Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
Date: 1998-04-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: agricultural product, common customs tariff, industrial product, suspension of customs duties

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 22.04.1998 
COM(1998) 240  final 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) 

amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending 
the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain 
industrial and agricultural products 

(presented by the Commission) 

EXPLANATORY  MEMORANDUM 

1.  During  the  first  quarter  of  this  year,  the.  Commission,  assisted  by  the  Economic  Tariff 
Questions  Group,  has  reviewed  requests  for  temporary  suspension  of  autonomous  Common 
Customs  Tariff  duties  presented  to  it  by  the  Member  States,  including  certain  requests 
amending existing  suspensions. 

2.  The attached proposal  concerns certain industrial products. 

3.  The  requests  for  suspension  relating  to  the  above  products were  examined  in the  light  of  the 
criteria  set  out  in the  communication  from  the  Commission  to  the  Council  and  the  Member 
States concerning autonomous tariff suspensions (see OJ C 235,  13.9.1989, p. 2). 

Following  this review,  the Commission  considers that the  suspension  or reduction of duties is 
justified  for the products listed in Annex I to the attached proposal for a Regulation. 

For the  products  listed  in Annex  II,  on the  other  hand,  it believes  suspension  is  no  longer  in 
the Community's economic interests. 

The  two  annexes  to  this Regulation  thus  correspond  respectively,  to  the  list  of  products  for 
which  suspension  is  proposed,  or  for  which  the  wording  (including  the  nomenclature  code) 
to 
to  be  changed,  and 
has 
Regulation (EC) No  1255/96. 
Amendments to the description of certain products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC)  No 
1255/96, where they have become necessary,  have been taken into account as follows: 

list  of  products  removed 

the  Annex 

from 

the 

addition to the nomenclature code for the product (listed in the Annex to  Regulation 
(EC) No  1255/96) in Annex II, 
addition of the new amended product description in Annex I. 

4.  The  period  of  validity  of  the  proposed  measure  is unspecified,  since  its  purpose  is  to  amend 
the  Annex  to  Council Regulation  (EC)  No  1255/96,  the  period  of  validity  of  which  is  itself 
unspecified. 

^ 

Proposal  for a 

COUNCIL REGULATION  (EC) No 
/1998 

of 

/1998 

amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No  1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous 
Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas  it  is  in the  interest  of  the  Community  to  suspend  partially  or  totally  the  autonomous  Common 
Customs  Tariff  duties 
to 
Regulation (EC) No  1255/96', 

for  a  number  of  new  products  not 

the  Annex 

listed 

in 

Whereas  the  products  referred  to  in  the  said  Regulation,  for  which  it  is  no  longer  in  the  Community's 
interest to maintain  suspension  of autonomous Common Customs Tariff  duties or for  which  it  is necessary 
to  amend  the  description  in  the  light  of  technical  developments,  must  be  withdrawn  from  the  list  in  the 
Annex thereto, 

Whereas, for the sake of clarity, products whose description require amendment should be regarded as new 
products, 

Whereas  Regulation  (EC) No  1255/96 was last amended by  Regulation  (EC) No 2590/972  by means of a 
consolidated annex, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION. 

Article I 

The  products  set  out  in  Annex I  to  this  Regulation  shall  be  added  to  the  Annex  to  Regulation 
(EC) No  1255/96. The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on these products shall be suspended at 
the rate indicated for each product. 

The  products  for  which  the  codes  are  set  out  in  Annex II  to  this  Regulation  shall  be  removed  from  the 
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96. 

Article  2 

This Regulation shall enter into force on  1  July 1998. 

Article 3 

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

Done at 

, 

1998 

For the Council 
The President 

1  OJ No L  158, 29.6.1996, p. 1 
2  OJ L 355, 30.12.1997, p. 1 

ANNEX  I 

<:N  <:<)<)(•  i. 

T A K I <: 

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0 0 07 

e x 2 t ! l2  90  00  10 

N i t r o g en 

t ri 

f l u o r i de 

R a te  of 
a u t o n o m o us 

d u ty 

(%) 

0 

00 H 

l'xXHZ!) !i() 00 10 

Copper  (I or  Jl) oxide oont ,i i nl n<] by welqht  7H * oi moi c of copper 

.ind not  more I h,ui 0,0 1 K of chloride 

0020 

ox.7M.YI 19 00  10 

Zinc cyanide 

0027 

ex2850 00 20 10 

Silane 

0033 

ex2903 30 10 30 

Pertluoroethane 

0048 

ex2905 19 10 10 
ex3824  90 95 56 

Potassium  tert-butanolate  (potassium  tert-butoxide), whether or not 
in the  form of a solution in tetrahydrofuran 

0050 

ex2905 39 80 20 

2-F,thylhexane-l, 3-diol 

0054 

ex2906  19 00 10 

Cyclohex-1,4-ylenedimethanol 

0055 

ex2906 19 00 20 

4,4'-Isopropylidenedicyclohexanol 

0068 

ex2910  90 00 60 
ex3824  90 95 59 

1,2-Epoxyoctadecane, of a purity by weight of 82 % or more 

0071 

ex2 912 

2 9 

00 

10 

T e r e p h t h ai a l d e h y de 

0084 

OX2 915) 

90 

B0 

4 0 

N o n a n o ic  a c id 

( p e l a r g o n ic  a c i d) 

0087 

ox2916 

12 

90 

2 0 

2 - E t h o x y e t h yl  a c r y l n te 

0092 

ox2916 

39 

00 

4 0 

V i n yl  4 - t e r t - b u t y l b e n z o a te 

0096 

ex2917 

19 

90 

50 

G l u t a r ic  a n h y d r i de 

0129 

ex2921 

45 

00 

20 

2 - A m i n o n a p h t h a l e n e - l , 5 - d i s u l p h o n ic  a c id  a nd  i ts  s o d i um  s a l ts 

0137 

ex2922 

21 

00 

20 

4 - H y d r o x y - 7 - m e t h y l a m i n o n a p h t h a l e n e - 2 - s u l p h o n ic  a c id 

0140 

ex2922 

29 

00 

60 

3 , 5 - D i c h l o r o - 4 - ( l , l , 2 , 2 - t e t r a f l u o r o e t h o x y ) a n i l i ne 

0164 

ex2926 

90 

99 

60 

C y a n o a c e t ic  a c id  in  c r y s t a l l i ne  f o rm 

0174 

<•/.'/")'/<)  10 'JO »)0 

Ti 1 met hy I hcx.uiiet hy) enr> d i i socy.m.U e, mixed  isomori; 

0190 

ox2931  00 9b 5b 

Dimethyl[dimethylsilyldiindenyl]hafnium 

0191 

OX293] 00 95 60 

Trioctylphosphine oxide 

0192 

ex2 934 

90 

97 

70 

2,3,5,6-Tetrahydroxy-l,4-diisobutyl-l,4-dioxo-l,4-diphosphinane 

0234 

ex2934 

90 

97 

75 

Tris(2,3-epoxypropyl)-l,3,5-triazinanetrione 

0256 

e:<2935 

00 

90 

50 

4,4'-Oxydi(benzenesulfonohydrazide) 

^ 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

0 

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. • ( , . ! .' 

t.  TAR  10 

De.'.'CI  i pt 

i  on 

0 2M 

<•/  i i ' lH 

I  'i  1,1)  | (J 

l l | . ' k . .|  b i , l (4 

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I p i M ll  . ll  I U o l o el  | , y|  |  | , j o ) b o f i / . r ,l  h i - J Z ol  - 2-

y  I .l/.i < |  •'< 

('i  I pi  op y I .Kill  n o)  b e n / ( ' l i e ;, i|  |  I MI 1.11 e  j 

R a te  of 
. u it  o n o i i i o i i ii 

d u ty 

(%) 

0 

04bf> 

>•/.  V/UH 'id 19 20 

Copolymer  ol po I yur et.h.uie r«rid .•; I I I cone,  in the form of  a .solution in 

<i mixture of bul .mono, loluerie ,ind eye: 1 ohox.mone, containing by 
weight  13 'A m  moie but  not  more  I li.in 16  % of  copolymer 

0 

0279 

ey.34()2 90 10 30 

Non aqueous surfaco-active preparation, containing: 

—  polyethylene glycol alkylphenyl ether, 

—  2,4,7,9-tetramethyldec-5-yne-4,7-diol 

and 

—  phosphoric acid esters 

0293 

ex3702 43 00 10 
ex3702 44 00 10 

Photographic  film, of a nominal width of 459, 669 or 761 mm, 
composed of several  layers, including  two polyester  films, a carbon 
layer, an adhesive  layer, a layer of a copolymer of styrene with 
acrylonitrile  and a release layer 

0299 

ex 1H0H 40 20 10 

Préparât. Ion containing by weight 

—  58 % or more but not more than 62  % of l-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-

dimethylhydantoin, 

—  26 % or more but not more than 29 % of 1,3-dichloro-5,5-

dimethylhydantoin, 

—  10 % or more but not more than 12 % of 1,3-dichloro-5-ethy.l-5-

methylhydantoin, 

for the manufacture of swimming-pool disinfectants  (a) 

0313 

ex3815 19 90 55 

Catalyst consisting of a mixture of metal oxides containing  chromium 
trioxide, fixed on a support of silicon dioxide 

0321 

ex3815 19 90 60 

Catalyst consisting of dichromium trioxide, fixed on a support of 
aluminium oxide 

0311 

ex3815 19 90 75 

Catalyst consisting of organo-metallic compounds of aluminium and 
chromium,  fixed on a support of silicon dioxide 

0312 

ex3815 19 90 80 

Catalyst consisting of organo-metallic  compounds of magnesium and 
titanium,  fixed on a support of silicon dioxide, in the form of a 
suspension  in mineral oil 

0314 

ex3815 19 90 85 

Catalyst consisting of organo-metallic  compounds of aluminium, 
magnesium and titanium, fixed on a support of silicon dioxide, in 
the form of powder 

0379 

ex3824  90 95 31 

Copper  zinc ferrite, in the form of granules of a size not exceeding 
120 micrometres, coated with a silicone resin 

0351 

ex3824  90 95 57 

Mixture of trialkylphosphine oxides 

0352 

ex3824  90 95 58 

Platinum oxide fixed on a porous support of aluminium oxide, 
containing by weight  0,1  % or more but not more than 1 % of platinum 
and 0,5  % or more but not more than 5 % of ethylaluminium dichloride 

034 9 

ex3824  90 95 60 

a-Phenoxycarbonyl-w-phenoxypoly[oxy(2,6-dibromo-l,4-
phenylene)isopropylidene(3,5-dibromo-l,4-phenylene)oxycarbonyl] 

0410 

ox3903  19 00 20 

Polystyrene of a molecular weight  (Mn) not  exceeding  5 000 

S 

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0 

de  f, TARIC 

Description 

" 

Rate  of 
autonomous 
duty  (ft) 

04 1 \ 

<•/. '.'Hi ', 'in MO  l\ 

Oopolymei,  fui I n Hy  of  :;tyiene wilh  m.i 1 e i c  anhyd r ide,  or  entirely  of 

::lyiene wilh  ma I e i <• anhydride  ,md  an  acrylic  monomer,  al:;o  partially 
estej if i n i,  of  an  average  molecular  weight  (Mn) not  exceeding  3 000, 
in «me  of  the  form;; mentioned  in  note  6  (a)  and  (b)  t o  Chapter  39 

0 

0 

0 

0 

(MM) 

'•/. I'HU  'to 'in 4i) 
ex  1'IOh 
c'X  I'l I  I 

'1(1  'HI  40 
' i ll 
'III  MM 

i'op.,1 ymei  n|  .•;! yieiie wilh  w mol hyl:;l yi en.- and  .i.wyllr  a d d,  of  a 

l l i n l o . ' i l l al  W e i g ht 

(M„)  nl 

b 00  m 

Itio | ..  b i ll 

n ot 

e x c e e d i ng 

(>  0 00 

0417 

0x3903  90  90  55 
ex3906  90  90  45 

Copolymer  of  styrene,  methyl  methacrylate,  butyl  acrylate  and  either 
acrylic  acid  or  hydroxyethyl  methacrylate,  of  a molecular  weight  (Mn) 
of  500  or  more  but  not  exceeding  6  000 

0420 

ex3904  40  00  91 

Copolymer  of  vinyl  chloride  with  vinyl  acetate  and  vinyl  alcohol, 
containing  by  weight: 

0431 

eX390b  99  90  96 

—  87  % or  more  but  not  more  than  92  % of  vinyl  chloride, 

—  2  % or  more  but  not  more  than  9 % of  vinyl  acetate 

and 

—  1  % or  more  but  not  more  than  8 ft of  vinyl  alcohol, 

in  one  of  the  forms  mentioned  in  note  6  (a) or  (b)  to  Chapter  39, 
for  the  manufacture  of  good** of  heading  No  3235  or  8523  or  for  use 
In  the  manufacture  of  coatings  for  containers  and  closures  of  a  kind 
used  for  pr oser vlng  food  and  drink  (a) 

Poly(vinyl  formal),  In  one  of  the  forms  mentioned  in  note-6  (b)  to 
Chapter  39, of  a molecular  weight  (Mw) of  25  000  or  more  but  not 
exceeding  l50  000  and  containing  by  weight: 

9,5  * oi  moie  but. not  more  than  13  * of  acetyl  groupa  evaluated 
as  vlnyJ  acetat e 
and 

—  5  % or  more  but  not  more  than  6,5  % of  hydroxy  groups  evaluated 

as  vinyl  alcohol 

0438 

ex3906  90  90  30 

Copolymer  of  styrene  with  hydroxyethyl  methacrylate  and  2-ethylhexyl 
acrylate,  of  a molecular  weight  (Mn) of  500  or  more  but  not  exceeding 
6  000 

0439 

3907  20  11 

Poly(ethylene  oxide)  (polyethylene  glycol) 

0440 

ex3907  20  29  10 

Polymer  of  dextrose,  sorbitol  and  citric  or  phosphoric  acid, 
containing  by  weight  90 ft or  more  of  dextrose  monomer  units 

0441 

ex)907  20  29  20 

Po 1 y|oxy~ 1 , 4-pheny1enoisopropy1 J dene-1,4-phenyleneoxy-(2-
hydroxytiimethy]one)|,  of  an  average  molecular  weight  (M„) of  more 
than  26  000,  in one  of  the  forms  mentioned  in  note  6  (b)  to  Chapter 
39 

0458bi 

ex391 1  9() 99  5b 

Solution  containing: 

—  (36  .1 0,5)  % by  weight  of  polyamide  with  lateral  ester  groups, 

—  (2 ±  0,5)  % by  weight  of  acrylic  ester, 

—  (48  ±  0,5)  % by weight  of  l-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, 

—  (12  ±  0,5)  % by weight  of  bis(2-methoxyethyl)  ether, 

—  500  microgram/kg  or  less  of  potassium 

and 

—  500  microgram/kg  or  less  of  iron, 

for  use  in  the  manufacture  of  goods  of  heading  No  8542  (a) 

0473 

e.<39l9  90  31  40 
ox3920  62  19  20 
ex.3920  62  90  20 
OX3920  (il 00  SO 
ex3920  69  00  Ml 

Reflecting  polyester  sheeting  embossed  in  a  regular  pyramidal 
pattern,  for  the  manufacture  of  .safety  stickers  and  badges,  safety 
clothing  and  accessories  thereof,  or  of  school  satchels,  bags  or 
similar  containers  (a) 

6 

R a te  of 
a nt  o n o i n o i is 

d u ty 

( f t) 

0 

Cil 

• • o de  h  T A R IC 

•i  i  pi  1  on 

04MH 

ex  iM.'U  h.' 

I  M  nu 

O.bOl 

ex.3920 62  1 9 fi< 

II  lin  o| 
4b 

Mat 
a n g le  ol 
A.'i'TM 

| . .d  y el  h y l e ne 
"  a nd 

I H ,0  at 

I  et  e p hl  ha  I al  e,  ol 

an  a n g le  ol 

(.0 

" 

a  g l o ss  ol 

1 5 ,0  al 
[,\\\  d e t e r m i n ed  by 

al 
I h< 

I)  5 23  m e t h o d) 

a nd  a  w i d th  ol 

1  6 00  mm  ot  m o re 

l-'i.Im of  a thickness of  4,5  urn, consisting of a biaxially-oriented 
polyethylene  terephfhalate film, of a thickness of 4,4  urn, an 
elastic module  (in the machine direction) of 12 kg/mm2  (± 2 kg/mm2) 
and a tensile strength  (in the machine direction) of more than 
28 kg/mm2, and of an antiadherent coating of a thickness of 0,1 urn 

0502 

ex3920 62 19 87 

Polyethylene terephthalate  film, coated with a wax layer, a scratch 
resistant layer and a thermoadhesive layer, of a nominal width of 
790 mm and a total thickness of 23 urn or more but not exceeding 
26 urn 

0522 

ex3920 62 19 89 

Multilayer  film of a thickness not exceeding  150 micrometers, 
consisting of a polyester  film coated on one side with polycarbonate 
resin, metallized on the other side with titanium coated with 
polycarbonate  resin and other layers containing A/,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-
di-m-tolylbiphenyl-4,4'-ylenediamine 

0510 

ex3920 99 29 10 

Reflecting  sheet of metallised  poiyurethane, containing glass beads, 
coated with a hot.-meIt. adhesive  layer, covered on one or both sides 
with a release sheet, in rolls of  a width of 1 020 mm  (I 20 mm),  for 
slitting  lnlo safety clothing  loMoet.inq strip  (a) 

0524 

ex3926 90 99 10 

Microspheres of polymer of divinylbenzene, of a diameter of 4,5 urn 
or more but not exceeding  8,5 urn 

0553bi  ex5402 43 00 20 

Synthetic bicomponent  filament yarn, not textured, untwisted, 
measuring  1 650 decitex, consisting of 110 filaments each having a 
core of polyethylene terephthalate  and a skin of polyamide-6, 
containing by weight 75 ft or more but not exceeding 77 % of 
polyethylene terephthalate, for use in the manufacture of roofings 
(a) 

0566 

ex5501  90 90 10 

Polyvinyl alcohol tow 

0570 

ex5503  90 90 20 
ex5506  90 99 10 
ex5601  30 00 10 

0597 

ex/006 00 90 10 

Polyvinyl  alcohol  fibres, whether or not acetalized 

Class plate, coated on one side with chromium and/or with a mixture 
of iiI.Indium trioxide and tin dioxide, of dimensions of 260 * 320 mm 
or more but  not. exceeding  4 00 « 4 00 mm, and of a thickness of 1,1 mm 
(I 0,1  mm),  for  the manufacture of  liquid crystal  display»  (a) 

0598 

ex/006 00 90 20 

Colour  filter, consisting of a glass plate with  red, blue and green 
pixels, having a total thickness of 1,1  mm  (± 0,1  mm) and exterior 
dimensions of 320 * 352 mm or more but not exceeding  320 * 400 mm, 
for the manufacture of liquid crystal displays  (a) 

0599 

ex7006 00 90 30 

Glass plate, uncoated, of dimensions of 320 * 352 mm or more but not 
exceeding  320 x 400 mm, of a thickness of 0,6 mm or more but not 
exceeding  1,2 mm, for the manufacture of liquid crystal displays  (a) 

% 

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t.  T A R I' 

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0 6 04 

e x / 01  1  20  00  40 

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I a c o - p la  t e: 

R a te  of 
aill  onoinoiis 

d u ly 

(ft) 

0 

—  with  a diagonal measurement of 366,4 mm  (± 1,5 mm) and of 

dimensions of 246,4  * 315,4 mm  (± 1,5 mm), 

—  with a diagonal measurement of 391 mm  (± 1,5 mm) and of 

dimensions of 261,4  * 326,8 mm  (±  1,5 mm), 

—  with a diagonal  measurement  of  442 mm  (i 1,5 mm) and of 

dimensions of 293,4  » 369,2 mm  (± 1,5 mm), 

—  with  a diagonal measurement of 544,5 mm  (± 1,6 mm) and of 

dimensions of 358 * 454 mm  (± 1,6  mm),  having a cylindrical 
curvature, 

—  with  a diagonal  measurement of 570,5 mm  (± 1,6 mm) and of 

dimensions of 360 * 486 mm  (± 1,6 mm), 

—  with  a diagonal  measurement of 629,8 mm  (± 3 mm) and of 

dimensions of 406,5 * 519 mm  (± 2 mm), having a cylindrical 
curvature, 
or 

—  with a diagonal  measurement of 753 mm  (± 1,6 mm) and of 

dimensions of 471 * 640 mm  (± 1,6 mm), 

and with  a raised  edge, for the manufacture of colour cathode-ray 
tubes  (a) 

0627 

ex/616  99 90 50 

Discs of aluminium alloy, of a thickness not exceeding  0,84  mm, for 
the manufacture of goods of subheadings 8523 20 11 and 8523 20 19 
(a) 

0630 

ex8101  99 00 10 

Disc  (target) with deposition material, of tungsten or an alloy 
containing by weight  90 ft of tungsten and 10 ft of titanium, 

—  containing  100 micrograms/kg or less of sodium 

and 

—  mounted  on a copper or aluminium support 

0631 

ex8102  99 00 10 

Disc  (target) with deposition material, of an alloy containing by 
weight  99 ft or more of molybdenum, 

—  containing  1 ug/kg or  less of sodium 

and 

—  mounted on a metal  support 

0637 

exHIOfl 90 90 92 

Disc  (target) with deposition material, of titanium, 

—  containing  50 micrograms/kg or less of sodium 

and 

—  mounted on a copper or aluminium support 

f 

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Description 

0006 

ex8419 89 98 20 
ex8543  89 95 58 

Sputtering machines and apparatus, comprising disk handling 
equipment, for use in the manufacture of products falling within 
subheading  8523 20 11 or 8523 20 19  (a) 

Rate of 
autonomous 
duty  (%) 

0 

0001 

ex8424  89 95 10 
ex8460 21 90 10 
ex8460 40 10 10 
ex8460 90 90 10 
ex8464 20 19 10 
ex8479 89 98 10 

0005 

ex8424 89 95 20 
ex8479 89 98 30 

Machines and apparatus providing automated lapping, polishing, 
grinding, cleaning or surface lubrication of disks, comprising disk 
handling equipment, for use in the manufacture of products falling 
within subheading 8523 20 11 or 8523 20 19  (a) 

Machines and apparatus providing automated cleaning or cleaning and 
drying of disks, by means of de-ionised water, ultra sonic waves, 
chemical solutions, heat or a combination of these processes, 
comprising disk handling equipment, for use in the manufacture of 
products falling within subheading 8523 20 11 or 8523 20 19  (a) 

0002 

ex8460 90 90 20 
ex8463  90 00 10 
ex8479 89 98 20 

Machine-tool providing automated creation of a texture  (a head 
landing zone) on the surface of disks by means of abrasion or 
exposure to laser beams, comprising disk handling equipment, for use 
in the manufacture of products falling within subheading 8523 20 11 
or 8523 20 19  (a) 

0014 

ex8479 89 98 40 
ex8501 10 99 78 

Motor, whether or not mounted on a baseplate, for use in the 
manufacture of products falling within subheading 8525 20 91 or 
8527 90 92 (a) 

0019 

ex8504 50 30 10 
ex8504 50 80 30 

0024 

ex8505  19 90 31 

Inductor with an inductance not exceeding 62 mH 

Neodymium-ferro ring with an external diameter not exceeding 13 mm, 
an internal diameter not exceeding 9 mm and a thickness not 
exceeding 0,9 mm 

0028 

ex8507 30 91 30 

Cylindrical nickel-cadmium accumulator, with a length of 65,3 mm 
(±1,5 mm) and a diameter of 14,5 mm  (±1 mm),  having a nominal 
capacity of 1 000 mAh or more, for use in the manufacture of 
rechargeable batteries  (a) 

0040 

ex8517 50 90 50 
ex8517 80 90 50 

Receive and transmit unit, only for cables with optical fibres, 
capable of converting  light pulses into electrical signals and 
converting electrical signals into light pulses, operating at a 
nominal wavelength of 1 300 nm 

0054 

ex8522  90 98 43 

Analogue sound recording and reproducing assembly, comprising a 
record/playback head and a twin tape deck mechanism of the cassette 
type, not comprising circuits with amplification functions or power 
supply drive functions, for use in the manufacture of products 
falling within subheading  8527 31 98 (a) 

0071 

ex8529  10 70 80 

Ceramic filter package, excluding surface acoustic wave filters, 
consisting of: 
—  a transmit filter with a centre frequency of 1 747,5 MHz and an 
insertion loss not exceeding 2,3 dB at a bandwidth of 75 MHz 

and 
—  a receive  filter with a centre  frequency of 1 842,5 MHz and an 

insertion loss not exceeding 3,3 dB at a bandwidth of 75 MHz, 

the whole contained  in a housing 

CN code  f* TARIC 

Description 

Rate of 
autonomous 
duty (%) 

0069 

ex8529  10 70 85 

Ceramic  filter package, excluding surface acoustic wave filters, 
comprising  2 filters with one of the following combinations of 
characteristics: 

-  a transmit centre frequency'of 902,5 MHz, a receive centre 

frequency of 947,5 MHz and an insertion loss not exceeding  3,2 
at a bandwidth of 25 MHz 

dB 

-  a transmit centre frequency of 1 747,5 MHz, a receive centre 

frequency of 1 842,5 MHz and an insertion loss not exceeding  3,5 
dB at a bandwidth of 75 MHz, 

the whole contained in a housing 

0122b 

ex8534 00 90 95 

Bandpass filter for a centre frequency of 1 627,5, 1 743, 1 842,5 or 
1 960 MHz, in the form of a printed circuit, only consisting of a 
ceramic insulating base and of resonance elements, for use in the 
manufacture of products of subheading 8525 90 91 (a) 

0122a 

ex8534 00 90 96 

Bandpass filter for centre frequencies of 732,5 and 947,5 MHz or of 
1 627,5 and l 842,5 MHz or of 1 738 and 1 960 MHz, in the form of a 
printed circuit, only consisting of a ceramic insulating base and of 
resonance elements, for use in the manufacture of products of 
subheading  8525 90 91 (a) 

0126 

ex8536  30 30 11 
ex8536 30 90 31 
ex8536  50 80 96 

Thermo-electric  switch with a cut-off current of 50 A or more, 
comprising a snap action switch, for direct mounting on an electric 
motor coil, contained  in a hermetically  sealed housing 

0133 

ex8536  90 85 94 

Elastomeric connector, consisting of one or more conductor elements 
coated with carbon or gold and of a rubber or silicon substrate 

0104 

ex8537 10 99 92 

Touch sensitive screen panel, consisting of a conductive grid 
between two glass or plastic plates or sheets, fitted with electric 
conductors and connectors 

0138 

ex8540  11 11 91 

Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, equipped with 
electron guns placed side by side  (in-line technology) and with a 
diagonal measurement of the screen of 12 cm or more but not 
exceeding 26 cm 

0140 

ex8540  11 13 91 

Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance 
between stripes of the same colour of less than 0,42 mm and a 
diagonal measurement of the screen of 4 9 cm, for use in the 
manufacture of professional video monitors including security and 
medical monitor applications  (a) 

0150 

ex8540 40 00 33 

Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance 
between stripes of the same colour of less than 0,35 mm and a 
diagonal measurement of the screen not exceeding 53 cm 

0151 

ex8540 40 00 34 

Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance 
between stripes of the same colour of less than 0,3 9 mm and a 
diagonal measurement of the screen of 33 cm or more but not 
exceeding 3 8 cm 

0147 

ex8540 40 00 35 

Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance 
between stripes of the same colour of less than 0,3 5 mm and a 
diagonal measurement of the screen not exceeding 72 cm, for use in 
the manufacture of monitors  (a) 

0146 

ex8ci40 40 00 36 

Colour cathode-ray  tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance 
between stripes of the same colour of les3 than 0,30 mm and a 
diagonal measurement of the screen not exceeding 58 cm 

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CN  code  4  TARIC 

D e s c r i p t i on 

Rate of 
autonomous 
duty  (%) 

0157 

ex854Q  91 00 92 

Slit or slot mask, excluding masks with continuously vertical slits, 
with a diagonal measurement  of 3 9 cm or less 

0166 

ex8543  89 95 47 

An electromagnetic display,  consisting of 7 electromagnetic  coils 
which by means of the residual magnetism  in the stators provide that 
the last  indication remains available  (set state),  and 7 pivoting 
light-reflecting  segments each of which is attached to a bar magnet; 
assembly comprising  such displays 

0164 

ex8543  89 95 59 

Charged coupled device  (CCD) scanner assembly,  for a real-time film 
scanning system, having optical functions, illumination  functions 
and signal processing  functions 

0180 

8548 

90 10 

Memory in multicombinational  forms such as stack D-RAMs  and modules 

0186 

ex9001 

10 90 

10 

Image reverser made up from an assembly of optical  fibres 

0192 

ex9001 

90 90 

50 

Rear projection screen, comprising a lenticular plastic plate 

0207 

«X9001 90 90 70 

Rod of neodymium-doped yttrium-aluminium garnet  (YAG) material, 
polished at both ends 

0198 

ex9002 90 90 40 

Lens and image gate assembly,  for a real-time film scanning  system, 
comprising a lens consisting of 9 or 11 elements and having an 
illumination  function 

0211 

ex9024  80 99 10 
ex9027 30 00 10 
ex9031 20 00 10 
ex9031 49 90 10 
ex9031 80 39 30 
ex9031 80 99 10 

Machines and apparatus providing automated quality inspection of 
rigid magnetic disks, for use in the manufacture of products  falling 
within subheading  8523 20 11 or 8523 20 19 (a) 

0105 

ex9031 90 80 40 

Test head for checking the mechanical quality of rigid magnetic 
disks, mounted on a carrier arm 

0214 

ex9031 90 80 50 

Burnishing head,  for removing asperities on and polishing of the 
surface of rigid magnetic disks, mounted on a carrier arm 

0217 

ex9032 10 91 10 

Thermostat,  comprising a snap-action switch, for direct mounting on 
an electric motor coil, contained  in a hermetically sealed housing 

0 

0 

0 

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Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out 
pursuant  to the relevant Community provisions. 

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CN code  Tarie 

ex  2825 50 00 
ex  2905 1910 
ex  2920 90 85 
ex  2930 90 70 
ex  2933 69 80 
ex  38Î519 90 
ex  3824 90 95 
ex  3824 90 95 
ex  3903 19 00 
ex  3903 90 90 
ex  3903 90 90 
ex  3903 90 90 
ex  3903 90 90 
ex  3903 90 90 
ex  39044000 
ex  3906 90 90 
ex  3906 90 90 
ex  3906 90 90 
ex  3907 2011 
ex  3907 20 29 
ex  3907 20 29 
ex  391190 99 
ex  391190 99 
ex  3919 90 31 
ex  392062 19 
ex  392062 90 
ex  392063 00 
ex  3920 69 00 
ex  39219019 
ex  5402 33 00 
ex  5402 43 00 
ex  5503 90 90 
ex  560130 00 
ex  5903 20 90 
ex  7006 00 90 
ex  7006 00 90 
ex  7006 00 90 
ex  701120 00 
ex  810199 00 
ex  8108 90 90 
ex  8501 10 99 
ex  8504 50 30 
ex  8504 50 80 
ex  8517 50 90 
ex  8517 80 90 
ex  8536 90 85 
ex  8540 1111 
ex  8540 1113 
ex  8540 40 00 
ex  8540 40 00 
ex  8540 9100 

10 
10 
60 
60 
30 
60 
09 
31 
20 
15 
35 
40 
55 
60 

91 

30 
40 
45 
10 
10 
20 
30 
50 
40 
20 
20 
30 
30 

50 

10 
10 
20 
10 
20 
10 
20 
30 
40 
10 
92 
78 
10 
30 
50 
50 
91 
91 
91 

33 
34 
92 

ANNEX II 

ex  8543 89 95 
ex  9001 1010 
ex  9001 10 90 
ex  900190 90 
ex  900190 90 
ex  9013 90 90 

47 
10 
10 
10 
50 
10 

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1.  Budget heading involved  : Chapter  12 Article 120 

FINANCIAL  STATEMENT 

2.  Title  of  operation  :  Proposal  for  a  Council  Regulation  amending  the  Annex  to  Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No  1255/96  temporarily  suspending  the  autonomous  Common  Customs 
Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products. 

3.  Legal basis : Article 28 of the EC Treaty. 

4.  Objective: Suspension of the CCT duties for the above products. 

5.  Measures  aimed  at  prevention  and  protection:  Checks  on  the  end-use  of  some  of  the 
products covered  by this Council  Regulation  will be carried  out in accordance  with  Articles 
291  to  304  of  Commission  Regulation  (EEC)  No  2454/93  laying  down  provisions  for  the 
implementation  of the Community Customs Code. 

6.  Cost : 

in  order  to  reduce  the  economic  problems  linked  with  the  period  of  validity  of  previous 
Regulations, Council  Regulation (EC) No  1255/96^, at present in force, does not have a date 
marking the end of its period of validity. 
This proposal  of Council  Regulation contains only the amendments which must  be made to 
the Annex to the existing Regulation in order to take account of the following: 

1.  new requests for suspension which have been presented and accepted; 
2.  technical developments in products or economic trends on the market, resulting in the 

lifting of certain existing suspensions; 

3.  amendments to nomenclature codes. 

These amendments take the form of two Annexes which contain, respectively, a list of added 
products,  or  products  the  description  of  which  has  been  amended,  and  a  list  of  products 
removed  from  the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96. 

Obviously only the amendments in  1  and 2 have a financial  impact. 

Annex I (addition): 

This Annex, in addition to the amendments resulting from a change in CN code, contains 66 
new products. The uncollected  duties corresponding  to these suspensions,  calculated  on the 
total 
basis  of  expected 
ECU  15.63 million. 

requesting  Member  State 

for  1998, 

imports 

into 

the 

On the basis of the existing  statistics  for  the preceding  years, it  appears, however,  that  this 
amount  must  be  increased  by  an  average  factor  which  may  be  estimated  at  1.8,  to  take 
account of imports into other Member  States using the same suspensions. This means a loss 
of revenue of some ECU 28.1 million. 

OJL  158, 29 June  1996,  p. I 

Annex  II (withdrawal): 

This  Annex  introduces  the  withdrawal  of  10  products  corresponding  to  re-introduced 
customs  duties and  therefore  representing  an  increase of  ECU  1.2  million  in  resources, as 
calculated  from  requests  for suspension or the available statistics (1996). 

Estimated cost of the present operation 

For  the  coming  year,  in  the  light  of  the  approximate  calculations  made  and  taking  the 
available  statistics  (for  1996) as a basis, the additional  loss  of revenue  resulting  from  this 
Regulation may therefore  be estimated at some ECU 26.9 million, compared  with the total 
estimated loss of ECU 991.8 million for  19981 which corresponds to the suspensions  granted 
under the amended Regulation. 

Council  Regulation  (EC)  No  2216/972  autonomously  suspending  collection  of  Common 
Customs Tariff  duties in respect of certain  information  technology  products, came into  force 
on  1  January  1998.  Consequently,  all  "suspended" products  falling  within  tariff  headings 
8471, 8473, 8541 and 8542 are excluded  from  the scope of this Regulation, meaning that the 
total  loss of own  resources as a result of the  Regulation  is ECU 389 million  less than would 
have been the case otherwise, as forecast  in the previous proposal for a Regulation (COM(97) 
590 final). 

The shortfall  in traditional  own resources  will have to be made up by the Member  States by 
topping up the GNP component. 

Proposals for Council  Regulations, corresponding to Regulation (EC) No  1255/96 and the amendments thereto 

2  OJ L 305, 8.11.1997, p. 1 

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