Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to  31 December 2011 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007
Date: 2008-07-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: developing countries, development aid, generalised preferences, governance, least-developed country, poverty, sustainable development, tariff preference

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is obligatory)

REGULATIONS

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 732/2008

of 22 July 2008

applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December
2011 and amending Regulations (EC) No 552/97, (EC) No 1933/2006 and Commission Regulations (EC)
No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Since 1971, the Community has granted trade preferences
to developing countries, in the framework of its scheme of
generalised tariff preferences.

The Community’s common commercial policy is to be
consistent with and to consolidate the objectives of devel-
opment policy, in particular the eradication of poverty and
the promotion of sustainable development and good govern-
ance in the developing countries. It is to comply with WTO
requirements, and in particular with the GATT ‘enabling
clause’ of 1979 according to which WTO Members may
accord differential and more favourable treatment to devel-
oping countries.

The Communication of 7 July 2004 from the Commission
to the Council, the European Parliament and the European
Economic and Social Committee, entitled ‘Developing
countries, international trade and sustainable development:
the function of the Community’s generalised system of
preferences (GSP) for the 10-year period from 2006

(1) Opinion delivered on 5 June 2008 following non-compulsory consul-

tation (not yet published in the Official Journal).

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

to 2015’, sets out the guidelines for the application of the
scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period
2006 to 2015.

Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 (2) applies the
scheme of generalised tariff preferences until 31 Decem-
ber 2008. Thereafter, the scheme should continue to apply
until 31 December 2011,
in accordance with the
guidelines.

The scheme of generalised tariff preferences (hereinafter
referred to as the scheme) should consist of a general
arrangement, granted to all beneficiary countries and ter-
ritories, and two special arrangements taking account of
the various development needs of countries in similar eco-
nomic situations.

The general arrangement should be granted to all those
beneficiary countries which are not classified by the World
Bank as high-income countries and which are not suffi-
ciently diversified in their exports.

sustainable development, as

The special incentive arrangement for sustainable develop-
ment and good governance is based on the integral con-
cept of
recognised by
international conventions and instruments such as the
1986 UN Declaration on the Right to Development, the
1992 Rio Declaration on Environment and Development,
the 1998 ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and
Rights at Work, the 2000 UN Millennium Declaration, and
the 2002 Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable
Development.

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a
scheme of generalised tariff preferences (OJ L 169, 30.6.2005, p. 1).
Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 55/2008 (OJ L 20,
24.1.2008, p. 1).

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(8)

(9)

tariff preferences should be
Consequently, additional
granted to those developing countries which, due to a lack
of diversification and insufficient integration into the inter-
national trading system, are vulnerable while assuming the
special burdens and responsibilities resulting from the rati-
fication and effective implementation of core international
conventions on human and labour rights, environmental
protection and good governance.

These preferences should be designed to promote further
economic growth and, thereby, to respond positively to
the need for sustainable development. Under this arrange-
ment, the ad valorem tariffs should therefore be suspended
for the beneficiary countries concerned, as well as the spe-
cific duties, unless combined with an ad valorem duty.

(10) Developing countries which fulfil the criteria for being eli-
gible for the special incentive arrangement for sustainable
development and good governance should be able to ben-
efit from the additional tariff preferences if, upon their
application, the Commission confirms their qualification
by 15 December 2008. The countries which already ben-
efit from the special arrangement for sustainable develop-
ment
should renew their
applications.

and good governance

(11)

(12)

(13)

The Commission should monitor the effective implemen-
tation of the international conventions in accordance with
their respective mechanisms and should assess the relation-
ship between the additional tariff preferences and the pro-
motion of sustainable development.

The special arrangement for the least-developed countries
should continue to grant duty-free access to the Commu-
nity market for products originating in the least-developed
countries, as recognised and classified by the UN. For a
country no longer classified by the UN as a least-developed
country, a transitional period should be established, to alle-
viate any adverse effects caused by removal of the tariff
preferences granted under this arrangement.

To ensure coherence with the market access provisions for
sugar in the Economic Partnership Agreements, the duty
free access for sugar should apply from 1 October 2009
and the tariff quota for products under subheading
1701 11 10 as opened under the special arrangement for
the least developed countries should be extended until
30 September 2009 with a pro rata increase in its volume.
In addition, for the period between 1 October 2009
and 30 September 2012 the importer of products under
heading 1701 should undertake to purchase such products
at a price not lower than a minimum price.

situation of the sectors manufacturing the same products
in the Community.

(15)

(16)

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

Such a tariff reduction should be sufficiently attractive, in
order to motivate traders to make use of the opportunities
offered by the scheme. Therefore, as far as the ad valorem
duties are concerned, the general reduction should be by a
flat rate of 3,5 percentage points from the ‘most favoured
nation’ duty-rate, while such duties for textiles and textile
goods should be reduced by 20 %. Specific duties should
be reduced by 30 %. Where a minimum duty is specified,
that minimum duty should not apply.

(17) Where the preferential duty-rates, calculated in accordance
with Regulation (EC) No 980/2005, provide for a higher
tariff reduction, such rates should continue to apply.

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

(19)

For the sake of coherence in the Community’s commercial
policy, a beneficiary country should not benefit from both
the scheme and a preferential trade agreement, if that
agreement covers all the preferences provided for by the
present scheme to that country.

(20) Graduation should be based on criteria related to sections
of the Common Customs Tariff. The graduation of a sec-
tion for a beneficiary country should be applied when the
section meets the criteria for graduation during three con-
secutive years, in order to increase predictability and fair-
ness of graduation by eliminating the effect of large and
exceptional variations in the import statistics.

(21)

The rules of origin concerning the definition of the con-
cept of originating products, the procedures and the meth-
ods of administrative cooperation related thereto,
laid
down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of
2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementa-
tion of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing
the Community Customs Code (1), should apply to the tar-
iff preferences provided for by this Regulation, in order to
ensure that the benefit of this scheme goes only to those
beneficiary countries which the scheme is intended to
benefit.

(14)

For the general arrangement, there should be continued
differentiation of the preferences between ‘non-sensitive’
products and ‘sensitive’ products, to take account of the

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

tion (EC) No 214/2007 (OJ L 62, 1.3.2007, p. 6).

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(22)

The reasons for temporary withdrawal should include seri-
ous and systematic violations of the principles laid down
in certain international conventions concerning core
human rights and labour rights or related to the environ-
ment or good governance, so as to promote the objectives
of those conventions and to ensure that no beneficiary
country receives unfair advantage through continuous vio-
lation of those conventions.

(23) Due to the political situation in Myanmar and in Belarus,
the temporary withdrawal of all tariff preferences in respect
of imports of products originating in Myanmar or Belarus
should be maintained.

(24) Where necessary, references in other Community legisla-
tion should be updated to refer to this Regulation. Council
Regulations (EC) No 552/97 of 24 March 1997 tempo-
rarily withdrawing access to generalised tariff preferences
from the Union of Myanmar (1), No 1933/2006 of
21 December 2006 temporarily withdrawing access to the
from the Republic of
generalised tariff preferences
Belarus (2)
(EC)
Commission
and
No 1100/2006 of 17 July 2006 laying down, for the mar-
keting years 2006/2007, 2007/08 and 2008/2009,
detailed rules for the opening and administration of tariff
quotas for raw cane-sugar for refining, originating in least
developed countries, as well as detailed rules applying to
the importation of products under tariff heading 1701
originating in least developed countries (3) and (EC)
No 964/2007 of 14 August 2007 laying down detailed
rules for the opening and administration of the tariff quo-
tas for rice originating in the least developed countries for
the marketing years 2007/2008 and 2008/2009 (4) should
therefore be amended accordingly.

Regulations

(25)

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 con-
ferred on the Commission (5),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

1.
The scheme of generalised tariff preferences (hereinafter
referred to as the scheme) shall apply in accordance with this
Regulation.

2.

This Regulation provides for the following tariff preferences:

(a) a general arrangement;

(b) a special incentive arrangement for sustainable development

and good governance; and

(c) a special arrangement for the least-developed countries.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(a)

(b)

‘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 (6), except
those duties set up within the framework of tariff quotas;

‘section’ means any of the sections of the Common Customs
Tariff as laid down by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. Sec-
tion XI shall be treated as being made up of two separate sec-
tions, with Section XI(a) comprising Chapters 50-60 of the
Common Customs Tariff, and Section XI(b) comprising
Chapters 61-63 of the Common Customs Tariff;

(c)

‘beneficiary countries and territories’ means countries and
territories listed in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 3

A beneficiary country shall be removed from the scheme
1.
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 imports covered by the
GSP into the Community represents less than 75 % of the total
GSP-covered imports from that beneficiary country into the
Community.

2. When a beneficiary country benefits from a preferential
trade agreement with the Community which covers all the pref-
erences provided for by the present scheme to that country, it
shall be removed from the list of beneficiary countries.

inform the Committee referred to in
The Commission shall
Article 27 about the preferences provided by the preferential trade
agreement referred to in the first subparagraph.

The Commission shall notify the beneficiary country con-

3.
cerned of its removal from the list of beneficiary countries.

Article 4

(1) OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 8.
(2) OJ L 405, 30.12.2006, p. 35.
(3) OJ L 196, 18.7.2006, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 213, 15.8.2007, p. 26.
(5) OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23. Decision as amended by Decision

2006/512/EC (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 11).

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

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

Regulation (EC) No 360/2008 (OJ L 111, 23.4.2008, p. 9).

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Article 5

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

For the purposes of

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

Regional cumulation within the meaning and provisions of
3.
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
benefit from the arrangements applying to the final product, pro-
vided that both countries benefit from regional cumulation for
that group.

CHAPTER II

ARRANGEMENTS AND TARIFF PREFERENCES

SECTION 1

General arrangement

Article 6

The tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4
7.
shall not apply to products from sections in respect of which
those tariff preferences have been removed, for the country of ori-
gin concerned, in accordance with Article 13 and Article 20(8) as
listed in column C of Annex I.

SECTION 2

Special incentive arrangement for sustainable development
and good governance

Article 7

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

2.
Common Customs Tariff specific duties on products
referred to in paragraph 1 shall be suspended entirely, except for
products for which the Common Customs Tariff duties include ad
valorem duties. For products with CN code 1704 10 90, the spe-
cific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value.

For a beneficiary country, the special incentive arrangement
3.
for sustainable development and good governance shall not
include products from the sections for which, according to col-
umn C of Annex I, these tariff preferences have been withdrawn.

Article 8

1.
Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in
Annex II as non-sensitive products shall be suspended entirely,
except for agricultural components.

1.
The special incentive arrangement for sustainable develop-
ment and good governance may be granted to a country which:

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 from 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 980/2005, on the Common Cus-
toms Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on 25 August 2008, pro-
vide for a tariff reduction,
for the products referred to in
paragraph 2 of this Article, of more than 3,5 percentage points,
those preferential duty-rates shall apply.

(a) has ratified and effectively implemented all the conventions

listed in Annex III;

(b) gives an undertaking to maintain the ratification of the con-
ventions and their implementing legislation and measures,
and accepts regular monitoring and review of its implemen-
tation record in accordance with the implementation provi-
sions of the conventions it has ratified; and

(c)

is considered to be a vulnerable country as defined in
paragraph 2.

4.
Common Customs Tariff specific duties, other than mini-
mum or maximum duties, on products listed in Annex II as sen-
sitive products shall be reduced by 30 %.

For the purposes of this Section a vulnerable country means

2.
a country:

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

(a) which is not classified by the World Bank as a high-income
country during three consecutive years, and of which the five
largest sections of its GSP-covered imports into the Commu-
nity represent more than 75 % in value of its total GSP-
covered imports; and

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 mini-
mum duty shall not apply.

(b) of which the GSP-covered imports into the Community rep-
resent less than 1 % in value of the total GSP-covered imports
into the Community.

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The data to be used are:

Article 10

(a)

(b)

for the purpose of Article 9(a)(i) — those available on 1 Sep-
tember 2007, as an annual average over three consecutive
years;

for the purpose of Article 9(a)(ii) — those available on 1 Sep-
tember 2009, as an annual average over three consecutive
years.

1.
The Commission shall examine the request accompanied by
the information referred to in Article 9(2). When examining the
request the Commission shall take account of the findings of the
relevant 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 with any other relevant sources.

3.
The Commission shall keep under review the status of rati-
fication and effective implementation of the conventions listed in
Annex III by examining available information from relevant
monitoring bodies. The Commission shall inform the Council if
this information indicates that there has been a diversion, by a
beneficiary country, from the effective implementation of any of
the conventions.

In time for discussion on the next Regulation, the Commission
shall present, to the Council, a summary report on the status of
ratification and available recommendations by relevant monitor-
ing bodies.

Article 9

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 either:

(i)

by 31 October 2008, to be granted the special incentive
arrangement as from 1 January 2009;

or

(ii) by 30 April 2010, to be granted the special incentive

arrangement as from 1 July 2010;

and

(b) an examination of the request shows that the requesting
country or territory fulfils the conditions laid down in
Article 8(1) and (2).

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

3.
Those countries which were granted the special incentive
arrangement for sustainable development and good governance
under Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 shall also submit a request,
in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. Countries
granted the special incentive arrangement for sustainable devel-
opment and good governance on the basis of a request under
paragraph 1(a)(i) shall not be required to submit a request under
paragraph 1(a)(ii).

2.
After having examined the request the Commission shall
decide in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 27(4) whether to grant the requesting country the special
incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good
governance.

3.
The Commission shall notify the requesting country of a
decision taken in accordance with paragraph 2. Where a country
is granted the special incentive arrangement, it shall be informed
of the date on which that decision enters into force. The Com-
mission shall 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:

(a) by 15 December 2008, for a request under Article 9(1)(a)(i);

or

(b) by 15 June 2010 for a request under Article 9(1)(a)(ii).

4. Where the requesting country is not granted the special
incentive arrangement, the Commission shall give the reasons, if
that country so requests.

5.
The Commission shall conduct all relations with a request-
ing country concerning the request acting in accordance with the
procedure referred to in Article 27(4).

6.
The special incentive arrangement for sustainable develop-
ment and good governance granted under Council Regulation
(EC) No 980/2005 shall continue to be granted from 1 January
2009 to any country still subject to an investigation initiated
under Article 18(2) of that Regulation, until the date of conclu-
sion of such investigation under this Regulation.

SECTION 3

Special arrangement for the least-developed countries

Article 11

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

2.
The Common Customs Tariff duties on the products under
tariff heading 1006 shall be reduced by 80 % until 31 August
2009, and suspended entirely with effect from 1 September 2009.

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The Common Customs Tariff duties on the products under
3.
tariff heading 1701 shall be reduced by 80 % until 30 September
2009, and suspended entirely with effect from 1 October 2009.

4.
For the period from 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2012
the importer of products under tariff heading 1701 shall under-
take to purchase such products at a minimum price not lower
than 90 % of the reference price (on a cif basis) set in Article 3 of
Council Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 of 20 February 2006 on
the common organisation of the markets in the sugar sector (1)
for the relevant marketing year.

5.
Until Common Customs Tariff duties on the products under
tariff headings 1006 and 1701 are entirely suspended in accor-
dance with paragraphs 2 and 3, a global tariff quota at zero duty
shall be opened for every marketing year for products under tariff
heading 1006 and subheading 1701 11 10 respectively, originat-
ing in the countries benefiting from this special arrangement. The
tariff quotas for the marketing year 2008/2009 shall be equal
to 6 694 tonnes, husked rice equivalent, for products under tariff
heading 1006 and 204 735 tonnes, white sugar equivalent, for
products under subheading 1701 11 10.

For the period from 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2015,
6.
imports of products under tariff heading 1701 shall require an
import licence.

7.
The Commission shall adopt detailed rules for implement-
ing the provisions referred to in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of this
Article in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 195
of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007
establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and
on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single
CMO Regulation) (2).

8. When a country is excluded by the UN from the list of the
least-developed countries, it shall be 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 27(4).

Article 12

15 % of the value of Community imports of the same products
from all beneficiary countries and territories over three consecu-
tive years, on the basis of the most recent data available on 1 Sep-
tember 2007. For each of the Sections XI(a) and XI(b), the
threshold shall be 12,5 %.

2.
The sections removed in accordance with paragraph 1 are
listed in column C of Annex I. The sections thus removed shall
remain so for the period of application of this Regulation as
referred to in Article 32(2).

The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of the

3.
removal of a section.

4.
Paragraph 1 shall not apply to a beneficiary country in
respect of any section which represents more than 50 % in value
of all GSP-covered imports into the Community originating from
that country.

The statistical source to be used for the purpose of this

5.
Article shall be Eurostat’s external trade statistics.

Article 14

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

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 suspended entirely.

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

Article 11(3) and (5) that refer to products under tariff subhead-
ing 1701 11 10 shall not apply to products originating in coun-
tries benefiting from the preferences referred to in this section and
released for free circulation in the French overseas departments.

CHAPTER III

TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL AND SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS

SECTION 4

Common provisions

Article 13

SECTION 1

Temporary withdrawal

Article 15

1.
The tariff preferences referred to in Articles 6 and 7 shall be
removed, in respect of products originating in a beneficiary coun-
try 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

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

(1) OJ L 58, 28.2.2006, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission

Regulation (EC) No 1260/2007 (OJ L 283, 27.10.2007, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commis-
sion Regulation (EC) No 510/2008 (OJ L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 61).

(a)

the serious and systematic violation of principles laid down
in the conventions listed in Part A of Annex III, on the basis
of the conclusions of the relevant monitoring bodies;

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(b)

the export of goods made by prison labour;

(c)

(d)

serious shortcomings in customs controls on the export
or transit of drugs (illicit substances or precursors), or fail-
conventions on
ure
money-laundering;

to comply with international

serious and systematic unfair trading practices which have an
adverse effect on the Community industry and which 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;

(e)

the serious and systematic infringement of the objectives of
regional fishery organisations or arrangements of which the
Community is a member concerning the conservation and
management of fishery resources.

2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the special incentive
arrangement referred to in Section 2 of Chapter II may be with-
drawn temporarily, in respect of all or of certain products included
in this arrangement and originating in a beneficiary country, in
particular if the national legislation no longer incorporates those
conventions referred to in Annex III which have been ratified in
fulfilment of the requirements of Article 8(1) and (2) or if that
legislation is not effectively implemented.

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

Article 16

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

The administrative cooperation referred to in paragraph 1

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

(a)

communicate to the Commission and update the informa-
tion necessary for the implementation of the rules of origin
and the policing thereof;

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protec-
tion against dumped imports from countries not members of the
European Community (OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1). Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 2117/2005 (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005,
p. 17).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on protec-
tion against subsidized imports from countries not members of the
European Community (OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1). Regulation as last
amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004,
p. 12).

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

the Member States,

(c) assist the Community by allowing the Commission, in coor-
dination and close cooperation with the competent authori-
ties of
to conduct Community
administrative 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;

(e)

(f)

comply with 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;

assist the Community in the verification of conduct where
there is the presumption of origin-related fraud. The exist-
ence of fraud may be presumed where imports of products
under the preferential arrangements provided for in this
Regulation massively exceed the usual levels of the benefi-
ciary country’s exports.

3.
The Commission may suspend the preferential arrange-
ments provided for in this Regulation, in respect of all or of cer-
tain products originating in a beneficiary country, where it
considers that there is sufficient evidence that temporary with-
drawal would be justified for the reasons referred to in para-
graphs 1 and 2, provided that it has first:

(a)

informed the Committee referred to in Article 27;

(b) called on the Member States to take such precautionary mea-
sures as are necessary, in order to safeguard the Communi-
ty’s financial
interests and/or secure compliance by the
beneficiary country with its obligations; and

(c) published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union
stating that there are grounds for reasonable doubt about the
application of the preferential arrangements and/or compli-
ance by the beneficiary country with its obligations, which
may call into question its right to continue to enjoy the ben-
efits granted by this Regulation.

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 Commit-
tee referred to in Article 27.

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

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The period of suspension shall not exceed six months. On
5.
conclusion of the period, the Commission shall decide either to
terminate the suspension after informing the Committee referred
to in Article 27 or to extend the period of suspension in accor-
dance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 3 of this
Article.

The investigation shall be completed within one year. The
6.
Commission may extend this period, in accordance with the pro-
cedure referred to in Article 27(5).

Article 19

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

The Commission shall submit a report on its findings to the

1.
Committee referred to in Article 27.

Article 17

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 that there are sufficient
grounds for an investigation,
inform the Committee
referred to in Article 27 and request consultations. The consulta-
tions shall take place within one month.

it shall

2.
Following the consultations, the Commission may decide,
within one month and in accordance with the procedure referred
to in Article 27(5), to initiate an investigation.

Article 18

1. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation,
it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union
announcing the investigation, and notify the beneficiary country
concerned thereof. The notice 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 from the date of publication
of the notice, within which interested parties may make their
views known in writing.

2.
The Commission shall provide the beneficiary country con-
cerned with every opportunity to cooperate in the investigation.

3.
The Commission shall seek all information it considers nec-
essary, including the available assessments, comments, 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 into whether temporary withdrawal is justified for
the reason referred to in Article 15(1)(a). The Commission may
verify the information received with economic operators and the
beneficiary country concerned.

4.
The Commission may be assisted by officials of the Mem-
ber State on whose territory verification might be 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, find-
ings may be made on the basis of the facts available.

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 27(5), to terminate the inves-
tigation. In that case, 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.

for

the

reason referred

3. Where the Commission considers that the findings justify
temporary withdrawal
to in
Article 15(1)(a), it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 27(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 intends to submit a pro-
posal to the Council for temporary withdrawal, unless, before the
end of the period, the beneficiary country concerned makes a
commitment to take the measures necessary to conform, in a rea-
sonable 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 Coun-
cil, which shall decide within two months by a qualified majority.
In the case referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission shall sub-
mit 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 six months after it is taken, unless
the Council, following an appropriate proposal by the Commis-
sion decides before then that the reasons justifying it no longer
prevail.

SECTION 2

Safeguard clause

Article 20

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

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

3.
The Commission shall seek all information which it deems
necessary, and may verify the information received with the ben-
eficiary 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 Com-
mission shall take account, inter alia, of the following factors con-
cerning Community producers, where the information is
available:

(a) market share;

(b) production;

(c)

stocks;

(d) production capacity;

(e) bankruptcies;

(f) profitability;

(g) capacity utilisation;

(h) employment;

(i)

imports;

(j) prices.

5.
The investigation shall be completed within six months
from the date of publication of the notice referred to in para-
graph 2. The Commission may, in the case of exceptional circum-
stances and after consultation of the Committee referred to in
Article 27, extend this period in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 27(5).

6.
The Commission shall take a decision within one month, in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27(5). Such
decision shall enter into force within one month from the date of
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

7. Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate
action make an investigation impossible, the Commission may,
after informing the Committee referred to in Article 27, take any
preventive measure which is strictly necessary.

The Commission, on 1 January of each year during the
8.
period of application of
this Regulation as referred to in
Article 32(2), on its own initiative or at the request of a Member
State and after informing the Committee referred to in Article 27,

shall remove the preferences referred to in Article 6 and 7 with
respect to the products from Section XI(b) where imports of those
products, as referred to in Article 13(1), originating in a benefi-
ciary country:

(a)

increase by at least 20 % in quantity (by volume), as com-
pared with the previous calendar year; or

(b) exceed 12,5 % of the value of Community imports of prod-
ucts from Section XI(b) from all countries and territories
listed in Annex I during any period of twelve months.

This provision shall not apply to countries benefiting from the
special arrangement for the least-developed countries referred to
in Article 11, nor to countries with a share of imports into the
Community, as defined in Article 13(1), not exceeding 8 %. The
removal of the preferences shall take effect two months after the
date of publication of the Commission’s decision to this effect in
the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 21

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 its
own initiative or at the request of a Member State, may suspend
the preferential arrangements in respect of the products con-
cerned after consulting the management committee for the rel-
evant common market organisation.

Article 22

1.
The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country con-
cerned as soon as possible of any decision taken in accordance
with Article 20 or 21 before it becomes effective. The Commis-
sion shall also notify the Council and the Member States thereof.

2.
Any Member State may refer a decision taken in accordance
with Article 20 or 21 to the Council within one month. The
Council, acting by qualified majority, may adopt a different deci-
sion within one month.

SECTION 3

Surveillance measures in the agricultural sector

Article 23

1. Without prejudice to Article 20, products from Chapters 1
to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff originating in beneficiary
countries, may be subject to a special surveillance mechanism, in
order to avoid disturbances to the Community’s market. The
Commission, on its own initiative or at the request of a Member
State, shall decide on the products to which this surveillance
mechanism shall be applied.

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In the case of application of Article 20 to products from
2.
Chapters 1 to 24 of the Common Customs Tariff originating in
beneficiary countries, the periods mentioned in Article 20(2)
and (5) shall be reduced to two months in the following cases:

(a) when the beneficiary country concerned does not ensure
compliance with the rules of origin or does not provide the
administrative cooperation referred to in Article 16; or

(b) when imports of products from Chapters 1 to 24 under the
preferential arrangements granted under this Regulation mas-
sively exceed the usual levels of exports from the beneficiary
country concerned.

SECTION 4

Common provision

Article 24

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 Commercial
Policy under Article 133 of the Treaty, or any other safeguard
clauses which may be applied.

CHAPTER IV

PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

Article 25

The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure referred
to in Article 27(5), adopt amendments 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);

and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 (2). These data,
supplied by reference to the Combined Nomenclature codes and,
where applicable, the TARIC codes, shall show, by country of ori-
gin, the values, quantities and any supplementary units required
in accordance with the definitions in Council Regulation (EC)
No 1172/95 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000.

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

3.
The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member
States, monitor the imports of products with CN codes 0603,
0803 00 19, 1006, 1604 14, 1604 19 31, 1604 19 39,
1604 20 70, 1701, 1704, 1806 10 30, 1806 10 90, 2002 90,
2103 20, 2106 90 59, 2106 90 98 and 6403, in order to deter-
mine whether the conditions referred to in Articles 20 and 21 are
fulfilled.

Article 27

1. Without prejudice to Article 11(7), 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 at the
request of a Member State.

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

(e)

for the establishment of the list of beneficiary countries in
accordance with Article 10.

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

Article 26

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

1. Within six weeks of the end of each quarter, Member States
shall send the Eurostat their statistical data on products placed
under the customs procedure of release for free circulation dur-
ing that quarter under the tariff preferences provided for in this
Regulation according to Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 (1)

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

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

(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 Regula-
tion (EC) No 1949/2005 (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 10).

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CHAPTER V

AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS (EC) No 552/97, (EC)
No 1933/2006, (EC) No 1100/2006 and (EC) No 964/2007

Article 28

No 732/2008, benefits from the special arrangement for
least developed countries:

— 178 030,75 tonnes for the marketing year from

1 October 2007 to 30 September 2008,

Regulation (EC) No 552/97 is hereby amended as follows:

— 204 735 tonnes for the marketing year from 1 Octo-

ber 2008 to 30 September 2009.

1.

in Article 1, the words: ‘Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 and
Regulation (EC) No 1256/96’ shall be replaced by the
words ‘Council Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July
2008 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences
for the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December
2011 (*).

(*) OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1’;

2.

in Article 2, the words ‘Article 9(1), first indent, of Regu-
lation (EC) No 3281/94 and Article 9(1), first indent, of
Regulation (EC) No 1256/96’ shall be replaced by the
words ‘Article 15(1)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 732/2008’.

Article 29

In Regulation (EC) No 1933/2006, the words in Article 1 ‘Regu-
lation (EC) No 980/2005’ shall be replaced by the words ‘Council
Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme
of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January
2009 to 31 December 2011 (*)

(*) OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1’.

The quotas shall bear the order numbers 09.4361
and 09.4362, respectively.’;

4. Article 3(2) shall be amended as follows:

(a)

the first subparagrah shall be replaced by the following:

For imports, other than those referred to in para-
‘2.
graph 1, of products of tariff heading 1701 originating
in least developed countries, the Common Customs Tar-
iff (CCT) duties, as well as the additional duties referred
to in Article 27 of Regulation (EC) No 318/2006 and
subject to Article 36 of Regulation (EC) No 951/2006,
shall be reduced in accordance with Article 11(3) of
Regulation (EC) No 732/2008 by 50 % on 1 July 2007,
by 80 % on 1 July 2008, and suspended entirely with
effect from 1 October 2009.’;

(b)

in point (c) of the third subparagraph, the word ‘June’
shall be replaced by the word ‘September’;

Article 30

(c) point (d) of the third subparagraph is deleted;

Regulation (EC) No 1100/2006 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in the first indent of Article 1, the words ‘Article 12(5) of
Regulation (EC) No 980/2005’ shall be replaced by the
words
‘Article 11(5) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a scheme of gen-
eralised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January
2009 to 31 December 2011 (*)

(*) OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1’;

2.

3.

in the second indent of Article 1, the words ‘Article 12(4)
and (5) of Regulation (EC) No 980/2005’ shall be replaced
by the words ‘Article 11(3) and (5) of Regulation (EC)
No 732/2008’;

in Article 3(1), the first and second subparagraphs shall
be replaced by the following: ‘The following global tariff
quotas at zero duty, expressed as “white-sugar” equiva-
lent, shall be opened for imports of raw cane-sugar for
refining of CN code 1701 11 10, originating in a coun-
try which, according to Annex I to Regulation (EC)

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

in Article 5(7)(d), the words ‘the approved operator’s pledge’
shall be replaced by the words ‘the applicant’s pledge’;

in Article 5(8)(a), the words ‘Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 980/2005’ shall be replaced by the words ‘Annex I to
Regulation (EC) No 732/2008’;

in the first indent of Article 5(8)(c), the words ‘Article 12(5)
of Regulation (EC) No 980/2005’ shall be replaced by the
words ‘Article 11(5) of Regulation (EC) No 732/2008’;

in the second indent of Article 5(8)(c),
the words
‘Article 12(4) of Regulation (EC) No 980/2005’ shall be
replaced by the words ‘Article 11(3) of Regulation (EC)
No 732/2008’;

In Article 10(2), the words ‘Article 12(4) of Regulation (EC)
No 980/2005’ shall be replaced by the words ‘Article 11(3)
of Regulation (EC) No 732/2008’.

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Article 31

Regulation (EC) No 964/2007 is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in the first subparagraph of Article 1(1), the words
‘Article 12(5) of Regulation (EC) No 980/2005’ are
replaced by the words ‘Article 11(5) of Council Regula-
tion (EC) No 732/2008 of 22 July 2008 applying a
scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period
from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2011 (*).

CHAPTER VI

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 32

1.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day fol-
lowing its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(*) OJ L 211, 6.8.2008, p. 1’;

2.

In the second subparagraph of Article 1(1), the words
‘Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 980/2005’ are replaced by
the words ‘Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 732/2008’.

2.
It shall apply from 1 January 2009 until 31 December 2011.
However, the expiry date shall not apply to the special arrange-
ment for the least-developed countries, nor, to the extent that they
are applied in conjunction with that arrangement, to any other
provisions of this Regulation.

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

Done at Brussels, 22 July 2008.

For the Council
The President
B. KOUCHNER

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

ANNEX I

Column A:

alphabetical code, in accordance with the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade
statistics of the Community

Column B:

name of the country or territory

Column C:

section(s) in respect of which the tariff preferences have been removed, for the beneficiary country concerned
(Article 13)

Column D:

country included in the special arrangement for the least developed countries (Article 11)

Column E:

country included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance
(Article 7)

A

AE

AF

B

United Arab Emirates

Afghanistan

AG

Antigua and Barbuda

AI

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

BS

BT

Bahamas

Bhutan

C

S-IV

S-IX

Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar;
tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and
articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or
of other plaiting materials; basket ware and
wickerwork

E

D

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

(1) This list includes countries which may have been suspended temporarily from the Community’s GSP or which may not have complied
with the requirements for administrative cooperation (a precondition for goods to be granted the benefit of tariff preferences). The Com-
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A

BV

B

Bouvet Island

BW Botswana

BY

BZ

CC

CD

CF

CG

CI

CK

Belarus

Belize

Cocos Islands (or Keeling
Islands)

Congo, Democratic Republic
of

Central African Republic

Congo

Côte d’Ivoire

Cook Islands

CM

Cameroon

C

D

E

X

X

CN

China, People’s Republic of

S-VI

Products of the chemical or allied industries

S-VII

S-VIII

S-IX

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles
thereof

Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles
thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags
and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other
than silkworm gut)

Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and
articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or
and
of other plaiting materials;
wickerwork

basketware

S-XI(a)

Textiles; S-XI(b) Textile articles

S-XII

S-XIII

S-XIV

Footwear, headgear, umbrellas,
sun umbrellas,
walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and
parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made
therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair

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

Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious
stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious
metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin

S-XV

Base metals and articles of base metal

S-XVI

Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical
equipment; parts
sound recorders and
reproducers, television image and sound recorders
and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such
articles

thereof;

S-XVII

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport
equipment

S-XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring,
checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments
and apparatus;
and watches; musical
clocks
instruments; parts and accessories thereof

S-XX

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

CO

CR

Colombia

Costa Rica

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E

D

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

C

A

CU

CV

CX

DJ

DM

DO

DZ

EC

EG

ER

ET

FJ

FK

FM

GA

GD

GE

GH

GI

GL

GM

GN

GQ

GS

GT

GU

B

Cuba

Cape Verde

Christmas Islands

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Algeria

Ecuador

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Fiji

Falkland Islands

Micronesia, Federated States
of

Gabon

Grenada

Georgia

Ghana

Gibraltar

Greenland

Gambia

Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

South Georgia and South
Sandwich Islands

Guatemala

Guam

GW Guinea-Bissau

GY

HM

HN

HT

ID

IN

IO

IQ

IR

JM

JO

Guyana

Heard Island and McDonald
Islands

Honduras

Haiti

Indonesia

S-III

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage
products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable
waxes

India

S-XI(a)

Textiles

British Indian Ocean
Territory

Iraq

Iran

Jamaica

Jordan

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B

C

D

E

A

KE

KG

KH

KI

KM

KN

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Cambodia

Kiribati

Comoros

St Kitts and Nevis

KW Kuwait

KY

KZ

LA

LB

LC

LK

LR

LS

LY

MA

MG

MH

ML

Cayman Islands

Kazakhstan

Lao People’s Democratic
Republic

Lebanon

St Lucia

Sri Lanka

Liberia

Lesotho

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Morocco

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

Nicaragua

Nepal

S-III

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage
products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable
waxes

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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B

C

D

E

A

NR

NU

Nauru

Niue

OM

Oman

PA

PE

PF

PG

PH

PK

PM

PN

Panama

Peru

French Polynesia

Papua New Guinea

Philippines

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

TM

TN

TO

Saudi Arabia

Solomon Islands

Seychelles

Sudan

Saint 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

Turkmenistan

Tunisia

Tonga

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; coin

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A

TT

TV

TZ

UA

UG

UM

UY

UZ

VC

VE

VG

VI

VN

C

B

Trinidad and Tobago

Tuvalu

Tanzania

Ukraine

Uganda

United States Minor Outlying
Islands

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

St Vincent and the
Grenadines

Venezuela

Virgin Islands, British

Virgin Islands, US

Vietnam

S-XII

Footwear, headgear, umbrellas,
sun umbrellas,
walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding crops and
parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made
therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair

VU

Vanuatu

WF Wallis and Futuna

WS

Samoa

YE

YT

ZA

ZM

Yemen

Mayotte

South Africa

Zambia

ZW Zimbabwe

E

D

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 the 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 with a CN code marked with an asterisk is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community
provisions.

The column ‘Sensitive/non-sensitive’ refers to the products included in the general arrangement (Article 6) and in the special
incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 7). These products are listed as being
either NS (non-sensitive, for the purposes of Article 6(1)) or S (sensitive, for the purposes of Article 6(2)).

For reasons of simplification, the 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, pure-bred breeding asses and other

0101 90 19

Live horses, other than pure-bred breeding animals, other than for slaughter

0101 90 30

Live asses, other than pure-bred breeding animals

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 manu-
facture of pharmaceutical products

0207 14 91

Livers, frozen, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

0207 27 91

Livers, frozen, of turkeys

0207 36 89

Livers, frozen, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, other than fatty livers of ducks or
geese

ex 0208 (1)

Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding products
under subheading 0208 90 55 (except
for the products under subhead-
ing 0208 90 70 to which the footnote shall not apply)

0208 90 70

Frogs’ legs

0210 99 10

Meat of horses, salted, in brine or dried

0210 99 59

Offal of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other than thick skirt
and thin skirt

0210 99 60

Offal of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, dried or smoked

0210 99 80

Offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other than poultry liver, other than of
domestic swine, of bovine animals or of sheep or goats

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

S

S

S

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Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

CN code

ex Chapter 3 (2)

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, except for prod-
ucts under subheading 0301 10 90

0301 10 90

Live, ornamental saltwater fish

0403 10 51
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

0405 20 10
0405 20 30

Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

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

Dairy spreads, of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but not exceeding
75 %

0407 00 90

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

0409 00 00 (3)

Natural honey

0410 00 00

Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

0511 99 39

Natural sponges of animal origin, other than raw

ex Chapter 6

Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental
foliage, except for products under subheading 0604 91 40

0604 91 40

Conifer branches, fresh

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

ex 0707 00 05

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

0708

Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled

0709 20 00

Asparagus, fresh or chilled

0709 30 00

Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled

0709 40 00

Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled

0709 51 00
0709 59

Mushrooms,
ing 0709 59 50

fresh or chilled, excluding the products under

subhead-

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled

0709 60 99

Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fresh or chilled, other than
sweet peppers, other than for the manufacture of capsicin or capsicum oleoresin
dyes and other than for the industrial manufacture of essential oils or resinoids

0709 70 00

Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), fresh or
chilled

S

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

CN code

0709 90 10

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

0709 90 20

Chard (or white beet) and cardoons, fresh or chilled

0709 90 31 *

Olives, fresh or chilled, for uses other than the production of oil

0709 90 40

Capers, fresh or chilled

0709 90 50

Fennel, fresh or chilled

0709 90 70

Courgettes, fresh or chilled

ex 0709 90 80

Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled, from 1 July to 31 October

0709 90 90

Other vegetables, fresh or chilled

ex 0710

Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen, except
for the product of subheading 0710 80 85

0710 80 85 (3)

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

ex 0711

ex 0712

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 the products under subheading
0711 20 90

Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further pre-
pared, excluding olives and the products under subheading 0712 90 19

0713

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

0714 20 10 *

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

0714 20 90

0714 90 90

0802 11 90
0802 12 90

0802 21 00
0802 22 00

0802 31 00
0802 32 00

Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the
form of pellets, other than fresh and whole and intended for human consump-
tion

Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high inulin content, fresh,
chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith

Almonds, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled, other than bitter

Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.), fresh or dried, whether or not shelled

Walnuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled

0802 40 00

Chestnuts (Castanea spp.), fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled

0802 50 00

Pistachios, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled

0802 60 00

Macadamia nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled

0802 90 50

Pine nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled

0802 90 85

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

0803 00 11

Plantains, fresh

0803 00 90

Bananas, including plantains, dried

0804 10 00

Dates, fresh or dried

0804 20 10
0804 20 90

Figs, fresh or dried

0804 30 00

Pineapples, fresh or dried

0804 40 00

Avocados, fresh or dried

ex 0805 20

Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), and clementines, wilkings and
similar citrus hybrids, fresh or dried, from 1 March to 31 October

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

NS

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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CN code

Description

0805 40 00

Grapefruit, including pomelos, fresh or dried

0805 50 90

Limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia), fresh or dried

0805 90 00

Other citrus fruit, fresh or dried

ex 0806 10 10

Table grapes, fresh, from 1 January to 20 July and from 21 November
to 31 December, excluding grapes of the variety Emperor (Vitis vinifera cv.) from
1 to 31 December

0806 10 90

Other grapes, fresh

ex 0806 20

Dried grapes, excluding products under subheading ex 0806 20 30 in immedi-
ate containers of a net capacity exceeding 2 kg

0807 11 00
0807 19 00

Melons (including watermelons), fresh

0808 10 10

Cider apples, fresh, 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

Quinces, fresh

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

ex 0809 30

Peaches, including nectarines, fresh, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 Octo-
ber to 31 December

ex 0809 40 05

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

0809 40 90

Sloes, fresh

ex 0810 10 00

Strawberries, fresh, from 1 January to 30 April and from 1 August to 31 Decem-
ber

0810 20

Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh

0810 40 30

Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus, fresh

0810 40 50

Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum, fresh

0810 40 90

Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium, fresh

0810 50 00

Kiwifruit, fresh

0810 60 00

Durians, fresh

Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries, fresh

0810 90 50
0810 90 60
0810 90 70

0810 90 95

Other fruit, fresh

ex 0811

Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen,
whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, except for
products under subheadings 0811 10 and 0811 20

0811 10 (3) and
0811 20 (3)

Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white-
and redcurrants, and gooseberries

ex 0812

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, except
for products under subhead-
ing 0812 90 30

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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CN code

Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

0812 90 30

Papaws (papayas)

0813 10 00

Apricots, dried

0813 20 00

Prunes

0813 30 00

Apples, dried

0813 40 10

Peaches, including nectarines, dried

0813 40 30

Pears, dried

0813 40 50

Papaws (papayas), dried

0813 40 95

Other fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806

0813 50 12

0813 50 15

0813 50 19

Mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806) of papaws
(papayas), tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion
fruit, carambola or pitahaya, but not containing prunes

Other mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806), not
containing prunes

Mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806), containing
prunes

0813 50 31

Mixtures exclusively of tropical nuts of headings 0801 and 0802

0813 50 39

0813 50 91

Mixtures exclusively of nuts of headings 0801 and 0802, other than of tropical
nuts

Other mixtures of nuts and dried fruits of Chapter 8, not containing prunes or
figs

0813 50 99

Other mixtures of nuts and dried fruits of Chapter 8

0814 00 00

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

ex Chapter 9

Coffee, tea, maté and spices, except the products under subheadings 0901 12 00,
0901 21 00, 0901 22 00, 0901 90 90 and 0904 20 10, headings 0905 00 00
and 0907 00 00, and subheadings 0910 91 90, 0910 99 33, 0910 99 39,
0910 99 50 and 0910 99 99

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 in any proportion

0904 20 10

Sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed nor ground

0905 00 00

Vanilla

0907 00 00

Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)

0910 91 90

0910 99 33
0910 99 39
0910 99 50

0910 99 99

Mixtures of two or more products under different headings of headings 0904
to 0910, crushed or ground

Thyme; bay leaves

Other spices, crushed or ground, other than mixtures of two or more products
under different headings of headings 0904 to 0910

ex 1008 90 90

Quinoa

1105

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

1106 10 00

Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713

NS

S

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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CN code

Description

1106 30

Flour, meal and powder of products from Chapter 8

1108 20 00

Inulin

ex Chapter 12

under

Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, except for
products
subheadings 1209 21 00, 1209 23 80, 1209 29 50,
1209 29 80, 1209 30 00, 1209 91 10, 1209 91 90 and 1209 99 91; industrial
or medicinal plants, except for products under heading 1210 and subheading
subheadings 1212 91 and
1211 90 30, and excluding products under
1212 99 20; straw and fodder

1209 21 00

Lucerne (alfalfa) seed, of a kind used for sowing

1209 23 80

Other fescue seed, of a kind used for sowing

1209 29 50

Lupine seed, of a kind used for sowing

1209 29 80

Seeds of other forage plants, of a kind used for sowing

1209 30 00

1209 91 10
1209 91 90

1209 99 91

1210 (1)

Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers, of a kind used
for sowing

Other vegetable seeds, of a kind used for sowing

Seeds of plants cultivated principally for their flowers, of a kind used for sow-
ing, other than those of subheading 1209 30 00

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

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, except for products
under subheading 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

Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 and
other than for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for
human consumption

1503 00 19

Lard stearin and oleostearin, other than for industrial uses

1503 00 90

Lard oil, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared,
other than tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs
for human consumption

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

1511 10 90

1511 90

1512

1513

1514

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

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

Palm oil, crude, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manu-
facture of foodstuffs for human consumption

Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined but not chemically modified,
other than crude oil

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

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

S

S

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

S

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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CN code

Description

1515

ex 1516

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

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydroge-
nated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not
further prepared, except for products under subheading 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 Chapter 15, other than edible fats or oils
or their fractions of heading 1516

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehy-
drated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or
otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516; inedible mix-
tures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of differ-
ent fats or oils of Chapter 15, not elsewhere specified or included

1521 90 99

Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, other than
raw

1522 00 10

Degras

1522 00 91

Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks, other than containing oil having the character-
istics of olive oil

1601 00 10

Sausages and similar products, of liver, and food preparations based on liver

1602 20 10

Goose or duck liver, prepared or preserved

1602 41 90

1602 42 90

1602 49 90

Ham and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, of swine other than of domestic
swine

Shoulders and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, of swine other than of domes-
tic swine

Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, including mixtures, of swine
other than of domestic swine

1602 50 31 (3)
1602 50 95 (3)

Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, cooked, of bovine animals,
whether or not in airtight containers

1602 90 31

Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of game or rabbit

1602 90 69
1602 90 72
1602 90 74
1602 90 76
1602 90 78
1602 90 99

1603 00 10

1604

1605

Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of sheep or goats or other ani-
mals, not containing uncooked bovine meat or offal and not containing meat or
meat offal of domestic swine

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic inver-
tebrates, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg

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

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved

1702 50 00

Chemically pure fructose

1702 90 10

Chemically pure maltose

1704 (4)

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa

Chapter 18

Cocoa and cocoa preparations

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

S

S

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

CN code

ex Chapter 19

Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks’ products, except for
products under subheadings 1901 20 00 and 1901 90 91

1901 20 00

Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers’ wares of heading 1905

1901 90 91

Other, containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or contain-
ing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose,
5 % glucose or starch, excluding food preparations in powder form of goods of
headings 0401 to 0404

ex Chapter 20

Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants, except for prod-
ucts under heading 2002 and subheadings 2005 80 00, 2008 20 19,
2008 20 39, ex 2008 40 and ex 2008 70

2002 (1)

Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

2005 80 00 (3)

Sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by
vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products under heading 2006

2008 20 19
2008 20 39

ex 2008 40 (3)

ex 2008 70 (3)

Pineapples, otherwise prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, not else-
where specified or included

Pears, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar
or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included (except
for products under subheadings 2008 40 11, 2008 40 21, 2008 40 29 and
2008 40 39, to which the footnote shall not apply)

Peaches, including nectarines, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not
containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere speci-
fied or
for products under subheadings 2008 70 11,
2008 70 31, 2008 70 39 and 2008 70 59, to which the footnote shall not
apply)

included (except

ex Chapter 21

Miscellaneous edible preparations, except for products under subheadings
2101 20 and 2102 20 19, and excluding products under subheadings 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, except for products under heading 2207, and
excluding products under subheadings 2204 10 11 to 2204 30 10 and subhead-
ing 2208 40

2207 (1)

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

2302 50 00

Residues and wastes of a similar kind, whether or not in the form of pellets,
resulting from the grinding or other working of leguminous plants

2307 00 19

Other wine lees

2308 00 19

Other grape marc

2308 00 90

2309 10 90

Other vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and
by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feed-
ing, not elsewhere specified or included

Other dog or cat food put up for retail sale, other than containing starch or glu-
cose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup of subheadings
1702 30 50 to 1702 30 90, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk
products

2309 90 10

Fish or marine mammal solubles, of a kind used in animal feeding

2309 90 91

Beetpulp with added molasses, of a kind used in animal feeding

2309 90 95
2309 90 99

Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, whether or not containing
by weight 49 % or more of choline chloride on an organic or inorganic base

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

NS

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

NS

S

S

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CN code

Description

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 hydrox-
ide 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 sub-
stances; mineral waxes

2801

Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine

2802 00 00

Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur

ex 2804

2806

2807 00

Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, excluding products under subhead-
ing 2804 69 00

Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid

Sulphuric acid; oleum

2808 00 00

Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids

2809

Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or
not chemically defined

2810 00 90

Oxides of boron, other than diboron trioxide; boric acids

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); perox-
ide 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 by weight 70 % or more
of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3

2822 00 00

Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides

2823 00 00

Titanium oxides

2824

ex 2825

Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead

Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases;
other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, except for products under sub-
headings 2825 10 00 and 2825 80 00

2825 10 00

Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts

2825 80 00

Antimony oxides

2826

ex 2827

Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts

Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides, except for products under
subheadings 2827 10 00 and 2827 32 00; bromides and bromide oxides;
iodides and iodide oxides

2827 10 00

Ammonium chloride

2827 32 00

Aluminium chloride

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

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CN code

Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

2828

2829

ex 2830

Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites

Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates

Sulphides, except for products under subheading 2830 10 00; polysulphides,
whether or not chemically defined

2830 10 00

Sodium sulphides

2831

2832

2833

Dithionites and sulphoxylates

Sulphites; thiosulphates

Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)

2834 10 00

Nitrites

2834 21 00
2834 29

2835

ex 2836

Nitrates

Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates;
polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined

Carbonates, except for products under subheadings 2836 20 00, 2836 40 00
and 2836 60 00; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium
carbonate containing ammonium carbamate

2836 20 00

Disodium carbonate

2836 40 00

Potassium carbonates

2836 60 00

Barium carbonate

2837

2839

2840

ex 2841

Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides

Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates

Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)

Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, except for the product of subhead-
ing 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; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals,
whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals

ex 2844 30 11

Cermets containing uranium depleted in U-235 or compounds of this product,
other than unwrought

ex 2844 30 51

Cermets containing thorium or compounds of thorium, other than unwrought

2845 90 90

Isotopes other than those of heading 2844, and compounds, inorganic or
organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined, other than deute-
rium and compounds thereof, hydrogen and compounds thereof enriched in
deuterium or mixtures and solutions containing these products

2846

Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scan-
dium 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, except for products under subhead-
ings 2849 20 00 and 2849 90 30

2849 20 00

Silicon carbide, whether or not chemically defined

2849 90 30

Carbides of tungsten, whether or not chemically defined

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

S

NS

S

S

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

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Sensitive/non-
sensitive

CN code

ex 2850 00

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

2850 00 70

Silicides, whether or not chemically defined

2852 00 00

Compounds, inorganic or organic, of mercury, excluding amalgams

2853 00

2903

ex 2904

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

Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons

Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not
halogenated, except for products under subheading 2904 20 00

2904 20 00

Derivatives containing only nitro or only nitroso groups

ex 2905

Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives, except for the product of subheading 2905 45 00, and excluding
products under subheadings 2905 43 00 and 2905 44

2905 45 00

Glycerol

2906

ex 2907

Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated deriva-
tives

Phenols,
ex 2907 22 00; phenol-alcohols

for products

except

under

subheadings 2907 15 90 and

2907 15 90

Naphthols and their salts, other than 1-naphthol

ex 2907 22 00

Hydroquinone (quinol)

2908

2909

2910

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

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

ex 2912

Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of alde-
hydes; paraformaldehyde, except for the product of subheading 2912 41 00

2912 41 00

Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde)

2913 00 00

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

ex 2914

Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their
halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for products
under subheadings 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

ex 2916

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

Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their
anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids, and their halogenated, sulpho-
nated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for products under subheadings
ex 2916 11 00, 2916 12 and 2916 14

NS

S

NS

NS

S

NS

S

S

NS

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

NS

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Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

ex 2916 11 00

Acrylic acid

2916 12

2916 14

ex 2917

Esters of acrylic acid

Esters of methacrylic acid

Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids and
their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for
subheadings 2917 11 00, 2917 12 10, 2917 14 00,
products
2917 32 00, 2917 35 00 and 2917 36 00

under

2917 11 00

Oxalic acid, its salts and esters

2917 12 10

Adipic acid and its salts

2917 14 00

Maleic anhydride

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,
peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
derivatives, except for products under subheadings 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-Acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters

2918 29 10

Sulphosalicylic acids, hydroxynaphthoic acids; their salts and esters

2919

2920

2921

2922

2923

Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated,
sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

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

Amine-function compounds

Oxygen-function amino-compounds

Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoami-
nolipids, whether or not chemically defined

ex 2924

Carboxyamide-function compounds and amide-function compounds of car-
bonic acid, except for products under subheading 2924 23 00

2924 23 00

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

2925

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

ex 2926

Nitrile-function compounds, except for the product of subheading 2926 10 00

2926 10 00

Acrylonitrile

2927 00 00

Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds

2928 00 90

Other organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine

2929 10

Isocyanates

2929 90 00

Other compounds with other nitrogen function

2930 20 00
2930 30 00
ex 2930 90 85

Thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates, and thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides;
dithiocarbonates (xanthates)

S

S

S

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

NS

NS

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Methionine, captafol (ISO), methamidophos (ISO), and other organo-sulphur
compounds other than dithiocarbonates (xanthates)

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

S

CN code

2930 40 90
2930 50 00
2930 90 13
2930 90 16
2930 90 20
ex 2930 90 85

2931 00

Other organo-inorganic compounds

ex 2932

Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only, except for products
under subheadings 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-atom(s) only, except for the prod-
uct of subheading 2933 61 00

2933 61 00

Melamine

2934

Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocy-
clic 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

Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fruc-
tose, and except for rhamnose, raffinose and mannose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals
and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products under heading 2937, 2938
or 2939

ex 2940 00 00

Rhamnose, raffinose and mannose

2941 20 30

Dihydrostreptomycin, its salts, esters and hydrates

2942 00 00

Other organic compounds

3102 (1)

Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous

3103 10

Superphosphates

3105

ex Chapter 32

3204

3206

Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements
nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of Chapter 31 in
tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg

Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and
other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks;
except for products under headings 3204 and 3206, and excluding products
under subheadings 3201 20 00, 3201 90 20, ex 3201 90 90 (tanning extracts
of eucalyptus), ex 3201 90 90 (tanning extracts derived from gambier and
myrobalan fruits) and ex 3201 90 90 (other tanning extracts of vegetable ori-
gin)

Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; prepa-
rations as specified in note 3 to Chapter 32 based on synthetic organic colour-
ing matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening
agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined

Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to Chapter 32, other
than those of heading 3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used
as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined

NS

NS

S

S

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

S

S

S

NS

S

S

Chapter 33

Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations

NS

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CN code

Chapter 34

Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating prepara-
tions, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations,
candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental prepa-
rations with a basis of plaster

3501

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues

3502 90 90

Albuminates and other albumin derivatives

3503 00

Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not
surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of ani-
mal origin, excluding casein glues of heading 3501

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, put up for retail sale as glues or
adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg

3507

Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included

Chapter 36

Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combus-
tible preparations

Chapter 37

Photographic or cinematographic goods

ex Chapter 38

Miscellaneous chemical products, except for products under headings 3802
and 3817 00, subheadings 3823 12 00 and 3823 70 00, and heading 3825,
and excluding the products under subheadings 3809 10 and 3824 60

3802

3817 00

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

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

3823 12 00

Oleic acid

3823 70 00

Industrial fatty alcohols

3825

ex Chapter 39

Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or
included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to
Chapter 38

Plastics and articles thereof, except for products under headings 3901, 3902,
3903 and 3904, subheadings 3906 10 00, 3907 10 00, 3907 60 and 3907 99,
headings 3908 and 3920, and subheadings 3921 90 19 and 3923 21 00

3901

3902

3903

3904

Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms

Polymers of propylene or of other olefins, in primary forms

Polymers of styrene, in primary forms

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

3906 10 00

Poly(methyl methacrylate)

3907 10 00

Polyacetals

3907 60

3907 99

3908

3920

Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Other polyesters, other than unsaturated

Polyamides in primary forms

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

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

NS

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

CN code

3921 90 19

Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polyesters, other than cellular prod-
ucts and other than corrugated sheets and plates

3923 21 00

Sacks and bags (including cones), of polymers of ethylene

ex Chapter 40

Rubber and articles thereof, except for products under heading 4010

4010

ex 4104

ex 4106 31
4106 32

4107

Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber

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 the
products under subheadings 4104 41 19 and 4104 49 19

Tanned or crust hides and skins of swine, without hair on, in the wet state
(including wet-blue), split but not further prepared, or in the dry state (crust),
whether or not split, but not further prepared, excluding the products under sub-
heading 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

4112 00 00

Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed
leather, of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split, other than
leather of heading 4114

ex 4113

Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed
leather, of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other
than leather of heading 4114, except for products under subheading 4113 10 00

4113 10 00

Of goats or kids

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

ex Chapter 42

4202

Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar con-
tainers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut); except for products
under headings 4202 and 4203

Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, school satchels, spec-
tacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases,
holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags,
toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases,
cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery
boxes, powder boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of com-
position 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

4203

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

Chapter 43

Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof

ex Chapter 44

Wood and articles of wood, except for products under headings 4410, 4411,
4412,
subheadings 4418 10, 4418 20 10, 4418 71 00, 4420 10 11,
4420 90 10 and 4420 90 91; wood charcoal

4410

4411

4412

Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example,
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 res-
ins or other organic substances

Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

4418 10

Windows, French windows and their frames, of wood

S

S

NS

S

S

NS

S

S

NS

S

S

S

NS

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

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CN code

4418 20 10

Description

Doors and their frames and thresholds, of tropical wood as specified in addi-
tional note 2 to Chapter 44

4418 71 00

Assembled flooring panels for mosaic floors, of wood

4420 10 11
4420 90 10
4420 90 91

Statuettes and other ornaments, of tropical wood as specified in additional note 2
to Chapter 44; wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery
or cutlery, and similar articles, and wooden articles of furniture not falling in
Chapter 94, of tropical wood as specified in additional note 2 to Chapter 44

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

S

S

S

ex Chapter 45

Cork and articles of cork, except for products under heading 4503

NS

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, excluding the products under heading 5105;
horsehair yarn and woven fabric

Chapter 52

Cotton

Chapter 53

Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn

Chapter 54

Man-made filaments; strip and the like of man-made textile materials

Chapter 55

Man-made staple fibres

Chapter 56

Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables
and articles thereof

Chapter 57

Carpets and other textile floor coverings

Chapter 58

Chapter 59

Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroi-
dery

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

Chapter 67

Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and
parts thereof

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

Chapter 70

Glass and glassware

ex Chapter 71

Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals,
metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin;
except for products under heading 7117

7117

7202

Imitation jewellery

Ferro-alloys

Chapter 73

Articles of iron or steel

Chapter 74

Copper and articles thereof

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

NS

NS

S

S

NS

S

S

NS

S

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CN code

Description

7505 12 00

Bars, rods and profiles, of nickel alloys

7505 22 00

Wire, of nickel alloys

7506 20 00

Plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys

7507 20 00

Nickel tube or pipe fittings

ex Chapter 76

Aluminium and articles thereof, excluding the products under heading 7601

ex Chapter 78

Lead and articles thereof, excluding the products under heading 7801

ex Chapter 79

Zinc and articles thereof, excluding the products under headings 7901 and 7903

ex Chapter 81

Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof, excluding the products under sub-
headings 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 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, and parts
thereof, except for products under subheadings 8401 10 00 and 8407 21 10

8401 10 00

Nuclear reactors

8407 21 10

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, except
for products under subheadings
8516 50 00, 8517 69 39, 8517 70 15, 8517 70 19, 8519 20, 8519 30,
8519 81 11 to 8519 81 45, 8519 81 85, 8519 89 11 to 8519 89 19, headings
8521, 8525 and 8527, subheadings 8528 49, 8528 59 and 8528 69 to
8528 72, heading 8529 and subheadings 8540 11 and 8540 12

8516 50 00

Microwave ovens

8517 69 39

8517 70 15
8517 70 19

8519 20
8519 30

8519 81 11 to
8519 81 45

8519 81 85

8519 89 11 to
8519 89 19

8521

8525

8527

Reception apparatus for radio-telephony or radio telegraphy, other than portable
receivers for calling, alerting or paging

Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds, other than aerials for radio-telegraphic
or radio-telephonic apparatus; parts suitable for use therewith

Apparatus operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means
of payment; turntables (record-decks)

Sound-reproducing apparatus (including cassette-players), not incorporating a
sound-recording device

Other magnetic tape recorders incorporating sound-reproducing apparatus,
other than cassette-type

Other sound-reproducing apparatus, not incorporating a sound-recording device

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

Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not
incorporating reception apparatus or sound-recording or -reproducing appara-
tus; television cameras; digital cameras and video camera recorders

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

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

NS

NS

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

S

S

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

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Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

CN code

8528 49
8528 59
8528 69 to
8528 72

8529

8540 11
8540 12 00

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Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television-reception apparatus, other
than of a kind used solely or principally in an automatic data-processing system
of heading 8471; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporat-
ing radio-broadcast receivers or sound- or video-recording or -reproducing appa-
ratus

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

Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes,
colour, or black-and-white or other monochrome

Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or
tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including elec-
tromechanical) traffic-signalling equipment of all kinds

ex Chapter 87

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories
thereof, except for products under headings 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705, 8706 00,
8707, 8708, 8709, 8711, 8712 00 and 8714

8702

8703

8704

8705

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

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

Motor vehicles for the transport of goods

Special-purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the
transport of persons or goods (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire-
fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road-sweeper lorries, spraying lorries,
mobile workshops, mobile radiological units)

8706 00

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

8707

8708

8709

8711

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

Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 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 foregoing vehicles

Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with
or without sidecars; sidecars

8712 00

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

8714

Parts and accessories of vehicles of headings 8711 to 8713

Chapter 88

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof

Chapter 89

Ships, boats and floating structures

Chapter 90

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medi-
cal 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; illu-
minated signs, illuminated nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings,
except for products under heading 9405

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

S

NS

NS

S

S

NS

NS

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CN code

9405

Description

Sensitive/non-
sensitive

Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts
thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-
plates and the 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; except for prod-
ucts under subheadings 9503 00 30 to 9503 00 99

9503 00 30 to
9503 00 99

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

Chapter 96

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

S

NS

S

NS

(1) The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products under this heading.
(2) For the products under subheading 0306 13, the duty shall be 3,6 % under the arrangement referred to in Section 2 of Chapter II.
(3) The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the product of this subheading.
(4) For the products under subheading 1704 10 90, the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value, under the arrangement

referred to in Section 2 of Chapter II.

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ANNEX III

CONVENTIONS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 8

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 for 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.

PART B

Conventions related to the environment and to governance principles

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

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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).