Commission Regulation (EEC) No 53/91 of 8 January 1991 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
Date: 1991-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: foreign trade, statistics, tariff nomenclature













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31991R0053

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 53/91 of 8 January 1991 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff  


Official Journal L 007 , 10/01/1991 P. 0014 - 0022 





COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 53/91  of 8 January 1991  amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3274/90 (2), and in particular Article 9 (1) thereof;  Whereas the Council, by its Decision of 21 December 1990, approved, in the name of the Community, the conclusion of the Exchange of Letters complementing the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the United States of America under GATT  Article XXIV.6; whereas by this Exchange of Letters the said Agreement is now extended until 31 December 1991;  Whereas the Agreement foresees import measures amending certain rates of duty laid down in the combined nomenclature, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87;  Whereas it is appropriate to amend the combined nomenclature to take account of the prolongation of the Agreement;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Nomenclature Committee,  HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:     Article 1   The combined nomenclature annexed to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, as amended by Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2472/90 (3), is hereby amended in accordance with the Annex hereto.   Article 2   This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.  It shall apply with effect from 1 January 1991.    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.  Done at Brussels, 8 January 1991.  For the Commission   Christiane SCRIVENER   Member of the Commission   (1) OJ No L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1. (2)  OJ No L 315, 15. 11. 1990, p. 2. (3)  OJ No L 247, 10. 9. 1990, p. 1.    ANNEX    CN code   Description   Rate of duty    Supplementy  unit    Autonomous  (%)  or levy  (AGR)  Conventional  (%)         1   2   3  4  5             0712  Dried vegetables, whole cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared:     0712 10 00  (unchanged)     0712 20 00    Onions  20 (1)  16  -  0712 30 00      to  (unchanged)     0712 90 90           (1) Duty  rate reduced to 10 % within the limits of an annual tariff quota of 12 000 tonnes to be granted by the competent Community authorities.  This measure is applicable until 31 December 1991.   0804  Dates, figs, pineapples, avocados, guavas, mangoes and mangosteens, fresh or dried:     0804 10 00  (unchanged)     to      0804 30 00  (unchanged)     0804 40    Avocados:     0804 40 10      From 1 December to 31 May  12 (1)  8   0804 40  90  (unchanged)     0804 50 00  (unchanged)          (1) Duty rate reduced to 4 % until 31 December 1991.   1209  Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing:     1209 11 00  (unchanged)     1209 19 00  (unchanged)        Seeds of forage plants, other than beet seed:     1209 21 00      Lucerne (alfalfa) seed:  10 (2)  5  -  1209 22      Clover  (Trifolium spp.) seed     1209 22 10        Red clover (Trifolium pratense L.)  10 (1)  4  -  1209 22 30        White clover (Trifolium repens L.)  10 (1)  4  -  1209 22 90        Other  10 (1)  4  -  1209 23      Fescue seed:     1209 23 11         Meadow fescue (Festuca pratensis Huds.) seed  10 (1)  4  -  1209 23 15        Red fescue (Festuca rubra L.) seed  10 (1)  4  -  1209 23 30        Sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina L.) seed  10 (2)  5  -  1209 23 90        Other  10 (2)  5  -  1209 24 00       Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seed  10 (1)  4  -  1209 25      Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seed:     1209 25 10        Italian ryegrass (including westerworlds (Lolium multiflorum Lam.)  10 (1)  4  -  1209 25 90         Perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.)  10 (1)  4  -  1209 26 00      Timothy grass seed  10 (1)  4  -  1209 29      Other:            Vetch seed:     1209 29 11          of the species Vicia sativa L.  10 (1)  4  -  1209 29 19          Other  10 (1)   4  -  1209 29 20        Seeds of the genus Poa (Poa palustris L., Poa trivialis L.)  10 (1)  4  -  1209 29 30        Cocksfoot grass (Dactylis glomerata L.)  10 (1)  4  -  1209 29 40        Bent grass (Agrostis)  10 (1)  4  -  1209 29 50        Lupine  seed  10 (2)  5  -  1209 29 60        Hybrid ryegrass (Lolium x hybridum Hausskn.)  10 (2)  5  -  1209 29 71        Wood meadowgrass (Poa nemoralis L.)  10 (2)  5  -  1209 29 75        Tall oatgrass (Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) J. and C. Presl.)  10 (2)   5  -  1209 29 90        Other  10 (2)  5  -  1209 30 00    Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated for their flowers  10 (3)  6  -  1209 91      Vegetable seeds:     1209 91 10        Kohlrabi seeds (Brassica oleracea L. var. caulorapa and gongylodes L.)   10 (3)  6  -  1209 91 90        Other  10 (4)  7  -  1209 99  (unchanged)     1209 99 10  (unchanged)            Other:     1209 99 91          Seeds of plants cultivated principally for their flowers, other than those of subheading No 1209 30  10 (3)   6  -  1209 99 99          Other  10 (4)  7  -       (1) Duty rate reduced to 2 % until 31 December 1991.  (2) Duty rate reduced to 2,5 % until 31 December 1991.  (3) Duty rate reduced to 3 % until 31 December 1991.  (4) Duty rate reduced to 4 % until 31 December 1991.   2008  Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter of spirit, not elsewhere specified or included:        Nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether  or not mixed together:     2008 11      Ground-nuts:     2008 11 10  (unchanged)     2008 11 91  (unchanged)     2008 11 99          Not exceeding 1 kg  22 (1)  16 (2)  -  2008 19      Other, including mixtures:     2008 19 10        (unchanged)      2008 19 90        In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg  22 (1)  16  -  2008 20      to      2008 99 99  (unchanged)          (1) Duty rate reduced to 12 % for roasted nuts until 31 December 1991.  (2) Duty rate of 14 % for roasted ground-nuts.   2009  Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:     2009 11      to  (unchanged)     2009 19 99      2009 20     Grapefruit juice:     2009 20 11      to  (unchanged)     2009 20 91      2009 20 99        Other  21 (1)  15 + AD S/Z  -  2009 30      to  (unchanged)     2009 60 90      2009 70    Apple juice:          of a density exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20 °C:      2009 70 11        Of a value not exceeding ECU 22 per 100 kg net weight  42 + AGR (2)  -  -  2009 70 19        Other  42 (2)  -  -       Of a density not exceeding 1,33 g/cm3 at 20 °C     2009 70 30        Of a value exceeding ECU 18 per 100 kg net  weight, containing added sugar  25 (3)  24 + AD S/Z  -         Other:     2009 70 91          With an added sugar content exceeding 30 % by weight  25 + AGR (3)  24 + AD S/Z  -  2009 70 93          With an added sugar content not exceeding 30 % by  weight  25 (3)  24 + AD/SZ  -  2009 70 99          Not containing added sugar  25 (3)  25  -  2009 80      to  (unchanged)     2009 80 93                 Not containing added sugar:     2009 80 95              Juice of fruit of the species Vaccinium  macrocarpon  24 (4)  22  -  2009 80 99      to  (unchanged)     2009 90 99           (1) Duty rate reduced to 12 % until 31 December 1991.  (2) Duty rate reduced to 30 % until 31 December 1991.  (3) Duty rate reduced to 18 % until 31 December 1991.  (4) Duty rate reduced to 14 % until 31 December 1991.   2208  Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages:     2208 10      to   (unchanged)     2208 20 90      2208 30    Whiskies:          Bourbon whiskey, in containers holdings:     2208 30 11        2 litres or less (1)  1,2 ECU/% vol/hl  + 10 ECU/hl (2)  0,4 ECU/% vol hl  + 3 ECU/hl  1 alc. 100 %  2008 30 19        More than 2 litres (1)  1,2 ECU/%  vol/hl (3)  0,4 ECU/% vol/hl   1 alc. 100 %  2208 30 91      to  (unchanged)     2208 90 99           (1) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community Provisions.  (2) Duty rate reduced to ECU 0,20 per hl per % vol of alcohol + ECU 1,50 per hl until 31 December 1991.  (3) Duty rate reduced to ECU 0,20 per hl per % vol of alcohol until 31 December 1991.   2402  Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes:     2402 10 00    Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco  80 (1)  52  100 p/st  2402 20 00  (unchanged)     2402 90 00  (unchanged)           (1) Duty rate reduced to 43 % until 31 December 1991.   2801  Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodin:     2801 10 00      to  (unchanged)     2801 30 10      2801 30 90      Bromine  15 (1)  9  -       (1) Duty rate reduced to 4,5 % until 31 December 1991.   2903  Halogenated derivates of hydrocarbons:     2903 11 00      to  (unchanged)     2903 30 10      2903 30 31        Dibromoethane and vinyl bromide  23 (1)  8,6  -  2903 30 39      to  (unchanged)     2903 69 00           (1) Duty rate  reduced to 3 % until 31 December 1991.   2908  Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols:     2908 10  (unchanged)     2908 10 10      Brominated derivatives  15 (1)  6,9  -  2908 10 90      to  (unchanged)     2908 90 90            (1) Duty rate reduced to 3 % until 31 December 1991.   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:     2909 11 00   (unchanged)     2909 19 00  (unchanged)     2909 20 00  (unchanged)     2909 30    Aromatic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:     2909 30 10  (unchanged)     2909 30 30      Brominated derivatives  16 (1)   7,1  -  2909 30 90      to  (unchanged)     2909 60 90           (1) Duty rate reduced to 3 % until 31 December 1991.   2917  Polycarboxylic acids, their anydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:     2917 11 00      to  (unchanged)     2917 20 00         Aromatic polycarboxylic acids, their  anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxy-acids and their derivatives:     2917 31 00      to  (unchanged)     2917 39      2917 39 10        Brominated derivatives  18 (1)  13  -  2917 39 90  (unchanged)          (1) Duty rate reduced to 8 % until  31 December 1991.    1   2   3  4  5             2925  Carboxymide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds:     2925 11 00  (unchanged)     2925 19  (unchanged)     2925 19 10        3,3, 4,4, 5,5, 6,6-Octabromo-N,N-  ethylenediphtalimide  17 (1)  7  -  2925 19 90      to  (unchanged)     2925 20 90           (1) Duty rate reduced to 3 % until 31 December 1991.   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        Anti-knock preparations:     3811 11  (unchanged)     3811 11 10        Based on tetraethyl-lead  19 (1)  7,2  -  3811 11 90  (unchanged)     3811 19 00      Other  17 (1)  5,8  -  3811 21 00      to  (unchanged)     3811 90 00            (1) Total suspension until 31 December 1991.   3818 00  Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics:     3818 00 10    Doped silicon  9 (1)  7,6  -  3818 00 90  (unchanged)          (1)  Duty rate reduced to 5 % until 31 December 1991.   3907  Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms:     3907 10 00    Polyacetals  20 (1)  7,6  -  3907 20  (unchanged)     3907 20 11   (unchanged)     3907 20 19        Other  20 (1)  7,6  -  3907 20 90      Other  20 (1)  7,6  -  3907 30 00      to  (unchanged)     3907 99 00           (1) Duty rate reduced to 6,5 % until 31 December 1991.   3911  Petroleum resins, coumarone-indene resins, polyterpenes, poly-sulphides, polysulphones and other products specified in note 3 to this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms:     3911 10 00  (unchanged)     3911 90   (unchanged)     3911 90 10      Condensation or rearrangement poly-merization products whether or not chemically modified  20 (1)  7,6  -  3911 90 90  (unchanged)          (1) Duty rate reduced to 6,5 % until 31 December 1991.   3915  Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics:     3915 10 00      to  (unchanged)     3915 90 19      3915 90 91        Of epoxide resins  14 (1)  6,6  -  3915 90 93  (unchanged)     3915 90 99  (unchanged)          (1) Duty rate reduced to  6,5 % until 31 December 1991.   3916  Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks, and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastics:     3916 10 00      to  (unchanged)     3916 90 13      3916 90 15         Of epoxide resins  20 (1)  8  -  3916 90 19      to  (unchanged)     3916 90 90           (1) Duty rate reduced to 6,5 % until 31 December 1991.   3917  Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of plastics:     3917 10      to  (unchanged)     3917 10 90         Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid:     3917 21      to  (unchanged)     3917 29      3917  29 11            Of epoxide resins  20 (1)  8  -  3917 29 13      to  (unchanged)     3917 31 90      3917 32      Other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings:     3917 32 11            Of epoxide resins  20 (1)  8   -  3917 32 19      to  (unchanged)     3917 33 90      3917 39      Other:     3917 39 11            Of epoxide resins  20 (1)  8  -  3917 39 13      to  (unchanged)     3917 40 90           (1) Duty rate reduced to 6,5 % until 31 December 1991.   3919  Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls:     3919 10    in rolls of a width not exceeding 20 cm:     3919 10 10      to  (unchanged)     3919 10 31      3919 10 35           Of epoxide resins  20 (1)  8  -  3919 10 39      to  (unchanged)     3919 10 90      3919 90    Other:     3919 90 10      to  (unchanged)     3919 90 31      3919 90 35          Of epoxide resins  20 (1)  8  -  3919 90 39      to  (unchanged)      3919 90 90           (1) Duty rate reduced to 6,5 % until 31 December 1991.   3920  Other plates, sheets, films, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials:     3920 10      to  (unchanged)     3920 99      3920 99 11          Of epoxide  resins  20 (1)  8  -  3920 99 19      to  (unchanged)     3920 99 90           (1) Duty rate reduced to 6,5 % until 31 December 1991.   3921  Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of plastics:        Cellular:     3921 11 00      to  (unchanged)     3921 19      3921 19 10        Of epoxide resins  21 (1)  12,5  -  3921 19 90  (unchanged)     3921 90    Other:     3921 90 11   (unchanged)     3921 90 19  (unchanged)     3921 90 20        Of epoxide resins  20 (1)  8  -  3921 90 30      to  (unchanged)     3921 90 90           (1) Duty rate reduced to 6,5 % until 31 December 1991.   4412  Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood:        Plywood consisting solely of sheets of wood, each ply not exceeding 6 mm thickness:     4412 11 00  (unchanged)     4412 12 00  (unchanged)     4412 19 00      Other  15 (1)  10 (2)   m3  4412 21 00      to  (unchanged)     4412 29 90         Other:     4412 91 00      to  (unchanged)     4412 99 10      4412 99 90        Other  15 (1)  10 (2)  m3       (1) Exemption from the payment of duty within the limits of an additional  annual tariff quota of 50 000 m3 of plywood of coniferous species, without the addition of other substances:  - of which the faces are not further prepared than the peeling process, of a thickness greater than 8,5 mm, or  - sanded, of a thickness greater than 18,5 mm.  This measure is applicable until 31 December 1991.  (2) (unchanged)  7606  Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm:        Rectangular (including square):     7606 11      Of aluminium, not alloyed:     7606 11 10        Painted, varnished or coated with plastics  15 (1)  10  -          Other, of a thickness of:     7606 11 91          Less than 3 mm  15 (1)  10  -  7606 11 93          Not less than 3 mm but less than 6 mm  15 (1)  10  -  7606 11 99          Not less than 6 mm  15 (1)  10  -  7606 12  (unchanged)     7606 12 10   (unchanged)            Other:     7606 12 50          Painted, varnished or coated with plastics  15 (1)  10  -           Other, of a thickness of:     7606 12 91            Less than 3 mm  15 (1)  10  -  7606 12 93            Not less than 3 mm but  less than 6 mm  15 (1)  10  -  7606 12 99            Not less than 6 mm  15 (1)  10  -  7606 91 00  (unchanged)     7606 92 00  (unchanged)          (1) Duty rate reduced to 7,5 % until 31 December 1991.   8708  Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of heading Nos 8701 to 8705:     8708 10      to  (unchanged)     8708 70 10      8708 70 50        Wheels of aluminium; parts and accessories of wheels of aluminium  19 (1)  6,9  -  8708 70 91       to  (unchanged)     8708 99 98           (1) Duty rate reduced to 6 % until 31 December 1991.