Council Regulation (EC) No 2114/2005 of  13 December 2005  concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Republic of Korea pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994
Date: 2005-12-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: GATT, South Korea, customs duties, customs tariff, plastics, radio equipment, recording equipment

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(Acts whose publication is obligatory)

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 2114/2005

of 13 December 2005

concerning the implementation of the Agreement in the form of Exchange of Letters between the
European Community and the Republic of Korea pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of
the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) 1994

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Community, the said Agreement with a view to closing nego-
tiations initiated pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of the GATT 1994,

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

establishing the European

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

Article 1

The duty rates shown in the Annex to this Regulation shall
apply for the period indicated.

By Council Decision 2005/929/EC of 13 December 2005 on
the conclusion of an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of
Letters between the European Community and the Republic of
Korea pursuant to Article XXIV:6 and Article XXVIII of the
GATT 1994 (1),
the

the Council approved, on behalf of

Article 2

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

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

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2005.

For the Council
The President

J. GRANT

(1) See page 61 of this Official Journal.

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ANNEX

Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the wording for the description of the
products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the concessions being determined, within the
context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes as they exist at the time of adoption of the current regulation.
Where ex CN codes are indicated, the concessions are to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding
description taken together.

Part Two

Schedule of customs duties

CN code

Description

3903 19 00

Polystyrene, in primary forms (other than expansible).

8521 10 30

Magnetic tape-type video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or
not incorporating a video tuner, using tape of a width not exceeding
1,3 cm and allowing recording or reproduction at a tape speed not
exceeding 50 mm per second, other than those for use in civil aircraft.

Duty rate

An applied rate of
4,0 % (1)

An applied rate of
13,0 % (1)

8525 40 99

Other video camera recorders, other than those which are only able to
record sound and images taken by the television camera.

An applied rate of
12,5 % (2)

8527 31 91

Other radio-broadcast receivers, including apparatus capable of receiving
also radio-telephony or radio-telegraphy, combined with sound recording
or reproducing apparatus, with laser optical reading system, other than
those having within the housing one or more loudspeaker.

An applied rate of
11,4 % (1)

(1) The lower applied rates indicated above are to be applied for three years or until the implementation of the results of the Doha

Development Agenda Round reaches the tariff level above, whichever comes first.

(2) The lower applied rate indicated above is to be applied for four years or until the implementation of the results of the Doha

Development Agenda Round reaches the tariff level above, whichever comes first.