Council Regulation (EC) No 1297/2000 of 19 June 2000 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
Date: 2000-06-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, EU production, agricultural product, industrial product, suspension of customs duties, underproduction

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 1297/2000

of 19 June 2000

amending 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,

(3) For the sake of clarity, products whose descriptions need

to be altered should be regarded as new products,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Com-
munity, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Article 1

Whereas:

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 is hereby amended
as follows:

(1)

It is in the interest of the Community to suspend partially
or totally the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties
for a number of new products not listed in the Annex to
Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 (1).

1.

2.

the products set out in Annex I to this Regulation are
inserted;

the products for which the codes are set out in Annex II to
this Regulation are deleted.

(2) A number of products which are referred to in the said
Regulation should be withdrawn from the list in the
Annex because it
is no longer in the Community’s
interest to maintain suspension of autonomous Common
Customs Tariff duties, or because they are exempt from
duty under GATT or because the description needs to be
altered in the light of technical developments.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of
publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

its

It shall apply with effect from 1 July 2000.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 19 June 2000.

For the Council

The President

L. CAPOULAS SANTOS

(1) OJ L 158, 29.6.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by

Regulation (EC) No 20/2000 (OJ L 8, 12.1.2000, p. 1).

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ANNEX I

CN code

TARIC

Description

Rate of
autonomous
duty (%)

ex 0603 90 00
ex 0604 99 90

ex 1511 90 19
ex 1511 90 91
ex 1513 11 10
ex 1513 19 30
ex 1513 21 11
ex 1513 29 30

ex 2837 19 00

ex 2907 29 00

ex 2908 20 00
ex 3824 90 95

ex 2921 19 80

ex 2923 90 00

ex 2930 90 70

ex 2930 90 70

ex 2933 69 80

ex 2934 90 96

ex 2934 90 96
ex 3824 90 95

ex 3215 90 80

ex 3824 90 95

ex 3904 30 00

ex 3907 30 00
ex 3926 90 99

ex 3920 42 91

ex 3920 62 19

ex 3920 62 19

10
10

10
10
10
10
10
10

20

60

30
74

30

30

75

80

50

55

60
41

20

75

20

40
70

94

62

85

Flowers, flower buds, foliage, leaves and other parts of plants, not further prepared than dried,
dyed or bleached, for use in the manufacture of pot-pourri of subheading 3307 49 00 (a)

Palm oil, coconut (copra) oil, palm-kernel oil, for the manufacture of:

— industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids of subheading 3823 19 10,

— mixtures of methyl esters of fatty acids of subheading 3824 90 95,

— methyl esters of fatty acids of heading 2915 or 2916

or

— stearic acid of subheading 3823 11 00 (a)

Copper cyanide

4,4’-(1,3-Phenylenediisopropylidene)diphenol

6-Hydroxynaphthalene-2-sulphonic acid and its salts

Allylamine

Tetramethylammonium hydroxide pentahydrate, of a purity by weight of 98 % or more

4,4’-[Methylenebis(oxyethylenethio)]diphenol

Captan (ISO)

1,3,5-Tris(2,3-dibromopropyl)-1,3,5-triazinane-2,4,6-trione

Naphth[1,2-d][1,2,3]oxadiazole-5-sulphonic acid

7-Nitronaphth[1,2-d][1,2,3]oxadiazole-5-sulphonic acid of a purity by weight of 60 % or
more

Heat-sensitive ink fixed on a plastic film

Mixture of 2,2-bis[2-(perfluoroalkyl)ethylthiomethyl]propane-1,3-diols

Copolymer of vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate and maleic acid, for use in the manufacture of
polyvinyl chloride-metal hot-melt adhesive (a)

Epoxide resin, containing by weight 70 % or more of silicon dioxide, for the encapsulation of
goods of heading No 8533, 8535, 8536, 8541, 8542 or 8548 (a)

Polyvinyl chloride sheet, with relief printing, of a kind used in the templates for textile printing

Polyethylene terephthalate film, of a thickness not exceeding 12 µm, coated on one side with
a layer of aluminium oxide of a thickness not exceeding 35 nm

Film of a total thickness of 4,5 µm (± 0,16 µm), consisting of a biaxially-oriented polyethylene
terephthalate film, of an elastic modulus (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 anti-
adherent coating

ex 3920 62 19

88

Laminated sheet, consisting of a biaxially-oriented film of polyethylene terephthalate, covered
on one side or on both sides with a layer of polyethylene terephthalate, for use in the
manufacture of identity cards, credit cards and similar products (including ‘smart’ cards) (a)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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CN code

TARIC

Description

Rate of
autonomous
duty (%)

ex 4811 21 00

10

Impregnated paper coated or covered with a pressure-sensitive self-adhesive layer, the whole:

ex 5603 12 90
ex 5603 13 90

ex 6813 90 90

ex 7011 20 00

ex 7613 00 00
ex 8708 99 98

ex 8104 90 00

ex 8536 50 15

ex 8543 89 95

60
60

10

80

20
10

20

32

57

— of a tensile of 2 700 N/m or more but not exceeding 3 700 N/m in the machine direction

(as determined by the EN ISO 1924-2 and ISO 3781 methods),

— of a stretch factor of 1,5 % or more but not exceeding 3,0 % in the machine direction (as

determined by the EN ISO 1924-2 and ISO 3781 methods)

Non-woven of spun-bonded polyethylene, of a weight of more than 60 g/m2 but not exceeding
80 g/m2 and an air resistance (Gurley) of 8 s or more but not exceeding 36 s (as determined
by the ISO 5636/5 method)

Friction material, of a thickness of less than 20 mm, not mounted, for the manufacture of
friction components of a kind used in automatic transmissions and clutches (a)

Glass bulb for monochrome cathode-ray tube, of a diagonal measurement of 3,8 cm or more
but not exceeding 51 cm and a nominal neck diameter of 13 mm, 20 mm, 29 mm or 37 mm

Aluminium container, seamless, for compressed natural gas or compressed hydrogen, wholly
embedded in an overwrap of epoxy-carbon fibres composite, of a capacity of 172 l (± 10 %)
and an unfilled weight not exceeding 64 kg

Sections, of extruded magnesium, of a length of 800 mm or more but not exceeding
2 900 mm and a width of 15 mm or more but not exceeding 70 mm

Rotary switch in form of a wheel with a diameter of between 15 and 16 mm and contacts for
closing the circuit, for a rated voltage of 12 V at 50 mA

Frequency converter for the conversion of frequencies of 10,7 GHz or more but not exceeding
12,75 GHz to frequencies of 950 MHz or more but not exceeding 3 GHz and operating at a
supply voltage of 11 V or more but not exceeding 20 V

ex 9002 11 00

50

Lens unit, having a focal length of 25 mm or more but not exceeding 150 mm, consisting of
glass or plastic lenses, with a diameter of 60 mm or more but not exceeding 190 mm

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

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II —
BIJLAGE II — ANEXO II — LIITE II — BILAGA II

Co´ digo NC
KN-kode
KN-Code
Κωδικο΄ς ΣΟ
CN code
Code NC
Codice NC
GN-code
Co´ digo NC
CN-koodi
KN-nummer

ex 0603 90 00

ex 0604 99 10

ex 0604 99 90

ex 0713 33 90

ex 1511 10 10

ex 1511 90 19

ex 1511 90 91

ex 1513 11 10

ex 1513 19 30

ex 1513 21 11

ex 1513 29 30

ex 2924 10 00

ex 2928 00 90

ex 2934 90 96

Taric

10

10

10

20

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

30

30

55

Co´ digo NC
KN-kode
KN-Code
Κωδικο΄ς ΣΟ
CN code
Code NC
Codice NC
GN-code
Co´ digo NC
CN-koodi
KN-nummer

ex 2934 90 96

ex 3824 90 95

ex 3905 91 00

ex 3907 30 00

ex 3920 42 91

ex 3920 62 19

ex 3920 62 19

ex 4811 21 00

ex 5002 00 00

ex 5603 12 90

ex 5603 13 90

ex 8543 89 95

ex 9002 11 00

ex 9002 90 90

Taric

60

41

93

40

94

62

85

10

60

60

57

50

10