provides that certain MFMs would be classified as photocopying apparatus, and would be subject to a
6% duty.20
On 31 October 2006, the EC amended Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 of 23 July 1987
on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff, creating CN 8443 31 10
("[m]achines performing the functions of copying a nd facsimile transmission, whether or not with a
printing function, with a copying speed not exceeding 12 monochrome pages per minute"),
CN 8443 31 91 ("[o]ther; [m]achines performing a copying function by scanning the original and
printing the copies by means of an electrostatic engine ") and CN 8443 31 99 ("[o]ther"). By virtue of
these subcategories, MFMs with copying speeds of more than 12 monochrome pages per minute and
with an electrostatic engine are classified under CN 8443 31 91. The duty rate for CN 8443 31 91 is
6%.
21
As a result, customs authorities of EC member States have been applying a 6% duty on
imports of certain MFMs, instead of providing du ty-free treatment as required by the EC Schedules.
The United States, Japan, and the Separate Custom s Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
consider that their commerce has been accorded treatment less favourable than that provided in the
EC Schedules, and that ordinary customs duties, or other duties and charges, in excess of those set
forth in the EC Schedules have been applied to certain "input or output uni ts" of "automatic data
processing machines" and facsimile machines, inconsis tent with the obligations of the EC and its
member States under Articles II:1(a) and II:1(b) of the GATT 1994. The measures at issue nullify or
impair, within the meaning of GATT Article XXIII, benefits accruing directly or indirectly to the

17 Including the actual application by customs authorities of EC member States of a 6% duty on imports
of certain MFMs.
18 Commission Regulation (EC) No 517/1999 of 9 March 1999, O.J. L 61 (10 March 1999), pp. 23-24.
19 Customs Code Committee, Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section, Report of conclusions of the
360th meeting of the Committee, TAXUD/555/2005-EN, Annex VII (March 2005).
20 Commission Regulation (EC) No 400/2006 of 8 March 2006, O.J. L 70 (9 March 2006), pp. 9-11.
21 Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and
on the Common Customs Tariff, including all annexes thereto, as amended.

United States, Japan, and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
under the GATT 1994.

The United States, Japan, and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen
and Matsu request, pursuant to Articles 4.7 and 6 of the DSU, that a panel be established with
standard terms of reference as set out in Article 7.1 of the DSU, in order to examine the matter
described above.

ANNEX F-2

MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON TRADE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTS (WT/MIN(96)/16)

WORLD TRADE WT/MIN(96)/16
 13 December 1996

 (96-5438)

MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE
Singapore, 9-13 December 1996

MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON TRADE IN

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS

SINGAPORE, 13 DECEMBER 1996

Ministers,

 Representing the following Members of the World Trade Organization (“WTO”), and States or
separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO, which have agreed in Singapore on
the expansion of world trade in information technology products and which account for well over 80 per
cent of world trade in these products ("parties"):

 A u s t r a l i a N o r w a y
 Canada Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan,
European Communities Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu
Hong Kong Singapore
 I c e l a n d S w i t z e r l a n d
1
Indonesia Turkey
J a p a n U n i t e d S t a t e s
K o r e a

 Considering the key role of trade in information technology products in the development of
information industries and in the dynamic expansion of the world economy,

 Recognizing the goals of raising standards of living and expanding the production of and trade
in goods;

 1On behalf of the customs union Switzerland and Liechtenstein.

 Desiring to achieve maximum freedom of world trade in information technology products;

 Desiring to encourage the continued technological development of the information technology
industry on a world-wide basis;

 Mindful of the positive contribution information technology makes to global economic growth
and welfare;

 Having agreed to put into effect the results of these negotiations which involve concessions
additional to those included in the Schedules att ached to the Marrakesh Protocol to the General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and

 Recognizing that the results of these negotiations al so involve some concessions offered in
negotiations leading to the establishment of Schedules annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol,

 Declare
 as follows:

1. Each party's trade regime should evolve in a manner that enhances market access opportunities
for information technology products.

2. Pursuant to the modalities set forth in the A nnex to this Declaration, each party shall bind and
eliminate customs duties and other duties and charges of any kind, within the meaning of Article II:1(b)
of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, with respect to the following:

(a)all products classified (or clas sifiable) with Harmonized System ( 1996) (“HS”) headings listed in
Attachment A to the Annex to this Declaration; and

(b)all products specified in Attachment B to the Anne x to this Declaration, whether or not they are
included in Attachment A;

through equal rate reductions of customs duties beginning in 1997 and concluding in 2000, recognizing
that extended staging of reductions and, before implementation, expansion of product coverage may be
necessary in limited circumstances.

3. Ministers express satis faction about the large product coverage outlined in the Attachments to
the Annex to this Declaration. Th ey instruct their respective offi cials to make good faith efforts to
finalize plurilateral technical discussions in Geneva on the basis of these modalities, and instruct these
officials to complete this work by 31 January 1997, so as to ensure the implementation of this
Declaration by the largest number of participants.

4. Ministers invite the Ministers of other Members of the WT O, and States or separate customs
territories in the process of acceding to the WTO, to provide similar instructions to their respective
officials, so that they may participate in the tech nical discussions referred to in paragraph 3 above and
participate fully in the expansion of world trade in information technology products.

Annex: Modalities and Product Coverage

 Attachment A: list of HS headings

 Attachment B: list of products

 ANNEX

 Modalities and Product Coverage

 Any Member of the World Trade Organization, or State or separate customs territory in the
process of acceding to the WTO, may participate in the expansion of world trade in information
technology products in accordance with the following modalities:

1. Each participant shall incorporate the measures described in paragraph 2 of the Declaration into
its schedule to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and, in addition, at either its own tariff
line level or the Harmonized System (1996) (“HS”) 6-digit level in either its official tariff or any other
published versions of the tariff schedule, whichever is ordinarily used by importers and exporters. Each
participant that is not a Member of the WTO shall implement these measures on an autonomous basis,
pending completion of its WTO accession, and shall incorporate these measures into its WTO market
access schedule for goods.

2. To this end, as early as possible and no later than 1 March 1997 each participant shall provide
all other participants a document containing (a ) the details concerning how the appropriate duty
treatment will be provided in its WTO schedule of concessions, and (b) a list of the detailed HS
headings involved for products specified in Attach ment B. These documents will be reviewed and
approved on a consensus basis and this review proces s shall be completed no later than 1 April 1997.
As soon as this review process has been completed for any such document, that document shall be
submitted as a modification to the Schedule of the participant concerned, in accordance with the
Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for Modifi cation and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff
Concessions (BISD 27S/25).

(a)The concessions to be proposed by each participan t as modifications to its Schedule shall bind and
eliminate all customs duties and other dutie s and charges of any kind on information
technology products as follows:

(i)elimination of such customs duties shall take place through rate reductions in equal steps, except as
may be otherwise agreed by the participants. Unless otherwise agreed by the
participants, each participant shall bi nd all tariffs on items listed in the
Attachments no later than 1 July 1997, and shall make the first such rate
reduction effective no later than 1 July 1997, the second such rate reduction no
later than 1 January 1998, and the third such rate reduction no later than 1
January 1999, and the elimination of customs duties shall be completed
effective no later than 1 January 2000. The participants agree to encourage
autonomous elimination of customs dutie s prior to these dates. The reduced
rate should in each stage be rounded off to the first decimal; and

(ii)elimination of such other duties and charges of any kind, within the meaning of Article II:1(b) of the
General Agreement, shall be completed by 1 July 1997, except as may be
otherwise specified in the participant’s document provided to other participants
for review.

(b)The modifications to its Schedule to be proposed by a participant in order to implement its binding
and elimination of customs duties on information technology products shall achieve this
result:

(i)in the case of the HS headings listed in Attachment A, by creating, where appropriate, sub-divisions in
its Schedule at the national tariff line level; and

(ii)in the case of the products specified in Attachment B, by attaching an annex to its Schedule including
all products in Attachment B, which is to specify the detailed HS headings for
those products at either the national tariff line level or the HS 6-digit level.

Each participant shall promptly modify its national tariff schedule to reflect the modifications it has
proposed, as soon as they have entered into effect.

3. Participants shall meet periodically under th e auspices of the Council on Trade in Goods to
review the product coverage specifie d in the Attachments, with a view to agreeing, by consensus,
whether in the light of technological developments, experience in applying the tariff concessions, or
changes to the HS nomenclature, the Attachment s should be modified to incorporate additional
products, and to consult on non-tari ff barriers to trade in informa tion technology products. Such
consultations shall be without prejudice to rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement.

4. Participants shall meet as soon as practicable and in any case no later than 1 April 1997 to
review the state of acceptances received and to assess the conclusions to be drawn therefrom.
Participants will implement the actions foreseen in the Declaration provided that participants
representing approximately 90 per cent of world trade
2 in information technology products have by then
notified their acceptance, and provided that the staging has been agreed to the participants’ satisfaction.
In assessing whether to implement actions foreseen in the Declaration, if the percentage of world trade
represented by participants falls somewhat short of 90 per cent of world trade in information technology
products, participants may take into account the extent of the participation of States or separate customs
territories representing for them the substantial bulk of their own trade in such products. At this meeting
the participants will establish whether these criteria have been met.

5. Participants shall meet as often as necessary and no later th an 30 September 1997 to consider
any divergence among them in classifying inform ation technology products , beginning with the
products specified in Attachment B. Participants agree on the common objective of achieving, where
appropriate, a common classificati on for these products within ex isting HS nomenclature, giving
consideration to interpretations and rulings of th e Customs Co-operation Coun cil (also known as the
World Customs Organization or “WCO”). In any instance in which a divergence in classification
remains, participants will consider whether a joint suggestion could be made to the WCO with regard to
updating existing HS nomenclature or resolving divergence in interpretation of the HS nomenclature.

6. The participants understand that Article XXIII of the Ge neral Agreement will address
nullification or impairment of benefits accruing dire ctly or indirectly to a WTO Member participant
through the implementation of this Declaration as a result of the application by another WTO Member
participant of any measure, whether or not that m easure conflicts with the provisions of the General
Agreement.

7. Each participant shall afford sympathetic cons ideration to any request for consultation from any
other participant concerning the undertakings set out above. Such consultations shall be without
prejudice to rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement.

 2This percentage shall be calculated by the WT O Secretariat on the basis of the most recent
data available at the time of the meeting.

8. Participants acting under the auspices of th e Council for Trade in Goods shall inform other
Members of the WTO and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO
of these modalities and initiate consultations with a view to facilitate their participation in the expansion
of trade in information technology products on the basis of the Declaration.

9. As used in these modalities, the term "participant" shall mean those Members of the WTO, or
States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO, that provide the document
described in paragraph 2 no later than 1 March 1997.

10. This Annex shall be open for acceptance by all Members of the WTO and any State or any
separate customs territory in the process of accedi ng to the WTO. Acceptances shall be notified in
writing to the Director-General who shall communicate them to all participants.

There are two attachments to the Annex.
Attachment A lists the HS headings or parts thereof to be covered.
Attachment B lists specific products to be covered by an ITA wherever they are classified in the HS .

Attachment A, Section 1

 HS96
 HS description
 3818 Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in form of
discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped
for use in electronics

 8469 11 Word processing machines
 8470 Calculating machines and pocket- size data recording,
reproducing and displaying machines with a calculating
function; accounting machines, post
age franking machines,
ticket-issuing machines and similar machines,
incorporating a calculating devices; cash registers:
 8470 10 Electronic calculators capable of operating without an
external source of electric power and pocket size data
recording, rep
roducing and displaying machines with
calculating functions
 8470 21 Other electronic calculating machines incorporating a
printing device
 8470 29 Other
 8470 30 Other calculating machines
 8470 40 Accounting machines
 8470 50 Cash registers
 8470 90 Other
 8471 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof;
magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing
data onto data media in coded form and machines for
processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included:
 8471 10 Analogue or hybrid automatic data processing machines
 8471 30 Portable digital automatic data processing machines,
weighing no more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a
central processing unit, a keyboard and a display
 8471 41 Other digital automatic data processing machines
comprising in the same housing at least a central
processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or
not combined

 8471 49 Other digital automatic data processing machines presented
in the form of systems
 8471 50 Digital processing u nits other than tho se of subheading
8471 41 and 8471 49, whether or not in the same housing
one or two of the following types of units : storage
units, input units, output units

 8471 60 Input or output unit s, whether or not containing storage
units in the same housing

 8471 70 Storage units, including central storage units, optical
disk storage units, hard disk drives and magnetic tape
storage units
 8471 80 Other units of automatic data processing machines
 8471 90 Other
ex 8472 90 Automatic teller machines
 8473 21 Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8470
of the electronic calculating machines of subheading 8470
10, 8470 21 and 8470 29
 8473 29 Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8470
other than the electronic calculating machines of
subheading 8470 10, 8470 21 and 8470 29
 8473 30 Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8471
 8473 50 Parts and accessories equally suitable for use with
machines of two or more of the headings Nos. 8469 to 8472
ex 8504 40 Static converters for automatic data processing machines
and units thereof, and telecommunication apparatus
ex 8504 50 Other inductors for power supplies for automatic data
processing machines a nd units thereof, and
telecommunication apparatus
 8517 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line
telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless
handsets and telecommunication apparatus for
carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems;
videophones:

 8517 11 Line telephone sets with cordless handsets
 8517 19 Other telephone sets and videophones
 8517 21 Facsimile machines
 8517 22 Teleprinters
 8517 30 Telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus
 8517 50 Other apparatus, for carrier- current line systems or for
digital line systems
 8517 80 Other apparatus including entry-phone systems
 8517 90 Parts of apparatus of heading 8517
ex 8518 10 Microphones having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3,4 KHz
with a diameter of not exceeding 10 mm and a height not
exceeding 3 mm, for telecommunication use
ex 8518 30 Line telephone handsets
ex 8518 29 Loudspeakers, without housing, having a frequency range of
300 Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter of not exceeding 50 mm,
for telecommunication use
 8520 20 Telephone answering machines
 8523 11 Magnetic tapes of a width not exceeding 4 mm
 8523 12 Magnetic tapes of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding
6,5 mm

 8523 13 Magnetic tapes of a width exceeding 6,5 mm

 8523 20 Magnetic discs
 8523 90 Other
 8524 31 Discs for laser reading system s for reproducing phenomena
other than sound or image
ex 8524 39 Other :
- for reproducing representations of i nstructions, data,
sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable binary
form, and capable of being manipulated or providing
interactivity to
a user, by means of an automatic data
processing machine
 8524 40 Magnetic tapes for reproducing phenomena other than sound
or image
 8524 91 Media for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image
ex 8424 99 Other :
- for reproducing representations of i nstructions, data,
sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable binary
form, and capable of being manipulated or providing
interactivity to a user, by mea ns of an automatic data
processing machine

ex 8525 10 Transmission app aratus other than apparatus for
radio-broadcasting or television
 8525 20 Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus
ex 8525 40 Digital still image video cameras
ex 8527 90 Portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging
ex 8529 10 Aerials or antennae of a kind used with apparatus for
radio-telephony and radio-telegraphy
ex 8529 90 Parts of:
transmission app aratus other than apparatus for
radio-broadcasting or television
transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus
digital still image video cameras,
portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging

 8531 20 Indicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices
(LCD) or light emitting diodes (LED)

ex 8531 90 Parts of apparatus of subheading 8531 20
 8532 Electrical capacitors, fixed, vari able or adjustable
(pre-set):
 8532 10 Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and
having a reactive power handling capacity of not less than
0,5 kvar (power capacitors)

 8532 21 Tantalum fixed capacitors
 8532 22 Aluminium electrolytic fixed capacitors
 8532 23 Ceramic dielectric, single layer fixed capacitors
 8532 24 Ceramic dielectric, multilayer fixed capacitors
 8532 25 Dielectric fixed capacitors of paper or plastics
 8532 29 Other fixed capacitors
 8532 30 Variable or adjustable (pre-set) capacitors

 8532 90 Parts
 8533 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and
potentiometers), other than heating resistors:
 8533 10 Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types
 8533 21 Other fixed resistors for a power handling capacity not
exceeding 20 W
 8533 29 Other fixed resistors for a power handling capacity of 20
W or more

 8533 31 Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and
potentiometers, for a power handling capacity not
exceeding 20 W

 8533 39 Wirewound var iable resistors, including rheostats and
potentiometers, for a power handling capacity of 20 W or
more

 8533 40 Other variable resistors, including rheostats and
potentiometers

 8533 90 Parts
 8534 Printed circuits
ex 8536 50 Electronic AC switches co nsisting of opt ically coupled
input and output circuits (Insulated thyristor AC
switches)

ex 8536 50 Electronic switches, including temperature protected
electronic switches, consisting of a transistor and a
logic chip (chip-on-chip technology) for a volt age not
exceeding 1000 volts
ex 8536 50 Electromechanical snap-action switches for a current not
exceeding 11 amps
ex 8536 69 Plugs and sockets for co-axial cables and printed circuits
ex 8536 90 Connection and contact elements for wires and cables
 8541 Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices;
photosensitive semiconductor devices, including
photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or
made up into panels; light-
emitting diodes; mounted
piezo-electric crystals:
 8541 10 Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes
 8541 21 Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors, with a
dissipation rate of less than 1 W
 8541 29 Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors, with a
dissipation rate of 1 W or more
 8541 30 Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive
devices
 8541 40 Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including
photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or
made up into panels; light emitting diodes
 8541 50 Other semiconductor devices
 8541 60 Mounted piezo-electric crystals
 8541 90 Parts

 8542 Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies
 8542 12 Cards incorporating an electronic integrated circuit
('smart' cards)
 8542 13 Metal oxide semiconductors (MOS technology)
 8542 14 Circuits obtained by bipolar technology
 8542 19 Other monolithic digital integrated circuits, including
circuits obtained by a combination of bipolar and MOS
technologies (BIMOS technology)

 8542 30 Other monolithic integrated circuits
 8542 40 Hybrid integrated circuits
 8542 50 Electronic microassemblies
 8542 90 Part
 8543 81 Proximity cards and tags
ex 8543 89 Electrical machines with translation or dictionary
functions

ex 8544 41 Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80
V, fitted with connectors, of a kind used for
telecommunications

ex 8544 49 Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80
V, not fitted with connectors, of a kind used for
telecommunications
ex 8544 51 Other electric conductor s, for a voltage exceeding 80 V
but not exceeding 1000 V, fitted with connectors, of a
kind used for telecommunications

 8544 70 Optical fibre cables
 9009 11 Electrostatic photocopying apparatus, operating by
reproducing the original image directly onto the copy
(direct process)]

 9009 21 Other photocopying apparatus, incorporating an optical
system
 9009 90 Parts and accessories
 9026 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the
flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or
gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers,
heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of
heading No 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032:

 9026 10 Instruments for measuring or checking the flow or level of
liquids

 9026 20 Instruments and apparatu s for measuring or checking
pressure
 9026 80 Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking
of heading 9026

 9026 90 Parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus of
heading 9026

 9027 20 Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments
 9027 30 Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using
optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)

 9027 50 Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations
(UV, visible, IR) of heading No 9027
 9027 80 Other instruments and apparatus of heading No 9027 (other
than those of heading No 9027 10)

ex 9027 90 Parts and accessories of products of heading 9027, other
than for gas or smoke analysis apparatus and microtomes

 9030 40 Instruments and apparatus for measuring and checking,
specially de
signed for telecommunications (for example,
cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distorsion
factor meters, psophometers)

Attachment A, Section 2

Semiconductor manufacturing and testing equipment and parts
thereof

 HS Code Description Comments
ex 7017 10 Quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for
insertion into diffusion and oxidation
furnaces for production of semiconductor
wafers
For
Attachment
B

ex 8419 89 Chemical vapor deposition apparatus for
semiconductor production
For
Attachment
B

ex 8419 90 Parts of chemical vapor deposition apparatus
for semiconductor production
For
Attachment
B

ex 8421 19 Spin dryers for semiconductor wafer processing
ex 8421 91 Parts of spin dryers for semiconductor wafer
processing

ex 8424 89 Deflash machines for cleaning and removing
contaminants from the metal leads of
semiconductor packages prior to the
electroplating process

ex 8424 89 Spraying appliances for etching, stripping or
cleaning semiconductor wafers

ex 8424 90 Parts of sp raying appliances for etching,
stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers

ex 8456 10 Machines for working any material by removal
of material, by laser or other light or photo
beam in the production of semiconductor wafers

ex 8456 91 Apparatus for stri pping or cleaning
semiconductor wafers
For
Attachment
B

 8456 91 Machines for dry- etching patterns on
semiconductor materials

ex 8456 99 Focused ion beam milling machines to produce
or repair masks and reticles for patterns on
semiconductor devices

ex 8456 99 Lasercutters for cutting contacting tracks in
semiconductor production by laser beam
For
Attachment
B

ex 8464 10 Machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor
boules into slices, or wafers into chips
For
Attachment
B

ex 8464 20 Grinding, polishi ng and lapping machines for
processing of semiconductor wafers

ex 8464 90 Dicing machines for scribing or scoring

semiconductor wafers

ex 8466 91 Parts for machines for sawing monocrystal
semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers
into chips
For
Attachment
B
ex 8466 91 Parts of dicing machines for scribing or
scoring semiconductor wafers

For
Attachment
B

ex 8466 91 Parts of grinding, polishing and lapping
machines for processing of semiconductor
wafers

ex 8466 93 Parts of focused ion beam milling m achines to
produce or repair masks and reticles for
patterns on semiconductor devices

ex 8466 93 Parts of lasercutters for cutting contacting
tracks in semiconductor production by laser
beam
For
Attachment
B
ex 8466 93 Parts of machines for working any material by
removal of material, by laser or other light
or photo beam in the production of
semiconductor wafers

ex 8456 93 Parts of apparatus for stripping or cleaning
semiconductor wafers
For
Attachment
B

ex 8466 93 Parts of machines for dry-etching p atterns on
semiconductor materials

ex 8477 10 Encapsulation equipment for assembly of
semiconductors
For
Attachment
B

ex 8477 90 Parts of encapsulation equipment For
Attachment
B
ex 8479 50 Automated machines for transport, handling and
storage of sem
iconductor wafers, wafer
cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for
semiconductor devices
For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 89 Apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal
semiconductor boules

ex 8479 89 Apparatus for physical deposition by
sputtering on semiconductor wafers
For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 89 Apparatus for wet etching, developing,
stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and
flat panel displays
For
Attachment
B
ex 8479 89 Die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders,
and wire bonders for assembly of
semiconductors
For
Attachment
B
ex 8479 89 Encapsulation equipment for assembly of
semiconductors

For
Attachment
B

ex
 8479 89 Epitaxial deposition machines for
semiconductor wafers

ex 8479 89 Machines for bending, folding and
straightening semiconductor leads
For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 89 Physical deposition apparatus for for
semiconductor production
For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 89 Spinners for coating photographic emulsions on
semiconductor wafers

For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 90 Part of apparatus for phys ical deposition by
sputtering on semiconductor wafers
For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 90 Parts for die attach apparatus, tape automated
bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of
semiconductors

For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 90 Parts for spinners for coating photographic
emulsions on semiconductor wafers

For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 90 Parts of apparatus for growing or pulling
monocrystal semiconductor boules

ex 8479 90 Parts of apparatus for wet etching,
developing, stripping or cleaning
semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays

For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 90 Parts of automated machines for transport,
handling and storage of semiconductor wafers,
wafer cassettes, wafer boxes and other
material for semiconductor devices

For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 90 Parts of encapsulati on equipment for assembly
of semiconductors
For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 90 Parts of epitaxial deposition machines for
semiconductor wafers

ex 8479 90 Parts of machines for bending, folding and
straightening semiconductor leads
For
Attachment
B

ex 8479 90 Parts of physical deposition apparatus for for
semiconductor production
For
Attachment
B

ex 8480 71 Injection and compression moulds for the
manufacture of semiconductor devices

ex 8514 10 Resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the
manufacture of semi conductor devices on
semiconductor wafers

ex 8514 20 Inductance or dielectric furnaces and ovens
for the manufacture of semiconductor devices
on semiconductors wafers

ex 8514 30 Apparatus for rapid heating of semiconductor For

wafers
 Attachment
B
ex 8514 30 Parts of resistance heated furnaces and ovens
for the manufacture of semiconductor devices
on semiconductor wafers

ex 8514 90 Parts of apparatus for rapid heating of wafers For
Attachment
B
ex 8514 90 Parts of furnaces and ovens of Headings No
8514 10 to No 8514 30

ex 8536 90 Wafer probers For
Attachment
B

 8543 11 Ion implanters for doping semiconductor
materials

ex 8543 30 Apparatus for wet etching, developing,
stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and
flat panel displays
For
Attachment
B
ex 8543 90 Parts of apparatus for wet etching,
developing, stripping or cleaning
semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays

For
Attachment
B

ex 8543 90 Parts of ion implanters for doping
semiconductor materials

 9010 41
to 9010
49
Apparatus for p rojection, drawing or plating
circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor
materials and flat panel displays

ex 9010 90 Parts and accessories of the apparatus of
Headings No 9010 41 to 9010 49

ex 9011 10 Optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with
equipment specifically designed for the
handling and transport of semiconductor wafers
or reticles
For
Attachment
B

ex 9011 20 Photomicrographic microscopes fitted with
equipment specifically designed for the
handling and transport of semiconductor wafers
or reticles

For
Attachment
B
ex 9011 90 Parts and accessories of optical stereoscopic
microscopes fitted with equipment specifically
designed for the handling and transport of
semiconductor wafers or reticles

For
Attachment
B
ex 9011 90 Parts and accessor ies of photomicrographic
microscopes fitted with equipment specifically
designed for the handling and transport of
semiconductor wafers or reticles

For
Attachment
B
ex 9012 10 Electron beam microscopes fitted with
equipment specifically designed for the
handling and transport of semiconductor
wafers or reticles

For
Attachment
B

ex 9012 90 Parts and accessories of electron beam For

microscopes fitted with equipment specifically
designed for the handling and transport of
semiconductor wafers or reticles

Attachment
B
ex 9017 20 Pattern generating apparatus of a kind used
for producing masks or reticles from
photoresist coated substrates

For
Attachment
B
ex 9017 90 Parts and accessories for pattern generating
apparatus of a kind used for producing masks
or reticles from photoresist coated substrates

For
Attachment
B

ex 9017 90 Parts of such pattern generating apparatus For
Attachment
B
 9030 82 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or
checking semiconductor wafers or devices

ex 9030 90 Parts and acces sories of instruments and
apparatus for measuring or checking
semiconductor wafers or devices

ex 9030 90 Parts of instruments and appliances for
measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or
devices

 9031 41 Optical instruments and appliances for
inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or
for inspecting masks, photomasks or reticles
used in manufacturing semiconductor devices

ex 9031 49 Optical instruments and appliances for
measuring surface particulate contamination on
semiconductor wafers

ex 9031 90 Parts and accessories of optical instruments
and appliances for inspecting semiconductor
wafers or devices or for inspecting masks,
photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing
semiconductor devices

ex 9031 90 Parts and accessories of optical in struments
and appliances for measuring surface
particulate contamination on semiconductor
wafers

Attachment B
Positive list of specific products to be covered by this
agreement wherever they are classified in the HS.
Where parts are specified, they are to be covered in
accordance with HS Notes 2(b) to Section XVI and Chapter 90,
respectively.
Computers: automatic data processing machines capable of 1) storing the processing program or programs and
at least the data immediately necessary for the execu tion of the program; 2) be ing freely programmed in
accordance with the requirements of the user; 3) perf orming arithmetical computations specified by the user;
and 4) executing, without human intervention, a proc essing program which requires them to modify their
execution, by logical decision during the processing run.
The agreement covers such automatic data processing ma chines whether or not they are able to receive and
process with the assistance of central processing unit telephony signals, television signals, or other analogue or
digitally processed audio or video signals. Machines performing a specific function other than data processing,
or incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data processing ma chine, and not otherwise
specified under Attachment A or B, are not covered by this agreement.

Electric amplifiers when used as repeaters in line telephony products
falling within this agreement, and parts thereof
Flat panel displays (including LCD, Electro Luminescence, Plasma and other
technologies) for products falling within this agreement, and parts
thereof.
Network equipment: Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN)
apparatus, including those products dedicated for use solely or
principally to permit the inter connection of automatic data processing
machines and units thereof for a network that is used primarily for the
sharing of resources such as central processor units, data storage
devices and input or output units - including adapters, hubs, in-
line
repeaters, converters, concentrators, bridges and routers, and printed
circuit assemblies for physical incorporation into automatic data
processing machines and units thereof.

Monitors : display units of automatic data processing mach ines with a cathode ray tube with a dot screen
pitch smaller than 0,4 mm not capable of receiving an d processing television signa ls or other analogue or
digitally processed audio or video signals without assistance of a central processing unit of a computer as
defined in this agreement.
The agreement does not, therefore, cover televisions, including high
definition televisions.
1
Optical disc storage units, for automatic data processing machines (including CD drives and DVD-drives), whether or
not having the capability of writing/recording as well as reading, whether or not in their own housings.
Paging alert devices, and parts thereof .
Plotters whether input or output units of HS heading No 8471 or drawing or drafting machines of HS heading No 9017.
Printed Circuit Assemblies for products falling within this agreement, i ncluding such assemblies for external
connections such as cards that conform to the PCMCIA standard.
Such printed circuit assemblies consist of one or more printed circuits of heading 8534 with one or more active

 1 Participants will conduct a review of this product description in January 1999 under the consultation provisions of paragraph 3 of the Declaration

elements assembled thereon, with or without passive elements "Active elements" means diodes, transistors, and
similar semiconductor devices, whether or not photosensitive, of heading 8 541, and integrated circuits and micro
assemblies of heading 8542.
Projection type flat panel display units used with automatic data processing machines which can display digital
information generated by the central processing unit.
Proprietary format storage devices including media therefor for automatic data processing machines, with or
without removable media and whether magnetic, optical or other technology, including Bernoulli Box, Syquest, or
Zipdrive cartridge storage units.
Multimedia upgrade kits for automatic data processing machines, and units thereof, put up fo r retail sale,
consisting of, at least, speakers and/or microphones as well as a printed circuit assembly that enables the ADP
machines and units thereof to process audio signals (sound cards).
Set top boxes which have a communication function: a microprocessor-based device incorporating a modem for gaining
access to the Internet, and having a function of interactive information exchange