CELEX: 31989R3896
Language: en
Date: 1989-12-18 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3896/89 of 18 December 1989 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries

30. 12 . 89                                Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 383 / 1
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                                                 (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                          COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3896/89
                                                         of 18 December 1989
                 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1990 in respect of certain industrial products
                                                  originating in developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               with the intention expressed in the said Committee, in
                                                                       particular by all the preference-giving countries ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 1 1 3                    Whereas the temporary and non-binding nature of the
thereof,                                                               system means that the offer can be withdrawn wholly
                                                                       or in part at a later date, thus maintaining the possibil­
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­                         ity of remedying any unfavourable situations which
sion ('),                                                              might arise following implementation of the system,
                                                                       including such situations in the African, Caribbean and
                                                                       Pacific States (ACP States);
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment (2),
                                                                       Whereas, since the extension of its generalized tariff
                                                                       preferences scheme for a second 10-year period ( 1981
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                       to 1990), the Community has decided to modify one of
Social Committee (3),                                                  the fundamental characteristics of it to give the benefi­
                                                                       ciary countries a more equitable access to the preferen­
Whereas, in accordance with its offer made within the                  tial advantages ; whereas, in order to attain this, the
context of the United Nations Conference on Trade                      Community had decided to apply a preferential treat­
and Development (UNCTAD), the European Econo­                          ment which takes account of the particular situation of
mic Community opened generalized tariff preferences                    each of the beneficiaries and to proceed to a system of
commencing in 1971 , notably in respect of finished and                individual tariff ceilings for certain sensitive products ;
semi-finished industrial products from developing                      whereas the least-developed countries are not subject
countries ; whereas the initial 10-year period of applica­             to ceilings ; whereas, ever since then, the annual adap­
tion of this system of preferences ended on 31 Decem­                  tations of the Community scheme have responded, for
ber 1980 ;                                                             the most part, to the double imperative of the differen­
                                                                       tiation of the preferential advantages and of simplifica­
Whereas, however, the positive role played by this sys­                tions ; whereas the identification of the products and
tem in improving access for developing countries to the                the countries to treat selectively takes place with regard
markets of the preference-giving countries was recog­                  to the sensitivity of the sectors and to the Community
nized at the ninth session of the UNCTAD Special                       market situation of the products in question as well as
Committee on Preferences ; whereas it was there agreed                 consideration of the degree of industrial development
that the objectives of the system of generalized prefer­               and the competitiveness of these countries ;
ences would not be fully achieved by the end of 1980,
that consequently it should be prolonged beyond the                    Whereas preferential tariff treatment is applicable to
initial period and that an overall review of the system                industrial products of Chapters 25 to 49 and 64 to 97 of
should take place in 1990 ;                                            the Common Customs Tariff, with the exception of
                                                                       products :
Whereas, the Community has therefore decided to                        — covered by the Treaty establishing the European
apply generalized tariff preferences, in the context of                    Coal and Steel Community,
the conclusions agreed in UNCTAD in accordance
                                                                       — contained in the list of primary products in part 1 of
                                                                           Annex II ,
(')  OJ No C 165,3.7 . 1989, p. 1 .
0    OJ No C 256, 9. 1 0. 1 989, p. 1 50.                              — entitled to exemption from customs duties in the
O)   OJ No C 298, 27 . 11 . 1989, p. 46 .                                  Common Customs Tariff;
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Whereas the tariff ceiling arrangements mentioned                 products mentioned above while the second criterion
above must be applied in such a way as to differentiate           applies to one product ;
between products in Annex I ; whereas the tariff
regimes necessary to implement these arrangements                 Whereas the abovementioned reasons that have justi­
consist, on the one hand, of fixed duty-free amounts              fied the criteria of competitiveness remain valid and
for products originating in the most competitive coun­            whereas the maintenance of preferential benefit for the
tries and, on the other hand, by means of ceilings for            most competitive countries is not justified and a redis­
products in Annex I originating in other less competi­            tribution of the supply is necessary ; whereas it is
tive countries ;                                                  appropriate to pursue the differentiation and to initiate
                                                                  the suppression of the preferential benefit for certain
Whereas the other products covered by this Regulation             countries for six additional products per country, desig­
should as a general rule, be made subject to surveill­            nated by a footnote, meeting the first criterion and
ance for essentially statistical purposes ;                       which have previously been reduced by 50 % ;
Whereas, since the intermediate revision of the scheme
for the years 1986 to 1990, the Community has estab­              Whereas, however, in the multilateral trade negotia­
lished that :                                                     tions, in accordance with paragraph 6 of the Tokyo
                                                                  Declaration, the Community reaffirmed that special
— the latter responds satisfactorily to the fixed objec­          treatment should, whenever possible, be granted to the
     tives,                                                       least developed among the developing countries ;
                                                                  whereas, therefore, preferential imports of products ori­
— the beneficiary countries continue, however, to use             ginating in the least developed of the developing coun­
     the preferential advantages in an unequal manner,            tries listed in Annex IV to this Regulation should not
— the objectives of the scheme have been reached in               be subject to fixed duty free amounts or Community
     certain cases by the most competitive beneficiary            tariff ceilings ;
     countries ;
                                                                  Whereas to reflect better in the preferential amounts
 Whereas, on the basis of these considerations, the               the development of commercial exchange flows of the
Community has decided :                                           Community, these amounts have in general been
— to maintain for the second half of the decade the               revised for 1990 with regard to the products of Annex I,
     fundamental characteristics of the scheme, notably           with a view to the overall improvement of the system ;
     the grant, within certain limits, of the total suspen­
     sion of custom duties,                                       Whereas, for the same reasons, the process of revision
                                                                  was extended to the reference bases, taking into consid­
— to accentuate the differentiation of the preferential
                                                                  eration the examination of the situation resulting from
      advantages from which the most competitive coun­            preferential importations of other products covered by
     tries benefit and to enlarge at the same time the pre­       this Regulation ; whereas, at the same time, the method
      ferential access to the least competitive countries ;        of calculation of the abovementioned reference bases
                                                                   has been revised, and for this purpose a percentage of
 Whereas provision should be made to continue in 1990             total importations for each of these products into the
 the process of differentiation begun in 1986 concerning           Community has been taken into account ; whereas,
 the grant of advantages under the scheme to the more              according to the new method of calculation, the refer­
 competitive countries — both in terms of market share             ence bases for 1990 correspond in general to 6 % of the
 and export capacity — and whereas it is therefore                total imports into the Community in 1987 of each of
 appropriate to reduce the preferential amounts by 50 %           the products concerned originating in a third country ;
 for four additional products originating in those coun­           whereas products subject to reference bases corres­
 tries, marked with three asterisks in Annex I to this
                                                                   ponding to 2 % only of the said importations are indi­
 Regulation ; whereas the criteria to be adopted for such          cated in part 3 of Annex II ;
 a reduction are based on the competitive capacity of
 the beneficiary country concerned, this capacity being
 expressed in the case of a specific product either by this       Whereas such tariff exemptions should be reserved for
 country's participation in the Community's total                 products originating in the countries or territories under
 imports or by the ratio of the preferential volume               consideration, the concept of 'originating products'
 amount opened for this country to the total Com­                 being determined by Regulation (EEC) No 693 /88 (');
 munity imports from the same country ; whereas, in
 addition, the level of economic development of the                Whereas both Poland and Hungary have seen their
 country concerned has also been taken into account ;              economic situation decline to the point where they face
 whereas, with regard to the application of the first crite­       similar problems as those countries to which the gener­
 rion, a share has been set at 20% of the 1987 total              alized preferences have applied in the past ; whereas
 extra-EEC imports of the product being referred to,              they should therefore benefit from the system of gener­
 while recourse to the second criterion is made where              alized preferences in order to increase their export
 the total imports of the product in question have, in             earnings with a view to stimulating their economic
 accordance with the mean of the years 1986 and 1987,
 exceeded by at least 10 times the tariff amount ;
 whereas the first criterion applies to three of the four         (')   OJ No L 77, 22 . 3 . 1988, p. 1 .
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development, to promote their industrialization and to             arrangement, the actual charges against the amounts
accelerate their rate of growth ; whereas the benefit              could relate only to products entered for free circula­
should only be accorded for the duration of their                  tion and accompanied by a certificate of origin ;
economic restructuring, estimated at five years, without
prejudice to the annual character of the Community's               Whereas, if a considerable balance remains in one of
system of generalized preferences ;                                the fixed duty-free-amount shares of one or other
                                                                   Member State, it is essential that that Member State
                                                                   returns it in order to prevent a part of the Community
Whereas the Community preference arrangements                      amount from remaining unused in one Member State
applicable to Yugoslavia result exclusively from the               when it could be used in others ;
Agreement between the Community and the Socialist
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (');                                Whereas, in the case of the Community tariff ceilings
                                                                   listed in Annex I, the desired objectives may be
Whereas the Republic of Korea does not treat the Com­              attained by applying a method of administration based
                                                                   on the charging at Community level, against the above­
munity on an equal footing with other trade partners
                                                                   mentioned ceilings, of imports of the products con­
and whereas it has taken discriminatory measures in
                                                                   cerned as and when these products are entered for free
respect of the Community in the sphere of the protec­
                                                                   circulation and are accompanied by a certificate of ori­
tion of intellectual property ; whereas, therefore, it is
                                                                   gin ; whereas this method of administration must make
inappropriate that the Republic of Korea should bene­
fit from the scheme of generalized tariff preferences as           provision for the reintroduction of the levying of cus­
long as this situation continues ;
                                                                   toms duties, in accordance with the appropriate proce­
                                                                   dures, as soon as the said ceilings are reached at Com­
                                                                   munity level ;
Whereas, since 1 March 1986, the Kingdom of Spain
and the Portuguese Republic have applied the Com­                  Whereas, having regard to the rules applying to the
munity system of generalized preferences, in compli­               repayment or remission of import or export duties, and
ance with Articles 178 and 365 of the Act of Accession ;           in particular to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1430/
                                                                   79 (2) and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3040/
                                                                   83 (3), a procedure should be laid down to regularize
Whereas, regarding the fixed duty-free amounts given               imports actually made within the fixed duty-free
in Annex I, the method of management was formerly                  amounts and preferential tariff limits opened under this
based on an apportionment of most of the amounts                   Regulation, and thus provision should be made for the
between the Member States ; whereas the analysis of                Commission to be able to take appropriate measures ;
the utilization of these volumes shows a state of differ­          whereas, in order that these regularizations do not lead
ing situations among the Member States, one or two                 to tariff ceilings being considerably exceeded, it is
reaching their individual amounts very quickly, while              appropriate to foresee at the same time that the Com­
others disposed of their unused quantities until the end           mission can take measures to stop the import charges ;
of the exercise ; whereas, regarding the fact that they are
Community measures and with the view to the achieve­               Whereas, in the case of the products other than those
ment of the internal market foreseen by the 'White                 listed in Annex I* provision should be made for the
 Paper' for 1992, it is not appropriate to foresee an              possibility of reintroducing the levying of customs
 apportionment among Member States ; whereas the                   duties in exceptional cases and in accordance with
 new method of management is open, furthermore, to                 appropriate procedures and rules ; whereas, taking into
 improve the utilization of the said fixed duty-free               account the necessity of initiating the examination of
 amounts in that it allows the covering of the needs                certain economic factors relating to the importations of
there where they are seen ; whereas it is appropriate,             a specific product, it is appropriate that the reintroduc­
besides, to foresee the possibility for the Member States          tion of the levying of custom duties is preceded by an
to effect drawings by reason of quantities correspond­             appropriate exchange of information between the
ing to their needs ; whereas it is appropriate in respect           Member States and the Commission and an exchange
of certain highly sensitive products to administer the             of views ;
fixed duty-free amounts over successive periods of six
months rather than over a single period of 12 months ;             Whereas such methods of administration call for close
                                                                   and particularly rapid cooperation between Member
                                                                   States and the Commission ; whereas such cooperation
Whereas, in respect of these fixed duty-free amounts, it           should be particularly close in view of the need for the
is necessary in particular to ensure equal and contin­             Commission to be able to take appropriate measures to
uous access for all Community importers and to ensure              reintroduce the levying of customs duties when any of
uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for                the ceiling are reached ;
those amounts to all imports of the products concerned
into all the Member States until the amounts are used
                                                                    Whereas it is necessary to establish complete statistics
up ; whereas, to this end, and in the context of such an           on imports admitted in accordance with the provisions
(!)   OJ No L 147, 4.6. 1981 , p. 6 ; OJ No L 41 , 14.2. 1983 ,    0    OJ No L 175, 12 . 7 . 1979, p. 1 . ♦
      p.l .                                                        (3)  OJ No L 297, 29 . 10. 1983, p. 13 .
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of the present Regulation and to apply to the collec­              2. The preferences provided for in paragraph 1 shall
tion, preparation and transmission of these statistics             apply solely :
Council Regulations (EEC) No 1736/75 (') and (EEC)
No 3367/87 (2);                                                    — to each country or territory listed in column 4 of
                                                                        Annex I , for each of the products or groups of prod­
                                                                        ucts listed in columns 2 and 3 ,
Whereas, in order to ensure a better transparency of the
system, it is necessary to publish both the annual                 — for the same products or groups of products listed
charges recorded against the tariff measures and the                    in Annex I to every other country or territory listed
tariff ceilings which have reached the 100 % level ;                    in Annex III, excepting Yugoslavia,
                                                                   — to each of the countries or territories listed in
Whereas, for the purposes of applying this Regulation,                  Annex III, for other products. As regards Yugosla­
the rates of conversion into national currencies of the                 via, preference is not granted to products subject to
value in ecus in which the preferential amounts are                     Community tariff ceilings within the framework of
expressed shall be these fixed on the first working day                the Agreement between the Community and Yugo­
of October 1989 and they shall remain in force from                     slavia.
1 January to 31 December 1990 ;
                                                                   The preferential benefit provided for in paragraph 1 is
Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom                 not applicable to countries listed in footnote (d) to
of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­                   Annex I or to countries listed in part 2 of Annex II for
bourg are united within and jointly represented by the             the products specified for those countries.
Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning,
in particular, the administration of fixed duty-free­              3 . The preferences granted by this Regulation are sus­
amounts may be carried out by any one of its members,              pended, on a temporary basis, for products originating
                                                                   in the Republic of Korea.
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
                                                                   4. The admittance to the preferential benefit system
                                                                   established by this Regulation is subordinated to the
                                                                   definition of origin of the products which is determined
                           Article 1                               by Regulation (EEC) No 693/88.
 1 . From 1 January to , 31 December 1990 the duties of            5 . Fixed duty-free amounts, Community tariff ceil­
the Common Customs Tariff shall be totally suspended               ings and other tariff limits, shall be administered in
for products covered by this Regulation.                           accordance with the provisions set out below.
This Regulation applies to products of Chapters 25 to
49 and 64 to 97 of the Common Customs Tariff, with                                          SECTION I
the exception of products :
                                                                         Provisions concerning the administration of fixed
— covered by the Treaty establishing the European                    duty-free amounts relating to products listed in Annex 1
     Coal and Steel Community,
— contained in the list of basic products in part 1 of                                        Articled
     Annex II ,
                                                                   The total suspension of customs duties within the
— entitled to exemption from customs duties in the                 framework of the fixed duty-free amounts referred to in
     Common Customs Tariff.                                        Article 1(1 ) shall be granted to each country or territory
                                                                   listed in column 4 of Annex I, for the products speci­
 For the products of Annex I this tariff suspension shall          fied in columns 2 and 3 against the name of the coun­
 be accorded within the framework of fixed duty-free               try or territory concerned, together with details in col­
 amounts and ceilings. The other products covered by                umn 5 of the individual amount.
 this Regulation shall, as a general rule, be subject to
 statistical surveillance every three months on the refer­
 ence base referred to in Article 8 .                                                         Article 3
                                                                    The fixed duty-free amounts shall be administered by
 Spain and Portugal shall apply to the importation of               the Commission .
 the aforementioned products the customs duties estab­
 lished according to Articles 178 and 365 of the Act of
 Accession of 1985 .                                                If an importer presents in a Member State a declaration
                                                                    of entry into free circulation, including a request for
                                                                    preferential benefit for a product, accompanied by a
 (') OJ No L 183 , 14.7. 1975, p. 3 .                               certificate of origin and subject to a fixed duty-free
 0 OJ No L 321 , 11 . 11 . 1987 , p. 2.                             amount, and if this declaration is accepted by the cus­
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toms authorities, the Member state concerned shall             States to make any necessary regularization of the
draw, by means of notification to the Commission, a            quantities charged against imports actually made
quantity corresponding to its needs.                           during the period referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ). The Com­
                                                               mission     shall   inform    the    other  Member    States
                                                               thereof.
The requests for drawing, with the indication of the
date of acceptance of the said declarations, must be
communicated to the Commission without delay.                  However, for the products appearing in Annex I, for
                                                               which half-yearly fixed duty-free amounts have been
The drawings are granted by the Commission following           fixed, the date on which the Member States shall notify
the date of acceptance of the declaration of entry into        the final total of quantities charged shall be :
free circulation by the customs authorities of the Mem­        — 31 August 1990 for the fixed amounts applicable
ber State concerned, to the extent that the balance of
                                                               from 1 January to 30 June 1990,
the said amount permits.
                                                               — 28 February 1991 for the fixed amounts applicable
If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it        from 1 July to 31 December 1990.
shall return them as soon as possible to the correspond­
ing fixed amount.
                                                                                        SECTION II
If the quantities requested corresponding to a certain
date are greater than the available balance of the fixed
duty free amount, allocation shall be made on a pro                  Provisions concerning the administration of the
 rata basis with respect to the requested quantities .           Community tariff ceilings relating to products listed in
Member States shall be informed by the Commission               Annex I and the reference base relating to products other
                                                                                 than those listed in Annex I
of the drawings made.
                                                                                          Article 6
                          Article 4
                                                               Subject to Articles 7 and 8 the preferential tariff ceiling
 1 . The Commission shall keep account of the quanti­          arrangements shall be accorded for products in
ties drawn by the Member States in accordance with             Annex I, to each of the countries or territories listed in
Article 3, and, on receiving the notifications of draw­        Annex III, other than those listed in column 4 and
ings, shall inform each of them of the extent to which         Yugoslavia. The limits of these ceilings are specified in
the volumes opened have been used up. It shall ensure          column 6 against each product or group of products.
that the drawing which uses up any of these amounts is
 limited to the balance available and, to this end, spe­
 cify the amount to the Member State which proceeds to                                    Article 7
 the last drawing.
                                                               As soon as the individual ceilings, as fixed in accord­
 The fact that the fixed amounts have been exhausted            ance with Article 6 and which are laid down for
 shall forthwith be brought to the notice of Member            imports into the Community of products originating in
 States. This communication shall be the subject of a           any of the countries or territories referred to in
 publication in the Official Journal of. the European           Article 1 (2), are reached at Community level, the levy­
  Communities ('C' Series).                                    ing of customs duties on imports of the products in
                                                               question originating in each of the countries and terri­
 2. The Member States shall take all the appropriate           tories concerned may be reintroduced until the end of
 measures to ensure that the drawings that they effect         the period referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ).
 pursuant to Article 3 may be charged without interrup­
 tion against the fixed duty-free amounts.
                                                                                           Article 8
 Each Member State shall guarantee free access to these
 amounts to the importers of the products in question as       Where the preferential importation of products other
 far as the balance of the volumes opened permits.             than those listed in Annex I, originating in one or more
                                                               beneficiary countries, causes or threatens to cause
                                                                economic difficulties in the Community, or in a region
                          Artkle 5                              of the Community, the levying of customs duties may
                                                               be reintroduced, once the Commission has had an
 By 28 February 1991 at the latest, Member States shall         appropriate exchange of information and an exchange
                                                                of views with the Member States.
 notify the Commission of the final total of the quanti­
 ties charged at 31 December 1990. Up to the limit of
 the balance remaining, and at the request of the Mem­         The reference base to be considered when examining
 ber States, the Commission shall authorize the Member         the situation underlying the damage shall be, as a gen­
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eral rule, equal to 6 % of the total imports into the               tariff limits as and when the products are entered for
Community, originating from third countries in 1987.                free circulation, on the basis of the customs value of
                                                                    the said products, accompanied by a certificate of ori­
                                                                    gin in accordance with the rules laid down in
                             Article 9                              Article 1 (4).
1 . The Commission shall reintroduce the levying of                 4. Goods may be charged against a ceiling or other
customs duties in respect of any of the countries or ter­           preferential tariff limit only if the certificate of origin
ritories referred to in Article 1 (2), under the conditions         referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 is submitted before
laid down in Articles 7 and 8, by means of a Regula­
tion .
                                                                    the date on which the levying of duties is reintroduced.
In the case of such reintroductions, Spain and Portugal             5 . The extent to which the fixed duty-free amounts,
shall reintroduce the levying of customs duties that                ceilings or other preferential tariff limits have been
they shall apply to third countries on the date in ques­            used up shall be determined at Community level on the
tion .                                                              basis of the imports charged in accordance with para­
                                                                    graphs 2 and 3 .
2.     By means of a Regulation, the Commission may,
even after 31 December 1990, take measures to stop
quantities being charged against one or other preferen­                                        Article 12
tial tariff limit, if, particularly as a result of regulariza­
tions of imports actually made during the period                     1.   The Member States shall, within six weeks of the
referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ), these limits are exceeded.          end of each quarter at the latest, forward to the Statisti­
                                                                    cal Office of the European Communities the relevant
The Member State which makes such regularization                    statistical data for the products entered for free circula­
shall communicate the figures of import charges relat­              tion in the quarter concerned under generalized prefer­
ing to this as and when it occurs to the Commission.                ential treatment in accordance with the provisions of
The Commission, on receiving these communications,                  the present Regulation. This data, transmitted accord­
shall inform the other Member States thereof.                       ing to the codes of the combined nomenclature and,
                                                                    where applicable of the Taric, shall show the country of
                             Article 10
                                                                    origin, value, quantity and any supplementary units as
                                                                    defined by Regulations (EEC) No 1736/75 and (EEC)
                                                                     No 3367 / 87 .
Articles 7, 8 and 9 shall not apply to the imports in
question originating in the countries set out in
Annex IV.                                                           2. However, in the case of products in Annex I sub­
                                                                    ject to ceilings, the Member States shall forward to the
                                                                     Commission, at its request and by the 1 1th day of each
                                                                     month at the latest, the list of charges effected during
                           SECTION III
                                                                    the previous months.
                        General provisions
                                                                     At the Commission's request, when the level of 75 % of
                             Article 11                              the ceiling is reached, the Member States shall forward
                                                                     to the Commission the lists of charges every 10 days ;
                                                                     these lists shall be forwarded within five days from the
 1 . For the purposes of the application of this Regula­             end of each 10-day-period.
 tion, the rates of conversion into national currencies of
 the value in ecus in which the preferential amounts are
 expressed shall be those fixed on 2 October 1989 and                3 . The Commission shall ensure the publication in the
 they shall remain in force from 1 January to 31 Decem­               Official Journal of the European Communities ('C' Ser­
 ber 1990 (').                                                       ies) of the tariff ceilings as and when they reach 100 %
                                                                     utilization .
 2.    The Member States shall charge the imports of the
 products in question against their shares of the fixed              It shall see that the Statistical Office of the European
 duty-free amounts, as and when they are entered for                 Communities ensures the publication of the annual
 free circulation on the basis of the customs value of the           state of import charges.
 said products, accompanied by a certificate of origin in
 accordance with the rules laid down in Article 1 (4).
                                                                                               Article 13
 3 . Imports of the products in question shall be
 charged against import ceilings or other preferential
                                                                     The Member States and the Commission shall cooper­
                                                                     ate closely to ensure that this Regulation is complied
 ( i ) OJ No C 250, 3 . 10. 1989, p. 2.                              with .
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                                                  Article 14
          This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1990.
          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 18 December 1989.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                                R. DUMAS
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                                                                           ANNEX I
                                         List of products subject to fixed duty-free amounts and ceilings (a) (b) (c)
I             l                  l                                                                      Fixed duty-free amounts
     Order                                                                                                                                    Ceiling
      No
                  CN code                               Description                                Beneficiary               Amount          (ECU) (e)
                                                                                                   countries or
                                                                                                    territories             (ECU) (e)
      (1)             (2)                                    (3)                                        (4)                     (5)             (6)
  10.0010        27100021           Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bitu­                                                            225 800 tonnes
                 2710 00 25         minous minerals, other than crude, prepara­
                 271000 31          tions not elsewhere specified or included,
                 2710 00   33       containing by weight 70 % or more of petro­
                 2710 00   35       leum oils or oils obtained from bituminous
                 2710 00   37       minerals, these being the basic constituents
                 271000    39       of the preparations
                                    — Light oils
                                           For other purposes
  10.0020        2710 00 51 -       — Medium oils                                                                                           89 000 tonnes
                 2710 00 55                For other purposes
                 271000 59
  10.0030        2710 00 69         — Heavy oils                                                                                           547 500 tonnes
                 2710 00 79                Gas oils
                 2710 0095                     For other purposes
                 2710 0099                 Fuel oils
                                               For other purposes
                                           Lubricating oils ; other oils
                                              To be mixed in accordance with
                                              the terms of additional note 6 (C)
                                              to this chapter
                                           — For other purposes
  10.0040        2814               Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solu­                    Bahrain                           6 825 000        6 825 000
                 (*)                tion                                                      Libya
                                                                                             Qatar
  10.0043        2815 11 00          Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)                                                                               893 000
                 2815 1200
  10.0044        2815 20             Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)                                                                          210 000
  10.0045        2819                Chromium oxides and hydroxides                           China                                840000          840 000
  10.0050        2825 80 00          Antimony oxides                                          China                                446 000         446 000
  10.0060.       2827 10 00          Ammonium chloride                                        China                                 110000          110 000
  10.0070        2827 38 00          Other chlorides                                                                                                195 000
                                    — Of barium
  (a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of the products is to be considered as
      having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being determined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN codes.
      Where ex CN codes are indicated, the preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken to­
      gether.
  (b) Preferences are not granted in respect of the products, marked with an asterisk, originating in Romania.
  (c) Preferences are not granted in respect of the products, marked with two asterisks, originating in China.
  (e) Unless otherwise indicated.
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     (1)              (2)                                   (3)                           (4)  (5)          (6)
10.0080           283620 00         Disodium carbonate and sodium hydrogen        Romania      3 500 000    3 600000
                  2836 3000         carbonate (sodium bicarbonate)
10.0090           2836 60 00        Barium carbonate                              China          940 000       940000
10.0100           2841 30 00        Sodium dichromate                             Romania        399 000        399 000
10.0110           2902 50 00        Styrene                                       Brazil       8 925 000     8 925000
                                                                                  Saudi Arabia 3 500 000
10.0115           2903 15 00        1,2-Dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride)                                 1 680000
10.0116           2903 21 00        Vinyl chloride (chloroethylene)                                          2 100 000
 10.0117          2903 51 00        1,2,3,4,5,6-Hexachlorocyclohexane                                           357 000
 10.0120          2905 1 1 00       Methanol (methyl alcohol)                     Bahrain      8 400 000     8 400 000
                  (d)                                                             Malaysia
                                                                                  Romania
 10.0135          2905 1490         Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated sul­   Romania         735 000       735 000
                                    phonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
                                    — Saturated monohydric alcohols
                                           Other butanols
                                             Other
 10.0140          2905 31 00        Ethylene glycol (ethanediol)                                             3 780 000
                  (d)
 10.0150          2907 22 10        Hydroquinone (quino !)                        China            735 000      735 000
 10.0160          2909 41 00        2,2'-Oxydiethanol (diethylene-glycol, digol)                              1 050 000
                  (d)
 10.0165       ex 2914 21 00        Synthetic camphor                                                           326 000
 10.0167          2915 21 00        Acetic acid                                                              2 205 000
 10.0170          2915 3100          Ethyl acetate                                China            483 000      483 000
 10.0190           2917 11 00        Oxalic acid, its salts and esters            Brazil           189 000       189 000
                                                                                  China
 (d) 10.0120 : Libya, Saudi Arabia.
      10.0140 : Saudi Arabia.
      10.0160 : Saudi Arabia.
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    ( 1 ).            (2)                           (3)                             (4)  (5)         (6)
10.0200      ex 2918 11 00   Lactic acid                                    China          284 000      315 000
10.0210          2918 14 00  Citric acid                                    China          200 000      350 000
10.0220          2918 22 00  O-Acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters   China           179 000      179 000
10.0240          2921 19 30  Isopropylamine and its salts                   Romania           66 000    210 000
10.0245          2921 43 90  Derivatives of toluidines and their salts      South Korea       60 250     210 000
                                                                            ^***^
10.0250          2922 41 00  Lysine and its esters ; salts thereof        1                              630 000
10.0260          2922 42 00  Glutamic acid and its salts                    Brazil          750000       750000
                 (d)                                                        Indonesia
                                                                            Thailand
10.0270          2923 10 10  Choline chloride                                                            273 000
10.0280          292429 30   Paracetamol ( INN)                             China           365 000      365 000
10.0290          2930 90 10  Cysterine, cystine and their derivatives                                 1 050 000
10.0300          2932 21 00  Coumarin, methylcoumarins and ethylcou­        China            168 000     168 000
                             marins
10.0315          2933 61 00  Melamin                                        Romania         893 000      893 000
                 (d)
10.0325          2934 90 40  Furazolidone ( INN)                            China           210 000      210 000
 10.0330          2935 00 00 Sulphonamides                                  China         4 500 000   4 500000
10.0350           2936 27 00 Vitamin C and its derivatives                  China            893 000     893 000
10.0360           2936 22 00 Other vitamins and their derivatives           China         1 000 000    1 000 000
                  2936 28 00
                  2936 29 90
10.0370           2937 21 00 Cortisone, hydrocortisone, prednisone (de­                                  735 000
                  2937 29 10 hydrocortisone) and prednisolone (dehy­
                             drohydrocortisone)
                             Acetates of cortisone or hydrocortisone
10.0383           2941 30 00 Tetracyclines and their derivatives, salts      China        3 200 000    4709000
                  (*)        thereof
10.0387           2941 4000  Chloramphenicol and its derivatives, salts                                   840 000
                             thereof
(d) 10.0260 : South Korea.
     10.0315 : Saudi Arabia.
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     (1)              (2)                             (3>:                              (4)         (5)           (6)
10.0391           3001 9091   Heparin and its salts                             China               4 200 000    4 200 000
10.0395           3005 90 31  Gauze and articles of gauze                       China                1 500 000     1 500 000
10.0400           3102 1010   Urea containing more than 45 % by weight          Hungary                380000         380000
                  (*)         of nitrogen on the dry anhydrous product          Kuwait
                                                                                Malaysia
                                                                                Mexico
                                                                                Poland
                                                                                Saudi Arabia
                                                                                United Arab Emirate
                                                                                Venezuela
                                                                                Libya                  190 000
                                                                                (***)
10.0410           3103 10 00  Superphosphates                                   Iraq                 2 600 000     2 600000
                  (*)
10.0420           3105        Mineral or chemical fertilizers containing                                           4600 000
                  (*)         two or three of the fertilizing elements ni­
                              trogen, phosphorus and potassium ; other
                              fertilizers ; goods of this chapter in tablets or
                              similar forms or in packages of a gross
                              weight not exceeding 10 kg
10.0430           3503 00 10  Gelatin and derivatives thereof                                                         700000
10.0435           3802 10 00  Activated carbon                                                                        840 000
 10.0440          3806 10 10  Resin obtained from fresh oleoresins              China               10 500 000   12 000 000
 10.0450           3817        Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkyl­                                                 1 260 000
                              naphthalenes, other than those of heading
                               No 2707 or 2902
 10.0453           3901 10 10  Linear polyethylene having a specific gravi­      Argentina          13 000 000   13 000 000
                   (*)(d)     ty of less than 0,94
 10.0455           3901 20 00  Polyethylene having a specific gravity of                                         12 500000
                  (*)(<*)     0,94 or more
 10.0457           3903        Polymers of styrene, in primary forms                                                4 305000
                   3915 2000   Waste, paring and scrap, of polymers of
                              styrene
                   3920 3000  Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of
                   3920 99 50  plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
                              laminated, supported or similarly combined
                              with other materials
                              — Of polymers of styrene
                              — Of addition polymerization products
(d) 10.0453 : Saudi Arabia.
      10.0455 : Saudi Arabia.
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    (1)             (2) -                           (3)                             (4)  (5)        (6)
10.0458         39041000     Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halo­    Libya       5 000 000  5 000 000
                3904 21 00   genated olefins, in primary forms
                3904 22 00
                (*)
10.0459         3913 1000    Alginic acid and its salts and esters           China          525 000    525 000
10.0460     ex 39169090      Monofilament of which any cross-sectional       Brazil       1 100 000  1 100 000
                             dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and
                             profile shapes, whether or not surface­
                             worked but not otherwise worked, of plas­
                             tics
                             — Of other plastics
                             — Of regenerated cellulose
            ex 3917 29 19    Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid
                             — Of other plastics
                             — Of regenerated cellulose
                3920 71 11   Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of
                3920 71 19   plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
                392071 90    laminated, supported or similarly combined
                (*)          with other materials
                             — Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives
                             — Of regenerated cellulose
10.0465      ex 3920 62 00   Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of  South Korea    735 000  1 575 000
                             plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
                             laminated, supported or similarly combined
                             with other materials
                             — Of polyethylene terephthalate excluding
                                 films in rolls or in strips, for cinematog­
                                 raphy or photography
                3921 90 19   Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of
                             plastics
                             — Other
                                    Of condensation or rearrangement
                                    polymerization products, whether or
                                    not chemically modified
                                    — Of polyesters
                                          Other
10.0480          3923 21 00   Sacks and bags (including cones)               Hong Kong    4 380 000  4 380 000
                             — Of polymers of ethylene                       Singapore
                                                                             South Korea
10.0485          3926 20 00   Articles of apparel and clothing accessories                           4 620 000
                             (including gloves)
10.0500          401140 00    New pneumatic tyres and inner tubes of                                  3 885 000
                 4011 5010    rubber of a kind used on bicycles and
                 401 1 50 90  motorcycles
                 4013 20 00
                 4013 90 10
                 (*)(d)
(d) 10.0500 : South Korea.
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     (1)        (2)                             (3)                            (4)    (5)           (6)
10.0510     4011 1000    Other pneumatic tyres and tubes               South Korea    1 369 000     6 000000
            4011 2000                                                  (***)
            4011 3090
            4011 91 00
            40119900
            4012 1090
            4012 2090
            4012 9010
            4012 9090
            4013 10 10
            4013 10 90
            4013 9090
            (*)
10.0520     41041095     Leather of bovine or equine animals, with­    Brazil         2 000000       7 875 000
            41041099     out hair on, other than leather of heading
            4104 31 11   No 4108 or 4109
            4104 31 19   — Whole bovine skin leather, of a unit sur­
            4104 31 30      face area not exceeding 28 square feet
            4104 3190       (2,6 m2)
            4104 3910           Other
            4104 39 90             Otherwise prepared
                         — Other bovine leather and equine leather,
                            parchment-dressed or prepared after tan­
                            ning
 10.0530    4105 2000    Sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool                                    2 520 000
                         on, other than leather of heading No 4108
                         or 4109
                         — Parchment-dressed or prepared after tan­
                            ning
 10.0540    4106 2000    Goat or kid skin leather, without hair on,                                  2 625 000
                         other than leather of heading No 4108 or
                         4109
                         — Parchment-dressed or prepared after tan­                 !
                            ning
 10.0560     4202 12 1 1 Trunks, suit-cases, vanity cases, executive    HongKong       2 400 000      4 000000
             4202 12 19  cases, briefcases, school satchels and simi­   South Korea
             4202 22 10  lar containers
             4202 32 10  — With outer surface of plastics or of tex­
             4202 92 1 1    tile materials
             4202 92 15         In the form of plastic sheeting
             4202 92 19
                         Handbags, whether or not with shoulder
                         straps, including those without handles
                         — With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
                             of textile materials
                                Of plastic sheeting
                         Articles of kind normally carried in the
                         pocket or in the handbag
                         — With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
                             of textile materials
                                Of plastic sheeting
                         Other, with outer surface of plastic sheeting
                         or of textile materials
                         — Of plastic sheeting
                         — Travelling bags, toilet bags, rucksacks
                             and sportsbags
                                 Musical instrument cases
                                   Other
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    (1)             (2)                             (3)                             (4)  (5)        . (6)
10.0570         4202 11 10  Trunks, suit-cases, vanity cases, executive     Brazil       2 850 000    6 000 000
                4202 1 1 90 cases, brief cases, school satchels and simi­   China
                4202 12 91  lar containers
                4202 12 99  — With outer surface of leather, of compos­     Hong Kong    1 000 000
                4202 19 91      ition leather or of patent leather
                420219 99   — With outer surface of plastics or of tex­     South Korea
                4202 21 00     tile materials
                4202 22 90          Of other materials, including vulcan­
                4202 29 00          ized fibre
                4202 31 00  Other of other materials
                4202 32 90
                4202 39 00  Articles of a kind normally carried in the
                420291 10   pocket or in the handbag
                4202 91 50  — With outer surface of leather, of compos­
                4202 91 90      ition leather or of patent leather
                420292 91   — With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
                4202 92 95      of textile materials
                420292 99           Of textile materials
                420299 10
                                       Other
                4202 99 90  Other
                            — With outer surface of leather, of compos­
                                ition leather or of patent leather
                            — With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
                                of textile materials
                                    Other
                                    Musical instrument cases
                                    Other
                                                                     \
10.0580         4203  10 00 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories,   China "      4 095 000     6 300 000
                4203  21 00 of leather or of composition leather, exclud­   Hong Kong
                4203  29 91 ing gloves, mittens, and mitts, protective for
                4203  29 99 all trades
                4203 3000
                4203 4000
                (d)
 10.0590        4203 29 10. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories,   China         3 150 000    5 513 000
                (d)(*)      of leather or composition leather               Hungary
                            — Gloves, mittens and mitts                     Poland
                                    Other
                                       Protective for all trades
10.0595         4302  30 21 Other whole skins and pieces or cuttings                                   3 990 000
                4302  30 25 thereof, assembled
                4302  30 31
                4302  30 35
                4302  3041
                4302  30 45
                4302  3051
                4302  30 55
                4302  30 61
                4302  30 65
                4302  3071
                4302  3075
(d) 10.0580 : South Korea;
(d) 10.0590 : Hong Kong.
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     (1)             (2)                                (3)                                (4) (5)            (6)
10.0600         4302 30 10       Tanned and dressed furskins (including            China       2 300 000      2 300 000
                                 heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cut­       South Korea
                                 tings), unassembled or assembled (without
                                 the addition of other materials) other than
                                 those of heading No 4303
                                 — Whole skins and pieces or cuttings
                                     thereof, assembled
                                         ' Dropped' furskins
                4303             Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
                (*)(b)           and other articles of furskin
10.0610         4411             Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous ma­          Brazil      4 000 000      7 000 000
                (*)              terials whether or not bonded with resins or      Poland
                                 other organic substances
10.0630         4412             Plywood, veneered panels and similar lami­      : Brazil      86 000 m 3    86 000 m3
                442090 11        nated wood                                        Indonesia
                44209019                                                           Malaysia
                (*)              Wood marquetry and inlaid wood                    Philippines
                                                                                   Singapore
                                                                                   South Korea
10.0640         4418 10 00        Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood, in­                                9 765 000
                4418 2010         cluding cellular wood panels
                4418 2090
                4418 3010
                4418 3090
                44184000
                4418 90 00
 10.0660        6401              Waterproof footwear with outer soles and         Hungary        520 000
                                  uppers of rubber or of plastics, the uppers      Poland
                                  of which are neither fixed to the sole nor as­
                                  sembled by stitching, riveting, nailing,
                                  screwing, plugging or similar processes
                6402              Other footwear with outer soles and uppers       Hong Kong      260 000      1 100 000
                                  of rubber or plastics                            (***)
                                                                                   South Korea
                                                                                   (***)
 10.0670         6403             Footwear with outer soles of rubber, plas­       Hong Kong    2 738 000
                 (*)(**)          tics, leather or composition leather and up­     Hungary
                                  pers of leather                                  Poland
                                                                                   Brazil       1 250 000      4 000000
                                                                                   South Korea
 10.0680         6404             Footwear with outer soles    of rubber, plas­    Hungary      1 050 000
                                  tics, leather or composition leather, and up­    Poland
                                  pers of textiles materials
                6405 9010         Other footwear, with outer   soles of rubber,
                (*)(**) (d)       of plastics, of leather or   of composition
                                  leather
                                                                                   Hong Kong       500 000     2 835 000 :
(b) The astensk only covers gloves,
(d) 10.0680 : South Korea.
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    (1 )            (2)                           (3)                              (4)  (5)        (6)
10.0690         6405  1090  Other footwear, with outer soles of other      China        3 400 000  3 400000
                6405  2091  materials
                6405  20 99
                6405  9090
                (*)
10.0700         6601        Umbrellas and sun umbrellas, (including        Hong Kong     1700000   2 500 000
                            walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas
                            and similar umbrellas)
10.0710         6908        Glazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or     Brazil       3 650 000
                            wall tiles, glazed ceramic mosaic cubes and    Thailand
                            the like, whether or not on a backing
                                                                           South Korea  1 314 000   3 650000
10.0720         6911        Tableware, kitchenware, other household        Hungary         578 000    840000
                            articles and toilet articles, of porcelain or  Poland
                            china                                          South Korea
10.0740         6912 00 50  Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other          Hungary         578 000  1 050 000
                (*)(**)     household articles and toilet articles, of     South Korea
                            earthenware or fine pottery
10.0750         6913        Statuettes and other ornamental ceramic                                 5 250 000
                            articles
10.0755         7005         Float glass and surface ground or polished    Hungary         840 000    840 000
                            glass, in sheets whether or not having an ab­
                            sorbent or reflecting layer, but not otherwise
                            worked
10.0760          7012 00    Glass inners for vacuum flasks or for other                                567 000
                            vacuum vessels
10.0770         7013        Glassware of a kind used for table, kit­       Hungary       3 150 000  3 150 000
                (*)         chen, toilet, office,   indoor decoration or   Poland
                            similar purposes (other than that of heading
                             No 7010 or 7018)
10.0785         7014 00 00   Signalling glassware and optical elements                                 525 000
                            of glass (other than those of heading
                             No 7015) not optically worked
10.0800         7117  19 10  Imitation jewellery                           South Korea   1 350000  16 000 000
                7117  1991  — Of base metal, whether or not plated
                7117  19 99     with precious metal
             ex 71 17 90 00        Others
                (d)         — Others excluding imitation jewellery of
                                leather or composition leather or of
                                wood
(d) 10.0800 : Hong Kong.
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     i)           (2)                            3                                 4   (5)           (6)
10.0820       7207 19 39  Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy      Romania        431 000      431 000
                          steel
                          — Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of
                             carbon
                                 Other, of circular or polygonal cross­
                                 section
                                     Forged
              7207 20 79  — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more of
                             carbon
                                 Of circular or polygonal cross-section
                                     Forged
               7216 60 11 Angles, shapes and sections of iron or non­
               7216 6019  alloy steel :
              7216 60 90  — Angles, shapes and sections, not further
               7216 90 50    worked than cold-formed or cold fin­
               7216 90 60    ished :
              7216 9091   — Other
              7216 9093          Other
              7216 9095              Forged
              7216 9097              Other
               7216 9098
10.0840        7217 11 10 Wire of iron or non-alloy steel                  Romania      1 822 000       822 000
               7217 1190  — Containing by weight less than 0,25 % of
               7217 12 10     carbon
               7217 1290  — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more but
               7217 13 11     less than 0,6 % of carbon
               7217 13 19
               7217 1391
               7217 13 99
               7217 19 10
               7217 19 90
               7217 21 00
               7217 22 00
               7217 23 00
               7217 29 00
 10.0850       7207 20 39 Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy      Brazil       3 675 000     3 675 000
                          steel                                            South Korea
                          — Containing by weight 0,25 % or more of
                              carbon
                                 Other, of rectangular (other than
                                 square) cross-section
                                     Forged
            ex 7207 2090          Other
                                     Of steel containing by weight 0,6 % '
                                     or more of carbon
               7211 30 90  Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy
                          steel, of a width of less than 600 mm , not
                          clad, plated or coated
                          — Not      further  worked   than  cold-rolled
                              (cold-reduced) of a thickness of less than
                              3 mm and having a minimum yield point
                              of 275 MPa or of a thickness of 3 mm or
                              more and having a minimum yield point
                              of 355 MPa
                                  Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                     Containing by weight 0,6 % or
                                     more of carbon
               72   49 99 — Other, not further worked than cold­
                              rolled (cold-reduced)
                                  Other
                                     Containing by weight 0,6 % or
                                     more of carbon
               7215 1000  — Of free-cutting steel, not further worked ,
                              than cold-formed or cold-finished
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      i          (2)                            (3)                         4)         (5) (6
10.0850      7215 40 00  Other bars and rods of iron or non -alloy
(cont 'd)                steel
                         — Other, not further worked than cold­
                            formed or cold-finished, containing by
                            weight 0,6 % or more of carbon
             7218 90 30  Stainless steel in ingots or other primary
                         forms ; semi-finished products of stainless
                         steel
                         — Other
                                 Of rectangular (including square)
                                 cross-section
                                    Forged
             7218 9091           Other
             7218 9099              Forged
             7219 9091   Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a
             7219 9099   width of 600 mm or more
                         — Other
                               • Other
             722020 31   Flat-rolled products of stainless steel, of a
             7220 20 39  width of less than 600 mm
             7220 20 51
             7220 20 59  — Not      further worked    than  cold-rolled
             7220 20 91     (cold reduced)
             7220 20 99          Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
             7220 90 19  — Other
                                 Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                    Other
             72209090    — Other, of a width not exceeding 500 mm
             7222 20 10  Other bars and rods of stainless steel ;
             7222 2090   angles shapes and sections of stainless steel
             7222 30 51  — Bars and rods, not further worked than
             7222 30 59      cold-formed or cold-finished
             7222 3091   — Other bars and rods
              7222 3099          Other
              7222 4091  — Angles, shapes and sections
             7222 40 93          Other
             7222 4099              Not further worked than        cold­
                                    formed or cold-finished
              7223 00    Wire of stainless steel
              72249019   Other alloy steel ingots or other primary
                         forms ; semi-finished products of other alloy
                         steel
                         — Other
                                 Of rectangular (including square)
                                 cross-section
                                    Forged
              72249091           Other
              72249099              Forged
              7225 20 90  Flat-rolled products of other alloy steel, of a
                         width of 600 ram or more
                         — Of high-speed steel
                                 Other
                                    Other
              7225 90 90 — Other
                                 Other
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    (1)      (2)                            (3)                            4  (5            6)
10.0850   7226 1091  Flat-rolled products of other alloy-steel, of
(cont 'd) 7226 1099  a width of less than 600 mm
                     — Of silicon-electrical steel
                            Other
                            Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
          72262039   — Of high-speed steel
                            Not further worked than cold-rolled
                            (cold-reduced)
                               Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
          7226 2059         Other
                            Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                  Other
          7226 20 79           Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                  Not    further    worked     than
                                  surface-treated, including clad­
                                  ding
                                     Other
          7226 2090               Other
          72269290   — Other
                            Not further worked than cold-rolled
                            (cold-reduced) ""
                               Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
          722699 19         Other
                               Of a width exceeding 500 mm
                                  Other
          722699 39            Of a width not exceeding 500 mm
                                  Not    further    worked     than
                                  surface-treated, including clad­
                                  ding
                                     Other
          7226 99 90              Other
          7228 10 50 Other bars and rods of other alloy steel ; an­
          7228 1090  gles, shapes and sections, of other alloy
                     steel, hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy of
                     non-alloy steel
                     — Bars and rods of high-speed steel
                            Other
                             Forged
                               Other
          7228 20 50 — Bars and rods, of silico-manganese steel
          7228 2070         Other
          72282090           Forged
                               Not further worked than        cold­
                               formed or cold-finished
                               Other
          7228 4000  — Other bars and rods, not further worked
                        than forged
          7228 5000  — Other bars and rods, not further worked
                        than cold-formed or cold-finished
          7228 6090  — Other bars and rods
                             Other
          7228 7091  — Angles, shapes and sections
          7228 7099          Other
                               Other
          7229       Wire of other alloy steel
 10.0860  730410 10  Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, seamless,    Hungary    7 875 000    7 875 000
          73041030   of iron (other than cast iron) or steel        Poland
          73041090   — Line pipes of a kind used for oil or gas
                        pipelines
          7304 2091  — Casing, tubing and drill pipe, of a kind
          7304 2099     used in the drilling for oil or gas
                             Other
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     i          2                              (3                           (4)     5 6
10.0860     7304 31 91     Other, of circular cross-section, of iron or
(cont 'd)   730431 99      non-alloy steel
                         — Cold-drawn or cold-rolled (cold-re­
                               duced)
                                  Other
            7304 39 10   — Other
                                  Unworked, straight and of uniform
                                  wall-thickness, for use solely in the
                                  manufacture of tubes and pipes
                                  with other cross-sections and wall­
                                  thickness
            730439 51             Other
            730439 59                 Other
            730439 91                   Other
            73043993
            73043999
            73044190     • Other, of circular cross-section of stain­
                           less steel
                         — Cold-drawn or cold-rolled (cold-re­
                               duced)
                                  Other
            730449 10    — Other
                                  Unworked, straight and of uniform
                                  wall-thickness, for use solely in the
                                  manufacture of tubes and pipes
                                  with other cross-sections and wall­
                                  thicknesses
                                      Other
            7304 49 91                Other
            7304 49 99
           7304 51  11     Other, of circular cross-section, of other
            7304 51 19     alloy steel
                           — Cold-drawn or cold-rolled (cold-re­
                               duced)
                                  Straight and of uniform wall-thick­
                                  ness, of alloy steel containing by
                                  weight not less than 0,9 % but not
                                  more than 1,15% of carbon, not
                                  less than 0,5 % but not more than
                                  2 % of chromium and not more
                                  than 0,5 % of molybdenum
            7304 51 91            Other
            7304 51 99                Other
            7304 59 10   — Other
            7304 59 31
            7304 59 39
            7304 59 91
            7304 59 93
           7304 59 99
           73049090        Other
                         — Other
           7305 1 1 00 Other tubes and pipes (for example, weld­
           7305 12 00  ed, riveted or similarly closed) having inter­
           7305 19 00  nal and external circular cross-sections, the
                       external      diameter     of which     exceeds
                       406,4 mm, of iron or steel
                       — Line pipe of a kind used for oil or gas
                           pipelines
           7305  20 10 — Casing of a kind used in the drilling for
           7305  2090      oil or gas
           7305  31 00 — Other, welded
           7305  39 00 — Other
           7305  9000
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10.0860        7306 1011   Other tubes, pipes and hollow profiles (for
(cont'd)       7306 10 19  example, open seam or welded, riveted or
               7306 1090   similarly closed), of iron or steel
                           — Line pipe of a kind used for bil or gas
                              pipelines
               7306 20 00  — Casing and tubing of a kind used in the
                              drilling for oil or gas
               7306 30 21  — Other, welded, of circular cross-section,
               7306  30 29    of iron or non-alloy steel
               7306  30 30       Other
               7306  30 51
               7306  30 59
               7306  30 71
               7306  30 79
               7306  3090
               7306  40 91 — Other, welded, of circular cross-section,
               7306  4099     of stainless steel
                           — Other
               7306 5091   — Other, welded, of circular cross-section,
               7306 5099      of other alloy steel
                                 Other
               7306 6031   — Other, welded, of non-circular cross-sec­
               7306 60 39     tion
               7306 6090   — Other
               7306 90 00  — Other
               (*)
 10.0890       7318 12 10  Screws, bolts, nuts, coach-screws, screw      China         1 035 000    1 575 000
               7318 1290   hooks, rivets, cotters, cotter-pins, washers  Hong Kong
                           (including spring washers) and similar arti­
                           cles of iron or steel
                           — Threaded articles
                                  Other wood screws
 10.0920    ex 7407 21 90  Copper bars, rods and profiles                                           3 150 000
                           — Of copper alloys
                                  Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass)
                                     Hollow profiles
                                  Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro­
                                  nickel) or copper-nickel-zinc base al­
                                  loys (nickel silver)
            ex 7407 22 10            Hollow-profiles
                                  Of copper-nickel-zinc base alloys
                                  (nickel silver)
            ex 7407 22 90            Hollow profiles
                           — Other
            ex 7407 29 00         Hollow profiles
               7411        Copper tubes and pipes
 10.0925       7604 10 10   Aluminium bars, rods and profiles, exclud­   Venezuela     6 825 000    7 350 000
               76041090    ing hollow profiles
               7604 29 10
               7604 29 90
               7605         Aluminium wire
               (*)(**)
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    (1)         (2)                           (3)                              (4)        (5)          (6)
10.0930     8203 20 10 Pliers (including cutting pliers) pincers,     China               2 000 000    2 800 000
            8203 20 90 tweezers and similar tools
10.0940     8205       Handtools (including glaziers' diamonds)       China               9 200 000   10 000 000
                       not elsewhere specified or included ; blow
                       lamps ; vices, clamps and the like, other
                       than accessories for and parts of, machine
                       tools ; anvils ; portable forges ; hand- or
                       pedal-operated grinding wheels with frame­
                       works
            8206 00 00 Tools of two or more of heading Nos 8202
                       to 8205 , put up in sets for retail sale
10.0950     8211 1000  Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not    Hong Kong           1 050 000    1 260 000
            82119190   (including pruning knives), other than
            82119290   knives of heading No 8208, excluding
            821193 90  knives with handles of base metal
                                                                      South Korea            350 000
10.0970     8301       Padlocks and locks (key, combination or        Hong Kong           1 314 000    2 000 000
                       electrically operated), of base metal ; clasps
                       and frames with clasps, incorporating locks
                       of base metal ; keys for any of the foregoing
                       articles, of base metal
10.0980     841410 30  Air or vacuum pumps and air or gas com­        Brazil          1 . 1 . 1990 —   9 000 000
            841410 50  pressors                                       Singapore        30. 6 . 1990 :
            84141090                                                                      3 870 000
            8414 2091                                                                 1.7.1990­
            84142099                                                                 31 . 12 . 1990 :
            8414 3030                                                                     3 870 000
            84143091
            8414 3099
            8414 4010
            84144090
            8414 8021
            8414 80 29
            8414 8031
           8414 80 39
           8414  8041
           8414  8049
           8414  8060
           8414  80 71
           8414  80 79
           8414  8090
10.0990    8452  10 11 Sewing machines, other than book-sewing        Brazil ;        1 . 1 . 1990­    3 000 000
           8452  10 19 machines of heading No 8440                                    30. 6, 1990 :
           8452  1090                                                                     1 125 000
           8452  21 00                                                                1.7 . 1990­
           8452  2900                                                                31 . 12 . 1990 :
                                                                                          1 125 000
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10.1010      8471 1090   Automatic data-processing machines and        South Korea   7 500 000     17 850 000
             8471 2040   units thereof; magnetic or optical readers,   (**♦)
             8471 20 50  machines for transcribing data into data
             8471 20 60  media in code form, machines for process­
             8471 2090   ing such data, not elsewhere specified or in­
             8471 91 40  cluded, other than for use in civil aircraft
             8471 91 50
             847191 60
             8471 91 90
             847192 90
             847193 40
             8471 93 50
              8471 93 60
              847193 90
              8471 99 10
              8471 99 30
              847199 90
 10.1020      8482 10 10  Ball bearings, with greatest external dia­    Singapore     2 100 000      2 100 000
              (*)        meter not exceeding 30 mm
 10.1045      8516 50 00  Microwave ovens                               South Korea     750 000      2 310 000
                                                                        (* # *)
 10.1051      8519        Turntables (record-decks), record players,    Hong Kong     7 350 000     14 700 000
                          cassette-players, and other sound producing   South Korea
                          apparatus not incorporating a sound re­
                          cording device
              852010 00   Magnetic tape recorders and other sound
              8520 200    recording apparatus whether or not incor­
              8520 31 19  porating a sound reproducing device ex­
              8520 31 90  cluding cinematographic sound recorders
              8520 39 10  Other magnetic tape recorders incorporat­
              8520 39 90  ing sound reproducing apparatus
           ex 8520 90 90  — Cassette type
                                With built-in amplifier and one or
                                more built-in loudspeakers
                                   Capable of operating without an
                                   external source of power
 10.1052       8521       Video recording or reproducing apparatus       South Korea   1 100 000     2 940 000
              8528 10 11
              8528 10 19
              8528 10 30
 10.1053       8523       Prepared unrecorded media for sound re­        Hong Kong    6 000 000
                          cording or similar recording of other pheno­
                          mena other than products of Chapter 37
               8524       Records, tapes and other recorded media        South Korea   3 000 000     9 000 000
                          for sound or other similarly recorded phen­
                          omena, including matrices and masters for
                          the production of records but excluding :
                          products of Chapter 37
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10.1055     8528 10 40  Television receivers (including video moni­   China        4 200000  4 200000
            852810 50   tors and video projectors) whether or not
            8528 10 71  combined in the same housing, with radio­     Hong Kong      650 000
            8528 10 73  broadcast receivers or sound or video re­
            8528 10 75  cording or reproducing apparatus              Singapore
            8528 10 78  — Colour
                                                                      (***)
                              Television projection equipment         South Korea
                               Apparatus incorporating a video­       (***)
                               phonic recorder or reproducer
                              Television receivers with integral tube
10.1060     8527  11 10 Reception apparatus for radio-telephony,      Hong Kong      650 000 4 200 000
            8527  11 90 radio-telegraphy or radio-broadcasting,       (**♦)
            8527  21 10 whether or not combined in the same hous­     Singapore
            8527  21 90 ing with recording or reproducing apparatus   (***•)
            8527  29 00 or a clock                                    South Korea
            8527  31 10                                               (***)
            8527  31 91
            8527  31 99
            8527  32 90
            8527  39 10
            8527  3991
            8527  39 99
            8527  9091
            8527  9099
            8528 10 61  Television receivers (including video moni­
            8528 10 69  tors and video projectors), whether or not
            8528 10 80  combined in the same housing, with radio­
            8528  1091  broadcast receivers or sound or video re­
            8528  1098  cording or reproduction apparatus, exclud­
            8528  20 20 ing video recording or reproducing appara­
            8528  20 71 tus incorporating a video tuner and goods
            8528  20 73 of subheadings 8528 10 50, 8528 10 71 ,
            8528  20 79 8528 10 73,8528 10 79
            8528  2091
            8528  20 99
            8529 10 20
            8529 10 31
            8529 10 39
            8529 10 40
            8529 10 50
            8529 10 70
            8529 1090
            8529 9099
10.1070     8532        Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or ad­ Singapore    3 600 000 4 100 000
                        justable (pre-set)                            South Korea
10.1090     8539 10 90  Electric filament lamps, including sealed­    Hungary      1 785 000  1 785 000
            8539 21 30  beam lamp units, excluding those of a kind
            8539 2191   used for projectors
            8539 2 1 99
            8539 22 10
            8539 22 90
            8539 29 31
            8539 29 39
            853929 91
            8539 29 99
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10.1094        8540  1 1 10 Cathode-ray television picture tubes includ­ South Korea    800 000    2 520 000
               8540  1 1 30 ing video monitor cathode-ray tubes          (***)
               8540  1 1 50 — Colour
               8540  1 1 80
10.1096        8540 12 10   Cathode-ray television picture tubes, in­    South Korea  1 050 000    1 050 000
               854012 30    cluding video monitor cathode-ray tubes
               8540 3010    — Black and white or other monochrome
               8540 3090       with a diagonal measurement of the
                               screen not exceeding 52 cm
                            — Other cathode-ray tubes
10.1100        85416000     Mounted piezo-electric crystals                                        2 835 000
10.1110        8540 91 00   Thermonic, cold cathode or photocathode      South Korea  3 465 000    5 250 000
               854099 00    valves and tubes
                            — Parts
               8541 10 10   Diodes, transistors, and similar semicon­    Hong Kong      530 000
               8541 1091    ductor devices, light emitting diodes        (***)
               8541 1099                                                 Singapore
               8541 21 10
               8541  21 90
               8541  29 10
               8541  29 90
               8541  30 10
               8541  3090
               8541  40 10
               8541  50 10
               8541  5090
               8541  9000
               8542         Electronic integrated circuits and microas­
                            semblies
10.1112        8701 20      Road-tractors for semi-trailers              Hungary      3 465 000    3 465 000
                                                                         Poland
10.1115                     Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 or    Hungary      1 050 000     1 050 000
                            more persons, including the driver :         Poland
                            — With compression-ignition internal com­
                               bustion piston engine (diesel or semi­
                               diesel):
                                  Of a cylinder capacity exceeding
                                  2 500 cm3 :
               8702 10 11            New
               8702 10 19            Used
10.1120        8703 21 10   Motor vehicles, new, of a cylinder capacity  South Korea 42 000 000   76 650 000
               8703 22 1 1  not exceeding 3 000 cm3                      Hungary
               8703 22 19                                                Poland
               8703 23 11 ;
               8703 23 19
               8703 31 10
               8703 32 11
               8703 32 19
            ex 8703 33 1 1
            ex 8703 33 19
            ex 8703 90 90
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10.1125          8704 2191  Other new motor vehicles for the transport                                 4 200 000
                 87043191   of goods, of a gross vehicle weight not ex­
                            ceeding 5 tonnes
10.1127          870422 91  Other motor vehicles for the transport of          Poland      8 400 000   8 400 000
                 8704 22 99 goods, of a gross vehicle weight exceeding 5
                            tonnes but not exceeding 20 tonnes
10.1130          9003       Frames and mountings for spectacles, gog­          South Korea 3 457 000   4 200 000
                            gles or the like and parts thereof
10.1160      ex 9101 11 00  Wrist-watches,      pocket-watches and other                              10 500 000
             ex 9101 12 00  watches, including stop-watches, with case
                            of precious metal or of metal clad with pre­
                            cious metal
             ex 9101 19 00  — Wrist-watches, battery or accumulator
             ex9101 91 00        powered, whether or not incorporating a
                                 stop-watch facility
                            — — Quartz watches
                            — Other
                                     Battery or accumulator powered
                                        Quartz watches
              ex 9102 11 00 Wrist-watches, pocket-watches and other
              ex 9102 12 00 watches, including stop-watches, other than
              ex 9102 19 00 those of heading No 9101
              ex 9102 91 00 — Wrist-watches, battery or accumulator
                 (d)             powered, whether or not incorporating a
                                 stop-watch facility
                                     Quartz watches
                            — Other
                                     Battery or accumulator powered
                                        Quartz watches
10.1170          9103        Clocks with watch movements, excluding            Hong Kong      500 000      500000
                             clocks of heading No 9104
 10.1180         9105        Other clocks                                                               4 935 000
                 (d)
 10.1190         9108        Watch movements, complete and assem­                                       5 145 000
                             bled
 10.1205         9113 20 00  Watch-straps, watch-bands and watch­                                          525 000
                 911390 10   bracelets, and parts thereof
                             — Of base metal, whether or not gold or sil­
                                 ver plated
                             — Of leather or composition leather
 10.1263         9403 8000   Furniture of other materials, including                                    2 205 000
                 (*)         cane, osier, bamboo or similar materials
 10.1265         9405 91 19  Parts of glass : articles for electrical lighting  Romania     1 000 000    1 000 000
                             fittings (excluding searchlights and spot­
                             lights)
                             — Other (for example, diffusers, ceiling
                                  lights, bowls, cups, lampshades, globes,
                                 tulip-shaped pieces)
(d) 10.1 160 : Hong Kong,
(d) 10.1 180 : Hong Kong.
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10.1280         9603  29 10 Shaving brushes, hairbrushes, nailbrushes,     China          720 000    2 000 000
                9603  29 30 eyelash brushes, and other toilet brushes for  Hong Kong
                9603  29 90 use on the person, including such brooms
                9603  30 10 constituting parts of appliances
                9603  30 90 Artists' brushes, writing brushes and similar
                9603  40 10 brushes, for the application of cosmetics
                9603  90 91 Paint, distemper, varnish or similar brushes,
                (d)         road-sweeping brushes, household type
                            brooms and brushes, including shoe brush­
                            es, and clothes brushes, and brushes for
                            grooming animals
10.1300         9503        Other toys, reduced size (scale) models and    Hungary     10 500 000   24 150 000
                (d)         similar recreational models working or not,    Poland
                            puzzles of all sorts
                                                                           South Korea  5 000 000          ■
                                                                           (***)
10.1320         9405 3000   Festive, carnival or other entertainment arti­ Hong Kong    2 000 000    4 000 000
                9505        cles, including conjuring tricks and novelty
                            jokes
10.1325         9507  10 00 Fishing rods, fish-hooks and other line fish­  South Korea  2 000 000    5 775 000
                9507  2090  ing tackle, fish landing nets, butterfly nets
                9507  30 00 and similar nets, decoy 'birds' (other than
                9507  9000  those of heading No 9208 or 9705) and sim­
                            ilar hunting or shooting requisites, exclud­
                            ing fish-hooks, not snelled
(d) 10.1280 : South Korea,
(d) 10.1300 : Hong Kong.
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                                                                  ANNEX II
                                                                  PART 1 (a)
                                        List of primary products excluded from preferential benefit
                  CN code                                                   Description
                                   Salt (including table salt and denaturated salt) and pure sodium chloride, whether or
                                   not in aqueous solution sea water
                2501 00 31         For chemical transformation (separation of Na from CI) for the manufacture of
                                   other products (001 )
                                   Other
                2501 00 51         (a) Denaturated or for industrial uses (including refining) other than for the preser­
                                        vation or preparation of foodstuffs for human or animal consumption (')
                2501 00 91         Suitable for human consumption
                2501 0099          Other
                2503 90 00         Other sulphur
                2511 20 00          Natural barium carbonate (witherite)
                                    Pumice stone ; emery ; natural corundum, natural garnet and other natural abrasives,
                                   whether or not heat-treated
                2513 19 00          Other
                2513 29 00
                                    Granite
                                    Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a square or rectangular
                                    shape
                2516 12 10          Of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
                2516 22 10          Sandstone
                2516 90 10          Merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including
                                    square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
                                    Porphyry, syenite, lava, basalt, gneiss, trachyte and other similar hard rocks, merely
                                    cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square)
                                    shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm
                2518 20 00          Calcined dolomite
                2518 30 00          Agglomerated dolomite (including tarred dolomite)
                                    Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or other­
                                    wise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape ; talc
                2526 20 00          Crushed or powdered
                2530 40 00          Natural micaceous iron oxides
                2804 61 00          Silicon
                2804 69 00
             (') Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of
                 the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the coverage of the CN code being
                 decisive within the context of this Annex .
                 Where ex CN codes are indicated, the CN code and corresponding description taken together are decisive.
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                CN code                                       Description
              2805 1 1 00 Sodium
              2805 19 00  Other
              2805 21 00  Alkaline-earth metals
              2805 22  00 Rare-earth metals, scandium and yttrium, whether or not intermixed or interalloyed
              2805 30  10 Intermixtures or interalloys
              2805 30  90 Other
              2805 40  10 Mercury, in flasks of a net capacity of 34,5 kg (standard weight) of a fob value, per
                          flask, not exceeding ECU 224
              2818 20  00 Aluminium oxide
              2818 30  00 Aluminium hydroxide
           ex 2844 30  11 Cermets raw ; waste and scrap
              2844 30  19 Uranium depleted in U 235
           ex 2844 30  51 Cermets raw ; waste and scrap
              2845 10 00  Heavy water (deuterium oxide)
              2845 90 10  Deuterium and compounds of deuterium, hydrogen and compounds thereof, en­
                          riched in deuterium, mixtures and solutions containing these products, in which the
                          ratio of deuterium atoms to the normal hydrogen atoms exceeds 1 :5 000 in number
                          (Euratom)
              2905 43  00 Mannitol
              2905 44  11 D-Glucitol (sorbitol)
              2905 44  19
              2905 44  91
              2905 44 99
              3201 20  00 Wattle extract
              3201 30  00 Oak or chestnut extract
              3201 90  10 Sumach extract, vallonia extract
           ex 3201 90  90 Other extracts of vegetable origin
              3502 10 91  Egg albumin, dried (for example in sheets, scales, flakes, powder)
              3502 10 99  Other (egg albumin)
              3502 90 51  Milk albumin (lactalbumin), dried (for example in sheets, scales, flakes, powder)
              3502 90 59  Other (milk albumin)
              3502 90 70  Other
              3505 10  10 Dextrins
              3505 10  90 Other starches
              3505 20  10
              3505 20  30
              3505 20  50
              3505 20  90
              3809 10  10 Prepared glazings and prepared dressings, with a basis of amylaceous substances,
              3809 10  30 containing by weight of those substances
              3809 10  50
              3809 10  90
              3823 60     Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44
              4104        Leather of bovine or equine animals, without hair on, other than leather of heading
                          No 4108 or 4109 ^
                          — Whole bovine skin leather, of a unit surface area not exceeding 28 square feet
                             (2,6 m2)
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               CN code                                      Description
             4104 10 91  — — Other
                         — — Not further prepared than tanned
                         Sheep or lamb skin leather, without wool on, other than leather of heading No 4108
                         or 4109
             4105 11 91  Not further prepared than tanned or re-tanned
             4105 11 99
             4105 12 10
             4105 12 90
             4105 19 10
             4105 19 90
                         Goat or kid skin leather, without hair on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or
                         4109
             4106 11 90  Not further prepared than tanned or re-tanned
             4106 12 00
             4106 19 00
                         Leather of other animals, without hair on, other than leather of heading No 4108 or
                         4109
             4107 10 10  Not further prepared than tanned or re-tanned
             4107 21 00
             4107 29  10
             4107 90  10
             4403 10 10  Poles of coniferous wood, injected or otherwise impregnated to any degree, not less
                         than 6 mm nor more than 18 mm in length and with a circumference at the butt end
                         of more than 45 cm but not more than 90 cm
             4501        Natural cork, raw or simply prepared ; waste cork, crushed, granulated or ground
                         cork
             7202 19 00  Ferro-alloys
             7202 21 10
             7202 21 90
             7202 29 00
             7202 30 00
             7202 41 10
             7202 41 90
             7202 49 10
             7202 49 50
             7202 49 90
             7202 50 00
             720270 00
             7202 80 00
             720291 00
             720292 00
             7202 93 00
             7202 99 90
             7601        Unwrought aluminium
             7602        Aluminium waste and scrap
                         Waste
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              CN code                                      Description
            7602 00 19  Other (including factory rejects)
            7801        Unwrought lead
            7901        Unwrought zinc
            7903        Zinc dust powders and flakes
                        Tungsten (wolfram) and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
            8101 10 00  Unwrought, waste and scrap
            8101 91 10
            8101 91 90
                        Molybdenum and articles thereof, including waste and scrap
            8102 10 00  Powders
            810291 10   Unwrought, waste and scrap
            8102 91 90
            8103 10 10  Unwrought tantalum, waste and scrap
            8103 10 90
            8104 11 00  Unwrought magnesium, waste and scrap
            8104 19 00
            8107 10 00  Unwrought cadmium, waste and scrap
            8108 10 10  Unwrought titanium
            8108 10 90  Waste and scrap
            8109 10 10  Unwrought zirconium
            8109 10 90  Waste and scrap
            8110 00 11  Unwrought antimony
            8110 00 19  Waste and scrap
             8111 00 11 Unwrought manganese
             8111 00 19 Waste and scrap
             81122031   Chromium , other
             8112 20 39 Germanium
             8112 30 10 Unwrought, waste and scrap
                        Vanadium
             8112 40 11 Unwrought
             8112 40 19 Waste and scrap
            811291 10   Hafnium (celtium) unwrought ; waste and scrap
                        Niobium (columbium) rhenium
             811291 31  Unwrought
             8112 91 39 Waste and scrap
            8112 91 90  Gallium, indium, thallium
            811300 10   Unwrought cermets, waste and scrap
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                                                                  PART 2(a)
                  List of products not listed in Annex I and originating in Romania to which preferences are not granted
                    CN code                                                  Description
                 2824                Lead oxides, red lead and orange, lead
                 2849 10 00          Carbides, whether or not chemically defined
                                     — Of calcium
                 2907 1 1 00         Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts
                 2912 41 00          Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde)
                 2914 11 00          Acetone
                 2917 35 00          Phthalic anhydride
                 2926 10 00          Acrylonitrile
                 2936 26 00          Vitamin B 12 and its derivatives
                 2941 10 00          Penicillins and their derivatives with a penicillanic acid structure ; salts thereof
                 3102                Mineral or nitrogenous fertilizers, nitrogenous
                 (except
                 3102 1010)
                 3605 00 00          Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of heading No 3604
                 3901 10 90          Other polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0,94
                 3902 10 00          Polypropylene, in primary forms
                 3912                Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in
                                     primary forms
                 3914 00 00           Ion-exchangers based on polymers of heading Nos 3901 to 3913, in primary forms
                 3915 1000           Waste, parings and scrap, of polymers of ethylene and polymers of propylene
                 3915 90 11
                 3915 90 91           Waste, parings and scrap, of plastics
                                     — Other
                                            Of cellulose and its chemical derivatives
                 3916 10 00           Monofilament, rods, sticks and profile shapes of polymers of ethylene and of poly­
                 3916 90 51      .    mers of propylene
                 3916 90 90           Monofilament, rods, sticks and profile shapes
                                     — Of other plastics
                                            Other
              (a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of
                   the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value,; the coverage of the CN code being
                   decisive within the context of this Annex .
                   Where ex CN codes are indicated, the CN code and corresponding description taken together are decisive.
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                 CN code                                           Description
               3917 2 ! 10   Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid
               3917 22 10    — Of polymers of ethylene
                                   Seamless and of a length exceeding the maximum cross-sectional dimension,
                                   whether or not surface-worked, but not otherwise worked
               3917 32 31            Of polymers of ethylene
               3917 32 39                Other
               3917 39 15            Of addition polymerization products
            ex 3917 29 19    Tubes, pipes and hoses, rigid
                             — Of other plastics
                                   Seamless and of a length exceeding the maximum cross-sectional dimension,
                                   whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked
               3917 32 51    Other tubes, pipes and hoses
                             — Other, not reinforced or otherwise combined with other materials, without fittings
                                   Seamless and of a length exceeding the maximum cross-sectional dimension,
                                   whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked
                                      Other
               3917 39 19  "          Of addition polymerization products
               3919 10 10    Adhesive strips, the coating of which consists of unvulcanized natural or synthetic
                             rubber
               3919 10 90    Other
                             — Other
               3919 90 90    Other
                             — Other
                                   Other
               3919 10 59    Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics,
                             whether or not in rolls
                             — In rolls of a width not exceeding 20 cm
                                   Other
                                      Of addition polymerization products
                                         Other
               3919 90 50    — Other
                                   Other
                                      Of addition polymerization products
               3920 10 11    Other plates, sheets, film , foil and strip of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced
                             laminated supported or similarly combined with other materials
                             — Of polymers of ethylene
                                   Of a thickness not exceeding 0,10 mm and of a specific gravity of
                                      Less than 0,94
               3920 10 19             0,94 or more
               3920 10 90          Of a thickness exceeding 0,10 mm
               3920 20 10    — Of polymers of propylene
                                   Of a thickness of less than 0,05 mm
               3920 20 50          Of a thickness of 0,05 mm to 0,10 mm
               3920 20 71
               3920 20 79
               3920 20 90          Of a thickness exceeding 0, 1 0 mm
               3920 72 00    Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced,
                             laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials
                             — Of cellulose or its chemical derivatives
                                   Of vulcanized fibre
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                  CN code                                              Description
                3920 73 10              Film in rolls or in strips for cinematography or photography
                3920 73 50              Sheets, film or strip, coiled or not, of a thickness of less than 0,75 mm
                3920 73 90    Other
                3920 79 00          Of other cellulose derivatives
                3921          Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip of plastics
                              — Cellular
                                    Of other plastics
                3921 90 60  . — Other
                3921 90 90          Of addition polymerization products
                4410          Particle board and similar board of wood or other ligneous materials
                6406 10 11    Parts of footwear
                              — Uppers and parts thereof
                              — Of leather
                                        Uppers
                6406 10 19              Parts of uppers
                6406 10 90          Of other materials
                6406 20 10    — Outer soles and heels, of rubber or plastics
                                        Of rubber
                 6406 20 90           - Of plastics
                 6406 91 00         Of wood
                 6406 99 30   Assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components, but without
                              outer soles
                 6406 99 50
                 6406 99 90
                 7004 10 30
                 7004 10 50
                 7004 10 90
                 7004 90 50   Drawn glass and blown ^lass, in sheets
                              — Other glass
                                     Antique glass
                 7004 90 70          Horticultural sheet glass
                 7004 90 91          Other of a thickness not exceeding 2,5 mm
                 7004 90 93   Exceeding 2,5 mm but not exceeding 3,5 mm
                 7004 90 95   Exceeding 3,5 mm but not exceeding 4,5 mm
                 7004 90 99   Exceeding 4,5 mm
                 7010 90 10   Preserving jars (sterilizing jars)
                 7303 00      Tubes and pipes of a kind used m pressure systems
                              Other
                 7307         Tube or pipe fittings (for example couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel
                 7310 10 00   Tanks, casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers of iron or steel
                              — Of a capacity of 50 litres or more
                 7325         Other cast articles of iron or steel
              ex 7326         Other articles of iron or steel, other than parts for wire-mesh collapsible baskets
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                 CN code                                        Description
               7407 10 00  Copper bars, rods and profiles
                           — Of refined copper
               7407 21 10        Of copper-zinc base alloys (brass)
                                    Bars and rods
            ex 7407 21 90           Profiles, excluding hollow profiles
            ex 7407 22 10        Of copper-nickel base alloys (cupro-nickel), excluding hollow profiles
            ex 7407 22 90        Of copper-nickel zinc base alloys (nickel silver), excluding hollow profiles
            ex 7407 29 00        Other, excluding hollow profiles
               7408        Copper wire
               7606        Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm
               8482 10 90  Ball bearings
                           — Other
               8482 20  00 Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies
               8482 30  00 Spherical roller bearings
               8482 40  00 Needle roller bearings
               8482 50  00 Other cylindrical roller bearings
               8482 80  00 Other, including combined ball roller bearings
               8482 91  10 Tapered rollers
               8482 91  90 Other
               8482 99  00 Other
               8544 11 10  Winding wire
                           — Of copper
                                 Varnished
               8544 1 1 90       Other
               8544 19 10  — Other
                                 Varnished
               8544 19 90        Other
               8544 20 10  Co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors ready for connectors to be fit­
                           ted or already provided with connectors
               8544 20 91  Other
                           — For high frequency
               8544 20 99  — Other
               8544 30 90  Ignition wiring sets and other of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or ships
                           — Other
               8544 41 10  Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V
               8544 41 90  — Fitted with connectors
               8544 49 1 1 Insulated with plastic material
               8544 49 19  Insulated with other materials
               8544 49 91
               8544 49 99
               8544 51 00  Other electric conductors for a voltage exceeding 80 V but not exceeding 1 000 V
                           — Fitted with connectors
               8544 59 10  With individual conductor wires of a diameter exceeding 0,5 1 mm
               8544 59 91  Insulated with rubber or other elastomers including cross-linked materials
               8544 59 93  Insulated with other plastic material
               8544 59 99  Insulated with other materials
               8544 60 11  Insulated with rubber or other elastomers including cross-linked materials
               8544 60 13  Insulated with other plastic material
               8544 60 19  Insulated with other materials
               8544 60 91
               8544 60 93
               8544 60 99
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              CN code                                          Description
            8712 00 90    Bicycles and other cycles not motorized
                          Other
            8714 20 00    Parts and accessories of vehicles of heading Nos 87 1 1 to 87 1 3
            871491 10   I
            8714 91 30  I
            8714 91 90  I
            8714 92 10  I
            8714 92 90  I
            8714 93 10  I
            871493 90   I
            8714 94 10  I
            871494 30   I
            8714 94 90  I
            8714 95 00  I
            871496 10   I
            8714 96 30  I
            8714 96 90  I
            8714 99 10  I
            871499 30   I
            8714 99 50  I
            8714 99 90
                        I
            9401 20 00    Seats of a kind used for motor vehicles
            9401 30 10    Swivel seats with variable height adjustment upholstered with backrest and fitted
                          with castors or glides
            9401 30 90    Other
            9401 40 00    Seats, other than garden seats or camping equipment
            9401 50 00    Seats of carre, osier, bamboo or similar materials
            9401 61 00    Other seats, with wooden frames, upholstered
            9401 69 00    Other
            9401 71 00    Other seats, with metal frames, upholstered
            9401 79 00    Other
            9401 SO 00    Other seats
            9401 90 90    Parts, other
            9403 10 JO    Other furniture and parts thereof
            9403 10 51
            9403 10 59
            9403 10 91
            9403 10 93
            9403  10 99
            9403 20 91
            9403 20 99
            9403 30 11
            9403 30 19
            9403 30 91
            9403 30 99
            9403 40 00
            9403 50 00
            9403 60 10
            9403 60 30
            9403 60 90
            9403 70 90
            9403 90 10
            9403 90 30
            9403 90 90
            9617 00       Vacuum flasks and other vacuum vessels, complete with cases, parts thereof other
                          than glass inners
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              List of products, not listed in Annex I and originating in China, to which preferences are not granted
              CN code                                                 Description
            7606               Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm
           List of products, not listed in Annex I and originating in South Korea, to which preferences are not granted
              CN code                                                  Description
            6912 00 30         Ceramic tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilet articles of stone­
                               ware
            7312               Stranded wire, ropes, cables, plaited bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel, not
                               electrically insulated
            8215 10 10         Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, sugar tongs and similar
            8515 20 10         kitchen or tableware
            8515 99 10         — Sets of assorted articles containing at least one article plated with precious metal
                                      Of stainless steel
                                      Other sets of assorted articles
                                      Of stainless steel
                               — Other
                                      Of other stainless steel
            9201 10 10         Upright pianos, new
           List of products, not listed in Annex I and originating in Hong Kong, to which preferences are not granted
              CN code                                                  Description
             8513              Portable electric lamps designed to function by their own source of energy (for ex­
                               ample, dry batteries, accumulators, magnetos) other than lighting equipment of
                               heading No 8512
             9111              Watch cases and parts thereof
             9502              Dolls representing only human beings
             9504              Articles for funfair, table or parlour games, including pin-tables, billiards, special
                               tables for casino games and automatic bowling alley equipment
             9506 40           Articles and equipment for table tennis
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                                                                 PART 3 (a)
                                     List of products subject to reference bases corresponding to 2 %
                 CN code                                                   Description
               2833 22 00         Aluminium sulphates
            ex 2903 19 00          Hexachloroethane
            ex 2904 20 90          5-tert-Butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musc-xylene)
               2915 90 10          Laurie acid
               2921 42 10          Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated and nitrosated derivatives of aniline and their
                                   salts
               2922  11 00         Monoethanolamine, diethanolamine and thriethanolamine and their salts
               2922  12 00
               2922  13 00
            ex 2922  50 00         D-p-hydroxy-phenylglycine
               2924 29 90          Other cyclic amides
               2926 10 00          Acrylinitril
               2936 25 00          Vitamin B6 and its derivatives
               2936 29 30          Vitamin H and its derivatives
               3102                Other mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous
               except
               codes
               3102 10 10
               3102 50 10
               3204  11 00         Synthetic organic colouring matter and preparations based thereon, as specified in
               3204  12 00         note 3 to this chapter
               3204  13 00
               3204  14 00
               3204  15 00
               3204  16 00
               3204  17 00
               3204  19 00
            ex 3207 20 90          Other verifiable enamels and glazes, and similar preparations
                                          Other
                                             Borosilicate of lead
               3602 00 00          Prepared explosives, other than propellant powders
               3605 00 00          Matches, other than pyrotechnic articles of heading No 3604
               3901 10 90          Other polyethylene having a specific gravity of less than 0,94
                                   Polyacetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms ; polycarbonates,
                                   alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms
               3907 60 00          — Polyethylene terephthalate
                                   — Other polyesters
               3907 99 00                 Other
               3920  20 10         Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plasties, non-cellular and not reinforced,
               3920  20 50         laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials :
               3920  20 71         — of polymers of propylene
               3920  20 79
               3920  20 90
            (a) Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature, the wording for the description of
                the products is to be considered as having no more than an indicative value, the preferential scheme being deter­
                mined, within the context of this Annex, by the coverage of the CN code. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the
                preferential scheme is to be determined by application of the CN code and corresponding description taken to­
                gether.
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                CN code                                             Description
              6704           Wigs, false beards, eyebrows and eyelashes, switches and the like, of human or ani­
                             mal hair or of textile materials, articles of human hair not elsewhere specified or in­
                             cluded
              6907           Unglazed ceramic flags and paving, hearth or wall tiles ; unglazed ceramic mosaic
                             cubes and the like, whether or not on a backing
              7004           Drawn glass and blown glass, in sheets, whether or not having an absorbent or re­
                             flecting layer, but not otherwise worked
              7113 11 00     Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with pre­
                             cious metal
              7113 19 00     — Of precious metal whether not plated or clad with precious metal
                                    Of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal
                                    Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal
              7307 1910      Tube or pipe fittings (for example couplings, elbows, sleeves), of iron or steel :
                             of malleable cast iron
           ex 7310 29 90     Jerrycans, of a nominal capacity of 20 litres
              7317 00        Nails, tacks, drawing pins, corrugated nails, staples (other than those of heading No
                             8305) and similar articles, of iron or steel, whether or not with heads of other materi­
                             al, but excluding such articles with heads of copper
              7409           Copper plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,15 mm
              7606           Aluminium plates, sheets and strip, of a thickness exceeding 0,2 mm
              7607           Aluminium foil (whether or not printed or backed with paper, paperboard, plastics
                             or similar backing materials) of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding
                             0,2 mm
              8201 10 00     Spades and shovels
              8473 10 00      Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8469
                             Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8470
              8473 29 00            Other
              8473 30 00      Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8471
              8473 40 00      Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8472
              8501  10  91    Electric motors and generators and electric generating sets and rotary converters, ex­
              8501  10  93    cluding synchronous motors of an output not exceeding 18 W
              8501  10  99
              8501  20  90
               8501 31  90
              8501  32  91
               8501 32  99
               8501 33  91
               8501 33  99
               8501 34  50
               8501 34  91
               8501 34  99
               8501 40  90
               8501 51 90
               8501 52 91
               8501 52 93
               8501 52 99
               8501 53 50
               8501 53 91
               8501 53 99
               8501 61 91
               8501 61 99
               8501 62 90
               8501 63 90
               8501 64 00
               8502 1 1 90
               8502 12 90
               8502 13 91
               8502 13 99
               8502 20 91
               8502 20 99
               8502 30 91
               8502 30 99
               8502 40 90
                           l
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                 CN code                                           Description
            ex 8504 31 90    Other transformers having a power handling capacity not exceeding 1 kVA
                                   Other
                                       To be used with toys
               8504 40 50    Polycrystalline semiconductors
               8504 40 93    Accumulator charges
               8504 40 99    Static converters
                                    Other
                                       Other
                                          Other
               8506          Primary cells and primary batteries
               8507 10 91    Lead-acid accumulators
               8507 10 99
               8507 20 99
               8525 30 10    Television cameras with three or more camera tubes
               8525 30 91
               8525 30 99    — Television cameras
                                    Other
                                       Other
               8533          Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resis­
                             tors
               8534 00       Printed circuits
               8535          Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits , or for making con­
               8536          nections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, fuses, lightning arresters,
                             voltage limiters, surge suppressors, plugs, junction boxes)
               8537          Boards, panels (including numerical control panels), consoles, desks, cabinets and
                             other bases, equipped with two or more apparatuses of heading No 8535 or 8536, for
                             electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instru­
                             ments of apparatus of Chapter 90, other than switching apparatus of heading
                             No 8517
               8538          Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading Nos 8535,
                             8536 or 8537
                             Thermionic, cold cathode or photocathode valves and tubes (for example, vacuum
                             or vapour or gas filled valves and tubes , mercury arc rectifying valves and tube, cath­
                             ode-ray tubes, television camera tubes):
                             — Cathode-ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes :
                                    Black and white or other monochrome :
               8540 12 90              With a diagonal measurement of the screen exceeding 52 cm
                             — Television camera tubes ; image converters and intensifiers ; other photo-cathode
                                tubes :
               8540 20 10           Television camera tubes
               8540 20 30           Image converters or intensifiers
               8540 20 90           Other photo-cathode tubes
                             — Microwave tubes (for example, magnetrons, klystrons, travelling wave tubes, car­
                                 cinotrons), excluding grid-controlled tubes
               8540 41 00
               854042 00
               854049 00
                             — Other valves and tubes
               8540  81 00 ;
               8540  89 11
               8540  89 19
               8540  89 90
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              CN code                                         Description
                        Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices ; photosensitive semiconduc­
                        tor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or
                        made up into panels ; light emitting diodes ; mounted piezo-electric crystals :
            85414091    — Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or
            8541 4093       not assembled in modules or made up into panels ; light emitting diodes
            8541 4099
            8544 11 10  Winding wire
                        — Of copper
                               Varnished
            8544 1 1 90        Other
            8544 19 10  — Other
            8544 19 90         Varnished
                                  Other
            8544 20 10  Co-axial cable and other co-axial electric conductors, ready for connectors to be fit­
                        ted or already provided with connectors
            8544 20 91  Other
                        For high frequency
            8544 20 99  Other
            8544 30 90  Other ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets of a kind used in vehicles, aircraft or
                        ships
            8544 41  10 Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V
            8544 41  90 — Fitted with connectors
            8544 49  11 — Insulated with plastic material
            8544 49  19 — Insulated with other materials
            8544 49  91
            8544 49  99
            8544 51  00 Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 80 V but not exceeding 1 000 V
                        — Fitted with connectors
            8544 59 10   With individual conductor wires of a diameter exceeding 0,5 1 mm
            8544 59 91  Other
                         Insulated with rubber or other elastomers, including cross-linked materials
            8544 59 93   Insulated with other plastic material
            8544 59 99   Insulated with other materials
            8544 60 1 1  Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 1 000 V with copper conductors
                         insulated with rubber or other elastomers, including cross-linked materials
            8544 60 13   Insulated with other plastic material
            8544 6019    Insulated with other materials
            8544 60 91   With other conductors
            8544 60 93
            8544 60 99
            9401 20 00   Seats (other than those of heading No 9402), whether or not convertible into beds,
            9401 30 10   and parts thereof, other than those for use in civil aircraft
            9401 30 90
            9401 4000
            9401 50 00
            9401 61 00
            9401 69 00
            9401 71 00
            9401 79 00
            940180 00
            9401 90 90
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                                                                      ANNEX III
                                     List of countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (')
                                                        A. INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES
048 Yugoslavia                                         370 Madagascar                                612 Iraq
060 Poland                                             373 Mauritius                                 616 Iran
064 Hungary                                            375 Comoros (2)                               628 Jordan
066 Romania                                            378 Zambia                                    632 Saudi Arabia
204 Morocco                                            382 Zimbabwe                                  636 Kuwait
208 Algeria                                            386 Malawi O                                  640 Bahrain
212 Tunisia                                            391 Botswana (2)                              644 Qatar
216  Libya                                             393 Swaziland                                 647 United Arab Emirates
220  Egypt                                             395 Lesotho (2)                               649 Oman
224  Sudan (2)                                         412  Mexico                                   652 North Yemen (2)
228  Mauritania (2)                                    416  Guatemala                                656 South Yemen (2)
232  Mali (2)                                          421  Belize                                   660 Afghanistan (2)
236  Burkina Faso (2) •                                424  Honduras                                 662 Pakistan
240  Niger (2)                                         428  El Salvador                              664 India
244  Chad (2)                                          432 Nicaragua                                 666 Bangladesh (2)
247  Republic of Cape Verde (2)                        436 Costa Rica                                667 Maldives (2)
248  Senegal                                           442 Panama                                    669 Sri Lanka
252  Gambia (2)                                        448 Cuba                                      672 Nepal (2)
257  Guinea Bissau (2)                                 449 St Christopher and Nevis                  675 Bhutan (2)
260  Guinea (2)                                        452 Haiti (2)                                 676 Burma (Myanmar) (2)
264  Sierra Leone (2)                                  453 Bahamas                                   680 Thailand
268 Liberia                                            456 Dominican Republic                        684 Laos (2)
272 Ivory Coast                                        459 Antigua and Barbuda                       690 Vietnam
276 Ghana                                              460 Dominica                                  696 Kampuchea (Cambodia)
280 Togo (2)                                           464 Jamaica                                   700 Indonesia
284 Benin (2)                                          465 St Lucia                                  701 Malaysia
288 Nigeria                                            467 St Vincent                                703 Brunei Darussalam
302 Cameroon                                           469 Barbados                                  706 Singapore
306 Central African Republic (2)                       472 Trinidad and Tobago                       708 Philippines
310 Equatorial Guinea (2)                              473 Grenada                                   720 China
311 Sao Tome and Principe (2)                          480 Colombia                                  728 South Korea
314 Gabon                                              484 Venezuela                                  801 Papua New Guinea
318 Congo                                              488 Guyana                                     803 Nauru
322 Zaire                                              492  Surinam                                   806 Solomon Islands
324 Rwanda (2)                                         500  Ecuador                                   807 Tuvalu (2)
328 Burundi (2)                                        504  Peru                                      808 Federated States of Micronesia
330  Angola                                            508  Brazil                                    808 Republic of the Marshall Islands
 334 Ethiopia (2)                                      512  Chile                                     808 Republic of Palau
 338 Djibouti (2)                                      516  Bolivia                                   812 Kiribati (2)
 342 Somalia (2)                                       520  Paraguay                                  815 Fiji
346  Kenya                                             524  Uruguay                                   816 Vanuatu
350  Uganda (2)                                        528  Argentina                                 817 Tonga (2)
352  Tanzania !2)                                      600  Cyprus                                    819 Western Samoa (2)
355  Seychelles and dependencies                       604 Lebanon
366  Mozambique (2)                                    608 Syria
 (') The code number preceding the name of each beneficiary country or territory is that given in 'Geonomenclature' (Regulation (EEC) No 3639/86
     (OJ No L 336, 29. 1 1 . 1986, p. 46)).
 (2) This country is also included in Annex IV.
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                                             B. COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES
            dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community or third coun­
                                                tries are wholly or partly responsible
            044 Gibraltar
            329 St Helena and St Helena dependencies
            357 British Indian Ocean Territory
            377 Mayotte
            406 Greenland
            408 St Pierre and Miquelon
            413 Bermuda
            446 Anguilla
            454 Turks and Caicos Islands
            457 Virgin Islands of the United States
            461 British Virgin Islands and Montserrat
            463 Cayman Islands
            474 Aruba
            478 Netherlands Antilles
            529 Falkland Islands and Falkland dependencies
            740 Hong Kong
            743 Macao
            802 Australian Oceania (Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald
                Islands, Norfolk Island)
            808 American Oceania (')
            809 New Caledonia and dependencies
            811 Wallis and Futuna Islands
            813 Pitcairn
            814 New Zealand Oceania (Tokelau and Niue Islands ; Cook Islands)
            822 French Polynesia
            890 Polar regions (French Southern and Antarctic Territories, Australian Antarctic Territories, British
                Antarctic Territories)
            Note: The above lists may be amended subsequently to take account of changes in the international
                  status of countries or territories .
            (') American Oceania includes : Guam, American Samoa (including Swain s Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and
                Sand Islands, Wake Island .
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                                                ANNEX IV
                               List of least-developed developing countries
             224 Sudan                                           350 Uganda
             228 Mauritania                                      352 Tanzania
             232 Mali                                            366 Mozambique
             236 Burkina Faso                                    375 Comores
             240 Niger                                           386 Malawi
             244 Chad                                            391  Botswana
             247 Republic of Cape Verde                          395  Lesotho
             252   Gambia                                        452  Haiti
             257   Guinea Bissau                                 652  North Yemen
             260   Guinea                                        656  South Yemen
             264   Sierra Leone                                  660 Afghanistan
             280 Togo                                            666 Bangladesh
             284 Benin                                           667 Maldives
             306 Central African Republic                        672 Nepal
             310 Equatorial Guinea                               675 Bhutan
             3 1 1 Sao Tom6 and Principe                         676 Burma (Myanmar)
             324 Rwanda                                          684 Laos
             328 Burundi                                       ( 807 Tuvalu
             334 Ethiopia                                        812 Kiribati
             338 Djibouti                                        817 Tonga
             342 Somalia                                         819 Western Samoa