Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and Ukraine amending the agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products
Date: 1999-12-30
Institutions: European Community, Ukraine
Subjects: Ukraine, agreement (EU), textile product, trade agreement

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AGREEMENT IN THE FORM OF AN EXCHANGE OF LETTERS

between the European Community and Ukraine amending the agreement between the European
Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products

A. Letter from the Council of the European Union

Sir,

1.

I have the honour to refer to the negotiations held on 14 and 15 October 1999 between our
respective Delegations with a view to renewing the Agreement between the European Community and
Ukraine on trade in textile products including its annexes and agreed minutes (‘the Agreement’)
initialled on 5 May 1993, as last amended and extended by the Agreement in the form of an Exchange
of Letters initialled on 9 November 1995.

2. During these negotiations both Parties restated their long-term objective of enhancing textiles and
clothing trade between their countries. For this purpose it was agreed that the Parties would negotiate
during the year 2000 a longer-term agreement aiming at the full liberalisation of trade in textiles, in
parallel with alignment of Ukrainian tariffs to the rates applied by the European Community.

Such agreement will aim at the elimination, upon its entry into force, of quantitative restrictions for
product categories whose utilisation rates were below 2 % in 1999 (categories 1, 2, 2A, 3, 9, 12, 20,
23, 37, 67 and 115).

3.

The Parties agreed to amend the following provisions of the Agreement:

3.1. Annex I which sets out the products referred to in Article 1 of the Agreement shall be replaced by

Annex I to EC Regulation 3030/93 (Appendix 1 to this letter gives further details).

3.2. Annex II which sets out the quantitative restrictions for exports from Ukraine to the European
Community shall be replaced by Appendix 2 to this letter. For the year 1999 there will be an increase
of 60 % for quantitative limits for textile categories 6, 7, 15 and 16, and an increase of 50 % for
categories 5, 26/27, 29 and 50. For the year 2000, the increase will be, subject to the conditions and
procedures of paragraph 5 of this letter, 30 % for all textile categories over the effective 1999 levels,
with the exception of categories 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 26/27, 29 and 50, which will be increased by 50 %
over the effective 1999 levels.

3.3. The Annex to Protocol C which sets out the quantitative restrictions for exports from the Republic of
Ukraine to the European Community after OPT operations in the Republic of Ukraine shall be
replaced by Appendix 3 to this letter.

3.4. The second and third sentence of Article 20, paragraph 1, shall be replaced by the following text:

‘It shall be applicable until 31 December 2000.’

4.

5.

The Parties agreed that imports into Ukraine of the textiles products originating in the Community
and listed in Appendix 4 shall not exceed the rates of import duties described in that Appendix
(products covered by chapters 50 to 63 of the Harmonised System).

The Parties agreed that the balance of this Agreement, forming a package of mutual concessions,
depends on the full and faithful implementation of all agreement terms. In order to monitor the
implementation of the Agreement, both parties will hold consultations during the first quarter of
2000, in which the quantitative limits for the year 2000 as set out in Appendix 2 may also be
reviewed in order to further facilitate the expansion of trade.

The increase of the levels of quantitative limits for the year 2000, as set out in Appendix 2, will be
effected automatically upon confirmation that the tariff
levels have been reduced to the levels
established in Appendix 3. Ukraine undertakes to provide such confirmation by 31 March 2000.

The Parties also agreed that the volume of quantitative limits of year 2000 would be the same as those
of 1999 until the moment when Ukraine applies the import tariff levels specified in Annex III.

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6.

7.

8.

In the case of non-application of these rates the Community will have the right to reintroduce for the
year 2000 the levels for quantitative restrictions applicable for 1999 as specified in the Exchange of
Letters initialled on 9 November 1995.

Should Ukraine become a Member to the World Trade Organisation before the date of expiry of the
Agreement, this Agreement and its annexes will be applied and notified to the World Trade Organ-
isation as an Administrative Arrangement, and its provisions will be applied within the framework of
the Agreements and rules of the World Trade Organisation.

I should be obliged if you could kindly confirm the acceptance of your Government of the foregoing.
Should this be the case, this Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters shall enter into force on
the first day of the month following the day on which the Parties have notified each other that the
legal procedures necessary to this end have been completed. In the meantime, it shall be applied
provisionally no later than 1 December 1999 on the conditions to be specified in an Exchange of
Notes (see Appendix 5).

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Council of the European Union

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Appendix 1

Annex I to the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on trade in textile products including initialled
on 5 May 1993 is replaced by Annex I to EC Regulation 3030/93 (1). It is understood that without prejudice to the rules
for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording of the description of goods is considered to be of
indicative value only, since the products covered by each category are determined, within that Annex by CN codes. Where
there is an ‘ex’ symbol in front of a CN code, the products covered in each category are determined by the scope of the
CN code and by that of the corresponding description.

(1) In 1999 this Annex was published in Official Journal L 134 of 28.5.1999.

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Appendix 2

ANNEX II

(The full product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I to the Agreement)

Community quantitative limits

Country

Category

Unit

1998

1999

Effective new
Quota level
1999

Effective new
Quota level
2000

UKRAINE

Group IA

1

2

3

Group IB

4

5

6

7

8

Group IIA

9

20

23

39

Group IIB

12

13

15

16

21

24

26/27

29

Group IIIA

36

37

50

Group IIIB

67

90

Group IV

115

117

118

tons

tons

tons

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

tons

tons

tons

tons

T pairs

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

tons

tons

tons

tons

tons

tons

tons

tons

1 393

1 928

653

1 638

1 310

1 201

546

874

413

664

404

331

6 505

2 387

437

97

328

750

655

162

835

1 018

309

270

662

245

606

386

1 441

1 996

676

1 712

1 369

1 255

571

913

431

687

427

347

6 830

2 459

456

101

342

787

685

169

881

1 068

324

284

695

257

637

405

2 054

2 008

914

730

162

1 028

254

486

1 873

2 595

879

2 226

3 080

3 012

1 370

1 187

560

893

555

451

8 879

3 197

1 094

242

445

1 023

1 541

380

1 145

1 388

729

369

904

334

828

527

T pieces: Thousand of pieces
T pairs: Thousand of pairs

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Appendix 3

Annex to Protocol C

(The full product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I to the Agreement)

OPT QUOTAS

Community quantitative limits

Country

Category

Unit

Quota level 1999

Growth rate

Quota level 2000

UKRAINE

Group IB

4

5

6

7

8

Group IIB

12

13

15

16

21

24

26/27

29

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pairs

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

T pieces

2 719

3 739

4 759

6 967

1 360

10 560

1 223

4 079

820

2 719

1 231

8 157

1 805

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

50 %

4 079

5 609

7 139

10 451

2 040

15 840

1 835

6 119

1 230

4 079

1 847

12 236

2 708

T pieces: Thousand of pieces
T pairs: Thousand of pairs

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Maximum rates of duties applicable for imports into Ukraine of textile products from the European Community

Appendix 4

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

2

2

5101 29 00

5101 30 00

5102 10 10

5102 10 30

5102 10 50

5102 10 90

5102 20 00

5103 10 10

5103 10 90

5103 20 10

5103 20 91

5103 20 99

5103 30 00

5104 00 00

2

5105 10 00

5105 21 00

5105 29 00

5105 30 10

5105 30 90

5105 40 00

5106 10 10

5106 10 90

5106 20 10

5106 20 11

5106 20 19

5106 20 91

5106 20 99

5107 10 10

5107 10 90

5107 20 10

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

CN code (1)

5001 00 00

5002 00 00

5003 10 00

5003 90 00

5004 00 10

5004 00 90

5005 00 10

5005 00 90

5006 00 10

5006 00 90

5007 10 00

5007 20 10

5007 20 11

5007 20 19

5007 20 21

5007 20 31

5007 20 39

5007 20 41

5007 20 51

5007 20 59

5007 20 61

5007 20 69

5007 20 71

5007 90 10

5007 90 30

5007 90 50

5007 90 90

5101 11 00

5101 19 00

5101 21 00

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

1

1

1

1

1

1

5107 20 30

5107 20 51

5107 20 59

5107 20 91

5107 20 99

5108 10 10

5108 10 90

5108 20 10

5108 20 90

5109 10 10

5109 10 90

5109 90 10

5109 90 90

5110 00 00

5111 11 00

5111 11 11

5111 11 19

5111 11 91

5111 11 99

5111 19 10

5111 19 11

5111 19 19

5111 19 31

5111 19 39

5111 19 90

5111 19 91

5111 19 99

5111 20 00

5111 30 10

5111 30 30

5111 30 90

5111 90 10

5111 90 91

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5111 90 93

5111 90 99

5112 11 00

5112 11 10

5112 11 90

5112 19 10

5112 19 11

5112 19 19

5112 19 90

5112 19 91

2

5112 19 99

5112 20 00

5112 30 10

5112 30 30

5112 30 90

5112 90 10

5112 90 91

5112 90 93

5112 90 99

5113 00 00

5201 00 10

5201 00 90

5202 10 00

5202 91 00

5202 99 00

5203 00 00

5204 11 00

5204 19 00

5204 20 00

5205 11 00

5205 12 00

5205 13 00

5205 14 00

5

5

1

1

1

1

5

5

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

1

1

1

1

1

5

1

1

5

5

1

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5205 15 10

5205 15 90

5205 21 00

5205 22 00

5205 23 00

5205 24 00

5205 25 10

5205 25 30

5205 25 90

5205 26 00

5205 27 00

5205 28 00

5205 31 00

5205 32 00

5205 33 00

5205 34 00

5

5

5

5

5

5205 35 00

5

5205 35 10

5205 35 90

5205 41 00

5205 42 00

5205 43 00

5205 44 00

5205 45 10

5205 45 30

5205 45 90

5205 46 00

5205 47 00

5205 48 00

5206 11 00

5206 12 00

5206 13 00

5206 14 00

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5206 15 10

5206 15 90

5206 21 00

5206 22 00

5206 23 00

5206 24 00

5206 25 10

5206 25 90

5206 31 00

5206 32 00

5206 33 00

5206 34 00

5206 35 00

5206 35 10

5206 35 90

5206 41 00

5206 42 00

5206 43 00

5206 44 00

5206 45 00

5206 45 10

5206 45 90

5207 10 00

5207 90 00

5208 11 10

5208 11 90

5208 12 11

5208 12 13

5208 12 15

5208 12 16

5208 12 19

5208 12 91

5208 12 93

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

2

2

5

5

5

5

5

1

2

1

1

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5208 12 95

5208 12 96

5208 12 99

5208 13 00

5208 19 00

5208 21 10

5208 21 90

5208 22 11

5208 22 13

5208 22 15

5208 22 16

5208 22 19

5208 22 91

5208 22 93

5208 22 95

5208 22 96

5208 22 99

5208 23 00

5208 29 00

5208 31 00

5208 32 11

5208 32 13

5208 32 15

5208 32 16

5208 32 19

5208 32 91

5208 32 93

5208 32 95

5208 32 96

5208 32 99

5208 33 00

5208 39 00

5208 41 00

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

1

1

1

1

1

2

2

1

2

2

1

2

5

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

5

1

2

5

5

1

2

10

5

5

1

2

5208 42 00

5208 43 00

5208 49 00

5

5208 51 00

5208 52 10

5208 52 90

5208 53 00

5208 59 00

5209 11 00

5209 12 00

5209 19 00

5209 21 00

5209 22 00

5209 29 00

5209 31 00

5209 32 00

5209 39 00

5209 41 00

5209 42 00

5209 43 00

5209 49 10

5209 49 90

5209 51 00

5209 52 00

5209 59 00

5210 11 10

5210 11 90

5210 12 00

5210 19 00

5210 21 10

5210 21 90

5210 22 00

5210 29 00

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5210 31 10

5210 31 90

5210 32 00

5210 39 00

5210 41 00

5210 42 00

5210 49 00

5210 51 00

5210 52 00

5210 59 00

5211 11 00

5211 12 00

5211 19 00

5211 21 00

5211 22 00

5211 29 00

5211 31 00

5211 32 00

5211 39 00

5211 41 00

5211 42 00

5211 43 00

5211 49 10

5211 49 11

5211 49 19

5211 49 90

5211 51 00

5211 52 00

5211 59 00

5212 11 10

5212 11 90

5212 12 10

5212 12 90

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

1

1

5

1

1

0

0

5212 13 10

5212 13 90

5212 14 10

5212 14 90

5212 15 10

5212 15 90

5212 21 10

5212 21 90

5212 22 10

5212 22 90

5212 23 10

5212 23 90

5212 24 10

5212 24 90

5212 25 10

5212 25 90

5301 10 00

5301 21 00

5301 29 00

5301 30 10

5301 30 90

5302 10 00

5302 90 00

5303 10 00

5303 90 00

5304 10 00

5304 90 00

5305 11 00

5305 19 00

5305 21 00

5305 29 00

5305 91 00

5305 99 00

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

5

1

1

5

1

1

2

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5

5

2

2

5306 10 10

5306 10 11

5306 10 19

5306 10 30

5306 10 31

5306 10 39

5306 10 50

5306 10 90

5306 20 10

2

5306 20 11

5306 20 19

5306 20 90

5307 10 10

5307 10 90

5307 20 00

5308 10 00

5308 20 10

5308 20 90

5308 30 00

5308 90 11

5308 90 12

5308 90 13

5308 90 19

5308 90 90

5309 11 10

5309 11 11

5309 11 19

5309 11 90

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

5

5309 19 00

5

5309 19 10

5309 19 90

5309 21 10

5309 21 90

1

1

1

1

1

5

1

2

2

2

2

5

5

5

5

5

5309 29 00

5

5309 29 10

5309 29 90

5310 10 10

5310 10 90

5310 90 00

5311 00 10

5311 00 90

5401 10 11

5401 10 19

5401 10 90

5401 20 10

5401 20 90

5402 10 10

5402 10 90

5402 20 00

5402 31 00

5402 31 10

5402 31 30

5402 31 90

5402 32 00

5402 33 00

5402 33 10

5402 33 90

5402 39 10

5402 39 90

5402 41 00

5402 41 10

5402 41 30

5402 41 90

5402 42 00

5402 43 00

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5402 43 10

5402 43 90

5402 49 10

5402 49 91

5402 49 99

5402 51 00

5402 51 10

5402 51 30

5402 51 90

5402 52 00

5402 52 10

5402 52 90

5402 59 10

5402 59 90

5402 61 00

5402 61 10

5402 61 30

5402 61 90

5402 62 00

5402 62 10

5402 62 90

5402 69 10

5402 69 90

5403 10 00

5403 20 10

5403 20 90

5403 31 00

5403 32 00

5403 33 10

5403 33 90

5403 39 00

5403 41 00

5403 42 00

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5403 49 00

5404 10 10

5404 10 90

5404 90 11

5404 90 19

5404 90 90

5405 00 00

5406 10 00

5406 20 00

5407 10 00

5407 20 11

5407 20 19

5407 20 90

5407 30 00

5407 41 00

5407 42 00

5

5407 42 10

5407 42 90

5407 43 00

5407 44 00

5

5407 44 10

5407 44 90

5407 51 00

5407 52 00

5407 53 00

5

5407 53 10

5407 53 90

5407 54 00

5407 60 10

5407 60 30

5407 60 51

5407 60 59

5407 60 90

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5407 61 10

5407 61 30

5407 61 50

5407 61 90

5407 69 10

5407 69 90

5407 71 00

5407 72 00

5407 73 00

5407 73 10

5407 73 91

5407 73 99

5407 74 00

5407 81 00

5407 82 00

5407 83 00

5

5407 83 10

5407 83 90

5407 84 00

5407 91 00

5407 92 00

5407 93 00

5

5407 93 10

5407 93 90

5407 94 00

5408 10 00

5408 21 00

5408 22 10

5408 22 90

5408 23 10

5408 23 90

5408 24 00

5408 31 00

1

1

2

2

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

0

0

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5408 32 00

5408 33 00

5408 34 00

5501 10 00

5501 20 00

5501 30 00

5501 90 00

5501 90 10

5501 90 90

5502 00 10

5502 00 40

5502 00 80

5502 00 90

5503 10 11

5503 10 19

5503 10 90

5503 20 00

5503 30 00

5503 40 00

5503 90 10

5503 90 90

5504 10 00

5504 90 00

5505 10 10

5505 10 30

5505 10 50

5505 10 70

5505 10 90

5505 20 00

5506 10 00

5506 20 00

5506 30 00

5506 90 10

0

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 337/57

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5

5

5

5506 90 90

5

5

5

5

5

5

5506 90 91

5506 90 99

5507 00 00

5508 10 11

5508 10 19

5508 10 90

5508 20 10

5508 20 90

5509 11 00

5509 12 00

5509 21 10

5509 21 90

5509 22 10

5509 22 90

5509 31 10

5509 31 90

5509 32 10

5509 32 90

5509 41 10

5509 41 90

5509 42 10

5509 42 90

5509 51 00

5509 52 10

5509 52 90

5509 53 00

5509 59 00

5509 61 10

5509 61 90

5509 62 00

5509 69 00

5509 91 10

0

0

0

0

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5509 91 90

5509 92 00

5509 99 00

5510 11 00

5510 12 00

5510 20 00

5510 30 00

5510 90 00

5511 10 00

5511 20 00

5511 30 00

5512 11 00

5512 19 10

5512 19 90

5512 21 00

5512 29 10

5512 29 90

5512 91 00

5512 99 10

5512 99 90

5513 11 10

5513 11 20

5513 11 30

5513 11 90

5513 12 00

5513 13 00

5513 19 00

5513 21 10

5513 21 30

5513 21 90

5513 22 00

5513 23 00

5513 29 00

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

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Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 12. 1999

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5513 31 00

5513 32 00

5513 33 00

5513 39 00

5513 41 00

5513 42 00

5513 43 00

5513 49 00

5514 11 00

5514 12 00

5514 13 00

5514 19 00

5514 21 00

5514 22 00

5514 23 00

5514 29 00

5514 31 00

5514 32 00

5514 33 00

5514 39 00

5514 41 00

5514 42 00

5514 43 00

5514 49 00

5515 11 10

5515 11 30

5515 11 90

5515 12 10

5515 12 30

5515 12 90

5515 13 11

5515 13 19

5515 13 91

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5515 13 99

5515 19 10

5515 19 30

5515 19 90

5515 21 10

5515 21 30

5515 21 90

5515 22 11

5515 22 19

5515 22 91

5515 22 99

5515 29 10

5515 29 30

5515 29 90

5515 91 10

5515 91 30

5515 91 90

5515 92 11

5515 92 19

5515 92 91

5515 92 99

5515 99 10

5515 99 30

5515 99 90

5516 11 00

5516 12 00

5516 13 00

5516 14 00

5516 21 00

5516 22 00

5516 23 10

5516 23 90

5516 24 00

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 337/59

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5516 31 00

5516 32 00

5516 33 00

5516 34 00

5516 41 00

5516 42 00

5516 43 00

5516 44 00

5516 91 00

5516 92 00

5516 93 00

5516 94 00

5601 10 10

5601 10 90

5601 21 10

5601 21 90

5601 22 10

5601 22 91

5601 22 99

5601 29 00

5601 30 00

5602 10 11

5602 10 19

5602 10 31

5602 10 35

5602 10 39

5602 10 90

5602 21 00

5602 29 10

5602 29 90

5602 90 00

5603 00 10

5603 00 91

2

2

1

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5603 00 93

5603 00 95

5603 00 99

5603 11 10

5603 11 90

5603 12 10

5603 12 90

5603 13 10

5603 13 90

5603 14 10

5603 14 90

5603 91 10

5603 91 90

5603 92 10

5603 92 90

5603 93 10

5603 93 90

5603 94 10

5603 94 90

5604 10 00

5604 20 00

5604 90 00

5605 00 00

5606 00 10

5606 00 91

5606 00 99

5607 10 00

5607 21 00

5607 29 10

5607 29 90

5607 30 00

5607 41 00

5607 49 11

1

5

1

1

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

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Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 12. 1999

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5607 49 19

5607 49 90

5607 50 11

5607 50 19

5607 50 30

5607 50 90

5607 90 00

5608 11 11

5608 11 19

5608 11 91

5608 11 99

5608 19 11

5608 19 19

5608 19 30

5608 19 31

5608 19 39

5608 19 90

5608 19 91

5608 19 99

5608 90 00

5609 00 00

5701 10 10

5701 10 91

5701 10 93

5701 10 99

5701 90 10

5701 90 90

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

5702 10 00

20

5702 20 00

5702 31 00

20

5702 31 10

5702 31 30

5702 31 90

2

1

2

1

2

1

1

1

1

2

5

5

5702 32 00

20

5702 32 10

5702 32 90

5702 39 10

5702 39 90

5702 41 00

20

5702 41 10

5702 41 90

5702 42 00

20

5702 42 10

5702 42 90

5702 49 10

5702 49 90

5702 51 00

5702 52 00

5702 59 00

5702 91 00

5702 92 00

5702 99 00

5703 10 00

20

5703 10 10

5703 10 90

5703 20 11

5703 20 19

5703 20 91

5703 20 99

5703 30 11

5703 30 19

5703 30 51

5703 30 59

5703 30 91

5703 30 99

5703 90 00

20

10

5

10

5

5

5

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 337/61

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5703 90 10

5703 90 90

5704 10 00

5704 90 00

5705 00 10

5705 00 30

20

5705 00 31

5705 00 39

5705 00 90

5801 10 00

5801 21 00

5801 22 00

5801 23 00

5801 24 00

5801 25 00

5801 26 00

5801 31 00

5801 32 00

5801 33 00

5801 34 00

5801 35 00

5801 36 00

5801 90 10

5801 90 90

5802 11 00

5802 19 00

5802 20 00

5802 30 00

5803 10 00

5803 90 10

5803 90 30

5803 90 50

5803 90 90

10

5

2

2

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

20

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

5804 10 11

5804 10 19

5804 10 90

5804 21 10

5804 21 90

5804 29 10

5804 29 90

5804 30 00

5805 00 00

5806 10 00

5806 20 00

5806 31 00

10

5806 31 10

5806 31 90

5806 32 10

5806 32 90

5806 39 00

5806 40 00

5807 10 10

5807 10 90

5807 90 10

5807 90 90

5808 10 00

5808 90 00

5809 00 00

5810 10 10

5810 10 90

5810 91 10

5810 91 90

5810 92 10

5810 92 90

5810 99 10

5810 99 90

5

1

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

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Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 12. 1999

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

5811 00 00

5901 10 00

5901 90 00

5902 10 10

5902 10 90

5902 20 10

5902 20 90

5902 90 10

5902 90 90

5903 10 10

5903 10 90

5903 20 10

5903 20 90

5903 90 10

5903 90 91

5903 90 99

5904 10 00

5904 91 10

5904 91 90

5904 92 00

5905 00 10

5905 00 30

10

5905 00 31

5905 00 39

5905 00 50

5905 00 70

5905 00 90

5906 10 00

10

5906 10 10

5906 10 90

5906 91 00

5906 99 10

5906 99 90

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

2

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

15

1

5

10

1

2

1

5

2

5

5

5907 00 00

5907 00 10

5907 00 90

5908 00 00

5909 00 10

5909 00 90

5910 00 00

5911 10 00

5911 20 00

5911 31 11

5911 31 19

5911 31 90

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

5911 32 10

10

5911 32 90

5911 40 00

5911 90 10

5911 90 90

6001 10 00

6001 21 00

6001 22 00

6001 29 10

6001 29 90

6001 91 10

6001 91 30

6001 91 50

6001 91 90

6001 92 10

6001 92 30

6001 92 50

6001 92 90

6001 99 10

6001 99 90

6002 10 10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 337/63

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

6002 10 90

6002 20 10

6002 20 31

6002 20 39

6002 20 50

6002 20 70

6002 20 90

6002 30 10

6002 30 90

6002 41 00

6002 42 10

6002 42 30

6002 42 50

6002 42 90

6002 43 11

6002 43 19

6002 43 31

6002 43 33

6002 43 35

6002 43 39

6002 43 50

6002 43 91

6002 43 93

6002 43 95

6002 43 99

6002 49 00

6002 91 00

6002 92 10

6002 92 30

6002 92 50

6002 92 90

6002 93 10

6002 93 31

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

6002 93 33

6002 93 35

6002 93 39

6002 93 91

6002 93 99

6002 99 00

6101 10 10

6101 10 90

6101 20 10

10

6101 20 90

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

6101 30 10

6101 30 90

6101 90 10

6101 90 90

6102 10 10

6102 10 90

6102 20 10

6102 20 90

6102 30 10

6102 30 90

6102 90 10

6102 90 90

6103 11 00

6103 12 00

6103 19 00

6103 21 00

6103 22 00

6103 23 00

6103 29 00

6103 31 00

6103 32 00

6103 33 00

6103 39 00

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

L 337/64

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 12. 1999

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

6103 41 10

6103 41 90

6103 42 10

6103 42 90

6103 43 10

6103 43 90

6103 49 10

6103 49 91

6103 49 99

6104 11 00

6104 12 00

6104 13 00

6104 19 00

6104 21 00

6104 22 00

6104 23 00

6104 29 00

6104 31 00

6104 32 00

6104 33 00

6104 39 00

6104 41 00

6104 42 00

6104 43 00

6104 44 00

6104 49 00

15

6104 51 00

6104 52 00

6104 53 00

6104 59 00

6104 61 10

6104 61 90

6104 62 10

15

15

20

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

20

6104 62 90

6104 63 10

6104 63 90

6104 69 10

6104 69 91

6104 69 99

6105 10 00

6105 20 10

15

6105 20 90

6105 90 10

6105 90 90

6106 10 00

6106 20 00

6106 90 10

6106 90 30

6106 90 50

6106 90 90

6107 11 00

6107 12 00

6107 19 00

6107 21 00

6107 22 00

6107 29 00

6107 91 00

6107 91 10

6107 91 90

6107 92 00

6107 99 00

15

15

6108 11 00

15

6108 11 10

6108 11 90

6108 19 00

15

6108 19 10

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 337/65

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

6108 19 90

6108 21 00

6108 22 00

6108 29 00

6108 31 10

6108 31 90

6108 32 11

6108 32 19

6108 32 90

6108 39 00

6108 91 00

6108 91 10

6108 91 90

6108 92 00

6108 99 10

15

15

15

6108 99 90

15

6109 10 00

6109 90 10

6109 90 30

6109 90 90

6110 10 10

6110 10 31

6110 10 35

6110 10 38

6110 10 39

6110 10 91

6110 10 95

6110 10 98

6110 10 99

6110 20 10

6110 20 91

6110 20 99

6110 30 10

15

15

15

15

0

0

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

6110 30 91

6110 30 99

6110 90 10

6110 90 90

6111 10 10

6111 10 90

6111 20 10

6111 20 90

6111 30 10

6111 30 90

6111 90 00

6112 11 00

6112 12 00

15

6112 19 00

15

15

15

6112 20 00

6112 31 10

6112 31 90

6112 39 10

6112 39 90

6112 41 10

6112 41 90

6112 49 10

6112 49 90

6113 00 10

15

6113 00 90

6114 10 00

6114 20 00

6114 30 00

6114 90 00

6115 11 00

6115 12 00

6115 19 00

6115 19 10

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

0

15

15

15

15

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Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 12. 1999

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

6115 19 90

6115 20 11

6115 20 19

6115 20 90

6115 91 00

6115 92 00

6115 93 10

6115 93 30

6115 93 91

6115 93 99

6115 99 00

6116 10 10

6116 10 20

6116 10 80

6116 10 90

6116 91 00

6116 92 00

6116 93 00

6116 99 00

6117 10 00

6117 20 00

6117 80 10

6117 80 90

6117 90 00

6201 11 00

6201 12 10

15

15

5

20

6201 12 90

15

6201 13 10

6201 13 90

6201 19 00

6201 91 00

6201 92 00

6201 93 00

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

6201 99 00

6202 11 00

6202 12 10

6202 12 90

6202 13 10

6202 13 90

6202 19 00

6202 91 00

6202 92 00

6202 93 00

6202 99 00

6203 11 00

6203 12 00

6203 19 10

6203 19 30

6203 19 90

6203 21 00

6203 22 10

6203 22 80

15

6203 22 90

6203 23 10

6203 23 80

15

6203 23 90

6203 29 11

6203 29 18

15

6203 29 19

6203 29 90

6203 31 00

6203 32 10

6203 32 90

6203 33 10

6203 33 90

6203 39 11

15

15

15

15

20

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

0

0

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 337/67

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

6203 39 19

6203 39 90

6203 41 10

6203 41 30

6203 41 90

6203 42 11

6203 42 31

6203 42 33

6203 42 35

6203 42 51

6203 42 59

6203 42 90

6203 43 11

6203 43 19

6203 43 31

6203 43 39

6203 43 90

6203 49 11

6203 49 19

6203 49 31

6203 49 39

6203 49 50

6203 49 90

6204 11 00

6204 12 00

6204 13 00

6204 19 10

6204 19 90

6204 21 00

6204 22 10

6204 22 80

15

6204 22 90

6204 23 10

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

20

6204 23 80

15

6204 23 90

6204 29 11

6204 29 18

15

6204 29 19

6204 29 90

6204 31 00

6204 32 10

6204 32 90

6204 33 10

6204 33 90

6204 39 11

6204 39 19

6204 39 90

6204 41 00

6204 42 00

6204 43 00

6204 44 00

6204 49 10

6204 49 90

6204 51 00

6204 52 00

6204 53 00

6204 59 10

6204 59 90

6204 61 10

6204 61 80

6204 61 90

6204 62 11

6204 62 31

6204 62 33

6204 62 35

6204 62 39

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

10

10

15

15

6204 62 51

6204 62 59

6204 62 90

6204 63 11

6204 63 18

6204 63 19

6204 63 31

6204 63 39

6204 63 90

6204 69 11

6204 69 18

15

6204 69 19

6204 69 31

6204 69 39

6204 69 50

6204 69 90

6205 10 00

6205 20 00

6205 30 00

6205 90 10

6205 90 90

6206 10 00

6206 20 00

6206 30 00

6206 40 00

6206 90 10

6206 90 90

6207 11 00

6207 19 00

6207 21 00

6207 22 00

6207 29 00

6207 91 00

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

6207 91 10

6207 91 90

6207 92 00

6207 99 00

6208 11 00

6208 19 10

6208 19 90

6208 21 00

6208 22 00

6208 29 00

6208 91 10

6208 91 11

6208 91 19

6208 91 90

15

15

15

15

6208 92 00

15

6208 92 10

6208 92 90

6208 99 00

6209 10 00

6209 20 00

6209 30 00

6209 90 00

6210 10 10

6210 10 91

6210 10 99

6210 20 00

6210 30 00

6210 40 00

6210 50 00

6211 11 00

6211 12 00

6211 20 00

6211 31 00

10

10

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

6211 32 10

6211 32 31

6211 32 41

6211 32 42

6211 32 90

6211 33 10

6211 33 31

6211 33 41

6211 33 42

6211 33 90

6211 39 00

6211 41 00

6211 42 10

6211 42 31

6211 42 41

6211 42 42

6211 42 90

6211 43 10

6211 43 31

6211 43 41

6211 43 42

6211 43 90

6211 49 00

6212 10 00

6212 10 10

6212 10 90

6212 20 00

6212 30 00

6212 90 00

6213 10 00

6213 20 00

6213 90 00

6214 10 00

20

15

6214 20 00

6214 30 00

6214 40 00

6214 90 10

6214 90 90

6215 10 00

6215 20 00

6215 90 00

6216 00 00

6217 10 00

6217 90 00

6301 10 00

6301 20 10

6301 20 91

6301 20 99

6301 30 10

6301 30 90

6301 40 10

6301 40 90

6301 90 10

6301 90 90

6302 10 10

6302 10 90

6302 21 00

6302 22 10

6302 22 90

6302 29 10

6302 29 90

6302 31 10

6302 31 90

6302 32 10

6302 32 90

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

20

10

20

10

15

15

15

15

15

10

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

10

10

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

6302 39 10

6302 39 30

6302 39 90

6302 40 00

6302 51 10

6302 51 90

6302 52 00

6302 53 10

6302 53 90

6302 59 00

6302 60 00

6302 91 10

6302 91 90

6302 92 00

6302 93 10

6302 93 90

6302 99 00

6303 11 00

15

6303 12 00

6303 19 00

6303 91 00

6303 92 10

6303 92 90

6303 99 10

6303 99 90

6304 11 00

6304 19 10

6304 19 30

6304 19 90

6304 91 00

6304 92 00

6304 93 00

10

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

6304 99 00

6305 10 10

6305 10 90

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

6305 20 00

6305 31 10

6305 31 91

6305 31 99

6305 32 11

6305 32 81

6305 32 89

6305 32 90

6305 33 10

6305 33 91

6305 33 99

6305 39 00

6305 90 00

6306 11 00

6306 12 00

6306 19 00

6306 21 00

6306 22 00

6306 29 00

6306 31 00

6306 39 00

6306 41 00

6306 49 00

6306 91 00

6306 99 00

6307 10 10

6307 10 30

5

5

2

5

15

10

5

2

10

15

15

6307 10 90

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

15

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CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

CN code (1)

Tariff
rates 1996
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 1
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 2
(%)

Tariff rates
of Decree 3
(%)

6307 20 00

6307 90 10

6307 90 91

6307 90 99

6308 00 00

15

15

15

15

15

6309 00 00

6310 10 10

6310 10 30

6310 10 90

6310 90 00

1

15

2

2

2

(1) The product descriptions corresponding to the CN codes listed in this Appendix can be found in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p.

1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/1999 (OJ L 278, 28.10.1999, p. 1).

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Appendix 5

Exchange of notes

The Directorate General for Trade of the European Commission presents its compliments to the Mission of
Ukraine and has the honour to refer to the Agreement between the European Community and Ukraine on
Trade in Textile Products initialled on 5 May 1993, as last amended by the Agreement in the form of an
Exchange of Letters initialled on 15 October 1999.

The Directorate General for Trade wishes to inform the Mission of Ukraine that, whilst awaiting the
completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and coming into force of the Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters, the European Community is prepared to allow the provisions of the
Agreement to apply de facto from .... This is on the understanding that either Party may at any time
terminate this de facto application of the Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters provided that
four months notice is given.

The Directorate General for Trade would be grateful if the Mission of Ukraine would confirm its agreement
to the foregoing.

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B. Letter from the Government of Ukraine

Sir,

I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of ... which reads as follows:

‘1.

I have the honour to refer to the negotiations held on 14 and 15 October 1999 between our
respective Delegations with a view to renewing the Agreement between the European Community
and Ukraine on trade in textile products including its annexes and agreed minutes (“the Agree-
ment”) initialled on 5 May 1993, as last amended and extended by the Agreement in the form of
an Exchange of Letters initialled on 9 November 1995.

2. During these negotiations both Parties restated their long-term objective of enhancing textiles and
clothing trade between their countries. For this purpose it was agreed that the Parties would
negotiate during the year 2000 a longer-term agreement aiming at the full liberalisation of trade in
textiles,
in parallel with alignment of Ukrainian tariffs to the rates applied by the European
Community.

Such agreement will aim at the elimination, upon its entry into force, of quantitative restrictions
for product categories whose utilisation rates were below 2 % in 1999 (categories 1, 2, 2A, 3, 9,
12, 20, 23, 37, 67 and 115).

3.

The Parties agreed to amend the following provisions of the Agreement:

3.1. Annex I which sets out the products referred to in Article 1 of the Agreement shall be replaced by

Annex I to EC Regulation 3030/93 (Appendix 1 to this letter gives further details).

3.2. Annex II which sets out the quantitative restrictions for exports from Ukraine to the European
Community shall be replaced by Appendix 2 to this letter. For the year 1999 there will be an
increase of 60 % for quantitative limits for textile categories 6, 7, 15 and 16, and an increase of
50 % for categories 5, 26/27, 29 and 50. For the year 2000, the increase will be, subject to the
conditions and procedures of paragraph 5 of this letter, 30 % for all textile categories over the
effective 1999 levels, with the exception of categories 5, 6, 7, 15, 16, 26/27, 29 and 50, which
will be increased by 50 % over the effective 1999 levels.

3.3. The Annex to Protocol C which sets out the quantitative restrictions for exports from the Republic
of Ukraine to the European Community after OPT operations in the Republic of Ukraine shall be
replaced by Appendix 3 to this letter.

3.4. The second and third sentence of Article 20, paragraph 1, shall be replaced by the following text:

“It shall be applicable until 31 December 2000.”

4.

5.

The Parties agreed that imports into Ukraine of the textiles products originating in the Community
and listed in Appendix 4 shall not exceed the rates of import duties described in that Appendix
(products covered by chapters 50 to 63 of the Harmonised System).

The Parties agreed that the balance of this Agreement, forming a package of mutual concessions,
depends on the full and faithful implementation of all agreement terms. In order to monitor the
implementation of the Agreement, both parties will hold consultations during the first quarter of
2000, in which the quantitative limits for the year 2000 as set out in Appendix 2 may also be
reviewed in order to further facilitate the expansion of trade.

The increase of the levels of quantitative limits for the year 2000, as set out in Appendix 2, will be
effected automatically upon confirmation that the tariff levels have been reduced to the levels
established in Appendix 3. Ukraine undertakes to provide such confirmation by 31 March 2000.

The Parties also agreed that the volume of quantitative limits of year 2000 would be the same
as those of 1999 until the moment when Ukraine applies the import tariff levels specified in
Annex III.

6.

In the case of non-application of these rates the Community will have the right to reintroduce for
the year 2000 the levels for quantitative restrictions applicable for 1999 as specified in the
Exchange of Letters initialled on 9 November 1995.

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7.

8.

Should Ukraine become a Member to the World Trade Organisation before the date of expiry of
the Agreement, this Agreement and its annexes will be applied and notified to the World Trade
Organisation as an Administrative Arrangement, and its provisions will be applied within the
framework of the Agreements and rules of the World Trade Organisation.

I should be obliged if you could kindly confirm the acceptance of your Government of the
foregoing. Should this be the case, this Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters shall
enter into force on the first day of the month following the day on which the Parties have notified
each other that the legal procedures necessary to this end have been completed. In the meantime,
it shall be applied provisionally no later than 1 December 1999 on the conditions to be specified
in an Exchange of Notes (see Appendix 5).’

I have the honour to confirm that my Government is in agreement with the content of your letter and the
Appendices attached thereto.

Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.

For the Government of Ukraine