Council Regulation (EC) No 963/2006 of  27 June 2006  amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial, agricultural and fishery products
Date: 2006-06-27
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: CCT duties, EU production, agricultural product, fishery product, industrial product, suspension of customs duties, underproduction

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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 963/2006

of 27 June 2006

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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

changes. This should not exclude the premature termi-
nation of certain measures or their continuation beyond
this period,
in
accordance with the principles
laid down in the
Commission Communication concerning autonomous
tariff suspensions and quotas (2).

if economic reasons are submitted,

Whereas:

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 should therefore be
amended accordingly,

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

is in the interest of

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

is no longer

A number of products which are referred to in the said
Regulation should be withdrawn from the list in the
in the Community's
Annex because it
autonomous
interest
Common Customs Tariff
the
because
description needs to be altered in order to take account
of technical product developments and economic trends
on the market.

suspension
duties

to maintain

of
or

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

1. the products listed in Annex I to this Regulation shall be

inserted;

2. the products for which the CN codes are set out in Annex II

to this Regulation shall be deleted.

Accordingly, products whose description needs to be
altered should be regarded as new products.

Article 2

The validity period of the measure should be 1 July 2006
to 31 December 2008, in order to be able to carry out
economic examinations of the individual suspensions in
that period. Eight years of experience have shown the
need to provide for an expiry date of the suspensions
listed in the Annex to this Regulation to ensure that
and economic
account

technological

taken of

is

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publi-
cation in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 July 2006.

However, for products with TARIC codes 5205 31 00 10 and
8414 30 89 20, it shall apply from 1 January 2006.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 2006.

For the Council
The President

J. PRÖLL

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

lation (EC) No 300/2006 (OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ C 128, 25.4.1998, p. 2.

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ANNEX I

CN code

TARIC

Description

Rate of
autonomous
duty

Validity period

ex 2904 90 85

40

3-Bromo-5-nitro-trifluoromethyl
benzene

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 2909 19 00

ex 2912 29 00

ex 2916 12 90

ex 2921 42 10

ex 2921 42 10

ex 2921 43 00

ex 2921 51 19

ex 2922 29 00

ex 2922 49 95

ex 2927 00 00

ex 2930 90 70

ex 2930 90 70

40

20

40

35

45

40

30

25

50

60

76

77

Bis(2-ethoxyethyl)ether

p-Phenylbenzaldehyde

2,4-Di-tert-pentyl-6-[1-(3,5-di-tert-pentyl-
2-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]phenylacrylate

2-Nitroaniline

2,4,5-Trichloroaniline

4-Aminotoluene-3-sulphonic acid

2-Methyl-p-phenylenediamine sulphate

5-Amino-o-cresol

D-(-)-Dihydrophenylglycine

4,4′-Dicyano-4,4′-azodivaleric acid

2,2′-Dithiodi(benzoic acid)

4-[4-(2-Propenyloxy)phenylsulphonyl]
phenol

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 2931 00 95

96

3-(Hydroxyphenylphosphinoyl)propionic
acid

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 2931 00 95

97

Potassium 4-tolylphosphinate,
form of an aqueous solution

in the

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 2932 29 85

80

Gibberellic acid with a minimum purity
by weight of 88 %

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 2933 19 90

ex 2934 99 90

ex 2935 00 90

50

85

81

ex 2935 00 90

82

Fenpyroximate (ISO)

Aprepitant (INN)

4-Amino-N-(4-aminophenyl)benzenesul-
phonamide

N-(5,7-Dimethoxy[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]
pyrimidin-2-yl)-2-methoxy-4-(trifluoro-
methyl)pyridine-3-sulphonamide

0 %

0 %

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3204 15 00

60

Dyestuff C.I. Vat Blue 4

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

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CN code

TARIC

Description

Rate of
autonomous
duty

Validity period

ex 3204 19 00

81

6,11-Difluoro-3,3-di-(4-methoxyphenyl)-
13,13-dimethyl-3,13-dihydrobenzo
[h]indeno[2,1-f]chromene

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3204 19 00

82

3-(4-Fluorophenyl)-3-(4-piperidino-
phenyl)-13,13-dimethyl-3,13-dihydro-
benzo[h]indeno[2,1-f]chromene

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3204 19 00

83

6,7-Dimethoxy-11-cyano-3,3-di-
(4-methoxyphenyl)-13,13-dimethyl-3,13-
dihydrobenzo[h]indeno[2,1-f]chromene

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3207 30 00

10

Preparation containing:
— not more than 85 % by weight of

silver,

— not

less

than 2 % by weight of

palladium,
— barium titanate,
— terpineol, and
— ethyl cellulose,

used for screen printing in the manu-
facture of multilayer
capa-
citors (1)

ceramic

ex 3402 13 00

10

Vinyl copolymer
based on polypropylene glycol

surface active agent

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3506 91 00

30

component microencapsulated

Two
epoxy adhesive dispersed in a solvent

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3707 10 00

30

Preparation based on photosensitive
acrylic containing polymer, containing
colour pigments, 2-methoxy-1-methyl-
and
ethylacetate
and
whether or not
ethyl-3-
ethoxypropionate

cyclohexanone
containing

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3811 90 00

10

Dinonylnaphthylsulphonic acid salt, in a
mineral oil solution

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3815 90 90

16

Initiator based on dimethylaminopropyl
urea for
the manufacture of polyur-
ethane foam systems (1)

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3819 00 00

20

Fire resistant hydraulic fluid based on
phosphate ester

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

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CN code

TARIC

Description

Rate of
autonomous
duty

Validity period

ex 3824 90 99

12

Oligomer of tetrafluoroethylene, having
one iodoethyl end-group

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3824 90 99

27

ex 3824 90 99

34

ex 3824 90 99

90

Preparation based on: 2-pentanone,
4-methyl-O,O′,O″-(methylsilylidyne)
trioxime and 4-methyl-2-butanone-
O, O′, O″, O″′-silane tetrayl tetraoxime

Mixture of phytosterols in the form of a
crystalline waxy powder, containing by
weight:
— 36 % or more, but not more than

79 % of sitosterols,

— 15 % or more, but not more than

34 % of sitostanols,

— 4 % or more, but not more than

25 % of campesterols,

— 0 % or more, but not more than

14 % of campestanols

Hollow spheres of fused aluminosilicate
containing 65-80 % amorphous alumi-
nosilicate, with the following character-
istics:
— a melting point of between 1 600 °C

and 1 800 °C,

— a density of 0,6-0,8 g/cm3,
for use in the manufacture of particle
filters in motor vehicles (1)

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3904 61 00

60

of

Mixture
polytetrafluoroethylene
(PTFE), sodium chloride and a nonionic
surfactant

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3907 20 21

20

ex 3907 30 00

50

of

and
Copolymer
tetrahydro-3-methylfuran
an
average molecular weight of 3 500
(± 100)

tetrahydrofuran
with

Liquid epoxide resin of 2-propenenitrile/
copolymer, not
1,3-butadiene-epoxide
containing any solvent, with:
— a zinc borate hydrate content not

exceeding 40 % by weight,

— a diantimony trioxide content not

exceeding 5 % by weight

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3907 99 19

40

Copolymer of
isophthalic acid and 5-
sodiosulphoisophthalic acid with cyclo-
hexanedimethanol and diethylene glycol

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3912 90 10

20

Hydroxypropyl methylcellulose phthalate

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

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CN code

TARIC

Description

ex 3917 32 39

30

ex 3919 90 31

15

Thermo-shrinkable polystyrene tube for
use in the manufacture of zinc carbon
batteries (1)

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) film, with a
coloured layer on one side and a self
adhesive layer on the other, coated on
both sides with protective film, with an
overall thickness of 100 (± 10) μm,
in
rolls,
the manufacture of optical
for
filters (1)

Rate of
autonomous
duty

Validity period

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 3920 62 19

77

Sheet of poly(ethylene
containing:
— temperature-sensitive

terephthalate),

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

layers which

ex 3920 99 90

10

ex 3926 90 98

40

ex 5205 31 00

10

ex 6805 10 00

ex 6805 20 00

ex 6805 30 80

ex 7019 90 99

10

10

10

30

form primary colours after heating,

— reflective layer,
— protective layer,
to be used in polychromatic thermal
printers (1)

Biodegradeable sheet of a thickness not
exceeding 1 mm containing by weight:
— 90 % (± 5 %) starch,
— 10 % (± 5 %) of a synthetic polymer,
— 0,5 % (± 0,5 %) of stearic acid

Hollow microspheres of a copolymer of
isooctylacrylate and acrylic acid, having a
diameter of 10 μm or more but not
exceeding 1 000 μm, dispersed in water

ply

yarn

bleached

Six
cotton,
of
measuring 925 dtex or more but not
more than 989 dtex per single yarn,
for the manufacture of tampons (1)

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.1.2006 to 31.12.2008

Abrasive
in the
shaped particles on a support

form of

identically

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

cord

High modulus
impregnated with
from twisted
filament yarns,
comprising
a
resin with or without
and/or
butadiene rubber (HNBR)

(K)
glass
obtained
rubber,
glass
high modulus
coated with a
latex
resorcinol-formaldehyde
vinylpyridine
acrylonitrile-

hydrogenated

ex 8305 20 00

10

Staples of a width of 12 mm (± 1 mm)
and a depth of 8 mm (± 1 mm) for use
in copiers and printers (1)

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

ex 8414 30 89

20

Vehicle air conditioning system part,
consisting of an open shaft reciprocating
compressor
exceeding
a
0,4 kW but not exceeding 10 kW

power

of

0 %

1.1.2006 to 31.12.2008

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Rate of
autonomous
duty

0 %

0 %

Validity period

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

CN code

TARIC

Description

Drive part, for compressors of air condi-
tioning machines of motor vehicles (1)

consisting of

an alloy of
Magnets
neodymium,
iron and boron, either in
the shape of a rounded rectangle with
exceeding
measurements
15 × 10 × 2 mm, or in the shape of
disc with a diameter not
exceeding
90 mm, whether or not containing a
hole in the centre

not

ex 8414 90 00

ex 8505 11 00

40

33

ex 8505 20 00

20

ex 8505 20 00

30

ex 8529 90 81

45

Electromagnetic wrap spring clutch with
a diameter not exceeding 40 mm,
for
use in the manufacture of copiers and
printers,
including multi-functional
copiers (1)

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

0 %

1.7.2006 to 31.12.2008

Electromagnetic clutch,
manufacture of
conditioning machines
vehicles (1)

compressors of

for use in the
air
of motor

circuit package with TV
Integrated
a
functionality
containing
reception
tuner die, power
channel decoder die,
management
and
discrete as well as embedded passive
circuit
of
for
digitally broadcasting
videosignals of
DVB-T and DVB-H formats

die, GSM filters

reception

elements

(1) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions (see Articles 291 to 300 of

Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1).

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ANNEX II

CN code

TARIC

ex 2903 30 80

ex 2924 19 00

ex 3811 90 00

ex 8414 30 89

ex 8505 11 00

60

20

10

20

33