DASH IS SHOWN IN COLUMN 4 .
2 . PARAGRAPH 1 SHALL NOT APPLY WHERE SPECIAL AUTONOMOUS CUSTOMS DUTIES ARE PROVIDED FOR IN RESPECT OF GOODS ORIGINATING IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES OR WHERE PREFERENTIAL CUSTOMS DUTIES ARE APPLICABLE IN PURSUANCE OF AGREEMENTS .
3 . PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 SHALL NOT PRECLUDE THE MEMBER STATES FROM APPLYING CUSTOMS DUTIES OTHER THAN THOSE OF THE COMMON CUSTOMS TARIFF WHERE THE APPLICATION OF SUCH OTHER DUTIES IS JUSTIFIED BY COMMUNITY LAW .
4 . THE DUTIES EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGE RATES IN COLUMNS 3 AND 4 ARE AD VALOREM DUTIES .
5 . THE LETTER ( L ) APPEARING IN COLUMN 3 OPPOSITE CERTAIN HEADINGS OR SUBHEADINGS DENOTES THAT THE GOODS CONCERNED ARE SUBJECT TO LEVIES .
WHEN THE CUSTOMS DUTY IS FOLLOWED BY THE SIGN ( + ) AND THE LETTER ( L ) , FOR EXAMPLE " 16 + ( L ) " , THE GOODS ARE SUBJECT TO BOTH DUTY AND LEVY .
WHEN THE CUSTOMS DUTY IS FOLLOWED BY THE LETTER ( L ) , FOR EXAMPLE " 20 ( L ) " , THE FIGURE 20 REFERS TO A RATE OF DUTY MADE OBSOLETE BY THE INTRODUCTION OF THE LEVY SYSTEM .
6 . THE LETTERS " VC " IN COLUMNS 3 AND 4 DENOTE THAT THE GOODS CONCERNED ARE CHARGEABLE WITH A " VARIABLE COMPONENT " DETERMINED UNDER THE REGULATIONS RELATING TO TRADE IN CERTAIN GOODS PROCESSED FROM AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS .
7 . THE SYMBOL " ADS " OR " ADF " IN COLUMN 4 IN CHAPTERS 17 , 18 AND 19 INDICATES THAT THE MAXIMUM RATE OF DUTY CONSISTS OF AN AD VALOREM DUTY PLUS AN ADDITIONAL DUTY FOR CERTAIN FORMS OF SUGAR OR FOR FLOUR . THIS ADDITIONAL DUTY IS FIXED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES CONCERNING TRADE IN CERTAIN PROCESSED AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS .
8 . THE SYMBOL " ADS " IN COLUMN 4 IN CHAPTER 20 INDICATES THAT THE COMMUNITY RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CHARGE , OVER AND ABOVE THE BOUND DUTY , AN ADDITIONAL DUTY ON SUGAR CORRESPONDING TO THE DUTY PAYABLE ON IMPORTED SUGAR AND APPLICABLE TO THE QUANTITY OF VARIOUS SUGARS CONTAINED IN THIS PRODUCT IN EXCESS OF THE PERCENTAGE BY WEIGHT LAID DOWN IN ADDITIONAL NOTES 3 AND 5 TO CHAPTER 20 , OR , IN RESPECT OF PRODUCTS FALLING WITHIN HEADINGS NOS 20.03 , 20.04 AND 20.05 WHICH EXCEED 13 % BY WEIGHT .
9 . IN HEADING NO 20.06 , COLUMN 4 , THE SYMBOL " 2 ADS " INDICATES THAT THE APPLICABLE RATE OF THE ADDITIONAL DUTY ON SUGAR IS FIXED AT A STANDARD RATE OF 2 % OF THE CUSTOMS VALUE OF THE GOODS .
C . GENERAL RULES APPLICABLE BOTH TO NOMENCLATURE AND TO DUTIES
1 . UNLESS PROVIDED OTHERWISE , THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO VALUE FOR CUSTOMS PURPOSES SHALL BE APPLIED TO DETERMINE , IN ADDITION TO THE VALUE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF AD VALOREM CUSTOMS DUTIES , THE VALUES BY REFERENCE TO WHICH THE