CELEX: 31972R2762
Language: en
Date: 1972-12-19 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 2762/72 of the Council of 19 December 1972 establishing preferential tariffs in respect of certain products originating in developing countries

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 30 . 12.72                          Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 296/15
                               REGULATION (EEC) No 2762/72 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                   of 19 December 1972
               establishing preferential tariffs in respect of certain products originating in developing
                                                         countries
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                        it is evident from the conclusions worked out in
                                                                 UNCTAD that this offer, while being of a temporary
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           nature, does not constitute a binding commitment and,
 Economic Community ;                                            in particular, may be withdrawn wholly or in part
                                                                 at a later date ; whereas this possibility may be adopted
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;             inter alia with a view to remedying any unfavourable
                                                                 situations which might arise in the associated countries
Whereas, within the context of UNCTAD , the                      following the implementation of the generalized
European Economic Community offered to grant                     preference scheme ;
tariff preferences on finished and semi-finished products
coming from develop ing countries ; whereas the
preferential treatment proposed in that offer covers,            Whereas tariff preferences have been applied as from
generally speaking, all finished and semi-finished               the second half of 1971 under the conditions set out
industrial products covered by Chapters 25 to 99 of              above and whereas these preferences should continue
the Brussels Nomenclature which originate in devel­              to be applied , throughout 1973 ; whereas, with regard
 oping countries ; whereas the preference consists in            to the terms of the offer concerned, the abovemen­
the granting of exemption from customs duties ;                  tioned additional sum of 5% may refer to 1970 ;
whereas preferential imports are effected up to the
level of ceilings calculated by value in respect of each
product on the basis of factors which are uniform                Whereas it is expedient, therefore, in respect of the
for all the products ; whereas in order that the pre­            products referred to in Annex A which originate in
ferences granted to the most competitive developing              the countries and territories listed in Annex B, that the
country or countries should be restricted and that a             Community should allow, for each category of these
substantial quota share should be reserved for the               products and throughout 1973 , duty-free imports
least competitive, preferential imports from any one             within the limits of the Community ceilings calculated
developing country in respect of a given product                 in the manner set out above ; whereas the benefit
should not, as a general rule, exceed 50% of the                 of such tariff exemption should be reserved for
ceiling fixed for that product ;                                 products originating in the countries and territories
                                                                 under consideration, the concept of 'originating
Whereas, in the offer made by the Community, the                 products' being determined in accordance with the
annual ceilings should ordinarily be calculated on               procedure laid down in Article 14 of Council Regu­
the basis of the total value for 1968 of c.i.f. imports          lation (EEC) No 802/68 (x) of 27 June 1968 on the
from the countries benefiting from this scheme ,                 common definition of the concept of the origin of
excluding those already enjoying various preferential            goods ; whereas charges against each of these ceilings
tariff arrangements granted by the Community ,                   must, as a general rule, come within a maximum
increased by 5% of the value of c.i.f. imports from              Community amount of 50% in respect of the products
the other countries and from the countries already               originating in any of the abovementioned countries ;
enjoying such arrangements ; whereas such further
amount is variable and is calculated each year on the
basis of the latest figures available, provided that             Whereas, under these circumstances, these objectives
this entails no reduction in the ceilings ;                      may be reached by applying a method of administra­
                                                                 tion based on the charging, at Community level, against
Whereas the offer made by the Community includes a               the abovementioned ceilings and maximum amounts,
clause stipulating that t.ie Community drew up the               of imports of the products concerned as and when
offer on the assumption t_iat all the main industrialized
countries which are members of the OECD would
participate in granting preferences and would make
similar efforts in this direction ; whereas, moreover,           o OJ No L 148 , 28.6.1968 , p . 1 .
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these products are presented for customs clearance                4. Subject to the provisions of Article 2 and Article
 under cover of declarations that they have been made             4 (2), within each ceiling thus calculated, charges of
available for consumption and accompanied by a                    products originating in any one of the countries listed
certificate of origin ; whereas this method of adminis­           in Annex B should not exceed a Community maxi­
tration must make provision for the reintroduction of             mum amount equivalent to 50% of this ceiling with
 Common Customs Tariff duties as soon as the said                 the exception of certain products for which the maxi­
ceilings or maximum amounts are reached at Commu­                 mum amount shall be reduced to the percentage
 nity level ;                                                     shown in Annex A.
Whereas such method of administration calls for very              5 . Any amendment to Annex B, in particular by the
close and particularly rapid cooperation between                  addition of new countries enjoying tariff preferences,
Member States and the Commission, which must, in                  may entail a corresponding adjustment to the Com­
particular, be able to observe the extent to which                munity ceilings and the maximum amounts referred
charges are made against the ceilings and maximum                 to in paragraphs 3 and 4.
 amounts and inform Member States thereof ; whereas
such cooperation should be particularly close in view                                     Article 2
of the need for the Commission to be able to take
                                                                  1 . As soon as the ceilings calculated in accordance
appropriate measures to reintroduce Common Cus­
                                                                  with the provisions of Article 1 (3), which are laid
toms Tariff duties either generally or individually
when any of the ceilings or maximum amounts are
                                                                  down for Community imports of products originating
reached ;
                                                                  in all of the countries referred to in Article 1 (2), are
                                                                  reached at Community level, the levying of Common
                                                                  Customs Tariff duties on imports of the products in
Whereas, since the ceilings concerned are valid until 30          question from all the countries concerned may at any
September 1973, the system established could be                   time be reintroduced until the end of the period refer­
amended to take into account the accession of new                red to in Article 1 (1).
Member States ;
                                                                  2 . As soon as the maximum amounts calculated in
                                                                  accordance with the provisions of Article 1 (4), which
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                     are laid down for Community imports of products
                                                                  originating in each of the countries referred to in
                          Article 1                               Article 1 (2), are reached for any one of these
                                                                  countries at Community level, the levying of the
1 . From 1 January to 30 September 1973 , the Common              Common Customs Tariff duties on imports of the
Customs Tariff duties on the products listed in                   products in question from the country concerned may
Annex A shall be totally suspended, subject to the                at any time be reintroduced until the end of the period
provisions of Article 2 and Article 4 (2) of this Regu­           referred to in Article 1 (1).
lation .
                                                                                          Article 3
2. This suspension shall be enjoyed solely by products           1 . Imports of the products in question shall be actu­
originating in the countries and territories listed in            ally charged against the Community ceilings and
Annex B. However, imports already enjoying exemp­                maximum amounts as and when the products are
tion from customs duties under other preferential                presented for customs clearance under cover of dec­
tariff arrangements shall not be charged against the             larations that they have been made available for con­
ceilings specified in paragraph 3 . For the purposes of          sumption, and provided that they are accompanied by
the application of this Regulation, the concept of               a certificate of origin pursuant to the rules laid down
originating products shall be determined in accordance           in Article (1 (2).
with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regu­
lation (EEC) No 802/68 .                                         2. An item of goods may be charged against a ceiling
                                                                  or maximum amount only if the certificate of origin
3. Subject to the provisions of Article 2 and Article            referred to in paragraph 1 is submitted before the date
4- (2) this suspension shall be granted, in respect of each      on which the levying of duties is reintroduced.
category of products within a Community ceiling
which shall be expressed in units of account and which           3 . The extent to which the ceilings and maximum
shall be obtained by adding together the value of c.i.f.         amounts have been actually used up shall be recorded
imports in 1968 of the products concerned, to the                at Community level on the basis of the imports char­
Community from the countries and territories enjoy­              ged in the conditions laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2.
ing these arrangements, excluding those already en­                                       Article 4
joying various preferential tariff arrangements granted
by the Community, and 5% of the value of c.i.f. im­              1 . The Commission, in close cooperation with the
ports in 1970 from other countries and from countries            Member States, shall take all necessary measures to
and territories already enjoying such arrangements .              ensure that the above provisions are applied.
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2 . The Commission shall reintroduce the levying of                                  Article 6
Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of all the
countries referred to in Article 1 (2) or in respect of       The above provisions may be amended to take account
any one of them by means of a regulation in the con­          of the stiuation resulting from the accession of new
ditions laid down in Article 2 (1) and (2).                   Member States .
                       Article 5
Member States shall infcrm the Commission at regular                                 Article 7
intervals of imports of tie products in question actu­
ally charged against the Community ceilings and               This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
maximum amounts laid down in Article 1 (2) and (4).           1973 .
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 19 December 1972 .
                                                                                 For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                 T. WESTERTERP
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                                                ANNEX A
   List of products originating in developing countries and territories, benefiting under the Gener­
   alized Tariff Preferences in respect of which duties under the Common Customs Tariff are totally
                                                 suspended
   CHAPTER 25
       25.22         Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime , other than calcium oxide and
                     hydroxide
       25.23         Portland cement, ciment fondu, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar
                     hydraulic cements , whether or not coloured or in the form of clinker
       25.31 A       Fluorspar
   CHAPTER 27
       27.03 B       Agglomerated peat
       27.04         Coke and semi-coke of coal , of lignite or of peat :
                     A. Of coal :
                         I. For the manufacture of electrodes
                     C. Other
       27.05         Retort carbon
       27.07         Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar ; similar
                     products as defined in Note 2 to this Chapter :
                     A. Crude oils
                     B. Benzole, toluole, xylole, solvent naphtha (heavy benzole); similar products
                         as defined in Note 2 to this Chapter, of which more than 65 % by
                         volume distils at a temperatures of up to 250 °C (including mixtures of
                         petroleum spirit and benzole); sulphuretted crude light oil toppings :
                         I. For use as power or heating fuels
                     C. Basic products
                     D. Phenols, cresols and xylenols
                     G. Other :
                         II. Not specified *
       27.11         Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons :
                     A. Propane of a purity not less than 99% :
                         I. For use as power or heating fuel
                     B. Other :
                         I. Commercial propane and commercial butane :
                              c) For other purposes
       27.12         Petroleum jelly :
                     A. Crude :
                         III. For other purposes
                      B. Other
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   2 /. 13 Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat
           wax and other mineral waxes , whether or not coloured :
           A. Ozokerite, lignite wax or peat wax :
               I.   Crude
               II . Other
           B. Other :
                I. Crude
                    c) For other purposes
               II . Other
   27.14   Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of petroleum oils or of
           oils obtained from bituminous minerals :
           C. Other :
               II . Unspecified
   27.16   Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on
           petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example
           bituminous mastics , cut-backs)
CHAPTER 23
ex 28.01   Halogens ( fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine)
   28.02   Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated ; colloidal sulphur
   28.03   Carbon (including carbon black)
ex 28.04   Hydrogen , rare gases and other non-metals
   28.06   Hydrochloric acid and chlorosulphonic acid
   28.07   Sulphur dioxide
   28.08   Sulphuric acid ; oleum
   28.09   Nitric acid ; sulphonitric acids
   28.10   Phosphorus pentoxide and phosphoric acids ( meta-, ortho- and pyro-)
   28.11   Arsenic trioxide, arsenic pentoxide and acids of arsenic
   28.12   Boric oxide and boric acid
   28.13   Other inorganic acids and oxygen compounds of non-metals ( excluding water)
   28.14   Halides , oxyhalides and other halogen compounds of non-metals
   28.15   Sulphides of non-metals ; phosphorus trisulphide
   28.16   Ammonia , anhydrous or in aqueous solution
   28.1 "  Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda ); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash );
           peroxides of sodium or potassium
   28.18   Oxides , hydroxides and peroxides of strontium , barium or magnesium
   28.19   Zinc oxide and zinc peroxide
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      28.20 B Artificial corundum
      28.21   Chromium oxides and hydroxides
      28.22   Manganese oxides
      28.23   Iron oxides and hydroxides ; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight
              of combined iron evaluated as Fe2 0 3
      28.24   Cobalt oxides and hydroxides
      28.25   Titanium oxides
      28.26   Tin oxides (stannous oxide and stannic oxide)
   ex 28.28   Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts ; other inorganic bases
              and metallic oxides , hydroxides and peroxides
      28.29   Fluorides ; fluorosilicates , fluoroborates and other complex fluorine salts
      28.30   Chlorides and oxychlorides
      28.31   Chlorités and hypochlorites
      28.32   Chlorates and perchlorates
      28.33   Bromides, oxybromides, bromates and perbromates and hypobromites
      28.34   Iodides, oxyiodides, iodates and periodates
      28.35   Sulphides ; polysulphides
      28.36   Dithionites , including those stabilized with organic substances ; sulphoxylates
      28.37   Sulphites and rhiosulphates
      28.38   Sulphates (including alums) and persulphates
      28.39   Nitrites and nitrates
      28.40   Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates
      28.41   Arsenites and arsenates
      28.42   Carbonates and percarbonates ; commercial ammonium carbonate containing
              ammonium carbamate
      28.43   Cyanides and complex cyanides
      28.44   Fulminates , cyanates and thiocyanates
      28.45   Silicates ; commercial sodium and potassium silicates
   ex 28.46   Borates and perborates
      28.47   Salts of metallic acids (for example, chromates , permanganates, stannates)
      28.48    Other salts and peroxysalts of inorganic acids , but not including azides
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   28.49            Colloidal precious metals ; amalgams of precious metals ; salts and other
                    compounds, inorganic or organic, of precious metals, including albuminates,
                    proteinates, tannates and similar compounds, whether or not chemically defined
   2S.51            Isotopes and their compounds , inorganic or organic, whether or not chemically
                    defined, other than isotopes and compounds falling within heading No 28.50 :
                    B. Other
   28.52            Compounds, inorganic or organic, of thorium , of uranium depleted in U 235 ,
                    of rare earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium ; whether or not mixed together :
                    B. Other
   28.53            Liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed) ; compressed air
   28.54            Hydrogen peroxide (including solid hydrogen peroxide)
    28.55           Phosphides
    25.56           Carbides (for example, silicon carbide, boron carbide, metal carbides) (J)
    28.57           Hydrides , nitrides and azides, siHcides and borides
    28.58            Other inorganic compounds (including distilled and conductivity water and
                    water of similar purity) ; amalgams , except amalgams of precious metals
CHAPTER 29
    29.01           Hydrocarbons :
                    A. Acyclic :
                           I. For use as power or heating fuels
                    B. Cyclanes and cyclenes :
                           I. Azulenes
                          II . Other :
                               a) For use as power or heating fuels
                     C. Cycloterpenes
                     D. Aromatic :
                           I. Benzene, toluene and xylenes :
                               a) For use as power or heating fuels
                          II. Styrene and ethylbenzene
                         III. Isopropvl benzene (cumene)
                          V. Diphenyl and triphenvls
                    ex VI .    Other
    29.02            Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons :
                    A. Halogenated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons
                     ex B. Halogenated derivatives of cyclanes, cyclenes and of cvcloterpenes
                          C. Halogenated derivatives of aromatic hydrocarbons
C) For products falling within subheading No 28.56 C the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4*
   of this Regula ion is reduced to 30% .
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   29.03 Sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons
   29.04 Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated
         derivatives :
         A. Saturated monohydric alcohols
         B. Unsaturated monohydric alcohols
         C. Polyhydric alcohols
               I. Diols , triols and tetraols
             IV. Other polyhydric alcohols
              V. Halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of poly"
                  hydric alcohols
   29.05 Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated
         derivatives
   29.06 Phenols and phenol-alcohols
   29.07 Halogenated, sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or
         pheno-alcohols
   29.08 Ethers , ether-alcohols , ether-phenols , ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides
         and ether peroxides, and their halogenated, sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated
         derivatives
   29.09 Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three or four
         member ring, and their halogenated , sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated
         derivatives
   29.10 Acetals and hemiacetals and single or complex oxygen-function acetals and
         hemiacetals , and their halogenated,        sulphonated , nitrated   or nitrosated
         derivatives
   29.11 Aldehydes , aldehyde-alcohols , aldehyde-ethers , aldehyde-phenols and other
         single or complex oxygen-function aldehydes ; cyclic polymers of aldehydes ;
         paraformaldehyde
   29.12 Halogenated , sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products falling
         within heading No 29.11
   29.13 Ketones , ketone-alcohols, ketone-phenols, ketone-aldehydes , quinones, quinone­
         alcohols, quinone-phenols, quinone-aldehydes and other single or complex
         oxygen-function ketones and quinones , and their halogenated , sulphonated ,
         nitrated or nitrosated derivatives :
             A. Acyclic ketones
             B. Cyclanic, cyclenic and cycloterpenic ketones :
                   I. Camphor :
                       a) Natural , crude
                   ex b) Other (natural refined and synthetic)
                  II . Other
             C. Aromatic ketones
             D. Ketone-alcohols and ketone-aldehydes
             E. Ketone-phenols and other single or complex oxygen-function ketones
         ex F. Quirlones, quinone-alcohols , quinone-phenols, quinone-aldehydes and
                 other single or complex oxygen-function quinones
             G. Halogenated, sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
   29.14 Monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, acid halides, acid peroxides and
         peracids, and their halogenated, sulphonated , nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
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   29.15 Polycarboxylic acids and their anhydrides , halides, peroxides and peracids»
         and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
   29.16 Carboxylic acids with alcohol , phenol , aldehyde or ketone function and other
         single or complex oxygen-function carboxylic acids and their anhydrides ,
         halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halogenated , sulphonated, nitrated or
         nitrosated derivatives
ex 29.17 Sulphuric esters and their salts , and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated or
         nitrosated derivatives
   29.18 Nitrous and nitric esters, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
         nitrosated derivatives
   29 19 Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates , and their hal­
         ogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
   29 20 Carbonic esters and their salts, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or
         nitrosated derivatives
   29.21 Other esters of mineral acids (excluding halides) and their salts, and their
         halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
   29.22 Amine-function compounds
   29.23 Single or complex oxygen-function amino-compounds
   29.24 Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides ; lecithins and other phospho­
         aminolipins
   29.25 Carboxyamide-function compounds ; amide-function compounds of carbonic
         acid
   29.26 Carboxyimide-function compounds (including orthobenzoicsulphimide and its
         salts) and imine-function compounds (including hexamethylenetetramine and
         trimethylenetrinitramine)
   29.27 Nitrile-function compounds
   29.28 Diazo-, azo- and azoxy-compounds
   29.29 Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine
   29.30 Compounds with other nitrogen-functions
   29.31 Organo-sulphur compounds
   29.32 Organo-arsenic compounds
   29.33 Organo-mercury compounds
   29.34 Other organo-inorganic compounds
ex 29.35 Heterocyclic compounds ; nucleic acids
   29.36 Sulphonamides
   29.37 Sultones and sultams
   29.38 Provitamins and vitamins , natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural
         concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins , and intermixtures
         of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent
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   ex 29.39   Hormones , natural or reproduced by synthesis ; derivatives thereof used
              primarily as hormones ; other steroids used primarily as hormones
   ex 29.40   Enzymes
      29.41   Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis and their salts, ethers, esters and
              other derivatives
   ex 29.42   Vegetable alkaloids , natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts , ethers ,
              esters and other derivatives
      29.43   Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, glucose and lactose ; sugar ethers
              and sugar esters , and rheir salts , other than products of headings Nos 29.39 ,
              29.41 and 29.42
   ex 29.44   Antibiotics
      29.45   Other organic compounds
   CHAPTER 30
      30.01   Organo-therapeutic glands or other organs , dried, whether or not powdered ;
              organo-therapeutic extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions ;
              other animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not
              elsewhere specified or included :
                  A. Glands or other organs , dried
              ex B. Other
      30.02   Antisera ; microbial vaccines , toxins, microbial cultures (including ferments but
              excluding yeasts) and similar products
      30.03   Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments)
      30.04   Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive
              plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or
              put up in retail packings for medical or surgical purposes, other than goods
              specified in Note 3 to this Chapter
      30.05   Other pharmaceutical goods
   CHAPTER 31
      31.03   Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic :
              A. Mentioned in (A) of Note 2 to this Chapter :
                  I. Superphosphates
              B. Mentioned in (B) and (C) of Note 2 to this Chapter
      31.04 B Mentioned in Note 3 (B) to this Chapter
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CHAPTER 32
   32.02     Tannins (tannic acids), including water-extracted gall-nut tannin, and their
             salts, ethers , esters and other derivatives
   32.03     Synthetic organic tanning substances and inorganic tanning substances ; tanning
             preparations , whether or not containing natural tanning materials ; enzymatic
             preparations for pre-tanning (for example, of enzymatic, pancreatic or bacterial
             origin)
ex 32.04     Colouring matter of vegetable origin (including dyewood extract and other
             vegetable dyeing extracts, but excluding indigo) or of animal origin
   32.05     Synthetic organic dyestuffs (including pigment dyestuffs); synthetic organic
             products of a kind used as luminophores ; products of the kind known as optical
             bleaching agents, substantive to the fibre ; natural indigo
   32.06     Colour lakes
ex 32.07     Other colouring matter ; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores
   32 . CS   Prepared pigments , prepared opaciners and prepared colours, verifiable enamels
             and glazes, liquid lustres and similar products, of the kind used in the ceramic,
             enamelling and glass industries ; engobes (slips); glass frit and other glass, in the
             form of powder, granules or flakes
   32.09     Varnishes and lacquers ; distempers ; prepared water pigments of the kind used
             for finishing leather ; paints and enamels ; pigments in linseed oil , white spirit,
             spirits of turpentine, varnish or other paint or enamel media ; stamping foils ;
             dyes or other colouring matter in forms or packings of a kind sold by retail
   32.10     Artists', students ' and signboard painters ' colours, modifying tints , amusement
             colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or
             packings, including such colours in sets or outfits, with or without brushes,
             palettes or other accessories
   32.11     Prepared driers
   32.12     Glaziers' putty ; grafting putty ; painters' fillings ; non-refractory surfacing
             preparations ; stopping , sealing and similar mastics , including resin mastics
             and cements
   32.13   . Writing ink , printing ink and other inks
CHAPTER 33
   33.01     Essential oils (terpeneless or not); concretes and absolutes ; resinoids :
             A. Essential oils, not terpeneless :
                 I. Of citrus fruit
                II . Other
                     a) Geranium , clove, niaouli and ylang-ylang oils
             B. Essential oils, terpeneless
             C- Resinoids
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     33.02    Terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils
     33.03     Concentrates of essential oils in fats , in fixed oils , or in waxes or the like ,
              obtained by cold absorption or by maceration
     33.04    Mixtures of two or more odoriferous substances ( natural or artificial) and
              mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these
              substances , of a kind used as raw materials in the perfumery, food , drink or other
              industries
     33.05    Aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils, including such products
              suitable for medicinal uses
     33.06     Perfumery , cosmetics and toilet preparations
   CHAPTER 34  SOAP , ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS , WASHING PREPARA­
               TIONS , LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS , ARTIFICIAL WAXES ,
              PREPARED WAXES , POLISHING AND SCOURING PREPARATIONS ,
               CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES , MODELLING PASTES AND
              ' DENTAL WAXES '
   CHAPTER 35
     35.02 B  Albuminates and other albumin derivatives
     35.03    Gelatin ( including gelatin in rectangles , whether or not coloured or surface­
              worked) and gelatin derivatives ; glues derived from bones , hides , nerves, tendons
              or from similar products, and fish glues, isinglass
     35.04    Peptones and other protein substances and their derivatives ; hide powder ,
              whether or not chromed
     35.06    Prepared glues not elsewhere specified or included ; products suitable for use
              as glues , put up for sale by retail as glues in packages not exceeding a net weight
              of 1 kg
   CHAPTER 36 EXPLOSIVES ; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS ; MATCHES ; PYROPHORIC
              ALLOYS ; CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS
   CHAPTER 37
     37.01    Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed, of any material
              other than paper, paperboard or cloth
     37.02    Film in rolls , sensitized , unexposed , perforated or not
     37.03    Sensitized paper, paperboard and cloth, unexposed or exposed but not developed
     37.04    Sensitized plates and film , exposed but not developed , negative or positive :
              A. Cinematograph film :
                  II . Other positives
     37.05    Plates , unperforated film and perforated film (other than cinematograph film),
              exposed and developed , negative or positive
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  37.07 B   Other cinematograph film , exposed and developed , whether or not incorpora­
            ting sound track, positives (excluding intermediate positives)
  3 . .08   Chemical products and flash light materials, of a kind and in a form suitable
            for use in photography
CHAPTER 38
  38.01     Artificial graphite ; colloidal graphite, other than suspensions in oil
  3S.02    Animal black (for example, bone black and ivory black), including spent animal
            black
  35.03     Activated carbon (decolourizing, depolarizing or absorbent); activated
           diatomite, activated clay, activated bauxite and other activated natural mineral
            products
  38.04    Ammoniacal gas liquors and spent oxide produced in coal gas purification
  38.05 B  Tall oil , other than crude
  38.06     Concentrated sulphite lye
  38.07    Spirits of turpentine (gum, wood and sulphate) and other terpenic solvents
           produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods ; crude ,
           dipentene ; sulphite turpentine ; pine oil (excluding 'pine oils' not rich in
           terpineol)
  38.08    Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof other than ester gums included
           in heading No 39.05 ; rosin spirit and rosin oils
               A. Rosin, including 'resinous pitch' ' brais résineux'
               B. Rosin spirits and rosin oils
           ex C. Other
  3S.09    Wood tar ; wood tar oils (other than the composite solvents and thinners falling
           within heading No 38.18 ); wood creosote ; wood naphtha ; acetone oil
  38.10    Vegetable pitch of all kinds ; brewers' pitch and similar compounds based on
           rosin or on vegetable pitch, foundry core binders based on natural resinous
           products
  38.11    Disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides , weed-killers, anti-sprouting products,
           rat poisons and similar products, put up in forms or packings for sale by retail
           or as preparations or as articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and
           candles, fly-papers)
  38.12    Prepared glazings, prepared dressings and prepared mordants, of a kind used
           in the textile, paper, leather or like industries :
           A. Prepared glazings and prepared dressings :
               II. Other
           B. Prepared mordants
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      38.13 " Pickling preparations for metal surfaces ; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations
              for soldering, brazing or welding ; soldering, brazing or welding powders and
              pastes consisting of metal and other materials ; preparations of a kind used as
              cores or coatings for welding rods and electrodes
      38.14   Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity
              improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and similar prepared additives for
               mineral oils
      38.15    Prepared rubber accelerators
      38.16   Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms
      38.17   Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers ; charged fire-extinguishing
               grenades
      38.18   Composite solvents and thinners for varnishes and similar products
      38.19    Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries
              (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere
              specified or included ; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not
              elsewhere specified or included :
                  A. Fusel oil ; dippers oil
                  B. Naphthenic acids
                   C. Water-insoluble salts of naphthenic acids , esters of naphthenic acids
                  D. Petroleum sulphonates, excluding petroleum sulphonates of alkali
                      metals, of ammonium or of ethanolamines ; chiophenated sulphonic
                      acids of oils obtained from bituminous minerals , and their salts
                  E. Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes
                  F. Ion exchangers
                  G. Catalysts
                  H. Getters for vacuum tubes
                  IJ. Non-agglomerated metallic carbides
                  K. Refractory cements, mortars and similar compositions
                  L. Alkaline iron oxide for the purification of gas
                  M. Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes
                  N. Accumulator compounds, based on cadmium oxide or nickel hydroxide
                  O. Carbon (other than that falling within subheading 38.01 A) in metal­
                      graphite or other compounds, in the form of small plates , bars or other
                      semi-manufactures
                   P. Preparations known as 'liquids for hydraulic transmission' (for example
                      hydraulic brake fluids) not containing or containing less than 70% by
                      weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals
                  Q. Foundry core binders based on synthetic resins
                  R. Anti-rust preparations containing amines as active elements
                  S. Chemical elements mentioned in Note 2 g) to this Chapter
               ex T. Other
   CHAPTER 39
   ex 39.01   Condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition products, whether or not
              modified or polymerized, and whether or not linear (for example) phenoplasts ,
              aminoplasts, alkyds, polyallyl esters, and other unsaturated polyesters, silicones) ;
               excluding scrap of polyester sheets coated with a tungsten compound
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    39.02           Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example, polyethylene,
                    polytetrahaloethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride,
                    polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives, poly­
                     acrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene resins)
    39.03            Regenerated cellulose ; cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate and other cellulose
                    esters, cellulose ethers and other chemical derivatives of cellulose, plasticized or
                     not (for example collodions, celluloid) ; vulcanized fibre (x) :
                     A. Adhesive strips of width not exceeding 10 cm, the coating of which consists
                         of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber
                     B. Other :
                           I. Regenerated cellulose (x)
                         III. Cellulose acetates
                         IV. Other cellulose esters
                          V. Cellulose ethers and other chemical . derivatives of cellulose
                         VI . Vulcanized fibre
    39.04            Hardened proteins (for example, hardened casein and hardened gelatin)
    39.05            Natural resins modified by fusion (run gums) ; artificial resins obtained by
                     esterification of natural resins or of resinic acids (ester gums) ; chemical deri­
                     vatives of natural rubber (for example, chlorinated rubber, rubber hydrochloride,
                     oxidized rubber, cyclized rubber)
    39.06            Other high polymers, artificial resins and artificial plastic materials, including
                     alginic acid, its salts and esters ; linoxyn
    39.07            Articles of materials of the kinds described in headings Nos 39.01 to 39.06
CHAPTER 40
    40.02            Synthetic rubber latex ; pre-vulcanized synthetic rubber latex ; synthetic rubber ;
                      factice derived from oils :
                     A. Factice derived from oils
                     B. Products modified by the incorporation of artificial plastic materials
    40.03            Reclaimed rubber
     40.05           Plates, sheets and strip, of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, other than
                     smoked sheets and crepe sheets of heading No 40.01 or 40.02 ; granules of
                      unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber compounded ready for vulcanization ;
                      unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, compounded before or after coagu­
                     lation either with carbon black (with or without the addition of mineral oil )
                      or with silica (with or without the addition of mineral oil), in any form, of a
                      kind known as masterbatch
     40.06            Unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, including rubber latex, in other
                      forms or states (for example, rods , tubes and profile shapes, solutions and
                      dispersions) ; articles of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber (for example,
                      coated or impregnated textile thread ; rings and discs)
     40.07            Vulcanized rubber thread and cord, whether or not textile covered, and textile
                      thread covered or impregnated with vulcanized rubber
     40.08            Plates, sheets, strip, rods and profile shapes, of unhardened vulcanized rubber
     40.09            Piping and tubing, of unhardened vulcanized rubber
     40.10            Transmission, conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber
     40.12            Hygienic and pharmaceutical articles (including teats) of unhardened vulcanized
                      rubber, with or without fittings of hardened rubber
     40.13            Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves) for all purposes,
                      of unhardened vulcanized rubber
     40.14             Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber
(*) For products falling within subheading No 39.03 B II, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4)
    of this Regulation is reduced to 30% .
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        40.15 A         Hardened rubber (ebonite and vulcanite), in bulk or blocks , in plates , sheets
                        or strip, in rods , profile shapes or tubes
        40.16           Articles of hardened rubber (ebonite and vulcanite)
   CHAPTER 41
        41.03           Sheep- and lamb-skin leather, except leather falling within heading Nos 41.06,
                        41.07 or 41.08 :
                        B. Other :
                            II. Not specified
         41.05          Other kinds of leather, except leather falling within heading Nos 41.06, 41.07
                        or 41.08 :
                        B. Other :
                            II. Not specified (*)
         41.06          Chamois-dressed leather
         41.07          Parchment-dressed leather
       . 41.08           Patent leather and imitation patent leather ; metallized leather
         41,10           Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, in sheets
                        or in rolls
   CHAPTER 42
         42.01          Saddlery and harness , of any material (for example, saddles , harnesses, collars ,
                        traces, knee-pads and boots), for any kind of animal
         42.04          Articles of leather or of composition leather of a kind used in machinery or
                         mechanical appliances or for industrial purposes
         42.05           Other articles of leather or of composition leather
         42. 06         Articles made from gut (other than silk-worm gut), from goldbeater's skin, from
                         bladders or from tendons
   CHAPTER 43
         43.02 A         Furskins, tanned or dressed, including furskins assembled in plates, crosses and
                        similar forms
         43.03           Articles of furskin
         43.04           Artificial fur and articles made thereof
   CHAPTER 44
         44.05           Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, but not further prepared, of a thickness
                         exceeding 5 mm :
                         B. Coniferous wood , of a length of 125 cm or less and of a thickness of less
                             than 12-5 mm
         44.06           Wood paving blocks
   (*) For products falling within this subparagraph, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) oft his
     . Regulation is reduced to 30% .
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   44.07 Railway or tramwav sleepers of wood
   44.08 Riven staves of wood, not further prepared than sawn on one principal surface ;
         sawn staves of wood, of which at least one principal surface has been cylindrically
         sawn, not further prepared than sawn
   44.09 Hoopwood ; split poles , piles , pickets and stakes of wood , pointed but not
         sawn lengthwise ; chipwood ; pulp wood in chips or particles ; wood shavings
         of a kind suitable for use in the manufacture of vinegar or for the clarification
         of liquids :
         B. Other
   44.10 Wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, bent or otherwise worked,
         suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, whips , golf club shafts , umbrella
         handles , tool handles or the like
   44.11 Drawn wood ; match splints ; wooden pegs or pins for footwear
   44.12 Wood wool and wood flour
   44.13 Wood (including blocks, strips and friezes for parquet or wood block flooring,
         not assembled), planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed,
         centre V-jointed, beaded, centre-beaded or the like, but not further manufactured
   44.16 Cellular wood panels, whether or not faced with base metal
   44.17 'Improved' wood, in sheets , blocks or the like
   44.18 Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust, wood flour
         or other ligneous waste agglomerated with natural or artificial resins or other
         organic binding substances, in sheets, blocks or the like
   44.19 Wooden headings and mouldings, includingrnoulded skirting and other moulded
         boards
   44.20 Wooden picture frames, photograph frames, mirror frames and the like
   44.21  Complete wooden packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings
   44.22 Casks, barrels, vats, tubs, buckets and other coopers' products and parts thereof,
         of wood, other than staves falling within heading No. 44.08
   44.23 Builders' carpentry and joinery (including prefabricated and sectional buildings
         and assembled parquet flooring panels)
   44.24 Household utensils of wood
   44.25 Wooden tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom and brush bodies and handles ;
         boot and shoe lasts and trees , of wood
   44.26 Spools, cops, bobbins, sewing thread reels and the like, of turned wood
   44.27 Standard lamps, table lamps and other lighting fittings, of wood ; articles of
         furniture, of wood , not falling within Chapter 94 ; caskets, cigarette boxes,
         trays, fruit bowls, ornaments and other fancy articles, of wood ; cases for cutlery,
         for drawing instruments or for violins, and similar receptacles, of wood ; articles
         of wood for personal use or adornment, of a kind normally carried in the pocket,
         in the handbag or on the person ; parts of the foregoing articles, of wood
ex 44.28 Other articles of wood
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   CHAPTER 45
     45.02     Natural cork in blocks, plates , sheets or strips (including cubes or square slabs,
               cut to size for corks or stoppers)
     45.03     Articles of natural cork
     45.04     Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated^ with or without a binding
               substance) and articles of agglomerated cork                            s
   CHAPTER 46
     46.01     Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, for all uses, whether or not
               assembled into strips
   CHAPTER 47
     47.01     Pulp derived by mechanical or chemical means from any fibrous vegetable
                material :
                A. Wood pulp :
                    II. Other
     47.02      Waste paper and paperboard ; scrap articles of paper or of paperboard, fit only
                for use in paper-making :
                A Waste paper and paperboard :
                    II . Other :
                         b) Not specified
   CHAPTER 48
     48.01      Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), machine-made, in rolls
              . or sheets :
                A. Newsprint
                B. Cigarette paper
                C. Kraft paper and paperboard :
                     I. Paper for the manufacture of paper yarn
                D. Paper weighing not more than 15 g/m2 for use in stencil making
                E. Other
     48.02      Hand-made paper and paperboard
     48.03      Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, and imitations thereof, and
                glazed transparent paper, in rolls or sheets
     48.04      Composite paper or paperboard (made by sticking flat layers together with an
                adhesive), not surface-coated or impregnated , whether or not internally reinforced ,
                in rolls or sheets
      48.05     Paper and paperboard , corrugated (with or without flat surface sheets), creped,
                crinkled , embossed or perforated , in rolls or sheets
      48.06     Paper and paperboard , ruled , lined or squared, but not otherwise printed , in
                 rolls or sheets
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  48.07     Paper and paperboard , impregnated, coated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated
            or printed (not being merely ruled, lined or squared and not constituting printed
            matter within Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets
  48.08     Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp
  4S.09     Building board of wood pulp or of vegetable fibre, whether or not bonded
            with natural or artificial resins or with similar binders
  4S.10     Cigarette paper, cut to size, whether or not in the form of booklets or tubes
  43.11     Wallpaper and lincrusta ; window transparencies of paper
  48.12     Floor coverings prepared on a base of paper or of paperboard, whether or not
            cut to size, with or without a coating of linoleum compound
  48.13     Carbon and other copying papers (including duplicator stencils) and transfer
            papers , cut co size, whether or not put up in boxes
  48.14     Writing blocks, envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards , correspondence cards ;
            boxes, pouches , wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard ,
            containing only an assortment of paper stationery
  48.15     Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or shape
  48.16     Boxes , bags and other packing containers , of paper or paperboard
  48.1 /    Box files, letter trays, storage boxes and similar articles, of paper or paperboard,
            of a kind commonly used in offices , shops and the like
  48.18     Registers, exercise books , notebooks, memorandum blocks, order books,
            receipt books, diaries, blotting-pads,- binders (loose-leaf or other), file covers
            and other stationery of paper or paperboard ; sample and other albums and
            book covers, of paper or paperboard
  4S.19     Paper or paperboard labels , whether or not printed or gummed
 48.20     Bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp, paper or paperboard
           (whether or not perforated or hardened)
  48.21     Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding
CHAPTER 49
  49.03     Children 's picture books and painting books
  49.05 A   Printed globes (terrestrial or celestial )
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     49.07    Unused postage, revenue and similar stamps of current or new issue in the
              country to which they are destined ; stamp-impressed paper ; banknotes, stock,
              share and bond certificates and similar documents of title ; cheque books :
              A. Postage , revenue and similar stamps
               C. Other :
                  II. Not specified
     49.08    Transfers (decalcomanias)
     49.09    Picture postcards, Christmas and other picture greeting cards, printed by any
              process, with or without trimmings
     49.10    Calendars of any kind , of paper or paperboard , including calendar blocks
     49.11    Other printed matter, including printed pictures and photographs :
              B. Other
   CHAPTER 65 HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF
   CHAPTER 66
     66.02    Walking-sticks (including climbing-sticks and seat-sticks), canes, whips, riding­
              crops and the like
     66.03    Parts, fittings, trimmings and accessories of articles falling within heading
              Nos 66.01 or 66.02
   CHAPTER 67
      7.01    Skins and other parts of birds and their feathers or down, feathers , parts of
              feathers, down, and articles thereof (other than goods falling within heading
               No 05.07 and worked quills and scapes)
     67.02    Artificial flowers, foliage or fruit and parts thereof ; articles made of artificial
              flowers ; foliage or fruit
     67.03    Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise worked ; wool or other
              animal hair prepared for use in making wigs and the like
     67 . 05   Fans and hand screens, non-mechanical, of any material ; frames and handles
               therefor and parts of such frames and handles, of any material
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CHAPTER 68          ARTICLES OF STONE, OF PLASTER , OF CEMENT , OF ASBESTOS , OF
                    MICA AND OF SIMILAR MATERIALS
CHAPTER 69
   69.01            Heat-insulating bricks, blocks, tiles and other heat-insulating goods of siliceous
                    fossil meals or of similar siliceous earths (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or
                    diatomite)
   69.03            Other refractory goods (for example, retorts , crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs,
                    supports, cupels, tubes, pipes, sheaths and rods), other than goods falling
                    within heading No 69.01
   69.04            Building bricks (including flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like)
   69.05            Roofing tiles ; chimney-pots, cowls, chimney-liners, cornices and                        other
                    constructional goods , including architectural ornaments
   69.06            Piping, conduits and guttering (including angles, bends and similar fittings)
   69.07            Unglazed setts, nags and paving, hearth and wall tiles (*)
   69.0S            Glazed setts , flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles (x)
   69.09            Laboratory, chemical or industrial wares ; troughs, tubs, and similar receptacles
                    of a kind used in agriculture ; pots, jars and similar articles of a kind commonly
                    used for the conveyance or packing of goods
   69.10            Sinks, wash basins, bidets, water closet pans, urinals, baths and like sanitary
                    fixtures
   69.12            Tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet
                    purposes, of other kinds of pottery
   69.13            Statuettes and other ornaments, and articles of personal adornment ; articles of
                    furniture
   69.14            Other articles
CHAPTER 70
   70.01 B          Glass in the mass (excluding optical glass)
  For producrs falling within this tariff heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this
  Regulation is reduced to 20% .
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        70.02            Glass of the variety known as 'enamel'* glass, in the mass, rods and tubes
        70.03            Glass in balls, rods and tubes , unworked (not being optical glass)
        70.04            Unworked cast or rolled glass (including flashed or wired glass), whether figured
                         or not, in rectangles
        70.05            Unworked drawn or blown glass (including flashed glass), in rectangles (x)
        70.06            Cast, rolled, drawn or blown glass (including flashed or wired glass), in rectangles,
                         surface ground or polished, but not further worked
        70.07            Cast, rolled, drawn or blown glass (including flashed or wired glass) cut to
                         shape other than rectangular shape, or bent or otherwise worked (for example,
                         edge worked or engraved), whether or not surface ground or polished ; multiple­
                         walled insulating glass ; leaded lights and the like
        70.08            Safety glass consisting of toughened or laminated glass, shaped or not
        70.09            Glass mirrors (including rear-view mirrors), unframed, framed or backed
         70.10           Carboys, bottles, jars, pots, tubular containers and similar containers of glass,
                         of a kind commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods ; stoppers and
                         other closures , of glass
        70.11            Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes) for electric lamps, electronic valves
                         or the like
        70.12            Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other vacuum vessels
        70.14            Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not
                         optically worked nor of optical glass :
                         A. Articles for electrical lighting fittings :
                             I. Faceted glass, plates, balls, pear-shaped drops, flower-shaped pieces,
                                pendants and similar articles for trimming chandeliers
                         B. Other (2)
        70.15            Clock and watch glasses and similar glasses (including glass of a kind used for
                         sunglasses but excluding glass suitable for corrective lenses) curved, bent,
                         hollowed and the like ; glass spheres and segments of spheres, of a kind used
                         for the manufacture of clock and watch glasses and the like
        70.16            Bricks, tiles, slabs, paving blocks, squares and other articles of pressed or
                         moulded glass, of a kind commonly used in building ; multicellular glass in
                         blocks , slabs , plates, panels and similar forms
        70.17            Laboratory, hygienic and pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated
                         or calibrated ; glass ampoules
   0) For products failing within this subparagraph the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this
       Regulation is reduced to 30% .
   (*) For products falling within this tariff heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 ^4) of this
       Regulation is reduced to 20% .
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   70.18   Optical glass and elements of optical glass, other than optically worked elements ;
           blanks for corrective spectacle lenses
   70.19   Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious and semi-precious stones,
           fragments and chippings, and similar fancy or decorative glass smallwares, and
           articles of glassware made therefrom ; glass cubes and small glass plates, whether
           or not on a backing, for mosaics and similar decorative purposes ; artificial eyes
           of glass, including those for toys but excluding those for wear by humans ;
           ornaments and other fancy articles of lamp-worked glass ; glass grains (ballotini)
   70.20   Glass fibre (including wool), yarns, fabrics , and articles made therefrom
   70.21   Other articles of glass
CHAPTER 71
   71.02   Precious and semi-precious stones, unworked, cut or otherwise worked, but
           not mounted, set or strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for
           convenience of transport) :
           B. Other :
                I. For industrial uses
   71.03   Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, unworked , cut or
           otherwise worked, but not mounted, set or strung (except ungraded stones
           temporarily strung for convenience of transport)
ex 71.05   Silver, including silver gilt and platinum-plated silver, semi-manufactured
   71.06   Rolled silver, unworked or semi-manufactured
ex 71.07   Gold, including platinum-plated gold, unwrought or semi-manufactured
   71.08   Rolled gold on base metal or silver, unworked or semi-manufactured
ex 71.09   Platinum and other metals of the platinum group, unwrought or semi-manufactured
   71.10   Rolled platinum or other platinum group metals , on base metal or precious
           metal , unworked or semi-manufactured
   71.12   Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or rolled precious metal
   71.13   Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious
           metal or rolled precious metal, other than goods falling with heading No 71.12
   71.14   Other articles of precious metal or rolled precious metal
   71.15   Articles consisting of, or incorporating, pearls, precious or semi-precious stones
            ( natural , synthetic or reconstructed) :
            A. Articles consisting of, or incorporating, pearls :
                 II . Other
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     71.15    B. Articles consisting of, or incorporating, precious or semi-precious stones
     (cont'd)     (natural, synthetic or reconstructed):
                   I. Made wholly of natural precious or semi-precious stones :
                       b) Other
                  II . Other
   CHAPTER 73
     73.04    Shot and angular grit, of iron or steel , whether or not graded ; wire pellets of
              iron or steel
     73.05 A  Iron or steel powders
     73.07    Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars), of iron or steel ;
              pieces roughly shaped by forging; of iron or steel :
              A. Blooms and billets :
                  II. Forged
              B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars) :
                  II . Forged
              C. Pieces roughly shaped by forging
     73.10    Bars and rods (including wire rod), of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded,
              cold-formed or cold-finished ( including precision-made) ; hollow mining dril
              steel :
              B. Not further worked than forged
              C. Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished
              D. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated)
                   I. Not further worked than clad :
                       b) Cold-formed or cold-finished
                  II . Other
     73.11    Angles, shapes and sections, of iron or steel, hot-rolled, forged, extruded,
              cold-formed or cold-finished ; sheet piling of iron or steel, whether or not drilled,
              punched or made from assembled elements :
              A. Angles, shapes and sections :
                   II. Not further worked than forged
                  III. Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished
                  IV. Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished, coated)
                        a) Not further worked than clad :
                            2 . Cold-formed or cold-finished
                        b) Other
     73.12    Hoop and strip, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
              B. Not further worked than cold-rolled :
                  II. Other
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73.12    C. Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
(cont'd)      I. Silvered, gilt or platinum-plated
             II . Enamelled
            III. Tinned :
                  b) Other
            IV. Zinc-coated or lead-coated
             V. Other (for example, copper-plated, artificially oxidized, lacquered,
                  nickel-plated, varnished, clad, parkerized, printed)
                  a) Not further worked than clad
                     2.   Cold-rolled
                  b) Other
         D. Otherwise shaped or worked (for example, perforated, chamfered , lap­
            jointed)
73.13    Sheets and plates, of iron or steel , hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
         B. Other sheets and plates :
             II. Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of :
                  a) 3 mm or more
            IV. Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                  a) Silvered, gilded, platinum-plated or enamelled
             V. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                  a) Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes , but not further
                      worked :
                      1 . Silvered, gilded, platinum-plated or enamelled
                  b) Other, excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling
73.14    Iron or steel wire, whether or not coated, but not insulated
73.15    Alloy steel and high carbon steel in the forms mentioned in headings No 73.06
         to 73.14 :
         A. High carbon steel :
              I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars :
                  a) Forged
             II. Pieces roughly shaped by forging
             V. Bars and rods (including wire rod and hollow mining drill steel ; angles,
                  shapes and sections :
                  a) Not further worked than forged
                  c) Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished
                  d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, polished , coated)
                      1 . Not further worked than clad :
                          ( bb) Cold-formed or cold-finished
                      2.  Other
             VI. Hoop and strip :
                  b) Not further worked than cold-rolled
                  c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                      1 . Not further worked than clad :
                          bb) Cold-rolled
                      2.  Other
                  d) Otherwise shaped or worked (for example, perforated, chamfered,
                      lap-jointed)
            VII. Sheets and plates :
                  b) Not further worked than cold-rolled, of a thickness of :
                      1 . 3 mm or more
                  d) Otherwise shaped or worked :
                      2 . Others , not including laminated sheets
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   73.15        VIII. Wire , whether or not coated, but not insulated
   (cont'd)
            B. Alloy steel :
                   I. Ingots, blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars :
                      a) Forged
                 II. Pieces roughly shaped by forging
                 V. Bars and rods (including wire rod) and hollow mining drill steel ; angles,
                      shapes and sections :
                      a) Not further worked than forged
                      c) Not further worked than cold-formed or cold-finished
                      d) Clad or surface-worked (for example, pclished, coated)
                          1 . Not further worked than clad :
                              bb) Cold-formed or cold-finished
                         2 . Other
                VI. Hoop and strip :
                      b) Not further worked than cold-rolled
                      c) Clad , coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                          1 . Not further worked than clad :
                              bb) Cold-rolled
                         2.   Other
                      d) Otherwise shaped or worked (for example, perforated, chamfered,
                         lap-jointed)
               VII . Sheets and plates :
                      b) Other sheets and plates :
                          2 . Not further worked than cold-rolled , of a thickness of :
                              aa) 3 mm or more
                          4. Otherwise shaped or worked :
                              bb) Other, excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling
               VIII . Wire, whether or not coated , but not insulated
   73.16    Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following :
            rails, check-rails , switch blades , crossings (or frogs), crossing pieces , point
            rods, rack rails , sleepers, fish-plates , chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base
            plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialized for joining or
            fixing rails :
            A. Rails :
                  I. Current-conducting, with parts of non-ferrous metal
            D. Fish-plates and sole plates :
                II . Other
            E. Other
   73.17    Tubes and pipes , of cast iron
   73.19    High-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel , whether or not reinforced
   73.20    Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, unions and flanges) of iron
            or steel
   73.21    Structures and parts of structures (for example, hangers and other buildings,
            bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing
            frameworks, door and window frames, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns),
            of iron or steel ; plates, strip, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like,
             prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel
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73.22    Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than
         compressed or liquefied gas), of iron or steel , of a capacity exceeding 300 litres,
         whether or not lined or heat-insulated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal
         equipment
73.23    Casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, or sheet or plate iron or steel,
         of a description commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods
73.24    Containers, of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas
73.25    Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron
         or steel wire, but excluding insulated, electric cables
73.26    Barbed iron or steel wire ; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed or not,
         and loosely twisted double wire, of kinds used for fencing, of iron or steel
73.27    Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials,
         of iron or steel wire
73 . 2S  Expanded metal , of iron or steel
73.29    Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel
73.30    Anchors and grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel
73.31    Nails, tacks, staples, hook-nails, corrugated nails, spiked cramps, studs, spikes
         and drawing pins, of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other materials,
         but not including such articles with heads of copper
73.32   Bolts and nuts (including bolt ends and screw studs), whether or not threaded
         or tapped, and screws (including screw hooks and screw rings), of iron or steel ;
         rivets , cotters, cotter-pins, washers and spring washers, of iron or steel
73.33   Needles for hand sewing (including embroidery), hand carpet needles and hand
        knitting needles, bodkins, crochet hooks, and the like, and embroidery stilettos,
         of iron or steel
73.34   Pins (excluding hatpins and other ornamental pins and drawing pins), hairpins
        and curling grips, of iron or steel
73.35   Springs and leaves for springs , of iron or steel
73.36   Stoves (including stoves with subsidiary boilers for central heating), ranges,
        cookers, grates, fires and other space heaters, gas-rings, plate warmers with
        burners, wash boilers with grates or other heating elements, and similar equip­
        ment, of a kind used for domestic purposes, not electrically operated, and
        parts thereof, of iron or steel
73.37   Boilers (excluding boilers of heading No 84.01) and radiators, for central heating,
        not electrically heated and parts thereof, of iron or steel ; air heaters and hot
        air distributors (including those which can also distribute cool or conditioned
        air), not electrically heated, incorporating a motor-driven fan or blower, and
        parts thereof, of iron or steel
73.38   Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes , sanitary ware for
        indoor use, and parts of such articles and ware, of iron or steel
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        73.39             Iron or steel wool ; pot scourers and scouring and polishing pads, gloves and
                          the like, of iron or steel
        73.40             Other articles of iron or steel f1)
   CHAPTER 74
        74.04             Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of copper
        74.05             Copper foil (whether or not embossed , cut to shape, perforated , coated, printed ,
                          or backed with paper or other reinforcing material ), of a. thickness (excluding
                          any backing) not exceeding 0-15 mm
        74.06             Copper powders and flakes
        74.07             Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of copper ; hollow bars of copper
        74.08            Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of
                          copper
        74.09             Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, foi; any material (other than
                          compressed or liquefied gas), of copper, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres,
                          whether or not lined or heat-insulated , but not fitted with mechanical or thermal
                          equipment
        74.10             Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands and the like, of copper
                          wire, but excluding insulated electric wires and cables
        74.11             Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials
                          (including endless bands), of copper wire
        74.12             Expanded metal, of copper
        74.13            .Chain and parts thereof, of copper
        74.14             Nails, tacks, staples, hook-nails, spiked cramps, studs, spikes and drawing
                          pins, of copper, or of iron or steel with heads of copper
        74.15             Bolts and nuts (including bolt ends and screw studs), whether or not threaded
                          or tapped, and screws (including screw hooks and screw rings) of copper ;
                          rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers and spring wasners, of copper
        74.16             Springs, of copper
        74.17             Cooking and heating apparatus of a kind used for domestic purposes, not
                          electrically operated, and parts thereof, of copper
        74.18             Other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware
                          for indoor use, and parts of such articles and wan;, of copper
        74.19             Other articles of copper
   CHAPTER 75
        75.02             Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections , of nickel ; nickel wire
        75.03             Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of nickel ; nickel foil ; nickel powders and
                          flakes
   (*) For products falling within this heading , the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation
       is reduced to 30% .
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    75 . 04          Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of nickel ; hollow bars , and tube and
                     pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of nickel
    75.05            Electro-plating enodes, of nickel, wrought or unwrought, including those
                     produced by electrolysis
      5.06           Other articles of nickel
CHAPTER 76
    - 6.02           Wrought bars , rods , angles , shapes and sections , of aluminium ; aluminium
                     wire ( x)
    76.03            Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium (x)
    76.04            Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated,
                     printed, or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness
                     (excluding any backing) not exceeding 0'20 mm
    76.05            Aluminium powders and flakes
    / 6.06           Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of aluminium ; hollow bars of aluminium
    76.07            Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of
                     aluminium
    76.08            Structures and parts of structures (for example, hangars and other buildings,
                     bridges and bridge-sections, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing, frameworks,
                     door and window frames, balustrades, pillars and columns), of aluminium ;
                     plates , rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in
                     structures, of aluminium
    76.09            Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than
                     compressed or liquefied gas), of aluminium , of a capacity exceeding 300 litres,
                     whether or not lined or heat-insulated , but not fitted with mechanical or thermal
                     equipment
    76.10            Casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid and collapsible
                     tubular containers), of aluminium , of a description commonly used for the
                     conveyance or packing of goods
    76.11            Containers, of aluminium , for compressed or liquefied gas
    76.12            Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium
                     wire, but excluding insulated electric wires and cables
    76.13            Gauze, cloth , grill , netting, reinforcing fabric and similar materials , of aluminium
                     wire
     / 6.14          Expanded metal , of aluminium
    /6.15            Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware for
                     indoor use , and parts of such articles and ware , of aluminium
    76.16            Other articles of aluminium
CHAPTER 77
    77.02            Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of magnesium ; magnesium
                     wire ; wrought plates, sheets and strip, of magnesium ; magnesium foil ; raspings
                     and shavings of uniform size, powders and flakes, of magnesium ; tubes and
                     pipes and blanks therefor, of magnesium ; hollow bars of magnesium
(V For products falling within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation
   is reduced :o 30°o .
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       77.03      Other articles of magnesium
       /7.04      Beryllium , unwrought or wrought, and articles of beryllium
     CHAPTER 78
       78.02      Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, o:: lead ; lead wire            »
       78.03      Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of lead
       78.04      Lead foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated , printed,
                  or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a weight (excluding any
                  backing) not exceeding 1-700 kg/ m2 ; lead powders and flakes
       78.05      Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of lead ; hollow bars, and tube and pipe
                  fittings (for example, joints, elbows , sockets , flanges and S-bends), of "lead
       78.06    . Other articles of lead
     CHAPTER 79
       79.02      Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of zinc ; zinc wire
        79.04     Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of zinc ; hollow bars, and tube and pipe
                  fittings (for example, joints , elbows , sockets and flanges), of zinc
   (   79.05      Gutters, roof capping, skylight frames, and other fabricated building compo­
                  nents of zinc ,
       79.06      Other articles of zinc
     CHAPTER 80
       80.02      Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of tin ; tin wire
       80.03      Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of tin
       80.04      Tin foil (whether or not embossed , cut to shape , perforated, coated , printed ,
                  or backed with paper or other reinforcing material), of a weight (excluding
                  any backing) not exceeding 1 kg/m2 ; tin powders j.nd flakes
       80.05      Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of tin, hollcw bars, and tubes and pipe
                  fittings (for example, joints, elbows , sockets and flanges), of tin
       80.06      Other articles of tin
     CHAPTER 81
       81.01      Tungsten ( wolfram ), unwrought or wrought, and srticles thereof :
                  B. Hammered bars ; angles, shapes .and sections, wire, filaments, plates, sheets
                       and foil
                  C. Other
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  81.02     Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof :
            B. Hammered bars ; angles, shapes and sections, wire, filaments, plates, sheets,
                 strip and foil
            C. Other
  81.03     Tantalum , unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof :
            B. Hammered bars ; angles, shapes and sections ; wire, filaments , plates, sheets,
                 strip and foil
            C. Other
  81.04     Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof ; cermets,
            unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof :
            A. Bismuth :
                 II . Wrought
            B. Cadmium :
                 II . Wrought
            C. Cobalt :
                 II . Wrought
            D. Chromium :
                 II . Wrought
            E. Germanium :
                 II. Wrought
            F. Hafnium (celtium) :
                 II. Wrought
            G. Manganese :
                 II . Wrought
            H. Niobium (columbium):
                 II. Wrought
            IJ . Antimony :
                 II. Wrought
            K. Titanium :
                 II. Wrought
            L. Vanadium :
                 II . Wrought
            O. Zirconium :
                 II . Wrought
            P.   Rhenium :
                 II. Wrought
            O. Gallium ; indium ; thallium :
                 II . Wrought
            R. Cermets :
                 II . Wrought
CHAPTER S 2
  82.01     Hand tools , the following : spades , shovels, picks , hoes , forks and rakes ; axes ,
            bill hooks and similar hewing tools ; scythes, sickles, hay knives, grass shears,
            timber wedges and other tools of a kind used in agriculture, horticulture or
            forestry
  82.02     Saws (non-mechanical) and blades for hand or machine saws (including toothless
            saw blades)
  82.03     Hand tools, the following : pliers (including cutting pliers), pincers, tweezers,
            tinmen's snips, bolt croppers and the like ; perforating punches ; pipe cutters ;
            spanners and wrenches (but not including tap wrenches); files and rasps
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         82.04            Hand tools , including glaziers' diamonds , not falling within any other heading
                           of this Chapter ; blow lamps, anvils ; vices and climps, other than accessories
                          for, and parts of, machine tools ; portable forges ; grinding wheels with frameworks
                           (hand or pedal operated)
         82.05            Interchangeable tools for hand tools, for machine tools or for power-operated
                          hand tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, drilling, tapping, threading,
                           boring, broaching, milling, cutting, turning, dressing, morticing or screw driving),
                          including dies for wire drawing, extrusion dies for metal, and rock drilling bits,
                          with a working part of
         82.06            Knives and cutting blades , for machines or for mechanical appliances
         82.07            Tool-tips and plates, sticks and the like for tool- tips, unmounted , of sintered
                          metal carbides (for example, carbides of tungsten , molybdenum or vanadium )
         82.08            Coffee-mills, mincers, juice-extractors and other mechanical appliances, of a
                          weight not exceeding 10 kg and of a kind used for domestic purposes in the
                          preparation, serving or conditioning of food or drink
         82.09    '       Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not ( including pruning knives), other
                          than knives falling within heading No 82.06 (*)
         82.10            Knife blades
         82.11            Razors and razor blades (including razor blade bh.nks, whether or not in strips)
         82.12            Scissors (including tailors ' shears), and blades therefor
         82.13            Other articles of cutlery (for example, secateurs , hair clippers, butchers'
                          cleavers, paper knives) ; manicure and chiropody sets and appliances (including
                          nail files)
        82.14             Spoons, forks , fish-eaters, butter-knives, ladles and similar kitchen or table­
                          ware ( )
         82.15            Handles of base metal for articles falling within heading No 82.09, 82.13 or
                          82.14
   CHAPTER 83
        83.02             Base metal fittings and mountings of a kind suitable for furniture, doors,
                          staircases , windows , blinds , coachwork , saddlery , trunks , caskets and the like
                          ( including automatic door closers) ; base metal hat-racks, hat-pegs , brackets
                          and the like
        83.03             Safes , strong-boxes, armoured or reinforced strong-rooms, strong-room linings
                          and strong-room doors, and cash and deed boxes and the like, of base metal
        83.04            Filing cabinets, racks, sorting boxes , paper trays , paper rests and similar office
                         equipment, of base metal , other than office furniture falling within heading
                          No 94.03
   (l) For products falling within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation
       is reduced to 30% .
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  83.05    Fittings for loose-leaf binders, for files or for stationery books , of base metal ;
           letter clips, paper clips , staples, indexing tags, and similar stationery goods, of
           base metal
  83.06    Statuettes and other ornaments of a kind used indoors , of base metal
  83.07    Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal, and parts thereof, of base meta'
           (excluding switches, electric lamp holders, electric lamps for vehicles, electric
           battery or magneto lamps, and other articles falling within Chapter 85 except
           heading No 85.22)
  83.08    Flexible tubing and piping, of base metal
  83.09    Clasps, frames with clasps for handbags and the like, buckles, buckle-clasps,
           hooks, eyes, eyelets, and the like, of base metal, of a kind commonly used for
           clothing, travel goods, handbags, or other textile or leather goods ; tubular
           rivets and bifurcated rivets , of base metal
  83.10    Beads and spangles , of base metal
  83.11    Bells and gongs , non-electric, of base metal, and parts thereof of base metal
  53 . 12  Photograph , picture and similar frames , of base metal ; mirrors of base metal
  83.13    Stoppers, crown corks, bottle caps, capsules, bung covers, seals and plombs,
           case corner protectors and other packing accessories , of base metal
  S3 . 14  Sign-plates, name-plates, numbers, letters and other signs, of base metal
  83.15    Wire, rods , tubes , plates , electrodes and similar products , of base metal or of
           metal carbides , coated or cored with flux material , of a kind used for soldering,
           brazing, welding or deposition of metal or of metal carbides ; wire and rods ,
           of agglomerated base-metal powder, used for metal spraying
CHAPTER S4
  84.01    Steam and other vapour generating boilers (excluding central heating hot
           water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam ) ; superheated-water
           boilers
  84.02    Auxiliary plant for use with boilers falling within heading No 84.01 (for example,
           economisers, superheaters, soot removers, gas recoverers and the like) ; condensers
           for vapour engines and power units
  84.03    Producer gas and water gas generators , with or without purifiers ; acetylene
           gas generators (water process ) and similar gas generators , with or without
           purifiers
  84.04    Steam engines (including mobile engines , but not steam tractors falling within
           heading No 87.01 or mechanically propelled road rollers) with self-contained
            boilers
  84.05    Steam and other vapour power units , not incorporating boilers
  84.06    Internal combustion piston engines
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    84.07    Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and water turbines)
    84.08     Other engines and motors
    84.09    Mechanically propelled road rollers
    84.10    Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for liquids, whether or not
             fitted with measuring devices ; liquid elevators of bucket, chain , screw, band and
          . similar kinds
    84.11    Air pumps, vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (including motor and
             turbo pumps and compressors, and free-piston generators for gas turbines) ;
             fans, blowers and the like
    84.12    Air-conditioning machines, self-contained , comprising a motor-driven fan and
             elements for changing the temperatures and humidity of air
    84.13    Furnace burners for liquid fuel (atomizers), for pulverized solid fuel or for
             gas ; mechanical stokers, mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and
             similar appliances
   84.14     Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens, non-electric
   84.15    Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other)
   84.16    Calendering and similar rolling machines (other than metal-working and metal­
            rolling machines and glass-working machines) and cylinders therefor
   84.17    Machinery, plant and similar laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically
            heated , for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of
            temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing,
            pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing, condensing or cooling,
            nor being machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes ; instantaneous
            or storage Water heaters , non-electrical
   84.18    Centrifuges ; filtering and purifying machinery and apparatus (other than filter
            funnels, milk strainers and the like), for liquids or gases
   84.19    Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers ; machinery for
            filling, closing, sealing, capsuling or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other
            containers ; other packing or wrapping machinery ; machinery for aerating
            beverages ; dish washing machines
   84.20   Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 eg or better),
           including weight-operated counting and checking machines ; weighing machine
            weights of all kinds
   84.21    Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing
            or spraying liquids or powders ; fire extinguishers (charged or not); spray guns
           and similar appliances ; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting
            machines
   84.22   Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, telphers and conveyors
            (for example, lifts, hoists, winches, cranes, transporter cranes, jacks , pulley
           tackle, belt conveyors and telepheries), not being machinery falling within
           heading No 84.23
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54.23 Excavating, levelling, tamping, boring and extracting machinery, stationary
      or mobile, for earth , minerals or ores (for example, mechanical shovels, coal­
      cutters, excavators, scrapers, levellers and bulldozers); pile-drivers ; snow­
      ploughs, not self-propelled (including snow-plough attachments)
84.24 Agricultural and horticultural machinery for soil preparation or cultivation
      (for example, ploughs, harrows , cultivators, seed and fertilizer distributors);
      lawn and sports ground rollers
84.25 Harvesting and threshing machinery ; straw and fodder presses ; hay or grass
      mowers ; winnowing and similar cleaning machines for seed , grain or leguminous
      vegetables and egg-grading and other grading machines for agricultural produce
      (other than those of a kind used in the bread grain milling industry falling within
      heading No 84.29)
84.26 Dairy machinery ( including milking machines)
84.27 Presses , crushers and other machinery , of a kind used in wine-making, cider­
      making, fruit juice preparation or the like
54.28 Other agricultural, horticultural, poultry-keeping and bee-keeping machinery ;
      germination plant fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment ; poultry
      incubators and brooders
84.29 Machinery of a kind used in the bread grain milling industry , and other machinery
      (other than farm type machinery) for the working of cereals or dried leguminous
      vegetables
84.30 Machinery, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter, of a kind
      used in the following food or drink industries : bakery, confectionery, chocolate
      manufacture, macaroni , ravioli or similar cereal food manufacture, the preparation
      of meat, fish, fruit or vegetables (including mincing or slicing machines), sugar
      manufacture or brewing
84.31 Machinery for making or finishing cellulosic pulp , paper or paperboard
84.32 Book-binding machinery, including book-sewing machines
84.33 Paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds ; other machinery for making
      up paper pulp, paper or paperboard
84.34 Machinery, apparatus and accessories for type-founding or type-setting ;
      machinery , other than the machine-tools of heading No 84.45 , 84.46 or 84.47 ,
      for preparing or working printing blocks , plates or cylinders : printing type,
      impressed flongs and matrices, printing blocks, plates and cylinders ; blocks,
      plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for
      example, planed, grained or polished)
84.35 Other printing machines ; machines for uses ancillary to printing
84.36 Machines for extruding man-made textiles ; machines of a kind used for
      processing natural or man-made textile fibres ; textile spinning and twisting
      machines ; textile doubling, throwing and reeling (including weft-winding)
      machines
84.37 Weaving machines, knitting machines and machines for making gimped yarn,
      tulle, lace, embroidery, trimmings , braid or net ; machines for preparing yarns
      for use on such machines, including warping and warp sizing machines
84.38 Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading No 84.37 (for example ,
      dobbies , Jacquards, automatic stop motions and shuttle changing mechanisms) ;
      parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines
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   84,38    of the present heading or with machines falling within heading No 84.36 or
   (cont'd) 84.37 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing, combs, extruding
            nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-lifters and hosiery needles)
    84.39   Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt in the piece or in shapes,
            including felt-hat making machines and hat-making blocks
    84.40   Machinery for washing, cleaning, drying, bleaching , dyeing , dressing, finishing
            or coating textile yarns , fabrics or made-up textile articles ( including laundry
            and dry-cleaning machinery); fabric folding, reeling or cutting machines ;
            machines of a kind used in the manufacture of linoleum or other floor coverings
            for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support ; machines of a type
            used for printing a repetitive design, repetitive words or overall colour on
            textiles, leather, wallpaper wrapping paper, linoleum or other materials , and
            engraved or etched plates , blocks or rollers therefor
    84.41   Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for sewing machines ; sewing
            machine needles :
            A. Sewing machines, furniture specially designed for sewing machines :
                  I. Sewing machines (lock-stitch only), with heads of a weight not exceeding
                     16 kg without motor or 17 kg including the motor ; sewing machine
                     heads (lock-stitch only), of a weight not exceeding 16 kg without motor
                     or 17 kg including the motor :
                     a) Sewing machines having a value (not including frames, tables or
                         furniture) of more than 65 u.a . each
                 II. Other sewing machines and other sewing machine heads
             B. Sewing machine needles
    84.42    Machinery (other than sewing machines) for preparing, tanning or working
             hides , skins or leather ( including boot and shoe machinery)
     84.43   Converters , ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines , of a kind used in
             metallurgy and in metal foundries
     84.44   Rolling mills and rolls therefor
     84.45   Machine-tools for working metal or metallic carbides , not being machines
             falling within heading Nos 84.49 or 84.50
     84.46   Machine-tools for working stone , ceramics , concrete, asbestos-cement and
             like mineral materials or for working glass in the cold , other than machines
             falling within heading No 84.49
     84.47   Machine-tools for working wood, cork, bone, ebonite (vulcanite), hard artificial
             plastic materials or other hard carving materials , other than machines falling
             within heading No 84.49
     84.48   Accessories and parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines
             falling within headings Nos 84.45 to 84.47, including work and tool holders ,
             self-opening dieheads', dividing heads and other appliances for machine-tools ;
             tool holders for any type of tool or machine-tool for working in the hand
     84.49   Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic or with self-contained non-electric
              motor
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84.50   Gas-operated welding, brazing, cutting and surface tempering appliances
84.51   Typewriters, other than typewriters incorporating calculating mechanisms ;
        cheque-writing machines
84.52   Calculating machines ; accounting machines , cash registers, postage-franking
        machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines , incorporating a
        calculating device
84.53   Automatic data processing machines and units therefor ; magnetic or optical
        readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and
        machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included
54.54   Other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines ,
        addressing machines , coin-sorting machines, coin-counting and wrapping
        machines, pencil-sharpening machines, perforating and stapling machines)
84.55   Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable
        for use solely or principally with machines of a kind falling within heading
        Nos 84.51 , 84.52 , 84.53 or 84.54
54.56   Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing; grinding or
        mixing earth , stone, ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder
        and paste) form ; machinery for agglomerating, moulding or shaping solid
        mineral fuels , ceramic paste, unhardened cements, plastering materials or other
        mineral products in powder or paste form ; machines for forming foundry moulds
        of sand
84.57   Glass-working machines (other than machines for working glass in the cold) ;
        machines for assembling electric filament and discharge lamps and electronic
        and similar tubes and valves
84.58   Automatic vending machines (for example, stamp, cigarette, chocolate and
        food machines), not being games of skill or chance
84.59   Machines and mechanical appliances, having individual functions, not falling
        within any other heading of this Chapter :
        A. For the manufacture of the products specified in subheading 28.51 A (Euratom)
        B. Nuclear reactors :
             I. Nuclear reactors (Euratom)
           II. Parts :
                ex c) Other (Euratom )
        C. Specially designed for the recycling of irradiated nuclear fuels (for example,
            sintering of radio-active metal oxides, sheating) (Euratom)
        D. Rope or cable making machinery, including electric wire and cable making
            machines
        E. Other
84.60 - Moulding boxes for metal foundry ; moulds of a type used for metal (other than
        ingot moulds), for metal carbides, for glass, for mineral materials (for example,
        ceramic pastes, concrete or cement) or for rubber or artificial plastic materials
54.61   Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats
        and the like, including pressure reducing valves and thermostatically controlled
        valves
84.62   Ball , roller or needle roller bearings
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   ex 84.63              Transmission shafts , cranks, bearing housings, plain shaft bearings, gears and
                         gearing (including friction gears and gear-boxes and other variable speed gears),
                         flywheels, pulleys and pulley blocks, clutches and shaft couplings
        84.64            Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material
                         (for example, asbestos , felt and paperboard) or of laminated metal foil ; sets
                         or assortments of gaskets and similar joints , dissimilar in composition , for
                         engines, pipes , tubes and the like, put up in pouches, envelopes or similar
                         packings
        84.65            Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators , coils, contacts
                         or other electrical features and not falling within any other heading in this
                         Chapter
   CHAPTER 85
        85.01            Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators, motors, converters
                          (rotary or static), transformers , rectifiers and rectifying apparatus ; inductors
                         B. Transformers, static converters , rectifiers and rectifying apparatus ; inductors
                          C. Parts
        85.02            Electro-magnets ; permanent magnets and articles of special materials for
                         permanent magnets , being blanks of such magnets ; electro-magnetic and
                         permanent magnet chucks , clamps , vices and similar work holders ; electro­
                          magnetic clutches and couplings ; electro-magnetic brakes ; electro-magnetic
                         lifting heads
        85.04             Electric accumulators (x)
        85.05             Tools for working in the hand , with self-contained electric motor
        85.06             Electro-mechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor
        85.07             Shavers and hair clippers , with self-contained electric motor
        85.08             Electrical starting and ignition equipment for internal combustion engines
                          (including ignition magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils, starter motors ,
                          sparking plugs and glow plugs); generators (dynamos and alternators) and
                          cut-outs for use in conjunction with such engines
         85.09            Electrical lighting and signalling equipment and electrical windscreen wipers,
                          defrosters and demisters, for cycles or motor vehicles
         85.10            Portable electric battery and magneto lamps, other than lamps falling within
                          heading No 85.09
                          A. Miners' safety lamps
         85.11            Industrial and laboratory electric furnaces , ovens and induction and dielectric
                          heating equipment ; electric welding, brazing and soldering machines and
                          apparatus and similar electric machines and apparatus for cutting
    f1) For products falling within subheading 85.04 A the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this
        Regulation is reduced to 30% .
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      85.12            Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters ; electric
                       soil heating apparatus and electric space heating apparatus ; electric hair dressing
                       appliances (for example, hair dryers, hair curlers , curling tong heaters) and
                       electric smoothing irons ; electrothermic domestic appliances ; electric heating
                       resistors, other than those of carbon
      85.13            Electrical line telephonic and telegraphic apparatus (including such apparatus
                       for carrier-current line systems)
      85.14            Microphones and stands therefor ; loudspeakers ; audio-frequency electric
                       amplifiers
      85.15            Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus ;
                       radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus
                       (including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and television
                       cameras ; radio navigational aid apparatus, radar apparatus and radio remote
                       control apparatus :
                       A. Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus ;
                             radio-broadcasting and television transmission and reception apparatus
                             (including receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and
                             television cameras :
                               I.   Transmitters
                              II .  Transmitter-receivers
                             IV. Television cameras
                       B. Other apparatus
                       C. Parts of the goods of subheadings A and B above ;
                          I.   Cabinets and cases
                         II. Parts of base metal , obtained by turning bars, angles, shapes, sections
                               or wire, of solid section , the greatest diameter of which does not exceed
                               25 mm
      85.16            Electric traffic control equipment for railways , roads or inland waterways and
                       equipment used for similar purposes in port installations or upon airfields
      85.17            Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (such as bells, sirens , indicator
                       panels, burglar and fire alarms), other than those of heading No 85.09 or 85.16
      85.18            Electrical capacitors, fixed or variable (*)
      85.19            Electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits , for the protection
                       of electrical circuits , or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for
                       example, switches , relays , fuses , lightning arresters , surge suppressors , plugs ,
                        lampholders and junction boxes) ; resistors, fixed or variable (including poten­
                       tiometers), other than heating resistors ; printed circuits ; switchboards (other
                       than telephone switchboards) and control panels
     85.20            Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps ( including infra-red and
                       ultra-violet lamps); arc-lamp ; electrically ignited photographic flashbulbs (2)
     85.21             Thermionic, cold cathode and photo-cathode valves and tubes ( including
                       vapour or gas filled valves and tubes, cathode-ray tubes, television camera
                       tubes and mercury arc rectifying valves and tubes); photocells ; mounted piezo­
                      electric crystals ; diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor devices ;
                      electronic microcircuits :
(') For products tailing within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation
    is reduced to 30% .
C) For products falling within subheading S5.20 A, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this
    Regulation is reduced to 30% .
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      85.21        A. Valves and tubes
      (cont'd.)
                   B. Photocells, including photo-transistors
                    C. Mounted piezo-electric crystals
      85.22        Electrical appliances and apparatus , having individual functions, not falling
                   within any other heading of this Chapter
      85.24        Carbon brushes, arc-lamp carbons, battery carbons , carbon electrodes and
                   other carbon articles of a kind used for electrical purposes
      85.25        Insulators of any material
      85.26        Insulating fittings for electrical machines , appliances or equipment, being
                   fittings wholly of insulating material apart from any minor components of metal
                   incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly, but not including
                   insulators falling within heading No 85.25
      85.27        Electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with insulating
                ,  material
      85.2.8       Electrical parts of machinery and apparatus, not being goods falling within any
                   of the preceding headings of this Chapter
   CHAPTER 86     RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES , ROLLING-STOCK AND
                  PARTS THEREOF ; RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES AND
                  FITTINGS ; TRAFFIC SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL KINDS (NOT
                  ELECTRICALLY POWERED )
   CHAPTER 87
     87.01        Tractors (other than those falling within heading No 87.07), whether or not
                  fitted with power take-offs , winches or pulleys
     87.02        Motor - vehicles for the transport of persons , goods or materials (including
                  sports motor vehicles other than those of heading No 87.09)
     87.03        Special purpose motor lorries and vans (such as break down lorries, fire-engines,
                  fire-escapes, road sweeper lorries , snow-ploughs, spraying lorries, crane lorries ,
                  searchlight lorries , mobile workshops and mobile radiological units), but not
                  including the motor vehicles of heading No 87.02
     87.04        Chassis fitted with engines , for the motor vehicles falling within heading No
                  87.01 , 87.02 or 87.03
     87.05        Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 ,
                  87.02 or 87.03
     87.06        Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 ,
                  87.02 or 87.03
     87.07        Works trucks , mechanically propelled, of the types used in factories or ware­
                  houses , dock areas or airports for short distance transport or handling of goods
                  (for example, platform trucks , fork-lift trucks and straddle carriers) ; tractors
                  of the type used on railway station platforms ; ports of the foregoing vehicles
     87.08        Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles , motorized, whether or not fitted
                  with weapons , and parts of such vehicles
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   87.09     Motor-cycles, auto-cycles and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or
            without side-cars ; side-cars of all kinds
   87.11    Invalid carriages, fitted with means of mechanical propulsion (motorized or
            not)
   87.12 A  Parts and accessories of motor-cycles
   87.13    Baby carriages and invalid carriages (other than motorized or otherwise mechani­
            cally propelled) and parts thereof
   87.14     Other vehicles (including trailers), not mechanically propelled, and parts thereof
            A. Animal-drawn vehicles
            B. Trailers and semi-trailers :
                 I. Specially designed for the transport of highly radio-active materials
                     (Euratom)
             C. Other vehicles
            D. Parts
CHAPTER 853
   88.01    Balloons and airships
ex 88.02    Flying machines, gliders and kites ; rotochutes
   88.03    Parts of goods falling within heading No 88.01 or 88.02
   88.04    Parachutes and parts thereof and accessories thereto
   SS.05    Catapults and similar aircraft launching gear ; ground flying trainers ; parts of
            any of the foregoing articles
CHAPTER 89
   89.01    Ships, boats and other vessels not falling within any of the following headings
            of this Chapter :
            B. Other :
                II. Other
   89.02    Vessels specially equipped for towing (tugs) or pushing other vessels :
            B. Pusher craft :
                II . Other
   89.03    Light-vessels , fire-floats, dredgers of all kinds , floating cranes , and other vessels
            the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function ; floating docks :
            B. Other
   89.05    Floating structures other than vessels (for example, coffer-dams, landing stages,
            buoys and beacons)
CHAPTER 90
   90.01    Lenses , prisms , mirrors and other optical elements , of any material , unmounted,
            other than such elements of glass not optically worked ; sheets or plates , of
            polarizing material
   90.02    Lenses , prisms , mirrors and other optical elements , of any material, mounted ;
            being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements
            of glass not optically worked
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         90.03            Frames and mountings, and parts thereof, for spectacles, pince-nez, lorgnettes,
                          goggles and the like
         90.04            Spectacles, pince-nez, lorgnettes, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or
                          other
         90.06            Astronomical instruments (for example, reflecting telescopes , transit instruments
                          and equatorial telescopes), and mountings therefor, but not including instruments
                          for radio-astronomy
         90.07            Photographic cameras ; photographic flashlight apparatus :
                          A. Photographic cameras (x)
                          B. Photographic flashlight apparatus
         90.08            Cinematographic cameras , projectors, sound recorders and sound reproducers ;
                          any combination of these articles :
                          A. Cameras and sound recorders , combined or not (l)
                          B. Projectors and sound reproducers, combined or not
         90.09            Image projectors (other than cinematographic projectors) ; photographic (except
                          cinematographic) enlargers and reducers
         90.10            Apparatus and equipment of a kind used in photographic or cinematographic
                          laboratories, not falling within any other heading in this Chapter ; photo­
                          copying apparatus (whether incorporating an optical system or of the contact
                          type) and thermo-copying apparatus, screens for projectors
         90.11            Microscopes and diffraction apparatus , electron and proton
         90.12            Compound optical microscopes , whether or not provided with means for
                          photographing or projecting the image (*)
         90.13            Optical appliances and instruments (but not including lighting appliances other
                          than searchlights or spotlights), not falling within any other heading of this
                          Chapter
         90.14            Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, navigational ,
                          meteorological , hydrological and geophysical instruments ; compasses ,
                         rangefinders
         90.15            Balances of a ,sensitivity of 5 eg or better, with or without their weights
        90.16             Drawing, marking-out and mathematical calculating instruments, drafting
                          machines, pantographs, slide rules, disc calculators and the like ; measuring or
                          checking instruments, appliances and machines , not falling within any other
                         heading of this Chapter (for example, micrometers, callipers, gauges, measuring
                         rods , balancing machines) ; profile projectors
        90.17            Medical, dental, surgical and veterinary instruments and appliances (including
                         electro-medical apparatus and ophthalmic instruments)
        90.18             Mechano-therapy appliances ; massage apparatus ; psychological aptitude­
                         testing apparatus ; artificial respiration, ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol
                         therapy or similar apparatus ; breathing appliances (including gas masks and
                         similar respirators)
   (l) For products falling within this heading, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this Regulation
       is reduced to 20% .
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   90.19             Orthopaedic appliances, surgical belts, trusses and the like ; splints and other
                     fracture appliances ; artificial limbs , eyes , teeth and other artificial parts of the
                     body ; deaf-aids and other appliances which are worn or carried , or implanted
                     in the body, to compensate for a defect or disability
   90.20             Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of the radiations from radio-active
                     substances (including radiography and radiotherapy apparatus); X-ray
                     generators ; X-ray tubes ; X-ray screens ; X-ray high tension generators ; X-ray
                     control panels and desks ; X-ray examination or treatment tables ; chairs and
                     the like
   90.21             Instruments, apparatus or models, designed solely for demonstrational purposes
                     (for example, in education or exhibition), unsuitable for other uses
   90.22             Machines and appliances for testing machanically the hardness, strength,
                     compressibility, elasticity and the like properties of industrial materials (for
                     example, metals, wood, textiles, paper or plastics)
   90.23             Hydrometers and similar instruments ; thermometers, pyrometers, barometers ,
                     hygrometers, psychrometers , recording or not ; any combination of these
                     instruments
    90.24            Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically controlling
                     the flow, depth , pressure or other variables of liquids or gases , or for auto­
                     matically controlling temperature (for example, pressure gauges, thermostats ,
                     level gauges, flow meters, heat meters, automatic oven-draught regulators), not
                     being articles falling within heading No 90.14
   90.25             Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (such as polari­
                     meters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas analysis apparatus); instruments and
                     apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface
                     tension or the like (such as viscometers, porosimeters, expansion meters);
                     instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, light
                      or sound (such as photometers (including exposure meters), calorimeters);
                      microtomes
    90.26             Gas, liquid and electricity supply or production meters ; calibrating meters
                      therefor
    90.27             Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers
                     and the like, speed indicators (including magnetic speed indicators) and tacho­
                      meters (other than articles falling within heading No 90.14); stroboscopes
    90.28             Electrical measuring, checking, analysing or automatically controlling instru­
                      ments and apparatus (x)
    90.29            Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or principally with one or more of
                      the articles falling within heading No 90.23 , 90.24, 90,26, 90.27 or 90.28
CHAPTER 91
    91.01             Pocket-watches, wrist-watches and other watches, including stop-watches
f) For products falling within this subparagraph the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this
   Regulation, is reduced to 20% .
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     91.02    Clocks with watch movements (excluding clocks of heading No 91.03)
     91.03    Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a similar type, for vehicles , aircraft or
              vessels
     91.04    Other clocks
     91.05    Time of day recording apparatus ; apparatus with clock or watch movement
              (including secondary movement) or with synchronus motor, for measuring,
              recording or otherwise indicating intervals of time
     91.06    Time switches with clock or watch movement ( including secondary movement)
              or with synchronous motor
     91.07    Watch movements (including stop-watch movements) assembled
     91.08     Clock movements , assembled
     91.10     Clock cases and cases of a similar type for other goods of this Chapter, and
               parts thereof
     91.11     Other clock and watch parts
   CHAPTER 92
     92.01    Pianos (including automatic pianos , whether or not with keyboards) ; harpsi­
              chords and other keyboard stringed instruments ; harps but not including aeolian
              harps
     92.02     Other string musical instruments
     92.03     Pipe and reed organs , including harmoniums and the like
     92.04     Accordions , concertinas and similar musical instruments ; mouth organs
     92.05     Other wind musical instruments
     92.06     Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals ,
               castanets)
      92.07    Electro-magnetic, electrostatic, electronic and similar musical instruments
               (for example, pianos , organs, accordions)
     92.08     Musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this Chapter (for
               example, fairground organs , mechanical street organs , musical boxes , musical
               saws); mechanical singing birds ; decoy calls and effects of all kinds ; mouth­
               blown sound signalling instruments (for example, whistles and boatswain's
               pipes)
     92.09     Musical instrument strings
     92.10     Parts and accessories of musical instruments (other than strings), including
               perforated music rolls and mechanisms for musical boxes ; metronomes , tuning
               forks and pitch pipes of all kinds
     92.11     Gramophones, dictating machines and other sound recorders and reproducers ,
               including record-players and tape . decks, with or without sound-heads ; tele­
               vision image and sound recorders and reproducers, magnetic
               B. Television image and sound recorders and reproducers , magnetic
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    92.13            Other parts and accessories of apparatus falling within heading No 92.11
CHAPTER 93
    93.01            Side-arms (for example, swords, cutlasses and bayonets) and parts thereof and
                     scabbards and sheaths therefor
    93.02            Revolvers and pistols, being firearms
    93.04            Other firearms, including Very light pistols, pistols and revolvers for firing
                     blank ammunition only, line-throwing guns and the like
    93.05            Arms of other descriptions , including air, spring and similar pistols, rifles and
                     guns
    93.06            Parts of arms including gun barrel blanks, but not including parts of side-arms :
                     B. Of other arms
    93.07            Bombs, grenades, torpedoes, mines, guided weapons and missiles and similar
                      munitions of war, and parts thereof ; ammunition and parts thereof, including
                      cartridge wads, lead shot prepared for ammunition
CHAPTER 94
     94.01           Chairs and other seats (other than those falling within heading No 94.02),
                     whether or not convertible into beds, and parts thereof :
                     A. Specially designed for aircraft
    94.02            Medical , dental , surgical or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables,
                     hospital beds with mechanical fittings) ; dentists ' and similar chairs with
                     mechanical elevating, rotating or reclining movements ; parts of the foregoing
                     articles
    94.04            Mattress supports ; articles of bedding or similar furnishing fitted with springs
                     or stuffed or internally fitted with any material or of expanded, foam or sponge
                     rubber or expanded, foam or sponge artificial plastic material , whether or not
                     covered (for example, mattresses , quilts, eiderdowns , cushions, pouffes and
                     pillows)
CHAPTER 95           ARTICLES         AND     MANUFACTURES          OF   CARVING         OR      MOULDING
                     MATERIAL
CHAPTER 96            BROOMS , BRUSHES , FEATHER DUSTERS , POWDER-PUFFS AND SIEVES
CHAPTER 97
    97.01            Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children (for example, toy bicycles and
                     tricycles and pedal motor-cars); dolls' prams and dolls' push chairs
    97.04            Equipment for parlour, table and funfair games for adults or children (including
                     billiard tables and pintables and table-tennis requisites) (J)
P ) For products falling within this subheading the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this
    Regulation is reduced to 30% .
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      97.06            Appliances, apparatus, accessories and requisites for gymnastics or athletics,
                       or for sports and outdoor games (other than articles falling within heading
                       No 97.04) (x) :
                       B. Tennis rackets
                       C. Other
      97.07            Fish-hooks, line fishing rods and tackle ; fish landing nets and butterfly nets ;
                       decoy ' birds', lark mirrors and similar hunting or shooting requisites
      97.08            Roundabouts , swings, shooting galleries and other fairground amusements ;
                       travelling circuses, travelling menageries and travelling theatres
   CHAPTER 98
      98.01            Buttons and button moulds, studs , cuff-links, and press-fasteners , including
                       snap-fasteners and press-studs ; blanks and parts of such articles
      98.02            Slide fasteners and parts thereof
      98.03            Fountain pens , stylograph pens and pencils (including ball point pens and
                       pencils and other pens , pen-holders , pencil-holders and similar holders ,
                       propelling pencils and sliding pencils ; parts and fittings thereof, other than
                       those falling within heading No 98.04 or 98.05
      98.04            Pen nibs and nib points
      98.05            Pencils (other than pencils of heading No 98.03), pencil leads, slate pencils,
                       crayons and pastels, drawing charcoals and writing and drawing chalks ; tailors'
                       and billiards chalks
      98.06            Slates and boards, with writing or drawing surfaces, whether framed or not
      98.07            Date, sealing or numbering stamps , and the like (including devices for printing
                       or embossing labels), designed for operating in the hand ; hand-operated com­
                       posing sticks and hand printing sets incorporating such composing sticks
      98.08            Typewriter and similar ribbons , whether or not on spools ; ink-pads , with or
                       without boxes
      98.09            Sealing wax (including bottle-sealing wax) in sticks, cakes or similar forms ;
                       copying pastes with a basis of gelatin , whether or not on a paper or textile
                       backing
      98.10            Mechanical lighters and similar lighters, including chemical and electrical
                       lighters, and parts thereof, excluding flints and wicks
      98.11            Smoking pipes ; pipe bowls, stems and other parts of smoking pipes (including
                       roughly shaped blocks of wood or root) ; cigar and cigarette holders and parts
                       thereof
      98.12            Combs, hair-slides and the like
      98.13            Corset busks and similar supports for articles of apparel or clothing accessories
      98.14            Scent and similar sprays of a kind used for toilet purposes, and mounts and
                       heads therefor
      98.16            Tailors' dummies and other lay figures ; automata and other animated displays
                       of a kind used for shop window dressing
   0 For products falling within subheadings B and C, the maximum Community amount referred to in Article 1 (4) of this
     Regulation is reduced to 30% .
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                                                         ANNEX B
              List of developing countries and territories benefiting under the Generalized Tariff Preferences
                                              INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
yfghanistan                                  Honduras                                     Qatar
Algeria                                      India                                        Rwanda
Argentina                                    Indonesia                                    Saudi Arabia
Bahrain                                      Iran                                         Senegal
Bangladesh                                   Iraq                                         Sierra Leone
Barbados                                     Ivory Coast                                  Singapore
Bhutan                                       Jamaica                                      Somalia
Bolivia                                      Jordan                                       South Vietnam
Botswana                                     Kenya                                        Southern Yemen
Brazil                                       Khmer Republic                               Sri Lanka
Burma                                        Korea , Republic of (South Korea)            Sudan
Burundi                                      Kuwait                                       Swaziland
Cameroun                                     Laos                                         Syria
Central African Republic                     Lebanon                                      Tanzania
Chad                                         Lesotho                                      Thailand
Chile                                        Liberia                                      Togo
Colombia                                     Libya                                        Tonga
Congo, People's Republic of                  Malagasy Republic                            Trinidad and Tobago
Costa Rica                                   Malawi                                       Tunisia
Cuba                                         Malaysia                                     Uganda
Cyprus                                       Maldive Islands                              Union of Arab Emirates :
Dahomey                                      Mali                                              Abu Dhabi
Dominican Republic                           Mauritania                                        Dubai
Ecuador                                      Mauritius                                         Ras al Khaimah
Egypt, Arab Republic of                      Mexico                                            Sharjah
El Salvador                                  Morocco                                           Ajman
Equatorial Guinea                            Nauru                                             Umm al Qaiwain
Ethiopia                                     Nepal                                             Fujairah
Fiji                                         Nicaragua                                    Upper Volta
Gabon                                        Niger                                        Uruguay
Gambia                                       Nigeria, Federal Republic of                 Venezuela
Ghana                                        Pakistan                                     Western Samoa
Guatemala                                    Panama                                       Yemen
Guinea , Republic of                         Paraguay                                     Yugoslavia
Guyana                                       Peru                                         Zaire, Democratic Republic of
Haiti                                        Philippines                                . Zambia
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                                            COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
    dependent or administered, or for the conduct of whose external affairs Member States of the
                        Community or third countries are wholly or partly responsible
    Afars and Issas (Territory of the)
    Angola (including Cabinda)
    Bahamas
    Bermuda
    British Honduras
    British Indian Ocean Territory ( Chagos Archipelago , Des Roches)
    British Oceania (Territories under the jurisdiction of the Western Pacific High Commission) (x)
    Brunei
    Cape Verde Islands
    Cayman Islands and Dependencies
    Comoro Archipelago
    Cook Islands
    Falkland Islands (Malvinas ) and Dependencies
    French Polynesia
    French Southern and Antarctic Territories
    Gibraltar
    Hong Kong
    Macao
    Mozambique
    Netherlands Antilles
    New Caledonia and Dependencies
    New Guinea (Australian) and Papua
    Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America or under United States ,trusteeship (2)
    Papua (see Australian New Guinea)
    Portuguese Guinea
    Portuguese Timor
    St Helena (including Ascension, Gough Island, and Tristan da Cunha)
    Saint Pierre and Miquelon
    Sao Tomé and Principe
    Seychelles (including Amirantes)
   Sikkim
    Spanish territory in Africa
    Surinam
    Territories for which New Zealand is responsible (Niuwe Island , Tokelau Islands )
    Turks and Caicos Islands
    Virgin Islands of the United States (St Croix, St Thomas, St John etc.)
    Wallis and Futuna Islands
   West Indies (3)
    Note : The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the inter­
              national status of countries or territories .
   (*) Gilbert and Ellice Islands , British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides , Condominium , Canton , Enderbury and Pitcairn
       Islands .
   (2) The Pacific Islands administered by the United States of America include : Guam , American Samoa ( including Swain's
       Island ), Midway Islands, Johnston and Sand Islands , Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the
       Caroline, Mariana and Marshall Islands).
   (3) Leeward Islands, Antigua , Montserrat, St Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla , British Virgin Islands, Windward Islands, Dominica ,
       Grenada , St Lucia , St Vincent.