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31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/23

Proposal for a Council and Commission Decision on the conclusion of the Stabilisation and
Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part

(2001/C 213 E/06)

COM(2001) 90 final �2001/0049(AVC)

(Submitted by the Commission on 19 February 2001)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE COMMISSION OF

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 310 in conjunction
with Article 300, second paragraph, first indent, last
sentence, Article 300, third paragraph, second indent thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and
Steel Community, and in particular Article 95 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community, and in particular the second paragraph of
Article 101 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament,

After consultation of the Consultative Committee and with the
assent of the Council pursuant to Article 95 of the Treaty
establishing the European Coal and Steel Community,

Having regard to the approval of the Council granted pursuant
to Article 101 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic
Energy Community,

Whereas:

(1) The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
of the other part, has been signed on behalf of the
European Community, in [Brussels/Luxembourg] on . . .
2001, subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, in
accordance with the Council Decision . . .

(2) The commercial provisions contained in this agreement are
of an exceptional nature, connected with the policy implemented within the framework of the stabilisation and
association process and will not constitute, for the
European Union, any precedent in the commercial policy
of the Community with regard to third countries other
than those of the Western Balkans.

(3) This Agreement should be approved,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the one
part, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the
other part, the Annexes and Protocols annexed thereto and the
declarations attached to the Final Act are hereby approved on
behalf of the European Community, the European Coal and
Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy
Community. The texts referred to in the first paragraph are
attached to this Decision.

Article 2

1. The position to be taken by the Community within the
Stabilisation and Association Council and within the Stabilisation and Association Committee when the latter is
empowered to act by the Stabilisation and Association
Council shall be determined by the Council, on a proposal
by the Commission, or, where appropriate, by the Commission,
each in accordance with the corresponding provisions of the
Treaties.

2. The President of the Council shall, in accordance with
Article 109 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement,
preside over the Stabilisation and Association Council. A
representative of the Commission shall preside over the Stabilisation and Association Committee, in accordance with the
Rules of Procedure thereof.

3. The decision to publish the decisions of the Stabilisation
and Association Council and the Stabilisation and Association
Committee in the Official Journal of the European Communities
shall be taken on a case-by-case basis by the Council and the
Commission respectively.

Article 3

The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate
the persons empowered, on behalf of the European
Community, to deposit the act of notification provided for in
Article 127 of the Agreement. The President of the
Commission shall deposit the said acts of notification on
behalf of the European Coal and Steel Community and
European Atomic Energy Community.

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FINAL ACT

The plenipotentiaries of

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

IRELAND,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Treaty establishing the
European Coal and Steel Community, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
and the Treaty on European Union,

hereinafter referred to as �the Member States�, and of

the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN ATOMIC

ENERGY COMMUNITY,

hereinafter referred to as �the Community�,

of the one part, and

the plenipotentiaries of the FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA,

of the other part,

meeting in Brussels on . . . in the year [2001] for the signature of the Stabilisation and Association
Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of the other part, hereinafter referred to as �the Agreement�,
have adopted the following texts:

the Agreement, its Annexes I-VII, namely:

Annex I �Imports into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of less sensitive industrial goods
originating in the Community

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Annex II �Imports into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of sensitive industrial goods
originating in the Community

Annex III �EC Definition of �Baby beef�

Annex IVa �Imports into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of agricultural goods originating
in the Community (zero-duty tariff)

Annex IVb �Imports into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of agricultural goods originating
in the Community (zero-duty tariff within tariff quotas)

Annex IVc �Imports into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of agricultural goods originating
in the Community (concessions within tariff quotas)

Annex Va �Imports into the Community of fish and fisheries products originating in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Annex Vb �Imports into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of fish and fisheries products
originating in the Community

Annex VI �Establishment: �Financial services�

Annex VII �Intellectual, industrial commercial property rights

and the following Protocols:

Protocol 1 �On textile and clothing products

Protocol 2 �On steel products

Protocol 3 �On trade between former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Community in processed
agricultural products

Protocol 4 �Concerning the definition of the concept of �originating products�and methods of administrative co-operation

Protocol 5 �On mutual assistance between administrative authorities in customs matters

The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Community and the plenipotentiaries of former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have adopted the texts of the joint declarations listed below and annexed
to this Final Act:

Joint Declaration concerning Article 34 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration concerning Article 40 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration concerning Article 44 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration concerning Article 46 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration concerning Article 57 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration concerning Article 71 of the Agreement

Joint Declaration concerning Article 118 of the Agreement

The plenipotentiaries of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia have taken note of the Declaration
listed below and annexed to this Final Act:

Unilateral declaration by Community and its Member States concerning Articles 27 and 29

Unilateral Declaration of the Community on Article 76

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STABILISATION AND ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT

between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the other part

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

IRELAND,

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND

Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Community, the Treaty establishing the
European Coal and Steel Community, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
and the Treaty on European Union

hereinafter referred to as �Member States�, and

THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY, THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY, THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC

ENERGY COMMUNITY,

hereinafter referred to as the �Community�,

of the one part, and

THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA hereinafter referred to as �The former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia�,

of the other part,

CONSIDERING the strong links between the Parties and the values that they share, their desire to strengthen
those links and establish a close and lasting relationship based on reciprocity and mutual interest, which
should allow the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to further strengthen and extend the relations
established previously, in particular through the Co-operation Agreement signed on 29 April 1997 by way
of Exchange of Letters, which entered into force on 1 January 1998;

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CONSIDERING that the relationship between the Parties in the field of inland transport should continue to
be governed by the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia in the field of transport, signed on 29 June 1997, which entered into force on
28 November 1997;

CONSIDERING the importance of this Agreement, in the framework of the Stabilisation and Association
process with the countries of south-eastern Europe, to be further developed by an EU common strategy for
this region, in the establishment and consolidation of a stable European order based on cooperation, of
which the European Union is a mainstay, as well as in the framework of the Stability Pact;

CONSIDERING the commitment of the Parties to contribute by all means to the political, economic and
institutional stabilisation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as well as in the region, through
the development of civic society and democratisation, institution building and public administration
reform, enhanced trade and economic cooperation, the strengthening of national and regional security,
as well as increased cooperation in justice and home affairs;

CONSIDERING the commitment of the Parties to increasing political and economic freedoms as the very
basis of this agreement, as well as their commitment to respect human rights and the rule of law, including
the rights of persons belonging to national minorities, and democratic principles through free and fair
elections and a multiparty system;

CONSIDERING the commitment of the Parties to the principles of free market economy and the readiness of
the Community to contribute to the economic reforms in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

CONSIDERING the commitment of the Parties to the full implementation of all principles and provisions of
the UN Charter, of the OSCE, notably those of the Helsinki Final Act, the concluding documents of the
Madrid and Vienna Conferences, the Charter of Paris for a New Europe, and of the Cologne Stability Pact
for south-eastern Europe, so as to contribute to regional stability and co-operation among the countries of
the region;

DESIROUS of establishing regular political dialogue on bilateral and international issues of mutual interest,
including regional aspects;

CONSIDERING the commitment of the Parties to free trade, in compliance with the rights and obligations
arising out of the WTO;

CONVINCED that the Stabilisation and Association Agreement will create a new climate for economic
relations between them and above all for the development of trade and investment, factors crucial to
economic restructuring and modernisation;

BEARING IN MIND the commitment by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to approximate its
legislation to that of the Community;

TAKING ACCOUNT of the Community’s willingness to provide decisive support for the implementation of
reform, and to use all available instruments of cooperation and technical, financial and economic assistance
on a comprehensive indicative multi-annual basis to this endeavour;

CONFIRMING that the provisions of this agreement that fall within the scope of Part III, Title IV of the
Treaty establishing the European Community bind the United Kingdom and Ireland as separate Contracting
Parties, and not as part of the European Community, until the United Kingdom or Ireland (as the case may
be) notifies the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia that it has become bound as part of the European
Community in accordance with the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland annexed
to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty establishing the European Community. The same applies
to Denmark, in accordance with the Protocol annexed to those Treaties on the position of Denmark;

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RECALLING the European Union’s readiness to integrate to the fullest possible extent the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia into the political and economic mainstream of Europe and its status as a potential
candidate for EU membership on the basis of the Treaty on European Union and fulfilment of the criteria
defined by the European Council in June 1993, subject to successful implementation of this Agreement,
notably regarding regional cooperation,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1. An Association is hereby established between the
Community and its Member States of the one part and the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of the other part.

2. The aims of this Association are:

�to provide an appropriate framework for political dialogue,
allowing the development of close political relations
between the Parties;

�to support the efforts of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia to develop its economic and international cooperation, also through the approximation of its legislation to
that of the Community;

�to promote harmonious economic relations and develop
gradually a free trade area between the Community and
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

�to foster regional cooperation in all the fields covered by
this agreement.

TITLE I

GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Article 2

Respect for the democratic principles and human rights as
proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
and as defined in the Helsinki Final Act and the Charter of
Paris for a New Europe, respect for international law principles
and the rule of law as well as the principles of market
economy as reflected in the Document of the CSCE Bonn
Conference on Economic Cooperation, shall form the basis of
the domestic and external policies of the Parties and constitute
essential elements of this Agreement.

Article 3

International and regional peace and stability, the development
of good neighbourly relations are central to the Stabilisation
and Association Process. The conclusion and the implementation of this Agreement come within the framework of the
regional approach of the Community as defined in the Council

conclusions of 29 April 1997, based on the merits of the
individual countries of the region.

Article 4

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia commits itself to
enter into cooperation and good neighbourly relations with the
other countries of the region including an appropriate level of
mutual concessions concerning the movement of persons,
goods, capital and services as well as the development of
projects of common interest. This commitment constitutes a
key factor in the development of the relations and cooperation
between the Parties and thus contributes to regional stability.

Article 5

1. The Association shall be fully realised over a transitional
period of a maximum of ten years divided into two successive
stages. The purpose of this division into successive stages is to
implement progressively the provisions of the Stabilisation and
Association Agreement and to focus on areas described hereinafter in Titles III, V, VI and VII during the first stage.

2. The Stabilisation and Association Council established
under Article 108 shall regularly examine the application of
this Agreement and the accomplishment by the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of legal, administrative, institutional and economic reforms in the light of the preamble and
in accordance with the general principles laid down in this
agreement.

3. Four years after the entry into force of the Agreement,
the Stabilisation and Association Council shall evaluate the
progress made and decide about the passage into the second
phase and its duration, as well as on any possible changes to be
brought about as regards the content of the provisions
governing the second stage. In so doing, it will take into
account the results of the above-mentioned review.

4. The two stages envisaged in paragraphs 1 and 3 shall not
apply to Title IV.

Article 6

The Agreement shall be fully compatible with the relevant
WTO provisions, in particular Article XXIV of the GATT
1994 and Article V of the GATS.

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TITLE II

POLITICAL DIALOGUE

Article 7

Political dialogue between the Parties shall be further developed
and intensified. It shall accompany and consolidate the
rapprochement between the European Union and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and contribute to the establishment of close links of solidarity and new forms of cooperation between the Parties.

The political dialogue is intended to promote in particular:

�an increasing convergence of positions of the Parties on
international issues and, in particular, on those issues
likely to have substantial effects on the Parties;

�regional cooperation and the development of good
neighbourly relations;

�common views on security and stability in Europe,
including in the areas covered by Common Foreign and
Security Policy of the European Union.

Article 8

Political dialogue may take place within a multilateral
framework, and as a regional dialogue including other
countries of the region.

Article 9

1. At ministerial level, political dialogue shall take place
within the Stabilisation and Association Council, which shall
have the general responsibility for any matter that the Parties
might wish to put to it.

2. At the request of the Parties, political dialogue may also
take place in the following formats:

�meetings, where necessary, of senior officials representing
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on the one
hand, and the Presidency of the Council of the European
Union and the Commission, on the other;

�taking full advantage of all diplomatic channels between the
Parties, including appropriate contacts in third countries
and within the United Nations, the OSCE and other international fora;

�any other means which would make a useful contribution
to consolidating, developing and stepping up this dialogue.

Article 10

Political dialogue at parliamentary level shall take place within
the framework of the Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee established under Article 114.

TITLE III

REGIONAL COOPERATION

Article 11

In conformity with its commitment to peace and stability, and
to the development of good neighbourly relations, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will actively promote regional
cooperation. The Community will also support projects having
a regional or cross-border dimension through its technical
assistance programmes.

Whenever the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia foresees
to reinforce its cooperation with one of the countries
mentioned in Articles 12 to 14 below, it shall inform and
consult the Community and its Member States according to
the provisions laid down in Title X.

Article 12

Cooperation with other countries having signed a Stabilisation and Association Agreement

No later than when at least one Stabilisation and Association
Agreement will have been signed with another of the countries
concerned by the Stabilisation and Association Process, the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall start negotiations
with the country or the countries concerned with a view to
concluding a convention on regional cooperation, the aim of
which will be to enhance the scope of cooperation between the
countries concerned.

The main elements of this convention will be:

�political dialogue;

�the establishment of a free trade area between the Parties,
consistent with relevant WTO provisions;

�mutual concessions concerning the movement of workers,
establishment, supply of services, current payments and
movement of capital at an equivalent level to that of this
Agreement;

�provisions on cooperation in other fields whether or not
covered by this Agreement, and notably the field of Justice
and Home Affairs.

This convention will contain provisions for the creation of the
necessary institutional mechanisms, as appropriate.

This convention on regional cooperation shall be concluded
within two years after the entry into force of at least the
second Stabilisation and Association Agreement. Readiness by
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to conclude such a
convention will be a condition for the further development of
the relations between the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and the EU.

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Article 13

Cooperation with other countries concerned by the
Stabilisation & Association Process

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall engage in
regional cooperation with the other countries concerned by the
Stabilisation & Association Process in some or all the fields of
cooperation covered by this Agreement, and notably those of
common interest. Such cooperation should be compatible with
the principles and objectives of this Agreement.

Article 14

Cooperation with countries candidate to EU accession

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia may foster its
cooperation and conclude a convention on regional cooperation with any country candidate for EU accession in any
of the fields of cooperation covered by this Agreement. Such
convention should aim to gradually align bilateral relations
between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and this
country to the relevant part of the relations between the
European Community and its Member States and this country.

TITLE IV

FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

Article 15

1. The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall gradually establish a free trade area over a
period lasting a maximum of ten years starting from the
entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement and in conformity with those
of the GATT 1994 and the WTO. In so doing they shall take
into account the specific requirements laid down hereinafter.

2. The Combined Nomenclature of goods shall be applied to
the classification of goods in trade between the two Parties.

3. For each product the basic duty to which the successive
reductions set out in this Agreement are to be applied shall be
the duty actually applied erga omnes on the day preceding the
signature of this Agreement.

4. If, after the signature of this Agreement, any tariff
reduction is applied on an erga omnes basis, in particular
reductions resulting from the tariff negotiations in the WTO,
such reduced duties shall replace the basic duty referred to in
paragraph 3 as from the date when such reductions are
applied.

5. The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall communicate to each other their respective
basic duties.

CHAPTER I

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

Article 16

1. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to products
originating in the Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia listed in Chapters 25 to 97 of the
Combined Nomenclature, with the exception of the products
listed in Annex I, paragraph 1, (ii) of the Agreement on agriculture (GATT 1994).

2. The provisions of Articles 17 and 18 shall neither apply
to textile products nor to steel products, as specified in Articles
22 and 23.

3. Trade between the Parties in products covered by the
Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of that
Treaty.

Article 17

1. Customs duties on imports into the Community of
products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall be abolished upon the entry into force of
this Agreement.

2. Quantitative restrictions on imports into the Community
and measures having equivalent effect shall be abolished on the
date of entry into force of this Agreement with regard to
products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia.

Article 18

1. Customs duties on imports into the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia of goods originating in the
Community other than those listed in Annexes I and II shall
be abolished upon the entry into force of this Agreement.

2. Customs duties on imports into the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia of goods originating in the
Community which are listed in Annex I shall be progressively
reduced in accordance with the following timetable:

�on 1 January of the first year after the entry into force of
the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 90 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the second year after the entry into force of
the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 80 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the third year after the entry into force of
the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 70 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the fourth year after the entry into force of
the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 60 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the fifth year after the entry into force of
the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 50 % of the
basic duty;

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�on 1 January of the sixth year after the entry into force of
the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 40 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the seventh year after the entry into force
of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 30 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the eighth year after the entry into force of
the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 20 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the ninth year after the entry into force of
the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 10 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the tenth year after the entry into force of
the Agreement the remaining duties shall be abolished.

3. Customs duties on imports into the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia of goods originating in the
Community which are listed in Annex II shall be progressively
reduced and eliminated in accordance with the timetable
specified in the Annex.

4. Quantitative restrictions on imports into the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of goods originating in the
Community and measures having equivalent effect shall be
abolished upon the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

Article 19

The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall abolish upon the entry into force of this
Agreement in trade between themselves any charges having
an effect equivalent to customs duties on imports.

Article 20

1. The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall abolish any customs duties on exports and
charges having equivalent effect upon the entry into force of
this Agreement.

2. The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall abolish between themselves any quantitative
restrictions on exports and measures having equivalent effect
upon the entry into force of this Agreement.

Article 21

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia declares its
readiness to reduce its customs duties in trade with the
Community more rapidly than is provided for in Article 18
if its general economic situation and the situation of the
economic sector concerned so permit.

The Stabilisation and Association Council shall make recommendations to this effect.

Article 22

Protocol 1 lays down the arrangements applicable to the textile
products referred to therein.

Article 23

Protocol 2 lays down the arrangements applicable to steel
products referred to therein.

CHAPTER II

AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES

Article 24

Definition

1. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to trade in
agricultural and fishery products originating in the
Community or former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2. The term �agricultural and fishery products�refers to the
products listed in Chapters 1 to 24 of the Combined Nomenclature and the products listed in Annex I, paragraph 1, (ii) of
the Agreement on agriculture (GATT 1994).

3. This definition includes fish and fisheries products
covered by Chapter 3, headings 1604 and 1605, and
sub-headings 0511 91, 2301 20 00 and ex 1902 20 ( [1] ).

Article 25

Protocol 3 lays down the trade arrangements for processed
agricultural products that are listed therein.

Article 26

1. On the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the
Community shall abolish all quantitative restrictions and
measures having equivalent effect, on imports of agricultural
and fishery products originating in the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.

2. On the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall abolish all quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect, on
imports of agricultural and fishery products originating in
the Community.

Article 27

Agricultural products

1. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the
Community shall abolish the customs duties and charges
having equivalent effect, on imports of agricultural products
originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
other than those of heading Nos 0102, 0201, 0202 and
2204 of the Combined Nomenclature.

( [1] ) Ex 1902 20 is �stuffed pasta containing more than 20 % by weight
of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates�.

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For the products covered by Chapters 7 and 8 of the Combined
Nomenclature, for which the Common Customs Tariff provides
for the application of ad valorem customs duties and a specific
customs duty, the elimination applies only to the ad valorem
part of the duty.

2. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the
Community shall fix the customs duties applicable to imports
into the Community of �baby-beef�products defined in Annex
III and originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, at 20 % of the ad valorem duty and 20 % of the
specific duty as laid down in the Common Customs Tariff of
the European Communities, within the limit of an annual tariff
quota of 1 650 tonnes expressed in carcass weight.

3. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall:

(a) abolish the customs duties applicable on imports of certain
agricultural products originating in the Community, listed
in Annex IVa;

(b) abolish the customs duties applicable on imports of certain
agricultural products originating in the Community, listed
in Annex IVb within the limits of tariff quotas indicated for
each product in that Annex. For the quantities exceeding
the tariff quotas the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall reduce progressively the customs duties
in accordance with the timetable indicated for each
product in that Annex;

(c) reduce progressively the customs duties applicable on
imports of certain agricultural products originating in the
Community, listed in Annex IVc within the limits of tariff
quotas and in accordance with the timetable indicated for
each product in that Annex.

4. The trade arrangements to apply to wine and spirit
products will be defined in a separate wine and spirit
agreement.

Article 28

Fisheries products

1. From the entry into force of this Agreement the
Community shall totally eliminate customs duties on fish and
fisheries products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, products listed in Annex Va shall be subject to
the provisions laid down therein.

2. From the entry into force of this Agreement the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall abolish all charges
having an equivalent effect to a customs duty and reduce
customs duties on fish and fisheries products originating in
the European Community by 50 % of the most-favoured-nation
(MFN) duty. The residual duties shall be reduced over a period
of six years to be eliminated at the end of this period.

The rules contained in this paragraph shall not apply to
products listed in Annex Vb which shall be subject to tariff
reductions laid down in the said Annex.

Article 29

1. Taking account of the volume of trade in agricultural and
fishery products between the Parties, of their particular sensitivities, of the rules of the Community common policies for
agriculture and fisheries, of the rules of the agricultural policies
of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, of the role of
agriculture in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s
economy, of the production and export potential of its traditional branches and markets and of the consequences of the
multilateral trade negotiations under the WTO, the Community
and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall examine in
the Stabilisation and Association Council, no later than
1 January 2003, product by product and on an orderly and
appropriate reciprocal basis, the opportunities for granting
each other further concessions with a view to implementing
greater liberalisation of the trade in agricultural and fishery
products.

2. The provisions of this Chapter shall in no way affect the
application, on a unilateral basis, of more favourable measures
by one or the other Party.

Article 30

Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, and in
particular Article 37, given the particular sensitivity of the
agricultural and fisheries markets, if imports of products originating in one of the two Parties, which are the subject of
concessions granted pursuant to Articles 25, 27 and 28,
cause serious disturbance to the markets or to their domestic
regulatory mechanisms, in the other Party, both Parties shall
enter into consultations immediately to find an appropriate
solution. Pending such solution, the Party concerned may
take the appropriate measures it deems necessary.

CHAPTER III

COMMON PROVISIONS

Article 31

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to trade in all
products between the Parties except where otherwise
provided herein or in Protocols 1, 2 and 3.

Article 32

Standstill

1. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, no
new customs duties on imports or exports or charges having
equivalent effect shall be introduced, nor shall those already
applied be increased, in trade between the Community and
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2. From the date of entry into force of this Agreement, no
new quantitative restriction on imports or exports or measure
having equivalent effect shall be introduced, nor shall those
existing be made more restrictive, in trade between the
Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

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3. Without prejudice to the concessions granted under
Article 26, the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this
Article shall not restrict in any way the pursuit of the
respective agricultural policies of the Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia and the Community or the taking of
any measures under those policies in so far as the import
regime in the Annexes III, IVa IVb IVc and Va (Vb) is not
affected.

Article 33

Prohibition of fiscal discrimination

1. The Parties shall refrain from, and abolish where existing,
any measure or practice of an internal fiscal nature establishing, whether directly or indirectly, discrimination between
the products of one Party and like products originating in the
territory of the other Party.

2. Products exported to the territory of one of the Parties
may not benefit from repayment of internal indirect taxation in
excess of the amount of indirect taxation imposed on them.

Article 34

The provisions concerning the abolition of customs duties on
imports shall also apply to customs duties of a fiscal nature.

Article 35

Customs unions, free trade areas, cross-border
arrangements

1. This Agreement shall not preclude the maintenance or
establishment of customs unions, free trade areas or
arrangements for frontier trade except in so far as they alter
the trade arrangements provided for in this Agreement.

2. During the transitional periods specified in Articles 17
and 18 this Agreement shall not affect the implementation of
the specific preferential arrangements governing the movement
of goods either laid down in frontier agreements previously
concluded between one or more Member States and the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and succeeded to by
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or resulting from
the bilateral agreements specified in Title III concluded by the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in order to promote
regional trade.

3. Consultations between the Parties shall take place within
the Stabilisation and Association Council concerning the
agreements described in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article
and, where requested, on other major issues related to their
respective trade policies towards third countries. In particular
in the event of a third country acceding to the Community,
such consultations shall take place so as to ensure that account
is taken of the mutual interests of the Community and the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia stated in this
Agreement.

Article 36

Dumping

1. If one of the Parties finds that dumping is taking place in
trade with the other Party within the meaning of Article VI of
the GATT 1994, it may take appropriate measures against this
practice in accordance with the Agreement on implementation
of Article VI of the GATT 1994 and its own related internal
legislation.

2. As regards the first paragraph of this Article, the Stabilisation and Association Council shall be informed of the
dumping case as soon as the authorities of the importing
Party have initiated an investigation. When no end has been
put to the dumping within the meaning of Article VI of the
GATT or no other satisfactory solution has been reached within
30 days of the matter being referred to the Stabilisation and
Association Council, the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures.

Article 37

General safeguard clause

1. Where any product of one Party is being imported into
the territory of the other Party in such increased quantities and
under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause:

�serious injury to the domestic industry of like or directly
competitive products in the territory of the importing
Party; or

�serious disturbances in any sector of the economy or
difficulties which could bring about serious deterioration
in the economic situation of a region of the importing
Party,

the importing Party may take appropriate measures under the
conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in
this Article.

2. The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall only apply safeguard measures between themselves in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
Such measures shall not exceed what is necessary to remedy
the difficulties which have arisen, and should normally consist
of the suspension of the further reduction of any applicable
rate of duty provided for under this Agreement for the product
concerned or the increase of the rate of duty for that product.

Such measures shall contain clear elements progressively
leading to their elimination at the end of the set period, at
the latest. Measures shall not be taken for a period exceeding
one year. In very exceptional circumstances, measures may be
taken up to a total maximum period of three years. No
safeguard measure shall be applied to the import of a
product that has previously been subject to such a measure
for a period of, at least, three years since the expiry of the

measure.

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3. In the cases specified in this Article, before taking the
measures provided for therein or, in the cases to which
paragraph 4(b) of this Article applies, as soon as possible,
the Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
as the case may be, shall supply the Stabilisation and
Association Committee with all relevant information, with a
view to seeking a solution acceptable to the two Parties.

4. For the implementation of the above paragraphs the
following provisions shall apply:

(a) The difficulties arising from the situation referred to in this
Article shall be referred for examination to the Stabilisation
and Association Committee, which may take any decisions
needed to put an end to such difficulties. If the Stabilisation
and Association Committee or the exporting Party has not
taken a decision putting an end to the difficulties or no
other satisfactory solution has been reached within 30 days
of the matter being referred to the Stabilisation and
Association Committee, the importing Party may adopt
the appropriate measures to remedy the problem in
accordance with this Article. In the selection of safeguard
measures priority must be given to those which least
disturb the functioning of the arrangements established in
this Agreement.

(b) Where exceptional and critical circumstances requiring
immediate action make prior information or examination,
as the case may be, impossible, the Party concerned may, in
the situations specified in this Article, apply forthwith
precautionary measures necessary to deal with the
situation and shall inform the other Party immediately
thereof.

5. The safeguard measures shall be notified immediately to
the Stabilisation and Association Committee and shall be the
subject of periodic consultations within that body, particularly
with a view to establishing a timetable for their abolition as
soon as circumstances permit.

6. In the event of the Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia subjecting imports of products liable to
give rise to the difficulties referred to in this Article to an
administrative procedure having as its purpose the rapid
provision of information on the trend of trade flows, it shall
inform the other Party.

Article 38

Shortage clause

1. Where compliance with the provisions of this Title leads
to:

(a) a critical shortage, or threat thereof, of foodstuffs or other
products essential to the exporting Party; or

(b) re-export to a third country of a product against which the
exporting Party maintains quantitative export restrictions,
export duties or measures or charges having equivalent
effect, and where the situations referred to above give

rise, or are likely to give rise to major difficulties for the
exporting Party, that Party may take appropriate measures
under the conditions and in accordance with the
procedures laid down in this Article.

2. In the selection of measures, priority must be given to
those which least disturb the functioning of the arrangements
in this Agreement. Such measures shall not be applied in a
manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination where the same conditions prevail, or a
disguised restriction on trade and shall be eliminated when the
conditions no longer justify their maintenance.

3. Before taking the measures provided for in paragraph 1
of this Article or, as soon as possible in cases to which
paragraph 4 of this Article applies, the Community or the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as the case may be,
shall supply the Stabilisation and Association Committee with
all relevant information, with a view to seeking a solution
acceptable to the Parties. The Parties within the Stabilisation
and Association Committee may agree on any means needed to
put an end to the difficulties. If no agreement is reached within
30 days of the matter being referred to the Stabilisation and
Association Committee, the exporting Party may apply
measures under this Article on the exportation of the
product concerned.

4. Where exceptional and critical circumstances requiring
immediate action make prior information or examination, as
the case may be, impossible, the Community or the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, whichever is concerned,
may apply forthwith the precautionary measures necessary to
deal with the situation and shall inform the other Party
immediately thereof.

5. Any measures applied pursuant to this Article shall be
immediately notified to the Stabilisation and Association
Committee and shall be the subject of periodic consultations
within that body, particularly with a view to establishing a
timetable for their elimination as soon as circumstances permit.

Article 39

State monopolies

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall progressively
adjust any State monopolies of a commercial character so as to
ensure that, by the end of the fifth year following the entry
into force of this Agreement, no discrimination regarding the
conditions under which goods are procured and marketed
exists between nationals of the Member States and of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The Stabilisation
and Association Council shall be informed about the
measures adopted to attain this objective.

Article 40

Protocol 4 lays down the rules of origin for the application of
tariff preferences provided for in this Agreement.

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Article 41

Restrictions authorised

This Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions
on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of
public morality, public policy or public security; the protection
of health and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection
of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value
or the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial
property, or rules relating to gold and silver. Such prohibitions
or restrictions shall not, however, constitute a means of
arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade
between the Parties.

Article 42

Both parties agree to cooperate to reduce the potential for
fraud in the application of the trade provisions of this
Agreement.

Notwithstanding other provisions of this Agreement, and in
particular Articles 30, 37 and 88 and Protocol 4, where one
Party finds that there is sufficient evidence of fraud such as a
significant increase in trade of products by one party to the
other party, beyond the level reflecting economic conditions
such as normal production and export capacities, or failure to
provide administrative cooperation as required for the verification of evidence of origin by the other Party, both Parties
shall enter into consultations immediately to find an appropriate solution. Pending such solution, the Party concerned
may take the appropriate measures it deems necessary. In the
selection of the measure priority must be given to those which
least disturb the functioning of the arrangements established in
this Agreement.

Article 43

The application of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to
the application of the provisions of Community law to the
Canary Islands.

TITLE V

MOVEMENT OF WORKERS, ESTABLISHMENT, SUPPLY
OF SERVICES, CAPITAL

CHAPTER I

MOVEMENT OF WORKERS

Article 44

1. Subject to the conditions and modalities applicable in
each Member State:

�treatment accorded to workers who are nationals of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and who are
legally employed in the territory of a Member State shall

be free of any discrimination based on nationality, as
regards working conditions, remuneration or dismissal,
compared to its own nationals;

�the legally resident spouse and children of a worker legally
employed in the territory of a Member State, with the
exception of seasonal workers and of workers coming
under bilateral agreements, within the meaning of Article
45, unless otherwise provided by such agreements, shall
have access to the labour market of that Member State,
during the period of that worker’s authorised stay of
employment.

2. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall, subject
to conditions and modalities in that country, accord the
treatment refereed to in paragraph 1 to workers who are
nationals of a Member State and are legally employed in its
territory as well as to their spouse and children who are legally
resident in the said country.

Article 45

1. Taking into account the labour market situation in the
Member States, subject to their legislation and to compliance
with the rules in force in the Member States in the area of
mobility of workers:

�the existing facilities of access to employment for workers
of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia accorded by
Member States with bilateral agreements should be
preserved and if possible improved;

�the other Member States shall examine the possibility of
concluding similar agreements.

2. The Stabilisation and Association Council shall examine
the granting of other improvements, including facilities for
access to professional training, in accordance with the rules
and procedures in force in the Member States, and taking
into account the labour market situation in the Member
States and in the Community.

Article 46

Rules shall be laid down for the coordination of social security
system for workers with nationality of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, legally employed in the territory of a
Member State, and for the members of their families legally
resident there. To that effect, a decision of the Stabilisation and
Association Council, which should not affect any rights or
obligations arising from bilateral agreements where the latter
provide for more favourable treatment, will put the following
provisions in place:

�all periods of insurance, employment or residence
completed by such workers in the various Member States
shall be added together for the purpose of pensions and
annuities in respect of old age, invalidity and death and for
the purpose of medical care for such workers and such
family members;

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�any pensions or annuities in respect of old age, death,
industrial accident or occupational disease, or of invalidity
resulting therefrom, with the exception of non-contributory
benefits, shall be freely transferable at the rate applied by
virtue of the law of the debtor Member State or States;

�the workers in question shall receive family allowances for
the members of their families as defined above;

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall accord to
workers who are nationals of a Member State and legally
employed in its territory, and to members of their families
legally resident there, treatment similar to that specified in
the second and third indents of paragraph 1.

CHAPTER II

ESTABLISHMENT

Article 47

For the purposes of this Agreement:

(a) a �Community company�or a �company of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia�respectively shall mean
a company set up in accordance with the laws of a
Member State or of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia respectively and having its registered office or
central administration or principal place of business in the
territory of the Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia respectively.

However, should the company, set up in accordance with
the laws of a Member State or of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia respectively, have only its registered
office in the territory of the Community or the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia respectively, the
company shall be considered a Community or a company
from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
respectively if its operations possess a real and continuous
link with the economy of one of the Member States or the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia respectively;

(b) �Subsidiary�of a company shall mean a company which is
effectively controlled by the first company;

(c) �Branch�of a company shall mean a place of business not
having legal personality which has the appearance of
permanency, such as the extension of a parent body, has
a management and is materially equipped to negotiate
business with third Parties so that the latter, although
knowing that there will if necessary be a legal link with
the parent body, the head office of which is abroad, do not
have to deal directly with such parent body but may
transact business at the place of business constituting the
extension;

(d) �Establishment�shall mean:

(i) as regards nationals, the right to set up undertakings, in
particular companies, which they effectively control.
Business undertakings by nationals shall not extend to
seeking or taking employment in the labour market or
confer a right of access to the labour market of another
Party.

(ii) as regards Community or the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia companies, the right to take up economic
activities by means of the setting up of subsidiaries and
branches in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
or in the Community respectively;

(e) �Operations�shall mean the pursuit of economic activities;

(f) �Economic activities�shall in principle include activities of
an industrial, commercial and professional character and
activities of craftsmen;

(g) �Community national�and �national of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia�shall mean respectively a natural
person who is a national of one of the Member States or of
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

(h) with regard to international maritime transport, including
inter-modal operations involving a sea leg, nationals of the
Member States or of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia established outside the Community or of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia respectively, and
shipping companies established outside the Community or
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and controlled
by nationals of a Member State or the nationals of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia respectively, shall
also be beneficiaries of the provisions of this Chapter and
Chapter III, if their vessels are registered in that Member
State or in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
respectively, in accordance with their respective legislation.

(i) �Financial services�shall mean those activities described in
Annex VI. The Stabilisation and Association Council may
extend or modify the scope of that Annex.

Article 48

1. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall grant,
upon entry into force of this Agreement:

(i) as regards the establishment of Community companies
treatment no less favourable than that accorded to its
own companies or to any third country company,
whichever is the better, and;

(ii) as regards the operation of subsidiaries and branches of
Community companies in the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, once established, treatment no less
favourable than that accorded to its own companies and
branches or to any subsidiary and branch of any third
country company, whichever is the better.

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2. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall not
adopt any new regulations or measures which introduce
discrimination as regards the establishment of Community
companies on its territory or in respect of their operation,
once established, by comparison with its own companies.

3. The Community and its Member States shall grant, from
the entry into force of this Agreement:

(i) as regards the establishment of companies from the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, treatment no less
favourable than that accorded by Member States to their
own companies or to any company of any third country,
whichever is the better;

(ii) as regards the operation of subsidiaries and branches of
companies from the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, established in their territory, treatment no less
favourable than that accorded by Member States to their
own companies and branches, or to any subsidiary and
branch of any third country company, established in their
territory, whichever is the better.

4. Five years after the entry into force of this Agreement,
and in the light of the relevant European Court of Justice
jurisprudence, and the situation of the labour market, the
Stabilisation and Association Council will examine whether
to extend the above provisions to the establishment of
nationals of both Parties to the Agreement to take up
economic activities as self-employed persons.

5. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article:

(a) Subsidiaries and branches of Community companies shall
have, from the entry into force of this Agreement, the right
to use and rent real property in the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia;

(b) Subsidiaries of Community companies shall also have the
right to acquire and enjoy ownership rights over real
property as the companies of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia and as regards public goods/goods
of common interest, including natural resources, agricultural land and forestry, the same rights as enjoyed by
companies of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
where these rights are necessary for the conduct of the
economic activities for which they are established;

(c) By the end of the first stage of transitional period the
Stabilisation and Association Council shall examine the
possibility of extending the rights under (b) to branches
of the Community companies.

Article 49

1. Subject to the provisions of Article 48, with the
exception of financial services described in Annex VI, each
Party may regulate the establishment and operation of

companies and nationals on its territory, in so far as these
regulations do not discriminate against companies and
nationals of the other Party in comparison with its own
companies and nationals.

2. In respect of financial services, notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Agreement, a Party shall not be prevented
from taking measures for prudential reasons, including for the
protection of investors, depositors, policy holders or persons to
whom a fiduciary duty is owed by a financial service supplier,
or to ensure the integrity and stability of the financial system.
Such measures shall not be used as a means of avoiding the
Party’s obligations under the Agreement.

3. Nothing in the Agreement shall be construed to require a
Party to disclose information relating to the affairs and
accounts of individual customers or any confidential or
proprietary information in the possession of public entities.

Article 50

1. The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to air
transport services, inland waterways transport services and
maritime cabotage services.

2. The Stabilisation and Association Council may make
recommendations for improving establishment and operations
in the areas covered by paragraph 1.

Article 51

1. The provisions of Articles 48 and 49 do not preclude the
application by a Party of particular rules concerning the establishment and operation in its territory of branches of
companies of another Party not incorporated in the territory
of the first Party, which are justified by legal or technical
differences between such branches as compared to branches
of companies incorporated in its territory or, as regards
financial services, for prudential reasons.

2. The difference in treatment shall not go beyond what is
strictly necessary as a result of such legal or technical
differences or, as regards financial services, for prudential

reasons.

Article 52

In order to make it easier for Community nationals and
nationals of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to
take up and pursue regulated professional activities in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Community
respectively, the Stabilisation and Association Council shall
examine which steps are necessary for the mutual recognition
of qualifications. It may take all necessary measures to that end.

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Article 53

1. A Community company or a company from the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia established in the territory of
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or the Community
respectively shall be entitled to employ, or have employed by
one of its subsidiaries or branches, in accordance with the
legislation in force in the host country of establishment, in
the territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
and the Community respectively, employees who are
nationals of the Community Member States and former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia respectively, provided that
such employees are key personnel as defined in paragraph 2
and that they are employed exclusively by companies,
subsidiaries or branches. The residence and work permits of
such employees shall only cover the period of such
employment.

2. Key personnel of the above mentioned companies, herein
referred to as �organisations�, are �intra-corporate transferees�as
defined in (c) of this paragraph in the following categories,
provided that the organisation is a legal person and that the
persons concerned have been employed by it or have been
partners in it (other than as majority shareholders), for at
least the year immediately preceding such movement:

(a) Persons working in a senior position with an organisation,
who primarily direct the management of the establishment,
receiving general supervision or direction principally from
the board of directors or stockholders of the business or
their equivalent including:

�directing the establishment of a department or
sub-division of the establishment;

�supervising and controlling the work of other supervisory, professional or managerial employees;

�having the authority personally to recruit and dismiss
or recommend recruiting, dismissing or other personnel
actions;

(b) Persons working within an organisation who possess
uncommon knowledge essential to the establishment’s
service, research equipment, techniques or management.
The assessment of such knowledge may reflect, apart
from knowledge specific to the establishment, a high
level of qualification referring to a type of work or trade
requiring specific technical knowledge, including
membership of an accredited profession;

(c) An �intra-corporate transferee�is defined as a natural person
working within an organisation in the territory of a Party,
and being temporarily transferred in the context of pursuit
of economic activities in the territory of the other Party;
the organisation concerned must have its principal place of
business in the territory of a Party and the transfer be to an
establishment (branch, subsidiary) of that organisation,
effectively pursuing like economic activities in the
territory of the other Party.

3. The entry into and the temporary presence within the
territory of the Community or the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia of nationals of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and Community nationals respectively shall be
permitted, when these representatives of companies are
persons working in a senior position, as defined in paragraph
2(a) above, within a company, and are responsible for the
setting up of a Community subsidiary or branch of a
company from the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
or of a subsidiary or branch in the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia of a Community company in a Community
Member State or in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia respectively, when:

�those representatives are not engaged in making direct sales
or supplying services, and

�the company has its principal place of business outside the
Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
respectively, and has no other representative, office, branch
or subsidiary in that Community Member State or former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia respectively.

Article 54

During the first four years following the date of entry into
force of this Agreement, the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia may introduce measures which derogate from the
provisions of this Chapter as regards the establishment of
Community companies and nationals of certain industries
which:

�are undergoing restructuring, or are facing serious
difficulties, particularly where these entail serious social
problems in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or

�face the elimination or a drastic reduction of the total
market share held by the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia companies or nationals in a given sector or
industry in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, or

�are newly emerging industries in the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.

Such measures:

(i) shall cease to apply at the latest two years after the end of
the first stage of the transitional period.

(ii) shall be reasonable and necessary in order to remedy the
situation, and

(iii) shall not introduce discrimination concerning the activities
of Community companies or nationals already established
in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia at the time
of introduction of a given measure, by comparison with
companies or nationals from the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia.

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While devising and applying such measures, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall grant preferential
treatment wherever possible to Community companies and
nationals, and in no case treatment less favourable than that
accorded to companies or nationals from any third country.
Prior to the adoption of these measures, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia shall consult the Stabilisation and
Association Council and shall not put them into effect before
a one month period has elapsed following the notification to
the Stabilisation and Association Council of the concrete
measures to be introduced by the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia, except where the threat of irreparable damage
requires the taking of urgent measures, in which case the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall consult the
Stabilisation and Association Council immediately after their
adoption.

Upon the expiry of the fourth year following the entry into
force of this Agreement the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia may introduce or maintain such measures only
with the authorisation of the Stabilisation and Association
Council and under conditions determined by the latter.

CHAPTER III

SUPPLY OF SERVICES

Article 55

1. The Parties undertake in accordance with the following
provisions to take the necessary steps to allow progressively the
supply of services by Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia companies or nationals which are
established in a Party other than that of the person for
whom the services are intended.

2. In step with the liberalisation process mentioned in
paragraph 1, the Parties shall permit the temporary
movement of natural persons providing the service or who
are employed by the service provider as key personnel as
defined in Article 53, including natural persons who are
representatives of a Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia company or national and are seeking
temporary entry for the purpose of negotiating for the sale of
services or entering into agreements to sell services for that
service provider, where those representatives will not be
engaged in making direct sales to the general public or in
supplying services themselves.

3. As from the second stage of the transition period, the
Stabilisation and Association Council shall take the measures
necessary to implement progressively the provisions of
paragraph 1. Account shall be taken of the progress achieved
by the Parties in the approximation of their laws.

Article 56

1. The Parties shall not take any measures or actions which
render the conditions for the supply of services by Community

and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia nationals or
companies which are established in a Party other than that of
the person for whom the services are intended significantly
more restrictive as compared to the situation existing on the
day preceding the day of entry into force of the Agreement.

2. If one Party is of the view that measures introduced by
the other Party since the entry into force of the Agreement
result in a situation which is significantly more restrictive in
respect of supply of services as compared with the situation
existing at the date of entry into force of the Agreement, such
first Party may request the other Party to enter into consultations.

Article 57

With regard to supply of transport services between the
Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
the following provisions shall apply:

1. With regard to inland transport, the relationship between
the Parties is governed by the Agreement between the
European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia in the field of transport entered into force
on 28 November 1997. The Parties confirm the importance
they attach to the correct application of this Agreement.

2. With regard to international maritime transport the Parties
undertake to apply effectively the principle of unrestricted
access to the market and traffic on a commercial basis.

(a) The above provision does not prejudice the rights and
obligations under the United Nations Code of Conduct
for Liner Conferences, as applied by one or the other
Party to this Agreement. Non-conference liners will be
free to operate in competition with a conference as long
as they adhere to the principle of fair competition on a
commercial basis;

(b) The Parties affirm their commitment to a freely
competitive environment as being an essential of the
dry and liquid bulk trade.

3. In applying the principles of paragraph 2, the Parties shall:

(a) not introduce cargo-sharing clauses in future bilateral
agreements with third countries, other than in those
exceptional circumstances where liner shipping
companies from one or other Party to this Agreement
would not otherwise have an effective opportunity to
ply for trade to and from the third country concerned;

(b) prohibit cargo-sharing arrangements in future bilateral
agreements concerning dry and liquid bulk trade;

(c) abolish, upon the entry into force of this Agreement, all
unilateral measures and administrative, technical and
other obstacles that could have restrictive or discriminatory effects on the free supply of services in international maritime transport.

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4. With a view to ensuring a coordinated development and
progressive liberalisation of transport between the Parties
adapted to their reciprocal commercial needs, the conditions
of mutual market access in air transport shall be dealt with
by special agreements to be negotiated between the Parties
after the entry into force of this Agreement.

5. Prior to the conclusion of the agreement referred to in
paragraph 4, the Parties shall not take any measures or
actions which are more restrictive or discriminatory as
compared with the situation existing prior to the entry
into force of this Agreement.

6. During the transitional period, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia shall adapt its legislation, including
administrative, technical and other rules, to that of the
Community existing at any time in the field of air and
inland transport in so far as it serves liberalisation
purposes and mutual access to markets of the Parties and
facilitates the movement of passengers and of goods.

In step with the common progress in the achievement of
the objectives of this Chapter, the Stabilisation and
Association Council shall examine ways of creating the
conditions necessary for improving freedom to provide air
and inland transport services.

CHAPTER IV

CURRENT PAYMENTS AND MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL

Article 58

The Parties undertake to authorise, in freely convertible
currency, in accordance with the provisions of Article VIII of
the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund,
any payments and transfers on the current account of balance
of payments between the Community and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.

Article 59

1. With regard to transactions on the capital and financial
account of balance of payments, from entry into force of the
Agreement, the Parties shall ensure the free movement of
capital relating to direct investments made in companies
formed in accordance with the laws of the host country and
investments made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
II of Title V, and the liquidation or repatriation of these
investments and of any profit stemming therefrom.

2. With regard to transactions on the capital and financial
account of balance of payments, from entry into force of this
Agreement, the Parties shall ensure the free movement of
capital relating to credits related to commercial transactions
or to the provision of services in which a resident of one of
the Parties is participating, and to financial loans and credits,
with maturity longer than a year.

They shall also ensure, from beginning of the second stage, free
movement of capital relating to portfolio investment and
financial loans and credits with maturity shorter than a year.

3. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the Parties shall not
introduce any new restrictions on the movement of capital and
current payments between residents of the Community and the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and shall not make the
existing arrangements more restrictive.

4. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 58 and of
this Article, where, in exceptional circumstances, movements of
capital between the Community and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia cause, or threaten to cause, serious
difficulties for the operation of exchange rate policy or
monetary policy in the Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, the Community and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, respectively, may take
safeguard measures with regard to movements of capital
between the Community and the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia for a period not exceeding six months if such
measures are strictly necessary.

5. The Parties shall consult each other with a view to facilitating the movement of capital between the Community and
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in order to
promote the objectives of this Agreement.

Article 60

1. During the first stage, the Parties shall take measures
permitting the creation of the necessary conditions for the
further gradual cation of Community rules on the free
movement of capital.

2. By the end of the first stage, the Stabilisation and
Association Council shall examine ways of enabling
Community rules on the movement of capital to be applied
in full.

CHAPTER V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 61

1. The provisions of this Title shall be applied subject to
limitations justified on grounds of public policy, public
security or public health.

2. They shall not apply to activities that in the territory of
either Party are connected, even occasionally, with the exercise
of official authority.

Article 62

For the purpose of this Title, nothing in this Agreement shall
prevent the Parties from applying their laws and regulations
regarding entry and stay, employment, working conditions,
establishment of natural persons and supply of services,
provided that, in so doing, they do not apply them in such a
manner as to nullify or impair the benefits accruing to any
Party under the terms of a specific provision of this
Agreement. This provision shall be without prejudice to the
application of Article 61.

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Article 63

Companies which are controlled and exclusively owned jointly
by the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia companies or
nationals and Community companies or nationals shall also be
covered by the provisions of this Title.

Article 64

1. The Most-Favoured-Nation treatment granted in
accordance with the provisions of this Title shall not apply
to the tax advantages that the Parties are providing or will
provide in the future on the basis of agreements designed to
avoid double taxation or other tax arrangements.

2. None of the provisions of this Title shall be construed to
prevent the adoption or enforcement by the Parties of any
measure aimed at preventing the avoidance or evasion of
taxes pursuant to the tax provisions of agreements to avoid
double taxation and other tax arrangements or domestic fiscal
legislation.

3. None of the provisions of this Title shall be construed to
prevent Member States or the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia in applying the relevant provisions of their fiscal
legislation, from distinguishing between taxpayers who are not
in identical situations, in particular as regards their place of
residence.

Article 65

1. The Parties shall endeavour wherever possible to avoid
the imposition of restrictive measures, including measures
relating to imports, for balance of payments purposes. A
Party adopting such measures shall present as soon as
possible to the other Party a timetable for their removal.

2. Where one or more Member States or the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is in serious balance of
payments difficulties, or under imminent threat thereof, the
Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
as the case may be, may, in accordance with the conditions
established under the WTO Agreement, adopt restrictive
measures, including measures relating to imports, which shall
be of limited duration and may not go beyond what is strictly
necessary to remedy the balance of payments situation. The
Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
as the case may be, shall inform the other Party forthwith.

3. Any restrictive measures shall not apply to transfers
related to investment and in particular to the repatriation of
amounts invested or reinvested or any kind of revenues
stemming there from.

Article 66

The provisions of this Title shall be progressively adjusted,
notably in the light of requirements arising from Article V of
the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).

Article 67

The provisions of this Agreement shall not prejudice the
application by each Party of any measure necessary to
prevent the circumvention of its measures concerning thirdcountry access to its market through the provisions of this
Agreement.

TITLE VI

APPROXIMATION OF LAWS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT

Article 68

1. The Parties recognise the importance of the approximation of the existing and future laws of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to those of the Community.
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall endeavour to
ensure that its laws will be gradually made compatible with
those of the Community.

2. This gradual approximation of law will take place in two
stages.

3. Starting on the date of signing of the Agreement and
lasting as explained in Article 5, the approximation of laws
shall extend to certain fundamental elements of the Internal
Market acquis as well as to other trade-related areas, along a
programme to be defined in coordination with the Commission
of the European Communities. The former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia will also define, in coordination with the
Commission of the European Communities, the modalities
for the monitoring of the implementation of approximation
of legislation and law enforcement actions to be taken,
including reform of the judiciary.

Deadlines will be set for competition law, intellectual property
law, standards and certification law, public procurement law,
and data protection law. Legal approximation in other sectors
of the internal market will be an obligation to be met at the
end of the transition period.

4. During the second stage of the transitional period laid
down in Article 5 the approximation of laws shall extend to
the elements of the acquis that are not covered by the previous
paragraph.

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Article 69

Competition and other economic provisions

1. The following are incompatible with the proper functioning of the Agreement, in so far as they may affect trade
between the Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia:

(i) all agreements between undertakings, decisions by
associations of undertakings and concerted practices
between undertakings which have as their object or
effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of
competition;

(ii) abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position
in the territories of the Community or of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as a whole or in a
substantial part thereof;

(iii) any public aid which distorts or threatens to distort
competition by favouring certain undertakings or certain
products.

2. Any practices contrary to this Article shall be assessed on
the basis of criteria arising from the application of the rules of
Articles 81, 82 and 87 of the Treaty establishing the European
Community.

3. (a) For the purposes of applying the provisions of
paragraph 1(iii), the Parties recognise that during the
first four years after the entry into force of this
Agreement, any public aid granted by the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall be assessed
taking into account the fact that the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia shall be regarded as an area
identical to those areas of the Community described in
Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty establishing the European
Community.

(b) Each Party shall ensure transparency in the area of
public aid, inter alia by reporting annually to the other
Party on the total amount and the distribution of the aid
given and by providing, upon request, information on
aid schemes. Upon request by one Party, the other Party
shall provide information on particular individual cases
of public aid.

Each Party shall ensure that the provisions of this Article are
applied within five years of the Agreement’s entry into
force.

4. With regard to products referred to in Chapter II of Title
IV:

�paragraph 1(iii) shall not apply.

�any practices contrary to paragraph 1(i) shall be assessed
according to the criteria established by the Community on
the basis of Articles 36 and 37 of the Treaty establishing

the European Community and specific Community
instruments adopted on this basis.

5. If the Community or the Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia considers that a particular practice is incompatible
with the terms of paragraph 1, and:

�if such practice causes or threatens to cause serious injury
to the interests of the other Party or material injury to its
domestic industry, including its services industry, it may
take appropriate measures after consultation within the
Stabilisation and Association Council or after thirty
working days following referral for such consultation.

In the case of practices incompatible with paragraph 1(iii), such
appropriate measures may, where the WTO Agreement applies
thereto, only be adopted in accordance with the procedures
and under the conditions laid down thereby or the relevant
Community internal legislation.

6. The Parties shall exchange information taking into
account the limitations imposed by the requirements of
professional and business confidentiality.

Article 70

With regard to public undertakings, and undertakings to which
special or exclusive rights have been granted, each Party shall
ensure that as from the third year following the date of entry
into force of this Agreement, the principles of the Treaty establishing the European Community, in particular Article 86
thereof, are upheld.

Article 71

Intellectual, industrial and commercial property

1. Pursuant to the provisions of this Article and Annex VII,
the Parties confirm the importance that they attach to ensure
adequate and effective protection and enforcement of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights.

2. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall take
the necessary measures in order to guarantee no later than
five years after entry into force of this agreement a level of
protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property
rights similar to that existing in the Community, including
effective means of enforcing such rights.

3. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia undertakes
to accede, within the period referred above, to the multilateral
conventions on intellectual, industrial and commercial property
rights referred to in Annex VII.

If problems in the area of intellectual, industrial and
commercial property affecting trading conditions occur, they
shall be referred urgently to the Stabilisation and Association
Council, at the request of either Party, with a view to reaching
mutually satisfactory solutions.

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Article 72

Public contracts

1. The Parties consider the opening-up of the award of
public contracts on the basis of non-discrimination and reciprocity, in particular in the WTO context, to be a desirable
objective.

2. The companies of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, whether established or not in the Community,
shall be granted access to contract award procedures in the
Community pursuant to Community procurement rules
under treatment no less favourable than that accorded to
Community companies as from the entry into force of this
Agreement.

The above provisions will also apply to contracts in the utilities
sector once the government of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia has adopted the legislation introducing the
Community rules in this area. The Community shall examine
periodically whether the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia has indeed introduced such legislation.

Community companies not established in the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia shall be granted access to contract
award procedures in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia pursuant to the Law on Public Procurement under
treatment no less favourable than that accorded to companies
of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia at the latest five
years after the entry into force of this Agreement. Community
companies established in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia under the provisions of Chapter I of Title V shall
have upon entry into force of this Agreement access to
contract award procedures under treatment no less favourable
than that accorded to companies of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.

The Stabilisation and Association Council shall periodically
examine the possibility for the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia to introduce access to award procedures in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for all Community
companies.

3. As regards establishment, operations, supply of services
between the Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, and also employment and movement of labour
linked to the fulfilment of public contracts, the provisions of
Articles 44 to 67 are applicable.

Article 73

Standardisation, Metrology, Accreditation and Conformity
Assessment

1. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall take
the necessary measures in order to gradually achieve
conformity with Community technical regulations and

European standardisation, metrology, accreditation and
conformity assessment procedures.

2. To this end, Parties shall seek:

�to promote the use of Community technical regulations and
European standards, tests and conformity assessment
procedures;

�to conclude, where appropriate, European Conformity
Assessment Protocols;

�to foster the development of the quality infrastructure: standardisation, metrology, accreditation and conformity
assessment;

�to promote participation in work of specialised European
organisations (CEN, Cenelec, ETSI, EA, Welmec, Euromed
etc.),

TITLE VII

JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS

Article 74

Reinforcement of institutions and rule of law

In their cooperation in justice and home affairs the Parties will
attach particular importance to the reinforcement of institutions at all levels in the areas of administration in general
and law enforcement and the machinery of justice in particular.
This includes the consolidation of the rule of law. Cooperation
in the field of justice will focus in particular on the independence of the judiciary, the improvement of its effectiveness
and training of the legal professions.

Article 75

Visa, border control, asylum and migration

1. The Parties shall cooperate in the areas of visa, border
control, asylum and migration and will set-up a framework for
the cooperation, including at a regional level, in these fields.

2. Cooperation in the matters referred to in paragraph 1
shall be based on mutual consultations and close coordination
between the Parties and should include technical and administrative assistance for:

�exchange of information on legislation and practices;

�the drafting of legislation;

�enhancing the efficiency of the institutions;

�training of staff;

�security of the travel documents and detection of false
documents.

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3. Cooperation will focus in particular:

�in the area of asylum on the development and implementation of national legislation to meet the standards of the
1951 Geneva Convention and thereby to ensure that the
principle of non-refoulement is respected.

�in the field of legal migration, on admission rules and
rights and status of the persons admitted. In relation to
migration, the Parties agree to the fair treatment of
nationals of other countries who reside legally on their
territories and to promote an integration policy aiming at
granting them rights and obligations comparable to those
of their citizens.

The Stabilisation and Association Council can recommend
additional subjects for cooperation under this article.

Article 76

Prevention and control of illegal immigration; readmission

1. The Parties agree to cooperate in order to prevent and
control illegal immigration. To this end:

�The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia agrees to
readmit any of its nationals illegally present on the
territory of a Member State, upon request by the latter
and without further formalities once such persons have
been positively identified as such;

�each Member State of the European Union agrees to
readmit any of its nationals illegally present on the
territory of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
upon request by the latter and without further formalities
once such persons have been positively identified as such.

The Member States of the European Union and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia will provide their nationals
with appropriate identity documents and will extend to them
the administrative facilities necessary for such purposes.

2. The Parties agree to conclude, upon request, an
agreement between the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and the European Community regulating the
specific obligations for the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and for the Member States of the European
Union for readmission, including an obligation for the readmission of nationals of other countries and stateless persons.

3. Pending the conclusion of the agreement with the
Community referred to in paragraph 2, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia agrees to conclude, upon request of a

Member State, bilateral agreements with individual Member
States of the European Union regulating the specific obligations
for readmission between the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and the Member State concerned, including an obligation for the readmission of nationals of other countries and
stateless persons.

4. The Stabilisation and Association Council shall examine
what other joint efforts can be made to prevent and control
illegal immigration, including the trafficking in human beings.

Article 77

Combating money laundering

1. The Parties agree on the necessity of making every effort
and cooperating in order to prevent the use of their financial
systems for laundering of proceeds from criminal activities in
general and drug offences in particular.

2. Cooperation in this area may include administrative and
technical assistance with the purpose to develop the implementation of regulations and efficient functioning of the suitable
standards and mechanisms to combat money laundering
equivalent to those adopted by the Community and international fora in this field.

Article 78

Preventing and combating crime and other illegal
activities

1. The Parties agree to cooperate on fighting and preventing
criminal and illegal activities, organised or otherwise, such as:

�trafficking in human beings;

�illegal economic activities, and in particular corruption,
illegal transactions on products such as industrial waste,
radioactive material and transactions involving illegal or
counterfeit products;

�illicit trafficking in drugs and psychotropic substances;

�smuggling;

�illicit arms trafficking;

�terrorism.

Cooperation in the above matters will be the subject of consultations and close coordination between the parties.

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2. The technical and administrative assistance in this field
may include:

�the drafting of national legislation in the field of criminal
law;

�enhancing the efficiency of the institutions charged with
fighting and preventing crime;

�staff training and the development of investigative facilities;

�the formulation of measures to prevent crime.

Article 79

Co-operation on illicit drugs

1. Within their respective powers and competencies, the
Parties shall cooperate to ensure a balanced and integrated
approach towards drugs. Drug policies and actions shall be
aimed at reducing the supply, trafficking and demand of
illicit drugs as well as at a more effective control of precursors.

2. The Parties shall agree on the necessary methods of cooperation to attain these objectives. Actions shall be based on
commonly agreed principles along the lines of the EU Drug
Strategy.

3. The cooperation between the Parties shall comprise
technical and administrative assistance in particular in the
following areas: drafting of national legislation and policies;
establishment of institutions and information centres; training
of personnel; drug related research; and the prevention of
diversion of precursors used for the illicit manufacture of
drugs. The Parties may agree to include other areas.

TITLE VIII

COOPERATION POLICIES

Article 80

1. The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall establish a close cooperation aimed at
contributing to the development and growth potential of the
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Such cooperation
shall strengthen existing economic links on the widest
possible foundation, to the benefit of both Parties.

2. Policies and other measures will be designed to bring
about the economic and social development of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. These policies should
ensure that environmental considerations are also fully incorporated from the outset and that they are linked to the
requirements of harmonious social development.

3. Cooperation policies shall be integrated into a regional
framework of cooperation. Special attention will have to be
devoted to measures that can foster cooperation between the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and its neighbouring
countries including Member States, thus contributing to
regional stability. The Stabilisation and Association Council
may define priorities between and within the cooperation
policies described hereinafter.

Article 81

Economic policy

1. The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall facilitate the process of economic reform by
cooperating to improve understanding of the fundamentals of
their respective economies and of implementing economic
policy in market economies.

2. To these ends the Community and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia shall cooperate to:

�exchange information on macroeconomic performance and
prospects and on strategies for development;

�analyse jointly economic issues of mutual interest, including
the framing of economic policy and the instruments for
implementing it.

3. At the request of the authorities of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, the Community may provide assistance
designed to support the efforts of the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia towards the introduction of full convertibility of
the Denar and the gradual development of its policies towards
those of the European Monetary System. Cooperation in this
area will include informal exchange of information concerning
the principles and the functioning of the European Monetary
System and the European System of Central Banks.

Article 82

Statistical cooperation

1. Cooperation in the area of statistics shall aim at the
development of an efficient and sustainable statistical system
capable to provide in due time reliable, objective and accurate
data needed to plan and monitor the process of transition and
reform in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. It shall
enable the national statistical system coordinated by the State
Statistical Office to better meet the needs of its customers, both
public administration and private businesses. The statistical
system should respect the fundamental principles of statistics
issued by the United Nations and the stipulations of the
European Statistical law and develop towards the acquis
Communautaire in statistics.

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2. To this end the Parties may cooperate in particular:

�to promote the development of an efficient statistical
service in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
based on an appropriate institutional framework;

�to develop and maintain national capacity for collecting,
processing and disseminating statistical information of
high quality using modern technologies in the most
efficient way;

�to provide private and public sector economic operators
and research community with the appropriate socioeconomic data needed to monitor state reforms;

�to enable the national statistical system to adopt the principles and standards of the European statistical system;

�to ensure the confidentiality of individual data.

3. Cooperation in this field shall include, but not be limited
to, providing information on methods, participation in selected
Eurostat working groups and exchange of statistical data.

Article 83

Banking, insurance and other financial services

1. The Parties shall cooperate with the aim of establishing
and developing a suitable framework for the encouragement of
banking, insurance and financial services sector in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The cooperation shall focus on:

�the adoption of a common accounting system compatible
with European standards;

�the strengthening and restructuring of the banking,
insurance and other financial sectors;

�the improvement of supervision and regulation of banking
and other financial services;

�the exchange of information in particular in respect of
proposed legislation;

�the preparation of translations and terminology glossaries.

2. The Parties shall cooperate with the aim of developing
efficient audit systems in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia following the harmonised Community methods
and procedures.

Cooperation shall focus on:

�technical assistance to the Office of Auditors in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

�the establishment of internal audit units in official agencies;

�the exchange of information with regard to auditing
systems;

�the standardisation of audit documentation;

�training and advisory operations.

Article 84

Investment promotion and protection

1. Cooperation between the Parties shall be aimed at establishing a favourable climate for private investment, both
domestic and foreign.

2. The particular aims of co-operation shall be:

�for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to improve
a legal framework which favours and protects investment;

�the conclusion, where appropriate, with Member States of
bilateral agreements for the promotion and protection of
investment;

�the implementation of suitable arrangements for the
transfer of capital;

�the improvement of investment protection.

Article 85

Industrial cooperation

1. Cooperation shall be aimed at promoting the modernisation and restructuring of the industry and individual
sectors in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as
well as industrial cooperation between economic operators of
both sides, with the particular objective of strengthening the
private sector under conditions that ensure that the
environment is protected.

2. Industrial cooperation initiatives will reflect the priorities
determined by both Parties. They will take into account the
regional aspects of industrial development, promoting transnational partnerships when relevant. The initiatives should
seek in particular to establish a suitable framework for undertakings, to improve management know-how and to promote
markets, market transparency and the business environment.

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Article 86

Small and medium-sized enterprises

The Parties shall aim to develop and strengthen private sector
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), the establishment
of new undertakings in areas offering potential for growth and
cooperation between SMEs in the Community and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Article 87

Tourism

Cooperation between the Parties in the field of tourism will be
aimed at facilitating and encouraging tourism and tourist trade
through know-how transfer, participation of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in important European
tourism organisations and studying the opportunities for
joint operations, notably in regional tourism projects.

Article 88

Customs

1. The aim of cooperation shall be to guarantee compliance
with all the provisions scheduled for adoption in the area of
trade and to achieve the approximation of the customs system
of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to that of the
Community, thus helping to pave the way for liberalisation
measures planned under this Agreement.

2. Cooperation shall include the following in particular:

�the exchange of information including on the methods of
investigation;

�the development of cross-border infrastructure between the
Parties;

�the possibility of interconnection between the transit
systems of the Community and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, as well as the adoption and use
of the Single Administrative Document (SAD);

�the simplification of inspections and formalities in respect
of the carriage of goods;

�support for the introduction of modern customs
information systems.

3. Without prejudice to further cooperation provided for in
this Agreement, and in particular Articles 76, 77 and 78, the
mutual assistance between administrative authorities in
customs matters of the Parties shall take place in accordance
with the provisions of Protocol 5.

Article 89

Taxation

The Parties will establish cooperation in the field of taxation
including measures aiming at the further reform of the fiscal

system, the modernisation of the tax services with a view to
ensuring effectiveness of tax collection and the fight against
fiscal fraud.

Article 90

Social cooperation

1. With regard to employment, cooperation between the
Parties shall focus notably on upgrading job-finding and
careers advice services, providing back-up measures and
promoting local development to assist industrial and labour
market restructuring. It shall also include measures such as
studies, the secondment of experts and information and
training operations.

2. With regard to social security, cooperation between the
Parties shall seek to adapt the social security system of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the new economic
and social requirements, notably by providing the services of
experts and organising information and training activities.

3. Cooperation between parties will involve the adjustment
of legislation in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
concerning working conditions and equal opportunities for
women and men.

4. The Parties shall develop cooperation between them with
the aim of improving the level of protection of the health and
safety of workers, taking as a reference the level of protection
existing in the Community.

Article 91

Education and training

1. The Parties shall cooperate with the aim of raising the
level of general education and professional qualifications in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia taking into
consideration the priorities of the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia.

2. The Tempus programme will contribute to strengthening
cooperation between the two Parties in the field of education
and training, promoting democracy, the rule of law and
economic reform.

3. The European Training Foundation will also contribute to
the upgrading of training structures and activities in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Article 92

Cultural cooperation

The Parties undertake to promote cultural cooperation. This
cooperation serves inter alia to raise mutual understanding
and esteem between individuals, communities and peoples.

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Article 93

Information and communication

The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia will take the measures necessary to stimulate the
mutual exchange of information. Priority will be given to
programmes aimed at providing the general public with basic
information about the Community and professional circles in
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with more
specialised information.

Article 94

Cooperation in the audio-visual field

The Parties shall cooperate to promote the audio-visual
industry in Europe and encourage coproduction in the fields
of cinema and television.

The Parties will coordinate, and where appropriate, harmonise
their policies on the regulation of content aspects of crossborder broadcasting, paying particular attention to matters
relating to the acquisition of intellectual property rights for
programmes and broadcast by satellite or cable.

Article 95

Electronic Communications Infrastructure and Associated
Services

The Parties will strengthen cooperation in the area of electronic
communications infrastructures, including classical telecommunications networks and relevant electronic audio-visual
transport networks, and associated services, with the
objective of ultimate alignment with the acquis by the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia one year after the entry into
force of the Agreement.

The above mentioned cooperation will focus on the following
priority areas:

�policy development,

�legal and regulatory aspects,

�institution Building required for a liberalised environment,

�modernisation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia’s electronic infrastructure and its integration into
European and world networks, with a focus on
improvements at a regional level

�international cooperation,

�cooperation within European structures especially those
involved in standardisation,

�co-ordinating positions in international organisations and
fora.

Article 96

Information society

The Parties agree to strengthen cooperation with the objective
of further developing the Information Society in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Global objectives will be
preparing society as a whole for the digital age, attracting
investments and interoperability of networks and services.

The authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
with the assistance of the Community, will review carefully any
political commitment undertaken in the European Union with
the objective of aligning its own policies with those of the
Union.

The authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
will establish a plan for the adoption of Community legislation
in the area of the Information Society.

Article 97

Consumer protection

The Parties will cooperate in order to align the standards of
consumer protection in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia with those of the Community. Effective consumer
protection is necessary in order to ensure that the market
economy functions properly, and this protection will depend
on the development of an administrative infrastructure in order
to ensure market surveillance and law enforcement in this field.

To that end, and in view of their common interests, the Parties
will encourage and ensure:

�the harmonisation of legislation and the alignment of
consumer protection in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia on that in force in the Community;

�a policy of active consumer protection including the
increase of information and development of independent
organisations;

�effective legal protection for consumers in order to improve
the quality of consumer goods and maintain appropriate
safety standards.

Article 98

Transport

1. In addition to the Agreement between the European
Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
in the field of transport, the Parties shall develop and step up
the cooperation in order to enable the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia to:

�restructure and modernise transport and related infrastructure;

�improve movement of passengers and goods and access to
the transport market, by the removing of administrative,
technical and other barriers;

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�achieve operating standards comparable to those in the
Community;

�develop a transport system compatible and aligned with the
Community system;

�improve the protection of the environment in transport,
reduction of harmful effects and pollution.

2. Cooperation shall include the following priority areas:

�the development of road, rail, airport and port infrastructure and other major routes of common interest and
Trans-European and Pan-European links;

�the management of railways and airports, including appropriate cooperation between the relevant national authorities;

�road transport, including taxation and social and environmental aspects;

�combined rail and road transport;

�the harmonisation of international transport statistics;

�the modernisation of technical transport equipment in line
with Community standards, and assistance in acquiring
financing to that end, particularly as regards road-rail
transport, multi-modal transport and transhipment;

�the promotion of joint technological and research

programmes;

�the adoption of coordinated transport policies that are
compatible with those applied in the Community.

Article 99

Energy

1. Cooperation will reflect the principles of the market
economy and the European Energy Charter Treaty, and will
develop with a view to the gradual integration of Europe’s
energy markets.

2. Cooperation shall include the following in particular:

�formulation and planning of energy policy, including
modernisation of infrastructure, improvement and diversification of supply and improvement of access to the energy
market, including facilitation of transit;

�management and training for the energy sector and transfer
of technology and know-how;

�the promotion of energy saving, energy efficiency,
renewable energy and studying of the environmental
impact of energy production and consumption;

�the formulation of framework conditions for restructuring
of energy utilities and co-operation between undertakings
in this sector.

Article 100

Agriculture, and the agro-industrial sector

Cooperation in this field shall have as its aim the modernisation and restructuring of agriculture and the agro-industrial
sector, water management, the rural development, the gradual
harmonisation of the veterinary and phytosanitary legislation
with Community standards and the development of fishery and
forestry sectors in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

Article 101

Regional and local development

The Parties will strengthen regional development cooperation,
with the objective of contributing to economic development
and reducing regional imbalances.

Specific attention will be given to cross-border, trans-national
and interregional cooperations. To this end, the exchange of
information and experts may be undertaken.

Article 102

Cooperation in research and technological development

1. The Parties shall promote bilateral cooperation in civil
scientific research and technological development (RTD) on
the basis of mutual benefit and, taking into account the availability of resources, adequate access to their respective
programmes, subject to appropriate levels of effective
protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property
rights (IPR).

2. Science and technology cooperation shall cover:

�the exchange of scientific and technical information;

�the organisation of joint scientific meetings;

�joint RTD activities,

�training activities and mobility programmes for scientists,
researchers and technicians engaged in RTD on both sides.

3. Such cooperation shall be implemented according to
specific arrangements to be negotiated and concluded in
accordance with the procedures adopted by each Party, and
which shall set out, inter alia, appropriate IPR provisions.

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Article 103

Environment and nuclear safety

1. The Parties shall develop and strengthen their cooperation
in the vital task of combating environmental degradation, with
a view to supporting environment sustainability.

2. Cooperation could centre on the following priorities:

�combating local, regional and cross-border pollution (air,
water quality, including waste water treatment and
drinking water pollution) and establishing effective monitoring;

�development of strategies with regard to global and climate
issues;

�efficient, sustainable and clean energy production and
consumption, safety of industrial plants;

�classification and safe handling of chemicals;

�waste reduction, recycling and safe disposal, and the
implementation of the Basle Convention on the control
of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and
their disposal (Basle 1989);

�the environmental impact of agriculture; soil erosion and
pollution by agricultural chemicals;

�the protection of forests, the flora and fauna; the conservation of biodiversity;

�town and country planning, including construction and
urban planning;

�environmental impact assessment and strategic environmental assessment;

�continuous approximation of laws and regulations to
Community standards;

�international Conventions in the area of environment where
the Community is Party;

�cooperation at regional level as well as cooperation within
the framework of European Environment Agency;

�education, information and awareness on environmental
issues.

3. In the field of protection against natural disasters, the aim
of cooperation is to ensure the protection of people, animals,
property and the environment against man-made disasters. To
this end the cooperation could include the following areas:

�exchange of the outcome of scientific and research development projects;

�mutual monitoring, early notification and warning systems
on hazards disasters and their consequences;

�rescue and relief exercises and assistance systems in case of
disasters;

�exchange of experience in rehabilitation and reconstruction
after disaster;

4. Cooperation in the field of nuclear safety could cover the
following topics:

�upgrading the laws and regulations of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia on nuclear safety and strengthening
the supervisory authorities and their resources;

�radiation protection, including environmental radiation
monitoring;

�radioactive waste management: the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia undertakes to provide to the Stabilisation and Association Council information concerning any
intention to import or store radioactive waste;

�encouraging the promotion of Agreements between the EU
Member States, or Euratom, and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia on early notification of information
in cases of nuclear accidents and on nuclear safety issues
generally, if appropriate;

�strengthening the supervision and control on the transport
of materials sensitive to radioactive pollution.

TITLE IX

FINANCIAL COOPERATION

Article 104

In order to achieve the objectives of this agreement and in
accordance with Articles 3, 108 and 109 the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia may receive financial
assistance from the Community in the forms of grants and
loans, including loans from the European Investment Bank.

Article 105

Financial assistance, in the form of grants, shall be covered by
the operation measures provided for in the relevant Council
Regulation within a multi-annual indicative framework established by the Community following consultations with the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The overall objectives of the assistance, in the form of institution-building and investment, shall contribute to the democratic, economic and institutional reforms of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in line with the Stabilisation
and Association process. Financial assistance may cover all
areas of harmonisation of legislation and cooperation policies
of this agreement, including Justice and Home Affairs.

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Consideration should be given to the full implementation of
the infrastructure projects of common interest identified in the
Transport Agreement.

Article 106

At the request of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
and in case of special need, the Community could examine, in
coordination with international financial institutions, the possibility of granting on an exceptional basis macro-financial
assistance subject to certain conditions taking into account
the availability of all financial resources.

Article 107

In order to permit optimum use of the resources available, the
parties shall ensure that Community contribution are made in
close coordination with those from other sources such as the
Member States, other countries and international financial institutions.

To this effect, information on all sources of assistance shall be
exchanged regularly between the parties.

TITLE X

INSTITUTIONAL, GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 108

A Stabilisation and Association Council is hereby established
which shall supervise the application and implementation of
this Agreement. It shall meet at appropriate level at regular
intervals and when circumstances require. It shall examine
any major issues arising within the framework of this
Agreement and any other bilateral or international issues of
mutual interest.

Article 109

1. The Stabilisation and Association Council shall consist of
the members of the Council of the European Union and
members of the Commission of the European Communities,
on the one hand, and of members of the Government of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on the other.

2. The Stabilisation and Association Council shall establish
its rules of procedure.

3. Members of the Stabilisation and Association Council
may arrange to be represented, in accordance with the
conditions to be laid down in its rules of procedure.

4. The Stabilisation and Association Council shall be chaired
in turn by a representative of the European Community and a
representative of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
in accordance with the provisions to be laid down in its rules
of procedure.

5. In matters that concern it, the European Investment Bank
shall take part, as an observer, in the work of the Stabilisation
and Association Council.

Article 110

The Stabilisation and Association Council shall, for the purpose
of attaining the objectives of this Agreement, have the power
to take decisions within the scope of the Agreement in the
cases provided for therein. The decisions taken shall be
binding on the Parties, which shall take the measures
necessary to implement the decisions taken. When deciding
on the transition to the second stage, as provided in Article
5, the Stabilisation and Association Council may also decide on
any possible changes to be brought about as regards the
content of the provisions governing the second stage.

In its rules of procedure the Stabilisation and Association
Council shall determine the duties of the Stabilisation and
Association Committee, which shall include the preparation
of meetings of the Stabilisation and Association Council, and
shall determine how the Committee shall function.

The Stabilisation and Association Council may delegate to the
Stabilisation and Association Committee any of its powers. In
this event the Stabilisation and Association Committee shall
take its decisions in accordance with the conditions laid
down in this Article.

The Stabilisation and Association Council may also make
appropriate recommendations.

It shall draw up its decisions and recommendations by
agreement between the Parties.

Article 111

Each Party may refer to the Stabilisation and Association
Council any dispute relating to the application or interpretation
of this Agreement. The Stabilisation and Association Council
may settle the dispute by means of a binding decision.

Article 112

The Stabilisation and Association Council shall be assisted in
the performance of its duties by a Stabilisation and Association
Committee, composed of representatives of the Council of the
European Union and of representatives of the Commission of
the European Communities, on the one hand, and of representatives of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the
other.

Article 113

The Stabilisation and Association Committee may create
subcommittees. The Transport Committee established under
the Transport Agreement shall assist the Stabilisation and
Association Committee.

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Article 114

A Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee is
hereby established. It shall be a forum for Members of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonian Parliament and the
European Parliament to meet and exchange views. It shall meet
at intervals that it shall itself determine.

The Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
shall consist of members of the European Parliament, on the
one hand, and of Members of the Parliament of the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on the other.

The Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
shall establish its rules of procedure.

The Stabilisation and Association Parliamentary Committee
shall be chaired in turn by the European Parliament and the
Parliament of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in
accordance with the provisions to be laid down in its rules of
procedure.

Article 115

Within the scope of this Agreement, each Party undertakes to
ensure that natural and legal persons of the other Party have
access free of discrimination in relation to its own nationals to
the competent courts and administrative organs of the Parties
to defend their individual rights and their property rights.

Article 116

Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Party from taking

any measures:

(a) which it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of
information contrary to its essential security interests;

(b) which relate to the production of, or trade in, arms,
munitions or war materials or to research, development
or production indispensable for defence purposes,
provided that such measures do not impair the conditions
of competition in respect of products not intended for
specifically military purposes;

(c) which it considers essential to its own security in the event
of serious internal disturbances affecting the maintenance
of law and order, in time of war or serious international
tension constituting threat of war or in order to carry out
obligations it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining
peace and international security.

Article 117

1. In the fields covered by this Agreement and without
prejudice to any special provisions contained therein:

�the arrangements applied by the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia in respect of the Community shall not give
rise to any discrimination between the Member States, their
nationals or its companies or firms;

�the arrangements applied by the Community in respect of
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall not give
rise to any discrimination between the nationals of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or its companies
or firms.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice
to the right of the Parties to apply the relevant provisions of
their fiscal legislation to taxpayers who are not in identical
situations as regards their place of residence.

Article 118

1. The Parties shall take any general or specific measures
required to fulfil their obligations under this Agreement.
They shall see to it that the objectives set out in this
Agreement are attained.

2. If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to
fulfil an obligation under this Agreement, it may take appropriate measures. Before so doing, except in cases of special
urgency, it shall supply the Stabilisation and Association
Council with all relevant information required for a thorough
examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution
acceptable to the Parties.

In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those
which least disturb the functioning of this Agreement. These
measures shall be notified immediately to the Stabilisation and
Association Council and shall be the subject of consultations
within the Stabilisation and Association Council if the other
Party so requests.

Article 119

The Parties agree to consult promptly through appropriate
channels at the request of either Party to discuss any matter
concerning the interpretation or implementation of this
Agreement and other relevant aspects of the relations
between the Parties.

The provisions of this Article shall in no way affect and are
without prejudice to Articles 30, 37, 38 and 42.

Article 120

This Agreement shall not, until equivalent rights for individuals
and economic operators have been achieved under this
Agreement, affect rights ensured to them through existing
agreements binding one or more Member States, on the one
hand, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on the
other.

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Article 121

Protocols 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 and Annexes I to VII shall form an
integral part of this Agreement.

Article 122

This Agreement is concluded for an unlimited period.

Either Party may renounce this Agreement by notifying the
other Party. This Agreement shall cease to apply six months
after the date of such notification.

Article 123

For the purposes of this Agreement, the term �Parties�shall
mean the Community, or its Member States, or the
Community and its Member States, in accordance with their
respective powers, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, of the other part.

Article 124

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories
in which the Treaties establishing the European Community,
the European Coal and Steel Community and the European
Atomic Energy Community are applied and under the
conditions laid down in those Treaties, and to the territory
of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on the other.

Article 125

The Secretary General of the Council of the European Union
shall be the depository of the Agreement.

Article 126

This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in each of the official
languages of the Parties, each of these texts being equally
authentic.

Article 127

The Parties shall approve this Agreement in accordance with
their own procedures.

This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the
second month following the date on which the Parties notify
each other that the procedures referred to in the first
paragraph have been completed.

Upon its entry into force, this Agreement shall replace the
Co-operation Agreement between the European Community
and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia signed on
29 April 1997 by way of Exchange of Letters.

Article 128

Interim Agreement

In the event that, pending the completion of the procedures
necessary for the entry into force of this Agreement, the
provisions of certain parts of this Agreement, in particular
those relating to the free movements of goods, are put into
effect by means of an Interim Agreement between the
Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
the parties agree that, in such circumstances, for the purpose of
Title IV, Articles 69, 70 and 71 of this Agreement and
Protocols 1 to 5 hereto, the terms �date of entry into force
of this Agreement�mean the date of entry into force of the
Interim Agreement in relation to obligations contained in these
Articles and Protocols.

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Joint-Declaration on Article 34

The European Communities and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, aware of the impact that the
sudden elimination of the 1 % fee applied for customs clearance purposes to imported goods could have
on the budget of the latter, agree, as an exceptional measure, that the fee would be maintained until
1 January 2002 or until the entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement, whichever
occurs first.

Should this fee, in the meantime, be reduced or eliminated vis-�-vis a third country, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia undertakes to immediately apply the same treatment to goods of EC origin.

The content of this joint-declaration is of no prejudice to the position of the European Communities in the
negotiations on the accession of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the World Trade Organisation.

Joint Declaration concerning Article 40

Declaration of intent by the Contracting Parties on the trade arrangements between the States that emerged
from the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia:

1. The European Community and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia consider it essential for
economic and trade cooperation between the States that emerged from the former Socialist Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia to be re-established as quickly as possible, as soon as political and economic
circumstances permit.

2. The Community is prepared to grant cumulation of origin to the States that emerged from the former
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which have restored normal economic and trade cooperation as
soon as the administrative cooperation needed for cumulation to work properly has been established.

3. With this in mind, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia declares its readiness to enter into
negotiations as soon as possible in order to establish cooperation with other States that emerged from
the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Joint Declaration concerning Article 44

It is understood that the notion �children�is defined in accordance with national legislation of the host
country concerned.

Joint Declaration concerning Article 46

It is understood that the notion �members of their family�is defined in accordance with national legislation
of the host country concerned.

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Joint Declaration on Transport Issues concerning Article 57

The Parties agree to seek the earliest possible implementation of Article 12.3(b) of the Transport
Agreement between the European Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on a
system of ecopoints through the conclusion of the relevant agreement, in the form of an exchange of
letters, as soon as possible and at the latest by the conclusion of the Interim Agreement.

Joint Declaration concerning Article 71

The parties agree that for the purpose of this Agreement, intellectual, industrial and commercial property
includes in particular copyright, including the copyright in computer programmes, and neighbouring
rights, the rights relating to databases, patents, industrial designs, trademarks and service marks,
topographies of integrated circuits, geographical indications, including appellation of origins, as well as
protection against unfair competition as referred to in Article 10(a) of the Paris Convention for the
Protection of Industrial Property and protection of undisclosed information on know-how.

Declaration by the Community and its Member States concerning Articles 27 and 29

Considering that exceptional trade measures are granted by the European Community to countries participating or linked to the EU Stabilisation and Association Process including the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia on the basis of Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 as amended by Council Regulation (EC)
No . . ./2000, the European Community and its Member States declare:

�that, in application of Article 29(2) of this Agreement, those of the unilateral autonomous trade
measures which are more favourable shall apply in addition to the contractual trade concessions
offered by the Community in this Agreement as long as Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2000 as
amended applies;

�that, in particular, for the products covered by Chapters 7 and 8 of the Combined Nomenclature, for
which the Common Customs Tariff provides for the application of ad valorem customs duties and a
specific customs duty, the elimination shall apply also to the specific customs duty in derogation from
the relevant provision of Article 27(1).

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Declaration of the European Community on Article 76

As far as the readmission of nationals of other countries and of stateless persons by the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia is concerned, the repatriation policy of the European Community is based on the
following main elements:

�priority is given to voluntary return;

�repatriation into the country of origin is the overriding principle.

Joint Declaration concerning Article 118

(a) For the purposes of the interpretation and practical application of the Agreement, the parties agree
that the cases of special urgency referred to in Article 118 of the Agreement mean cases of material
breach of the Agreement by one of the two parties. A material breach of the Agreement consists of:

�repudiation of the Agreement not sanctioned by the general rules of international law;

�violation of the essential elements of the Agreement set out in Article 2;

(b) The parties agree that the �appropriate measures�referred to in Article 118 are measures taken in
accordance with international law. If a party takes a measure in a case of special urgency pursuant to
Article 118, the other party may avail itself of the dispute settlement procedure.

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ANNEX I

IMPORTS INTO THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA OF LESS SENSITIVE GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY

Referred to in Article 18(2)

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|2517<br>2518<br>2520<br>2523<br>3105<br>3214<br>3303<br>3304<br>3305<br>3306<br>3307<br>3405<br>3506|41 00 00<br>49 00 00<br>10 00 00<br>29 00 00|Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete<br>aggregates, for road metalling or for railway or other ballast, shingle and flint,<br>whether or not heat-treated; macadam of slag, dross or similar industrial waste,<br>whether or not incorporating the materials cited in the first part of the heading;<br>tarred macadam; granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading No 2515 or<br>2516, whether or not heat-treated:<br> Granules, chippings and powder, of stones of heading No 2515 or 2516, whether or<br>not heat-treated:<br>  Of marble<br>  Other<br>Dolomite, whether or not calcined; dolomite, roughly trimmed or merely cut, by<br>sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape;<br>agglomerated dolomite (including tarred dolomite)<br>Gypsum; anhydrite; plasters (consisting of calcined gypsum or calcium sulphate)<br>whether or not coloured, with or without small quantities of accelerators or retarders<br>Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar<br>hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers:<br> Cement clinkers<br>  Other<br>Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements<br>nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets<br>or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg<br>Glaziers’ putty, grafting putty, resin cements caulking compounds and other mastics;<br>painters’ fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for facades, indoor walls, floors,<br>ceilings or the like<br>Perfumes and toilet waters<br>Beauty or make-up preparations and preparations for the care of the skin (other than<br>medicaments) including sunscreen or sun tan preparations; manicure or pedicure prep-<br>arations<br>Preparations for use on the hair<br>Preparations for oral or dental hygiene, including denture fixative pastes and powders;<br>yarn used to clean between the teeth (dental floss), in individual retail packages<br>Pree-shave, shaving or after-shave preparations, personal deodorants, bath preparation,<br>depilatories and other perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, not elsewhere<br>specified or included; prepared room deodorizers, whether or not perfumed or<br>having disinfectant properties<br>Polishes and creams, for footwear, furniture, floors, coachwork, glass or metal, scouring<br>pastes and powders and similar preparations (whether or not in the form of paper,<br>wadding, felt, non-wovens, cellular plastics or cellular rubber, impregnated, coated or<br>covered with such preparations), excluding waxes of heading No 3404<br>Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included;<br>products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, put up for retail sale as glues or<br>adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg|

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|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|3701<br>3702<br>3808<br>3918<br>3919<br>3921<br>3923<br>3924<br>3925<br>3926<br>4008<br>4015<br>4016|11 00 00<br>19 00 00<br>21 10 00<br>21 90 00<br>29 90 00<br>19 10 00<br>19 90 00<br>90 00 00<br>91 00 00|Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed, of any material other<br>than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed,<br>whether or not in packs<br>Photographic film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, of any material other than paper,<br>paperboard or textiles; instant print film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed<br>Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-<br>growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings<br>for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands,<br>wicks and candles, and fly-papers)<br>Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in rolls or in the form of tiles;<br>wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in note 9 to this chapter<br>Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics,<br>whether or not in rolls<br>Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics<br>Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and<br>other closures, of plastics<br>Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of plastics<br>Builders’ ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included<br>Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of heading Nos 3901 to 3914<br>Plates, sheets, strip, rods and profile shapes, of vulcanised rubber other than hard<br>rubber:<br> Of cellular rubber:<br>  Plates, sheets and strip<br>  Other<br> Of non-cellular rubber:<br>  Plates, sheets and strip:<br>   Floor coverings and mats<br>   Other.<br>  Other:<br>   Other<br>Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves), for all purposes, of<br>vulcanizd rubber other than hard rubber:<br> Gloves:<br>  Other:<br>   Household gloves<br>   Other<br> Other<br>Other articles of vulcanized rubber other than hard rubber:<br> Other:<br>  Floor coverings and mats|

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|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|4302<br>4303<br>4409<br>4415<br>4802<br>4805<br>4811|51 10 00<br>51 90 00<br>52 20 00<br>52 80 00<br>53 20 00<br>53 80 00<br>80 11 00<br>80 19 00<br>80 90 00<br>31 00 00<br>39 00 00<br>40 00 00|Tanned or dressed furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings),<br>unassembled, or assembled (without the addition of other materials) other than those of<br>heading No 4303<br>Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other articles of furskin<br>Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously<br>shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, beaded, moulded, rounded or<br>the like) along any of its edges or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed<br>Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of<br>wood; pallets, box pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood<br>Uncoated paper and paperboard, of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic<br>purposes, and punch card stock and punch tape paper, in rolls or sheets, other than<br>paper of heading No 4801 or 4803; hand-made paper and paperboard:<br> Other paper and paperboard, not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical process<br>or of which not more than 10 % by weight of the total fibre content consist of such<br>fibres:<br>  Weighing less than 40 g/m2:<br>   Paper weighing not more than 15 g/m2 for use in stencil making<br>   Other<br>   In rolls<br>   In sheets<br>  Weighing more than 150 g/m2:<br>   In rolls<br>   In sheets<br>Other uncoated paper and paperboard, in rolls or sheets, not further worked or<br>processed than as specified in note 2 to this chapter:<br> Other paper and paperboard, weighing 225 g/m2 or more:<br>  Made from wastepaper:<br>   Testliner<br>   Other<br>  Other<br>Paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, coated, impregnated,<br>covered, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or sheets, other than<br>goods of the kind described in heading 4803, 4809 or 4810:<br> Paper and paperboard coated, impregnated or covered with plastics (excluding<br>adhesives):<br>  Bleached, weighing more than 150<br>g/m2<br>  Other<br> Paper and paperboard, coated, impregnated or covered with wax, paraffin wax,<br>stearin, oil or glycerol|

C 213 E/60 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|4814<br>4815<br>4816<br>4817<br>4820<br>4821<br>4909<br>4910<br>6601<br>6802<br>6805<br>6807<br>6809<br>6810<br>6811<br>6813<br>6815<br>6902<br>6904<br>6905<br>6907<br>6908||Wallpaper and similar wall coverings; window transparencies of paper<br>Floor coverings on a base of paper or of paperboard, whether or not cut to size<br>Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (other than those<br>of heading No 4809), duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether or not put<br>up in boxes<br>Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards, of paper or<br>paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard,<br>containing an assortment of paper stationery<br>Registers, account books, note books, order books, receipt books, letter pads,<br>memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles, exercise books, blotting-pads, binders<br>(loose-leaf or other), folders, file covers, manifold business forms, interleaved carbon<br>sets and other articles of stationery, of paper or paperboard; albums for samples or for<br>collections and book covers, of paper or paperboard<br>Paper or paperboard labels of all kinds, whether or not printed<br>Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or<br>announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings<br>Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks<br>Umbrellas and sun umbrellas (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and<br>similar umbrellas)<br>Worked monumental or building stone (except slate) and articles thereof, other than<br>goods of heading No 6801; mosaic cubes and the like, of natural stone (including slate),<br>whether or not on a backing; artificially coloured granules, chippings and powder, of<br>natural stone (including slate)<br>Natural or artificial abrasive powder or grain, on a base of textile material, of paper, of<br>paperboard or of other materials, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise<br>made up<br>Articles of asphalt or of similar material (for example, petroleum bitumen or coal tar<br>pitch)<br>Articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster<br>Articles of cement, of concrete or of artificial stone, whether or not reinforced<br>Articles of asbestos-cement, of cellulose fibre-cement or the like<br>Friction material and articles thereof (for example, sheets, rolls, strips, segments, discs,<br>washers, pads), not mounted, for brakes, for clutches or the like, with a basis of<br>asbestos, of other mineral substances or of cellulose, whether or not combined with<br>textile or other materials<br>Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including carbon fibres, articles of<br>carbon fibres and articles of peat), not elsewhere specified or included<br>Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory ceramic constructional goods,<br>other than those of siliceous fossil meals or similar siliceous earths<br>Ceramic building bricks, flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like<br>Roofing tiles, chimney-pots, cowls, chimney liners, architectural ornaments and other<br>ceramic constructional goods<br>Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; unglazed ceramic mosaic cubes<br>and the like, whether or not on a backing<br>Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles; glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and<br>the like, whether or not on a backing|

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|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|6910<br>6911<br>6912<br>6914<br>7007<br>7009<br>7013<br>7019<br>7106<br>7108<br>7113<br>7114<br>7115|11 10 00<br>11 90 00<br>19 10 00<br>19 20 00<br>19 80 00<br>21 91 00<br>21 99 00<br>29 00 00<br>11 00 00<br>12 00 00<br>19 00 00|Ceramic sinks, wash basins, wash basin pedestals, baths, bidets, water closet pans,<br>flushing cisterns, urinals and similar sanitary fixtures<br>Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or<br>china<br>Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles, other than<br>of porcelain or china<br>Other ceramic articles<br>Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass:<br> Toughened (tempered) safety glass:<br>  Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or<br>vessels:<br>   Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in motor vehicles<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   Enamelled<br>   Coloured throughout the mass (body tinted), opacified, flashed or having an<br>absorbent or reflecting layer<br>   Other<br> Laminated safety glass:<br>  Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in vehicles, aircraft, spacecraft or<br>vessels:<br>   Other:<br>    Of size and shape suitable for incorporation in motor vehicles<br>    Other<br>  Other<br>Glass mirrors, whether or not framed, including rear-view mirrors<br>Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar<br>purposes (other than that of heading No 7010 or 7018)<br>Glass fibres (including glass wool) and articles thereof (for example, yarn, woven<br>fabrics):<br> Slivers, rovings, yarn and chopped strands:<br>  Chopped strands, of a length of not more than 50 mm<br>  Rovings<br>  Other<br>Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum), unwrought or in semi-manu-<br>factured forms, or in powder form<br>Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms,<br>or in powder form<br>Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious<br>metal<br>Articles of goldsmiths’ or silversmiths’ wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of<br>metal clad with precious metal<br>Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal|

C 213 E/62 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|7116<br>7117<br>7217<br>7307|30 11 00<br>30 19 00<br>30 31 00<br>30 39 00<br>30 50 00<br>30 90 00<br>90 10 00<br>90 30 00<br>90 50 00<br>90 90 00<br>11 10 00<br>11 90 00<br>19 10 00<br>19 90 00<br>91 00 00<br>92 10 00<br>92 90 00<br>93 11 00<br>93 19 00|Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural,<br>synthetic or reconstructed)<br>Imitation jewellery<br>Wire of iron or non-alloy steel:<br> Plated or coated with other base metals:<br>  Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of carbon:<br>   With a maximum cross-sectional dimension of less than 0,8 mm<br>    Copper-coated<br>    Other<br>   With a maximum cross-sectional dimension of 0,8 mm or more:<br>    Copper-coated<br>    Other<br>  Containing by weight 0,25 % or more but less than 0,6 % of carbon<br>  Containing by weight 0,6 % or more of carbon<br> Other:<br>  Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of carbon:<br>   With a maximum cross-sectional dimension of less than 0,8 mm<br>   With a maximum cross-sectional dimension of 0,8 mm or more<br>  Containing by weight 0,25 % or more but less than 0,6 % of carbon<br>  Containing by weight 0,6 % or more of carbon<br>Tube or pipe fittings (for example couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel:<br> Cast fittings:<br>  Of non-malleable cast iron:<br>   Of a kind used in pressure systems<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   Of malleable cast iron<br>   Other<br> Other:<br>  Flanges<br>  Threaded elbows, bends and sleeves:<br>   Sleeves<br>   Elbows and bends<br>  Butt welding fittings:<br>   With greatest external diameter not exceeding 609,6 mm:<br>    Elbows and bends<br>    Other<br>   With greatest external diameter exceeding 609,6 mm:|

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|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|7311<br>7313<br>7403<br>7418<br>7614<br>7616<br>7801<br>7802<br>7803<br>7804<br>7805<br>7806<br>7901<br>7902<br>7903<br>7904<br>7905<br>7906<br>7907|93 91 00<br>93 99 00<br>99 10 00<br>99 30 00<br>99 90 00<br>11 00 00<br>11 00 00<br>12 10 00<br>12 30 00<br>12 90 00|    Elbows and bends<br>    Other<br>  Other:<br>   Threaded<br>   For welding<br>   Other<br>Containers for compressed or liquefied gas, of iron or steel<br>Barbed wire of iron or steel; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed or not, and loosely<br>twisted double wire, of a kind used for fencing, of iron or steel<br>Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought:<br> Refined copper:<br>  Cathodes and sections of cathodes<br>Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of copper; pot scourers<br>and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of copper; sanitary ware and parts<br>thereof, of copper<br>Stranded wire, cables, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium, not electrically<br>insulated:<br>Other articles of aluminium<br>Unwrought lead<br>Lead waste and scrap<br>Lead bars, rods, profiles and wire<br>Lead plates, sheets, strip and foil; lead powders and flakes<br>Lead tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)<br>Other articles of lead<br>Unwrought zinc:<br> Zinc, not alloyed:<br>  Containing by weight 99,99 % or more of zinc<br>  Containing by weight less than 99,99 % of zinc:<br>   Containing by weight 99,95 % or more but less than 99,99 % of zinc<br>   Containing by weight 98,5 % or more but less than 99,95 % of zinc<br>   Containing by weight 97,5 % or more but less than 98,5 % of zinc<br>Zinc waste and scrap<br>Zinc dust, powders and flakes<br>Zinc bars, rods, profiles and wire<br>Zinc plates, sheets, strip and foil<br>Zinc tubes, pipes and tube or pipe fittings (for example, couplings, elbows, sleeves)<br>Other articles of zinc|

C 213 E/64 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|8211<br>8215<br>8301<br>8302<br>8304<br>8309<br>8419|91 30 00<br>91 80 00<br>92 00 00<br>93 00 00<br>94 00 00<br>10 30 00<br>20 10 00<br>20 90 00<br>99 10 00<br>99 90 00<br>20 00 00<br>10 00 00<br>31 00 00<br>32 00 00|Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than<br>knives of heading No 8208, and blades therefor:<br> Other:<br>  Table knives having fixed blades:<br>   Table knives with handle and blade of stainless steel<br>   Other<br>  Other knives having fixed blades<br>  Knives having other than fixed blades<br>  Blades<br>Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and<br>similar kitchen or tableware:<br>  Other:<br>   Of stainless steel<br> Other sets of assorted articles:<br>  Of stainless steel<br>  Other<br>  Other:<br>   Of stainless steel<br>   Other<br>Padlocks and locks (key, combination or electrically operated), of base metal; clasps and<br>frames with clasps, incorporating locks, of base metal; keys for any of the foregoing<br>articles, of base metal:<br> Locks of a kind used for motor vehicles<br>Base metal mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for furniture, doors,<br>staircases, windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, chests, caskets or the like;<br>base metal hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and similar fixtures; castors with mountings<br>of base metal; automatic door closers of base metal<br>Filing cabinets, card-index cabinets, paper trays, paper rests, pen trays, office-stamp<br>stands and similar office or desk equipment, of base metal, other than office furniture<br>of heading No 9403<br>Stoppers, caps and lids (including crown corks, screw caps and pouring stoppers),<br>capsules for bottles, threaded bungs, bung covers, seals and other packing accessories,<br>of base metal:<br> Crown corks<br>Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the<br>treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating,<br>cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evap-<br>orating, vapourizing, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind<br>used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric:<br> Dryers:<br>  For agricultural products<br>  For wood, paper pulp, paper or paperboard|

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|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|8423<br>8460<br>8461<br>8462<br>8463<br>8464<br>8474<br>8477<br>8478<br>8480|39 00 00<br>89 10 00<br>82 10 00<br>82 90 00<br>89 10 00<br>89 90 00<br>20 19 00<br>20 80 00<br>90 00 00|  Other<br>  Other:<br>   cooling towers and similar plant for direct cooling (without a separating wall) by<br>means of recirculated water<br>Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including<br>weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all<br>kinds:<br>  having a maximum weighing capacity exceeding 30 kg but not exceeding<br>5 000 kg:<br>   Check weighers and automatic control machines operating by reference to a<br>pre-determined weight<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   Weighbridges<br>   Other<br>Machine-tools for deburring, sharpening, grinding, honing, lapping, polishing or<br>otherwise finishing metal or cermets by means of grinding stones, abrasives or<br>polishing products, other than gear cutting, gear grinding or gear finishing machines<br>of heading No 8461<br>Machine-tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or<br>gear finishing, sawing, cutting-off and other machine-tools working by removing metal<br>or cermets, not elsewhere specified or included<br>Machine-tools (including presses) for working metal by forging, hammering or<br>die-stamping; machine-tools (including presses) for<br>working metal by bending,<br>folding, straightening, flattening, shearing, punching or notching; presses for working<br>metal or metal carbides, not specified above<br>Other machine-tools for working metal or cermets, without removing material<br>Machine-tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral<br>materials or for cold working glass:<br> Grinding or polishing machines:<br>  For working glass:<br>   Other<br>  Other<br> Other<br>Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or<br>kneading earth, stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder or<br>paste) form; machinery for agglomerating, shaping or moulding solid mineral fuels,<br>ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials or other mineral products in<br>powder or paste form; machines for forming foundry moulds of sand:<br>Machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from<br>these materials, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter<br>Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, not specified or included elsewhere in<br>this chapter<br>Moulding boxes for metal foundry; mould bases; moulding patterns; moulds for metal<br>(other than ingot moulds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or plastics|

C 213 E/66 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|8483<br>8501<br>8508<br>8509<br>8512<br>8515|40 91 00<br>40 92 00<br>40 93 00<br>40 98 00<br>10 10 00<br>10 91 00<br>10 93 00<br>10 99 00<br>40 91 00<br>10 00 00<br>11 00 00<br>19 00 00<br>21 00 00<br>29 00 00|Transmission shafts (including cam shafts and crank shafts) and cranks; bearing<br>housings and plain shaft bearings; gears and gearing; ball or roller screws; gear<br>boxes and other speed changers, including torque converters; flywheels and pulleys,<br>including pulley blocks; clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints):<br> Gears and gearing, other than toothed wheels, chain sprockets and other trans-<br>mission elements presented separately; ball or roller screws; gear boxes and other<br>speed changers, including torque converters:<br>  Other:<br>   Gears and gearing (other than friction gears):<br>   Ball or roller screws<br>   Gear boxes and other speed changers:<br>   Other<br>Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets):<br> Motors of an output not exceeding 37,5 W:<br>  Synchronous motors of an output not exceeding 18 W<br>  Other:<br>   Universal AC/DC motors<br>   AC motors<br>   DC motors<br> Other AC motors, single-phase:<br>  Other:<br>   Of an output not exceeding 750 W<br>Electro-mechanical tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor<br>Electro-mechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor<br>Electrical lighting or signalling equipment (excluding articles of heading No 8539),<br>windscreen wipers, defrosters and demisters, of a kind used for cycles or motor<br>vehicles:<br> Lighting or visual signalling equipment of a kind used on bicycles<br>Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam,<br>ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or<br>welding machines and apparatus, whether or<br>not capable of cutting; electric<br>machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets:<br> Brazing or soldering machines and apparatus:<br>  Soldering irons and guns<br>  Other<br> Machines and apparatus for resistance welding of metal:<br>  Fully or partly automatic<br>  Other<br> Machines and apparatus for arc (including plasma arc) for welding of metals:|

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|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|8517<br>8518<br>8519<br>8520<br>8521<br>8524<br>8527<br>8528<br>8716|31 00 00<br>39 10 00<br>39 90 00<br>80 11 00<br>80 19 00<br>80 91 00<br>80 99 00<br>10 10 00<br>10 90 00<br>20 10 00<br>20 90 00|  Fully or partly automatic<br>  Other:<br>   For manual welding with coated electrodes, complete with welding or cutting<br>devices<br>   Other<br> Other machines and apparatus:<br>  For treating metals:<br>   For welding<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   For resistance welding of plastics<br>   Other<br>Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets<br>with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line<br>systems or for digital line systems; videophones<br>Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their<br>enclosures; headphones, earphones and combined microphone/speaker sets; audio-<br>frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets<br>Turntables (record-decks), record-players, cassette-players and other sound reproducing<br>apparatus, not incorporating a sound recording device<br>Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incor-<br>porating a sound reproducing device<br>Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner<br>Records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly recorded<br>phenomena, including matrices and masters for the production of records, but<br>excluding products of Chapter 37<br>Reception<br>apparatus<br>for<br>radio-telephony,<br>radio-telegraphy or<br>radio-broadcasting,<br>whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing<br>apparatus or a clock<br>Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast<br>receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; video monitors and<br>video projectors<br>Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof:<br> Trailers and semi-trailers of the caravan type, for housing or camping:<br>  Folding caravans<br>  Other<br> Self-loading or self-unloading trailers and semi-trailers for agricultural purposes:<br>  Manure spreaders<br>  Other<br>   Other:<br>    New:|

C 213 E/68 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|9402<br>9404|39 30 00<br>39 51 00<br>39 59 00<br>39 80 00<br>40 00 00<br>80 00 00<br>90 10 00<br>90 30 00<br>90 90 00<br>90 00 00<br>10 00 00<br>29 10 00<br>29 90 00<br>30 10 00<br>30 90 00<br>90 10 00<br>90 90 00|     Semi-trailers<br>     Other:<br>      With a single axle<br>      Other<br>    Used<br> Other trailers and semi-trailers<br> Other vehicles<br> Parts:<br>  Chassis<br>  Bodies<br>  Other parts<br>Medical, surgical, dental or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables, exam-<br>ination tables, hospital beds with mechanical fittings, dentists’ chairs); barbers’ chairs<br>and similar chairs, having rotating as well as both reclining and elevating movements;<br>parts of the foregoing articles:<br>Other<br>Mattress supports; articles of bedding and similar furnishing (for example, mattresses,<br>quilts, eiderdowns, cushions, pouffes and pillows) fitted with springs or stuffed or<br>internally fitted with any material or of cellular rubber or plastics, whether or not<br>covered:<br> Mattress supports<br>  Of other materials:<br>   Spring interior<br>   Other<br> Sleeping bags:<br>  Filled with feathers or down<br>  Other<br> Other:<br>  Filled with feathers or down<br>  Other|

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ANNEX II

IMPORT INTO THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA OF SENSITIVE INDUSTRIAL GOODS
ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY

Referred to in Article 18(3)

Customs duties on imports into the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of goods originating in the Community
which are listed in this Annex shall be progressively reduced in accordance with the following timetable.

�on 1 January of the third year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 80 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the fifth year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 70 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the sixth year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 60 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the seventh year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 50 % of
the basic duty;

�on 1 January of the eighth year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 40 % of
the basic duty;

�on 1 January of the ninth year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 20 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the tenth year after the entry into force of the Agreement the remaining duties shall be abolished.

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|2515<br>2516<br>2710<br>2711<br>3004|20 10 00<br>31 10 00<br>32 10 00<br>39 10 00|Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an<br>apparent specific gravity of 2,5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly<br>trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular<br>(including square) shape<br>Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, whether<br>or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a<br>rectangular (including square) shape<br>Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, other than crude; prep-<br>arations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of<br>petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, these oils being the basic<br>constituents of the preparations<br>Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons<br>Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of<br>mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in<br>measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale:<br> Containing other antibiotics:<br>  Put up in forms or in packings of a kind sold by retail<br> Containing hormones or other products of heading No 2937 but not containing<br>antibiotics:<br>  Containing insulin:<br>   Put up in forms or in packings of a kind sold by retail<br>  Containing adrenal cortical hormones:<br>   Put up in forms or in packings of a kind sold by retail<br>  Other:<br>   Put up in forms or in packings of a kind sold by retail<br> Containing alkaloids or derivates thereof but not containing hormones, other<br>products of heading No 2937 or antibiotics:|

C 213 E/70 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|3005<br>3205<br>3208<br>3209<br>3210<br>3401<br>3402<br>3904|40 10 00<br>50 10 00<br>90 11 00<br>90 19 00<br>90 91 00<br>90 99 00<br>20 10 00<br>20 90 00<br>90 10 00<br>90 90 00<br>10 00 00<br>21 00 00<br>22 00 00|  Put up in forms or in packings of a kind sold by retail<br> Other medicaments containing vitamins or other products of heading No 2936:<br>  Put up in forms or in packings of a kind sold by retail<br> Other:<br>  Put up in forms or in packings of a kind sold by retail:<br>   Containing iodine or iodine compounds<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   Containing iodine or iodine compounds<br>   Other<br>Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters,<br>poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms<br>or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes<br>Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes<br>Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or<br>chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous<br>medium; solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter<br>Paints and varnishes (including enamels and lacquers) based on synthetic polymers or<br>chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in an aqueous medium<br>Other paints and varnishes (including enamels, lacquers and distempers); prepared<br>water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather<br>Soap, organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of<br>bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding,<br>felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergent<br>Organic surface-active agents (other than soap); surface-active preparations, washing<br>preparations (including auxiliary washing preparations) and cleaning preparations,<br>whether or not containing soap, other than those of heading No 3401:<br> Preparations put up for retail sale:<br>  Surface-active preparations<br>  Washing preparations and cleaning preparations<br> Other:<br>  Surface-active preparations<br>  Washing preparations and cleaning preparations<br>Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms:<br> Polyvinyl chloride, not mixed with any other substances<br> Other polyvinyl chloride:<br>  Non-plasticised<br>  Plasticised|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/71

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|3917<br>3920<br>3922<br>4012<br>4202<br>4203<br>4205<br>4304<br>4418<br>4808<br>4810|40 00 00<br>50 00 00<br>61 00 00<br>69 00 00<br>90 00 00<br>10 90 00<br>20 90 00<br>90 00 00<br>10 00 00<br>30 00 00<br>90 00 00| Other vinyl chloride copolymers<br> Vinylidene chloride polymers<br> Fluoro-polymers:<br>  Polytetrafluoroethylene<br>  Other<br> Other<br>Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor (for example, joints, elbows, flanges), of<br>plastics<br>Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,<br>laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials<br>Baths, shower baths, wash-basins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing<br>cisterns and similar sanitary ware, of plastic<br>Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, interchangeable<br>tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber:<br> Retreaded tyres:<br>  Other<br> Used pneumatic tyres:<br>  Other<br> Other<br>Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels, spectacle<br>cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters<br>and similar containers; travelling-bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags,<br>wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags,<br>bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of<br>leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of<br>vulcanized fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials<br>or with paper<br>Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather<br>Other articles of leather or of composition leather<br>Artificial fur and articles thereof<br>Builders’ joinery and carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled<br>parquet panels, shingles and shakes<br>Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without glued flat surface sheets), creped,<br>crinkled, embossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets, other than paper of the kind<br>described in heading No 4803:<br> Corrugated paper and paperboard, whether or not perforated<br> Other kraft paper, creped or crinkled, whether or not embossed or perforated<br> Other<br>Paper and paperboard, coated on one or both sides with kaolin (china clay) or other<br>inorganic substances, with or without a binder, and with no other coating, whether or<br>not surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed, in rolls or sheets:|

C 213 E/72 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|4818<br>4819<br>4823<br>6402<br>6403<br>6404<br>6405<br>6406<br>7303|91 10 00<br>91 30 00<br>91 90 00<br>10 00 00<br>30 00 00<br>40 00 00<br>50 00 00<br>60 00 00<br>60 10 00<br>60 90 00<br>70 10 00<br>70 90 00| Paper and paperboard of a kind used for writing, printing or other graphic purposes,<br>not containing fibres obtained by a mechanical process or of which not more than<br>10 % by weight of the total fibre content consists of such fibres:<br> Other paper and paperboard:<br>  Multi-ply:<br>   Each layer bleached<br>   With only one outer layer bleached<br>   Other<br>Toilet paper and similar paper, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres, of a kind<br>used for household or sanitary purposes, in rolls of a width not exceeding 36 cm, or<br>cut to size or shape; handkerchiefs, cleansing tissues, towels, tablecloths, serviettes,<br>napkins for babies, tampons, bed sheets and similar household, sanitary or hospital<br>articles, articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of paper pulp, paper, cellulose<br>wadding or webs of cellulose fibres<br>Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, paperboard,<br>cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres; box files, letter trays, and similar<br>articles, of paper or paperboard of a kind used in offices, shops or the like:<br> Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard<br> Sacks and bags, having a base of a width of 40 cm or more<br> Other sacks and bags, including cones<br> Other packing containers, including record sleeves<br> Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles, of a kind used in offices,<br>shops or the like<br>Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size or<br>shape; other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of<br>cellulose fibres:<br> Trays, dishes, plates, cups and the like, of paper or paperboard:<br>  Trays, dishes and plates<br>  Other<br> Moulded or pressed articles of paper pulp:<br>  Moulded trays and boxes for packing eggs<br>  Other<br>Other footwear with outer soles and uppers of rubber or plastics<br>Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather, and<br>uppers of leather<br>Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plastics, leather or composition leather and uppers<br>of textile materials<br>Other footwear<br>Parts of footwear (including uppers whether or not attached to soles other than outer<br>soles); removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, leggings and<br>similar articles, and parts thereof<br>Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of cast iron|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/73

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|7304<br>7305<br>7306<br>7308<br>7309<br>7310<br>7317<br>7318<br>7320<br>7321<br>7323|10 00 00<br>21 91 00<br>21 99 00<br>29 10 00<br>29 90 00<br>93 10 00<br>93 90 00<br>94 10 00<br>94 90 00|Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel<br>Other tubes and pipes (for example, welded, riveted or similarly closed), having circular<br>cross-sections, the external diameter of which exceeds 406,4 mm, of iron or steel<br>Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for example, open seam or welded, riveted or<br>similarly closed), of iron or steel<br>Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading No 9406) and parts of<br>structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts,<br>roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for<br>doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles,<br>shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel<br>Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers for any material (other than compressed<br>or liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not<br>lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment<br>Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, for any material (other than<br>compressed of liquefied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres,<br>whether of not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal<br>equipment:<br> Of a capacity of 50 litres or more<br> Of a capacity of less than 50 litres:<br>   Other, with a wall thickness of:<br>    Less than 0,5 mm<br>    0,5 mm or more<br>  Other:<br>   With a wall thickness of less than 0,5 mm<br>   With a wall thickness of 0,5 mm or more<br>Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other than those of heading No<br>8305) and similar articles, of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other material,<br>but excluding such articles with heads of copper<br>Screws, bolts, nuts, coach screws, screw hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers<br>(including spring washers) and similar articles, of iron or steel<br>Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel<br>Stoves, ranges, grates, cookers (including those with subsidiary boilers for central<br>heating),<br>barbecues, braziers,<br>gas-rings,<br>plate warmers<br>and<br>similar<br>non-electric<br>domestic appliances, and parts thereof, of iron or steel<br>Table, kitchen or other household articles and parts thereof, of iron or steel; iron or<br>steel wool; pot scourers and scouring or polishing pads, gloves and the like, of iron or<br>steel:<br>  Of stainless steel:<br>   Articles for table use<br>   Other<br>  Of iron (other than cast iron) or steel, enamelled:<br>   Articles for table use<br>   Other|

C 213 E/74 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|7325<br>7604<br>7608<br>7610<br>7611<br>7612<br>8303<br>8402<br>8403<br>8404<br>8413<br>8414<br>8418|99 10 00<br>99 91 00<br>99 99 00<br>10 00 00<br>99 10 00<br>99 99 00|  Other:<br>   Articles for table use<br>   Other:<br>    Varnished or painted<br>    Other<br>Other cast articles of iron or steel:<br> Of non-malleable cast iron<br>  Other:<br>   Other:<br>   Of malleable cast iron<br>    Other<br>Aluminium bars, rods and profiles<br>Aluminium tubes and pipes<br>Aluminium structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading No 9406) and parts<br>of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs,<br>roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and threshholds for doors,<br>balustrades, pillars and columns); aluminium plates, rods, profiles, tubes and the like,<br>prepared for use in structures<br>Aluminium reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than<br>compressed or liquefied gas), of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or<br>heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment<br>Aluminium casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid or<br>collapsible tubular containers), for any material (other than compressed or liquefied<br>gas), of a capacity not exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but<br>not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment<br>Armoured or reinforced safes, strong-boxes and doors and safe deposit lockers for<br>strong-rooms, cash or deed boxes and the like, of base metal<br>Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than central heating hot water boilers<br>capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers<br>Central heating boilers other than those of heading No 8402<br>Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading No 8402 or 8403 (for example,<br>economizers, super-heaters, soot removers, gas recoverers); condensers for steam or<br>other vapour power units<br>Pumps for liquids, whether or not fitted with a measuring device; liquid elevators<br>Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans; ventilating or recycling<br>hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters<br>Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other;<br>heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading No 8415:<br> Combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors:<br>  Other:<br>   Of a capacity exceeding 340 litres:|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/75

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
||10 91 10<br>10 91 90<br>10 99 10<br>10 99 90<br>21 10 10<br>21 10 90<br>21 51 10<br>21 51 90<br>21 59 10<br>21 59 90<br>21 91 10<br>21 91 90<br>21 99 10<br>21 99 90<br>22 00 10<br>22 00 90<br>29 00 10<br>29 00 90<br>30 91 10<br>30 91 90|    New<br>    Used<br>   Other:<br>    New<br>    Used<br> Refrigerators, household type:<br>  Compression-type:<br>   Of a capacity exceeding 340 litres:<br>    New<br>    Used<br>   Other:<br>    Table model:<br>     New<br>     Used<br>    Building-in type:<br>     New<br>     Used<br>    Other, of a capacity:<br>     Not exceeding 250 litres:<br>      New<br>      Used<br>     Exceeding 250 litres but not exceeding 340 litres:<br>      New<br>      Used<br>  Absorption-type, electrical:<br>   New<br>   Used<br>  Other:<br>   New<br>   Used<br> Freezers of the chest type, not exceeding 800 litres capacity:<br>  Other:<br>   Of a capacity not exceeding 400 litres:<br>    New<br>    Used|

C 213 E/76 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|8457<br>8458<br>8459<br>8504<br>8507|30 99 10<br>30 99 90<br>40 91 10<br>40 91 90<br>40 99 10<br>40 99 90<br>50 11 10<br>50 11 90<br>50 19 10<br>50 19 90<br>50 90 10<br>50 90 90<br>91 00 00|   Of a capacity exceeding 400 litres but not exceeding 800 litres:<br>    New<br>    Used<br> Freezers of the upright type, not exceeding 900 litres capacity:<br>  Other:<br>   Of a capacity not exceeding 250 litres:<br>    New<br>    Used<br>   Of a capacity exceeding 250 litres but not exceeding 900 litres:<br>    New<br>    Used<br> Other refrigerating or freezing chests, cabinets, display counters, show-cases and<br>similar refrigerating or freezing furniture:<br>  Refrigerated show-cases and counters (incorporating a refrigerating unit or evap-<br>orator):<br>   For frozen food storage:<br>    New<br>    Used<br>   Other:<br>    New<br>    Used<br>  Other refrigerating furniture:<br>    New<br>    Used<br> Parts:<br>  Furniture designed to receive refrigerating or freezing equipment<br>Machining centres, unit construction machines (single station) and multi-station transfer<br>machines, for working metal<br>Lathes (including turning centres) for removing metal<br>Machine-tools (including way-type unit head machines) for drilling, boring, milling,<br>threading or tapping by removing metal, other than lathes (including turning<br>centres) of heading No 8458<br>Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors<br>Electric accumulators, including separators therefor, whether or not rectangular<br>(including square):<br> Lead-acid of a kind used for starting piston engines:<br>  Other:|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/77

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|8516<br>8529<br>8534<br>8535<br>8536|10 81 00<br>10 89 00<br>10 10 00<br>10 50 00<br>10 90 00<br>20 10 00<br>20 90 00<br>30 10 00<br>30 30 00<br>30 90 00<br>41 10 00<br>41 90 00<br>49 00 00<br>50 11 00<br>50 15 00<br>50 19 00|   Of a weight exceeding 5 kg:<br>    Working with liquid electrolyte<br>    Other<br>Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space<br>heating apparatus and soil heating apparatus; electro-thermic hair-dressing apparatus<br>(for example, hair dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and hand dryers; electric<br>smoothing irons; other electro-thermic appliances of a kind used for domestic<br>purposes; electric heating resistors, other than those of heading No 8545<br>Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading Nos 8525 to<br>8528<br>Printed circuits<br>Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making<br>connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters,<br>voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs, junction boxes), for a voltage exceeding<br>1 000 V<br>Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making<br>connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge<br>suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding<br>1 000 V:<br> Fuses:<br>  For a current not exceeding 10 A<br>  For a current exceeding 10 A but not exceeding 63 A<br>  For a current exceeding 63 A<br> Automatic circuit breakers:<br>  For a current not exceeding 63 A<br>  For a current exceeding 63 A<br> Other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits:<br>  For a current not exceeding 16 A<br>  For a current exceeding 16 A but not exceeding 125 A<br>  For a current exceeding 125 A<br> Relays:<br>  For a voltage not exceeding 60 V:<br>   For a current not exceeding 2 A<br>   For a current exceeding 2 A<br>  Other<br> Other switches:<br>  For a voltage not exceeding 60 V:<br>   Push-button switches<br>   Rotary switches<br>   Other|

C 213 E/78 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|8537<br>8538<br>8539|50 90 10<br>50 90 90<br>69 10 00<br>69 30 00<br>69 90 00<br>90 01 00<br>90 10 00<br>90 85 00<br>21 30 00<br>21 92 00<br>21 98 00<br>22 10 00<br>22 90 00<br>29 30 00<br>29 92 00<br>29 98 00|  Other:<br>   Starters for fluorescent lamp<br>   Other<br> Lamp-holders, plugs and sockets:<br>  Other:<br>   For co-axial cables<br>   For printed circuits<br>   Other<br> Other apparatus:<br>  Prefabricated elements for electrical circuits<br>  Connections and contact elements for wire and cables<br>  Other<br>Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more<br>apparatus of heading No 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of<br>electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90,<br>and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading No 8517<br>Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading No 8535,<br>8536 or 8537<br>Electric filament or discharge lamps, including sealed-beam lamp units and ultraviolet<br>or infra-red lamps; arc-lamps:<br> Other filament lamps, excluding ultraviolet or infra-red lamps:<br>  Tungsten halogen:<br>   Of a kind used for motor-cycles or other motor vehicles<br>   Other, for a voltage:<br>    Exceeding 100 V<br>    Not exceeding 100 V<br>  Other, of a power not exceeding 200 W and for a voltage exceeding 100 V:<br>   Reflector lamps<br>   Other<br>  Other<br>   Of a kind used for motor-cycles or other motor vehicles<br>   Other for a voltage:<br>    Exceeding 100 V<br>    Not exceeding 100 V<br> Discharge lamps, other than ultraviolet lamps:<br>  Mercury or sodium vapour lamps; metal halide lamps:|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/79

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|8544<br>8607<br>8702<br>8703<br>8704<br>8706<br>8707<br>8708|32 10 00<br>21 10 00<br>21 90 00<br>29 10 00<br>29 90 00<br>10 00 90<br>21 00 90<br>29 00 90<br>31 00 90<br>39 00 90<br>80 00 90<br>93 00 90|   Mercury vapour lamps<br>Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and<br>other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre<br>cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric<br>conductors or fitted with connectors<br>Parts of railway or tramway locomotives or rolling-stock:<br> Brakes and parts thereof:<br>  Air brakes and parts thereof:<br>   Of cast iron or cast steel<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   Of cast iron or cast steel<br>   Other:<br>Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver<br>Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons<br>(other than those of heading No 8702), including station wagons and racing cars<br>Motor vehicles for the transport of goods<br>Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of heading Nos 8701 to 8705<br>Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of heading Nos 8701 to 8705<br>Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of heading Nos 8701 to 8705:<br> Bumpers and parts thereof:<br>  Others<br> Other parts and accessories of bodies (including cabs)<br>  Safety seat belts:<br>   Other<br>  Other<br>   Other<br> Braces and servo-braces and parts thereof:<br>  Mounted brake linings:<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   Other<br> Suspension shock-absorbers:<br>  Other<br>  Clutches and parts thereof:<br>   Other|

C 213 E/80 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|8711<br>8712<br>9401<br>9403|99 00 90<br>10 90 00<br>20 00 00<br>30 10 00<br>30 90 00<br>40 00 00<br>50 00 00<br>61 00 00<br>69 00 00<br>71 00 00<br>79 00 00<br>80 00 00<br>90 30 00<br>90 80 00<br>10 10 00<br>10 51 00<br>10 59 00<br>10 91 00|  Other<br>   Other<br>Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or<br>without side cars; side cars<br>Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised<br>Seats (other than those of heading No 9402), whether or not convertible into beds, and<br>parts thereof:<br> Seats of a kind used for aircraft:<br>  Other<br> Seats of a kind used for motor vehicles<br> Swivel seats with variable height adjustment:<br>  Upholstered, with backrest and fitted with castors or glides<br>  Other<br> Seats other than garden seats or camping equipment, convertible into beds<br> Seats of cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials<br> Other seats, with wooden frames:<br>  Upholstered<br>  Other<br> Other seats, with metal frames:<br>  Upholstered<br>  Other<br> Other seats<br> Parts:<br>  Other:<br>   Of wood<br>   Other<br>Other furniture and parts thereof:<br> Metal furniture of a kind used in offices:<br>  Drawing tables (other than those of heading No 9017)<br>  Other:<br>   Not exceeding 80 cm in height:<br>    Desks<br>    Other<br>   Exceeding 80 cm in height:<br>    Cupboards with doors, shutters or flaps|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/81

|Tariff code|Col2|Description|
|---|---|---|
|9405<br>9406|10 93 00<br>10 99 00<br>20 91 00<br>20 99 00<br>30 11 00<br>30 19 00<br>30 91 00<br>30 99 00<br>40 10 00<br>40 90 00<br>50 00 00<br>60 10 00<br>60 30 00<br>60 90 00<br>70 90 00<br>80 00 00<br>90 10 00<br>90 30 00<br>90 90 00|    Filing, card-index and other cabinets<br>    Other<br> Other metal furniture:<br>  Other:<br>   Beds<br>   Other<br> Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices:<br>  Not exceeding 80 cm in height:<br>   Desks<br>   Other<br>  Exceeding 80 cm in height:<br>   Cupboards with doors, shutters or flaps; filing, card-index and other cabinets<br>   Other<br> Wooden furniture of a kind used in the kitchen:<br>  Fitted kitchen units<br>  Other<br> Wooden furniture of a kind used in the bedroom<br> Other wooden furniture:<br>  Wooden furniture of a kind used in the dining room and the living room<br>  Wooden furniture of a kind used in shops<br>  Other wooden furniture<br> Furniture of plastics:<br>  Other<br> Furniture of other materials, including cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials<br> Parts:<br>  Of metal<br>  Of wood<br>  Of other materials<br>Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof, not<br>elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like,<br>having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified or<br>included<br>Prefabricated buildings|

C 213 E/82 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

ANNEX III

DEFINITION OF �BABY BEEF�PRODUCTS

referred to in Article 27(2)

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

|CN Code|Taric<br>sub-division|Description|
|---|---|---|
|ex 0102 90 51<br>ex 0102 90 59<br>ex 0102 90 71<br>ex 0102 90 79<br>ex 0201 10 00<br>ex 0201 20 20<br>ex 0201 20 30<br>ex 0201 20 50|10<br>11<br>21<br>31<br>91<br>10<br>21<br>91<br>91<br>91<br>91<br>91|Live bovine animals:<br> Other:<br>  Domestic species:<br>   Of a weight exceeding 300 kg:<br>    Heifers (female bovines that have never calved):<br>     For slaughter:<br> Not yet having any permanent teeth, of a weight of 320 kg or more<br>but not exceeding 470 kg (1)<br>     Other:<br> Not yet having any permanent teeth, of a weight of 320 kg or more<br>but not exceeding 470 kg (1)<br>    Other:<br>     For slaughter:<br> Bulls and steers not yet having permanent teeth, of a weight of<br>350 kg or more but not exceeding 500 kg (1)<br>     Other:<br> Bulls and steers not yet having permanent teeth, of a weight of<br>350 kg or more but not exceeding 500 kg (1)<br>Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled:<br> Carcasses and half-carcasses:<br> Carcasses of a weight of 180 kg or more but not exceeding 300 kg, and<br>half carcasses of a weight of 90 kg or more but not exceeding 150 kg, with<br>a low degree of ossification of the cartilages (in particular those of the<br>symphysis pubis and the vertebral apophyses), the meat of which is a light<br>pink colour and the fat of which, of extremely fine texture, is white to light<br>yellow in colour (1)<br> Other cuts with bone in:<br>  Compensated quarters:<br> Compensated quarters of a weight of 90 kg or more but not exceeding<br>150 kg, with a low degree of ossification of the cartilages (in particular<br>those of the symphysis pubis and the vertebral apophyses), the meat of<br>which is a light pink colour and the fat of which, of extremely fine<br>texture, is white to light yellow in colour (1)<br>  Unseparated or separated forequarters:<br> Separated forequarters, of a weight of 45 kg or more but not exceeding<br>75 kg, with a low degree of ossification of the cartilages (in particular<br>those of the vertebral apophyses), the meat of which is a light pink<br>colour and the fat of which, of extremely fine texture, is white to light<br>yellow in colour (1)<br>  Unseparated or separated hindquarters:<br> Separated hindquarters of a weight of 45 kg or more but not exceeding<br>75 kg (but 38 kg or more and not exceeding 68 kg in the case of Pistola<br>cuts), with a low degree of ossification of the cartilages (in particular<br>those of the vertebral apophyses), the meat of which is a light pink<br>colour and the fat of which, of extremely fine texture, is white to light<br>yellow in colour (1)|

( [1] ) Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/83

ANNEX IV (a)

Products referred to in Article 27 paragraph 3 (a)

Following products originating in the Community imported into the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall
benefit from a zero-duty tariff:

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|0101<br>0101 11 00 00<br>0101 19<br>0101 19 90 00<br>0101 20<br>0101 20 10 00<br>0101 20 90 00<br>0102<br>0102 10<br>0102 10 10 00<br>0102 10 30 00<br>0102 10 90 00<br>0102 90<br>0102 90 05 00<br>0103<br>0103 10 00 00<br>0103 91<br>0103 91 10 00<br>0103 91 90 00<br>0104<br>0104 10<br>0104 10 10 00<br>0104 20<br>0104 20 10 00|Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies:<br> Horses:<br>  Pure-bred breeding animals<br>  Other:<br>   Other<br> Asses, mules and hinnies:<br>  Asses<br>  Mules and hinnies<br>Live bovine animals:<br> Pure-bred breeding animals:<br>  Heifers (female bovines that have never calved)<br>  Cows<br>  Other<br> Other:<br>  Domestic species:<br>   Of a weight not exceeding 80 kg<br>   Of a weight exceeding 80 kg but not exceeding 160 kg:<br>Live swine:<br> Pure-bred breeding animals<br> Other:<br>  Weighing less than 50 kg:<br>   Domestic species<br>   Other<br>Live sheep and goats:<br> Sheep:<br>  Pure-bred breeding animals<br>  Other:<br> Goats:<br>  Pure-bred breeding animals|

C 213 E/84 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|0105<br>0105 11<br>0105 11 11 00<br>0105 19<br>0105 19 00 10<br>0105 92<br>0105 92 00 10<br>0105 99<br>0105 99 10 10<br>0106 00<br>0106 00 00 10<br>0106 00 00 20<br>0106 00 00 30<br>0106 00 00 40<br>0106 00 00 50<br>0106 00 00 60<br>0106 00 90 00<br>0205 00 00 00<br>0206<br>0206 10 00 00<br>0206 21 00 00<br>0206 22 00 00<br>0206 30 00 00<br>0206 41 00 00<br>0206 49 00 00<br>0206 80 00 00<br>0206 90 00 00|Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and<br>guinea fowls:<br> Weighing not more than 185 g:<br>  Fowls of the species<br>Gallus domesticus<br>   Grandparent and parent female chicks:<br>    Laying stocks<br>  Other:<br>   Geese:<br>    Laying stocks<br> Other:<br>  Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus weighing not more than 2 000 g:<br>   Laying stocks weighing more than 2 000 g<br>  Other:<br>   Ducks:<br>    Laying stocks<br>Other live animals:<br> Domestic rabbits<br> Pigeons<br> Frogs<br> Dogs and cats<br> Bees<br> Wild animals<br> Other<br>Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen<br>Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled<br>or frozen:<br> Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled<br> Of bovine animals, frozen:<br>  Tongues<br>  Livers<br> Of swine, fresh or chilled<br> Of swine, frozen:<br>  Livers<br>  Other<br> Other, fresh or chilled<br> Other, frozen|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/85

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|0208<br>0208 10 00 00<br>0208 20 00 00<br>0208 90 00 00<br>0210 90 00 00<br>0404<br>0404 10 00 00<br>0404 90 00 00<br>0408<br>0408 11<br>0408 11 20 00<br>0408 11 80 00<br>0408 19<br>0408 19 20 00<br>0408 19 81 00<br>0408 19 89 00<br>0408 91<br>0408 91 20 00<br>0408 91 80 00<br>0408 99<br>0408 99 20 00<br>0408 99 80 00<br>0410 00 00 00<br>0504 00 00 00<br>0601<br>0601 10 00 00<br>0601 20 00 00|Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen:<br> Of rabbits or hares<br> Frogs’ legs<br> Other<br> Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal<br>Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter,<br>products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or<br>other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included:<br> Whey and modified whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other<br>sweetening matter<br> Other<br>Birds’ eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water,<br>moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other<br>sweetening matter:<br> Egg yolks:<br>  Dried:<br>   Unfit for human consumption<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   Unfit for human consumption<br>   Other:<br>    Liquid<br>    Other, including frozen<br> Other:<br>  Dried:<br>   Unfit for human consumption<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   Unfit for human consumption<br>   Other<br>Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included<br>Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh,<br>chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked<br>Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, in growth or in flower;<br>chicory plants and roots other than roots of heading No 1212:<br> Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant<br> Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory<br>plants and roots|

C 213 E/86 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|0602<br>0602 10<br>0602 10 10 00<br>0602 10 90 00<br>0602 20<br>0602 20 10 00<br>0602 20 90 00<br>0602 30 00 00<br>0602 40 00 00<br>0602 90<br>0602 90 10 00<br>0701<br>0701 10 00 00<br>0703<br>0703 10<br>0703 10 00 10<br>0713<br>0713 10<br>0713 10 10 00<br>0713 20<br>0713 20 10 00<br>0713 31<br>0713 31 10 00<br>0713 32<br>0713 32 10 00<br>0713 33<br>0713 33 10 00<br>0713 39<br>0713 39 10 00<br>0713 40<br>0713 40 10 00<br>0713 50<br>0713 50 10 00<br>0713 90|Other live plants (including their roots), cuttings and slips; mushroom spawn:<br> Unrooted cuttings and slips:<br>  Of vines<br>  Other<br> Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds which bear edible fruit or nuts:<br>  Vine slips, grafted or rooted<br>  Other<br> Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not<br> Roses, grafted or not<br> Other:<br>  Mushroom spawn<br>Potatoes, fresh or chilled:<br> Seed<br>Onions, shallots, garlic, leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled:<br> Onions and shallots:<br>  For sowing<br>Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split:<br> Peas (Pisum sativum):<br>  For sowing<br>  For sowing<br>  Beans of the species Vigna mungo (L.) Hepper or Vigna radiata (L.) Wilczek:<br>   For sowing<br>  Small red (Adzuki) beans (Phaseolus or Vigna angularis):<br>   For sowing<br>  Kidney beans, including white pea beans (Phaseolus vulgaris):<br>   For sowing<br>  Other:<br>   For sowing<br> Lentils:<br>   For sowing<br> Broad beans (Vicia faba var. major) and horse beans (Vicia faba var. equina, Vicia faba var.<br>minor):<br>   For sowing<br> Other:|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/87

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|0713 90 10 00<br>0714<br>0714 10 00 00<br>0714 20 00 00<br>0714 90 00 00<br>0801<br>0801 11 00 00<br>0801 19 00 00<br>0801 21 00 00<br>0801 22 00 00<br>0801 31 00 00<br>0801 32 00 00<br>0814 00 00<br>0904<br>0904 11 00 00<br>0904 12 00 00<br>0905 00 00 00<br>0906<br>0906 10 00 00<br>0906 20 00 00<br>0907 00 00 00<br>0908<br>0908 10 00 00<br>0908 20 00 00<br>0908 30 00 00<br>0909<br>0909 10 00 00<br>0909 20 00 00|  For sowing<br>Manioc, arrowroot, salep, Jerusalem artichokes, sweet potatoes and similar roots and tubers<br>with high starch or inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in<br>the form of pellets; sago pith:<br> Manioc (cassava)<br> Sweet potatoes<br> Other<br>Coconuts, Brazil nuts and cashew nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:<br> Coconuts:<br>  Desiccated<br>  Other<br> Brazil nuts:<br>  In shell<br>  Shelled<br> Cashew nuts:<br>  In shell<br>  Shelled<br>Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally<br>preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions<br>Pepper of the genus Piper, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the<br>genus Pimenta:<br> Pepper:<br> Neither crushed nor ground<br> Crushed or ground<br>Vanilla<br>Cinnamon and cinnamon-tree flowers:<br> Neither crushed nor ground<br> Crushed or ground<br>Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)<br>Nutmeg, mace and cardamoms:<br> Nutmeg<br> Mace<br> Cardamoms<br>Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries:<br> Seeds of anise or badian<br> Seeds of coriander|

C 213 E/88 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|0909 30 00 00<br>0909 40 00 00<br>0909 50 00 00<br>0910<br>0910 10 00 00<br>0910 20 00 00<br>0910 30 00 00<br>0910 40 00 00<br>0910 50 00 00<br>0910 91 00 00<br>0910 99 00 00<br>1002 00<br>1002 00 00 10<br>1002 00 00 90<br>1003 00<br>1003 00 00 10<br>1004 00<br>1004 00 00 10<br>1005<br>1005 10<br>1005 10 10 00<br>1005 10 90 00<br>1006<br>1006 10<br>1006 10 00 10<br>1007 00 00 00<br>1008<br>1008 10 00 00<br>1008 20 00 00<br>1008 30 00 00<br>1008 90 00 00| Seeds of cumin<br> Seeds of caraway<br> Seeds of fennel; juniper berries<br>Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices:<br> Ginger<br> Saffron<br> Turmeric (curcuma)<br> Thyme; bay leaves<br> Curry<br> Other spices:<br>  Mixtures referred to in note 1 (b) to this chapter<br>  Other<br>Rye:<br> Seed<br> Other<br>Barley:<br> Seed<br>Oats:<br> Seed<br>Maize (corn):<br> Seed:<br>  Hybrid<br>  Other<br>Rice:<br> Rice in the husk (paddy or rough):<br>  For sowing<br>Grain sorghum<br>Buckwheat, millet and canary seed; other cereals:<br> Buckwheat<br> Millet<br> Canary seed<br> Other cereals|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/89

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|1103 13<br>1103 13 00 10<br>1105<br>1105 10 00 00<br>1105 20 00 00<br>1106<br>1106 20 00 00<br>1106 30<br>1106 30 00 10<br>1108<br>1108 11 00 00<br>1108 12<br>1108 12 00 10<br>1108 12 00 90<br>1108 13 00 00<br>1108 14 00 00<br>1108 19 00 00<br>1108 20 00 00<br>1201 00<br>1201 00 10 00<br>1201 00 90 00<br>1202<br>1202 10<br>1202 10 10 00<br>1202 10 90 00<br>1202 20 00 00<br>1203 00 00 00<br>1204 00 00 00<br>1207<br>1207 10 00 00<br>1207 20 00 00<br>1207 30 00 00<br>1207 40 00 00|  Of maize (corn):<br>   Unfit for human consumption<br>Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes:<br> Flour, meal and powder<br> Flakes, granules and pellets<br>Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading No 0713, of sago or of<br>roots or tubers of heading No 0714 or of the products of Chapter 8:<br> Of sago or of roots or tubers of heading No 0714<br> Of the products of Chapter 8:<br>  Of coconut<br>Starches; inulin:<br> Starches:<br>  Wheat starch<br>  Maize (corn) starch:<br>   Unfit for retail sale<br>   Other<br>  Potato starch<br>  Manioc (cassava) starch<br>  Other starches<br> Inulin<br>Soya beans, whether or not broken:<br> For sowing<br> Other<br>Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked, whether or not shelled or broken:<br> In shell:<br>  For sowing<br>  Other<br> Shelled, whether or not broken<br>Copra<br>Linseed, whether or not broken<br>Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits, whether or not broken:<br> Palm nuts and kernels<br> Cotton seeds<br> Castor oil seeds<br> Sesamum seeds|

C 213 E/90 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|1207 50 00 00<br>1207 60 00 00<br>1207 92 00 00<br>1207 99 00 00<br>1208<br>1208 10 00 00<br>1208 90 00 00<br>1209<br>1209 11 00 00<br>1209 19 00 00<br>1209 22 00 00<br>1209 23 00 00<br>1209 24 00 00<br>1209 25 00 00<br>1209 26 00 00<br>1209 29 00 00<br>1209 30 00 00<br>1209 91 00 00<br>1209 99 00 00<br>1211<br>1211 10 00 00<br>1211 20 00 00<br>1212<br>1212 10 00 00<br>1212 30 00 00<br>1212 92 00 00<br>1212 99 00 00| Mustard seeds<br> Safflower seeds<br> Other:<br>  Shea nuts (karite nuts)<br>  Other<br>Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard:<br> Of soya beans<br> Other<br>Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing:<br> Beet seed:<br>  Sugar beet seed<br>  Other<br>  Clover (Trifolium spp.) seed<br>  Fescue seed<br>  Kentucky Blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) Seed<br>  Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seed<br>  Timothy grass seed<br>  Other<br> Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers<br> Other:<br>  Vegetable seeds<br>  Other<br>Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in<br>pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not cut,<br>crushed or powdered:<br> Liquorice roots<br> Ginseng roots<br>Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or<br>dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and kernels and other vegetable products (including<br>unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for<br>human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included:<br> Locust beans, including locust bean seeds<br> Apricot, peach or plum stones and kernels<br> Other:<br>  Sugar cane<br>  Other|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/91

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|1213 00 00 00<br>1214<br>1214 10 00 00<br>1214 90 00 00<br>1301<br>1301 10 00 00<br>1301 20 00 00<br>1301 90<br>1301 90 00 10<br>1301 90 00 90<br>1302<br>1302 11 00 00<br>1502 00<br>1502 00 10 00<br>1502 00 90 00<br>1504<br>1504 10 00 00<br>1504 20<br>1504 20 00 10<br>1504 20 00 90<br>1504 30<br>1504 30 11 00<br>1504 30 19 00<br>1504 30 90 00<br>1508<br>1508 10 00 00<br>1508 90 00 00<br>1511<br>1511 10 00 00<br>1511 90 00 00|Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form<br>of pellets<br>Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines,<br>vetches and similar forage products, whether or not in the form of pellets:<br> Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets<br> Other<br>Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams):<br> Lac<br> Gum arabic<br> Other:<br>  Canabis resin<br>  Other<br>Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other<br>mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:<br> Vegetable saps and extracts:<br>  Opium<br>Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading No 1503:<br> For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption<br> Other<br>Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not<br>chemically modified:<br> Fish-liver oils and their fractions:<br> Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish, other than liver oils:<br>  Fish oils<br>  Other<br> Fats and oils and their fractions, of marine mammals:<br>  Solid fractions:<br>   Whale oil and sperm oil<br>   Other<br>  Other<br>Ground-nut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:<br> Crude oil<br> Other<br>Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:<br> Crude oil<br> Other|

C 213 E/92 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|1512<br>1512 21 00 00<br>1512 29 00 00<br>1513<br>1513 11 00 00<br>1513 19 00 00<br>1513 21 00 00<br>1513 29 00 00<br>1515<br>1515 11 00 00<br>1515 19 00 00<br>1515 30 00 00<br>1515 40 00 00<br>1515 50 00 00<br>1515 90 00 00<br>1516<br>1516 10<br>1516 10 00 10<br>1516 10 00 90<br>1702<br>1702 11 00 00<br>1702 19 00 00<br>1702 20 00 00<br>1702 30|Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but<br>not chemically modified:<br> Sunflower-seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof:<br> Cotton-seed oil and its fractions:<br>  crude oil, whether or not gossypol has been removed<br>  Other<br>Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but<br>not chemically modified:<br> Coconut (copra) oil and its fractions:<br>  Crude oil<br>  Other<br> Palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof:<br>  Crude oil<br>  Other<br>Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not<br>refined, but not chemically modified:<br> Linseed oil and its fractions:<br>  Crude oil<br>  Other<br> Maize (corn) oil and its fractions:<br> Castor oil and its fractions<br> Tung oil and its fractions<br> Sesame oil and its fractions<br> Other<br>Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-<br>esterified, re-esterified or elaidinized, whether or not refined, but not further prepared:<br> Animal fats and oils and their fractions:<br>  Fish and whale<br>  Other<br>Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form;<br>sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or<br>not mixed with natural honey; caramel:<br> Lactose and lactose syrup:<br>  Containing by weight 99 % or more lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose, calculated on<br>the dry matter<br>  Other<br> Maple sugar and maple syrup<br> Glucose and glucose syrup, not containing fructose or containing in the dry state less than<br>20 % by weight of fructose:|

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|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|1702 30 10 00<br>1702 30 51 00<br>1702 30 59 00<br>1702 30 91 00<br>1702 30 99 00<br>1702 40 00 00<br>1702 60 00 00<br>1703<br>1703 10 00 00<br>1703 90 00 00<br>1805 00 00 00<br>2005<br>2005 10<br>2005 10 00 10<br>2104<br>2104 20<br>2104 20 00 10<br>2301<br>2301 10 00 00<br>2303<br>2303 10 00 00<br>2303 20 00 00<br>2303 30 00 00<br>2304 00 00 00<br>2305 00 00 00|  Isoglucose<br>  Other:<br>   Containing in the dry state, 99 % or more by weight of glucose:<br>    In the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated<br>    Other<br>   Other:<br>    In the form of white crystalline powder, whether or not agglomerated<br>    Other<br> Glucose and glucose syrup, containing In the dry state at least 20 % but less than 50 % by<br>weight of fructose<br> Other fructose and fructose syrup, containing in the dry state more than 50 % by weight of<br>fructose<br>Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar:<br> Cane molasses<br> Other<br>Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter<br>Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen,<br>other than products of heading No 2006:<br> Homogenised vegetables:<br>  Food for children in containers not exceeding 250 g<br>Soups and broths and preparations therefor; homogenised composite food preparations:<br> Homogenised composite food preparations:<br>  Food for children in containers not exceeding 250 g<br>Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other<br>aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves:<br> Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal; greaves<br>Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues, beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of<br>sugar manufacture, brewing or distilling dregs and waste, whether or not in the form of pellets:<br> Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues<br> Beet-pulp, bagasse and other waste of sugar manufacture<br> Brewing or distilling dregs and waste<br>Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting<br>from the extraction of soya-bean oil<br>Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting<br>from the extraction of ground-nut oil|

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|CN code (1)|Description|
|---|---|
|2306<br>2306 10 00 00<br>2306 20 00 00<br>2306 30 00 00<br>2306 40 00 00<br>2306 50 00 00<br>2306 60 00 00<br>2306 70 00 00<br>2306 90 00 00<br>2307 00 00 00<br>2308<br>2308 10 00 00<br>2308 90 00 00<br>2309<br>2309 90<br>2309 90 00 11<br>2309 90 00 30<br>2401|Oil-cake and other solid residues, whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting<br>from the extraction of vegetable fats or oils, other than those of heading No 2304 or 2305:<br> Of cotton seeds<br> Of linseed<br> Of sunflower seeds<br> Of rape or colza seeds<br> Of coconut or copra<br> Of palm nuts or kernels<br> Of maize (corn) germ<br> Other<br>Wine lees; argol<br>Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether or not in<br>the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included:<br> Acorns and horse-chestnuts<br> Other<br>Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:<br>  Complete food and super concentrates for animal, fish or cattle feed:<br> Other:<br>   Fish or marine mammal solubles<br>  Premixtures<br>Unmanufactured tobacco; tobacco refuse|

( [1] ) As defined in the Customs Tariff Law of 31 July 1996 of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Official Journal 38/96).

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ANNEX IV(b)

Products referred to in Article 27 paragraph 3(b)

Following products originating in the Community imported into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall
benefit from a zero-duty tariff within tariff quotas set out below:

|CN code (1)|Description|Year 2001|Col4|Year 2002|Col6|Year 2003 and beyond|Col8|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|CN code (1)|Description|Tariff quota<br>(tonnes)|Applicable duty<br>for exceeding<br>quantities<br>(% of MFN)|Tariff quota<br>(tonnes)|Applicable duty<br>for exceeding<br>quantities<br>(% of MFN)|Tariff quota<br>(tonnes)|Applicable duty<br>for exceeding<br>quantities<br>(% of MFN)|
|0206 29 00|  Other|200|90|300|80|400|70|
|0207|Meat and edible offal, of poultry of<br>heading No 0105, fresh, chilled or<br>frozen|1 500|90|2 000|80|3 000|70|
|0402|Milk<br>and<br>cream<br>concentrated<br>or<br>containing<br>added<br>sugar<br>or<br>other<br>sweetening matter|200|90|300|80|400|70|
|0405 10| Butter|100|90|200|80|300|70|
|0406 20<br>0406 30| Grated or powdered cheese, of all<br>kinds<br> Processed cheese, not grated or<br>powdered|50|90|70|80|100|70|
|0805 10<br>0805 20<br>0805 30<br>0805 40| Oranges<br>  Mandarins<br> Lemons<br> Grapefruit|5 000|90|7 000|80|8 000|70|
|1005 90| Other:|20 000|90|20 000|80|20 000|70|
|1601|Sausages<br>and similar<br>products<br>of<br>meat, meat offal or blood; food prep-<br>arations based on these products|300|90|600|80|1 200|70|
|1602|Other prepared or preserved meat,<br>meat offal and blood|200|90|500|80|800|70|
|2005 70 00| Olives|600|90|1 000|80|1 600|70|
|1507 10 00<br>1512 11 00<br>1514 10 00| Crude<br>oil,<br>whether<br>or<br>not<br>degummed<br>  Crude oil<br> Crude oil|5 000|90|10 000|80|15 000|70|
|1701<br>1701 11 00<br>1701 12 00|Cane or beet sugar and chemically<br>pure sucrose in solid form:<br> raw sugar not containing added<br>flavouring or colouring matter:<br>  Cane sugar<br>  Beet sugar|5 000|90|10 000|80|15 000|70|

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|CN code (1)|Description|Year 2001|Col4|Year 2002|Col6|Year 2003 and beyond|Col8|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|CN code (1)|Description|Tariff quota<br>(tonnes)|Applicable duty<br>for exceeding<br>quantities<br>(% of MFN)|Tariff quota<br>(tonnes)|Applicable duty<br>for exceeding<br>quantities<br>(% of MFN)|Tariff quota<br>(tonnes)|Applicable duty<br>for exceeding<br>quantities<br>(% of MFN)|
|2309<br>2309 90<br>2309 90 0019<br>2309 90 0020<br>2309 90 0090|Preparations of a kind used in animal<br>feeding:<br>  Complete<br>food<br>and<br>super<br>concentrates for animal, fish or<br>cattle feed:<br> Other:<br>  Other<br>  Cattle<br>food<br>enriched<br>with<br>molasses,<br>carbon<br>hydrates,<br>vitamins, minerals<br> Other|7 000|90|10 000|80|12 000|70|

( [1] ) As defined in the Customs Tariff Law of 31 July 1996 of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Official Journal 38/96).

ANNEX IV(c)

Products referred to in Article 27 paragraph 3(c)

Following products originating in the Community imported into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall be
subject within tariff quotas to the concessions set out below:

|CN code (1)|Description|Annual<br>quantity<br>(tonnes)|Applicable duty<br>(% of MFN)|Col5|Col6|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|CN code (1)|Description|Annual<br>quantity<br>(tonnes)|From<br>1 January 2001|From<br>1 January 2002|From<br>1 January 2003|
|0203|Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen|2 000|90|80|70|
|0406|Cheese and curd|600|90|80|70|

( [1] ) As defined in the Customs Tariff Law of 31 July 1996 of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Official Journal 38/96).

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ANNEX V(a)

Products referred to in Article 28 paragraph 1

Imports into the European Community of the following products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall be subject to the concessions set out below:

|Code|Description|Year 1|Year 2|Year 3|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Code|Description|Duty<br>% of MFN|Duty<br>% of MFN|Duty<br>% of MFN|
|0301 91 10<br>0301 91 90<br>0302 11 10<br>0302 11 90<br>0303 21 10<br>0303 21 90<br>0304 10 11<br>ex 0304 10 19<br>ex 0304 10 91<br>0304 20 11<br>ex 0304 20 19<br>ex 0304 90 10<br>ex 0305 10 00<br>ex 0305 30 90<br>0305 49 45<br>ex 0305 59 90<br>ex 0305 69 90|Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Oncor-<br>hynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita, Oncor-<br>hynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache, and Oncor-<br>hynchus<br>chrysogaster):<br>live;<br>fresh<br>or<br>chilled;<br>frozen; dried, salted or in brine, smoked; fillets<br>and other fish meals; flours, meats and pellets,<br>fit for human consumption.|90|80|70|
|0301 93 00<br>0302 69 11<br>0303 79 11<br>ex 0304 10 19<br>ex 0304 10 91<br>ex 0304 20 19<br>ex 0304 90 10<br>ex 0305 10 00<br>ex 0305 30 90<br>ex 0305 49 80<br>ex 0305 59 90<br>ex 0305 69 90|Carp: live; fresh or chilled; frozen; dried, salted<br>or in brine, smoked; fillets and other fish meat;<br>flours,<br>meals<br>and<br>pellets,<br>fit<br>for<br>human<br>consumption.|90|80|70|

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ANNEX V(b)

Products referred to in Article 28 paragraph 2

Imports into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of the following products originating in the Community shall
be subject to the concessions set out below:

|Code (1)|Description|Year 1|Year 2|Year 3|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Code (1)|Description|Duty<br>% of MFN|Duty<br>% of MFN|Duty<br>% of MFN|
|0301<br>0301 10 0000<br>0301 91 0000<br>0301 92 0000<br>0301 93 0000<br>0301 99<br>0301 99 0010<br>0302 11 0000<br>0302 66 0000<br>0302 69 0010<br>0303 21 0000<br>0303 29 0010<br>0303 79 0010<br>0304 10 0010<br>0304 20 0010<br>0304 90 0010<br>0305 49 0000<br>0305 59 0000<br>0305 69 0000|Live Fish:<br> Ornamental fish<br> Other live fish:<br>  Trout<br>(Salmo<br>trutta,<br>oncorhynchus<br>mykiss,<br>Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita,<br>Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and<br>Oncorhynchus chrysogaster):<br>  Eels (Anguilla spp.)<br>   Carp<br>  Other:<br>   Freshwater fish<br>  Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss,<br>Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita,<br>Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and<br>Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)<br>  Eels (Anguilla spp)<br>   Freshwater fish<br>  Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss,<br>Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita,<br>Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and<br>Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)<br>   Freshwater fish<br>   Freshwater fish<br>   Of freshwater fish<br>   Of freshwater fish<br>   Of freshwater fish<br>  Other<br> dried fish, whether or not salted but not<br>smoked:<br>  Other<br> fish salted but not dried or smoked and fish in<br>brine<br>  Other|90|80|70|

( [1] ) As defined in the Customs Tariff Law of 31 July 1996 of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Official Journal 38/96).

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ANNEX VI

ESTABLISHMENT: FINANCIAL SERVICES

Referred to in Title V, Chapter II

Financial Services: Definitions

A financial service is any service of a financial nature offered by a financial service provider of a Party.

Financial services include the following activities:

A. All Insurance and insurance-related services:

1. direct insurance (including co-insurance):

(i) life;

(ii) non-life;

2. reinsurance and retrocession;

3. insurance intermediation, such as brokerage and agency;

4. services auxiliary to insurance, such as consultancy, actuarial, risk assessment and claim settlement services;

B. Banking and other financial services (excluding insurance):

1. acceptance of deposits and other repayable funds from the public;

2. lending of all types, including, inter alia, consumer-credit, mortgage credit, factoring and financing of commercial
transaction;

3. financial leasing;

4. all payment and money transmission services, including credit charge and debit cards, travellers cheques and
bankers drafts;

5. guarantees and commitments;

6. trading for own account of customers, whether on an exchange, in an over-the-counter market or otherwise, the
following:

(a) money market instruments (cheques, bills, certificates of deposits, etc.),

(b) foreign exchange,

(c) derivative products including, but not limited to, futures and options,

(d) exchange rates and interest rate instruments, including products such as swaps, forward rate agreements, etc.,

(e) transferable securities,

(f) other negotiable instruments and financial assets, including bullion;

7. participation in issues of all kinds of securities, including underwriting and placement as agent (whether publicly
or privately) and provision of services related to such issues;

8. money broking;

9. asset management, such as cash or portfolio management, all forms of collective investment management,
pension-fund management, custodial depository and trust services;

10. settlement and clearing services for financial assets, including securities, derivative products, and other negotiable
instruments;

11. advisory intermediation and other auxiliary financial services on all the activities listed in points 1 to 10 above,
including credit reference and analysis, investment and portfolio research and advice, advice on acquisitions and
on corporate restructuring and strategy;

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12. provision and transfer of financial information, and financial data processing and related software by providers
of other financial services.

The following activities are excluded from the definition of financial services:

(a) activities carried out by central banks or by any other public institution in pursuit of monetary and exchange rate
policies;

(b) activities conducted by central banks, government agencies or departments, or public institutions, for the account or
with the guarantee of the government, except when those activities may be carried out by financial service providers
in competition with such public entities;

(c) activities forming part of a statutory system of social security or public retirement plans, except when those activities
may be carried by financial service providers in competition with public entities or private institutions.

ANNEX VII

INTELLECTUAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTY RIGHTS

Referred to in Article 71

1. Paragraph 3 of Article 71concerns the following multilateral conventions:

�Budapest Treaty on the international Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the purposes of Patent
Procedures (1977, modified in 1980);

�Protocol relating to the Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks (Madrid, 1989);

�International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV Geneva Act, 1991).

The Stabilisation and Association Council may decide that paragraph 3 of Article 71 shall apply to other multilateral
conventions.

2. The parties confirm the importance they attach to the obligations arising from the following multilateral conventions:

�International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organisations (Rome, 1961);

�Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Stockholm Act, 1967 and amended in 1979);

�Madrid Agreement concerning the International Registration of Marks (Stockholm Act, 1967 and amended in
1979);

�Patent Co-operation Treaty (Washington, 1970, amended in 1979 and modified in 1984);

�Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms against Unauthorised Duplications of their
Phonograms (Geneva 1971);

�Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (Paris Act, 1971);

�Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the purposes of the
Registration of Marks (Geneva, 1977 and amended in 1979).

3. From entry into force of this Agreement, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall grant to Community
companies and nationals, in respect of the recognition and protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial
property, treatment no less favourable than that granted by it to any third country under bilateral agreements.

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PROTOCOL 1

Related to Article 22

on textile and clothing products

Article 1

This Protocol applies to the textile and clothing products (hereinafter �textile products�) listed in Section XI (Chapters 50 to
63) of the combined nomenclature of the Community.

Article 2

1. Textile products falling within Section XI (Chapters 50 to
63) of the combined nomenclature and originating in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as defined in
Protocol 4 of this Agreement will enter into the Community
free of Customs duties on the day of entry into force of this
Agreement.

2. The duties applied to direct imports into the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of textile products falling
within Section XI (Chapters 50 to 63) of the combined nomenclature, and originating in the Community as defined in
Protocol 4 of the Agreement, shall be abolished on the date
of entry into force of Agreement except for products listed in
Annex I to this Protocol for which the rates of duties shall be
progressively reduced as provided therein.

3. Subject to this Protocol, the provisions of the Agreement
and in particular Articles 19 and 34 of the Agreement shall
apply to trade in textile products between the parties.

Article 3

The double-checking arrangements and other related issues
regarding exports of textile products originating in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the Community
and originating in the Community to the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia are stipulated in the Agreement
between the European Community and the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia on trade in textile products as
renewed and applied since 1 January 2000.

Article 4

From the entry into force of this Agreement, no new quantitative restrictions or measures of equivalent effect shall be
imposed except as provided for under the above Agreement
and its Protocols.

ANNEX I

CUSTOMS DUTIES REFFERED TO IN ARTICLE 2(2)

Customs duties on imports into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of textile products listed in this Annex and
originating in the Community shall be progressively reduced in accordance with the following timetable:

�on 1 January of the first year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 70 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the second year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 63 % of
the basic duty;

�on 1 January of the third year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 56 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the fourth year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 49 % of
the basic duty;

�on 1 January of the fifth year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 42 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the sixth year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 35 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the seventh year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 28 % of
the basic duty;

�on 1 January of the eighth year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 21 % of
the basic duty;

�on 1 January of the ninth year after the entry into force of the Agreement each duty shall be reduced to 14 % of the
basic duty;

�on 1 January of the tenth year after the entry into force of the Agreement the remaining duties shall be abolished.

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List of products for which the rates shall be reduced:

5209 43

5209 49

5209 51

5209 52

5209 59

5210 11

5210 12

5210 19

5210 21

5210 22

5210 29

5210 31

5210 32

5210 39

5210 41

5210 42

5210 49

5210 51

5210 52

5210 59

5211 11

5211 12

5211 19

5211 21

5211 22

5211 29

5211 31

5211 32

5211 39

5211 41

5211 42

5211 43

5211 49

5211 51

5211 52

5211 59

5212 11

5212 12

5212 13

5212 14

5212 15

5212 21

5212 22

5212 23

5212 24

5212 25

5309 11

5309 19

5309 21

5309 29

5007 10

5007 20

5007 90

5106 10

5106 20

5107 10

5107 20

5108 10

5108 20

5109 10

5109 90

5110 00

5111 11

5111 12

5111 13

5111 90

5112 11

5112 19

5112 20

5112 30

5112 90

5113 00

5204 20

5205 11

5205 12

5205 13

5205 14

5205 15

5205 21

5205 22

5205 23

5205 24

5205 26

5205 27

5205 28

5205 31

5205 32

5205 33

5205 34

5205 35

5205 41

5205 42

5205 43

5205 44

5205 46

5205 47

5205 48

5206 11

5206 12

5206 13

5206 14

5206 15

5206 21

5206 22

5206 23

5206 24

5206 25

5206 31

5206 32

5206 33

5206 34

5206 35

5206 41

5206 42

5206 43

5206 44

5206 45

5207 10

5207 90

5208 11

5208 12

5208 13

5208 19

5208 21

5208 22

5208 23

5208 29

5208 31

5208 32

5208 33

5208 39

5208 41

5208 42

5208 43

5208 49

5208 51

5208 52

5208 53

5208 59

5209 11

5209 12

5209 19

5209 21

5209 22

5209 29

5209 31

5209 32

5209 39

5209 41

5209 42

5310 10

5310 90

5311 00

5401 10

5401 20

5402 10

5402 20

5402 31

5402 32

5402 33

5402 39

5402 41

5402 42

5402 43

5402 49

5402 51

5402 52

5402 59

5402 61

5402 62

5402 69

5403 10

5403 20

5403 33

5403 39

5403 41

5403 42

5403 49

5404 90

5405 00

5406 10

5406 20

5407 10

5407 20

5407 30

5407 41

5407 42

5407 43

5407 44

5407 51

5407 52

5407 53

5407 54

5407 61

5407 69

5407 71

5407 72

5407 73

5407 74

5407 81

5407 82

5407 83

5407 91

5407 92

5407 93

5407 94

5408 10

5408 21

5408 22

5408 23

5408 24

5408 31

5408 32

5408 33

5408 34

5501 10

5501 20

5501 30

5501 90

5503 10

5503 20

5503 30

5503 40

5503 90

5505 10

5505 20

5506 10

5506 20

5506 30

5506 90

5508 10

5508 20

5509 11

5509 12

5509 21

5509 22

5509 31

5509 32

5509 41

5509 42

5509 51

5509 52

5509 53

5509 59

5509 61

5509 62

5509 69

5509 91

5509 92

5509 99

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5510 11

5510 12

5510 20

5510 30

5510 90

5511 10

5511 20

5511 30

5512 11

5512 19

5512 21

5512 29

5512 97

5512 99

5513 11

5513 12

5513 13

5513 19

5513 21

5513 22

5513 23

5513 29

5513 31

5513 32

5513 33

5513 39

5513 41

5513 42

5513 43

5513 49

5514 11

5514 12

5514 13

5514 19

5514 21

5514 22

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PROTOCOL 2

on steel products

Article 1

This Protocol shall apply to the products listed in Chapter 72
of the Common Customs Tariff. It shall also apply to other
finished steel products that may originate in future in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia under the above
chapter.

Article 2

Customs duties on imports applicable in the Community on
steel products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall be abolished at the entry into force of the
Agreement.

Article 3

Customs duties applicable in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia on imports of steel products originating in the
Community shall be progressively abolished in accordance
with the following timetable:

1. each duty shall be reduced to 80 % of the basic duty at the
beginning of the first year after the entry into force of the
Agreement;

2. further reductions to 60 %, 40 %, 20 % and 0 % of the basic
duty shall be made at the beginning of the second, third,
fourth and fifth year respectively after the entry into force
of the Agreement.

Article 4

1. Quantitative restrictions on imports into the Community
of steel products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia as well as measures having equivalent effect shall
be abolished on the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

2. Quantitative restrictions on imports into the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of steel products originating
in the Community, as well as measures having equivalent effect,
shall be abolished on the date of entry into force of the
Agreement.

Article 5

1. In view of the disciplines stipulated by Article 69 of this
Agreement, the Parties recognise the need and urgency that
each Party addresses promptly any structural weaknesses of
its steel sector to ensure the global competitiveness of its
industry. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall
therefore establish within two years the necessary restructuring
and conversion programme for its steel industry to achieve
viability of this sector under normal market conditions. Upon
request, the Community shall provide the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia with the appropriate technical advice
to achieve this objective.

2. Further to the disciplines stipulated by Article 69 of this
Agreement, any practices contrary to this Article shall be

assessed on the basis of specific criteria arising from the
application of the State aid disciplines of the Community,
including its secondary legislation, and including any specific
rules on State aid control applicable to the steel sector after the
expiry of the ECSC Treaty.

3. For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph
1(iii) of Article 69 of this Agreement with regard to steel
products, the Community recognises that during five years
after the entry into force of this Agreement, the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia may exceptionally grant
State aid for restructuring purposes provided that:

�it leads to the viability of the benefiting firms under normal
market conditions at the end of the restructuring period,
and

�the amount and intensity of such aid are strictly limited to
what is absolutely necessary in order to restore such
viability and are progressively reduced, and

�the restructuring programme is linked to a global rationalisation and reduction of capacity in the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia.

4. Each Party shall ensure full transparency with respect to
the implementation of the necessary restructuring and
conversion programme by a full and continuous exchange of
information to the other Party, including details on the restructuring plan as well as amount, intensity and purpose for any
State aid granted on the basis of paragraph 2 and 3 of this
Article.

5. The Stabilisation and Association Council shall monitor
the implementation of the requirements set out at paragraphs 1
to 4 above.

6. If one of the Parties considers that a particular practice of
the other Party is incompatible with the terms of this Article,
and if that practice causes or threatens to cause prejudice to
the interests of the first Party or material injury to its domestic
industry, this Party may take appropriate measures after consultation within the Contact Group referred to in Article 8, or
after thirty working days following referral for such consultation.

Article 6

The provisions of Articles 19, 20 and 34 of the Agreement
shall apply to trade between the parties in steel products.

Article 7

1. The Contracting Parties recognise the need for an administrative procedure having as its purpose the rapid provision of
information on the trend in trade flows in respect of the trade
in steel products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia in order to increase transparency and to avoid
possible diversions of trade.

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2. The Contracting Parties therefore agree to establish a
double-checking system, without quantitative limits, for the
import into the Community of steel products originating in
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; to exchange statistical information on export and surveillance documents and
to hold consultations promptly on any problems arising from
the operation of such a system.

3. The details of the double-checking system are contained
in Annex I to this Protocol. The continuing need for this

system shall be regularly reviewed. The Annex may
subsequently be amended or the double-checking system
abolished by means of a Decision of the Stabilisation and
Association Council.

Article 8

The Parties agree that one of the special bodies established by
the Stabilisation and Association Council shall be a contact
group, which will discuss the implementation of this Protocol.

ANNEX I

concerning the introduction of a double-checking system for the export of certain steel products from the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to the European Communities

Article 1

1. From the date of entry into force of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European
Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (hereinafter referred to as respectively �the Agreement�
and �the Community�), imports into the Community of the products listed in Appendix I originating in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall be subject to the presentation of a surveillance document conforming to the
model shown in Appendix II issued by the authorities in the Community.

2. The classification of the products covered by this Protocol is based on the tariff and statistical nomenclature of the
Community (hereinafter called the �combined nomenclature�, or in abbreviated form �CN�). The origin of the products
covered by this Protocol shall be determined in accordance with the rules in force in the Community.

3. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of
any changes in the combined nomenclature (CN) in respect of products covered by the double-checking system before
the date of their entry into force in the Community.

4. Import into the Community of the iron and steel products listed in Appendix I and which originate in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall, in addition, be subject to the issue of an export document by the competent
authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. In order to avoid problems at the end of a year, presentation
by the importer of the original of the export document must be effected not later than 31 March of the year following
that in which in the goods covered by the document were shipped.

5. An export document will not be required for goods already shipped before the date of entry into force of the
Agreement, provided that the destination of such products is not changed from a non-Community destination and that
those products which, under the prior surveillance regime applicable in 1996, could be imported only on presentation
of a surveillance document are in fact accompanied by such a document.

6. Shipment is considered to have taken place on the date of loading onto the exporting means of transport.

7. The export document shall conform to the model shown at Appendix III. It shall be valid for exports throughout
the customs territory of the Community.

8. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall notify the Commission of the European Communities of the
names and addresses of the appropriate governmental authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia which
are authorised to issue and to verify export documents together with specimens of the stamps and signatures they use.
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall also notify the Commission of any change in these particulars.

9. Certain technical provisions on the implementation of the double-checking system are set out in Appendix IV.

Article 2

1. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia undertakes to supply the Community with precise statistical
information on the export documents issued by the authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
pursuant to Article 1.

Such information shall be transmitted to the Community by the end of the month following the month to which the
statistics relate.

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2. The Community undertakes to supply the authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia with precise
statistical information on surveillance documents issued by Member States in respect of the products listed in Appendix
I. Such information shall be transmitted to the authorities of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by the end of
the month following the month to which the statistics relate.

Article 3

If necessary, at the request of either of the Parties, consultations shall be held on any problems arising from the
operation of the double-checking system. Such consultations shall be held promptly. Any consultations held under
this Article shall be approached by both Parties in a spirit of co-operation and with a desire to reconcile the difference
between them.

Article 4

Any notices to be given hereunder shall be given:

�in respect of the Community, to the Commission of the European Communities (DG Trade E/2 and DG Enterprise
C/2),

�in respect of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, to its Mission to the European Communities, the Ministry
of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Economy.

Appendix I to Annex I

LIST OF PRODUCTS SUBJECT TO DOUBLE-CHECKING

Complete CN heading 7208

Complete CN heading 7209

Complete CN heading 7210

Complete CN heading 7211

Complete CN heading 7212

The remaining technical annexes will be added at a later stage and will reflect the technical annexes currently in force.

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PROTOCOL 3

on trade between the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the Community in processed
agricultural products

Article 1

1. The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia apply to processed agricultural products the
duties, listed in Annex I and Annex II respectively in
accordance with the conditions mentioned therein, whether
limited by quota or not.

2. The Stabilisation and Association Council shall decide on:

�extensions of the list of processed agricultural products
under this Protocol,

�amendments to the duties referred to in Annexes I and II,

�increases in or the abolition of tariff quotas.

3. The Stabilisation and Association Council may replace the
duties established by this Protocol by a regime established on
the basis of the respective market prices of the Community and
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of agricultural
products actually used in the manufacture of processed agricultural products subject to this Protocol. It will establish the
list of goods subject to these amounts and as a consequence,
the list of basic products; to this end, it will decide the general
rules of application.

Article 2

The duties applied pursuant to Article 1 may be reduced by
decision of the Stabilisation and Association Council:

�when in trade between the Community and the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia the duties applied to the
basic products are reduced, or

�in response to reductions resulting from mutual
concessions relating to processed agricultural products.

The reductions provided for under the first indent shall be
calculated on the part of the duty designated as the agricultural
component which shall correspond to the agricultural products
actually used in the manufacture of the processed agricultural
products in question and deducted from the duties applied to
these basic agricultural products.

Article 3

The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall inform each other of the administrative
arrangements adopted for the products covered by this
Protocol. These arrangements should ensure equal treatment
for all interested parties and should be as simple and flexible
as possible.

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ANNEX I

DUTIES APPLICABLE UPON IMPORTS INTO THE COMMUNITY OF GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE
FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Duties are set to zero for imports into the Community of processed agricultural products originating in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as listed hereafter.

|CN Code|Description|
|---|---|
|(1)|(2)|
|0403<br>0403 10<br>0403 10 51<br>0403 10 53<br>0403 10 59<br>0403 10 91<br>0403 10 93<br>0403 10 99<br>0403 90<br>0403 90 71<br>0403 90 73<br>0403 90 79<br>0403 90 91<br>0403 90 93<br>0403 90 99|Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and<br>cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or<br>flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:<br> Yoghurt:<br>  Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:<br>   In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content, by weight:<br>    Not exceeding 1,5 %<br>    Exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 %<br>    Exceeding 27 %<br>   Other, of a milk fat content, by weight:<br>    Not exceeding 3 %<br>    Exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 %<br>    Exceeding 6 %<br> Other:<br>  Flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:<br>   In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milkfat content, by weight:<br>    Not exceeding 1,5 %<br>    Exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 %<br>    Exceeding 27 %<br>   Other, of a milkfat content, by weight:<br>    Not exceeding 3 %<br>    Exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 %<br>    Exceeding 6 %|
|0405<br>0405 20<br>0405 20 10<br>0405 20 30|Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads:<br> Dairy spreads:<br>  Of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but less than 60 %<br>  Of a fat content, by weight, of 60 % or more but not exceeding 75 %|
|0509 00<br>0509 00 90|Natural sponges of animal origin:<br> Other|
|0710<br>0710 40 00|Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen:<br> Sweet corn|
|0711|Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur<br>water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate<br>consumption:|

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|0711 90<br>0711 90 30| Other vegetables; mixtures of vegetables:<br>  Vegetables<br>   Sweet corn|
|1302<br>1302 12 00<br>1302 13 00<br>1302 20<br>1302 20 10<br>1302 20 90|Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other<br>mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products:<br> Vegetable saps and extracts:<br>  Of liquorice<br>  Of hops<br> Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates:<br>  Dry<br>  Other|
|1505<br>1505 10 00|Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin):<br> Wool grease, crude|
|1516<br>1516 20<br>1516 20 10|Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-<br>esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared:<br> Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:<br>  Hydrogenated castor oil, so called opal-wax|
|1517<br>1517 10<br>1517 10 10<br>1517 90<br>1517 90 10<br>1517 90 93|Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of<br>different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading<br>No 1516:<br> Margarine, excluding liquid margarine:<br>  Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats<br> Other:<br>  Containing more than 10 % but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats<br>  Other<br>   Edible mixtures or preparations of a kind used as mould release preparations|
|1518 00<br>1518 00 10<br>1518 00 91<br>1518 00 95<br>1518 00 99|Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised,<br>blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified,<br>excluding those of heading No 1516; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or<br>vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere<br>specified or included:<br> Linoxyn<br> Fixed vegetable oils, fluid, mixed, for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture<br>of foodstuffs for human consumption<br> Other:<br>Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised,<br>blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified,<br>excluding those of heading No 1516<br>  Other:<br>   Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and vegetable fats and oils and<br>their fractions<br>   Other|

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|1521<br>1521 90<br>1521 90 99|Vegetable waxes (other than triglycerides), beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti, whether<br>or not refined or coloured:<br> Other<br>  Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured<br>   Other|
|1522 00<br>1522 00 10|Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes:<br> Degras|
|1702<br>1702 50 00<br>1702 90<br>1702 90 10|Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form;<br>sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or<br>not mixed with natural honey; caramel:<br> Chemically pure fructose<br> Other, including invert sugar:<br>  Chemically pure maltose|
|1704<br>1704 10<br>1704 10 11<br>1704 10 19<br>1704 10 91<br>1704 10 99<br>1704 90<br>1704 90 10<br>1704 90 30<br>1704 90 51<br>1704 90 55<br>1704 90 61<br>1704 90 65<br>1704 90 71<br>1704 90 75<br>1704 90 81<br>1704 90 99|Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa:<br> Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated:<br>  Containing less than 60 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as<br>sucrose):<br>   Gum in strips<br>   Other<br>  Containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as<br>sucrose):<br>   Gum in strips<br>   Other<br> Other:<br>  Liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose but not containing other<br>added substances<br>  White chocolate<br>  Other:<br>   Pastes, including marzipan, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or more<br>   Throat pastilles and cough drops<br>   Sugar coated (panned) goods<br>   Other:<br>    Gum confectionery and jelly confectionery including fruit pastes in the form of sugar<br>confectionery<br>    Boiled sweets whether or not filled<br>    Toffees, caramels and similar sweets<br>    Other<br>     Compressed tablets<br>     Other|

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|1803<br>1803 10 00<br>1803 20 00|Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted:<br> Not defatted<br> Wholly or partly defatted|
|1804 00 00<br>1805 00 00|Cocoa butter, fat and oil<br>Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter|
|1806<br>1806 10<br>1806 10 15<br>1806 10 20<br>1806 10 30<br>1806 10 90<br>1806 20<br>1806 20 10<br>1806 20 30<br>1806 20 50<br>1806 20 70<br>1806 20 80<br>1806 20 95<br>1806 31 00<br>1806 32<br>1806 32 10<br>1806 32 90<br>1806 90<br>1806 90 11<br>1806 90 19<br>1806 90 31<br>1806 90 39|Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:<br> Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter:<br>  Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of sucrose (including invert<br>sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose<br>  Containing 5 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar<br>expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose<br>  Containing 65 % or more but less than 80 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar<br>expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose<br>  Containing 80 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)<br>or isoglucose expressed as sucrose<br> Other preparations in block, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg or in liquid, paste,<br>powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content<br>exceeding 2 kg:<br>  Containing 31 % or more by weight of cocoa butter or containing a combined weight of<br>31 % or more of cocoa butter and milk fat<br>  Containing a combined weight of 25 % or more, but less than 31 % of cocoa butter and<br>milk fat<br>  Other:<br>   Containing 18 % or more by weight of cocoa butter<br>   Chocolate milk crumb<br>   Chocolate flavour coating<br>   Other<br> Other, in blocks, slabs or bars:<br>  Filled<br>  Not filled<br>   With added cereal, fruit or nuts<br>   Other<br> Other:<br>  Chocolate and chocolate products:<br>   Chocolates, whether or not filled:<br>    Containing alcohol<br>    Other<br>   Other:<br>    Filled<br>    Not filled|

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|1806 90 50<br>1806 90 60<br>1806 90 70<br>1806 90 90|  Sugar confectionery and substitutes thereof made from sugar substitution products,<br>containing cocoa<br>  Spreads containing cocoa<br>  Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages<br>  Other|
|1901<br>1901 10 00<br>1901 20 00<br>1901 90<br>1901 90 11<br>1901 90 19<br>1901 90 91<br>1901 90 99|Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or<br>containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not<br>elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404,<br>not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally<br>defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included:<br> Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale<br> Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers’ wares of heading 1905<br> Other:<br>  Malt extract:<br>   With a dry extract content of 90 % or more by weight<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>   Containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than<br>1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch,<br>excluding food preparations in powder form of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404<br>   Other|
|1902<br>1902 11 00<br>1902 19<br>1902 19 10<br>1902 19 90<br>1902 20<br>1902 20 91<br>1902 20 99<br>1902 30<br>1902 30 10<br>1902 30 90<br>1902 40<br>1902 40 10<br>1902 40 90|Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared<br>such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni, couscous, whether or<br>not prepared:<br> Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared:<br>  Containing eggs<br>  Other<br>   Containing no common wheat flour or meal<br>   Other<br> Stuffed pasta whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:<br>  Other<br>   Cooked<br>   Other<br><br>Other pasta<br>  Dried<br>  Other<br> Couscous<br>  Unprepared<br>  Other|

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|1903 00 00|Tapioca and substitutes thereof prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls,<br>siftings or similar forms|
|1904<br>1904 10<br>1904 10 10<br>1904 10 30<br>1904 10 90<br>1904 20<br>1904 20 10<br>1904 20 91<br>1904 20 95<br>1904 20 99<br>1904 90<br>1904 90 10<br>1904 90 90|Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example,<br>cornflakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)), in grain form, or in the form of flakes or other<br>worked grains (except flour and meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere<br>specified or included:<br> Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products:<br>  Obtained from maize<br>  Obtained from rice<br>  Other:<br> Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal<br>flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals:<br>  Preparation of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes<br>  Other:<br>   Obtained from maize<br>   Obtained from rice<br>   Other<br> Other:<br>  Rice<br>  Other|
|1905<br>1905 10 00<br>1905 20<br>1905 20 10<br>1905 20 30<br>1905 20 90<br>1905 30<br>1905 30 11<br>1905 30 19<br>1905 30 30<br>1905 30 51|Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa;<br>communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers,<br>rice paper and similar products:<br> Crispbread<br> Gingerbread and the like<br>  Containing by weight of sucrose less than 30 % (including invert sugar expressed as<br>sucrose)<br>  Containing by weight of sucrose 30 % or more but less than 50 % (including invert sugar<br>expressed as sucrose)<br>  Containing by weight of sucrose 50 % or more (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)<br> Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers:<br>  Completely or partially coated or covered with chocolate or other preparations containing<br>cocoa:<br>   In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 85 g<br>   Other<br>  Other:<br>  Sweet biscuits:<br>    Containing 8 % or more by weight of milk fats<br>    Other:<br>     Sandwich biscuits|

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|1905 30 59<br>1905 30 91<br>1905 30 99<br>1905 40<br>1905 40 10<br>1905 40 90<br>1905 90<br>1905 90 10<br>1905 90 20<br>1905 90 30<br>1905 90 40<br>1905 90 45<br>1905 90 55<br>1905 90 60<br>1905 90 90|     Other<br>   Waffles and wafers:<br>    Salted, whether or not filled<br>    Other<br> Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products:<br>  Rusks<br>  Other<br> Other:<br>  Matzos<br>  Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing<br>wafers, rice paper and similar products<br>  Other:<br>   Bread, not containing added honey, eggs, cheese or fruit, and containing by weight in the<br>dry matter state not more than 5 % of sugars and not more than 5 % of fat<br>   Waffles and wafers with a water content exceeding 10 % by weight<br>   Biscuits<br>   Extruded or expanded products, savoury or salted<br>   Other:<br>    With added sweetening matter<br>    Other|
|2001<br>2001 90<br>2001 90 30<br>2001 90 40<br>2001 90 60|Vegetables, fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or<br>acetic acid:<br> Other:<br>  Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)<br>  Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % or more by weight<br>of starch<br>  Palm hearts|
|2004<br>2004 10<br>2004 10 91<br>2004 90<br>2004 90 10|Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other<br>than products of heading No 2006:<br> Potatoes:<br>  Other<br>   In the form of flour, meal or flakes<br> Other vegetables and mixtures of vegetables:<br>  Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)|
|2005<br>2005 20<br>2005 20 10<br>2005 80 00|Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen,<br>other than products of heading No 2006<br> Potatoes:<br>  In the form of flour, meal or flakes<br> Sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)|

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|2008<br>2008 11<br>2008 11 10<br>2008 91 00<br>2008 99<br>2008 99 85<br>2008 99 91|Fruits, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not<br>containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or<br>included:<br> Nuts, ground-nuts and other seeds, whether or not mixed together:<br>  Ground-nuts<br>   Peanut butter<br> Other, including mixtures other than those of subheading 2008 19:<br>  Palm hearts<br>  Other<br>   Not containing added spirit:<br>    Not containing added sugar:<br>     Maize (corn), other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata)<br>     Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants, containing 5 % or more by<br>weight of starch|
|2101<br>2101 11<br>2101 11 11<br>2101 11 19<br>2101 12<br>2101 12 92<br>2101 12 98<br>2101 20<br>2101 20 20<br>2101 20 92<br>2101 20 98<br>2101 30<br>2101 30 11<br>2101 30 19<br>2101 30 91<br>2101 30 99|Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or matØ, and preparations with a basis of<br>these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or matØ; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee<br>substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof:<br> Extracts, essences and concentrates of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts,<br>essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee:<br>  Extracts; essences or concentrates:<br>   With a coffee-based dry matter content of 95 % or more by weight<br>   Other<br>  Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of<br>coffee:<br>   Preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee<br>   Other<br> Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or matØ, and preparations with a basis of these<br>extracts, essences and concentrates or with a basis of tea or matØ:<br>  Extracts, essences or concentrates:<br>  Preparations<br>   With a basis of extracts, essences or concentrates of tea or matØ:<br>   Other<br> Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates<br>thereof:<br>  Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes:<br>   Roasted chicory<br>   Other<br>  Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes:<br>   Of roasted chicory<br>   Other|

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|2102<br>2102 10<br>2102 10 10<br>2102 10 31<br>2102 10 39<br>2102 10 90<br>2102 20<br>2102 20 11<br>2102 20 19<br>2102 30 00|Yeasts (active or inactive); other single-cell micro-organisms, dead (but not including vaccines of<br>heading No 3002); prepared baking powders:<br> Active yeasts:<br>  Culture yeast<br> <br>Baker’s yeast:<br>   Dried<br>   Other<br>  Other<br> Inactive yeasts; other single-cell micro-organisms, dead:<br>  Inactive yeasts:<br>   In tablet, cube or similar form, or in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding<br>1 kg<br>   Other<br> Prepared baking powders|
|2103<br>2103 10 00<br>2103 20 00<br>2103 30<br>2103 30 90<br>2103 90<br>2103 90 90|Sauces and preparations thereof; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and<br>meal and prepared mustard:<br> Soya sauce<br> Tomato ketchup and other tomato sauces<br> Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard:<br>  Prepared mustard<br>  Other:<br>  Other|
|2104<br>2104 10<br>2104 10 10<br>2104 10 90<br>2104 20 00|Soups and broths and preparations thereof; homogenised composite food preparations:<br> Soups and broths and preparation thereof:<br>  Dried<br>  Other<br> Homogenised composite food preparations|
|2105 00<br>2105 00 10<br>2105 00 91<br>2105 00 99|Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa:<br> Containing no milk fats or containing less than 3 % by weight of such fats<br> Containing by weight of milk fats:<br>  3 % or more but less than 7 %<br>  7 % or more|
|2106<br>2106 10<br>2106 10 20<br>2106 10 80|Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:<br> Protein concentrates and textured protein substances:<br>  Containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by weight, less<br>than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch<br>  Other|

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|2106 90<br>2106 90 10<br>2106 90 20<br>2106 90 92<br>2106 90 98| Other:<br>  Cheese fondues<br>  Compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances, of a<br>kind used for the manufacture of beverages<br>  Other:<br>   Containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by weight,<br>less than 1.5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch:<br>   Other|
|2202<br>2202 10 00<br>2202 90<br>2202 90 10<br>2202 90 91<br>2202 90 95<br>2202 90 99|Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other<br>sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or<br>vegetable juices of heading No 2009:<br> Waters including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other<br>sweetening matter or flavoured<br> Other:<br>  Not containing products of heading Nos 0401 to 0404 or fat obtained from products of<br>heading Nos 0401 to 0404<br>  Other, containing by weight of fat obtained from the products of heading Nos 0401 to<br>0404:<br>   Less than 0,2 %<br>   0,2 % or more but less than 2 %<br>   2 % or more|
|2203 00<br>2203 00 01<br>2203 00 09<br>2203 00 10|Beer made from malt:<br> In containers holding 10 litres or less:<br>  In bottles<br>  Other<br> In containers holding more than 10 litres|
|2205<br>2205 10<br>2205 10 10<br>2205 10 90<br>2205 90<br>2205 90 10<br>2205 90 90|Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances:<br> In containers holding 2 litres or less:<br>  Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18 % vol or less<br>  Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18 % vol<br> Other:<br>  Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of 18 % vol or less<br>  Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 18 % vol|
|2207<br>2207 10 00<br>2207 20 00|Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher; ethyl<br>alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength:<br> Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher<br> Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength|

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|2208<br>2208 40<br>2208 40 11<br>2208 40 31<br>2208 40 39<br>2208 40 51<br>2208 40 91<br>2208 40 99<br>2208 90<br>2208 90 91<br>2208 90 99|Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits,<br>liqueurs and other spirituous beverages:<br> Rum and taffia:<br>  In containers holding 2 litres or less<br>   Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal to<br>or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)<br>   Other:<br>   Of a value exceeding 7,9 EUR per litre of pure alcohol<br>   Other<br>  In containers holding more than 2 litres<br>   Rum with a content of volatile substances other than ethyl and methyl alcohol equal to<br>or exceeding 225 grams per hectolitre of pure alcohol (with a 10 % tolerance)<br>   Other:<br>  <br>Of a value exceeding 2 EUR per litre of pure alcohol<br>   Other<br> Other:<br>  Undernatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % volume,<br>in containers holding:<br>   2 litres or less<br>   More than 2 litres|
|2402<br>2402 10 00<br>2402 20<br>2402 20 10<br>2402 20 90<br>2402 90 00|Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes:<br> Cigars, cheroots and cigarillos, containing tobacco<br> Cigarettes containing tobacco:<br>  Containing cloves<br>  Other<br> Other|
|2403<br>2403 10<br>2403 10 10<br>2403 10 90<br>2403 91 00<br>2403 99<br>2403 99 10<br>2403 99 90|Other manufactured tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitues; homogenised or recon-<br>stituted tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences:<br> Smoking tobacco, whether or not containing tobacco substitutes in any proportion:<br>  In immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 500 g<br>  Other<br> Other<br>  Homogenised or reconstituted tobacco<br>  Other:<br>   Chewing tobacco and snuff<br>   Other|
|2905|Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:<br> Other polyhydric alcohols:|

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|2905 43 00<br>2905 44<br>2905 44 11<br>2905 44 19<br>2905 44 91<br>2905 44 99<br>2905 45 00| <br>Mannitol<br> <br>D-glucitol (sorbitol):<br>   In aqueous solution:<br>    Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content<br>    Other<br>   Other<br>    Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content<br>    Other<br>  Glycerol|
|3301<br>3301 90<br>3301 90 21|Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted<br>oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained<br>by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products of the deterpenation of essential oils;<br>aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils:<br> Other<br>   Extracted oleoresins of liquorice and hops|
|3302<br>3302 10<br>3302 10 10<br>3302 10 21<br>3302 10 29|Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of<br>one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations<br>based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages:<br> Of a kind used in the food or drink industries<br>  Of the type used in the drink industries:<br>   Preparations containing all flavouring agents characterising a beverage:<br>    Of an actual alcoholic strength by volume exceeding 0,5 %<br>    Other:<br>     Containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose, or starch or containing, by<br>weight, less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch<br>     Other|
|3501<br>3501 10<br>3501 10 50<br>3501 10 90<br>3501 90<br>3501 90 90|Casein, caseinates and other casein derivates; casein glues:<br> Casein:<br>  For industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs or fodder<br>  Other<br>  Other<br>  Other|
|3505<br>3505 10<br>3505 10 10|Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinised or esterified starches); glues<br>based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches:<br> Dextrins and other modified starches:<br>  Dextrins<br>  Other modified starches:|

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|3505 10 90<br>3505 20<br>3505 20 10<br>3505 20 30<br>3505 20 50<br>3505 20 90|   Other<br> Glues:<br>  Containing, by weight, less than 25 % of starches or dextrins or other modified starches<br>  Containing, by weight, 25 % or more but less than 55 % of starches or dextrins or other<br>modified starches<br>  Containing, by weight, 55 % or more but less than 80 % of starches or dextrins or other<br>modified starches<br>  Containing by weight 80 % or more of starches or dextrins or other modified starches|
|3809<br>3809 10<br>3809 10 10<br>3809 10 30<br>3809 10 50<br>3809 10 90|Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products<br>and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper,<br>leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included:<br> With a basis of amylaceouos substances:<br>  Containing by weight of such substances less than 55 %<br>  Containing by weight of such substances 55 % or more but less than 70 %<br>  Containing by weight of such substances 70 % or more but less than 83 %<br>  Containing by weight of such substances 83 % or more|
|3823<br>3823 11 00<br>3823 12 00<br>3823 13 00<br>3823 19<br>3823 19 10<br>3823 19 30<br>3823 19 90<br>3823 70 00|Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols:<br> Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining<br>  Stearic acid<br>  Oleic acid<br>  Tall oil fatty acids<br>  Other:<br>   Distilled fatty acids<br>   Fatty acid distillate<br>   Other:<br> Industrial fatty alcohols|
|3824<br>3824 60<br>3824 60 11<br>3824 60 19<br>3824 60 91<br>3824 60 99|Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the<br>chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not<br>elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not<br>elsewhere specified or included:<br> Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44:<br>  in aqueous solution:<br>   Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content<br>   Other<br>  Other<br>   Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content<br>   Other|

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ANNEX II

DUTIES APPLICABLE TO GOODS ORIGINATING IN THE COMMUNITY ON IMPORT INTO THE FORMER
YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

|CN Code (1)|Description|Rate of duty (%)|Col4|Col5|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|CN Code (1)|Description|2001|2002|2003 and after|
|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|
|0501 00 00|Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed<br>or scoured; waste of human hair|0|0|0|
|0502|Pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair; badger<br>hair and other brush-making hair; waste of<br>such bristles or hair|0|0|0|
|0503 00 00|Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not<br>put up as a layer with or without supporting<br>material|0|0|0|
|0505|Skins and other parts of birds, with their<br>feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers<br>(whether or not with trimmed edges) and down,<br>not further worked than cleaned, disinfeccted or<br>treated for preservation; powder and waste of<br>feathers or parts of feathers|0|0|0|
|0506|Bones<br>and<br>horn-cores,<br>unworked,<br>defatted,<br>simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated<br>with acid or degelatinised; powder and waste of<br>these products|0|0|0|
|0507|Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone<br>hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and<br>beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not<br>cut<br>to shape;<br>powder<br>and<br>waste of<br>these<br>products|0|0|0|
|0508 00 00|Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply<br>prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of<br>molluscs,<br>crustaceans<br>or<br>echinoderms<br>and<br>cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but<br>not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof|0|0|0|
|0509 00|Natural sponges of animal origin|0|0|0|
|0510 00 00|Ambergris,<br>castoreum,<br>civet<br>and<br>musk;<br>cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands<br>and other animal products used in the prep-<br>aration<br>of<br>pharmaceutical<br>products,<br>fresh<br>chilled,<br>frozen<br>or<br>otherwise<br>provisionally<br>preserved:|0|0|0|
|1212<br>1212 20 00|Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar<br>beet and sugar cane, fresh, chilled, frozen or<br>dried, whether or not ground; fruit stones and<br>kernels and other vegetable products (including<br>unroasted chicory roots of the variety Cichorium<br>intybus sativum) of a kind used primarily for<br>human consumption, not elsewhere specified<br>or included:<br> Seaweeds and other algae|0|0|0|

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|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1302<br>1302 12 00<br>1302 13 00<br>1302 14 00<br>1302 19<br>1302 19 30<br>1302 19 91<br>1302 20<br>1302 31 00<br>1302 32<br>1302 32 10|Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances,<br>pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other<br>mucilages<br>and<br>thickeners,<br>whether<br>or<br>not<br>modified, derived from vegetable products:<br> Vegetable saps and extracts:<br>  Of liquorice<br>  Of hops<br>  Of pyrethrum or of the roots of plants<br>containing rotenone<br>  Other<br>   Intermixtures of vegetable extracts, for the<br>manufacture of beverages or of food prep-<br>arations<br>   Other<br>    Medicinal<br> Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates<br> Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not<br>modified, derived from vegetable products:<br>  Agar-agar<br>  Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not<br>modified, derived from locust beans, locust<br>bean seeds or sugar seeds:<br>   Of locust beans or locust bean seeds|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>0|
|1401|Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for<br>plaiting (for example, bamboos, rattans, reeds,<br>rushes, osier, raffia, cleaned, bleached or dyed<br>cereal straw, and lime bark)|0|0|0|
|1402|Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily as<br>stuffing or as padding (for example, kapok,<br>vegetable hair and eel-grass), whether or not<br>put up as a layer with or without supporting<br>material|0|0|0|
|1403|Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in<br>brooms or in brushes (for example, broomcorn<br>piassava, couch-grass and istle), whether or not<br>in hanks or bundles|0|0|0|
|1404<br>1404 10 00<br>1404 90 00|Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or<br>included:<br> Raw vegetable<br>materials<br>of a<br>kind<br>used<br>primarily in dyeing or tanning<br> Other|0|0|0|
|1505|Wool<br>grease<br>and<br>fatty<br>substances<br>derived<br>therefrom (including lanolin)|0|0|0|

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|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1506 00 00|Other animal fats and oils and their fractions,<br>whether or not refined, but not chemically<br>modified|0|0|0|
|1515<br>1515 60|Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including<br>jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not<br>refined, but not chemically modified:<br> Jojoba oil and its fractions|0|0|0|
|1516<br>1516 20<br>1516 20 10|Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their<br>fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-<br>esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or<br>not refined, but not further prepared:<br> Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions:<br>  Hydrogenated castor oil, so-called opal-wax|0|0|0|
|1518 00|Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their<br>fractions,<br>boiled,<br>oxidised,<br>dehydrated,<br>sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in<br>vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically<br>modified, excluding those of heading No 1516;<br>inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or<br>vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different<br>fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere<br>specified or included|0|0|0|
|1520 00 00|Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes|0|0|0|
|1521|Vegetable<br>waxes<br>(other<br>than<br>triglycerides),<br>beeswax, other insect waxes and spermaceti,<br>whether or not refined or coloured|0|0|0|
|1522 00<br>1522 00 10|Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of<br>fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes:<br> Degras|0|0|0|
|1702<br>1702 50 00|Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose,<br>maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form;<br>sugar syrups not containing added flavouring<br>or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether<br>or not mixed with natural honey; caramel:<br> Chemically pure fructose|0|0|0|
|1704<br>1704 10<br>1704 90|Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate),<br>not containing cocoa:<br> Chewing gum, whether or not sugar-coated<br> Other|80 % of MFN<br>80 % of MFN|65 % of MFN<br>65 % of MFN|50 % of MFN<br>50 % of MFN|
|1803|Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted|0|0|0|
|1804 00 00|Cocoa butter, fat and oil|0|0|0|

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|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|1806|Chocolate<br>and<br>other<br>food<br>preparations<br>containing cocoa|80 % of MFN|65 % of MFN|50 % of MFN|
|1901<br>1901 10 00|Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal,<br>starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or<br>containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa<br>calculated<br>on<br>a<br>totally<br>defatted<br>basis,<br>not<br>elsewhere specified or<br>included; food prep-<br>arations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to<br>0404, not containing cocoa or containing less<br>than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a<br>totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or<br>included:<br> Preparations for infant use, put up for retail<br>sale|0|0|0|
|1902|Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with<br>meat<br>or<br>other<br>substances)<br>or<br>otherwise<br>prepared such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles,<br>lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni, except pasta<br>falling<br>within<br>CN<br>codes<br>1902 20 10<br>and<br>1902 20 30, couscous, whether or not prepared|80 % of MFN|65 % of MFN|50 % of MFN|
|1903 00 00|Tapioca and substitutes thereof prepared from<br>starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls,<br>siftings or similar forms|0|0|0|
|1905|Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’<br>wares,<br>whether<br>or<br>not<br>containing<br>cocoa;<br>communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind<br>suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers,<br>rice paper and similar products|80 % of MFN|65 % of MFN|50 % of MFN|
|2105 00|Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not<br>containing cocoa|80 % of MFN|65 % of MFN|50 % of MFN|
|2106<br>2106 10<br>2106 90<br>2106 90 10<br>2106 90 20<br>2106 90 92<br>2106 90 98|Food preparations not elsewhere specified or<br>included:<br> Protein<br>concentrates<br>and<br>textured<br>protein<br>substances<br> Other:<br>  Cheese fondues<br>  Compound<br>alcoholic<br>preparations,<br>other<br>than those based on odoriferous substances,<br>of a kind used for the manufacture of<br>beverages<br>  Other:<br>   Containing no milk fats, sucrose, isog-<br>lucose, glucose or starch or containing,<br>by weight, less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 %<br>sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or<br>starch:<br>   Other|0<br>80 % of MFN<br>80 % of MFN<br>80 % of MFN<br>80 % of MFN|0<br>65 % of MFN<br>65 % of MFN<br>65 % of MFN<br>65 % of MFN|0<br>50 % of MFN<br>50 % of MFN<br>50 % of MFN<br>50 % of MFN|

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|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|2201|Waters, including natural or artificial mineral<br>waters<br>and<br>aerated<br>waters,<br>not<br>containing<br>added sugar or other sweetening matter nor<br>flavoured; ice and snow|80 % of MFN|65 % of MFN|50 % of MFN|
|2202|Waters, including mineral waters and aerated<br>waters,<br>containing<br>added<br>sugar<br>or<br>other<br>sweetening<br>matter<br>or<br>flavoured,<br>and<br>other<br>non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or<br>vegetable juices of heading No 2009|80 % of MFN|65 % of MFN|50 % of MFN|
|2203 00|Beer made from malt|90 % of MFN|80 % of MFN|70 % of MFN|
|2402|Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of<br>tobacco or of tobacco substitutes|90 % of MFN|80 % of MFN|70 % of MFN|
|2905<br>2905 43 00<br>2905 44<br>2905 45 00|Acyclic<br>alcohols<br>and<br>their<br>halogenated,<br>sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives:<br> Other polyhydric alcohols:<br>  Mannitol<br>  D-glucitol (sorbitol)<br>  Glycerol|0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0|
|3301<br>3301 90<br>3301 90 21<br>3301 90 29<br>3301 90 31|Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including<br>concretes<br>and<br>absolutes;<br>resinoids;<br>extracted<br>oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats,<br>in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by<br>enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by products<br>of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous<br>distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils:<br> Other<br>   Extracted oleoresins of liquorice and hops<br>   Extracted oleoresins of pyrethrum or of<br>roots of plants containing rotenone; inter-<br>mixtures of vegetable extracts, for the<br>manufacture of beverages or of food prep-<br>arations<br>   Other:<br>    Medicinal|0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0|
|3302<br>3302 10|Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures<br>(including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of<br>one or more of these substances, of a kind<br>used as a raw materials in industry; other prep-<br>arations based on odoriferous substances, of a<br>kind used for the manufacture of beverages:<br> Of a kind used in the food or drink industries<br>  Of the type used in the drink industries:<br>   Preparations<br>containing<br>all<br>flavouring<br>agents characterising a beverage:||||

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|(1)|(2)|(3)|(4)|(5)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|3302 10 10<br>3302 10 21<br>3302 10 29|    Of<br>an<br>actual<br>alcoholic<br>strength<br>by<br>volume exceeding 0,5 %<br>    Other:<br>     Containing no milkfats, sucrose, iso-<br>glucose,<br>glucose,<br>or<br>starch<br>or<br>containing, by weight, less than 1,5 %<br>milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 %<br>glucose or starch<br>     Other|0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0|
|3501<br>3501 10<br>3501 90<br>3501 90 90|Casein, caseinates and other casein derivates;<br>casein glues:<br> Casein<br>  Other:<br>  Other|0<br>0|0<br>0|0<br>0|
|3505<br>3505 10<br>3505 10 10<br>3505 10 90<br>3505 20|Dextrins<br>and<br>other<br>modified<br>starches<br>(for<br>example, pregelatinised or esterified starches);<br>glues based on starches, or on dextrins or<br>other modified starches:<br> Dextrins and other modified starches:<br>  Dextrins<br>  Other modified starches:<br>   Other<br> Glues|0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0|0<br>0<br>0|
|3809<br>3809 10|Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the<br>dyeing<br>or<br>fixing<br>of<br>dyestuffs<br>and<br>other<br>products<br>and<br>preparations<br>(for<br>example,<br>dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the<br>textile, paper, leather or like industries, not<br>elsewhere specified or included:<br> With a basis of amylaceouos substances|0|0|0|
|3823|Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils<br>from refining; industrial fatty alcohols|0|0|0|
|3824<br>3824 60|Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores;<br>chemical<br>products<br>and<br>preparations<br>of<br>the<br>chemical or allied industries (including those<br>consisting of mixtures of natural products), not<br>elsewhere<br>specified<br>or<br>included;<br>residual<br>products of the chemical or allied industries,<br>not elsewhere specified or included:<br> Sorbitol<br>other<br>than<br>that<br>of<br>subheading<br>2905 44|0|0|0|

( [1] ) As defined in the Customs Tariff Law of 31 July 1996 of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Official Journal 38/196).

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PROTOCOL 4

Definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative co-operation

(referred to in Article 42)

TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Protocol:

(a) �manufacture�means any kind of working or processing
including assembly or specific operations;

(b) �material�means any ingredient, raw material, component
or part, etc., used in the manufacture of the product;

(c) �product�means the product being manufactured, even if it
is intended for later use in another manufacturing
operation;

(d) �goods�means both materials and products;

(e) �customs value� means the value as determined in
accordance with the 1994 Agreement on implementation
of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trade (WTO Agreement on customs valuation);

(f) �ex-works price�means the price paid for the product ex
works to the manufacturer in the Community or the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia in whose undertaking the last working or processing is carried out,
provided the price includes the value of all the materials
used, minus any internal taxes which are, or may be,
repaid when the product obtained is exported;

(g) �value of materials�means the customs value at the time of
importation of the non-originating materials used, or, if
this is not known and cannot be ascertained, the first
ascertainable price paid for the materials in the
Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia;

(h) �value of originating materials�means the value of such
materials as defined in subparagraph (g) applied mutatis
mutandis;

(i) �chapters�and �headings�mean the chapters and the
headings (four-digit codes) used in the nomenclature
which makes up the Harmonised Commodity Description
and Coding System, referred to in this Protocol as �the
Harmonised System�or �HS�;

(k) �classified�refers to the classification of a product or
material under a particular heading;

(l) �consignment�means products which are either sent simultaneously from one exporter to one consignee or covered
by a single transport document covering their shipment
from the exporter to the consignee or, in the absence of
such a document, by a single invoice;

(m) �territories�includes territorial waters.

TITLE II

DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF �ORIGINATING PRODUCTS�

Article 2

General requirements

1. For the purpose of implementing this Agreement, the
following products shall be considered as originating in the
Community:

(a) products wholly obtained in the Community within the
meaning of Article 5 of this Protocol;

(b) products obtained in the Community incorporating
materials which have not been wholly obtained there,
provided that such materials have undergone sufficient
working or processing in the Community within the
meaning of Article 6 of this Protocol;

2. For the purpose of implementing this Agreement, the
following products shall be considered as originating in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:

(a) products wholly obtained in the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia within the meaning of Article 5 of this
Protocol;

(b) products obtained in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia incorporating materials which have not been
wholly obtained there, provided that such materials have
undergone sufficient working or processing in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia within the meaning of
Article 6 of this Protocol.

Article 3

Bilateral cumulation in the European Community

Materials originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall be considered as materials originating in the
Community when incorporated into a product obtained there.
It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone
sufficient working or processing, provided they have
undergone working or processing going beyond that referred
to in Article 6(1).

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Article 4

Bilateral cumulation in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia

Materials originating in the Community shall be considered as
materials originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia when incorporated into a product obtained there.
It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone
sufficient working or processing, provided they have
undergone working or processing going beyond that referred
to in Article 6(1).

Article 5

Wholly obtained products

1. The following shall be considered as wholly obtained in
the Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:

(a) mineral products extracted from their soil or from their
seabed;

(b) vegetable products harvested there;

(c) live animals born and raised there;

(d) products from live animals raised there;

(e) products obtained by hunting or fishing conducted there;

(f) products of sea fishing and other products taken from the
sea outside the territorial waters of the Community or the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia by their vessels;

(g) products made aboard their factory ships exclusively from
products referred to in subparagraph (f);

(h) used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of raw
materials, including used tyres fit only for retreading or for
use as waste;

(i) waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations
conducted there;

(j) products extracted from marine soil or subsoil outside their
territorial waters provided that they have sole rights to
work that soil or subsoil;

(k) goods produced there exclusively from the products
specified in subparagraphs (a) to (j).

2. The terms �their vessels�and �their factory ships�in
paragraph 1(f) and (g) shall apply only to vessels and factory
ships:

(a) which are registered or recorded in an EC Member State or
in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

(b) which sail under the flag of an EC Member State or of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

(c) which are owned to an extent of at least 50 per cent by
nationals of EC Member States or of the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, or by a company with its head
office in one of these States, of which the manager or
managers, Chairman of the Board of Directors or the
Supervisory Board, and the majority of the members of
such boards are nationals of EC Member States or of the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and of which, in
addition, in the case of partnerships or limited companies,
at least half the capital belongs to those States or to public
bodies or nationals of the said States;

(d) of which the master and officers are nationals of EC
Member States or of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia; and

(e) of which at least 75 per cent of the crew are nationals of
EC Member States or of the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia.

Article 6

Sufficiently worked or processed products

1. For the purposes of Article 2, products which are not
wholly obtained are considered to be sufficiently worked or
processed when the conditions set out in the list in Annex II
are fulfilled.

The conditions referred to above indicate, for all products
covered by this Agreement, the working or processing which
must be carried out on non-originating materials used in
manufacturing and apply only in relation to such materials.
Accordingly, it follows that if a product, which has acquired
originating status by fulfilling the conditions set out in the list
is used in the manufacture of another product, the conditions
applicable to the product in which it is incorporated do not
apply to it, and no account shall be taken of the non-originating materials which may have been used in its manufacture.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, non-originating materials
which, according to the conditions set out in the list, should
not be used in the manufacture of a product may nevertheless
be used, provided that:

(a) their total value does not exceed 10 per cent of the
ex-works price of the product;

(b) any of the percentages given in the list for the maximum
value of non-originating materials are not exceeded
through the application of this paragraph.

This paragraph shall not apply to products falling within
Chapters 50 to 63 of the Harmonised System.

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3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply except as provided in
Article 7.

Article 7

Insufficient working or processing operations

1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the following
operations shall be considered as insufficient working or
processing to confer the status of originating products,
whether or not the requirements of Article 6 are satisfied:

(a) preserving operations to ensure that the products remain
in good condition during transport and storage;

(b) breaking-up and assembly of packages;

(c) washing, cleaning; removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or
other coverings;

(d) ironing or pressing of textiles;

(e) simple painting and polishing operations;

(f) husking, partial or total bleaching, polishing, and glazing
of cereals and rice;

(g) operations to colour sugar or form sugar lumps;

(h) peeling, stoning and shelling, of fruits, nuts and vegetables;

(i) sharpening, simple grinding or simple cutting;

(j) sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, grading, matching;
(including the making-up of sets of articles);

(k) simple placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes,
fixing on cards or boards and all other simple packaging
operations;

(l) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like
distinguishing signs on products or their packaging;

(m) simple mixing of products, whether or not of different
kinds,

(n) simple assembly of parts of articles to constitute a
complete article or disassembly of products into parts;

(o) a combination of two or more operations specified in
subparagraphs (a) to (n);

(p) slaughter of animals.

2. All operations carried out either in the Community or in
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on a given product
shall be considered together when determining whether the
working or processing undergone by that product is to be
regarded as insufficient within the meaning of paragraph 1.

Article 8

Unit of qualification

1. The unit of qualification for the application of the
provisions of this Protocol shall be the particular product
which is considered as the basic unit when determining classification using the nomenclature of the Harmonised System.

Accordingly, it follows that:

(a) when a product composed of a group or assembly of
articles is classified under the terms of the Harmonised
System in a single heading, the whole constitutes the unit
of qualification;

(b) when a consignment consists of a number of identical
products classified under the same heading of the
Harmonised System, each product must be taken individually when applying the provisions of this Protocol.

2. Where, under General Rule 5 of the Harmonised System,
packaging is included with the product for classification
purposes, it shall be included for the purposes of determining
origin.

Article 9

Accessories, spare parts and tools

Accessories, spare parts and tools dispatched with a piece of
equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle, which are part of
the normal equipment and included in the price thereof or
which are not separately invoiced, shall be regarded as one
with the piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle
in question.

Article 10

Sets

Sets, as defined in General Rule 3 of the Harmonised System,
shall be regarded as originating when all component products
are originating. Nevertheless, when a set is composed of originating and non-originating products, the set as a whole shall
be regarded as originating, provided that the value of the
non-originating products does not exceed 15 per cent of the
ex-works price of the set.

Article 11

Neutral elements

In order to determine whether a product originates, it shall not
be necessary to determine the origin of the following which
might be used in its manufacture:

(a) energy and fuel;

(b) plant and equipment;

(c) machines and tools;

(d) goods which do not enter and which are not intended to
enter into the final composition of the product.

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TITLE III

TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS

Article 12

Principle of territoriality

1. The conditions for acquiring originating status set out in
Title II must continue to be fulfilled at all times in the
Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2. If originating goods exported from the Community or the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to another country are
returned, they must be considered as non-originating, unless it
can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:

(a) the returning goods are the same as those that were
exported; and

(b) they have not undergone any operation beyond that
necessary to preserve them in good condition while in
that country or while being exported.

Article 13

Direct transport

1. The preferential treatment provided for under the
Agreement applies only to products, satisfying the
requirements of this Protocol, which are transported directly
between the Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia. However, products constituting one single
consignment may be transported through other territories
with, should the occasion arise, trans-shipment or temporary
warehousing in such territories, provided that they remain
under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the
country of transit or warehousing and do not undergo
operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation
designed to preserve them in good condition.

Originating products may be transported by pipeline across
territory other than that of the Community or the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2. Evidence that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 have
been fulfilled shall be supplied to the customs authorities of the
importing country by the production of:

(a) a single transport document covering the passage from the
exporting country through the country of transit; or

(b) a certificate issued by the customs authorities of the
country of transit:

(i) giving an exact description of the products;

(ii) stating the dates of unloading and reloading of the
products and, where applicable, the names of the
ships, or the other means of transport used; and

(iii) certifying the conditions under which the products
remained in the transit country; or

(c) failing these, any substantiating documents.

Article 14

Exhibitions

1. Originating products, sent for exhibition in a country
other than the Community or the former Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia shall benefit on importation from the provisions
of the Agreement provided it is shown to the satisfaction of the
customs authorities that:

(a) an exporter has consigned these products from the
Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia to the country in which the exhibition is held
and has exhibited them there;

(b) the products have been sold or otherwise disposed of by
that exporter to a person in the Community or the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

(c) the products have been consigned during the exhibition or
immediately thereafter in the state in which they were sent
for exhibition; and

(d) the products have not, since they were consigned for
exhibition, been used for any purpose other than demonstration at the exhibition.

2. A proof of origin must be issued or made out in
accordance with the provisions of Title V and submitted to
the customs authorities of the importing country in the
normal manner. The name and address of the exhibition
must be indicated thereon. Where necessary, additional documentary evidence of the conditions under which they have
been exhibited may be required.

3. Paragraph 1 shall apply to any trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair or similar public show or
display which is not organised for private purposes in shops
or business premises with a view to the sale of foreign
products, and during which the products remain under
customs control.

TITLE IV

DRAWBACK OR EXEMPTION

Article 15

Prohibition of drawback of, or exemption from, customs
duties

1. Non-originating materials used in the manufacture of
products originating in the Community, in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, for which a proof of origin
is issued or made out in accordance with the provisions of
Title V shall not be subject in the Community or the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia to drawback of, or exemption
from, customs duties of whatever kind.

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2. The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall apply to any
arrangement for refund, remission or non-payment, partial or
complete, of customs duties or charges having an equivalent
effect, applicable in the Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia to materials used in the manufacture
and to products covered by paragraph 1(b) above, where such
refund, remission or non-payment applies, expressly or in
effect, when products obtained from the said materials are
exported and not when they are retained for home use there.

3. The exporter of products covered by a proof of origin
shall be prepared to submit at any time, upon request from the
customs authorities, all appropriate documents proving that no
drawback has been obtained in respect of the non-originating
materials used in the manufacture of the products concerned
and that all customs duties or charges having equivalent effect
applicable to such materials have actually been paid.

4. The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 3 shall also apply in
respect of packaging within the meaning of Article 8(2),
accessories, spare parts and tools within the meaning of
Article 9 and products in a set within the meaning of Article
10 when such items are non-originating.

5. The provisions of paragraphs 1 to 4 shall apply only in
respect of materials which are of the kind to which the
Agreement applies. Furthermore, they shall not preclude the
application of an export refund system for agricultural
products, applicable upon export in accordance with the
provisions of the Agreement.

6. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia may apply arrangements for drawback
of, or exemption from, customs duties or charges having an
equivalent effect, applicable to materials used in the manufacture of originating products, subject to the following
provisions:

(a) a 5 per cent rate of customs charge shall be retained in
respect of products falling within Chapters 25 to 49 and 64
to 97 of the Harmonised System, or such lower rate as is in
force in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia;

(b) a 10 per cent rate of customs charge shall be retained in
respect of products falling within Chapters 50 to 63 of the
Harmonised System, or such lower rate as is in force in the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

The provisions of this Article shall apply from 1 January 2003
and may be reviewed by common accord.

TITLE V

PROOF OF ORIGIN

Article 16

General requirements

1. Products originating in the Community shall, on
importation into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

and products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall, on importation into the Community benefit
from this Agreement upon submission of either:

(a) a movement certificate EUR.1, a specimen of which appears
in Annex III; or

(b) in the cases specified in Article 21(1), a declaration, the text
of which appears in Annex IV, given by the exporter on an
invoice, a delivery note or any other commercial document
which describes the products concerned in sufficient detail
to enable them to be identified (hereinafter referred to as
the �invoice declaration�).

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, originating products within
the meaning of this Protocol shall, in the cases specified in
Article 26, benefit from this Agreement without it being
necessary to submit any of the documents referred to above.

Article 17

Procedure for the issue of a movement certificate EUR.1

1. A movement certificate EUR.1 shall be issued by the
customs authorities of the exporting country on application
having been made in writing by the exporter or, under the
exporter’s responsibility, by his authorised representative.

2. For this purpose, the exporter or his authorised representative shall fill out both the movement certificate EUR.1 and
the application form, specimens of which appear in Annex III.
These forms shall be completed in one of the languages in
which this Agreement is drawn up and in accordance with
the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country.
If they are handwritten, they shall be completed in ink in
printed characters. The description of the products must be
given in the box reserved for this purpose without leaving
any blank lines. Where the box is not completely filled, a
horizontal line must be drawn below the last line of the
description, the empty space being crossed through.

3. The exporter applying for the issue of a movement
certificate EUR.1 shall be prepared to submit at any time, at
the request of the customs authorities of the exporting country
where the movement certificate EUR.1 is issued, all appropriate
documents proving the originating status of the products
concerned as well as the fulfilment of the other requirements
of this Protocol.

4. A movement certificate EUR.1 shall be issued by the
customs authorities of an EC Member State or the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia if the products concerned
can be considered as products originating in the Community
or in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and fulfil the
other requirements of this Protocol.

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5. The issuing customs authorities shall take any steps
necessary to verify the originating status of the products and
the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Protocol. For
this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence
and to carry out any inspection of the exporter’s accounts or
any other check considered appropriate. The issuing customs
authorities shall also ensure that the forms referred to in
paragraph 2 are duly completed. In particular, they shall
check whether the space reserved for the description of the
products has been completed in such a manner as to exclude
all possibility of fraudulent additions.

6. The date of issue of the movement certificate EUR.1 shall
be indicated in Box 11 of the certificate.

7. A movement certificate EUR.1 shall be issued by the
customs authorities and made available to the exporter as
soon as actual exportation has been effected or ensured.

Article 18

Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively

1. Notwithstanding Article 17(7), a movement certificate
EUR.1 may exceptionally be issued after exportation of the
products to which it relates if:

(a) it was not issued at the time of exportation because of
errors or involuntary omissions or special circumstances; or

(b) it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that a movement certificate EUR.1 was issued but
was not accepted at importation for technical reasons.

2. For the implementation of paragraph 1, the exporter
must indicate in his application the place and date of exportation of the products to which the movement certificate EUR.1
relates, and state the reasons for his request.

3. The customs authorities may issue a movement certificate
EUR.1 retrospectively only after verifying that the information
supplied in the exporter’s application agrees with that in the
corresponding file.

4. Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively must
be endorsed with one of the following phrases:

�NACHTR˜GLICH AUSGESTELLT�, �DELIVRE A POSTERIORI�,
�RILASCIATO A POSTERIORI�, �AFGEGEVEN A POSTERIORI�,
�ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY�, �UDSTEDT EFTERF�LGENDE�,
�¯˚˜ˇ¨¯˝ ¯˚ ��˝ ���¯��˝�, �EXPEDIDO A POSTERIORI�,
�EMITIDO A POSTERIORI�, �ANNETTU J˜LKIK˜TEEN�, �UTF˜RDAT I EFTERHAND�, �DOPOLNITELNO IZDADENO�

5. The endorsement referred to in paragraph 4 shall be
inserted in the �Remarks�box of the movement certificate

EUR.1.

Article 19

Issue of a duplicate movement certificate EUR.1

1. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of a movement
certificate EUR.1, the exporter may apply to the customs authorities which issued it for a duplicate made out on the basis of
the export documents in their possession.

2. The duplicate issued in this way must be endorsed with
one of the following words:

�DUPLIKAT�, �DUPLICATA�, �DUPLICATO�, �DUPLICAAT�, �DUPLICATE�, �`˝��ˆ�`�ˇ�, �DUPLICADO�, �SEGUNDA VIA�, �KAKSOISKAPPALE�, �DUPLIKAT�

3. The endorsement referred to in paragraph 2 shall be
inserted in the �Remarks�box of the duplicate movement
certificate EUR.1.

4. The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of the
original movement certificate EUR.1, shall take effect as from
that date.

Article 20

Issue of movement certificates EUR.1 on the basis of a
proof of origin issued or made out previously

When originating products are placed under the control of a
customs office in the Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, it shall be possible to replace the
original proof of origin by one or more movement certificates
EUR.1 for the purpose of sending all or some of these products
elsewhere within the Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia. The replacement movement
certificate(s) EUR.1 shall be issued by the customs office
under whose control the products are placed.

Article 21

Conditions for making out an invoice declaration

1. An invoice declaration as referred to in Article 16(1)(b)
may be made out:

(a) by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 22,

or

(b) by any exporter for any consignment consisting of one or
more packages containing originating products whose total
value does not exceed EUR 6 000.

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2. An invoice declaration may be made out if the products
concerned can be considered as products originating in the
Community or in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia and fulfil the other requirements of this Protocol.

3. The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall be
prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the customs
authorities of the exporting country, all appropriate documents
proving the originating status of the products concerned as
well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this
Protocol.

4. An invoice declaration shall be made out by the exporter
by typing, stamping or printing on the invoice, the delivery
note or another commercial document, the declaration, the text
of which appears in Annex IV, using one of the linguistic
versions set out in that Annex and in accordance with the
provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If
the declaration is handwritten, it shall be written in ink in
printed characters.

5. Invoice declarations shall bear the original signature of
the exporter in manuscript. However, an approved exporter
within the meaning of Article 22 shall not be required to
sign such declarations provided that he gives the customs authorities of the exporting country a written undertaking that he
accepts full responsibility for any invoice declaration which
identifies him as if it had been signed in manuscript by him.

6. An invoice declaration may be made out by the exporter
when the products to which it relates are exported, or after
exportation on condition that it is presented in the importing
country no longer than two years after the importation of the
products to which it relates.

Article 22

Approved exporter

1. The customs authorities of the exporting country may
authorise any exporter who makes frequent shipments of
products under this Agreement to make out invoice
declarations irrespective of the value of the products
concerned. An exporter seeking such authorisation must offer
to the satisfaction of the customs authorities all guarantees
necessary to verify the originating status of the products as
well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this
Protocol.

2. The customs authorities may grant the status of approved
exporter subject to any conditions which they consider appropriate.

3. The customs authorities shall grant to the approved
exporter a customs authorisation number which shall appear
on the invoice declaration.

4. The customs authorities shall monitor the use of the
authorisation by the approved exporter.

5. The customs authorities may withdraw the authorisation
at any time. They shall do so where the approved exporter no
longer offers the guarantees referred to in paragraph 1, does

not fulfil the conditions referred to in paragraph 2 or otherwise
makes an incorrect use of the authorisation.

Article 23

Validity of proof of origin

1. A proof of origin shall be valid for four months from the
date of issue in the exporting country, and must be submitted
within the said period to the customs authorities of the
importing country.

2. Proofs of origin which are submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country after the final date for presentation specified in paragraph 1 may be accepted for the
purpose of applying preferential treatment, where the failure
to submit these documents by the final date set is due to
exceptional circumstances.

3. In other cases of belated presentation, the customs authorities of the importing country may accept the proofs of
origin where the products have been submitted before the
said final date.

Article 24

Submission of proof of origin

Proofs of origin shall be submitted to the customs authorities
of the importing country in accordance with the procedures
applicable in that country. The said authorities may require a
translation of a proof of origin and may also require the import
declaration to be accompanied by a statement from the
importer to the effect that the products meet the conditions
required for the implementation of the Agreement.

Article 25

Importation by instalments

Where, at the request of the importer and on the conditions
laid down by the customs authorities of the importing country,
dismantled or non-assembled products within the meaning of
General Rule 2(a) of the Harmonised System falling within
Sections XVI and XVII or heading Nos 7308 and 9406 of
the Harmonised System are imported by instalments, a single
proof of origin for such products shall be submitted to the
customs authorities upon importation of the first instalment.

Article 26

Exemptions from proof of origin

1. Products sent as small packages from private persons to
private persons or forming part of travellers’ personal luggage
shall be admitted as originating products without requiring the
submission of a proof of origin, provided that such products
are not imported by way of trade and have been declared as
meeting the requirements of this Protocol and where there is
no doubt as to the veracity of such a declaration. In the case of
products sent by post, this declaration can be made on the
customs declaration CN22/CN23 or on a sheet of paper
annexed to that document.

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2. Imports which are occasional and consist solely of
products for the personal use of the recipients or travellers
or their families shall not be considered as imports by way
of trade if it is evident from the nature and quantity of the
products that no commercial purpose is in view.

3. Furthermore, the total value of these products shall not
exceed EUR 500 in the case of small packages or EUR 1 200
in the case of products forming part of travellers’ personal
luggage.

Article 27

Supporting documents

The documents referred to in Articles 17(3) and 21(3) used for
the purpose of proving that products covered by a movement
certificate EUR.1 or an invoice declaration can be considered as
products originating in the Community or in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and fulfil the other
requirements of this Protocol may consist inter alia of the
following:

(a) direct evidence of the processes carried out by the exporter
or supplier to obtain the goods concerned, contained for
example in his accounts or internal book-keeping;

(b) documents proving the originating status of materials used,
issued or made out in the Community or the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia where these documents
are used in accordance with domestic law;

(c) documents proving the working or processing of materials
in the Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, issued or made out in the Community or the
former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, where these
documents are used in accordance with domestic law;

(d) movement certificates EUR.1 or invoice declarations
proving the originating status of materials used, issued or
made out in the Community or the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia in accordance with this Protocol.

Article 28

Preservation of proof of origin and supporting documents

1. The exporter applying for the issue of a movement
certificate EUR.1 shall keep for at least three years the
documents referred to in Article 17(3).

2. The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall
keep for at least three years a copy of this invoice declaration
as well as the documents referred to in Article 21(3).

3. The customs authorities of the exporting country issuing
a movement certificate EUR.1 shall keep for at least three years
the application form referred to in Article 17(2).

4. The customs authorities of the importing country shall
keep for at least three years the movement certificates EUR.1
and the invoice declarations submitted to them.

Article 29

Discrepancies and formal errors

1. The discovery of slight discrepancies between the
statements made in the proof of origin and those made in
the documents submitted to the customs office for the
purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the
products shall not ipso facto render the proof of origin null
and void if it is duly established that this document does
correspond to the products submitted.

2. Obvious formal errors such as typing errors on a proof of
origin should not cause this document to be rejected if these
errors are not such as to create doubts concerning the
correctness of the statements made in this document.

Article 30

Amounts expressed in Euro

1. For the application of the provisions of Article 21(1)(b)
and Article 26(3) in cases where products are invoiced in a
currency other than euro, the amount in the national currency
of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia equivalent to
the amounts expressed in euro shall be fixed annually.

2. A consignment shall benefit from the provisions of
Article 21(1)(b) or Article 26(3) by reference to the currency
in which the invoice is drawn up, according to the amount
fixed by the Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia.

3. The amounts to be used in any given national currency
shall be the equivalent in that currency of the amounts
expressed in euro as at the first working day of October. The
amounts shall be communicated to the European Commission
by 15 October and shall apply from 1 January the following
year. The European Commission shall notify the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia of the relevant amount.

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4. The Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia may round up or down the amount resulting
from the conversion into its national currency of an amount
expressed in euro. The rounded-off amount may not differ
from the amount resulting from the conversion by more
than 5 per cent. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
may retain unchanged its national currency equivalent of an
amount expressed in euro if, at the time of the annual
adjustment provided for in paragraph 3, the conversion of
that amount, prior to any rounding-off, results in an increase
of less that 15 per cent in the national currency equivalent. The
national currency equivalent may be retained unchanged if the
conversion would result in a decrease in that equivalent value.

5. The amounts expressed in euro shall be reviewed by the
Stabilisation and Association Committee at the request of the
Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
When carrying out this review, the Stabilisation and
Association Committee shall consider the desirability of
preserving the effects of the limits concerned in real terms.
For this purpose, it may decide to modify the amounts
expressed in euro.

TITLE VI

ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION

Article 31

Mutual assistance

1. The customs authorities of the EC Member States and of
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia shall provide each
other, through the European Commission, with specimen
impressions of stamps used in their customs offices for the
issue of movement certificates EUR.1 and with the addresses
of the customs authorities responsible for verifying those
certificates and invoice declarations.

2. In order to ensure the proper application of this Protocol,
the Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall assist each other, through the competent
customs administrations, in checking the authenticity of the
movement certificates EUR.1 or the invoice declarations and
the correctness of the information given in these documents.

Article 32

Verification of proofs of origin

1. Subsequent verifications of proofs of origin shall be
carried out at random or whenever the customs authorities
of the importing country have reasonable doubts as to the
authenticity of such documents, the originating status of the
products concerned or the fulfilment of the other requirements
of this Protocol.

2. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of
paragraph 1, the customs authorities of the importing
country shall return the movement certificate EUR.1 and the

invoice, if it has been submitted, the invoice declaration, or a
copy of these documents, to the customs authorities of the
exporting country giving, where appropriate, the reasons for
the enquiry. Any documents and information obtained
suggesting that the information given on the proof or origin
is incorrect shall be forwarded in support of the request for
verification.

3. The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities of the exporting country. For this purpose, they shall
have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any
inspection of the exporter’s accounts or any other check
considered appropriate.

4. If the customs authorities of the importing country
decide to suspend the granting of preferential treatment to
the products concerned while awaiting the results of the verification, release of the products shall be offered to the importer
subject to any precautionary measures judged necessary.

5. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall
be informed of the results of this verification as soon as
possible. These results must indicate clearly whether the
documents are authentic and whether the products
concerned can be considered as products originating in the
Community or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
and fulfil the other requirements of this Protocol.

6. If in cases of reasonable doubt there is no reply within
ten months of the date of the verification request or if the
reply does not contain sufficient information to determine
the authenticity of the document in question or the real
origin of the products, the requesting customs authorities
shall, except in exceptional circumstances, refuse entitlement
to the preferences.

Article 33

Dispute settlement

Where disputes arise in relation to the verification procedures
of Article 32 which cannot be settled between the customs
authorities requesting a verification and the customs authorities
responsible for carrying out this verification or where they
raise a question as to the interpretation of this Protocol, they
shall be submitted to the Stabilisation and Association

Committee.

In all cases the settlement of disputes between the importer and
the customs authorities of the importing country shall be
under the legislation of the said country.

Article 34

Penalties

Penalties shall be imposed on any person who draws up, or
causes to be drawn up, a document which contains incorrect
information for the purpose of obtaining a preferential
treatment for products.

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Article 35

Free zones

1. The Community and the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall take all necessary steps to ensure that
products traded under cover of a proof of origin which in
the course of transport use a free zone situated in their
territory, are not substituted by other goods and do not
undergo handling other than normal operations designed to
prevent their deterioration.

2. By means of an exemption to the provisions contained in
paragraph 1, when products originating in the Community or
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia are imported into
a free zone under cover of a proof of origin and undergo
treatment or processing, the authorities concerned shall issue
a new EUR.1 certificate at the exporter’s request, if the
treatment or processing undergone is in conformity with the
provisions of this Protocol.

TITLE VII

CEUTA AND MELILLA

Article 36

Application of the Protocol

1. The term �Community�used in Article 2 does not cover
Ceuta and Melilla.

2. Products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, when imported into Ceuta or Melilla, shall enjoy in
all respects the same customs regime as that which is applied
to products originating in the customs territory of the
Community under Protocol 2 of the Act of Accession of the
Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the
European Communities. The former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia shall grant to imports of products covered by the
Agreement and originating in Ceuta and Melilla the same
customs regime as that which is granted to products
imported from and originating in the Community.

3. For the purpose of the application of paragraph 2
concerning products originating in Ceuta and Melilla, this
Protocol shall apply mutatis mutandis subject to the special
conditions set out in Article 37.

Article 37

Special conditions

1. Providing they have been transported directly in
accordance with the provisions of Article 13, the following
shall be considered as:

1. products originating in Ceuta and Melilla:

(a) products wholly obtained in Ceuta and Melilla;

(b) products obtained in Ceuta and Melilla in the manufacture of which products other than those referred to
in (a) are used, provided that:

(i) the said products have undergone sufficient working
or processing within the meaning of Article 6 of
this Protocol; or that

(ii) those products are originating in the former
Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or the
Community within the meaning of this Protocol,
provided that they have been submitted to
working or processing which goes beyond the insufficient working or processing referred to in Article 7(1).

2. products originating in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia:

(a) products wholly obtained in the former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia;

(b) products obtained in the former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, in the manufacture of which products other
than those referred to in (a) are used, provided that:

(i) the said products have undergone sufficient working
or processing within the meaning of Article 6 of
this Protocol; or that

(ii) those products are originating in Ceuta and Melilla
or the Community within the meaning of this
Protocol, provided that they have been submitted
to working or processing which goes beyond the
insufficient working or processing referred to in
Article 7(1).

2. Ceuta and Melilla shall be considered as a single territory.

3. The exporter or his authorised representative shall enter
�the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia�and �Ceuta and
Melilla�in Box 2 of movement certificates EUR.1 or on invoice
declarations. In addition, in the case of products originating in
Ceuta and Melilla, this shall be indicated in Box 4 of movement
certificates EUR.1 or on invoice declarations.

4. The Spanish customs authorities shall be responsible for
the application of this Protocol in Ceuta and Melilla.

TITLE VIII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 38

Amendments to the Protocol

The Association Council may decide to amend the provisions
of this Protocol.

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ANNEX I

INTRODUCTORY NOTES TO THE LIST IN ANNEX II

Note 1

The list sets out the conditions required for all products to be considered as sufficiently worked or processed within the
meaning of Article 6.

Note 2

2.1. The first two columns in the list describe the product obtained. The first column gives the heading number or
Chapter number used in the Harmonised System and the second column gives the description of goods used in
that system for that heading or Chapter. For each entry in the first two columns a rule is specified in column 3 or
4. Where, in some cases, the entry in the first column is preceded by an �ex�, this signifies that the rules in column
3 or 4 apply only to the part of that heading as described in column 2.

2.2. Where several heading numbers are grouped together in column 1 or a Chapter number is given and the
description of products in column 2 is therefore given in general terms, the adjacent rules in column 3 or 4
apply to all products which, under the Harmonised System, are classified in headings of the Chapter or in any of
the headings grouped together in column 1.

2.3. Where there are different rules in the list applying to different products within a heading, each indent contains the
description of that part of the heading covered by the adjacent rules in column 3 or 4.

2.4. Where, for an entry in the first two columns, a rule is specified in both columns 3 and 4, the exporter may opt, as
an alternative, to apply either the rule set out in column 3 or that set out in column 4. If no origin rule is given in
column 4, the rule set out in column 3 has to be applied.

Note 3

3.1. The provisions of Article 6, concerning products having acquired originating status which are used in the manufacture of other products, shall apply, regardless of whether this status has been acquired inside the factory where
these products are used or in another factory in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia or in the Community.

Example:

An engine of heading No 8407, for which the rule states that the value of the non-originating materials which may
be incorporated may not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price, is made from �other alloy steel roughly shaped by
forging�of heading No ex 7224.

If this forging has been forged in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia from a non-originating ingot, it has
already acquired originating status by virtue of the rule for heading No ex 7224 in the list. The forging can then
count as originating in the value-calculation for the engine, regardless of whether it was produced in the same
factory or in another factory in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. The value of the non-originating ingot
is thus not taken into account when adding up the value of the non-originating materials used.

3.2. The rule in the list represents the minimum amount of working or processing required, and the carrying-out of
more working or processing also confers originating status; conversely, the carrying-out of less working or
processing cannot confer originating status. Thus, if a rule provides that non-originating material, at a certain
level of manufacture, may be used, the use of such material at an earlier stage of manufacture is allowed, and the
use of such material at a later stage is not.

3.3. Without prejudice to Note 3.2, where a rule states that �materials of any heading�may be used, materials of the
same heading as the product may also be used, subject, however, to any specific limitations which may also be
contained in the rule. However, the expression �manufacture from materials of any heading, including other
materials of heading No . . .�means that only materials classified in the same heading as the product and of a
different description than that of the product as given in column 2 of the list may be used.

3.4. When a rule in the list specifies that a product may be manufactured from more than one material, this means that
one or more materials may be used. It does not require that all be used.

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Example:

The rule for fabrics of headings Nos 5208 to 5212 provides that natural fibres may be used and that chemical
materials, among other materials, may also be used. This does not mean that both have to be used; it is possible to
use one or the other, or both.

3.5 Where a rule in the list specifies that a product must be manufactured from a particular material, the condition
obviously does not prevent the use of other materials which, because of their inherent nature, cannot satisfy the
rule. (See also Note 6.2 below in relation to textiles).

Example:

The rule for prepared foods of heading No 1904, which specifically excludes the use of cereals and their derivatives,
does not prevent the use of mineral salts, chemicals and other additives which are not products from cereals.

However, this does not apply to products which, although they cannot be manufactured from the particular
materials specified in the list, can be produced from a material of the same nature at an earlier stage of manufacture.

Example:

In the case of an article of apparel of ex Chapter 62 made from non-woven materials, if the use of only
non-originating yarn is allowed for this class of article, it is not possible to start from non-woven cloth even if
non-woven cloths cannot normally be made from yarn. In such cases, the starting material would normally be at
the stage before yarn that is, the fibre stage.

3.6. Where, in a rule in the list, two percentages are given for the maximum value of non-originating materials that can
be used, then these percentages may not be added together. In other words, the maximum value of all the
non-originating materials used may never exceed the higher of the percentages given. Furthermore, the individual
percentages must not be exceeded, in relation to the particular materials to which they apply.

Note 4

4.1. The term �natural fibres�is used in the list to refer to fibres other than artificial or synthetic fibres. It is restricted to
the stages before spinning takes place, including waste, and, unless otherwise specified, includes fibres which have
been carded, combed or otherwise processed, but not spun.

4.2. The term �natural fibres�includes horsehair of heading No 0503, silk of headings Nos 5002 and 5003, as well as
wool-fibres and fine or coarse animal hair of headings Nos 5101 to 5105, cotton fibres of headings Nos 5201 to
5203 and other vegetable fibres of headings 5301 to 5305.

4.3. The terms �textile pulp�, �chemical materials�and �paper-making materials�are used in the list to describe the
materials, not classified in Chapters 50 to 63, which can be used to manufacture artificial, synthetic or paper
fibres or yarns.

4.4. The term �man-made staple fibres�is used in the list to refer to synthetic or artificial filament tow, staple fibres or
waste, of headings Nos 5501 to 5507.

Note 5

5.1. Where, for a given product in the list, reference is made to this Note, the conditions set out in column 3 shall not
be applied to any basic textile materials used in the manufacture of this product and which, taken together,
represent 10 % or less of the total weight of all the basic textile materials used. (See also Notes 5.3 and 5.4 below.)

5.2. However, the tolerance mentioned in Note 5.1 may be applied only to mixed products which have been made from
two or more basic textile materials.

The following are the basic textile materials:

�silk,

�wool,

�coarse animal hair,

�fine animal hair,

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�horsehair,

�cotton,

�paper-making materials and paper,

�flax,

�true hemp,

�jute and other textile bast fibres,

�sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave,

�coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres,

�synthetic man-made filaments,

�artificial man-made filaments,

�current-conducting filaments,

�synthetic man-made staple fibres of polypropylene,

�synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyester,

�synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyamide,

�synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyacrylonitrile,

�synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyimide,

�synthetic man-made staple fibres of polytetrafluoroethylene,

�synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyphenylene sulphide,

�synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyvinyl chloride,

�other synthetic man-made staple fibres,

�artificial man-made staple fibres of viscose,

�other artificial man-made staple fibres,

�yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether, whether or not gimped,

�yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyester, whether or not gimped,

�products of heading No 5605 (metallised yarn) incorporating strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of
a core of plastic film whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm,
sandwiched by means of a transparent or coloured adhesive between two layers of plastic film,

�other products of heading No 5605.

Example:

A yarn, of heading No 5205, made from cotton fibres of heading No 5203 and synthetic staple fibres of heading
No 5506, is a mixed yarn. Therefore, non-originating synthetic staple fibres which do not satisfy the origin-rules
(which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp) may be used up to a weight of 10 % of the

yarn.

Example:

A woollen fabric, of heading No 5112, made from woollen yarn of heading No 5107 and synthetic yarn of staple
fibres of heading No 5509, is a mixed fabric. Therefore, synthetic yarn which does not satisfy the origin-rules
(which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp), or woollen yarn which does not satisfy the
origin-rules (which require manufacture from natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for
spinning), or a combination of the two, may be used provided their total weight does not exceed 10 % of the
weight of the fabric.

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Example:

Tufted textile fabric, of heading No 5802, made from cotton yarn of heading No 5205 and cotton fabric of heading
No 5210, is a only mixed product if the cotton fabric is itself a mixed fabric made from yarns classified in two
separate headings, or if the cotton yarns used are themselves mixtures.

Example:

If the tufted textile fabric concerned had been made from cotton yarn of heading No 5205 and synthetic fabric of
heading No 5407, then, obviously, the yarns used are two separate basic textile materials and the tufted textile
fabric is, accordingly, a mixed product.

5.3. In the case of products incorporating �yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether,
whether or not gimped�, this tolerance is 20 % in respect of this yarn.

5.4. In the case of products incorporating �strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of a core of plastic film
whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm, sandwiched by means of an
adhesive between two layers of plastic film�, this tolerance is 30 % in respect of this strip.

Note 6

6.1. Where, in the list, reference is made to this Note, textile materials (with the exception of linings and interlinings),
which do not satisfy the rule set out in the list in column 3 for the made-up product concerned, may be used,
provided that they are classified in a heading other than that of the product and that their value does not exceed
8 % of the ex-works price of the product.

6.2. Without prejudice to Note 6.3, materials, which are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63, may be used freely in
the manufacture of textile products, whether or not they contain textiles.

Example:

If a rule in the list provides that, for a particular textile item (such as trousers), yarn must be used, this does not
prevent the use of metal items, such as buttons, because buttons are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63. For
the same reason, it does not prevent the use of slide-fasteners, even though slide-fasteners normally contain textiles.

6.3. Where a percentage-rule applies, the value of materials which are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63 must be
taken into account when calculating the value of the non-originating materials incorporated.

Note 7

7.1. For the purposes of headings Nos ex 2707, 2713 to 2715, ex 2901, ex 2902 and ex 3403, the �specific processes�
are the following:

(a) vacuum-distillation;

(b) redistillation by a very thorough fractionation-process ( [1] );

(c) cracking;

(d) reforming;

(e) extraction by means of selective solvents;

(f) the process comprising all of the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or
sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolourisation and purification with naturally-active
earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;

(g) polymerisation;

(h) alkylation;

(i) isomerisation.

( [1] ) See Additional Explanatory Note 4(b) to Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature.

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7.2. For the purposes of headings Nos 2710, 2711 and 2712, the �specific processes�are the following:

(a) vacuum-distillation;

(b) redistillation by a very thorough fractionation-process ( [1] );

(c) cracking;

(d) reforming;

(e) extraction by means of selective solvents;

(f) the process comprising all of the wing operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or
sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolourisation and purification with naturally-active
earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;

(g) polymerisation;

(h) alkylation;

(ij) isomerisation;

(k) in respect of heavy oils of heading No ex 2710 only, desulphurisation with hydrogen, resulting in a reduction
of at least 85 % of the sulphur-content of the products processed (ASTM D 1266-59 T method);

(l) in respect of products of heading No 2710 only, deparaffining by a process other than filtering;

(m) in respect of heavy oils of heading No ex 2710 only, treatment with hydrogen, at a pressure of more than 20
bar and a temperature of more than 250 �C, with the use of a catalyst, other than to effect desulphurisation,
when the hydrogen constitutes an active element in a chemical reaction. The further treatment, with hydrogen,
of lubricating oils of heading No ex 2710 (e.g. hydrofinishing or decolourisation), in order, more especially, to
improve colour or stability shall not, however, be deemed to be a specific process;

(n) in respect of fuel oils of heading No ex 2710 only, atmospheric distillation, on condition that less than 30 % of
these products distils, by volume, including losses, at 300 �C, by the ASTM D 86 method;

(o) in respect of heavy oils other than gas oils and fuel oils of heading No ex 2710 only, treatment by means of a
high-frequency electrical brush-discharge.

7.3. For the purposes of headings Nos ex 2707, 2713 to 2715, ex 2901, ex 2902 and ex 3403, simple operations, such
as cleaning, decanting, desalting, water-separation, filtering, colouring, marking, obtaining a sulphur-content as a
result of mixing products with different sulphur-contents, or any combination of these operations or like
operations, do not confer origin.

( [1] ) See Additional Explanatory Note 4(b) to Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature.

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ANNEX II

LIST OF WORKING OR PROCESSING REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED OUT ON NON-ORIGINATING
MATERIALS IN ORDER THAT THE PRODUCT MANUFACTURED CAN OBTAIN ORIGINATING STATUS

|HS heading No|Description of product|Working or processing, carried out on non-originating materials,<br>which confers originating status|Col4|
|---|---|---|---|
|(1)|(2)|(3)<br>or<br>(4)|(3)<br>or<br>(4)|
|Chapter 1|Live animals|All the animals of Chapter 1 used<br>must be wholly obtained||
|Chapter 2|Meat and edible meat offal|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapters 1 and 2 used<br>must be wholly obtained||
|Chapter 3|Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other<br>aquatic invertebrates|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 3 used must<br>be wholly obtained||
|ex Chapter 4<br>0403|Dairy<br>produce;<br>birds’<br>eggs;<br>natural<br>honey; edible products of animal origin,<br>not<br>elsewhere<br>specified<br>or<br>included;<br>except for:<br>Buttermilk,<br>curdled<br>milk<br>and<br>cream,<br>yoghurt, kephir and other fermented or<br>acidified milk and cream, whether or not<br>concentrated or containing added sugar<br>or other sweetening matter or flavoured<br>or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 4 used must<br>be wholly obtained<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all the materials of Chapter 4<br>used must be wholly obtained;<br> any fruit juice (except those of<br>pineapple, lime or grapefruit) of<br>heading<br>No<br>2009<br>used<br>must<br>already be originating;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>17<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed 30<br>% of the ex-works<br>price of the product||
|ex Chapter 5<br>ex 0502|Products of animal origin, not elsewhere<br>specified or included; except for:<br>Prepared pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles<br>and hair|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 5 used must<br>be wholly obtained<br>Cleaning,<br>disinfecting,<br>sorting and<br>straightening of bristles and hair||
|Chapter 6|Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots<br>and the like; cut flowers and ornamental<br>foliage|Manufacture in which:<br> all the materials of Chapter 6<br>used must be wholly obtained<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product||

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|(1)|(2)|(3) or (4)|Col4|
|---|---|---|---|
|Chapter 7|Edible vegetables and certain roots and<br>tubers|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 7 used must<br>be wholly obtained||
|Chapter 8|Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits<br>or melons|Manufacture in which:<br> all the fruit and nuts used must<br>be wholly obtained;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>17<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed 30 % of the value of the<br>ex-works price of the product||
|ex Chapter 9<br>0901<br>0902<br>ex 0910|Coffee, tea, matØ and spices; except for:<br>Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaf-<br>feinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee<br>substitutes<br>containing<br>coffee<br>in<br>any<br>proportion<br>Tea, whether or not flavoured<br>Mixtures of spices|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 9 used must<br>be wholly obtained<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading||
|Chapter 10|Cereals|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 10 used must<br>be wholly obtained||
|ex Chapter 11<br>ex 1106|Products of the milling industry; malt;<br>starches; inulin; wheat gluten; except for:<br>Flour, meal and powder of the dried,<br>shelled<br>leguminous<br>vegetables<br>of<br>heading No 0713|Manufacture in which all the cereals,<br>edible vegetables, roots and tubers of<br>heading No 0714 or fruit used must<br>be wholly obtained<br>Drying and milling of leguminous<br>vegetables of heading No 0708||
|Chapter 12|Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscel-<br>laneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial<br>or medicinal plants; straw and fodder|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 12 used must<br>be wholly obtained||
|1301<br>1302|Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and<br>oleoresins (for example, balsams)<br>Vegetable<br>saps<br>and<br>extracts;<br>pectic<br>substances,<br>pectinates<br>and<br>pectates;<br>agar-agar<br>and<br>other<br>mucilages<br>and<br>thickeners, whether or<br>not modified,<br>derived from vegetable products:|Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials of heading No 1301<br>used may not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product||

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|(1)|(2)|(3) or (4)|Col4|
|---|---|---|---|
|| Mucilages and thickeners, modified,<br>derived from vegetable products<br> Other|Manufacture<br>from<br>non-modified<br>mucilages and thickeners<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product||
|Chapter 14|Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable<br>products<br>not<br>elsewhere<br>specified<br>or<br>included|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 14 used must<br>be wholly obtained||
|ex Chapter 15<br>1501<br>1502<br>1504|Animal or vegetable fats and oils and<br>their cleavage products; prepared edible<br>fats; animal or vegetable waxes; except<br>for:<br>Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat,<br>other than that of heading No 0209 or<br>1503:<br> Fats from bones or waste<br> Other<br>Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats,<br>other than those of heading No 1503<br> Fats from bones or waste<br> Other<br>Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish<br>or marine mammals, whether or not<br>refined, but not chemically modified:<br> Solid fractions<br> Other|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading except those of heading No<br>0203, 0206 or 0207 or bones of<br>heading No 0506<br>Manufacture from meat or edible<br>offal of swine of heading No 0203<br>or 0206 or of meat and edible offal<br>of poultry of heading No 0207<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading except those of heading No<br>0201, 0202, 0204 or 0206 or bones<br>of heading No 0506<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 2 used must<br>be wholly obtained<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading including other materials of<br>heading No 1504<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapters 2 and 3 used<br>must be wholly obtained||

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|---|---|---|---|
|ex 1505<br>1506<br>1507<br>to<br>1515<br>1516<br>1517|Refined lanolin<br>Other animal fats and oils and their<br>fractions, whether or not refined, but<br>not chemically modified:<br> Solid fractions<br> Other<br>Vegetable oils and their fractions:<br> Soya, ground nut, palm, copra, palm<br>kernel, babassu, tung and oiticica oil,<br>myrtle wax and Japan wax, fractions<br>of jojoba oil and oils for technical or<br>industrial uses other than the manu-<br>facture<br>of<br>foodstuffs<br>for<br>human<br>consumption<br> Solid fractions, except for<br>that of<br>jojoba oil<br> Other<br>Animal or vegetable fats and oils and<br>their fractions, partly or wholly hydro-<br>genated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or<br>elaidinised, whether or not refined, but<br>not further prepared<br>Margarine;<br>edible<br>mixtures<br>or<br>prep-<br>arations of animal or vegetable fats or<br>oils or of fractions of different fats or<br>oils of this Chapter, other than edible<br>fats or oils or their fractions of heading<br>No 1516|Manufacture from crude wool grease<br>of heading No 1505<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading including other materials of<br>heading No 1506<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 2 used must<br>be wholly obtained<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from other materials of<br>heading Nos 1507 to 1515<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>vegetable materials used must be<br>wholly obtained<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all the materials of Chapter 2<br>used must be wholly obtained;<br> all the vegetable materials used<br>must<br>be<br>wholly<br>obtained.<br>However, materials of heading<br>Nos 1507, 1508, 1511 and 1513<br>may be used<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all the materials of Chapters 2<br>and<br>4<br>used<br>must<br>be<br>wholly<br>obtained;<br> all the vegetable materials used<br>must<br>be<br>wholly<br>obtained.<br>However, materials of heading<br>Nos 1507, 1508, 1511 and 1513<br>may be used||

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|(1)|(2)|(3) or (4)|Col4|
|---|---|---|---|
|Chapter 16|Preparations of meat, of fish or of crus-<br>taceans, molluscs or other aquatic invert-<br>ebrates|Manufacture from animals of Chapter<br>1<br>All the materials of Chapter 3 used<br>must be wholly obtained||
|ex Chapter 17<br>ex 1701<br>1702<br>ex 1703<br>1704|Sugars and sugar confectionery; except<br>for:<br>Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure<br>sucrose, in solid form, containing added<br>flavouring or colouring matter<br>Other sugars, including chemically pure<br>lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in<br>solid form; sugar syrups not containing<br>added flavouring or colouring matter;<br>artificial honey, whether or not mixed<br>with natural honey; caramel:<br> Chemically-pure maltose and fructose<br> Other sugars in solid form, containing<br>added flavouring or colouring matter<br> Other<br>Molasses resulting from the extraction or<br>refining<br>of<br>sugar,<br>containing<br>added<br>flavouring or colouring matter<br>Sugar<br>confectionery<br>(including<br>white<br>chocolate), not containing cocoa|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials of Chapter 17 used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading including other materials of<br>heading No 1702<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials of Chapter 17 used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used must already be orig-<br>inating<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials of Chapter 17 used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>17<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price of the product||
|Chapter 18|Cocoa and cocoa preparations|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>17<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price of the product||

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|(1)|(2)|(3) or (4)|Col4|
|---|---|---|---|
|1901<br>1902<br>1903|Malt extract; food preparations of flour,<br>meal,<br>starch<br>or<br>malt<br>extract,<br>not<br>containing<br>cocoa<br>or<br>containing<br>less<br>than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated<br>on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere<br>specified or included; food preparations<br>of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404,<br>not containing cocoa or containing less<br>than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated<br>on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere<br>specified or included:<br> Malt extract<br> Other<br>Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed<br>(with<br>meat<br>or<br>other<br>substances)<br>or<br>otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti,<br>macaroni,<br>noodles,<br>lasagne,<br>gnocchi,<br>ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or<br>not prepared:<br> Containing 20 % or less by weight of<br>meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans or<br>molluscs<br> Containing more than 20 % by weight<br>of meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans<br>or molluscs<br>Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared<br>from starch, in the form of flakes, grains,<br>pearls, siftings or similar forms|Manufacture from cereals of Chapter<br>10<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of the materials of each<br>of Chapters 4 and 17 used does<br>not exceed 30 % of the ex-works<br>price of the product<br>Manufacture in which all the cereals<br>and derivatives (except durum wheat<br>and its derivatives) used must be<br>wholly obtained<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all cereals and derivatives (except<br>durum wheat and its derivatives)<br>used must be wholly obtained;<br> all the materials of Chapters 2<br>and<br>3<br>used<br>must<br>be<br>wholly<br>obtained<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading<br>except<br>potato<br>starch<br>of<br>heading No 1108||

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|(1)|(2)|(3) or (4)|Col4|
|---|---|---|---|
|1904<br>1905|Prepared foods obtained by the swelling<br>or roasting of cereals or cereal products<br>(for example, corn flakes); cereals (other<br>than maize (corn)) in grain form, or in<br>the form of flakes or other worked<br>grains<br>(except<br>flour<br>and<br>meal),<br>pre-cooked, or otherwise prepared, not<br>elsewhere specified or included<br>Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other<br>bakers’ wares, whether or not containing<br>cocoa;<br>communion<br>wafers,<br>empty<br>cachets of a kind suitable for phar-<br>maceutical<br>use,<br>sealing<br>wafers,<br>rice<br>paper and similar products|Manufacture:<br> from<br>materials<br>not<br>classified<br>within heading No 1806;<br> in which all the cereals and flour<br>(except<br>durum<br>wheat<br>and<br>its<br>derivatives,<br>and<br>Zea<br>indurata<br>maize)<br>used<br>must<br>be<br>wholly<br>obtained (1);<br> in<br>which<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>any<br>materials<br>of<br>Chapter<br>17<br>used<br>does not exceed 30 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading except those of Chapter 11||
|ex Chapter 20<br>ex 2001<br>ex 2004<br>and<br>ex 2005<br>2006<br>2007<br>ex 2008|Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or<br>other parts of plants; except for:<br>Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible<br>parts of plants containing 5 % or more<br>by<br>weight<br>of<br>starch,<br>prepared<br>or<br>preserved by vinegar or acetic acid<br>Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or<br>flakes, prepared or preserved otherwise<br>than by vinegar or acetic acid<br>Vegetables,<br>fruit,<br>nuts,<br>fruit-peel<br>and<br>other<br>parts<br>of<br>plants,<br>preserved<br>by<br>sugar (drained, glacØ or crystallized)<br>Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or<br>nut purØe and fruit or nut pastes, being<br>cooked preparations, whether or not<br>containing<br>added<br>sugar<br>or<br>other<br>sweetening matter<br> Nuts, not containing added sugar or<br>spirits|Manufacture in which all the fruit,<br>nuts or vegetables used must be<br>wholly obtained<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials of Chapter 17 used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>17<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>the originating nuts and oil seeds of<br>heading Nos 0801, 0802 and 1202<br>to 1207 used exceeds 60 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product||

( [1] ) The exception concerning �Zea indurata�maize is applicable until 31 December 2002.

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|2009|Peanut butter; mixtures based on cereals;<br>palm hearts; maize (corn)<br> Other except for fruit and nuts cooked<br>otherwise than by steaming or boiling<br>in water, not containing added sugar,<br>frozen<br>Fruit juices (including grape must) and<br>vegetable juices, unfermented and not<br>containing added spirit, whether or not<br>containing<br>added<br>sugar<br>or<br>other<br>sweetening matter|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>17<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>17<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price of the product||
|ex Chapter 21<br>2101<br>2103|Miscellaneous edible preparations; except<br>for:<br>Extracts, essences and concentrates, of<br>coffee, tea or matØ and preparations<br>with a basis of these products or with<br>a basis of coffee, tea or matØ; roasted<br>chicory<br>and<br>other<br>roasted<br>coffee<br>substitutes, and extracts, essences and<br>concentrates thereof<br>Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed<br>condiments<br>and<br>mixed<br>seasonings;<br>mustard flour and meal and prepared<br>mustard:<br> Sauces<br>and<br>preparations<br>therefor;<br>mixed<br>condiments<br>and<br>mixed<br>seasonings<br> Mustard flour and meal and prepared<br>mustard|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> all the chicory used must be<br>wholly obtained<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, mustard flour or<br>meal or prepared mustard may be<br>used<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading||

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|ex 2104<br>2106| Soups and broths and preparations<br>therefor<br>Food<br>preparations<br>not<br>elsewhere<br>specified or included|Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading<br>except<br>prepared<br>or<br>preserved vegetables of heading Nos<br>2002 to 2005<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of the materials of each<br>of Chapters 4 and 17 used does<br>not exceed 30 % of the ex-works<br>price of the product||
|ex Chapter 22<br>2202<br>2207|Beverages, spirits and vinegar; except for:<br>Waters, including mineral waters and<br>aerated waters, containing added sugar<br>or other sweetening matter or flavoured,<br>and other non-alcoholic beverages, not<br>including fruit or vegetable juices of<br>heading No 2009<br>Undenatured<br>ethyl<br>alcohol<br>of<br>an<br>alcoholic strength by volume of 80 %<br>vol or higher; ethyl alcohol and other<br>spirits, denatured, of any strength|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> all the grapes or any material<br>derived from grapes used must<br>be wholly obtained<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>17<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>30 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price of the product;<br> any fruit juice used (except for<br>pineapple,<br>lime<br>and<br>grapefruit<br>juices)<br>must<br>already<br>be<br>orig-<br>inating<br>Manufacture:<br> from<br>materials<br>not<br>classified<br>within headings Nos 2207 or<br>2208,<br> in which all the grapes or any<br>material<br>derived<br>from<br>grapes<br>used must be wholly obtained<br>or if all the other materials used<br>are<br>already<br>originating,<br>arrack<br>may be used up to a limit of<br>5 % by volume||

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|2208|Undenatured<br>ethyl<br>alcohol<br>of<br>an<br>alcoholic strength by volume of less<br>than<br>80 %<br>vol;<br>spirits,<br>liqueurs<br>and<br>other spirituous beverages|Manufacture:<br> from<br>materials<br>not<br>classified<br>within headings Nos 2207 or<br>2208,<br> in which all the grapes or any<br>material<br>derived<br>from<br>grapes<br>used must be wholly obtained<br>or if all the other materials used<br>are<br>already<br>originating,<br>arrack<br>may be used up to a limit of<br>5 % by volume||
|ex Chapter 23<br>ex 2301<br>ex 2303<br>ex 2306<br>2309|Residues<br>and<br>waste<br>from<br>the<br>food<br>industries;<br>prepared<br>animal<br>fodder;<br>except for:<br>Whale meal; flours, meals and pellets of<br>fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other<br>aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human<br>consumption<br>Residues from the manufacture of starch<br>from<br>maize<br>(excluding<br>concentrated<br>steeping liquors), of a protein content,<br>calculated<br>on<br>the<br>dry<br>product,<br>exceeding 40 % by weight<br>Oil<br>cake<br>and<br>other<br>solid<br>residues<br>resulting from the extraction of olive<br>oil, containing more than 3 % of olive oil<br>Preparations of a kind used in animal<br>feeding|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapters 2 and 3 used<br>must be wholly obtained<br>Manufacture in which all the maize<br>used must be wholly obtained<br>Manufacture in which all the olives<br>used must be wholly obtained<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all the cereals, sugar or molasses,<br>meat or milk used must already<br>be originating;<br> all the materials of Chapter 3<br>used must be wholly obtained||
|ex Chapter 24<br>2402<br>ex 2403|Tobacco<br>and<br>manufactured<br>tobacco<br>substitutes; except for:<br>Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes,<br>of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes<br>Smoking tobacco|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials of Chapter 24 used must<br>be wholly obtained<br>Manufacture in which at least 70 %<br>by weight of the unmanufactured<br>tobacco<br>or<br>tobacco<br>refuse<br>of<br>heading No 2401 used must already<br>be originating<br>Manufacture in which at least 70 %<br>by weight of the unmanufactured<br>tobacco<br>or<br>tobacco<br>refuse<br>of<br>heading No 2401 used must already<br>be originating||

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|ex Chapter 25<br>ex 2504<br>ex 2515<br>ex 2516<br>ex 2518<br>ex 2519<br>ex 2520<br>ex 2524<br>ex 2525<br>ex 2530|Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering<br>materials, lime and cement; except for:<br>Natural<br>crystalline<br>graphite,<br>with<br>enriched carbon content, purified and<br>ground<br>Marble,<br>merely<br>cut,<br>by<br>sawing<br>or<br>otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a<br>rectangular (including square) shape, of<br>a thickness not exceeding 25 cm<br>Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and<br>other monumental or building stone,<br>merely cut, by sawing or otherwise,<br>into blocks or slabs of a rectangular<br>(including square) shape, of a thickness<br>not exceeding 25 cm<br>Calcined dolomite<br>Crushed natural magnesium carbonate<br>(magnesite),<br>in<br>hermetically-sealed<br>containers,<br>and<br>magnesium<br>oxide,<br>whether or not pure, other than fused<br>magnesia<br>or<br>dead-burned<br>(sintered)<br>magnesia<br>Plasters specially prepared for dentistry<br>Natural asbestos fibres<br>Mica powder<br>Earth colours, calcined or powdered|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Enriching of<br>the<br>carbon<br>content,<br>purifying<br>and<br>grinding<br>of<br>crude<br>crystalline graphite<br>Cutting, by sawing or otherwise, of<br>marble (even if already sawn) of a<br>thickness exceeding 25 cm<br>Cutting, by sawing or otherwise, of<br>stone (even if already sawn) of a<br>thickness exceeding 25 cm<br>Calcination of dolomite not calcined<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product.<br>However,<br>natural<br>magnesium<br>carbonate<br>(magnesite)<br>may be used<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>asbestos<br>concentrate<br>Grinding of mica or mica waste<br>Calcination<br>or<br>grinding<br>of<br>earth<br>colours||
|Chapter 26|Ores, slag and ash|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 27|Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products<br>of<br>their<br>distillation;<br>bituminous<br>substances; mineral waxes; except for:|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||

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|ex 2707<br>ex 2709<br>2710<br>2711<br>2712|Oils in which the weight of the aromatic<br>constituents<br>exceeds<br>that<br>of<br>the<br>non-aromatic<br>constituents,<br>being<br>oils<br>similar to mineral oils obtained by distil-<br>lation of high temperature coal tar, of<br>which<br>more<br>than<br>65 %<br>by<br>volume<br>distils at a temperature of up to 250 °C<br>(including mixtures of petroleum spirit<br>and<br>benzole),<br>for<br>use<br>as<br>power<br>or<br>heating fuels<br>Crude oils obtained from bituminous<br>minerals<br>Petroleum oils and oils obtained from<br>bituminous materials, other than crude;<br>preparations not elsewhere specified or<br>included, containing by weight 70 % or<br>more<br>of<br>petroleum<br>oils<br>or<br>of<br>oils<br>obtained<br>from<br>bituminous<br>materials,<br>these oils being the basic constituents<br>of the preparations<br>Petroleum<br>gases<br>and<br>other<br>gaseous<br>hydrocarbons<br>Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcryst-<br>alline<br>petroleum<br>wax,<br>slack<br>wax,<br>ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other<br>mineral<br>waxes,<br>and<br>similar<br>products<br>obtained<br>by<br>synthesis<br>or<br>by<br>other<br>processes, whether or not coloured|Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (1)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Destructive distillation of bituminous<br>materials<br>Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (2)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (2)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (2)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product||

( [1] ) For the special conditions relating to �specific processes�see Introductory Notes 7.1 and 7.3.
( [2] ) For the special conditions relating to �specific processes�see Introductory Note 7.2.

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|2713<br>2714<br>2715|Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and<br>other residues of petroleum oils or of<br>oils obtained from bituminous materials<br>Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous<br>or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and<br>asphaltic rocks<br>Bituminous mixtures based on natural<br>asphalt,<br>on<br>natural<br>bitumen,<br>on<br>petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or<br>on<br>mineral<br>tar<br>pitch<br>(for<br>example,<br>bituminous mastics, cut-backs)|Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (1)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (1)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (1)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product||
|ex Chapter 28<br>ex 2805<br>ex 2811<br>ex 2833<br>ex 2840|Inorganic<br>chemicals;<br>organic<br>or<br>inorganic<br>compounds<br>of<br>precious<br>metals, of rare-earth metals, of radio-<br>active elements or of isotopes; except for:<br>Mischmetall<br>Sulphur trioxide<br>Aluminium sulphate<br>Sodium perborate|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture<br>by<br>electrolytic<br>or<br>thermal<br>treatment<br>in<br>which<br>the<br>value of all the materials used does<br>not exceed 50 % of the ex-works<br>price of the product<br>Manufacture from sulphur dioxide<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from disodium<br>tetra-<br>borate pentahydrate|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

( [1] ) For the special conditions relating to �specific processes�see Introductory Notes 7.1 and 7.3.

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|ex Chapter 29<br>ex 2901<br>ex 2902<br>ex 2905<br>2915<br>ex 2932|Organic chemicals; except for:<br>Acyclic hydrocarbons for use as power<br>or heating fuels<br>Cyclanes<br>and<br>cyclenes<br>(other<br>than<br>azulenes), benzene, toluene, xylenes, for<br>use as power or heating fuels<br>Metal alcoholates of alcohols of this<br>heading and of ethanol<br>Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids<br>and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides<br>and<br>peroxyacids;<br>their<br>halogenated,<br>sulphonated,<br>nitrated<br>or<br>nitrosated<br>derivatives<br> Internal ethers and their halogenated,<br>sulphonated,<br>nitrated<br>or<br>nitrosated<br>derivatives<br> Cyclic acetals and internal hemiacetals<br>and their halogenated, sulphonated,<br>nitrated or nitrosated derivatives|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (1)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (1)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used, provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, including other materials<br>of<br>heading<br>No<br>2905.<br>However,<br>metal alcoholates of this heading<br>may be used, provided their value<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>20 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading. However, the value of all<br>the materials of heading Nos 2915<br>and<br>2916<br>used<br>may<br>not<br>exceed<br>20 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading. However, the value of all<br>the materials of heading No 2909<br>used may not exceed 20 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

( [1] ) For the special conditions relating to �specific processes�see Introductory Notes 7.1 and 7.3.

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|2933<br>2934|Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen<br>hetero-atom(s) only<br>Nucleic<br>acids<br>and<br>their<br>salts;<br>other<br>heterocyclic compounds|Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading. However, the value of all<br>the materials of heading Nos 2932<br>and<br>2933<br>used<br>may not exceed<br>20 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading. However, the value of all<br>the materials of heading Nos 2932,<br>2933 and 2934 used may not exceed<br>20 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 30<br>3002|Pharmaceutical products; except for:<br>Human blood; animal blood prepared for<br>therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic<br>uses; antisera and other blood fractions<br>and modified immunological products,<br>whether or not obtained by means of<br>biotechnological<br>processes;<br>vaccines,<br>toxins,<br>cultures<br>of<br>micro-organisms<br>(excluding yeasts) and similar products:<br> Products consisting of two or more<br>constituents which have been mixed<br>together for therapeutic or prophy-<br>lactic uses or unmixed products for<br>these uses, put up in measured doses<br>or in forms or packings for retail sale<br> Other:<br>  Human blood<br>  Animal blood prepared for thera-<br>peutic or prophylactic uses<br>  Blood fractions other than antisera,<br>haemoglobin, blood globulins and<br>serum globulins|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, including other materials<br>of heading No 3002. The materials<br>of<br>this<br>description<br>may<br>also<br>be<br>used, provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, including other materials<br>of heading No 3002. The materials<br>of<br>this<br>description<br>may<br>also<br>be<br>used, provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, including other materials<br>of heading No 3002. The materials<br>of<br>this<br>description<br>may<br>also<br>be<br>used, provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, including other materials<br>of heading No 3002. The materials<br>of<br>this<br>description<br>may<br>also<br>be<br>used, provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product||

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|3003<br>and<br>3004|  Haemoglobin, blood globulins and<br>serum globulins<br>  Other<br>Medicaments<br>(excluding<br>goods<br>of<br>heading No 3002, 3005 or 3006):<br> Obtained from amikacin of heading<br>No 2941<br> Other|Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, including other materials<br>of heading No 3002. The materials<br>of<br>this<br>description<br>may<br>also<br>be<br>used, provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, including other materials<br>of heading No 3002. The materials<br>of<br>this<br>description<br>may<br>also<br>be<br>used, provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product.<br>However,<br>materials<br>of<br>heading No 3003 or 3004 may be<br>used<br>provided<br>their<br>value,<br>taken<br>together, does not exceed 20 % of<br>the ex works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than<br>that<br>of<br>the<br>product.<br>However, materials of heading<br>No 3003 or 3004 may be used<br>provided<br>their<br>value,<br>taken<br>together, does not exceed 20 %<br>of the ex-works price of the<br>product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product||
|ex Chapter 31<br>ex 3105|Fertilizers; except for:<br>Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing<br>two or three of the fertilizing elements<br>nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium;<br>other fertilizers; goods of this Chapter,<br>in<br>tablets<br>or<br>similar<br>forms<br>or<br>in<br>packages<br>of<br>a<br>gross<br>weight<br>not<br>exceeding 10 kg, except for:<br> sodium nitrate<br> calcium cyanamide<br> potassium sulphate<br> magnesium potassium sulphate|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than<br>that<br>of<br>the<br>product.<br>However,<br>materials<br>classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does<br>not<br>exceed<br>20 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|ex Chapter 32<br>ex 3201<br>3205|Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and<br>their<br>derivatives;<br>dyes,<br>pigments<br>and<br>other<br>colouring<br>matter;<br>paints<br>and<br>varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks;<br>except for:<br>Tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and<br>other derivatives<br>Colour lakes; preparations as specified in<br>Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour<br>lakes (1)|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture from tanning extracts of<br>vegetable origin<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, except heading Nos 3203,<br>3204 and 3205. However, materials<br>from heading No 3205 may be used<br>provided their value does not exceed<br>20 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 33<br>3301|Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery,<br>cosmetic or toilet preparations; except<br>for:<br>Essential<br>oils<br>(terpeneless<br>or<br>not),<br>including<br>concretes<br>and<br>absolutes;<br>resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concen-<br>trates of essential oils in fats, in fixed<br>oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by<br>enfleurage<br>or<br>maceration;<br>terpenic<br>by-products<br>of<br>the<br>deterpenation<br>of<br>essential<br>oils;<br>aqueous<br>distillates<br>and<br>aqueous solutions of essential oils|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading,<br>including<br>materials of a<br>different group (2) in this heading.<br>However,<br>materials<br>of<br>the<br>same<br>group may be used, provided their<br>value does not exceed 20 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 34|Soap,<br>organic<br>surface-active<br>agents,<br>washing preparations, lubricating prep-<br>arations,<br>artificial<br>waxes,<br>prepared<br>waxes,<br>polishing<br>or<br>scouring<br>prep-<br>arations,<br>candles and similar articles,<br>modelling<br>pastes,<br>dental<br>waxes<br>and<br>dental<br>preparations<br>with<br>a<br>basis<br>of<br>plaster; except for:|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

( [1] ) Note 3 to Chapter 32 says that these preparations are those of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring provided
they are not classified in another heading in Chapter 32.
( [2] ) A �group�is regarded as any part of the heading separated from the rest by a semi-colon.

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|ex 3403<br>3404|Lubricating preparations containing less<br>than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils<br>or<br>oils<br>obtained<br>from<br>bituminous<br>minerals<br>Artificial waxes and prepared waxes:<br> With a basis of paraffin, petroleum<br>waxes,<br>waxes<br>obtained<br>from<br>bituminous minerals, slack wax or<br>scale wax<br> Other|Operations of refining and/or one or<br>more specific process(es) (1)<br>or<br>Other operations in which all the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, except:<br> hydrogenated<br>oils<br>having<br>the<br>character of waxes of heading<br>No 1516;<br> fatty acids not chemically defined<br>or industrial fatty alcohols having<br>the character of waxes of heading<br>No 3823;<br> materials of heading No 3404<br>However, these materials may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 35<br>3505|Albuminoidal<br>substances;<br>modified<br>starches; glues; enzymes; except for:<br>Dextrins and other modified starches (for<br>example,<br>pregelatinised<br>or<br>esterified<br>starches); glues based on starches, or on<br>dextrins or other modified starches:<br> Starch ethers and esters|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, including other materials<br>of heading No 3505|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

( [1] ) For the special conditions relating to �specific processes�see Introductory Notes 7.1 and 7.3

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|ex 3507| Other<br>Prepared<br>enzymes<br>not<br>elsewhere<br>specified or included|Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, except those of heading<br>No 1108<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|Chapter 36|Explosives;<br>pyrotechnic<br>products;<br>matches;<br>pyrophoric<br>alloys;<br>certain<br>combustible preparations|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 37<br>3701<br>3702<br>3704|Photographic or cinematographic goods;<br>except for:<br>Photographic plates and film in the flat,<br>sensitized, unexposed, of any material<br>other<br>than<br>paper,<br>paperboard<br>or<br>textiles; instant print film in the flat,<br>sensitized, unexposed, whether or not<br>in packs:<br> Instant print film for colour photo-<br>graphy, in packs<br> Other<br>Photographic film in rolls, sensitized,<br>unexposed, of any material other than<br>paper, paperboard or textiles; instant<br>print film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed<br>Photographic<br>plates,<br>film<br>paper,<br>paperboard and textiles, exposed but<br>not developed|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than heading No<br>3701 or 3702. However, materials<br>from<br>heading<br>No<br>3702<br>may<br>be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 30 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than heading No<br>3701 or 3702. However, materials<br>from heading Nos 3701 and 3702<br>may be used provided their value,<br>taken<br>together,<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>20 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than heading No<br>3701 or 3702<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than heading Nos<br>3701 to 3704|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|ex Chapter 38<br>ex 3801<br>ex 3803<br>ex 3805<br>ex 3806<br>ex 3807<br>3808<br>3809<br>3810|Miscellaneous chemical products; except<br>for:<br> Colloidal graphite in suspension in oil<br>and semi-colloidal graphite; carbon-<br>aceous pastes for electrodes<br> Graphite<br>in<br>paste<br>form,<br>being<br>a<br>mixture<br>of<br>more<br>than<br>30 %<br>by<br>weight of graphite with mineral oils<br>Refined tall oil<br>Spirits of sulphate turpentine, purified<br>Ester gums<br>Wood pitch (wood tar pitch)<br>Insecticides,<br>rodenticides,<br>fungicides,<br>herbicides, anti-sprouting products and<br>plant-growth<br>regulators,<br>disinfectants<br>and similar products, put up in forms<br>or packings for retail sale or as prep-<br>arations or articles (for example, sulphur-<br>treated bands, wicks and candles, and<br>fly-papers)<br>Finishing<br>agents,<br>dye<br>carriers<br>to<br>accelerate<br>the<br>dyeing<br>or<br>fixing<br>of<br>dyestuffs and other products and prep-<br>arations<br>(for<br>example,<br>dressings<br>and<br>mordants), of a kind used in the textile,<br>paper, leather or like industries, not<br>elsewhere specified or included<br>Pickling preparations for metal surfaces;<br>fluxes and other auxiliary preparations<br>for<br>soldering,<br>brazing<br>or<br>welding;<br>soldering, brazing or welding powders<br>and<br>pastes<br>consisting<br>of<br>metal<br>and<br>other materials; preparations of a kind<br>used as cores or coatings for welding<br>electrodes or rods|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials of heading No 3403<br>used does not exceed 20 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Refining of crude tall oil<br>Purification by distillation or refining<br>of raw spirits of sulphate turpentine<br>Manufacture from resin acids<br>Distillation of wood tar<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>products<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>products<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 %<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price<br>of<br>the<br>products|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|3811<br>3812<br>3813<br>3814<br>3818<br>3819<br>3820<br>3822|Anti-knock<br>preparations,<br>oxidation<br>inhibitors,<br>gum<br>inhibitors,<br>viscosity<br>improvers,<br>anti-corrosive<br>preparations<br>and<br>other<br>prepared<br>additives,<br>for<br>mineral oils (including gasoline) or for<br>other<br>liquids<br>used<br>for<br>the<br>same<br>purposes as mineral oils:<br> Prepared additives for lubricating oil,<br>containing<br>petroleum<br>oils<br>or<br>oils<br>obtained from bituminous minerals<br> Other<br>Prepared rubber accelerators; compound<br>plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not<br>elsewhere specified or included; anti-<br>oxidizing<br>preparations<br>and<br>other<br>compound<br>stabilizers<br>for<br>rubber<br>or<br>plastics<br>Preparations and charges for fire-extin-<br>guishers;<br>charged<br>fire-extinguishing<br>grenades<br>Organic composite solvents and thinners,<br>not<br>elsewhere<br>specified<br>or<br>included;<br>prepared paint or varnish removers<br>Chemical elements doped for use in elec-<br>tronics, in the form of discs, wafers or<br>similar<br>forms;<br>chemical<br>compounds<br>doped for use in electronics<br>Hydraulic<br>brake<br>fluids<br>and<br>other<br>prepared<br>liquids<br>for<br>hydraulic<br>trans-<br>mission, not containing or containing<br>less than 70 % by weight of petroleum<br>oils or oils obtained from bituminous<br>minerals<br>Anti-freezing preparations and prepared<br>de-icing fluids<br>Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a<br>backing<br>and<br>prepared<br>diagnostic<br>or<br>laboratory reagents, whether or not on<br>a backing, other than those of heading<br>No 3002 or 3006|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials of heading No 3811<br>used does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product||

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|3823<br>3824|Industrial<br>monocarboxylic<br>fatty<br>acids;<br>acid oils from refining; industrial fatty<br>alcohols:<br> Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids,<br>acid oils from refining<br> Industrial fatty alcohols<br>Prepared binders for foundry moulds or<br>cores;<br>chemical<br>products<br>and<br>prep-<br>arations<br>of<br>the<br>chemical<br>or<br>allied<br>industries (including those consisting of<br>mixtures<br>of<br>natural<br>products),<br>not<br>elsewhere specified or included; residual<br>products<br>of<br>the<br>chemical<br>or<br>allied<br>industries, not elsewhere specified or<br>included:<br> The following of this heading:<br>  Prepared<br>binders<br>for<br>foundry<br>moulds or cores based on natural<br>resinous products<br>  Naphthenic<br>acids,<br>their<br>water<br>insoluble salts and their esters<br>  Sorbitol other than that of heading<br>No 2905<br>  Petroleum<br>sulphonates,<br>excluding<br>petroleum<br>sulphonates<br>of<br>alkali<br>metals, of ammonium or of ethano-<br>lamines;<br>thiophenated<br>sulphonic<br>acids<br>of<br>oils<br>obtained<br>from<br>bituminous minerals, and their salts<br>  Ion exchangers<br>  Getters for vacuum tubes<br>  Alkaline iron oxide for the purifi-<br>cation of gas<br>  Ammoniacal gas liquors and spent<br>oxide produced in coal gas purifi-<br>cation<br>  Sulphonaphthenic acids, their water<br>insoluble salts and their esters<br>  Fusel oil and Dippel’s oil<br>  Mixtures of salts having different<br>anions<br>  Copying<br>pastes<br>with<br>a<br>basis<br>of<br>gelatin, whether or not on a paper<br>or textile backing<br> Other|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading including other materials of<br>heading No 3823<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|3901<br>to<br>3915<br>ex 3907<br>3912<br>ex 3916<br>to<br>3921|Plastics in primary forms, waste, parings<br>and scrap, of plastic; except for heading<br>Nos ex 3907 and 3912 for which the<br>rules are set out below:<br> Addition<br>homopolymerization<br>products in which a single monomer<br>contributes more than 99 % by weight<br>to the total polymer content<br> Other<br> Copolymer, made from polycarbonate<br>and<br>acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene<br>copolymer (ABS)<br> Polyester<br>Cellulose and its chemical derivatives,<br>not elsewhere specified or included, in<br>primary forms<br>Semi-manufactures<br>and<br>articles<br>of<br>plastics;<br>except<br>for<br>headings<br>Nos<br>ex 3916,<br>ex 3917,<br>ex 3920<br>and<br>ex 3921, for which the rules are set<br>out below:<br> Flat products, further worked than<br>only<br>surface-worked<br>or<br>cut<br>into<br>forms<br>other<br>than<br>rectangular<br>(including<br>square);<br>other<br>products,<br>further<br>worked<br>than<br>only<br>surface-<br>worked|Manufacture in which:<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>39<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>20 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price of the product (1)<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>the materials of Chapter 39 used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>20 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product (1)<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, materials classified<br>within the same heading may be<br>used provided their value does not<br>exceed 50 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product (1).<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials of Chapter 39 used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>20 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price<br>of<br>the<br>product<br>and/or<br>manufacture from polycar-<br>bonate of tetrabromo-(bisphenol A)<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials classified in the same<br>heading as the product does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials of Chapter 39 used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>50 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

( [1] ) In the case of the products composed of materials classified within both heading Nos 3901 to 3906, on the one hand, and within heading Nos 3907 to 3911, on the
other hand, this restriction only applies to that group of materials which predominates by weight in the product.

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|ex 3916<br>and<br>ex 3917<br>ex 3920<br>ex 3921<br>3922<br>to<br>3926| Other:<br>  Addition<br>homopolymerization<br>products<br>in<br>which<br>a<br>single<br>monomer<br>contributes<br>more<br>than<br>99 %<br>by<br>weight<br>to<br>the<br>total<br>polymer content<br>  Other<br>Profile shapes and tubes<br> Ionomer sheet or film<br> Sheets<br>of<br>regenerated<br>cellulose,<br>polyamides or polyethylene<br>Foils of plastic, metallized<br>Articles of plastics|Manufacture in which:<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product;<br> the value of any materials of<br>Chapter<br>39<br>used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>20 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price of the product (1)<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials of Chapter 39 used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>20 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product (1)<br>Manufacture in which:<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product;<br> the<br>value<br>of<br>any<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>the<br>same<br>heading as the product does not<br>exceed<br>20 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price of the product<br>Manufacture from a thermoplastic<br>partial salt which is a copolymer of<br>ethylene and metacrylic acid partly<br>neutralized with metal ions, mainly<br>zinc and sodium<br>Manufacture in which the value of<br>any materials classified in the same<br>heading as the product does not<br>exceed 20 % of the ex-works price<br>of the product<br>Manufacture from highly transparent<br>polyester foils with a thickness of<br>less than 23 micron (2)<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 40<br>ex 4001|Rubber and articles thereof; except for:<br>Laminated slabs of crepe rubber for<br>shoes|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Lamination<br>of<br>sheets<br>of<br>natural<br>rubber||

( [1] ) In the case of the products composed of materials classified within both heading Nos 3901 to 3906, on the one hand, and within heading Nos 3907 to 3911, on the
other hand, this restriction only applies to that group of materials which predominates by weight in the product.
( [2] ) The following foils shall be considered as highly transparent: foils, the optical dimming of which �measured according to ASTM-D 1003-16 by Gardner Hazemeter
(i.e. Hazefactor) �is less than 2 %.

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|4005<br>4012<br>ex 4017|Compounded rubber, unvulcanised, in<br>primary forms or in plates, sheets or<br>strip<br>Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of<br>rubber; solid or cushion tyres, inter-<br>changeable tyre treads and tyre flaps, of<br>rubber:<br> Retreaded pneumatic, solid or cushion<br>tyres, of rubber<br> Other<br>Articles of hard rubber|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used, except natural<br>rubber, does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Retreading of used tyres<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, except those of heading<br>No 4011 or 4012<br>Manufacture from hard rubber||
|ex Chapter 41<br>ex 4102<br>4104<br>to<br>4107<br>4109|Raw hides and skins (other than furskins)<br>and leather; except for:<br>Raw skins of sheep or lambs, without<br>wool on<br>Leather, without hair or wool, other than<br>leather of heading Nos 4108 or 4109<br>Patent<br>leather<br>and<br>patent<br>laminated<br>leather; metallised leather|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Removal of wool from sheep or lamb<br>skins, with wool on<br>Retanning of pre-tanned leather<br>or<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from leather of heading<br>Nos 4104 to 4107 provided its value<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>50 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product||
|Chapter 42|Articles of leather; saddlery and harness;<br>travel<br>goods,<br>handbags<br>and<br>similar<br>containers; articles of animal gut (other<br>than silk worm gut)|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 43<br>ex 4302|Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures<br>thereof; except for:<br>Tanned or dressed furskins, assembled:<br> Plates, crosses and similar forms<br> Other|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Bleaching or dyeing, in addition to<br>cutting<br>and<br>assembly<br>of<br>non-assembled<br>tanned<br>or<br>dressed<br>furskins<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>non-assembled,<br>tanned or dressed furskins||

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|4303|Articles of apparel, clothing accessories<br>and other articles of furskin|Manufacture<br>from<br>non-assembled<br>tanned<br>or<br>dressed<br>furskins<br>of<br>heading No 4302||
|ex Chapter 44<br>ex 4403<br>ex 4407<br>ex 4408<br>4409<br>ex 4410<br>to<br>ex 4413<br>ex 4415<br>ex 4416<br>ex 4418<br>ex 4421|Wood<br>and<br>articles<br>of<br>wood;<br>wood<br>charcoal; except for:<br>Wood roughly squared<br>Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced<br>or<br>peeled,<br>of<br>a<br>thickness<br>exceeding<br>6 mm, planed, sanded or finger-jointed<br>Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood, of<br>a thickness not exceeding 6 mm, spliced,<br>and other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced<br>or peeled of a thickness not exceeding<br>6 mm, planed, sanded or finger-jointed<br>Wood continuously shaped along any of<br>its edges or faces, whether or not planed,<br>sanded or finger-jointed:<br> Sanded or finger-jointed<br> Beadings and mouldings<br>Beadings<br>and<br>mouldings,<br>including<br>moulded skirting and other moulded<br>boards<br>Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and<br>similar packings, of wood<br>Casks,<br>barrels,<br>vats,<br>tubs<br>and<br>other<br>coopers’ products and parts thereof, of<br>wood<br> Builders’<br>joinery<br>and<br>carpentry<br>of<br>wood<br> Beadings and mouldings<br>Match splints; wooden pegs or pins for<br>footwear|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>wood<br>in<br>the<br>rough, whether or not stripped of<br>its bark or merely roughed down<br>Planing, sanding or finger-jointing<br>Splicing, planing, sanding or finger-<br>jointing<br>Sanding or finger-jointing<br>Beading or moulding<br>Beadings and moulding<br>Manufacture from boards not cut to<br>size<br>Manufacture from riven staves, not<br>further worked than sawn on the<br>two principal surfaces<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product.<br>However,<br>cellular<br>wood<br>panels, shingles and shakes may be<br>used<br>Beading or moulding<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>wood<br>of<br>any<br>heading<br>except<br>drawn<br>wood<br>of<br>heading No 4409||

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|ex Chapter 45<br>4503|Cork and articles of cork; except for:<br>Articles of natural cork|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from cork of heading<br>No 4501||
|Chapter 46|Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of<br>other plaiting materials; basketware and<br>wickerwork|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|Chapter 47|Pulp<br>of<br>wood<br>or<br>of<br>other<br>fibrous<br>cellulosic material; recovered (waste and<br>scrap) paper or paperboard|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 48<br>ex 4811<br>4816<br>4817<br>ex 4818<br>ex 4819<br>ex 4820<br>ex 4823|Paper and paperboard; articles of paper<br>pulp, of paper or of paperboard; except<br>for:<br>Paper and paperboard, ruled, lined or<br>squared only<br>Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other<br>copying or transfer papers (other than<br>those of heading No 4809), duplicator<br>stencils<br>and<br>offset<br>plates,<br>of<br>paper,<br>whether or not put up in boxes<br>Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards<br>and correspondence cards, of paper or<br>paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and<br>writing<br>compendiums,<br>of<br>paper<br>or<br>paperboard, containing an assortment<br>of paper stationery<br>Toilet paper<br>Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other<br>packing<br>containers,<br>of<br>paper,<br>paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs<br>of cellulose fibres<br>Letter pads<br>Other<br>paper,<br>paperboard,<br>cellulose<br>wadding and webs of cellulose fibres,<br>cut to size or shape|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>paper-making<br>materials of Chapter 47<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>paper-making<br>materials of Chapter 47<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>paper-making<br>materials of Chapter 47<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>paper-making<br>materials of Chapter 47||

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|ex Chapter 49<br>4909<br>4910|Printed books, newspapers, pictures and<br>other products of the printing industry;<br>manuscripts,<br>typescripts<br>and<br>plans;<br>except for:<br>Printed or illustrated postcards; printed<br>cards<br>bearing<br>personal<br>greetings,<br>messages or announcements,<br>whether<br>or<br>not<br>illustrated,<br>with<br>or<br>without<br>envelopes or trimmings<br>Calendars of any kind, printed, including<br>calendar blocks:<br> Calendars of the perpetual type or<br>with replaceable blocks mounted on<br>bases other than paper or paperboard<br> Other|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>not<br>classified within heading No 4909<br>or 4911<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>not<br>classified in heading No 4909 or<br>4911||
|ex Chapter 50<br>ex 5003<br>5004<br>to<br>ex 5006<br>5007|Silk; except for:<br>Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable<br>for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted<br>stock), carded or combed<br>Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste<br>Woven fabrics of silk or of silk waste:<br> Incorporating rubber thread|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Carding or combing of silk waste<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> raw silk or silk waste carded or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> other natural fibres not carded or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper-making materials<br>Manufacture from single yarn (1)||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|| Other|Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>prepared for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product||
|ex Chapter 51<br>5106<br>to<br>5110<br>5111<br>to<br>5113|Wool,<br>fine<br>or<br>coarse<br>animal<br>hair;<br>horsehair<br>yarn<br>and<br>woven<br>fabric;<br>except for:<br>Yarn of wool, of fine or coarse animal<br>hair or of horsehair<br>Woven fabrics of wool, of fine or coarse<br>animal hair or of horsehair:<br> Incorporating rubber thread|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> raw silk or silk waste carded or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> natural<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded<br>or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper-making materials<br>Manufacture from single yarn (1)||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|| Other|Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br><br>natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>prepared for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product||
|ex Chapter 52<br>5204<br>to<br>5207<br>5208<br>to<br>5212|Cotton; except for:<br>Yarn and thread of cotton<br>Woven fabrics of cotton:<br> Incorporating rubber thread|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> raw silk or silk waste carded or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> natural<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded<br>or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper-making materials<br>Manufacture from single yarn (1)||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|| Other|Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>prepared for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product||
|ex Chapter 53<br>5306<br>to<br>5308<br>5309<br>to<br>5311|Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn<br>and woven fabrics of paper yarn; except<br>for:<br>Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres;<br>paper yarn<br>Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile<br>fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn:<br> Incorporating rubber thread|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> raw silk or silk waste carded or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> natural<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded<br>or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper-making materials<br>Manufacture from single yarn (1)||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|| Other|Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>prepared for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product||
|5401<br>to<br>5406<br>5407<br>ad<br>5408|Yarn,<br>monofilament<br>and<br>thread<br>of<br>man-made filaments<br>Woven fabrics of man-made filament<br>yarn:<br> Incorporating rubber thread|Manufacture from (1)<br> raw silk or silk waste carded or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> natural<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded<br>or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper-making materials<br>Manufacture from single yarn (1)||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|| Other|Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>prepared for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product||
|5501<br>to<br>5507<br>5508<br>to<br>5511<br>5512<br>to<br>5516|Man-made staple fibres<br>Yarn and sewing thread of man-made<br>staple fibres<br>Woven fabrics of man-made staple fibres:<br> Incorporating rubber thread|Manufacture from chemical materials<br>or textile pulp<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> raw silk or silk waste carded or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> natural<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded<br>or<br>combed or otherwise prepared<br>for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper-making materials<br>Manufacture from single yarn (1)||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|| Other|Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>prepared for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product||
|ex Chapter 56<br>5602|Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special<br>yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables<br>and articles thereof; except for:<br>Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated,<br>covered or laminated:<br> Needleloom felt|Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br> natural fibres,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper making materials<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp<br>However:<br> polypropylene<br>filament<br>of<br>heading No 5402,<br> polypropylene fibres of heading<br>No 5503 or 5506 or<br> polypropylene filament tow of<br>heading No 5501, of which the<br>denomination in all cases of a<br>single filament or fibre is less<br>than 9 decitex,<br>may be used provided their value<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>40<br>%<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|5604<br>5605<br>5606| Other<br>Rubber thread and cord, textile covered;<br>textile yarn, and strip and the like of<br>heading No 5404 or 5405, impregnated,<br>coated, covered or sheathed with rubber<br>or plastics:<br> Rubber<br>thread<br>and<br>cord,<br>textile<br>covered<br> Other<br>Metallised yarn, whether or not gimped,<br>being textile yarn, or strip or the like of<br>heading No 5404 or 5405, combined<br>with metal in the form of thread, strip<br>or powder or covered with metal<br>Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of<br>heading No 5404 or 5405, gimped<br>(other than those of heading No 5605<br>and gimped horsehair<br>yarn); chenille<br>yarn<br>(including<br>flock<br>chenille<br>yarn);<br>loop wale-yarn|Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>made<br>from casein, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp<br>Manufacture from rubber thread or<br>cord, not textile covered<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres, natural fibres not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper-making materials<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper-making materials<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning,<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br> paper-making materials||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

C 213 E/178 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

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|Chapter 57|Carpets and other textile floor coverings:<br> Of needleloom felt<br> Of other felt<br> Other|Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp<br>However:<br> polypropylene<br>filament<br>of<br>heading No 5402,<br> polypropylene fibres of heading<br>No 5503 or 5506 or<br> polypropylene filament tow of<br>heading No 5501, of which the<br>denomination in all cases of a<br>single filament or fibre is less<br>than 9 decitex,<br>may be used provided their value<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>40 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product<br> Jute fabric may be used as a<br>backing<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> natural<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded<br>or<br>combed or otherwise processed<br>for spinning, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn or jute yarn,<br> synthetic<br>or<br>artificial<br>filament<br>yarn,<br> natural fibres, or<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning<br>Jute fabric may be used as a backing||
|ex Chapter 58|Special<br>woven<br>fabrics;<br>tufted<br>textile<br>fabrics;<br>lace;<br>tapestries;<br>trimmings;<br>embroidery; except for:<br> Combined with rubber thread|Manufacture from single yarn (1)||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|5805<br>5810| Other<br>Hand-woven<br>tapestries<br>of<br>the<br>types<br>Gobelins, Flanders, Aubusson, Beauvais<br>and<br>the<br>like,<br>and<br>needle-worked<br>tapestries<br>(for<br>example,<br>petit<br>point,<br>cross stitch), whether or not made up<br>Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in<br>motifs|Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product||
|5901<br>5902|Textile<br>fabrics<br>coated<br>with<br>gum<br>or<br>amylaceous substances, of a kind used<br>for the outer covers of books or the<br>like; tracing<br>cloth;<br>prepared<br>painting<br>canvas; buckram and similar stiffened<br>textile fabrics of a kind used for hat<br>foundations<br>Tyre cord fabric of high tenacity yarn of<br>nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or<br>viscose rayon:<br> Containing not more than 90 % by<br>weight of textile materials<br> Other|Manufacture from yarn<br>Manufacture from yarn<br>Manufacture from chemical materials<br>or textile pulp||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|5903<br>5904<br>5905|Textile<br>fabrics<br>impregnated,<br>coated,<br>covered<br>or<br>laminated<br>with<br>plastics,<br>other than those of heading No 5902<br>Linoleum, whether or note cut to shape;<br>floor coverings consisting of a coating or<br>covering applied on a textile backing,<br>whether or not cut to shape<br>Textile wall coverings:<br> Impregnated,<br>coated,<br>covered<br>or<br>laminated<br>with<br>rubber,<br>plastics<br>or<br>other materials<br> Other|Manufacture from yarn<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from yarn (1)<br>Manufacture from yarn<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp,<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|5906<br>5907<br>5908<br>5909<br>to<br>5911|Rubberized textile fabrics, other than<br>those of heading No 5902:<br> Knitted or crocheted fabrics<br> Other<br>fabrics<br>made<br>of<br>synthetic<br>filament yarn, containing more than<br>90 % by weight of textile materials<br> Other<br>Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated,<br>coated or covered; painted canvas being<br>theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths or<br>the like<br>Textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted,<br>for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the<br>like;<br>incandescent<br>gas<br>mantles<br>and<br>tubular<br>knitted<br>gas<br>mantle<br>fabric<br>therefor, whether or not impregnated:<br> Incandescent gas mantles, impregnated<br> Other<br>Textile articles of a kind suitable for<br>industrial use:<br> Polishing discs or rings other than of<br>felt of heading 5911|Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp<br>Manufacture from chemical materials<br>Manufacture from yarn<br>Manufacture from yarn<br>or<br>Printing accompanied by at least two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>fabric used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from tubular knitted gas<br>mantle fabric<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>yarn<br>or<br>waste<br>fabrics or rags of heading No 6310||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.

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|| Woven fabrics, of a kind commonly<br>used<br>in<br>papermaking<br>or<br>other<br>technical uses, felted or not, whether<br>or not impregnated or coated, tubular<br>or endless with single or multiple<br>warp and/or weft, or flat woven with<br>multiple warp and/or weft of heading<br>No 5911<br> Other|Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br> the following materials:<br> yarn<br>of<br>polytetrafluoro-<br>ethylene (2),<br> yarn, multiple, of polyamide,<br>coated<br>impregnated<br>or<br>covered with a phenolic resin,<br> yarn of synthetic textile fibres<br>of<br>aromatic<br>polyamides,<br>obtained by polycondensation<br>of m-phenylenediamine and<br>isophthalic acid,<br> monofil<br>of<br>polytetrafluoro-<br>ethylene (2),<br> yarn of synthetic textile fibres<br>of poly-p-phenylene tereph-<br>thalamide,<br> glass fibre yarn, coated with<br>phenol<br>resin<br>and<br>gimped<br>with acrylic yarn (2),<br> copolyester monofilaments of<br>a polyester and a resin of<br>terephthalic<br>acid<br>and<br>1,4-cyclohexanediethanol and<br>isophthalic acid,<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> coir yarn,<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
( [2] ) The use of this material is restricted to the manufacture of woven fabrics of a kind used in paper-making machinery.

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|Chapter 60|Knitted or crocheted fabrics|Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp||
|Chapter 61|Articles<br>of<br>apparel<br>and<br>clothing<br>accessories, knitted or crocheted:<br> Obtained<br>by<br>sewing<br>together<br>or<br>otherwise assembling, two or more<br>pieces of knitted or crocheted fabric<br>which have been either cut to form<br>or obtained directly to form<br> Other|Manufacture from yarn (1) (2)<br>Manufacture from (1)<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp||
|ex Chapter 62<br>ex 6202,<br>ex 6204,<br>ex 6206,<br>ex 6209<br>and<br>ex 6211<br>ex 6210<br>and<br>ex 6216|Articles<br>of<br>apparel<br>and<br>clothing<br>accessories, not knitted or crocheted;<br>except for:<br>Women’s, girls’ and babies’ clothing and<br>clothing<br>accessories<br>for<br>babies,<br>embroidered<br>Fire-resistant<br>equipment<br>of<br>fabric<br>covered with foil of aluminized polyester|Manufacture from yarn (1) (2)<br>Manufacture from yarn (2)<br>or<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>unembroidered<br>fabric provided the value of the<br>unembroidered fabric used does not<br>exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product (2)<br>Manufacture from yarn (2)<br>or<br>Manufacture from uncoated fabric<br>provided the value of the uncoated<br>fabric used does not exceed 40 % of<br>the ex-works price of the product (2)||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
( [2] ) See Introductory Note 6.

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|6213<br>and<br>6214<br>6217|Handkerchiefs, shawls, scarves, mufflers,<br>mantillas, veils and the like:<br> Embroidered<br> Other<br>Other<br>made<br>up<br>clothing<br>accessories;<br>parts<br>of<br>garments<br>or<br>of<br>clothing<br>accessories, other than those of heading<br>No 6212:<br> Embroidered<br> Fire-resistant<br>equipment<br>of<br>fabric<br>covered<br>with<br>foil<br>of<br>aluminized<br>polyester|Manufacture from unbleached single<br>yarn (1) (2)<br>or<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>unembroidered<br>fabric provided the value of the<br>unembroidered fabric used does not<br>exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product (2)<br>Manufacture from unbleached single<br>yarn (1) (2)<br>or<br>Making<br>up<br>followed<br>by<br>printing<br>accompanied<br>by<br>at<br>least<br>two<br>preparatory or finishing operations<br>(such as scouring, bleaching, merce-<br>rising, heat setting, raising, calen-<br>dering, shrink resistance processing,<br>permanent<br>finishing,<br>decatising,<br>impregnating, mending and burling)<br>where the value of the unprinted<br>goods of heading Nos 6213 and<br>6214 used does not exceed 47,5 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from yarn (2)<br>or<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>unembroidered<br>fabric provided the value of the<br>unembroidered fabric used does not<br>exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product (2)<br>Manufacture from yarn (2)<br>or<br>Manufacture from uncoated fabric<br>provided the value of the uncoated<br>fabric used does not exceed 40 % of<br>the ex-works price of the product (2)||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
( [2] ) See Introductory Note 6.

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|| Interlinings for collars and cuffs, cut<br>out<br> Other|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from yarn (1)||
|ex Chapter 63<br>6301<br>to<br>6304<br>6305|Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn<br>clothing and worn textile articles; rags;<br>except for:<br>Blankets, travelling rugs, bed linen etc.;<br>curtains etc.; other furnishing articles:<br> Of felt, of nonwovens<br> Other:<br>  Embroidered<br>  Other<br>Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the<br>packing of goods|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from (2)<br> natural fibres, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp<br>Manufacture from unbleached single<br>yarn (1) (3)<br>or<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>unembroidered<br>fabric<br>(other<br>than<br>knitted<br>or<br>crocheted) provided the value of the<br>unembroidered fabric used does not<br>exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product<br>Manufacture from unbleached single<br>yarn (1) (3)<br>Manufacture from (2)<br> natural fibres,<br> man-made<br>staple<br>fibres<br>not<br>carded or combed or otherwise<br>processed for spinning, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp||

( [1] ) See Introductory Note 6.
( [2] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
( [3] ) For knitted or crocheted articles, not elastic or rubberized, obtained by sewing or assembling pieces of knitted or crocheted fabrics (cut out or knitted directly to shape),
see Introductory Note 6.

C 213 E/186 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

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|6306<br>6307<br>6308|Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds; tents;<br>sails for boats, sailboards or landcraft;<br>camping goods:<br> Of nonwovens<br> Other<br>Other made-up articles, including dress<br>patterns<br>Sets consisting of woven fabric and yarn,<br>whether or not with accessories, for<br>making<br>up<br>into<br>rugs,<br>tapestries,<br>embroidered table cloths or serviettes,<br>or similar textile articles, put up in<br>packings for retail sale|Manufacture from (1) (2)<br> natural fibres, or<br> chemical materials or textile pulp<br>Manufacture from unbleached single<br>yarn (1) (2)<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Each item in the set must satisfy the<br>rule which would apply to it if it<br>were<br>not<br>included<br>in<br>the<br>set.<br>However,<br>non-originating<br>articles<br>may be incorporated provided their<br>total value does not exceed 15 % of<br>the ex-works price of the set||
|ex Chapter 64<br>6406|Footwear, gaiters and the like; except for:<br>Parts<br>of<br>footwear<br>(including<br>uppers<br>whether or not attached to soles other<br>than outer soles); removable in-soles,<br>heel<br>cushions<br>and<br>similar<br>articles;<br>gaiters,<br>leggings<br>and<br>similar<br>articles,<br>and parts thereof|Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading<br>except<br>for<br>assemblies<br>of<br>uppers affixed to inner soles or to<br>other sole components of heading<br>No 6406<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 65<br>6503<br>6505|Headgear and parts thereof, except for:<br>Felt hats and other felt headgear, made<br>from the hat bodies, hoods or plateaux<br>of heading No 6501, whether or not<br>lined or trimmed<br>Hats and other headgear, knitted or<br>crocheted, or made up from lace, felt<br>or other textile fabric, in the piece (but<br>not in strips), whether or not lined or<br>trimmed;<br>hair-nets<br>of<br>any<br>material,<br>whether or not lined or trimmed|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from yarn or<br>textile<br>fibres (2)<br>Manufacture from yarn or<br>textile<br>fibres (2)||
|ex Chapter 66|Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks,<br>seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops, and parts<br>thereof; except for:|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||

( [1] ) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
( [2] ) See Introductory Note 6.

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|6601|Umbrellas and sun umbrellas (including<br>walking-stick<br>umbrellas,<br>garden<br>umbrellas and similar umbrellas)|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product||
|Chapter 67|Prepared feathers and down and articles<br>made of feathers or of down; artificial<br>flowers; articles of human hair|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 68<br>ex 6803<br>ex 6812<br>ex 6814|Articles<br>of<br>stone,<br>plaster,<br>cement,<br>asbestos,<br>mica<br>or<br>similar<br>materials;<br>except for:<br>Articles of slate or of agglomerated slate<br>Articles of asbestos; articles of mixtures<br>with a basis of asbestos or of mixtures<br>with a basis of asbestos and magnesium<br>carbonate<br>Articles of mica, including agglomerated<br>or reconstituted mica, on a support of<br>paper, paperboard or other materials|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from worked slate<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>worked<br>mica<br>(including agglomerated<br>or<br>recon-<br>stituted mica)||
|Chapter 69|Ceramic products|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 70<br>ex 7003,<br>ex 7004,<br>and<br>ex 7005<br>7006<br>7007<br>7008|Glass and glassware; except for:<br>Glass with a non-reflecting layer<br>Glass of heading No 7003, 7004 or<br>7005,<br>bent,<br>edge-worked,<br>engraved,<br>drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked,<br>but not framed or fitted with other<br>materials:<br> Glass-plate substrates, coated with a<br>dielectric thin film, and of a semicon-<br>ductor<br>grade<br>in<br>accordance<br>with<br>SEMII-standards (1)<br> Other<br>Safety glass,<br>consisting of<br>toughened<br>(tempered) or laminated glass<br>Multiple-walled insulating units of glass|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>of<br>heading No 7001<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>non-coated<br>glass-plate substrate of heading No<br>7006<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>of<br>heading No 7001<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>of<br>heading No 7001<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>of<br>heading No 7001||

( [1] ) SEMII = Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute Incorporated.

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|7009<br>7010<br>7013<br>ex 7019|Glass mirrors, whether or not framed,<br>including rear-view mirrors<br>Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials,<br>ampoules and other containers, of glass,<br>of a kind used for the conveyance or<br>packing of goods; preserving jars of<br>glass; stoppers, lids and other closures,<br>of glass<br>Glassware of a kind used for table,<br>kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration<br>or similar purposes (other than that of<br>heading No 7010 or 7018)<br>Articles (other than yarn) of glass fibres|Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>of<br>heading 7001<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>or<br>Cutting of glassware, provided the<br>value of the uncut glassware does<br>not exceed 50 % of the ex-works<br>price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>or<br>Cutting of glassware, provided the<br>value of the uncut glassware does<br>not exceed 50 % of the ex-works<br>price of the product<br>or<br>Hand-decoration (with the exception<br>of<br>silk-screen<br>printing)<br>of<br>hand-blown glassware, provided the<br>value of the hand-blown glassware<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>50 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from:<br> uncoloured slivers, rovings, yarn<br>or chopped strands, or<br> glass wool||
|ex Chapter 71<br>ex 7101<br>ex 7102,<br>ex 7103<br>and<br>ex 7104|Natural or cultured pearls, precious or<br>semi-precious stones, precious metals,<br>metals clad with precious metal, and<br>articles<br>thereof;<br>imitation<br>jewellery;<br>coin; except for:<br>Natural or cultured pearls, graded and<br>temporarily strung for convenience of<br>transport<br>Worked precious or semi-precious stones<br>(natural, synthetic or reconstructed)|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>unworked<br>precious or semi-precious stones)||

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|7106,<br>7108<br>and<br>7110<br>ex 7107,<br>ex 7109<br>and<br>ex 7111<br>7116<br>7117|Precious metals:<br> Unwrought<br> Semi-manufactured or in powder form<br>Metals clad with precious metals, semi-<br>manufactured<br>Articles of natural or cultured pearls,<br>precious<br>or<br>semi-precious<br>stones<br>(natural, synthetic or reconstructed)<br>Imitation jewellery|Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>not<br>classified within heading No 7106,<br>7108 or 7110<br>or<br>Electrolytic,<br>thermal<br>or<br>chemical<br>separation<br>of<br>precious<br>metals<br>of<br>heading No 7106, 7108 or 7110<br>or<br>Alloying<br>of<br>precious<br>metals<br>of<br>heading No 7106, 7108 or 7110<br>with each other or with base metals<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>unwrought<br>precious metals<br>Manufacture from metals clad with<br>precious metals, unwrought<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>or<br>Manufacture from base metal parts,<br>not plated or covered with precious<br>metals, provided the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed 50 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product||
|ex Chapter 72<br>7207<br>7208<br>to<br>7216<br>7217|Iron and steel; except for:<br>Semi-finished<br>products<br>of<br>iron<br>or<br>non-alloy steel<br>Flat-rolled<br>products,<br>bars<br>and<br>rods,<br>angles, shapes and sections of iron or<br>non-alloy steel<br>Wire of iron or non-alloy steel|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>of<br>heading<br>No<br>7201,<br>7202,<br>7203,<br>7204 or 7205<br>Manufacture from ingots or other<br>primary forms of heading No 7206<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>semi-finished<br>materials of heading No 7207||

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|ex 7218,<br>7219<br>to<br>7222<br>7223<br>ex 7224,<br>7225<br>to<br>7228<br>7229|Semi-finished<br>products,<br>flat-rolled<br>products, bars and rods, angles, shapes<br>and sections of stainless steel<br>Wire of stainless steel<br>Semi-finished<br>products,<br>flat-rolled<br>products, hot-rolled bars and rods, in<br>irregularly wound coils; angles, shapes<br>and<br>sections,<br>of<br>other<br>alloy<br>steel;<br>hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or<br>non-alloy steel<br>Wire of other alloy steel|Manufacture from ingots or other<br>primary forms of heading No 7218<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>semi-finished<br>materials of heading No 7218<br>Manufacture from ingots or other<br>primary forms of heading No 7206,<br>7218 or 7224<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>semi-finished<br>materials of heading No 7224||
|ex Chapter 73<br>ex 7301<br>7302<br>7304,<br>7305<br>and<br>7306<br>ex 7307<br>7308<br>ex 7315|Articles of iron or steel; except for:<br>Sheet piling<br>Railway or tramway track construction<br>material of iron or steel, the following:<br>rails, checkrails and rack-rails, switch<br>blades, crossing frogs, point rods and<br>other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-<br>ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges,<br>sole<br>plates<br>(base<br>plates),<br>rail<br>clips,<br>bedplates,<br>ties<br>and<br>other<br>material<br>specialised for jointing or fixing rails<br>Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of iron<br>(other than cast iron) or steel<br>Tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel<br>(ISO No X5CrNiMo 1712), consisting of<br>several parts<br>Structures<br>(excluding<br>prefabricated<br>buildings<br>of<br>heading No<br>9406) and<br>parts of structures (for example, bridges<br>and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers,<br>lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks,<br>doors and windows and their frames and<br>thresholds<br>for<br>doors,<br>shutters,<br>balus-<br>trades, pillars and columns), of iron or<br>steel;<br>plates,<br>rods,<br>angles,<br>shapes,<br>sections, tubes and the like, prepared<br>for use in structures, of iron or steel<br>Skid chain|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>of<br>heading No 7206<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>of<br>heading No 7206<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>of<br>heading No 7206, 7207, 7218 or<br>7224<br>Turning, drilling, reaming, threading,<br>deburring and sandblasting of forged<br>blanks the value of which does not<br>exceed 35 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product.<br>However,<br>welded<br>angles,<br>shapes and sections of heading No<br>7301 may not be used<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials of heading No 7315<br>used does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product||

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|ex Chapter 74<br>7401<br>7402<br>7403<br>7404<br>7405|Copper and articles thereof; except for:<br>Copper<br>mattes;<br>cement<br>copper<br>(precipitated copper)<br>Unrefined copper; copper anodes for<br>electrolytic refining<br>Refined<br>copper<br>and<br>copper<br>alloys,<br>unwrought:<br> Refined copper<br> Copper<br>alloys<br>and<br>refined<br>copper<br>containing other elements<br>Copper waste and scrap<br>Master alloys of copper|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>refined<br>copper,<br>unwrought, or waste and scrap of<br>copper<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 75<br>7501<br>to<br>7503|Nickel and articles thereof; except for:<br>Nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters and<br>other intermediate products of nickel<br>metallurgy;<br>unwrought<br>nickel;<br>nickel<br>waste and scrap|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 76|Aluminium and articles thereof; except<br>for:|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product||

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|7601<br>7602<br>ex 7616|Unwrought aluminium<br>Aluminium waste or scrap<br>Aluminium articles other than gauze,<br>cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing<br>fabric and similar materials (including<br>endless bands) of aluminium wire, and<br>expanded metal of aluminium|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product; and<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>or<br>Manufacture<br>by<br>thermal<br>or<br>elec-<br>trolytic<br>treatment<br>from<br>unalloyed<br>aluminium or waste and scrap of<br>aluminium<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than<br>that<br>of<br>the<br>product.<br>However,<br>gauze,<br>cloth,<br>grill,<br>netting,<br>fencing,<br>reinforcing<br>fabric<br>and<br>similar<br>materials<br>(including<br>endless<br>bands)<br>of<br>aluminium<br>wire,<br>or<br>expanded<br>metal of aluminium may be used;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product||
|Chapter 77|Reserved for possible future use in the<br>HS|||
|ex Chapter 78<br>7801|Lead and articles thereof; except for:<br>Unwrought lead:<br> Refined lead<br> Other|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from bullion or work<br>lead<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, waste and scrap<br>of heading No 7802 may not be used||

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|7802|Lead waste and scrap|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 79<br>7901<br>7902|Zinc and articles thereof; except for:<br>Unwrought zinc<br>Zinc waste and scrap|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, waste and scrap<br>of heading No 7902 may not be<br>used<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 80<br>8001<br>8002<br>and<br>8007|Tin and articles thereof; except for:<br>Unwrought tin<br>Tin waste and scrap; other articles of tin|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, waste and scrap<br>of heading No 8002 may not be<br>used<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||
|Chapter 81|Other<br>base<br>metals;<br>cermets;<br>articles<br>thereof:<br> Other base metals, wrought; articles<br>thereof<br> Other|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials classified within the<br>same heading as the product used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>50 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||

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|ex Chapter 82<br>8206<br>8207<br>8208<br>ex 8211<br>8214<br>8215|Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and<br>forks, of base metal; parts thereof of<br>base metal; except for:<br>Tools of two or more of the heading Nos<br>8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail<br>sale<br>Interchangeable<br>tools for<br>hand tools,<br>whether or not power-operated, or for<br>machine-tools<br>(for<br>example,<br>for<br>pressing, stamping, punching, tapping,<br>threading,<br>drilling,<br>boring,<br>broaching,<br>milling,<br>turning,<br>or<br>screwdriving),<br>including dies for drawing or extruding<br>metal, and rock drilling or earth boring<br>tools<br>Knives and cutting blades, for machines<br>or for mechanical appliances<br>Knives with cutting blades, serrated or<br>not (including pruning knives), other<br>than knives of heading No 8208<br>Other articles of cutlery (for example,<br>hair<br>clippers,<br>butchers’<br>or<br>kitchen<br>cleavers, choppers and mincing knives,<br>paper<br>knives);<br>manicure<br>or<br>pedicure<br>sets and instruments (including nail files)<br>Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-<br>servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar<br>tongs and similar kitchen or tableware|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than heading Nos<br>8202 to 8205. However, tools of<br>heading Nos 8202 to 8205 may be<br>incorporated into the set provided<br>their value does not exceed 15 % of<br>the ex-works price of the set<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, knife blades and<br>handles of base metal may be used<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, handles of base<br>metal may be used<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, handles of base<br>metal may be used||
|ex Chapter 83|Miscellaneous<br>articles<br>of<br>base<br>metal;<br>except for:|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||

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|ex 8302<br>ex 8306|Other mountings, fittings and similar<br>articles<br>suitable<br>for<br>buildings,<br>and<br>automatic door closers<br>Statuettes and other ornaments, of base<br>metal|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product.<br>However,<br>the<br>other<br>materials of heading No 8302 may<br>be used provided their value does<br>not exceed 20 % of the ex-works<br>price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product.<br>However,<br>the<br>other<br>materials of heading No 8306 may<br>be used provided their value does<br>not exceed 30 % of the ex-works<br>price of the product||
|ex Chapter 84<br>ex 8401<br>8402<br>8403<br>and<br>ex 8404<br>8406<br>8407|Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and<br>mechanical<br>appliances;<br>parts<br>thereof;<br>except for:<br>Nuclear fuel elements<br>Steam or other vapour generating boilers<br>(other than central heating hot water<br>boilers capable also of producing low<br>pressure<br>steam);<br>super-heated<br>water<br>boilers<br>Central heating boilers other than those<br>of heading No 8402 and auxiliary plant<br>for central heating boilers<br>Steam<br>turbines<br>and<br>other<br>vapour<br>turbines<br>Spark-ignition<br>reciprocating<br>or<br>rotary<br>internal combustion piston engines|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product (1)<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than heading No<br>8403 or 8404<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

( [1] ) This rule shall apply until 31 December 2005.

C 213 E/196 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

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|---|---|---|---|
|8408<br>8409<br>8411<br>8412<br>ex 8413<br>ex 8414<br>8415|Compression-ignition internal combust-<br>ion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel<br>engines)<br>Parts suitable for use solely or principally<br>with the engines of heading No 8407 or<br>8408<br>Turbo-jets,<br>turbo-propellers<br>and<br>other<br>gas turbines<br>Other engines and motors<br>Rotary positive displacement pumps<br>Industrial fans, blowers and the like<br>Air conditioning machines, comprising a<br>motor-driven<br>fan<br>and<br>elements<br>for<br>changing the temperature and humidity,<br>including those machines in which the<br>humidity cannot be separately regulated|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/197

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|8418<br>ex 8419<br>8420<br>8423|Refrigerators, freezers and other refrig-<br>erating or freezing equipment, electric<br>or other; heat pumps other than air<br>conditioning machines of heading No<br>8415<br>Machines for wood, paper pulp and<br>paperboard industries<br>Calendering or other rolling machines,<br>other than for metals or glass, and<br>cylinders therefor<br>Weighing machinery (excluding balances<br>of<br>a<br>sensitivity<br>of<br>5 cg<br>or<br>better),<br>including weight operated counting or<br>checking machines; weighing machine<br>weights of all kinds|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product;<br> the value of all the non-orig-<br>inating materials used does not<br>exceed the value of the orig-<br>inating materials used<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>the<br>same heading as the product are<br>only used up to a value of 25 %<br>of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>the<br>same heading as the product are<br>only used up to a value of 25 %<br>of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

C 213 E/198 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

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|---|---|---|---|
|8425<br>to<br>8428<br>8429<br>8430<br>ex 8431|Lifting, handling, loading or unloading<br>machinery<br>Self-propelled<br>bulldozers,<br>angledozers,<br>graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical<br>shovels,<br>excavators,<br>shovel<br>loaders,<br>tamping machines and road rollers:<br> Road rollers<br> Other<br>Other<br>moving,<br>grading,<br>levelling,<br>scraping,<br>excavating,<br>tamping,<br>com-<br>pacting, extracting or boring machinery,<br>for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers<br>and pile-extractors; snow-ploughs and<br>snow-blowers<br>Parts suitable for use solely or principally<br>with road rollers|Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>heading No 8431 are only used<br>up to a value of 10 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>heading No 8431 are only used<br>up to a value of 10 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>value of the materials classified<br>within<br>heading<br>No<br>8431<br>are<br>only used up to a value of 10 %<br>of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/199

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|8439<br>8441<br>8444<br>to<br>8447<br>ex 8448<br>8452|Machinery for making pulp of fibrous<br>cellulosic material or for making or<br>finishing paper or paperboard<br>Other machinery for making up paper<br>pulp, paper or paperboard, including<br>cutting machines of all kinds<br>Machines of these headings for use in the<br>textile industry<br>Auxiliary<br>machinery<br>for<br>use<br>with<br>machines of headings Nos 8444 and<br>8445<br>Sewing<br>machines,<br>other<br>than<br>book-<br>sewing machines of heading No 8440;<br>furniture,<br>bases<br>and<br>covers<br>specially<br>designed for sewing machines; sewing<br>machine needles:<br> Sewing machines (lock stitch only)<br>with heads of a weight not exceeding<br>16 kg without motor or 17 kg with<br>motor|Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>the<br>same heading as the product are<br>only used up to a value of 25 %<br>of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>the<br>same heading as the product are<br>only used up to a value of 25 %<br>of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating materials used in<br>assembling<br>the<br>head<br>(without<br>motor)<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>the<br>originating<br>materials used;<br> the thread tension, crochet and<br>zigzag<br>mechanisms<br>used<br>are<br>already originating|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

C 213 E/200 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

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|8456<br>to<br>8466<br>8469<br>to<br>8472<br>8480<br>8482<br>8484<br>8485| Other<br>Machine-tools and machines and their<br>parts and accessories of headings Nos<br>8456 to 8466<br>Office<br>machines<br>(for<br>example,<br>type-<br>writers, calculating machines, automatic<br>data processing machines, duplicating<br>machines, stapling machines)<br>Moulding<br>boxes<br>for<br>metal<br>foundry;<br>mould<br>bases;<br>moulding<br>patterns;<br>moulds<br>for<br>metal<br>(other<br>than<br>ingot<br>moulds), metal carbides, glass, mineral<br>materials, rubber or plastics<br>Ball or roller bearings<br>Gaskets<br>and<br>similar<br>joints<br>of<br>metal<br>sheeting combined with other material<br>or of two or more layers of metal; sets<br>or assortments of gaskets and similar<br>joints, dissimilar in composition, put up<br>in<br>pouches,<br>envelopes<br>or<br>similar<br>packings; mechanical seals<br>Machinery parts, not containing elec-<br>trical<br>connectors,<br>insulators,<br>coils,<br>contacts or other electrical features, not<br>specified or included elsewhere in this<br>Chapter|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 85|Electrical machinery and equipment and<br>parts<br>thereof;<br>sound<br>recorders<br>and<br>reproducers, television image and sound<br>recorders and reproducers, and parts and<br>accessories of such articles; except for:|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/201

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|8501<br>8502<br>ex 8504<br>ex 8518<br>8519|Electric motors and generators (excluding<br>generating sets)<br>Electric<br>generating<br>sets<br>and<br>rotary<br>converters<br>Power supply units for automatic data-<br>processing machines<br>Microphones and stands therefor; loud-<br>speakers, whether or not mounted in<br>their<br>enclosures;<br>audio-frequency<br>electric<br>amplifiers;<br>electric<br>sound<br>amplifier sets<br>Turntables (record-decks), record-players,<br>cassette-players and other sound repro-<br>ducing apparatus, not incorporating a<br>sound recording device|Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>heading No 8503 are only used<br>up to a value of 10 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>heading<br>No<br>8501<br>or<br>8503,<br>taken together, are only used up<br>to<br>a<br>value<br>of<br>10 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

C 213 E/202 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

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|8520<br>8521<br>8522<br>8523<br>8524|Magnetic tape recorders and other sound<br>recording<br>apparatus,<br>whether<br>or<br>not<br>incorporating<br>a<br>sound<br>reproducing<br>device<br>Video<br>recording<br>or<br>reproducing<br>apparatus, whether or not incorporating<br>a video tuner<br>Parts and accessories suitable for use<br>solely or principally with the apparatus<br>of heading Nos 8519 to 8521<br>Prepared unrecorded media for sound<br>recording or similar recording of other<br>phenomena,<br>other<br>than<br>products<br>of<br>Chapter 37<br>Records, tapes and other recorded media<br>for sound or other similarly recorded<br>phenomena,<br>including<br>matrices<br>and<br>masters for the production of records,<br>but excluding products of Chapter 37:<br> Matrices<br>and<br>masters<br>for<br>the<br>production of records<br> Other|Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>heading No 8523 are only used<br>up to a value of 10 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture which value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed 30 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

31.7.2001 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 213 E/203

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|---|---|---|---|
|8525<br>8526<br>8527<br>8528<br>8529|Transmission<br>apparatus<br>for<br>radio-<br>telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broad-<br>casting or television, whether or not<br>incorporating<br>reception<br>apparatus<br>or<br>sound<br>recording<br>or<br>reproducing<br>apparatus;<br>television<br>cameras;<br>still<br>image video cameras and other video<br>camera recorders<br>Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid<br>apparatus<br>and<br>radio<br>remote<br>control<br>apparatus<br>Reception apparatus for radio-telephony,<br>radio-telegraphy or<br>radio-broadcasting,<br>whether or not combined, in the same<br>housing, with sound recording or repro-<br>ducing apparatus or a clock<br>Reception<br>apparatus<br>for<br>television,<br>whether<br>or<br>not<br>incorporating<br>radio<br>broadcast receivers or sound or video<br>recording<br>or<br>reproducing<br>apparatus;<br>video monitors and video projectors<br>Parts suitable for use solely or principally<br>with the apparatus of heading Nos 8525<br>to 8528:<br> Suitable for use solely or principally<br>with video recording or reproducing<br>apparatus|Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

C 213 E/204 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 31.7.2001

|(1)|(2)|(3) or (4)|Col4|
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|8535<br>and<br>8536<br>8537<br>ex 8541<br>8542| Other<br>Electrical<br>apparatus<br>for<br>switching<br>or<br>protecting<br>electrical<br>circuits,<br>or<br>for<br>making connections to or in electrical<br>circuits<br>Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets<br>and other bases, equipped with two or<br>more apparatus of heading No 8535 or<br>8536,<br>for<br>electric<br>control<br>or<br>the<br>distribution<br>of<br>electricity,<br>including<br>those<br>incorporating<br>instruments<br>or<br>apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical<br>control apparatus, other than switching<br>apparatus of heading No 8517<br>Diodes,<br>transistors<br>and<br>similar<br>semi-<br>conductor devices, except wafers not<br>yet cut into chips<br>Electronic integrated circuits and micro-<br>assemblies|Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>heading No 8538 are only used<br>up to a value of 10 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>heading No 8538 are only used<br>up to a value of 10 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>heading<br>No<br>8541<br>or<br>8542,<br>taken together, are only used up<br>to<br>a<br>value<br>of<br>10 %<br>of<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|8544<br>8545<br>8546<br>8547<br>8548|Insulated<br>(including<br>enamelled<br>or<br>anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial<br>cable)<br>and<br>other<br>insulated<br>electric<br>conductors, whether or not fitted with<br>connectors; optical fibre cables, made<br>up<br>of<br>individually<br>sheathed<br>fibres,<br>whether or not assembled with electric<br>conductors or fitted with connectors<br>Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp<br>carbons,<br>battery<br>carbons<br>and<br>other<br>articles of graphite or other carbon,<br>with or without metal, of a kind used<br>for electrical purposes<br>Electrical insulators of any material<br>Insulating fittings for electrical machines,<br>appliances or equipment, being fittings<br>wholly<br>of<br>insulating<br>materials<br>apart<br>from any minor components of metal<br>(for example, threaded sockets) incor-<br>porated<br>during<br>moulding<br>solely<br>for<br>purposes<br>of<br>assembly,<br>other<br>than<br>insulators of heading No 8546; electrical<br>conduit and joints therefor, of base metal<br>lined with insulating material<br>Waste<br>and<br>scrap<br>of<br>primary<br>cells,<br>primary<br>batteries<br>and<br>electric<br>accumulators; spent primary cells, spent<br>primary<br>batteries<br>and<br>spent<br>electric<br>accumulators;<br>electrical<br>parts<br>of<br>machinery or apparatus, not specified<br>or included elsewhere in this Chapter|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 86<br>8608|Railway<br>or<br>tramway<br>locomotives,<br>rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway<br>or tramway track fixtures and fittings<br>and parts thereof; mechanical (including<br>electro-mechanical)<br>traffic<br>signaling<br>equipment of all kinds; except for:<br>Railway or tramway track fixtures and<br>fittings; mechanical (including electro-<br>mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic<br>control<br>equipment<br>for<br>railways,<br>tramways,<br>roads,<br>inland<br>waterways,<br>parking facilities, port installations or<br>airfields; parts of the foregoing|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 87|Vehicles other than railway or tramway<br>rolling-stock, and parts and accessories<br>thereof; except for:|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product||

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|8709<br>8710<br>8711|Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted<br>with lifting or handling equipment, of<br>the type used in factories, warehouses,<br>dock<br>areas<br>or<br>airports<br>for<br>short<br>distance transport of goods; tractors of<br>the<br>type<br>used<br>on<br>railway<br>station<br>platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles<br>Tanks<br>and<br>other<br>armoured<br>fighting<br>vehicles,<br>motorized,<br>whether<br>or<br>not<br>fitted with weapons, and parts of such<br>vehicles<br>Motorcycles<br>(including<br>mopeds)<br>and<br>cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor,<br>with or without side-cars; side-cars:<br> With<br>reciprocating<br>internal<br>combustion<br>piston<br>engine<br>of<br>a<br>cylinder capacity:<br>  Not exceeding 50 cc<br>  Exceeding 50 cc|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>20 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|ex 8712<br>8715<br>8716| Other<br>Bicycles without ball bearings<br>Baby carriages and parts thereof<br>Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles,<br>not mechanically propelled; parts thereof|Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>materials<br>not<br>classified in heading No 8714<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 88<br>ex 8804<br>8805|Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof;<br>except for:<br>Rotochutes<br>Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor or<br>similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts<br>of the foregoing articles|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading including other materials of<br>heading No 8804<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|Chapter 89|Ships, boats and floating structures|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, hulls of heading<br>No 8906 may not be used|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 90<br>9001<br>9002<br>9004<br>ex 9005|Optical, photographic, cinematographic,<br>measuring, checking, precision, medical<br>or surgical instruments and apparatus;<br>parts and accessories thereof; except for:<br>Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles;<br>optical fibre cables other than those of<br>heading No 8544; sheets and plates of<br>polarizing<br>material;<br>lenses<br>(including<br>contact<br>lenses),<br>prisms,<br>mirrors<br>and<br>other optical elements, of any material,<br>unmounted, other than such elements of<br>glass not optically worked<br>Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical<br>elements,<br>of<br>any<br>material,<br>mounted,<br>being parts of or fittings for instruments<br>or apparatus, other than such elements<br>of glass not optically worked<br>Spectacles,<br>goggles<br>and<br>the<br>like,<br>corrective, protective or other<br>Binoculars,<br>monoculars,<br>other<br>optical<br>telescopes,<br>and<br>mountings<br>therefor,<br>except for astronomical refracting tele-<br>scopes and mountings therefor|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does<br>not<br>exceed<br>40 %<br>the<br>ex-works price of the product;<br> the value of all the non-orig-<br>inating materials used does not<br>exceed the value of the orig-<br>inating materials used|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|ex 9006<br>9007<br>9011<br>ex 9014|Photographic<br>(other<br>than<br>cinema-<br>tographic)<br>cameras;<br>photographic<br>flashlight<br>apparatus<br>and<br>flashbulbs<br>other than electrically ignited flashbulbs<br>Cinematographic cameras and projectors,<br>whether<br>or<br>not<br>incorporating<br>sound<br>recording or reproducing apparatus<br>Compound<br>optical<br>microscopes,<br>including those for photomicrography,<br>cinephotomicrography<br>or<br>micropro-<br>jection<br>Other<br>navigational<br>instruments<br>and<br>appliances|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product;<br> the value of all the non-orig-<br>inating materials used does not<br>exceed the value of the orig-<br>inating materials used<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product;<br> the value of all the non-orig-<br>inating materials used does not<br>exceed the value of the orig-<br>inating materials used<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product;<br> the value of all the non-orig-<br>inating materials used does not<br>exceed the value of the orig-<br>inating materials used<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|9015<br>9016<br>9017<br>9018<br>9019|Surveying (including photogrammetrical<br>surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic,<br>hydrological,<br>meteorological<br>or<br>geo-<br>physical<br>instruments<br>and<br>appliances,<br>excluding compasses; rangefinders<br>Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better,<br>with or without weights<br>Drawing, marking-out or mathematical<br>calculating<br>instruments<br>(for<br>example,<br>drafting<br>machines,<br>pantographs,<br>protractors, drawing<br>sets,<br>slide<br>rules,<br>disc<br>calculators);<br>instruments<br>for<br>measuring length, for use in the hand<br>(for example, measuring rods and tapes,<br>micrometers, callipers), not specified or<br>included elsewhere in this Chapter<br>Instruments<br>and<br>appliances<br>used<br>in<br>medical, surgical, dental or veterinary<br>sciences,<br>including<br>scintigraphic<br>apparatus,<br>other<br>electro-medical<br>apparatus and sight-testing instruments:<br> Dentists’ chairs incorporating dental<br>appliances or dentists’ spittoons<br> Other<br>Mechano-therapy<br>appliances;<br>massage<br>apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing<br>apparatus;<br>ozone<br>therapy,<br>oxygen<br>therapy,<br>aerosol<br>therapy,<br>artificial<br>respiration<br>or<br>other<br>therapeutic<br>respiration apparatus|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used not exceed 40 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from materials of any<br>heading, including other materials<br>of heading No 9018<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|9020<br>9024<br>9025<br>9026<br>9027<br>9028|Other<br>breathing<br>appliances<br>and<br>gas<br>masks,<br>excluding<br>protective<br>masks<br>having<br>neither<br>mechanical<br>parts<br>nor<br>replaceable filters<br>Machines and appliances for testing the<br>hardness, strength, compressibility, elas-<br>ticity or other mechanical properties of<br>materials (for example, metals, wood,<br>textiles, paper, plastics)<br>Hydrometers<br>and<br>similar<br>floating<br>instruments, thermometers, pyrometers,<br>barometers,<br>hygrometers<br>and<br>psychrometers, recording or not, and<br>any combination of these instruments<br>Instruments and apparatus for measuring<br>or checking the flow, level, pressure or<br>other variables of liquids or gases (for<br>example,<br>flow<br>meters,<br>level<br>gauges,<br>manometers,<br>heat<br>meters),<br>excluding<br>instruments and apparatus of heading<br>No 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032<br>Instruments and apparatus for physical<br>or chemical analysis (for example, polar-<br>imeters,<br>refractometers,<br>spectrometers,<br>gas<br>or<br>smoke<br>analysis<br>apparatus);<br>instruments<br>and<br>apparatus<br>for<br>measuring<br>or<br>checking<br>viscosity,<br>porosity, expansion, surface tension or<br>the like; instruments and apparatus for<br>measuring<br>or<br>checking<br>quantities<br>of<br>heat, sound or light (including exposure<br>meters); microtomes<br>Gas,<br>liquid<br>or<br>electricity<br>supply<br>or<br>production meters, including calibrating<br>meters therefor:<br> Parts and accessories|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>25 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|9029<br>9030<br>9031<br>9032<br>9033| Other<br>Revolution<br>counters,<br>production<br>counters,<br>taximeters,<br>mileometers,<br>pedometers and the like; speed indicators<br>and tachometers, other than those of<br>heading No 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes<br>Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and<br>other<br>instruments<br>and<br>apparatus<br>for<br>measuring<br>or<br>checking<br>electrical<br>quantities, excluding meters of heading<br>No 9028; instruments and apparatus<br>for measuring or detecting alpha, beta,<br>gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionizing<br>radiations<br>Measuring<br>or<br>checking<br>instruments,<br>appliances and machines, not specified<br>or included elsewhere in this Chapter;<br>profile projectors<br>Automatic<br>regulating<br>or<br>controlling<br>instruments and apparatus<br>Parts and accessories (not specified or<br>included elsewhere in this Chapter) for<br>machines,<br>appliances,<br>instruments<br>or<br>apparatus of Chapter 90|Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 91<br>9105|Clocks and watches and parts thereof;<br>except for:<br>Other clocks|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|

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|9109<br>9110<br>9111<br>9112<br>9113|Clock<br>movements,<br>complete<br>and<br>assembled<br>Complete watch or clock movements,<br>unassembled<br>or<br>partly<br>assembled<br>(movement sets); incomplete watch or<br>clock<br>movements,<br>assembled;<br>rough<br>watch or clock movements<br>Watch cases and parts thereof<br>Clock cases and cases of a similar type<br>for other goods of this Chapter, and<br>parts thereof<br>Watch straps, watch bands and watch<br>bracelets, and parts thereof:<br> Of base metal, whether or not gold- or<br>silver-plated, or of metal clad with<br>precious metal|Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where<br>the<br>value<br>of<br>all<br>the<br>non-originating<br>materials<br>used<br>does not exceed the value of the<br>originating materials used<br>Manufacture:<br> in which the value of all the<br>materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of<br>the product;<br> where, within the above limit, the<br>materials<br>classified<br>within<br>heading No 9114 are only used<br>up to a value of 10 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 40 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>30 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does ot exceed 30 %<br>of the ex-works price of the product|

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|| Other|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product||
|Chapter 92|Musical<br>instruments;<br>parts<br>and<br>accessories of such articles|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product||
|Chapter 93|Arms<br>and<br>ammunition;<br>parts<br>and<br>accessories thereof|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product||
|ex Chapter 94<br>ex 9401<br>and<br>ex 9403<br>9405<br>9406|Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress<br>supports, cushions and similar stuffed<br>furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings,<br>not<br>elsewhere<br>specified<br>or<br>included;<br>illuminated<br>signs,<br>illuminated<br>name-<br>plates<br>and<br>the<br>like;<br>prefabricated<br>buildings; except for:<br>Base<br>metal<br>furniture,<br>incorporating<br>unstuffed cotton cloth of a weight of<br>300 g/m2 or less<br>Lamps and lighting fittings including<br>searchlights<br>and<br>spotlights<br>and<br>parts<br>thereof,<br>not<br>elsewhere<br>specified<br>or<br>included; illuminated signs, illuminated<br>name-plates<br>and<br>the<br>like,<br>having<br>a<br>permanently<br>fixed<br>light<br>source,<br>and<br>parts thereof not elsewhere specified or<br>included<br>Prefabricated buildings|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified in a<br>heading<br>other<br>than<br>that<br>of<br>the<br>product<br>or<br>Manufacture<br>from<br>cotton<br>cloth<br>already made up in a form ready<br>for use of heading No 9401 or<br>9403, provided:<br> its value does not exceed 25 % of<br>the<br>ex-works<br>price<br>of<br>the<br>product;<br> all the other materials used are<br>already<br>originating<br>and<br>are<br>classified<br>in<br>a<br>heading<br>other<br>than heading No 9401 or 9403<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>40 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product|
|ex Chapter 95|Toys, games and sports requisites; parts<br>and accessories thereof; except for:|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||

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|9503<br>ex 9506|Other toys; reduced-size (scale) models<br>and similar recreational models, working<br>or not; puzzles of kinds<br>Golf clubs and parts thereof|Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, roughly shaped<br>blocks for making golf club heads<br>may be used||
|ex Chapter 96<br>ex 9601<br>and<br>ex 9602<br>ex 9603<br>9605<br>9606|Miscellaneous<br>manufactured<br>articles;<br>except for:<br>Articles of animal, vegetable or mineral<br>carving materials<br>Brooms and brushes (except for besoms<br>and the like and brushes made from<br>marten or squirrel hair), hand-operated<br>mechanical<br>floor<br>sweepers,<br>not<br>motorized,<br>paint<br>pads<br>and<br>rollers,<br>squeegees and mops<br>Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or<br>shoe or clothes cleaning<br>Buttons,<br>press-fasteners,<br>snap-fasteners<br>and<br>press-studs,<br>button<br>moulds<br>and<br>other<br>parts<br>of<br>these<br>articles;<br>button<br>blanks|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product<br>Manufacture from worked carving<br>materials of the same heading<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials used does not exceed<br>50 % of the ex-works price of the<br>product<br>Each item in the set must satisfy the<br>rule, which would apply to it if it<br>were<br>not<br>included<br>in<br>the<br>set.<br>However,<br>non-originating<br>articles<br>may be incorporated, provided their<br>total value does not exceed 15 % of<br>the ex-works price of the set<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product||

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|9608<br>9612<br>ex 9613<br>ex 9614|Ball-point pens; felt-tipped and other<br>porous-tipped<br>pens<br>and<br>markers;<br>fountain<br>pens,<br>stylograph<br>pens<br>and<br>other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling<br>or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-<br>holders<br>and<br>similar<br>holders;<br>parts<br>(including<br>caps<br>and<br>clips)<br>of<br>the<br>foregoing articles, other than those of<br>heading No 9609<br>Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or<br>otherwise<br>prepared<br>for<br>giving<br>impressions, whether or not on spools<br>or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or<br>not inked, with or without boxes<br>Lighters with piezo-igniter<br>Smoking pipes and pipe bowls|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product. However, nibs or nib-points<br>classified within the same heading<br>may be used<br>Manufacture in which:<br> all<br>the<br>materials<br>used<br>are<br>classified within a heading other<br>than that of the product;<br> the value of all the materials used<br>does not exceed 50 % of the<br>works price of the product<br>Manufacture in which the value of all<br>the materials of heading No 9613<br>used does not exceed 30 % of the<br>ex-works price of the product<br>Manufacture from roughly shaped<br>blocks||
|Chapter 97|Works<br>of<br>art,<br>collectors’<br>pieces<br>and<br>antiques|Manufacture<br>in<br>which<br>all<br>the<br>materials used are classified within<br>a heading other than that of the<br>product||

ANNEX III

MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE EUR.1 AND APPLICATION FOR A MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE EUR.1

1. Each form shall measure 210 �297 mm; a tolerance of up to minus 5 mm or plus 8 mm in the length may be
allowed. The paper used must be white, sized for writing, not containing mechanical pulp and weighting not less
than 25 g/m [2] . It shall have a printed green guilloche pattern background making any falsification by mechanical or
chemical means apparent to the eye.

2. The competent authorities of the parties may reserve the right to print the forms themselves or may have them
printed by approved printers. In the latter case, each form must include a reference to such approval. Each form must
bear the name and address of the printer or a mark by which the printer can be identified. It shall also bear a serial
number, either printed or not, by which it can be identified.

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ANNEX IV

INVOICE DECLARATION

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PROTOCOL 5

On Mutual Administrative Assistance in Custom Matters

Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Protocol:

(a) �customs legislation�shall mean any legal or regulatory
provisions applicable in the territories of the European
Community and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
governing the import, export and transit of goods and
their placing under any other customs regime or procedure,
including measures of prohibition, restriction and control;

(b) �applicant authority�shall mean a competent administrative
authority which has been designated by a Contracting Party
for this purpose and which makes a request for assistance
on the basis of this Protocol;

(c) �requested authority�shall mean a competent administrative
authority which has been designated by a Contracting Party
for this purpose and which receives a request for assistance
on the basis of this Protocol;

(d) �personal data�shall mean all information relating to an
identified or identifiable individual;

(e) �operation in breach of customs legislation�shall mean any
violation or attempted violation of customs legislation.

Article 2

Scope

1. The Contracting Parties shall assist each other, in the
areas within their competence, in the manner and under the
conditions laid down in this Protocol, to ensure the correct
application of the customs legislation, in particular by
preventing, investigating and combating operations in breach
of that legislation.

2. Assistance in customs matters, as provided for in this
Protocol, shall apply to any administrative authority of the
Contracting Parties which is competent for the application of
this Protocol. It shall not prejudice the rules governing mutual
assistance in criminal matters. Nor shall it cover information
obtained under powers exercised at the request of a judicial
authority, except where communication of such information is
authorised by that authority.

3. Assistance to recover duties, taxes or fines is not covered
by this Protocol.

Article 3

Assistance on request

1. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested
authority shall provide it with all relevant information which
may enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly

applied, including information regarding activities noted or
planned which are or could be operations in breach of
customs legislation.

2. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested
authority shall inform it:

(a) whether goods exported from the territory of one of the
Contracting Parties have been properly imported into the
territory of the other Contracting Party, specifying, where
appropriate, the customs procedure applied to the goods;

(b) whether goods imported into the territory of one of the
Contracting Parties have been properly exported from the
territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate,
the customs procedure applied to the goods.

3. At the request of the applicant authority, the requested
authority shall, within the framework of its legal or regulatory
provisions, take the necessary steps to ensure special
surveillance of:

(a) natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are
reasonable grounds for believing that they are or have
been involved in operations in breach of customs legislation;

(b) places where stocks of goods have been or may be
assembled in such a way that there are reasonable
grounds for believing that these goods are intended to be
used in operations in breach of customs legislation;

(c) goods that are or may be transported in such a way that
there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are
intended to be used in operations in breach of customs
legislation;

(d) means of transport that are or may be used in such a way
that there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are
intended to be used in operations in breach of customs
legislation.

Article 4

Spontaneous assistance

The Contracting Parties shall assist each other, at their own
initiative and in accordance with their legal or regulatory
provisions, if they consider that to be necessary for the
correct application of customs legislation, particularly by
providing information obtained pertaining to:

�activities which are or appear to be operations in breach of
customs legislation and which may be of interest to the
other Contracting Party;

�new means or methods employed in carrying out
operations in breach of customs legislation;

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�goods known to be subject to operations in breach of
customs legislation;

�natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are
reasonable grounds for believing that they are or have
been involved in operations in breach of customs legislation;

�means of transport in respect of which there are reasonable
grounds for believing that they have been, are, or may be
used in operations in breach of customs legislation.

Article 5

Delivery, notification

At the request of the applicant authority, the requested
authority shall, in accordance with legal or regulatory
provisions applicable to the latter, take all necessary measures
in order:

�to deliver any documents or

�to notify any decisions,

emanating from the applicant authority and falling within the
scope of this Protocol, to an addressee residing or established
in the territory of the requested authority.

Requests for delivery of documents or notification of decisions
shall be made in writing in an official language of the
requested authority or in a language acceptable to that
authority.

Article 6

Form and substance of requests for assistance

1. Requests pursuant to this Protocol shall be made in
writing. They shall be accompanied by the documents
necessary to enable compliance with the request. When
required because of the urgency of the situation, oral
requests may be accepted, but must be confirmed in writing
immediately.

2. Requests pursuant to paragraph 1 shall include the
following information:

(a) the applicant authority;

(b) the measure requested;

(c) the object of and the reason for the request;

(d) the legal or regulatory provisions and other legal elements
involved;

(e) indications as exact and comprehensive as possible on the
natural or legal persons who are the target of the investigations;

(f) a summary of the relevant facts and of the enquiries
already carried out.

3. Requests shall be submitted in an official language of the
requested authority or in a language acceptable to that
authority. This requirement shall not apply to any documents
that accompany the request under paragraph 1.

4. If a request does not meet the formal requirements set
out above, its correction or completion may be requested; in
the meantime precautionary measures may be ordered.

Article 7

Execution of requests

1. In order to comply with a request for assistance, the
requested authority shall proceed, within the limits of its
competence and available resources, as though it were acting
on its own account or at the request of other authorities of that
same Contracting Party, by supplying information already
possessed, by carrying out appropriate enquiries or by
arranging for them to be carried out. This provision shall
also apply to any other authority to which the request has
been addressed by the requested authority when the latter
cannot act on its own.

2. Requests for assistance shall be executed in accordance
with the legal or regulatory provisions of the requested
Contracting Party.

3. Duly authorised officials of a Contracting Party may, with
the agreement of the other Contracting Party involved and
subject to the conditions laid down by the latter, be present
to obtain in the offices of the requested authority or any other
concerned authority in accordance with paragraph 1,
information relating to activities that are or may be operations
in breach of customs legislation which the applicant authority
needs for the purposes of this Protocol.

4. Duly authorised officials of a Contracting Party may, with
the agreement of the other Contracting Party involved and
subject to the conditions laid down by the latter, be present
at enquiries carried out in the latter’s territory.

Article 8

Form in which information is to be communicated

1. The requested authority shall communicate results of
enquiries to the applicant authority in writing together with
relevant documents, certified copies or other items.

2. This information may be in computerised form.

3. Original documents shall be transmitted only upon
request in cases where certified copies would be insufficient.
These originals shall be returned at the earliest opportunity.

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Article 9

Exceptions to the obligation to provide assistance

1. Assistance may be refused or may be subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions or requirements, in cases where a
Party is of the opinion that assistance under this Protocol
would:

(a) be likely to prejudice the sovereignty of former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia or that of a Member State which
has been requested to provide assistance under this
Protocol; or

(b) be likely to prejudice public policy, security or other
essential interests, in particular in the cases referred to
under Article 10(2); or

(c) violate an industrial, commercial or professional secret.

2. Assistance may be postponed by the requested authority
on the ground that it will interfere with an ongoing investigation, prosecution or proceeding. In such a case, the requested
authority shall consult with the applicant authority to
determine if assistance can be given subject to such terms or
conditions as the requested authority may require.

3. Where the applicant authority seeks assistance which it
would itself be unable to provide if so requested, it shall draw
attention to that fact in its request. It shall then be for the
requested authority to decide how to respond to such a
request.

4. For the cases referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the
decision of the requested authority and the reasons therefor
must be communicated to the applicant authority without
delay.

Article 10

Information exchange and confidentiality

1. Any information communicated in whatsoever form
pursuant to this Protocol shall be of a confidential or restricted
nature, depending on the rules applicable in each of the
Contracting Parties. It shall be covered by the obligation of
official secrecy and shall enjoy the protection extended to
similar information under the relevant laws of the Contracting
Party that received it and the corresponding provisions
applying to the Community authorities.

2. Personal data may be exchanged only where the
Contracting Party which may receive them undertakes to
protect such data in at least an equivalent way to the one
applicable to that particular case in the Contracting Party
that may supply them. To that end, contracting parties shall
communicate to each other information on their applicable
rules, including, where appropriate, legal provisions in force
in the Member States of the Community.

3. The use, in judicial or administrative proceedings
instituted in respect of operations in breach of customs legislation, of information obtained under this Protocol, is
considered to be for the purposes of this Protocol. Therefore,
the Contracting Parties may, in their records of evidence,
reports and testimonies and in proceedings and charges
brought before the courts, use as evidence information
obtained and documents consulted in accordance with the
provisions of this Protocol. The competent authority which
supplied that information or gave access to those documents
shall be notified of such use.

4. Information obtained shall be used solely for the
purposes of this Protocol. Where one of the Contracting
Parties wishes to use such information for other purposes, it
shall obtain the prior written consent of the authority which
provided the information. Such use shall then be subject to any
restrictions laid down by that authority.

Article 11

Experts and witnesses

An official of a requested authority may be authorised to
appear, within the limitations of the authorisation granted, as
an expert or witness in judicial or administrative proceedings
regarding the matters covered by this Protocol, and produce
such objects, documents or certified copies thereof, as may be
needed for the proceedings. The request for appearance must
indicate specifically before which judicial or administrative
authority the official will have to appear, on what matters
and by virtue of what title or qualification the official will be
questioned.

Article 12

Assistance expenses

The Contracting Parties shall waive all claims on each other for
the reimbursement of expenses incurred pursuant to this
Protocol, except, as appropriate, for expenses to experts and
witnesses, and those to interpreters and translators who are not
public service employees.

Article 13

Implementation

1. The implementation of this Protocol shall be entrusted on
the one hand to the customs authorities of former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia and on the other hand to the
competent services of the Commission of the European
Communities and the customs authorities of the Member
States as appropriate. They shall decide on all practical
measures and arrangements necessary for its application,
taking into consideration the rules in force in particular in
the field of data protection. They may recommend to the
competent bodies amendments which they consider should
be made to this Protocol.

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2. The Contracting Parties shall consult each other and
subsequently keep each other informed of the detailed rules
of implementation which are adopted in accordance with the
provisions of this Protocol.

Article 14

Other agreements

1. Taking into account the respective competencies of the
European Community and the Member States, the provisions of
this Protocol shall:

�not affect the obligations of the Contracting Parties under
any other international agreement or convention;

�be deemed complementary to agreements on mutual
assistance which have been or may be concluded between
individual Member States and former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia; and shall

�not affect the Community provisions governing the
communication between the competent services of the
Commission of the European Communities and the
customs authorities of the Member States of any
information obtained under this Protocol which could be
of interest to the Community.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1, the
provisions of this Protocol shall take precedence over the
provisions of any bilateral agreement on mutual assistance
which has been or may be concluded between individual
Member States and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
insofar as the provisions of the latter are incompatible with
those of this Protocol.

3. In respect of questions relating to the applicability of this
Protocol, the Contracting Parties shall consult each other to
resolve the matter in the framework of the Stabilisation and
Association Committee set up under Article 114 of the Stabilisation and Association Agreement.