Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
Date: 2005-06-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, common commercial policy, developing countries, generalised preferences, least-developed country, sustainable development

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 980/2005

of 27 June 2005

applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

the application of
preferences for the period 2006 to 2015.

the scheme of generalised tariff

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

the Community

Since 1971,
preferences to developing countries,
of its scheme of generalised tariff preferences.

granted

trade
in the framework

has

The Community's common commercial policy is to be
consistent with and consolidate the objectives of devel-
opment policy,
in particular the eradication of poverty
and the promotion of sustainable development and good
governance in the developing countries. It is to comply
with the WTO requirements, and in particular with the
GATT Enabling clause of 1979 (3).

A communication from the Commission to the Council,
the European Parliament and the European Economic
and
Social Committee of 7 July 2004 entitled
‘Developing countries, international trade and sustainable
development: the function of the Community's gener-
alised system of preferences
the ten-year
period from 2006 to 2015’ sets out the guidelines for

(GSP)

for

(1) Opinion delivered on 9 March 2005 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 9 February 2005 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) ‘Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller
of

of Developing Countries’, GATT Decision

Participation
28 November 1979 (L/4903).

This Regulation is the first Regulation implementing
those guidelines.
It should apply until 31 December
2008.

The scheme of generalised tariff preferences (hereinafter
referred to as ‘the scheme’) should consist of a general
arrangement granted to all the beneficiary countries and
taking into
territories and two special arrangements
account
similar-
situated developing countries.

the various development needs of

The general arrangement should be granted to all bene-
ficiary countries unless they are classified by the World
Bank as a high-income country and where they are not
sufficiently diversified in their exports.

The special incentive arrangement for sustainable devel-
opment and good governance is based on an integral
concept of sustainable development as recognized by
international conventions and instruments such as the
UN Declaration on the Right to Development of 1986,
the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development of
1992, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles
and Rights at Work of 1998,
the UN Millennium
Declaration of 2000 and the Johannesburg Declaration
on Sustainable Development of 2002. Consequently,
developing countries which due to a lack of diversifi-
cation and insufficient integration into the international
trading system are vulnerable while assuming special
burdens and responsibilities due to the ratification and
international
effective
conventions on human and labour rights, environmental
from
protection and good governance should benefit
additional
are
tariff preferences. These preferences
designed to promote further economic growth and
thereby to respond positively to the need for sustainable
development. Under this arrangement ad valorem tariffs
are therefore suspended for the beneficiary countries, as
well as specific duties (unless combined with an ad
for
valorem duty). The special
sustainable development and good governance should
exceptionally apply before the entry into force of the
whole Regulation to conform with the WTO ruling on
the special arrangements to combat drug production and
trafficking.

incentive arrangement

implementation

core

of

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(8)

(9)

(10)

(11)

(12)

(13)

the special arrangement

the criteria
Developing countries which already fulfil
under
for sustainable devel-
opment and good governance at the time of entry into
from this
force of
this Regulation should benefit
should
arrangement
therefore be provisionally listed as beneficiary countries.
They should continue to benefit from the preferences if
upon their application the Commission confirms their
qualification by 15 December 2005.

as possible. They

as quickly

The Commission should monitor the effective implemen-
tation of
the international conventions in accordance
with the respective mechanisms thereunder and should
assess
tariff
preferences and the promotion of sustainable devel-
opment.

relationship

additional

between

the

The special arrangement for the least developed countries
should continue to grant duty-free access to products
originating in the least developed countries, as recognised
and classified by the United Nations. For a country no
longer classified by the United Nations as a least
developed country a transitional period should be estab-
lished to alleviate any adverse effects caused by removal
of the tariff preferences granted under this arrangement.

should

Preferences
differentiated
continue
according to the sensitivity of products, differentiating
to take
between non-sensitive and sensitive products,
into account the situation of the sectors manufacturing
the same products in the Community.

be

to

Tariff duties on non-sensitive products should continue
to be suspended, while duties on sensitive products
should enjoy a tariff reduction to ensure a satisfactory
the same time taking into
utilisation rate while at
the respective Community
the situation of
account
industries.

Such reduction should be sufficiently attractive in order
to motivate traders to use the opportunities offered by
the scheme. As far as ad valorem duties are concerned,
the reduction should therefore be a flat rate of 3,5
percentage points of the most favoured nation (MFN)
duty rate. Specific duties should be reduced by 30 %.
Where duties specify a minimum duty, that minimum
duty should not apply.

(14) Duties should be totally suspended where preferential
treatment for an individual import declaration results in
ad valorem duties of 1 % or less or in specific duties of
EUR 2 or less as the cost of collecting such duties might
be higher than the revenue gained.

trade
both the Community's
agreement,
the
that agreement covers at
if
preferences provided by the present scheme for that
country.

free
least all

scheme

and a

(16) Graduation should be based on criteria related to sections
of the Common Customs Tariff. The graduation of a
section for a beneficiary country should be applied
the criteria for graduation
when the section meets
during three consecutive years, to increase predictability
and fairness of graduation by eliminating the effect of
large and exceptional variations in the import statistics.

(17)

The rules of origin, concerning the definition of
the
concept of originating products, the procedures and the
methods of administrative cooperation related thereto,
down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No
laid
2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for
the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No
2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (1),
apply to tariff preferences provided for by this Regulation
to ensure that the benefit of this scheme goes only to
those whom the scheme is intended to benefit.

(18)

The reasons for temporary withdrawal should include
serious and systematic violations of the principles laid
down in the conventions listed in Annex III so as to
promote the objectives of
those conventions and to
ensure that no beneficiary receives unfair advantage
through continuous violation of those conventions.

(19) Due to the political situation in Myanmar, temporary
in respect of
withdrawal of
imports of products originating in Myanmar should
remain in force.

tariff preferences

all

(20)

The measures necessary for the implementation of this
Regulation should be
adopted in accordance with
Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying
down the procedures for the exercise of implementing
powers conferred on the Commission (2),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

1.
The Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences
(hereinafter referred to as ‘the scheme’) shall, from the date of
entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December 2008,
apply in accordance with this Regulation.

(15)

For the sake of coherence of the Community commercial
policy, a beneficiary country should not benefit from

(1) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council

Regulation (EC) No 837/2005 (OJ L 139, 2.6.2005, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

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2.

This Regulation provides for:

(a) a general arrangement,

benefit from the arrangements applying to the final product,
provided that both countries benefit from regional cumulation
for that group.

(b) a special incentive arrangement for sustainable development

and good governance,

For the purposes of this Regulation:

Article 6

(c) a special arrangement for least developed countries.

Article 2

The beneficiary countries of the arrangements referred to in
Article 1(2) are listed in Annex I.

Article 3

1.
A beneficiary country shall be removed from the scheme
when it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income
country during three consecutive years, and when the value of
imports for the five largest sections of its GSP-covered imports
to the Community represent less than 75 % of the total GSP-
covered imports of the beneficiary country to the Community.

2. When a beneficiary country benefits from a preferential
commercial agreement with the Community which covers at
least all the preferences provided by the present scheme for
that country, it shall be removed from the list of beneficiary
countries in Annex I.

The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of its

3.
removal from the list of beneficiary countries in Annex I.

Article 4

The products included in the arrangements referred to in points
(a) and (b) of Article 1(2) are listed in Annex II.

Article 5

1.
The tariff preferences provided for by this Regulation shall
apply to imports of products included in the arrangements
enjoyed by the beneficiary country in which they originate.

For the purposes of the arrangements referred to in Article
2.
the
the rules of origin, concerning the definition of
1(2),
concept of originating products,
the procedures and the
methods of administrative cooperation related thereto, are laid
down in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

3.
Regional cumulation within the meaning of Regulation
(EEC) No 2454/93 shall also apply where a product used in
further manufacture in a country belonging to a regional group
originates in another country of the group, which does not

(a)

‘Common Customs Tariff duties’ means the duties specified
in Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical
nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1),
except those duties set up within the framework of tariff
quotas;

(b) ‘Section’ means any of

as

the sections of

the purposes of

the Common
adopted by Regulation (EEC) No
Customs Tariff
this Regulation only,
2658/87. For
Section XI
is treated as two separate sections: Section
XI(a) comprising Common Customs Tariff chapters 50-60
and Section XI(b) comprising Common Customs Tariff
chapters 61-63;

(c)

‘Committee’ means the Committee referred to in Article 28.

CHAPTER II

ARRANGEMENTS AND TARIFF PREFERENCES

SECTION 1

General arrangement

Article 7

Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in
entirely

1.
non-sensitive
Annex
suspended, except for agricultural components.

products

shall

be

as

II

2.
Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on products
listed in Annex II as sensitive products shall be reduced by 3,5
percentage points. For products of sections XI(a) and XI(b), this
reduction shall be 20 %.

3. Where preferential duty rates, calculated in accordance
with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 (2) on
Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on the
day before the entry into force of this Regulation, provide a
tariff reduction, for the products referred to in paragraph 2 of
this Article, of more than 3,5 percentage points, those prefer-
ential duty rates shall apply.

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001
applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period
from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 (OJ L 346, 31.12.2001,
p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1828/2004 (OJ L 321, 22.10.2004, p. 23).

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Common Customs Tariff

than
4.
minimum or maximum duties on products listed in Annex II
as sensitive products shall be reduced by 30 %.

specific duties other

5. Where Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed
in Annex II as sensitive products include ad valorem duties and
specific duties, the specific duties shall not be reduced.

6. Where duties reduced in accordance with paragraphs 2
and 4 specify a maximum duty, that maximum duty shall not
be reduced. Where such duties specify a minimum duty, that
minimum duty shall not apply.

7.
The tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4
shall not apply to products of sections in respect of which
those tariff preferences have been removed, for the country of
origin concerned, according to Article 14, Article 21(8) and
column C of Annex I.

(c) commits

itself

to ratify and effectively implement by
31 December 2008 those conventions listed in Part B of
Annex III which it has not yet ratified and effectively imple-
mented, and

and

their

(d) gives an undertaking to maintain the ratification of the
legislation and
conventions
and which accepts
regular monitoring and
measures
its implementation record in accordance with
review of
the implementation provisions of the conventions it has
ratified, and

implementing

(e)

considered as a vulnerable

is
paragraph 3.

country as defined in

By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (a) and (c) for
2.
countries faced with specific constitutional constraints,
the
special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and
good governance may be granted to a country which has not
ratified and effectively implemented a maximum of two of the
sixteen conventions listed in Part A of Annex III provided:

SECTION 2

Special

incentive arrangement for sustainable development

(a)

and good governance

Article 8

1.
Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on all
products listed in Annex II which originate in a country
incentive arrangement for sustainable
included in the special
development and good governance shall be suspended.

Common Customs Tariff

specific duties on products
2.
referred to in paragraph 1 shall be entirely suspended, except
for products for which Common Customs Tariff duties also
For products of CN codes
include
1704 10 91 and 1704 10 99,
specific duty shall be
the
limited to 16 % of the customs value.

ad valorem duties.

a

For

beneficiary

3.
incentive
country
arrangement for sustainable development and good governance
shall not include products of the sections for which these tariff
preferences have been withdrawn according to column C of
Annex I.

special

the

that a formal commitment has been made by the country
concerned to sign,
ratify and implement any missing
Convention should it be ascertained that there exists no
incompatibility with its Constitution no later
than
31 October 2005, and

(b) in case of an incompatibility with its Constitution,

the
country concerned has formally committed itself to sign
and
than
31 December 2006.

any missing Convention no later

ratify

Before the end of 2006, the Commission shall report to the
Council on the compliance by a country concerned with the
above-mentioned commitments. The granting of
the special
incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good
governance to this country beyond 1 January 2007 is subject
to a Council decision. As appropriate, and on the basis of the
abovementioned report, the Commission shall propose to the
Council such a continuation.

3.

A vulnerable country is one:

Article 9

(a)

The special

1.
incentive arrangement for sustainable devel-
opment and good governance may be granted to a country
which:

that is not classified by the World Bank as a high income
country during three consecutive years, and whose five
largest
to the
Community represent more than 75 % in value of its total
GSP-covered imports, and

its GSP-covered imports

sections of

(a) has ratified and effectively implemented the conventions

listed in Part A of Annex III, and

(b) whose GSP-covered imports to the Community represent
less than 1 % in value of total GSP-covered imports to the
Community.

(b) has ratified and effectively implemented at least seven of the

conventions listed in Part B of Annex III, and

The data to be used are those available on 1 September 2004,
as an average over three consecutive years.

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The Commission shall keep under review the status of
4.
ratification and effective implementation of
the conventions
listed in Annex III. Before the end of the period of application
of this Regulation and in time for the discussion on the next
to the Council a
Regulation,
report concerning the status of ratification of such conventions,
including recommendations by monitoring bodies.

the Commission shall present

Article 10

1. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the special
incentive
arrangement for sustainable development and good governance
shall be granted if the following conditions are met:

(a) a country or territory listed in Annex I has made a request

to that effect by 31 October 2005, and

(b) an examination of the request shows that the requesting
country fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 9(1),
(2) and (3).

2.
The requesting country shall submit its request to the
Commission in writing and shall provide comprehensive infor-
mation concerning ratification of the conventions referred to in
Annex III, the legislation and measures to effectively implement
the provisions of the conventions and its commitment to accept
and fully comply with the monitoring and review mechanism
envisaged in the relevant conventions and related instruments.

3.
Those countries that are granted provisionally the special
incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good
governance from the date of entry into force of this Regulation
shall also submit a request according to paragraphs 1 and 2 by
31 October 2005. The Commission shall assess the request
according to Article 11.

Article 11

1. Where the Commission receives a request accompanied by
the information referred to in Article 10, the Commission shall
examine the request. The examination shall take into account
the findings of
international organisations and
agencies.
It may ask the requesting country any questions
which it considers relevant and may verify the information
received with the requesting country or any other relevant
sources.

the relevant

The Commission shall decide,

in accordance with the
2.
examination referred to in paragraph 1 and the procedure
referred to in Article 28(4), whether to grant a requesting
country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable devel-
opment and good governance as of 1 January 2006.

3.
The Commission shall notify a requesting country of a
decision taken in accordance with paragraph 2. Where a
it shall
country is granted the special

incentive arrangement,

be informed of the date on which that decision enters into
force. The Commission shall by 15 December 2005 publish a
notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, listing the
countries benefiting from the special incentive arrangement for
sustainable development and good governance.

4. Where a requesting country is not granted the special
incentive arrangement,
explain the
reasons if that country so requests.

the Commission shall

The Commission shall conduct all

5.
relations with a
requesting country concerning the request in close coordination
with the Committee acting in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 28(4).

SECTION 3

Special arrangement for least developed countries

Article 12

1. Without prejudice to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, Common
Customs Tariff duties on all products of Chapters 1 to 97 of
the Harmonized System except those of Chapter 93 thereof,
originating in a country that according to Annex I benefits
from the special arrangement
for least developed countries,
shall be entirely suspended.

2.
Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of tariff
heading 1006 shall be reduced by 20 % on 1 September 2006,
by 50 % on 1 September 2007 and by 80 % on 1 September
2008. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 September
2009.

3.
Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of CN
code 0803 00 19 shall be reduced by 20 % annually as from
1 January 2002. They shall be entirely suspended as from
1 January 2006.

4.
Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of tariff
heading 1701 shall be reduced by 20 % on 1 July 2006, by
50 % on 1 July 2007 and by 80 % on 1 July 2008. They shall
be entirely suspended as from 1 July 2009.

are

for products of

Until Common Customs Tariff duties

5.
entirely
suspended in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 4, a global
tariff quota at zero duty shall be opened for every marketing
year
tariff heading 1006 and subheading
1701 11 10 respectively, originating in the countries benefiting
from this special arrangement. The initial tariff quotas for the
marketing year 2001/2002 shall be equal to 2 517 tonnes,
for products of tariff heading 1006,
husked rice equivalent,
and 74 185 tonnes, white sugar equivalent,
for products of
subheading 1701 11 10. For each of the following marketing
years, the quotas shall be increased by 15 % over the quotas of
the previous marketing year.

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The Commission shall adopt detailed rules governing the
6.
opening and administration of
referred to in
paragraph 5, in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 28(4). In opening and administrating these quotas, the
Commission shall be assisted by the management committees
for the relevant common market organisations.

the quotas

Article 15

1. Where the rate of an ad valorem duty for an individual
import declaration reduced in accordance with the provisions of
this Chapter is 1 % or less, that duty shall be entirely suspended.

7. When a country is excluded by the United Nations from
the list of the least developed countries, it is withdrawn from
the list of the beneficiaries of this arrangement. The removal of
a country from the arrangement and the establishment of a
transitional period of at least three years shall be decided by
the Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to
in Article 28(4).

Article 13

Article 12(4) and provisions of Article 12(5)
referring to
products of tariff subheading 1701 11 10 shall not apply to
products
from the
preferences referred to in this section and released for free
circulation in the French overseas departments.

originating

benefiting

countries

in

SECTION 4

Common provisions

Article 14

The tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 8 shall
1.
be removed in respect of products originating in a beneficiary
country of a section, when the average value of Community
imports from that country of products included in the section
concerned and covered by the arrangement enjoyed by that
country exceeds 15 % of the value of Community imports of
the same products from all countries and territories listed in
Annex I over three consecutive years, on the basis of the most
recent data available on 1 September 2004. For each of the
sections XI(a) and XI(b) the threshold shall be 12,5 %.

The sections removed in accordance with paragraph 1 are

2.
listed in Annex I, column C.

The removal of sections from this scheme shall apply as

3.
from 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2008.

The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of the

4.
removal of a section.

5.
Paragraph 1 does not apply to a beneficiary country in
respect of any section which represents more than 50 % in
value of all GSP-covered imports to the Community originating
from the country in question.

2. Where the rate of a specific duty for an individual import
declaration reduced in accordance with the provisions of this
Chapter is EUR 2 or less per individual euro amount, that duty
shall be entirely suspended.

3.
Subject to paragraphs 1 and 2, the final rate of prefer-
ential duty calculated in accordance with this Regulation shall
be rounded down to the first decimal place.

CHAPTER III

TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL AND SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS

SECTION 1

Temporary withdrawal

Article 16

The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regu-
1.
lation may be temporarily withdrawn,
in respect of all or of
certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, for any of
the following reasons:

(a) serious and systematic violations of principles laid down in
the conventions listed in Part A of Annex III, on the basis of
the conclusion of the relevant monitoring bodies;

(b) export of goods made by prison labour;

(c) serious shortcomings in customs controls on export or
transit of drugs (illicit substancesor precursors), or failure
to comply with international conventions on money-laun-
dering;

(d) serious and systematic unfair trading practices which have
an adverse effect on the Community industry and have not
been addressed by the beneficiary country. For those unfair
trading practices which are prohibited or actionable under
the WTO Agreements, the application of this Article shall
be based on a previous determination to that effect by the
competent WTO body;

The statistical source used for the purpose of this Article

6.
shall be the COMEXT statistics.

(e) serious and systematic infringements of the objectives of
regional
fishery organizations or arrangements to which
the Community is a member concerning the conservation
and management of fishery resources.

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incentive
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the special
arrangement referred to in Section 2 of Chapter II may be
temporarily withdrawn,
in respect of all or certain products
included in this arrangement, originating in a beneficiary
country, in particular if the national legislation no longer incor-
porates those conventions referred to in Annex III which have
been ratified in fulfilment of the requirements of Article 9(1)
and (2) or if that legislation is not effectively implemented.

3.
The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regu-
lation shall not be withdrawn pursuant to paragraph 1(d) in
respect of products which are subject to anti-dumping or coun-
tervailing measures under Regulations (EC) No 384/96 (1) or
(EC) No 2026/97 (2),
the reasons which justify those
measures.

for

Article 17

The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regu-
1.
lation may be temporarily withdrawn,
in respect of all or of
certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, in cases of
fraud, irregularities or systematic failure to comply or to ensure
compliance with the rules of origin of products and the
procedures related thereto, and to provide the administrative
the implementation and the
cooperation as
control of
the arrangements referred to in
Article 1(2).

the respect of

required for

The administrative cooperation referred to in paragraph 1

2.
requires, inter alia, that a beneficiary country:

(a) communicate to the Commission and update the infor-
mation necessary for the implementation of the rules of
origin and the control of respect thereof;

(e) comply or ensure compliance with the rules of origin in
respect of regional cumulation, within the meaning of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 2454/93, if the country benefits therefrom;

(f) assist the Community in the verification of conduct where
there is a presumption of origin-related fraud. The existence
of fraud may be presumed where imports of products under
this Regulation
regimes granted under
the preferential
massively exceed the usual
levels of exports of the bene-
ficiary country.

The

suspend

Commission may

3.
preferential
arrangements provided for in this Regulation in respect of all
or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country,
sufficient evidence that
there is
that
where it considers
temporary withdrawal would be justified for
the reasons
referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, provided that it has first:

the

— informed the Committee;

— called on the Member States to take such precautionary
measures as are necessary in order to safeguard the Commu-
interests and/or secure compliance by the
nity's financial
beneficiary country with its obligations;

— published a notice in the Official

Journal of

the application of

the European
Union stating that there are grounds for reasonable doubts
about
the preferential arrangements
and/or compliance by the beneficiary country with its obli-
gations, which may call into question its right to continue
enjoying the benefits granted by this Regulation.

(b) assist the Community by carrying out, on request of the
customs authorities of Member States, subsequent verifi-
cation of origin and communicate its results in time;

The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned
of any decision taken in accordance with this paragraph, before
it becomes effective. The Commission shall also notify the
Committee thereof.

(c) assist the Community by allowing the Commission, in coor-
dination and close cooperation with the competent autho-
rities of the Member States, to conduct Community admin-
istrative and investigative cooperation missions
in that
country,
in order to verify the authenticity of documents
or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the
benefit of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2);

(d) carry out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify and

prevent contravention of the rules of origin;

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on
protection against
the
European Community (OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1). Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004,
p. 12).

imports from countries not members of

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on
protection against subsidised imports from countries not members
of the European Community (OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1). Regu-
lation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004.

4.
Any Member State may refer a decision taken in
accordance with paragraph 3 to the Council within 1 month.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different
decision within 1 month.

5.
The period of suspension shall not exceed 6 months. On
conclusion of the period, the Commission shall decide either to
terminate the suspension after informing the Committee or to
extend the period of
suspension in accordance with the
procedure referred to in paragraph 3.

6. Member States shall communicate to the Commission all
relevant information that may justify suspension of preferences
or its extension.

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Article 18

1. Where the Commission or a Member State receives infor-
mation that may justify temporary withdrawal and where the
Commission or a Member State considers
there are
inform the
sufficient grounds for an investigation,
Committee and request consultations, which should take place
within one month.

it shall

that

2.
Following the consultations, the Commission may decide,
within 1 month and in accordance with the procedure referred
to in Article 28(5), to initiate an investigation.

Article 19

country

it shall publish a notice in the Official

1. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investi-
gation,
Journal of the
European Union announcing the investigation, and notify the
beneficiary
shall
provide a summary of the information received and state that
any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It
shall specify the period, which may not exceed four months as
from the date of publication of
the notice, within which
interested parties may make their views known in writing.

concerned thereof. The notice

2.
The Commission shall provide the beneficiary country
concerned with every opportunity to cooperate in the investi-
gation.

available

including the

The Commission shall seek all

information it considers
3.
comments,
necessary
assessments,
decisions, recommendations and conclusions of
the relevant
supervisory bodies of the UN, the ILO and other competent
international organisations. These shall serve as the point of
departure for the investigation as to whether temporary with-
drawal
is justified for the reason referred to in point (a) of
Article 16(1). The Commission may verify the information
received with economic operators and the beneficiary country
concerned.

The Commission may be assisted by officials of

the
territory verification might be

4.
Member State on whose
sought, if that Member State so requests.

5. Where information requested by the Commission is not
provided within the period specified in the notice announcing
the investigation, or the investigation is significantly impeded,
findings may be made on the basis of the facts available.

The investigation should be completed within a year. The
in accordance with the

6.
Commission may extend this period,
procedure referred to in Article 28(5).

Article 20

The Commission shall submit a report on its findings to

1.
the Committee.

2. Where the Commission considers that the findings do not
justify temporary withdrawal, it shall decide, in accordance with
the procedure referred to in Article 28(5), to terminate the
investigation.
the Commission shall publish a
notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, announcing
the termination of the investigation and setting out its main
conclusions.

In that case,

3. Where the Commission considers that the findings justify
temporary withdrawal for the reason referred to in point (a) of
Article 16(1), it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 28(5),
to monitor and evaluate the
situation in the beneficiary country concerned for a period of
six months. The Commission shall notify the beneficiary
country concerned of this decision and shall publish a notice
in the Official Journal of the European Union, announcing that it
for temporary
intends to submit a proposal to the Council
withdrawal, unless, before the end of the period, the beneficiary
country concerned makes a commitment to take the measures
necessary to conform, in a reasonable period of time, with the
conventions referred to in Part A of Annex III.

4. Where the Commission considers temporary withdrawal
to be necessary, it shall submit an appropriate proposal to the
Council, which shall decide within 1 month by a qualified
majority. In cases referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission
shall submit its proposal at the end of the period referred to in
that paragraph.

5. Where the Council decides on temporary withdrawal, such
decision shall enter into force 6 months after it was taken,
unless it is decided before then that the reasons justifying it
no longer prevail.

SECTION 2

Safeguard clause

Article 21

1. Where a product originating in a beneficiary country is
imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause, serious
difficulties
like or directly
competing products, normal Common Customs Tariff duties
the
on that product may be reintroduced at any time at
request of a Member State or on the Commission's initiative.

to a Community producer of

to initiate

an investigation,

The Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an
2.
investigation within a reasonable period of time. Where the
Commission decides
shall
publish a notice in the Official
Journal of the European Union
announcing the investigation. The notice shall provide a
the information received and state that any
summary of
relevant
It
shall specify the period, which shall not exceed 4 months
from the date of publication of
the notice, within which
interested parties may make their views known in writing.

information should be sent

to the Commission.

it

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The Commission shall seek all

information it deems
3.
necessary and may verify the information received with the
beneficiary country concerned and any other relevant source.
It may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose
territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so
requests.

4.
In examining whether there are serious difficulties, the
the following
Commission shall
factors concerning Community producers where the infor-
mation is available:

take account,

inter alia, of

shall

remove

the preferences

the Commission, on the 1st of January of every year during the
period of application of this Regulation, on its own initiative or
the request of a Member State and after informing the
at
Committee,
referred to in
Articles 7 and 8 with respect to products from section XI(b).
This provision shall not apply to countries benefiting from the
special arrangement for least developed countries referred to in
Article 12 and to countries whose share of imports into the
Community as defined in Article 14(1) do not exceed 8 %. The
Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of the removal of
the preferences. The removal of the preferences shall take effect
two months after the publication of the Commission's decision
to this effect in the Official Journal of the European Union.

— market share,

— production,

— stocks,

— production capacity,

— bankruptcies,

— profitability,

— capacity utilisation,

— employment,

— imports,

— prices.

5.
The investigation shall be completed within 6 months
after the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 2.
The Commission may, in case of exceptional circumstances and
after consultation of
the Committee, extend this period in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5).

6.
The Commission shall take a decision within 1 month, in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5). Such
decision shall enter into force within 1 month as from its
publication.

7. Where exceptional circumstances
action make an investigation impossible,
may, after
measure which is strictly necessary.

informing the Committee,

requiring immediate
the Commission
take any preventive

8. Where imports of products of section XI(b), as referred to
in Article 14(1), originating in a beneficiary country:

Article 22

Where imports of products included in Annex I to the Treaty
cause, or threaten to cause, serious disturbance to Community
markets, in particular to one or more of the outermost regions,
or these markets' regulatory mechanisms, the Commission, on
request of a Member State or on its own initiative, may suspend
the preferential arrangements
the products
concerned after consulting the management committee for the
relevant common market organisation.

in respect of

Article 23

The Commission shall

inform the beneficiary country
1.
concerned as
soon as possible of any decision taken in
accordance with Article 21 or 22 before it becomes effective.
The Commission shall also notify the Council and the Member
States thereof.

2.
Any Member State may refer a decision taken in
accordance with Article 21 or 22 to the Council within
1 month. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may
adopt a different decision within 1 month.

SECTION 3

Surveillance measures in the agricultural sector

Article 24

Products
in Chapters 1 to 24 originating in beneficiary
countries may be subject to a special surveillance mechanism
in order to avoid disturbances in the Community market. The
Commission, on its own initiative or on the request of a
Member State,
shall decide the products on which this
surveillance list shall be applied.

(a)

increase by at
compared to the previous calendar year, or

least 20 % in quantity (by volume) as

All periods mentioned in Article 21 which exceed 2 months
shall be reduced to 2 months in the following cases:

(b) exceed 12,5 % of

the value of Community imports of
products from section XI(b) from all countries and terri-
tories listed in Annex I during any twelve months period,

— when the beneficiary country does not comply with the
rules of origin or does not provide the administrative coop-
eration required in Article 17, or

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— when imports of products in Chapters 1 to 24 under the
preferential regimes granted under this Regulation massively
exceed the usual levels of exports of the beneficiary country.

(EC) No 1172/95 (1) and Commission Regulation (EC) No
1917/2000 (2).

SECTION 4

Common provision

Article 25

Nothing in this Chapter shall affect the application of safeguard
clauses adopted as part of the Common Agricultural Policy
under Article 37 of the Treaty, or as part of the Common
Trade Policy under Article 133 of the Treaty, or any other
safeguard clauses which may be applied.

CHAPTER IV

PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

Article 26

The Commission shall
in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 28(5) adopt changes to the Annexes to
this Regulation made necessary:

(a) by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature;

(b) by changes in the international status or classification of

countries or territories;

(c) by the application of Article 3(2);

(d) if a country has reached the thresholds set out in Article

3(1);

In accordance with Article 308d of Regulation (EEC) No
2.
2454/93, Member States shall forward to the Commission, at
its request, details of the quantities of products admitted for free
circulation under the tariff preferences provided for in this
Regulation, during the previous months. These data shall
include the products referred to in paragraph 3.

the

The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member
3.
imports of products of CN code
States, monitor
0803 00 19, of tariff headings 0603, 1006, 1701, 1704 and
6403 and of CN codes 1604 14, 1604 19 31, 1604 19 39,
1604 20 70, 2002 90 and 2103 20 in order to determine
whether the conditions referred to in Articles 21 and 22 are
fulfilled.

Article 28

1.
In implementing this Regulation, the Commission shall be
assisted by a Generalised Preferences Committee (hereinafter
referred to as ‘the Committee’).

2.
The Committee may examine any matter relating to the
application of this Regulation raised by the Commission or on
the request of a Member State.

3.
The Committee shall examine the effects of the scheme,
on the basis of a report from the Commission covering the
period from 1 January 2006. This report shall cover all prefer-
ential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) and be presented
in time for the discussion on the next Regulation.

4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC
shall be set at 3 months.

(e)

for the establishment of the final list of beneficiary countries
by 15 December 2005 at the latest in accordance with
Article 11.

5. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and
7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

Article 27

1. Within six weeks of the end of each quarter, Member
States shall send the Statistical Office of the European Commu-
nities their statistical data on products placed under the customs
procedure of free circulation during that quarter under the tariff
preferences provided for in this Regulation. These data, supplied
by reference to Combined Nomenclature codes and, where
applicable, TARIC codes, shall show, by country of origin,
values, quantities
required
in Council Regulation
in accordance with the definitions

supplementary units

and any

6.

The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the
statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and
its Member States with non-member
(OJ L 118,
25.5.1995, p. 10). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC)
the European Parliament and the Council
No 1882/2003 of
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

countries

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 of 7 September 2000
laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council
Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade
(OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 14). Regulation as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 179/2005 (OJ L 30, 3.2.2005, p. 6).

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CHAPTER V

FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 29

Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 (1), which refers to Council
Regulations (EC) No 3281/94 (2) and (EC) No 1256/96 (3), shall
be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this
Regulation. Commission Regulations (EC) No 1381/2002 (4)
and (EC) No 1401/2002 (5), which refer to Regulation (EC)
No 2501/2001, shall be considered to refer to the corre-
sponding provisions of this Regulation.

this Regulation as well as the provisions applied in conjunction
with that arrangement shall enter into force on 1 July 2005.
That arrangement repeals with effect from its entry into force
the special arrangements to combat drug production and traf-
ficking of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 and the
provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applied in
conjunction with those arrangements. The other provisions of
this Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2006 and
repeal with effect from that date those provisions of Regulation
(EC) No 2501/2001 then still in force.

Article 30

The special

1.
incentive arrangement for sustainable devel-
opment and good governance of Section 2 of Chapter II of

2.
This Regulation shall apply until 31 December 2008.
However, this date shall not apply to the special arrangements
for least developed countries, nor, to the extent that they are
applied in conjunction with those arrangements, to any other
provisions of this Regulation.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 2005.

For the Council
The President

L. LUX

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 of 24 March 1997 temporarily
withdrawing access to generalised tariff preferences from the Union
of Myanmar (OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 8).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 of 19 December 1994
applying a four-year scheme of generalized tariff preferences (1995
to 1998)
in respect of certain industrial products originating in
developing countries (OJ L 348, 31.12.1994, p. 1). Regulation as
last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 (OJ L 357,
30.12.1998, p. 1).

(3) Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 of 20 June 1996 applying
multiannual schemes of generalised tariff preferences from 1 July
1996 to 30 June 1999 in respect of certain agricultural products
originating in developing countries (OJ L 160, 29.6.1996, p. 1).
Regulation as
last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/98
(OJ L 80, 18.3.1998, p. 1).

(4) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1381/2002 of 29 July 2002 laying
down detailed rules for opening and administration of the tariff
quotas for raw cane sugar for refining, originating in the least
developed countries, for the marketing years 2002/03 to 2005/06
(OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p. 14).

(5) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1401/2002 of 31 July 2002 laying
down detailed rules for the opening and administration of the tariff
quotas for rice, originating in the least developed countries, for the
marketing years 2002/03 to 2008/09 (OJ L 203, 1.8.2002, p. 42).

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ANNEX I

Beneficiary countries (1) and territories of the Community's scheme of generalised tariff preferences

Column A:

code according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the
Community

Column B: name of country

Column C:

sections in respect of which tariff preferences have been removed for the beneficiary country concerned
(Article 14)

Column D:

countries included in the special arrangement for least developed countries (Article 12)

Column E:

countries included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance
(Article 8)

A

AE

AF

AG

AI

B

United Arab Emirates

Afghanistan

Antigua and Barbuda

Anguilla

AM

Armenia

AN

AO

AQ

AR

AS

Netherlands Antilles

Angola

Antarctica

Argentina

American Samoa

AW

Aruba

AZ

BB

BD

BF

BH

BI

BJ

BM

BN

BO

BR

Azerbaijan

Barbados

Bangladesh

Burkina Faso

Bahrain

Burundi

Benin

Bermuda

Brunei Darussalam

Bolivia

Brazil

C

D

X

X

X

X

X

X

E

X

S-IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco
and manufactured tobacco substitutes.

S-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles
of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting
materials; basketware and wickerwork.

(1) The list may include countries which are temporarily suspended from the EU GSP or have not complied with the administrative
cooperation requirements, which are a pre-condition for goods to be granted the benefit of tariff preferences. The Commission or the
competent authorities of the country concerned will be able to provide an updated list.

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E

D

X

X

X

A

BS

BT

BV

B

C

Bahamas

Bhutan

Bouvet Island

BW

Botswana

BY

BZ

CC

CD

Belarus

Belize

Cocos Islands
(or Keeling Islands)

Congo, Democratic
Republic of

CF

Central African Republic

CG

Congo

CI

CK

CL

Côte d'Ivoire

Cook Islands

Chile

CM

Cameroon

CN

China, People's Republic of

S-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries.

S-VII Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof.

S-VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof;
saddlery and harness;
and similar
containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut).

travel goods, handbags

S-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles
of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting
materials; basketware and wickerwork.

S-X Pulp of wood or of other
fibrous cellulosic material;
recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard; paper and
paperboard and articles thereof.

S-XI(a) Textiles; S-XI(b) Textile articles.

seat-sticks, whips,

S-XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking
sticks,
thereof;
prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers;
articles of human hair.

riding-crops

and parts

S-XIII Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar
materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware.

S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious
stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and
articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.

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A

B

C

D

E

S-XV Base metals and articles of base metal.

S-XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment;
parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image
and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories
of such articles.

S-XVII Vehicles,
equipment.

aircraft,

vessels

and associated transport

S-XVIII Optical, photographic,
checking, precision, medical or
apparatus; clocks and watches; musical
accessories thereof.

cinematographic, measuring,
instruments
and
instruments; parts and

surgical

S-XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles.

S-V Mineral products.

CO

CR

CU

CV

CX

DJ

DM

DO

DZ

EC

EG

ER

ET

FJ

FK

FM

GA

GD

GE

GH

GI

GL

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Cape Verde

Christmas Islands

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Falklands Islands

Micronesia,
Federated States of

Gabon

Grenada

Georgia

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greenland

GM

Gambia

GN

GQ

Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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B

C

D

E

A

GS

GT

GU

South Georgia and South
Sandwich Islands

Guatemala

Guam

S-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage
products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.

S-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles
of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting
materials; basketware and wickerwork.

S-XI(a) Textiles;
S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious
stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and
articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.

GW

Guinea-Bissau

GY

HM

Guyana

Heard Island
and McDonald Islands

HN

Honduras

HT

ID

Haiti

Indonesia

IN

India

IO

IQ

IR

JM

JO

KE

KG

KH

KI

KM

KN

British Indian
Ocean Territory

Iraq

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Jamaica

Jordan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Cambodia

Kiribati

Comoros

St Kitts and Nevis

KW

Kuwait

KY

KZ

LA

LB

LC

LK

LR

Cayman Islands

Kazakhstan

Lao People's Democratic
Republic

Lebanon

St Lucia

Sri Lanka

Liberia

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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C

S-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage
products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.

D

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

E

X

X

X

X

A

LS

LY

MA

MD

MG

MH

ML

B

Lesotho

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Morocco

Moldova, Republic of

Madagascar

Marshall Islands

Mali

MM

Myanmar

MN

Mongolia

MO

Macao

MP

MR

MS

MU

MV

Northern Mariana Islands

Mauritania

Montserrat

Mauritius

Maldives

MW

Malawi

MX

MY

MZ

NA

NC

NE

NF

Mexico

Malaysia

Mozambique

Namibia

New Caledonia

Niger

Norfolk Island

NG

Nigeria

NI

NP

NR

NU

Nicaragua

Nepal

Nauru

Niue Island

OM

Oman

PA

PE

PF

PG

PH

Panama

Peru

French Polynesia

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

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A

PK

PM

PN

B

Pakistan

St Pierre and Miquelon

Pitcairn

PW

Palau

PY

QA

RU

Paraguay

Qatar

Russian Federation

RW

Rwanda

SA

SB

SC

SD

SH

SL

SN

SO

SR

ST

SV

SY

SZ

TC

TD

TF

TG

TH

TJ

TK

TL

Saudi Arabia

Solomon Islands

Seychelles

Sudan

Santa Helena

Sierra Leone

Senegal

Somalia

Suriname

São Tomé and Príncipe

El Salvador

Syrian Arab Republic

Swaziland

Turks and Caicos Islands

Chad

French Southern territories

Togo

Thailand

Tajikistan

Tokelau

Timor-Leste

C

D

E

S-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries.
fibrous cellulosic material;
S-X Pulp of wood or of other
recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard; paper and
paperboard and articles thereof.
S-XV Base metals and articles of base metal.

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious
stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and
articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.

S-XVII Vehicles,
equipment.

aircraft,

vessels

and associated transport

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C

D

E

A

TM

TN

TO

TT

TV

TZ

UA

UG

UM

UY

UZ

VC

VE

VG

VI

VN

VU

B

Turkmenistan

Tunisia

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Tanzania
(United Republic of)

Ukraine

Uganda

United States Minor
outlying islands

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

St Vincent
and the Grenadines

Venezuela

Virgin Islands (British)

Virgin Islands (USA)

Vietnam

Vanuatu

WF

Wallis and Futuna

WS

Samoa

YE

YT

Yemen

Mayotte

ZA

South Africa

S-XVII Vehicles,
equipment.

aircraft,

vessels

and associated transport

ZM

Zambia

ZW

Zimbabwe

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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ANNEX II

List of products included in the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b)

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the description of products is to be
considered as indicative, the tariff preferences being determined by the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the
tariff preferences are to be determined by the CN code and the description together. Entry of products marked with an
asterisk is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.

The column ‘Sensitivity/Non-Sensitivity’ comprises the products included in the general arrangement (Article 7) and in the
special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 8). These products are listed
either NS (non-sensitive in the meaning of Article 7(1)) or S (sensitive in the meaning of Article 7(2)). For reasons of
simplification, products are listed in groups. These may include products for which Common Customs Tariff duties are
exempted or suspended.

CN Code

Description

0101 10 90

Live asses and other

Live horses other than pure-bred breeding animals:

0101 90 19 Other than for slaughter

0101 90 30

Live asses

0101 90 90

Live mules and hinnies

0104 20 10

Live pure-bred breeding goats *

0106 19 10

Live domestic rabbits

0106 39 10

Live pigeons

0205 00

Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen

0206 80 91

Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled, other than for the
manufacture of pharmaceutical products

0206 90 91

Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozen, other than for the manufacture
of pharmaceutical products

Livers, frozen:

0207 14 91 Of fowls of the species (Gallus domesticus)

0207 27 91 Of turkeys

0207 36 89 Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls

0208

Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: (1)

0208 10

Of rabbits or hares

0208 20 00

Frogs' legs

0208 30 00 Of primates

0208 40 00 Of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and

dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia)

0208 50

Of reptiles (including snakes and turtles)

ex 0208 90

Other, excluding products of 0208 90 55

_____________
(1) For these products, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

Sensitivity/
Non-Sensitivity

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

S

S

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Description

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Meat other than of swine and bovine animals, including edible flours and meals of
meat or meat offal:

0210 99 10 Of horses, salted, in brine or dried

0210 99 59 Offal of bovine animals other than thick skirt and thin skirt

0210 99 60 Offal of sheep and goats

0210 99 80 Offal other than poultry liver

ex Chapter 3 (1)

FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES,
excluding products of 0301 10 90

0301 10 90 Ornamental saltwater fish

0403 10 51

Yoghurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

0403 10 53

0403 10 59

0403 10 91

0403 10 93

0403 10 99

0403 90 71

0403 90 73

0403 90 79

0403 90 91

0403 90 93

0403 90 99

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream; kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and
cream, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

ex 0405 20

Dairy spreads, excluding products of 0405 20 90

0407 00 90

Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked other than of poultry

0409 00 00

Natural honey (2)

0410 00 00

Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

Chapter 5

PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

ex Chapter 6

LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS, AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS
AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE, excluding products of 0604 91 40

0604 91 40

Conifer branches

0701

Potatoes, fresh or chilled

0703 10

Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled

0703 90 00

Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled

0704

0705

0706

Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled

Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh
or chilled

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(1) For products of CN code 0306 13, the duty shall be 3,6 % under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and

good governance.

(2) For these products, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

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Description

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ex 0707 00 05

Cucumber, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October

0708

Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:

ex 0709 10 00

Globe artichokes, from 1 July to 31 October

0709 20 00

Asparagus

0709 30 00

Aubergines (egg-plants)

0709 40 00

Celery other than celeriac

0709 51 00 Mushrooms

0709 59

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers

0709 60 99

Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, other than sweet peppers

0709 70 00

Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)

0709 90 10

Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.)

0709 90 20

Chard (or white beet) and cardoons

0709 90 31 Olives, for uses other than the production of oil *

0709 90 40

Capers

0709 90 50

Fennel

0709 90 70

Courgettes

0709 90 90 Other

ex 0710

Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen (1)

ex 0711

Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in
sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for
immediate consumption, excluding products of 0711 20 90

ex 0712

Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared,
excluding olives and products of 0712 90 19

0713

Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split:

0714 20 10

Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, intended for human consumption *

0714 20 90

Sweet potatoes other than fresh, whole, intended for human production

0714 90 90

Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high inulin content; sago pith

Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:

0802 11 90

Almonds in shell, other than bitter

0802 12 90

Almonds shelled, other than bitter

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(1) For the products of CN codes 0710 80 85, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

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CN Code

Description

0802 21 00

Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.), in shell or shelled

0802 22 00

0802 31 00 Walnuts in shell

0802 32 00 Walnuts shelled

0802 40 00

Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)

0802 50 00

Pistachios

0802 90 50

Pine nuts

0802 90 60 Macadamia nuts

0802 90 85 Other

0803 00 11

Plantains, fresh

0803 00 90

Bananas, including plantains, dried

0804 10 00

Dates, fresh or dried

0804 20

Figs, fresh or dried

0804 30 00

Pineapples, fresh or dried

0804 40 00

Avocados, fresh or dried

Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:

ex 0805 20

Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar
citrus hybrids: from 1 March to 31 October

0805 40 00

Grapefruit

0805 50 90

Limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia)

0805 90 00 Other

ex 0806 10 10

fresh,

Table grapes,
31 December, other than of
31 December

from 1 January to 20 July and from 21 November
the variety Emperor (Vitis viniferac.v.)

to
from 1 to

0806 10 90 Other grapes, fresh

ex 0806 20

Dried grapes, excluding products of ex 0806 20 30 dried sultanas, other than in
immediate containers of a net capacity not exceeding 2 kg

0807 11 00 Watermelons, fresh

0807 19 00 Other melons, fresh

0808 10 10

Fresh cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December

0808 20 10

Perry pears, fresh, in bulk, from 1 August to 31 December

ex 0808 20 50

Other pears, fresh, from 1 May to 30 June

0808 20 90

Fresh quinces

ex 0809 10 00

Apricots, fresh, from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 August to 31 December

0809 20 05

Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh

ex 0809 20 95

Cherries, other than sour (Prunus cerasus), fresh, from 1 January to 20 May and from
11 August to 31 December

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NS

NS

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CN Code

ex 0809 30

Peaches,
31 December

including nectarines, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to

ex 0809 40 05

Plums, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December

0809 40 90

Sloes

Other fruit, fresh:

ex 0810 10 00

Strawberries, from 1 January to 30 April and from 1 August to 31 December

0810 20

Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries

0810 30

Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries

0810 40 30

Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus

0810 40 50

Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum

0810 40 90 Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium

0810 50 00

Kiwifruit

0810 60 00

Durians

0810 90 95 Other

0811

ex 0812

Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether
or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (1):

Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine,
in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for
immediate consumption, excluding products of 0812 90 30

0812 90 30

Papaws (papayas)

Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806; mixtures of nuts or dried
fruits of this chapter:

0813 10 00

Apricots

0813 20 00

Prunes

0813 30 00

Apples

0813 40 10

Peaches, including nectarines

0813 40 30

Pears, dried

0813 40 50

Papaws (papayas), dried

0813 40 95 Other, dried

Mixtures of dried fruit, other than of headings 0801 to 0806:

0813 50 12

Containing papaws, tamarinds, cashew apples,
passion fruit, carambola and potahaya

lychees,

jackfruits, sapodillo, plums,

0813 50 15 Other

0813 50 19

Containing prunes

Mixtures exclusively of dried nuts of headings 0801 and 0802:

0813 50 31 Of tropical nuts

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(1) For the products of CN code 0811 10 and 0811 20, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

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CN Code

Description

0813 50 39 Other

0813 50 91 Other mixtures not containing prunes or figs

0813 50 99 Other

0814 00 00

Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provi-
sionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions

0901 12 00

Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated

0901 21 00

Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated

0901 22 00

Coffee, roasted, decaffeinated

0901 90 90

Coffee substitutes containing coffee

0902 10 00

Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg

0904 12 00

Pepper of the genus Piper, crushed or ground

0904 20 10

Sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed nor ground

0904 20 90

Crushed or ground

0905 00 00

Vanilla

0907 00 00

Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)

0910 20 90

Saffron, crushed or ground

0910 40

Thyme, bay leaves

0910 91 90 Mixtures of spices, crushed or ground

0910 99 99 Other spices, crushed or ground, other than mixtures

ex 1008 90 90

Quinoa

1105

Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes

Flour, meal and powder:

1106 10 00 Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713

1106 30

Of the products of Chapter 8

1108 20 00

Inulin

ex Chapter 12

OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND
FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER, excluding
products of 1209 21 00, 1209 23 80, 1209 29 50, 1209 29 80, 1209 30 00,
ex 1209 91, 1209 99 91, 1210, 1211 90 30, 1212 91 and 1212 99 20

1209

Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing:

1209 21 00

Lucerne (alfalfa) seed

1209 23 80 Other fescue seed

1209 29 50

Lupine seed

1209 29 80 Other

1209 30 00

Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers

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Description

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ex 1209 91

Vegetable seeds other than products of code 1209 91 30

1209 99 91

Seeds of plants cultivated principally for their flowers, other than those of 1209 30

1210

Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets;
lupulin (1)

1211 90 30

Tonquin beans, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered

ex Chapter 13

LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS, excluding
products of 1302 12 00

1302 12 00

Vegetable saps and extracts of liquorice

1501 00 90

Poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503

1502 00 90 Other fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats

1503 00 19

Lard stearin and oleostearin other than for industrial use

1503 00 90 Other

1504

Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined,
but not chemically modified

1505 00 10 Wool grease, crude

1507

1508

Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

1511 10 90

Crude oil, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of
foodstuffs for human consumption

1511 90

Other

1512

1513

1514

1515

Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modified

Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not
refined, but not chemically modified

Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not
chemically modified

Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether
or not refined, but not chemically modified

ex 1516

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated,
inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further
prepared, excluding products of 1516 20 10

1516 20 10

Hydrogenated castor oil, so called ‘opal-wax’

1517

1518 00

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of
fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their
fractions of heading 1516

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated,
sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise
chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516;
inedible mixtures or
preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or
oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included

_____________
(1) For these products, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

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CN Code

Description

1521 90 99

Beeswax and other insect waxes, other than raw

1522 00 10

Degras

1522 00 91 Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks

1601 00 10

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood: food preparations based
on liver

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:

1602 20 11

Goose or duck liver

1602 20 19

Of swine:

1602 41 90

Ham and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine

1602 42 90

Shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine

1602 49 90 Other, including mixtures, other than of domestic swine

1602 50 31 Of bovine animals (1)

1602 50 39

1602 50 80

Other, excluding preparations of blood of any animal:

1602 90 31 Of game or rabbit

1602 90 41 Of reindeer

1602 90 69 Other

1602 90 72

1602 90 74

1602 90 76

1602 90 78

1602 90 98

1603 00 10

1604

1605

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic inverte-
brates, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or less

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs

Crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved

1702 50 00

Chemically pure fructose

1702 90 10

Chemically pure maltose

1704 (2)

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa

Chapter 18

COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS

ex Chapter 19

PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS'
PRODUCTS, excluding products of 1901 20 00 and 1901 90 91

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1901 20 00 Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905

NS

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(1) For these products, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.
(2) For products of CN codes 1704 10 91 and 1704 10 99, the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value under the

special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.

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CN Code

Description

1901 90 91 Other, containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing
less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5 %
form of goods of
glucose or
headings 0401 to 0404

starch, excluding food preparations

in powder

Sensitivity/
Non-Sensitivity

NS

ex Chapter 20

PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS
except
for products of CN code 2002, 2005 80 00, 2008 20 19, 2008 20 39,
ex 2008 40 and ex 2008 70

2002

Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (1)

2005 80 00

Sweetcorn (1)

ex 2008 40

Prepared or preserved pears (1) (except 2008 40 11, 2008 40 21, 2008 40 29 and
2008 40 39 for which the footnote does not apply)

ex 2008 70

Prepared or preserved peaches (1) (except 2008 70 11, 2008 70 31, 2008 70 39 and
2008 70 59 for which the footnote does not apply)

2008 20 19

Pineapples containing added spirit

2008 20 39

ex Chapter 21 MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS,

excluding products of 2101 20,

2102 20 19, 2106 10, 2106 90 30, 2106 90 51, 2106 90 55 and 2106 90 59

2101 20

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of
these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or maté

2102 20 19 Other inactive yeasts

ex Chapter 22

BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR, excluding products of 2204 10 11 to
2204 30 10, 2207 and 2208 40

2207

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher;
ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength (1):

2302 50 00

Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets derived from
the sifting, milling or other working of cereals of leguminous plants

2307 00 19 Other wine lees

Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, of a kind
used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included:

2308 00 19 Other grape marc

2308 00 90 Other

2309 10 90

Dog or cat food put up for retail sale, other than containing starch, glucose, glucose
syrup of 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99,
syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine
1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk products

Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:

2309 90 10

Fish or marine mammal solubles

2309 90 91

Beetpulp with added molasses

2309 90 95 Other

2309 90 99

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(1) For these products, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

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Description

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Chapter 24

TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES

2519 90 10 Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate

2522

2523

Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of
heading 2825

Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar
hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers

Chapter 27

MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION;
BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES

2801

Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine

2802 00 00

Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur

ex 2804

Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, excluding products of 2804 69 00

2806

2807

Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid

Sulphuric acid; oleum

2808 00 00

Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids

2809

Disphosphorus pentoxide; phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids, whether or not
chemically defined

2810 00 90 Oxides of boron; boric acids, other then diboron trioxide

2811

2812

2813

2814

2815

2816

Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals

Halides and halide oxides of non-metals

Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosporus trisulphide

Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution

Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of
sodium or potassium

Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of
strontium or barium

2817 00 00

Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide

2818 10

Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined

2819

2820

2821

Chromium oxides and hydroxides

Manganese oxides

Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of
combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3

2822 00 00

Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides

2823 00 00

Titanium oxides

2824

Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead

ex 2825

Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other
oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, excluding products of 2825 10 00 and 2825 80 00

2825 10 00

Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts

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NS

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2825 80 00

Antimony oxides

2826

Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts

ex 2827

Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromides oxides;
iodides and iodide oxides, excluding products of 2827 10 00 and 2827 32 00

2827 10 00

Ammonium chloride

2827 32 00

Aluminium chloride

2828

2829

Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites

Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates

ex 2830

Sulphides; polysulphides, excluding products of 2830 10 00

2830 10 00

Sodium sulphides

2831

2832

2833

Dithionites and sulphoxylates

Sulphites; thiosulphates

Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates

ex 2834

Nitrites; nitrates, excluding products of 2834 10 00

2834 10 00

Nitrites

2835

ex 2836

Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polypho-
sphates, whether or not chemically defined

peroxocarbonates;

Carbonates;
ammonium carbamate,
2836 60 00

commercial

containing
excluding products of 2836 20 00, 2836 40 00 and

ammonium carbonate

2836 20 00

Disodium carbonate

2836 40 00

Potassium carbonates

2836 60 00

Barium carbonate

2837

Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides

2838 00 00

Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates

2839

2840

Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates

Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)

ex 2841

Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, excluding products of 2841 61 00

2841 61 00

Potassium permanganate

2842

2843

Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or
not chemically defined), other than azides

Colloidal precious metals;
whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals

inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals,

ex 2844 30 11

Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235

ex 2844 30 51

Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of thorium

2845 90 90 Other, than deuterium and compounds thereof; hydrogen and compounds thereof,

enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products

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NS

S

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NS

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NS

NS

NS

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NS

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NS

NS

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Description

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2846

Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or
of mixtures of these metals

2847 00 00

Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea

2848 00 00

Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus

ex 2849

Carbides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding products of 2849 20 00 and
2849 90 30

2849 20 00

Carbides of silicon

2849 90 30

Carbides of tungsten

ex 2850 00

Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined,
other than compounds which are also carbides of 2849, excluding products of
2850 00 70

2850 00 70

Silicides

2851 00

Other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of
similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed
air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals

2903

Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons

2904 10 00

Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters

2904 20 00

Derivatives of hydrocarbons, containing only nitro or only nitroso groups

2904 90

Other derivatives

ex 2905

Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives,
excluding products of 2905 43 00, 2905 44 and 2905 45 00

2905 45 00

Glycerol

2906

Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

2907 11 00

Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts

2907 12 00

Cresols and their salts

2907 13 00 Octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers; salts thereof

2907 14 00

Xylenols and their salts

2907 15 90

Naphthols and their salts other than 1-Naphtol

2907 19 00 Other

2907 21 00

Resorcinol and its salts

ex 2907 22 00

Hydroquinone (quinol)

ex 2907 22 00

Other

2907 23 00

4,4′-Isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts

2907 29 00 Other

2908

Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-
alcohols

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

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2909

2910

Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether
peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halo-
genated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three membered ring,
and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

2911 00 00

Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halo-
genated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

ex 2912

Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes;
paraformaldehyde, excluding products of 2912 41 00

2912 41 00

Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde)

2913 00 00

Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading
2912

ex 2914

Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function and their halo-
genated,
sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of
2914 11 00, 2914 21 00 and 2914 22 00

2914 11 00

Acetone

2914 21 00

Camphor

2914 22 00

Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanones

2915

Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and
peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

ex 2916 11 00

Acrylic acid

ex 2916 11 00

Salts of acrylic acid

2916 12

Esters of acrylic acid

2916 13 00 Methacrylic acid and its salts

2916 14

Esters of methacrylic acid

2916 15 00 Oleic, linoeic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters

2916 19

Other

2916 20 00

Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides,
peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives

2916 31 00

Benzoic acid, its salts and esters

2916 32

Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride

2916 39 00 Other

ex 2917

Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halo-
genated,
sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of
2917 11 00, 2917 12 10, 2917 14 00, 2917 32 00, 2917 35 00 and 2917 36 00

2917 11 00 Oxalic acid, its salts and esters

2917 12 10

Adipic acid, and its salts

2917 14 00 Maleic anhydride

S

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

S

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2917 32 00

Dioctyl orthophthalates

2917 35 00

Phthalic anhydride

2917 36 00

Terephthalic acid and its salts

ex 2918

Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides,
their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
peroxides and peroxyacids;
derivatives, excluding products of 2918 14 00, 2918 15 00, 2918 21 00, 2918 22 00
and 2918 29 10

2918 14 00

Citric acid

2918 15 00

Salts and esters of citric acid

2918 21 00

Salicylic acid and its salts

2918 22 00 O-Acetysalicylic acid, its salts and esters

2918 29 10

Sulfosalicylic acids, hydroxynaphthoic acids; their salts and esters

2919 00

Phosphoric esters and their salts,
sulphanoted, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

including lactophosphates;

their halogenated,

2920

2921

2922

2923

Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides)
and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

Amino-function compounds

Oxygen-function amino-compounds

Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids,
whether or not chemically defined

2924 19 00

Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof
excluding meprobamate

2924 21

Ureines and their derivatives; salts thereof

2924 23 00

2-Acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthranilic acid) and its salts

2924 29 30

Paracetamol (INN)

2924 29 95 Other carboxyamide-function compounds

2925

Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-
function compounds

ex 2926

Nitrile-function compounds, excluding products of 2926 10 00

2926 10 00

Acrylonitrile

2927 00 00

Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds

2928 00 90 Organic derivatives of hydrazine

2929 10

Isocyanates

2929 90 00 Other than isocyanates

2930 10 00 Organo-sulphur compounds

2930 20 00

2930 30 00

S

S

S

NS

S

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

S

NS

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

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2930 40 90 Organo-sulphur compounds

2930 90 13

2930 90 16

2930 90 20

2930 90 70

2931 00

Other organo-inorganic compounds

ex 2932

Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atoms only, excluding products of
2932 12 00, 2932 13 00 and 2932 21 00

2932 12 00

2-Furaldehyde (furfuraldehyde)

2932 13 00

Furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol

2932 21 00

Coumarin, methylcoumarins and ethylcoumarins

ex 2933

Heterocylic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atoms only, excluding products of
2933 61 00

2933 61 00 Melamine

2934

Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic
compounds

2935 00 90 Other sulphonamides

2938

Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other
derivatives

ex 2940 00 00

Rhamnose, raffinose and mannose

ex 2940 00 00

Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose;
sugar ethers and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of 2937, 2938 or
2939, other than rahmnose, raffinose and mannose

2941 20 30

Dihydrostreptomycin, its salts, esters and hydrates

2942 00 00 Other organic compounds

3102

Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous (1)

3103 10

Superphosphates

3105

Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements
this chapter in
nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of
tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg

ex 3201 90 90

Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esthers and other
derivatives excluding tanning extracts of eucalyptus, tannings extracts derived from
gambier and myrobalan fruits and other tanning extracts of vegetable origin

3202

Synthetic organic
inorganic
preparations, whether or not containing natural
preparations for pre-tanning

tanning substances;

tanning substances;

tanning
tanning substances; enzymatic

3203 00 90

Colouring matter of animal and preparations based thereon

_____________
(1) For these products, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

S

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

NS

NS

NS

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3204

Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations
as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic products of a kind
used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically
defined

3205 00 00

Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes

3206

3207

3208

3209

Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than
those of 3203, 3204 to 3205 00 00; inorganic products of a kind used as lumino-
phores, whether or not chemically defined

Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and
glazes, engobes, liquid lustres and similar preparations, of a kind used in the ceramic,
enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and other glass,
in the form of powder,
granules or flakes

Paint and varnishes based on synthetic polymer or chemically modified natural
polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in
note 4 to this chapter

Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymer or chemically modified natural
polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a aqueous medium

3210 00

Other paints and varnishes; prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing
leather

3211 00 00

Prepared driers

3212

3213

3214

3215

Pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in
manufacture of paints; stamping foils; dyes and other colouring matter put up in
forms or packings for retail sale

Artists', students' or sign board painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours
jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings
and the like,

in tablets, tubes,

Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics;
indoor walls,
painters'
floors, ceilings or the like

fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for façades,

Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or
solid

Chapter 33

ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS;
PREPARATIONS

PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET

Chapter 34

SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRI-
CATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES; PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR
SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES; MODELLING
PASTES, DENTAL WAXES AND DENTAL PREPARATIONS WITH A BASIS OF
PLASTER

3501

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues

3502 90 90

Albuminates and other albumin derivatives

3503 00

Gelatine sheets, whether or not surface-worked and gelatine derivatives;
other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of 3501

isinglass;

3504 00 00

Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not
elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed

3505 10 50

Starches, esterified or etherified

3506

Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included;
products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg

S

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

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Description

Sensitivity/
Non-Sensitivity

3507

Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included

Chapter 36

EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS; MATCHES; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS;
CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS

Chapter 37

PHOTOGRAPHIC OR CINEMATOPGRAPHIC GOODS

3801

3802

Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite
or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures

Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent
animal black

3803 00 90

Tall oil, whether or not refined, other than crude

3804 00

3805

lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated,
Residual
desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil
of 3803

Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by distillation or
other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphiteturpentine and other
crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent

3806

Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums

3807 00

Wood tar; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar
preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch

3808

ex 3809

3810

3811

3812

Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-
growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings
for retail sale or as preparations or articles

Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs and other
products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper,
leather or like
industries, not elsewhere specified or included, excluding products of 3809 10

Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for
soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes
consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or
coatings for welding electrodes or rods

Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers,
anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives,
for mineral oils or for
other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils

Prepared rubber accelerators; compounds plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not
elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound
stabilisers for rubber or plastics

3813 00 00

Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades

3814 00

Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or
prepared paint or varnish removers

included;

3815

Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere
specified or included

3816 00 00

Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products
of 3801

3817

Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of 2707 and
2902:

S

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

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CN Code

3819 00 00

Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not
containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils
obtained from bituminous minerals

3820 00 00

Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids

3821 00 00

Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms

ex 3823

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols,
excluding products of 3823 11 00, 3823 13 00 and 3823 19

3823 11 00

Stearic acid

3823 13 00

Tall oil fatty acids

3823 19

Other

ex 3824

Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of
the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural
products), not elsewhere specified or included, excluding products of 3824 60

3825

3901

3902

3903

3904

3905

Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or
included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this
chapter

Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms

Polymers of propylene or other olefins, in primary forms

Polymers of styrene, in primary forms

Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms

Polymers of vinyl acetate or other vinyl esters, in primary forms; other vinyl polymers
in primary forms

3906 10 00

Poly(methyl methacrylate)

3906 90 60

Copolymer of methyl acrylate with ethylene and a monomer containing a non-
terminal carboxy group as a substituent, containing by weight 50 % or more o
methyl acrylate, whether or not compounded with silica

3906 90 90 Other

ex 3907

Polycetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins,
alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters,
products of 3907 10 00, 3907 60 and 3907 99

in primary forms; polycarbonates,
in primary forms, excluding

3907 10 00

Polyacetals

3907 60

Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

3907 99

Other polyesters, other than unsaturated

3908

3909

Polyamides in primary form

Amino-resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes, in primary forms

3910 00 00

Silicones in primary forms

3911

Petroleum resins, coumarone-indene resins, polyterpenes, polysulphides, polysul-
phones and other products specified in note 3 to this chapter, not elsewhere
specified or included, in primary forms

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

NS

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3912

3913

Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary
forms

Natural polymers and modified natural polymers, not elsewhere specified or included,
in primary forms

3914 00 00

Ion-exchangers based on polymers of 3901 to 3913, in primary forms

3915

3916

3917

3918

3919

3920

Waste, parings and scrap, of plastic

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 plastic

Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor, of plastic

Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in roll or in form of tiles;
wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in note 9 to this chapter

Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics,
whether or not in rolls

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials

ex 3921

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, excluding products of 3921 90 19

3921 90 19 Other plates, sheets,

foil and strip, of plastics other than cellular products, of

polyesters, other than corrugated sheets and plates

3922

ex 3923

Baths, shower-bath, wash-basins, bidets,
cisterns and similar sanitary ware, of plastics

lavatory pans, seats and covers,

flushing

Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and
other closures, of plastics, excluding products of 3923 21 00

3923 21 00

Sacks and bags (including cones) of ethylene polymers

3924

3925

3926

Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilets articles, of plastics

Builders' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included

Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of 3901 to 3914

ex Chapter 40

RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 4010

4010

Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber

ex 4104

ex 4106 31

4106 32

4107

Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals,
without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, excluding products
of 4104 41 19 and 4104 49 19

Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether
or not split, but not further prepared, excluding products of 4106 31 10

Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting,
including parchment-dressed
leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether
or not split, other than leather of heading 4114

Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting,
leather:

including parchment-dressed

4112 00 00 Of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split, other than leather of 4114

4113 10 00 Of goats or kids, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of

4114

4113 20 00 Of swine

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

S

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

S

S

NS

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4113 30 00 Of reptiles

4113 90 00 Other

4114

Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated
leather; metallised leather

4115 10 00

Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip,
whether or not in rolls

4201 00 00

Saddlery and harness for any animal (including traces,
saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog coats and the like), of any material

leads, knee pads, muzzles,

4202

travelling-bags,

Trunks, suitcases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels, spectacle
cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and
similar containers;
toilet bags,
cigarette-cases,
rucksacks, handbags,
tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes,
cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting
of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or
mainly covered with such materials or with paper

shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases,

insulated food or beverages bags,

4203

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather

4204 00

Articles of
mechanical appliances or for other technical uses

leather, or of composition leather, of a kind used in machinery or

4205 00 00 Other articles of leather or of composition leather

4206

Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of
tendons

Chapter 43

FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR; MANUFACTURES THEREOF

4407

4408

4410

4411

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or
end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood),
for
plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise,
sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a
thickness not exceeding 6 mm

Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand board and waferboard)
of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or
other organic binding substances

Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or
other organic substances

4412

Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

4414 00 10 Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects, of tropical

wood, as specified in additional note 2 to this Chapter

4415

Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of
wood; pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood

4418 10

4418 30 10

4418 20 10

Builders'
parquet panels, shingles and shakes

joinery or carpentry of wood,

including cellular wood panels, assembled

Doors and their frames and thresholds, of tropical wood, as specified in additional
note 2 to this Chapter

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

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4420 10 11 Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and
similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of
furniture not falling within Chapter 94

4420 90 10

4420 90 91

4421 90 91 Other articles of wood: other than of fibreboard

ex Chapter 45

CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, excluding products of 4503

4503

Articles of natural cork

Chapter 46

MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS;
BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK

Chapter 50

SILK

ex Chapter 51 WOOL, FINE OR COARSE ANIMAL HAIR, HORSEHAIR YARN AND WOVEN

FABRIC, excluding products of 5105

Chapter 52

COTTON

Chapter 53

OTHER VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES; PAPER YARN AND WOVEN FABRICS OF
PAPER YARN

Chapter 54

MAN-MADE FILAMENTS

Chapter 55

MAN-MADE STAPLE FIBRES

Chapter 56 WADDING, FELT AND NONWOVENS; SPECIAL YARNS; TWINE; CORDAGE;

ROBES AND CABLES AND ARTICLES THEREOF

Chapter 57

CARPETS AND OTHER TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS

Chapter 58

SPECIAL WOVEN FABRICS; TUFTED TEXTILE FABRICS; LACE; TAPESTRIES;
TRIMMINGS; EMBROIDERY

Chapter 59

IMPREGNATED, COATED, COVERED OR LAMINATED TEXTILE FABRICS; TEXTILE
ARTICLES OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE

Chapter 60

KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS

Chapter 61

ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, KNITTED OR
CROCHETED

Chapter 62

ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, NOT KNITTED OR
CROCHETED

Chapter 63

OTHER MADE-UP TEXTILE ARTICLES; SETS; WORN CLOTHING AND WORN
TEXTILE ARTICLES; RAGS

Chapter 64

FOOTWEAR, GAITERS AND THE LIKE; PARTS OF SUCH ARTICLES

Chapter 65

HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF

Chapter 66

UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, SEAT STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING
CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF

Chapter 67

PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF
DOWN; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR

Chapter 68

ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR
MATERIALS

Chapter 69

CERAMIC PRODUCTS

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

NS

NS

S

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Sensitivity/
Non-Sensitivity

Chapter 70

GLASS AND GLASSWARE

7113

7114

Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with
precious metal

Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of
metal clad with precious metal

7115 90

Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, other then
catalysts in the form of wire cloth or grill, of platinum

7116 20 19 Other

7116 20 90 Other than articles made wholly of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-

precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed)

7117

7202

Imitation jewellery

Ferro-alloys

Chapter 73

ARTICLES OF IRON AND STEEL

Chapter 74

COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOF

7505 12 00

Bars, rods and profiles, of nickel alloys

7505 22 00 Wire, of nickel alloys

7506 20 00

Nickel plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys

7507 20 00

Nickel tube or pipe fittings

ex Chapter 76

ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7601

ex Chapter 78

LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7801

ex Chapter 79

ZINC AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7901 and 7903

ex Chapter 81

OTHER BASE METALS; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of
8101 10 00, 8101 94 00, 8102 10 00, 8102 94 00, 8104 11 00, 8104 19 00,
8107 20 00, 8108 20 00, 8108 30 00, 8109 20 00, 8110 10 00, 8112 21 90,
8112 30 20, 8112 51 00, 8112 59 00, 8112 92 and 8113 00 20

Chapter 82

TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, CUTLERY, SPOONS AND FORKS, OF BASE METAL; PARTS
THEREOF OF BASE METAL

Chapter 83

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL

ex Chapter 84

NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES;
PARTS THEREOF, excluding products of 8401 10 00 and 8407 21 10

8401 10 00

Nuclear reactors

8407 21 10 Marine propulsion engines, outboard motors, of a cylinder capacity not exceeding

325 cm3

ex Chapter 85

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND
RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS,
TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND
RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH
ARTICLES, excluding products of 8516 50 00, 8519, 8520 32 99, 8520 39 90,
8521, 8525, 8527, 8528 12, 8528 21 to 8528 30, 8529, 8540 11 and 8540 12

8516 50 00 Microwave ovens

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

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Description

Sensitivity/
Non-Sensitivity

8519

Turntables (record decks), record-players, cassette-players and other sound-producing
apparatus, not incorporating a sound-recording device

8520 32 99

Digital audio type, other than cassette-type

8520 39 90 Magnetic tape-recorders and other sound-recording apparatus, other than using tapes
on reels, allowing sound recording or reproduction either at a single speed of 19 cm
per second or at several speeds if those comprise only 19 cm per second and lower
speeds

8521

8525

8527

Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video
turner

Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or
television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or
reproducing apparatus; television cameras, still image video cameras and other video
camera recorders

Reception apparatus
radio-broadcasting,
whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing
apparatus or a clock

radio-telegraphy or

radio-telephony,

for

ex 8528

Reception apparatus for television, whether or not
incorporating radio-broadcast
receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus, excluding products
of 8528 13 00, video monitors and video projectors

8529

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of 8525 to 8528

8540 11

Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes

8540 12 00

Chapter 86

8701

8702

8703

8704

8705

RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND PARTS
THEREOF; RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES FITTINGS AND PARTS
THEREOF; MECHANICAL
TRAFFIC
SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL KINDS

(INCLUDING ELECTRO-MECHANICAL)

Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709)

Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 persons or more, including the driver

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons
(other than those of 8702), including station wagons and racing cars

Motor vehicles for the transport of goods

Special purpose motor vehicles, other
transport of persons or goods (e.g. breakdown lorries, crane lorries,
vehicles,
workshops, mobile radiological units)

the
fire-fighting
spraying lorries, mobile

than those principally designed for

concrete-mixer

road-sweeper

lorries,

lorries,

8706 00

Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705

8707

8708

8709

Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705

Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705

Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type
used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of
goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms; parts of the forgoing
vehicles

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

8710 00 00

Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with
weapons, and parts of such vehicles

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Description

Sensitivity/
Non-Sensitivity

CN Code

8711

Motor-cycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or
without side-cars; side cars

8712 00

Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised

8714

Parts and accessories of vehicles of 8711 to 8713

8715 00

Baby carriages and parts thereof

8716

Trailers and semi-trailers, other vehicles not mechanically propelled; parts thereof

Chapter 88

AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT AND PARTS THEREOF

Chapter 89

SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES

Chapter 90

OPTICAL,
PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING,
PRECISION MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS
AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF

Chapter 91

CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF

Chapter 92

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES

ex Chapter 94

FURNITURE; BEDDING, MATTRESSES, MATTRESS SUPPORTS, CUSHIONS AND
SIMILAR STUFFED FURNISHINGS; LAMPS AND LIGHTING FITTINGS, NOT
ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED;
ILLUMINATED
NAME-PLATES AND THE LIKE; PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS, excluding products
of 9405

ILLUMINATED SIGNS,

9405

Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof, not
elsewhere specified or included;
illuminated name-plates and the
illuminated signs,
like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified
or included

ex Chapter 95

TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF,
excluding products of 9503

9503

Other toys; reduced-size (‘scale’) models and similar recreational models, working or
not; puzzles of all kinds

Chapter 96

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

S

S

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

NS

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ANNEX III

Conventions referred to in Article 9

PART A

Core human and labour rights UN/ILO Conventions

1. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

2. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

3. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

4. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

5. Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

6. Convention on the Rights of the Child

7. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

8. Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (No 138)

9. Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child

Labour (No 182)

10. Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (No 105)

11. Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (No 29)

12. Convention concerning Equal Remuneration of Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value (No 100)

13. Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (No 111)

14. Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (No 87)

15. Convention concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively (No 98)

16. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.

Conventions related to the environment and governance principles

PART B

17. Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

18. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

19. Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

20. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

21. Convention on Biological Diversity

22. Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

23. Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

24. United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961)

25. United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971)

26. United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988)

27. United Nations Convention against Corruption (Mexico).