CELEX: 31986R3924
Language: en
Date: 1986-12-16 00:00:00
Title: Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/86 of 16 December 1986 applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries

31 . 12. 86                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 No L 373 / 1
                                                                I
                                              (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                       COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 3924/86
                                                      of 16 December 1986
                  applying generalized tariff preferences for 1987 in respect of certain industrial products
                                               originating in developing countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            including such situations in the African, Caribbean and
                                                                    Pacific States (ACP States);
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                    Whereas, since the extension of its generalized tariff
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('),              preferences scheme for a second 10-year period ( 1981
                                                                    to 1990), the Community has decided to modify one of
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­                the fundamental characteristics of it to give the benefi­
ment (2),                                                           ciary countries a more equitable access to the preferen­
                                                                    tial advantages. In order to attain this the Community
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                    had decided to apply a preferential treatment which
Social Committee (3),                                               takes account of the particular situation of each of the
Whereas, in accordance with its offer made within the               beneficiaries and to proceed to a system of individual
context of the United Nations Conference on Trade                   tariff ceilings for certain sensitive products ; the least­
                                                                    developed countries are not subject to ceilings ; ever
and Development (UNCTAD), the European Econ­
                                                                    since then, the annual adaptations of the community
omic Community opened generalized tariff preferences
                                                                    scheme responds, for the most part, to the double
commencing in 1971 , notably in respect of finished and
semi-finished industrial products from developing                   imperative of the differentiation of the preferential
countries ; whereas the initial 10-year period of applica­          advantages and of simplifications ; the identification of
tion of this system of preferences expired on 3 1 Decem­            the products and the countries to treat selectively takes
ber 1980 ;                                                          place with regard to the sensitivity of the sectors and to
                                                                    the community market situation of the products in
Whereas, however, the positive role played by this sys­             question as well as consideration of the degree of
tem in improving access for developing countries to the             industrial development and the competitiveness of
markets of the preference-giving countries was recog­               these countries ;
nized at the ninth session of the UNCTAD Special
Committee on Preferences ; whereas it was there agreed              Whereas the tariff ceiling arrangements mentioned
that the objectives of the generalized preference scheme            above must be applied in such a way as to differentiate
would not be fully achieved by the end of 1980, that                between the products in Annex I by means, on one
consequently it should be prolonged beyond the initial              hand, of Community tariff quotas and fixed duty free
period and that an overall review of the system should              amounts for products Originating in the most competi­
take place in 1990 ;                                                tive countries and, on the other hand, by means of ceil­
                                                                    ings for products in Annex I originating in other less
Whereas, therefore, the Community has decided to                    competitive countries :
apply generalized tariff preferences, in the context of
the conclusions agreed in UNCTAD in accordance
with the intention expressed in the said Committee, in              Whereas the products in Annex II should be made sub­
particular by all the preference-giving countries ;                 ject to surveillance for essentially statistical purposes ;
Whereas the temporary and non-binding nature of the                 Whereas, since the intermediate revision of the scheme
system means that the offer can be withdrawn wholly                 for the years 1986 to 1990, the Community has estab­
or in part at a. later date, thus maintaining the possi­            lished that :
bility of remedying any unfavourable situations which
might arise following implementation of the system,                 — the latter responds satisfactorily to the fixed objec­
                                                                         tives,
(') OJ No C 289, 17. 11 . 1986, p. 1 .
O OJ No C 322, 15. 12. 1986.                                        — the beneficiary countries continue, however, to use
0 OJ No C 333, 29. 12. 1986.                                             the preferential advantages in an unequal manner,
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— the objectives of the scheme have been reached in                Declaration, the Community reaffirmed that special
    certain cases by the most competitive beneficiary             treatment should, whenever possible, be granted to the
    countries ;                                                   least developed among the developing countries ;
                                                                  whereas, therefore, charges on products originating in
that on the basis of the considerations, the Community            the least developed of the developing countries listed
has decided :                                                     in Annex IV to this Regulation should not be subject to
                                                                  the Community quota or ceiling ;
— to maintain for the second half of the decade the
    fundamental characteristics of the scheme, notably
    the grant, within certain limits, of the total suspen­
    sion of custom duties,                                        Whereas to reflect better in the preferential amounts
                                                                  the development of commercial exchange flows of the
— to accentuate the differentiation of the preferential           Community it is appropriate, with a view to the overall
    advantages from which the most competitive coun­              improvement of the system, to pursue the process of
    tries benefit and to enlarge at the same time the pref­       bringing up to date these amounts already broached by
    erential access to the least competitive countries ;          the Community in 1986 and which concern the prod­
                                                                  ucts in Annex I ;
Whereas provision should be made in 1987 for the pur­
suit of more accentuated differentiation in the grant of
advantages under the scheme to the more competitive
countries — both in terms of market share and export
                                                                  Whereas, for the same reasons, it is essential to update
capacity — and whereas it is therefore appropriate to             the reference bases to take into consideration for the
reduce the preferential amounts by 50 % for certain
                                                                  examination of the situation resulting from preferential
products originating in those countries, marked with
                                                                  importations of the products in Annex II ; however, it is
three asterisks in Annex I to this Regulation, subject to
                                                                  right to initiate the revision of the method of calculat­
the tariff quota arrangement ; whereas the criteria to be
                                                                  ing the abovementioned reference bases ; to this effect,
adopted for such a reduction are based on the competi­
                                                                  the taking into account of a percentage of total impor­
tive capacity of the beneficiary country concerned, this
                                                                  tations for each of these products into the Community
capacity being expressed in the case of a specific prod­
uct either by this country's participation in the Com­            seems to answer these objectives ; according to the new
                                                                  method of calculation, the reference bases for 1987 cor­
munity's total imports or by the ratio of the preferential
volume amount opened for this country to the total                respond in general to 5 % of the total importations into
Community imports from the same country ; whereas,                the Community in 1984 of each of the products con­
in addition, the level of economic development of the             cerned originating in a third country ; the products of
country concerned has also been taken into account ;              Annex II affected by footnote* (e) are subject to refer­
whereas, with regard to the application of the first crite­       ence bases corresponding to 5 % only of the said
rion, a share has been set at 20% of the 1983 total               importations ; the new method of calculation brings, at
                                                                  one and the same time, increases and decreases in
extra-EEC imports of the product being referred to,
while recourse to the second criterion is made where              reference bases but leads to an improvement of the
                                                                  global offer for the products of Annex II ;
the total imports of the product in question have, in
accordance with the mean of the two preceding years,
exceeded by at least 10 times the tariff quota amount ;
Whereas the abovementioned reasons that have justi­               Whereas for the purposes of applying this Regulation,
fied the criteria of competitiveness remain valid and             the rates of conversion into national currencies of the
whereas the maintenance of preferential benefit for the           value in ECU in which the preferential amounts are
most competitive countries is not justified and a redis­          expressed shall be those fixed on the first working day
tribution and a re-evaluation of the supply are neces­            of October 1986 and they shall remain in force from
sary ; it is appropriate to pursue the differentiation and         1 January to 31 December 1987 (');
to initiate the suppression of the preferential benefit for
certain countries mentioned in 1986 for the eleven
products per country, designated by a footnote, for
1986 meeting the abovementioned criteria, based on
the ability of each country concerned to compete, that            Whereas, in respect of the Community tariff quotas
being established by a 20 % share of the total extra­             specified in Annex I, it is necessary in particular to
EEC imports in the course of 1983 for a specified prod­           ensure equal and continuous access for all Community
uct where that product per country was subject to a               importers to the abovementioned quotas, and to ensure
tariff quota in 1985 ; whereas, the level of economic             uninterrupted application of the rate laid down for
development of the country concerned has also been                those quotas /to all imports of the products concerned
taken into account for these products ;                           into all the Member States until the quotas are used up ;
Whereas, however, in the multilateral trade negotia­
tions, in accordance with paragraph 6 of the Tokyo                f1)  OJ No C 246, 2 . 10. 1986, p. 1
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whereas, having regard to the principles set out above,         whereas, moreover, the reserve thus constituted tends
an arrangement whereby the quotas are apportioned               to avoid making the system of utilization of the quota
among the Member States would best respect their                excessively rigid, to the detriment of each of the devel­
Community nature ; whereas, moreover, to this end and           oping countries concerned, and contributes to achiev­
in the context of such an arrangement, the actual               ing the aim already mentioned of improving the gener­
charges against the quotas could relate only to products        alized preferences system ; whereas, to this end and to
entered for free circulation and accompanied by a certi­        accord importers in each Member State some degree of
ficate of origin ;                                              security, the first tranche of the Community quota
                                                                should be fixed at about 80 % of the quota volumes ;
Whereas the application of the generally accepted prin­
ciples in respect of the apportionment of the Com­              Whereas Member States may exhaust their initial
munity tariff quotas which have been opened hitherto            shares for the tariff quotas given in Annex I at different
cannot be reconciled with the continuity necessary for          rates ; whereas, to avoid disruption of supplies on this
the application of the tariff preferences concerned ;           account, it should be provided that each Member State
whereas it would accordingly be advisable to adopt a            which has^ almost used up one of its initial shares
fixed scale for apportioning the Community tariff quo­          should draw an additional share from the correspond­
tas concerned among the Member States ; whereas,                ing reserve ; whereas this must be done by each Mem­
using as a basis general economic criteria relating to          ber State as and when each of its additional shares is
external trade, gross national product and population,          almost entirely used up and repeated as many times as
the percentages for the initial shares of the Member            each of the reserves allows ; whereas each of these ini­
 States in the quota amounts are as follows for the quota       tial and additional shares must be available for use
year under consideration :                                      until the end of the quota period ; whereas, however, it
                                                                seems advisable to permit the Member States to limit
                                                                the exercise of their total obligation to draw on the
         Benelux                             10,0%,             reserve amount to at least 60 % of their initial share ;
         Denmark                               4,6 %,
         Germany                             24,3 %,
         Greece                                1,9%,            Whereas, if, at a specified date in the quota period, a
         Spain                                 5,9 %,           considerable balance remains in one of the initial
         France                              17,8%,             shares of one or other Member State, it is essential that
         Ireland                               0,9 %,           that Member State return a portion of it to the corres­
         Italy                               15,0%,             ponding reserve in order to prevent a part of the Com­
         Portugal                              1,5%,            munity quota from remaining unused in one Member
         United Kingdom                       18,1 % ;          State when it could be used in others ;
Whereas, however, taking into account the more pre­             Whereas such tariff exemptions should be reserved for
cise information already available concerning trade in          products originating in the countries or territories under
plywood, blockboard, laminboard, battenboard and                consideration, the concept of 'originating products'
similar laminated products, falling within heading              being adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
 No 44.15 of the Common Customs Tariff, the above­               down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 (');
 mentioned percentages should be adjusted as follows
          Benelux                            4,40 %,             Whereas the Community preference arrangements
         Denmark                             5,90 %,
                                                                 applicable to Yugoslavia result exclusively from the
                                             7,69 %,
                                                                 Agreement between the Community and the Socialist
         Germany -
         Greece                              0,19%,
                                                                 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (2) whereas, therefore,
                                             2,09 %,
                                                                 for products which are submitted to Community tariff
         Spain                                                   ceilings within the framework of the Agreement
          France                             0,30 %,
          Ireland                            2,02 %,
                                                                 between the Community and this country on the one
                                             0,86 %,
                                                                 hand, and for the products listed in Annex I of the
          Italy
                                             0,16%,              present Regulation on the other hand, the movement
          Portugal                                               certificate EUR 1 shall be deemed the only documen­
          United Kingdom                    76,40% ;
                                                                 tary evidence for the granting of tariff preferences prov­
                                                                 ided for by the said Agreement ;
 Whereas, to take account of future import trends in the
 various Member States in respect of the tariff quotas           Whereas from 1 March 1986, the Kingdom of Spain
 given in Annex I and to mitigate any inadequacy in the          and the Portuguese Republic shall apply the Com­
 initial allocation , the quotas should, as a general rule,
 be divided into two tranches, the first being appor­
 tioned among Member States and the second held as a
 reserve to cover the subsequent requirements of Mem­            (')  OJ No L 148, 28. 6. 1968, p. 1 .
 ber States which have exhausted their initial shares ;          (2)  OJ No L 147, 4. 6. 1981 , p. 6 and OJ No L 41 , 14. 2. 1983 .
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munity system of generalized preferences, in compli­               of the present Regulation and to apply to the collec­
ance with Articles 178 and 365 of the Act of Accession ;           tion, preparation and transmission of these statistics
whereas, therefore, the envisaged volumes of the prefer­           Council Regulations (EEC) No 1445/72 (3), (EEC) No
ential imports must be increased ; the amounts foreseen            3065 /75 (4) and (EEC) No 1736/75 (5);
by the preferential importations in 1986 have been
increased taking account of this Accession ;                       Whereas, in order to ensure a better transparency of the
                                                                   system, it is necessary to publish both the annual
                                                                   charges recorded against the tariff measures and the
Whereas special provisions shall be laid down for cer­             tariff ceilings which have reached the 100 % level ;
tain chemical products ; whereas equal access for all
importers to the entire Community market should be                 Whereas, since the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom
ensured and at the same time greater security in the use           of the Netherlands and the Grand Duchy of Luxem­
of preferential amounts ; whereas fixed duty free                  bourg are united within and jointly represented by the
amounts without allocation amongst the Member                      Benelux Economic Union, all transactions concerning,
States should therefore be opened for those products ;             in particular, the administration of quota shares allo­
whereas the preferential benefit must cease \yhen those            cated to that economic union may be carried out by
amounts are reached ;                                              any one of its members,
Whereas, in the case of the Community tariff ceilings
listed in Annex I, the desired objectives may be
attained by applying a method of administration based              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
on the charging at Community level, against the above­
mentioned ceilings, of imports of the products con­
cerned as and when these products are entered for free
circulation and are accompanied by a certificate of ori­                                       Article 1 ,
gin ; whereas this method of administration must make
provision for the reintroduction of the levying of cus­            1 . From 1 January to 31 December 1987, the Common
toms duties, in accordance with the appropriate proced­            Customs Tariff duties on the products listed in
ures, as soon as the said ceilings are reached at Com­             Annexes I and II shall be totally suspended. In the
munity level ;                                                     case of the products listed in Annex I, this tariff sus­
                                                                   pension shall be accorded within the framework of
                                                                   tariff quotas, fixed duty free amounts .
Whereas, having regard to the rules applying to the
repayment or remission of import or export duties, and
                                                                   The products listed in Annex II shall, as a general rule,
in particular to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1430/
                                                                   be subject to statistical surveillance every three months
79 (') and Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3040/                    on the reference base referred to in Article 14.
83 (2) a procedure should be laid down to regularize
imports actually made within the quotas and/or other
preferential tariff limits opened under this Regulation
                                                                   Spain and Portugal shall apply to the importation of
                                                                   the aforementioned products the customs duties estab­
and thus provision should be made for the Commission               lished according to Articles 178 and 365 of the Act of
to be able to take appropriate measures ; to avoid these           Accession of 1985 .
regularizations leading to excessive tariff ceiling over­
runs, it is appropriate to provide at the same time that
                                                                   For the purposes of the application of this Regulation,
the Commission may take measures to stop the                       the rates of conversion into national currencies of the
charges ;                                                          value in ECU in which the preferential amounts are
                                                                   expressed shall be those fixed on 1 October 1986 and
Whereas such methods of administration call for close              they shall remain in force from 1 January to 31 Decem­
and particularly rapid cooperation between Member                  ber 1987 (6).
States and the Commission, which must, in particular,
be able to observe the extent to which charges are made            2. The arrangements provided for in paragraph 1 shall
against the quotas, ceilings and other preferential tariff         apply solely :
limits, and inform the Member States thereof; whereas
such cooperation should be particularly close in view              — to each country or territory listed in column 4 of
of the need for the Commission to be able to take                      Annex I, for each of the products or groups of prod­
appropriate measures to reintroduce the levying of cus­                ucts listed in columns 2 and 3,
toms duties when any of the ceilings are reached ;
                                                                   — for the same products or groups of products listed
                                                                       in Annex I to every other country or territory listed
Whereas it is necessary to establish complete statistics               in Annex III, excepting Yugoslavia,
on imports admitted in accordance With the provisions
                                                                   (3)  OJ No L 161 , 17.7 . 1972, p. 1 .
                                                                   (4)  OJ No L 307, 27. 11 . 1975, p. 1 .
(')  OJ No L 175, 12.7. 1979, p. 1 .                               O    OJ No L 183 , 14.7 . 1975 , p. 3 .
(2)  OJ No L 297, 29. 10. 1983, p. 13 .                            (6)  OJ No C 246, 2 . 10. 1986, p. 1 .
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— to each of the countries or territories listed in                                         Article 4
     Annex III, for the products listed in Annex II .
                                                                  1 . Where a Member State has used 90 % or more of
3 . The preferential benefit foreseen in paragraph 1 is           one of its initial shares as fixed in Annex I, or of that
not applicable to countries listed in footnote (d) to             share minus any portion returned to the reserve pur­
Annexes I and II .                                                suant to Article 6, it shall forthwith, by notifying the
                                                                  Commission, draw a second share, to the extent that
4. The admittance to the preferential benefit system              the reserve so permits, equal to 10 % of its initial share,
established by this Regulation is subordinated to the             rounded up, should the occasion arise, to the nearest
definition of origin of the products which is adopted in          unit.
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14
of Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 .
                                                                  2. Where a Member State, after exhausting one of its
                                                                  initial shares, has used 90% or more of the second
For products originating in Yugoslavia, which are sub­            share drawn by it, that Member State shall draw a third
mitted to Community tariff ceilings within the frame­             share, under the conditions laid down in paragraph 1 ,
work of the agreement between the Community and                   equal to 5 % of its initial share.
Yugoslavia, the movement certificate EUR 1 shall be
deemed the only documentary evidence for the
granting of tariff preferences as provided for by the             3 . Where a Member State, after exhausting its second
said Agreement.                                                   share, has used 90 % or more of the third share drawn
                                                                  by it, that Member State shall, under the same condi­
5 . The Community tariff quotas, fixed duty free                  tions, draw a fourth share equal to the third.
amounts and ceilings shall be administered in accord­
ance with the provisions set out below.                           This process shall continue until the reserve has been
                                                                  exhausted .
                         SECTION I                                4.    By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 , 2 and 3 ,
                                                                  Member States may draw shares lower than those
       Provisions concerning the administration of the            specified in those paragraphs if there are grounds for
    Community tariff quota relating to products listed in         believing that those specified may not be used up. Any
                           Annex I                                Member State applying this paragraph shall inform the
                                                                  Commission of its grounds for so doing.
                           Article 2
                                                                  5 . Any Member State may, whilst informing the Com­
The total suspension of customs duties within the                 mission, limit the aggregate total of its additional
framework of the Community tariff quotas referred to              shares to 60% or to a higher proportion of its initial
in Article 1 ( 1 ) tariff duties shall be granted to each         share .
 country or territory listed in column 4 of Annex I, for
the products specified in columns 2 and 3 against the
 name of the country or territory concerned, together
 with details in column 5 of the amount of the indivi­
 dual quota.                                                                                 Article 5
                                                                  Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 6, addi­
                                                                  tional .shares drawn pursuant to Article 4 shall be valid
                           Article 3                              until 31 December 1987 .
 1.   A first tranche of 80% of each of the Community
 tariff quotas listed in Annex I, the apiount of which is
 shown in column 6 of Annex I, shall be apportioned
 among the Member States ; the shares for each Member                                        Article 6
 State shall, subject to Article 6, be valid until
 31 December 1987 and shall be those indicated in col­
 umn 7 of Annex I against each product or group of                 The Member States shall return to the reserve, not later
 products subject to quotas listed therein.                        than 1 October 1987 the unused portion of their initial
                                                                   share which on 15 September 1987 exceeds 15 % of the
 In the case of products falling within heading No                 initial amount. They may return a larger portion if there
 44.15 , however, the first tranche shall amount to 98,5 %         are grounds for believing that such portion may not be
                                                                   used. At the request of the Commission they may also
 of the quota amount.
                                                                   make anticipatory returns.
 2.   The second tranche of each of the tariff quotas
 shall constitute the reserve specified in each case in col­       The Member States shall, not later than 1 October 1987
 umn 8 of Annex I.                                                 notify the Commission of the total quantities of the
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 products in question imported up to 15 September 1987            of countries indicated in the footnote (e), shall be
 and charged against the Community quotas, and of any             administered by the Commission .
portion of their initial shares returned to the reserve.
                                                                  If an importer presents in a Member State a certificate
                                                                  of entry into free circulation, including a request for
                                                                  preferential benefit for a product subject to a fixed duty
                           Article 7                              free amount and if this request is accepted by the Cus­
                                                                  toms authorities the Member State concerned shall
The Commission shall keep an account of the shares                draw, by means of notification to the Commission, a
opened by the Member States pursuant to Articles 3                quantity corresponding to its needs .
and 4 and shall , as soon as the information reaches it,
inform each Member State of the extent to which the              The requests for drawing, with the indication of the
reserve h^s been used up .                                        date of acceptance of the said declarations, must be
                                                                  communicated to the Commission without delay.
 It shall , not later than 15 October 1987 inform the            The drawings are granted by the Commission following
Member States of the amount still in reserve following           the date of acceptance of the certificate of entry into
any return of shares pursuant to Article 6 .                     free circulation by the Customs authorities of the Mem­
                                                                 ber State concerned, to the extent that the balance of
It shall ensure that, when an amount exhausting the              the said amount permits.
reserve is drawn , the amount so drawn does not exceed
the balance available and to this end shall notify the            If a Member State does not use the quantities drawn, it
amount of that balance to the Member State making                shall return them as soon as possible to the correspond­
the last drawing.                                                ing amount.
The Member States shall take all appropriate measures            If the quantities requested are greater than the available
to ensure that additional shares drawn pursuant to               balance of the fixed duty free amount, allocation shall
Article 4 are opened in such a way that imports may be           be made on a pro rata basis with respect to the requests.
charged without interruption against their cumulative            Member States shall be informed by the Commission in
shares of the Community tariff quotas.                           accordance with the same procedures .
                                                                                           Article 11
                           Article 8
                                                                  1 . The Commission shall keep account of the quan­
The Member States shall take, all appropriate measures           tities drawn by the Member States according to
to ensure free access to the shares which have been              Article 10 and shall inform each of them as soon as it
allocated to them for importers of the products in ques­         receives notification of the amounts in question having
tion who are established in their territory.                     been used up. It shall ensure that the drawings are
                                                                 limited to the quantities available .
                                                                 The fact that the fixed amounts have been used shall
                           Article 9                             forthwith be brought to the notice of Member States.
                                                                 This communication shall be the subject of a publica­
By 29 February 1988 at the latest, Member States shall           tion in the Official Journal of the European Communi­
notify the Commission of the final total of the quanti­          ties, C Series .
ties charged and any balance of the shares still unused
                                                                 2. Each Member State shall guarantee to importers of
at 31 December 1987 . Up to the limit of the balance
                                                                 the products mentioned above free access to the fixed
remaining, and at the request of the Member States, the
Commission shall authorize the Member States to
                                                                 duty free amounts . It shall take all the measures neces­
                                                                 sary to ensure that the drawings which are carried out
make any necessary regularization of the quantities
                                                                 under Article 10 make it possible to charge, without
charged against imports actually made during the
                                                                 interruption, against these amounts.
period referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ). The Commission
shall inform the other Member States thereof.
                                                                                        SECTION III
                        SECTION II
                                                                       Provisions concerning the administration of the
                                                                     Community tariff ceilings relating to products listed in
                                                                  Annex I and the reference base relating to products listed
   Provisions concerning the administration of fixed duty                                 in Annex II
                        free amounts
                                                                                           Article 12
                          Article 10
                                                                 Subject to Articles 13 and 14, the preferential tariff ceil­
The fixed duty free amounts, relating to products                ing arrangements shall be accorded for products in
shown in column 10 of Annex I and opened in respect              Annex I, to each of the countries or territories listed in
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Annex III, other than those listed in column 4 of                    The Commission, on receiving these communications,
Annex I and those shown by the footnote (e) within the               shall inform the other Member States thereof.
limits of the amounts specified in column 10 against
each product or group of products .
                                                                                                Article 16
                             Article 13                              Articles 13 , 14 and 15 shall not apply to the imports in
                                                                     question originating in the countries set out in
                                                                     Annex IV.
As soon as the individual ceilings, as fixed in accord­
ance with Article 12 and which are laid down for
imports into the Community of products originating in
any of the countries or territories referred to in                                            SECTION IV
Article 1 (2), are reached at Community level, the levy­
ing of customs duties on imports of the products in
question originating in each of the countries and terri­                                   General provisions
tories concerned may be reintroduced until the end of
the period referred to in Article 1(1 ).
                                                                                                Article 1 7
                                                                      1.   The extent to which the quotas of the Member
                             Article 1.4                             States are used up shall be determined on the basis of
                                                                     imports of the products in question entered for free cir­
Where the preferential imports of products listed in                 culation on the basis of the customs value of the said
Annex II, originating in one or more beneficiary coun­               products, accompanied by a certificate of origin in
tries, causes or threatens to cause economic difficulties            accordance with the rules laid down in Article 1 (3).
in the Community, or in a region of the Community,
the levying of customs duties may be reintroduced,                   2 . Imports of the products in question shall be
once the Commission has had an appropriate exchange                  charged against import ceilings or other preferential
 of information with the Member States .                             tariff limits, as and when the products are entered for
                                                                      free circulation, on the basis of the customs value of
 The reference base to be considered when examining                  the said products, accompanied by a certificate of ori­
 the situation underlying the damage shall be, as a gen­              gin in accordance with the rules laid down in
 eral rule, equal to 5 % of the total importations into the           Article 1 (3).
 Community, originating from third countries in 1984.
                                                                      3 . Goods may be charged against a ceiling or otlier
                                                                      preferential tariff limit or admitted under a quota share
                                                                      only if the certificate of origin referred to in para­
                              Article 15                              graphs 1 and 2 is submitted before the date on which
                                                                      the levying of duties is reintroduced.
  1 . The Commission shall reintroduce the levying of
 customs duties in respect of any of the countries or ter­            4.    The extent to which the Community tariff quotas
 ritories referred to in Article 1 (2), under the conditions          and ceilings have been used up shall be determined at
 laid down in Articles 13 and 14, by means of a Regula­               Community level on the basis of the imports charged in
 tion .                                                               accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2.
  In the case of such reintroductions Spain and Portugal,
  shall reintroduce the levying of customs duties that
  they shall apply to third countries on the date in                                             Article 18
  question .
                                                                       1.   The Member States shall, within six weeks of the
  2. By means of a Regulation, the Commission may,                    end of each quarter at the latest, forward to the Statisti­
  even after 31 December 1987, take measures to stop                  cal Office of the European Communities the relevant
  quantities being charged against one or other preferen­              statistical data for the products entered for free circula­
  tial tariff limit, if, particularly as a result of regulariza­      tion in the quarter concerned under generalized prefer­
  tions of imports, actually made during the period                    ential treatment in accordance with the provisions of
  referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ), these limits are exceeded.           the present Regulation. This data, transmitted accord­
                                                                       ing to the headings of the nomenclature of goods for
  The Member State which makes such regularization                     external trade statistics of the Community and statistics
   shall communicate the figures of import charges relat­              of trade between Member States (NIMEXE), shall
   ing to this as and when it occurs to the Commission.                show the country of origin, value, quantity and any
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supplementary units as defined by Regulation (EEC)               opened as well as other information relating to the
No 1736/ 75 .                                                    management of these measures.
2 . However, in the case of products in Annex I sub­             3 . The Commission shall ensure the publication in the
ject to quotas, the Member States shall, by the 1 1th day        Official Journal of the European Communities (C Series)
of each month at the latest, forward the list of charges         of the tariff ceilings as and when they reach 100%
                                                                 utilization .
effected during the previous month. In the case of
products in Annex I subject to ceilings, the Member
States shall forward to the Commission, at its request           It shall see that the Statistical Office of the European
and under the same conditions, the list of charges               Communities ensures the publication of the annual
effected during the previous month.                             state of import charges.
                                                                                          Article 19
At the Commission 's request, when the level of 75 % of
the ceiling is reached, the Member States shall forward         The     Member     States  and    the  Commission      shall
to the Commission the lists of charges every 10 days ;          cooperate closely to ensure that this Regulation is
these lists shall be forwarded within five days from the        complied with.
end of each 10-day period .
                                                                                          Article 20
The Commission can at any moment ask the Member                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
States for import charge figures on the measures                 1987 .
                 This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
                 States .
                 Done at Brussels, 16 December 1986.
                                                                               For the Council
                                                                                The President
                                                                                  G. HOWE
 ---pagebreak---                                                ANNEX I
              oducts subject to zero duty Community preferential tariff quotas and ceilings (b) (c)                                                      . 12 . 86
                                                                Community tariff quotas                                  Ceilings
                                                                                                                     Individual ceil­       Fixed
                                                                                      Initial share of
                                                      Individual                                                     ing for countries     duty free
                                     Beneficiary                       Amount of      quota amounts      Amount of                         amount
                                                        quota                                                          or territories
                                    countries or                      first tranche    allocated to       reserve
                                                       amount                                                        other than those     (ECU) (a)
                                     territories                       (ECU) (a)      Member States      (ECU) (a)
                                                      (ECU) (a)                                                      under column 4
                                                                                          (ECU) (a)                     (ECU) (a)
                                         (4)             (5)               (6)               (7)            (8)             (9)              ( 10)
    ined from bitu­                                                                                                         225 800
    crude ; prepar­                                                                                                          tonnes
    ed or included,
    % by weight of
      ined from bitu­
    being the basic
     ons :
                                                                                                                                                           Official Journal of the
                                                                                                                             89 000
                                                                                                                             tonnes
                                                                                                                            547 500
                                                                                                                             tonnes
         es
         es
                                                                                                                                                         European Communities
           er oils :
      ccordance with
        ditional Note 7
      es
 aqueous solu­                                                                                                            5 920 000      5 920 000 (e)
   oda)                                                                                                                     800 000
       with an asterisk, originating in Romania.
       with two asterisks, originating in China,                                                                                                             No L 373 /9
 ---pagebreak---     (3)              (4)      (5)      •    (6)            (7)           (8)        (9)       ( 10)
 nd hydroxides                                                                      580 000
                                                                                                            No L 373 / 10
                 China      425 000        340 000   BNL     34   000    85 000    425 000
                                                     DK      15   640
                                                     D       82   620
                                                     GR       6   460
                                                     E       20   060
                                                     F       60   520
                                                     IRL      3   060
                                                     I       51   000
                                                     P        5   100
                                                     UK      61   540
e                China       110 000        88 000   BNL      8  800     22 000     110 000
                                                     DK       4  048
                                                     D       21  384
                                                     GR       1  672
                                                     E        5  192
                                                     F       15  664
                                                     IRL         792
                                                     I        13 200
                                                     P       ^ 1 320
                                                     UK       15 928
                 China       186 200       148 960   BNL     14 896      37 240     186 200
                                                     DK       6 852
                                                     D       36 197
                                                     GR       2 830
                                                     E        8 789
                                                     F       26 515
                                                     IRL      1 341
                                                     I       22 344
                                                     P        2 234
                                                                                                      Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                     UK      26 962
   m             Romania   3 300 000   2 640 000     BNL    264 000     660 000   3 400 000
                                                     DK     121 '440
                                                     D      641 520
                                                     GR      50   160
                                                     E      155   760
                                                     F      469   920
                                                     IRL     23   760
                                                     I      396   000
                                                     P       39   600
                                                     UK     477   840
                 China      940 000        752 000   BNL     75   200   188 000    940 000
                                                     DK      34   592
                                                     D      182   736
                                                     GR      14   288                                 31 . 12 . 86
 ---pagebreak---                                 4           5          6   -          (7                  (8        (9)            ( 10)
                                                               E        44       368
                                                               F       133       856
                                                                                                                               31.12.86
                                                               IRL       6       768
                                                               I       112       800
                                                               P        11       280
                                                               UK      136       112
                           Romania        350 000    280 000   BNL         28 000        70 000     350 000
                                                               DK          12 880
                                                               D           68 040
                                                               GR      .    5 320
                                                               E           16    520
                                                               F           49    840
                                                               IRL          2    520
                                                               I           42    000
                                                               P            4    200
                                                               UK          sn 680
                                                                                                   7 000 000   7 000 000 (e)
   hylene dichlonde)                                                                               1 000 000
  hol)                     Libya (***)   1 000 000   800 000   BNL          80   000   2 000 000   5 500 000   5 500 000 (e)
                                                               DK           36   800
                                                               D           194   400
                                                                                                                                 Official Journal of the
                                                               GR           15   200
                                                               E            47   200
                                                               F           142   400
                                                               IRL           7   200
                                                               I  .        120   000
                                                               P            12   000
                                                               UK          144 800
  hereof other than nor­                                                                            650 000
                                                                                                                               European Communities
                                                                                                   2 500 000   2 500 000 (e)
l)                         China          657 000    525 600   BNL          52   560     131 400    657 000
                                                               DK           24   178
                                                               D           127   721
                                                               GR            9   986
                                                               E            31   010
                                                               F            93   557
                                                               IRL           4   730
                                                               I            78   840
                                                               P             7   884
                                                               UK           95   134
                                                                                                    700 000      700 000 (e)
                                                                                                                                    No L 373 / 11
 ---pagebreak---     O)                               4     5)        6)            (7               (8)      (9)        ( 10)
hor, synthetic)                                                                              280 000
                                                                                                                         No L 373 / 12
                                                                                            1 300 000
                             China       400 000   320 000   BNL        32 000     80 000    400 000
                                                             DK         14 720
                                                             D          77 760
                                                             GR          6 080
                                                             E          18 880
                                                             F          56 960
                                                             IRL         2 880
                                                             I          48 000
                                                             P           4 800
                                                             UK         57 920
    lts and esters           China       170 000   136 000   BNL    y 13 600       34 000    170 000
                                                             DK          6   256
                                                             D          33   048
                                                             GR          2   584
                                                             E           8   024
                                                             F     : 24 208
                                                             IRL         1 224
                                                             I          20 400
                                                             P           2 040
                                                             UK         24 616
     ts and esters                                                                           270 000
                             China       200 000   160 000   BNL        16 000     40 000    300 000
                                                             DK          7 360
                                                             D          38 880
                                                             GR          3 040
                                                                                                                Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                             E           9 440
                                                             F          28 480
                                                             IRL         1 440
                                                             I          24 000
                                                             P           2 400
                                                             UK         28 960
     and its salts and es­   China       160 000   128 000   BNL        12   800   32 000    160 000
                                                             DK          5   888
                                                             D          31   104
                                                             GR          2   432
                                                             E           7   552
                                                             F          22 784
                                                             IRL         1   152
                                                             I          19   200
                                                             P           1   920
                                                             UK         23   168                                31.12.86
 ---pagebreak---    3)                           (4)        (5)            (6)            (7)                (8)      (9)       ( 10)
ts salts                    Romania       131 400        105 120   BNL         10 512      26 280    140 000
                                                                                                                         31 . 12 . 86
                                                                   DK           4 836
                                                                   D           25 544
                                                                   GR           1 997
                                                                   E            6 202
                                                                   F           18711
                                                                   IRL            946
                                                                   I           15 768
                                                                   P            1 577
                                                                   UK          19 027
 ated, nitrated and ni- .                                                                            120 500
   oluidines
    salts                   Brazil        650 000        520 000   BNL      52       000   130 000   650 000
                            South Korea                            DK       23       920
                            Thailand                               D       126       360
                            Indonesia                              GR        9       880
                                                                   E        30       680
                                                                   F        92       560
                                                                   IRL       4       680
                                                                   I        78       000
                                                                   P         7       800
                                                                   UK       94       120
                                                 -
                                                                                                     256 800
                            China         350 000        280 000   BNL         28 000       70 000   350 000
                                                                   DK          12 880
                                                                   D           68 040
                                                                   GR           5 320
                                                                                                                       Official Journal of the European Communities
                                                                   E           16 520
                                                                   F           49 840
                                                                   IRL          2 520
                                                                   I           42 000
                                                                   P            4 200
                                                                   UK          50 680
umarins and ethylcou­       China         153 300    .   122 640   BNL         12    264    30 660   153 300
                                                                   DK           5    641
                                                                   D           29    802
                                                                   GR           2    330
                                                                   E            7    236
                                                                   F           21    830
                                                                   IRL           1   104
                                                                   I           18    396
                                                                   P             1   840
                                                                   UK          22    198
                                                                                                                                 No L 373 / 13
 ---pagebreak---     3)       (4)      (5)         (6)              (7)               (8)       (9)          ( 10)
         China       190 000     152 000 .   BNL         15   200    38 000     190 000
                                             DK           6   992
                                             D           36   936
                                                                                                             No L 373 / 14
                                             GR           2   888
                                             E            8   968
                                             F           27   056
                                             IRL          1   368
                                             I ,         22 800
                                             P        2 280
                                             UK      27 512
                                                                               600 000    600 000 (e)
         China     4 380 000   3 504 000     BNL    350 400         876 000   4 928 000
                                             DK     161 084
                                             D      851 472
                                             GR      66 576
                                             E      206 736
                                             F      623 712
                                             IRL     31 536
                                             I      525 600
                                             P       52 560
                                             UK     634 224
                                                                                                            Official Journal of the
         China      700 000     560 000      BNL     56 000         140 000    700 000
                                             DK      25 760
                                             D      136 080                          )
                                             GR      10 640
                                             E       33 040
                                             F       99 680
                                                                                                    -
                                             IRL      5 040
                                             I       84 000
                                             P        8 400
                                                                                                        European Communities
                                             UK     101 360
                                                                               821 300
N)       China      766 500     613 200      BNL     61 320         153 300    766 500
                                             DK      28 207
                                             D      149 008
                                             GR      11651
                                             E       36 179
                                             F      109 150
                                             IRL      5 519
                                             I       91 980
                                             P        9 198
                                             UK     110 989
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 ---pagebreak---                                       (4)       (5)         (6)            (7)                (8)        (9)          ( 10)
                           China            3 000 000    2 400 000   BNL       240   000    600 000    4 709 000
                                                                                                                                    31 . 12 . 86
                                                                     DK        110   400
                                                                     D         583   200
                                                                     GR         45   600
                                                                     E         141   600
                                                                     F         427   200
                                                                     IRL        21   600
                                                                                                                         -    '
                                                                     I         360   000
                                                                     P          36   000
                                                                     UK        434   400
  wadding                                                                                              1 400 000
han 45 % by weight                                                                                       380 000    380 000 (e)
   hydrous product
                           Iraq             2 400 000    1 920 000   BNL  192 000           480 000    2 400 000
                                                                     DK    88 320
                                                                     D   466 560
                                                                     GR - 36 480
                                                                     E    113 280
                                                                     F   341 760
                                                                     IRL   17 280
                                                                     I   288 000
                                                                     P     28 800
                                                                     UK  347 520
    of the present Chap­                                                                               4 500 000
    nd similar prepared
  a gross weight not
                                                                                                                                  Official Journal of the European Communities
                                  *
  vatives                                                                                                660 000
  resineux", obtained      China            10 500 000   8 400 000   BNL       840   000   2 100 000   12 000 000
                                                                     DK        386   400
                                                                     D     2   041   200
                                                                     GR        159   600
                                                                     E         495   600
                                                                     F     1   495   200
                                                                     IRL        75   600
                                                                     I     1   260   000
                                                                     P         126   000
                                                                     UK    1   520   400
                                                                                                                                            No L 373 / 15
 ---pagebreak---       (3                           (4     (5        6)            (')           8          9               10)
 nes and mixed alkyl­                                                                     850 000
                                                                                                                                 No L 373 / 16
  polyesters, in one of the                                                              2 100 000
 in Note 3 (d) to this
  g corrugated sheet and
   e of the forms mentioned                                                             10 000 000   10 000 000 (e)
   b) to this Chapter :
ylene of a density of less
  3
   other than linear, of a                                                              15 000 000
      han 0,94 g/cm3
   f a density of 0,94 g/cm3                                                            9 000 000    9 000 000 (e)
  polymers of styrene                                                                   4 000 000
  , in one of the forms                                                                 4 650 000
e 3 (a) and (b) to this
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   ellulose                                                                             1 100 000
     salts and esters          China    440 000   352 000   BNL     35   200   88 000     460 000
                                                            DK      16   192
                                                            D       85   536
                                                            GR       6   688
                                                            E       20   768
                                                            F       62   656
                                                            IRL      3   168
                                                            I       52   800
                                                            P        5   280
                                                            UK      63   712
                                                                                                                      31 . 12. 86
 ---pagebreak---        )                            (4)      (5)         (6)            (7)            (8)       (9)        ( 10)
                                                                                                                     31.12.86
                            China         3 000 000   2 400 000   BNL    240    000   600 000   3 000 000
                                                                  DK     110    400
                                                                  D      583    200
                                                                  GR      45    600
                                                                  E      141    600
                                                                  F      427    200
                                                                  IRL     21    600
                                                                  I      360    000
                                                                  P       36    000
                                                                  UK     434 400
     clothing accessories                                                                       4 400 000
  ilar articles, of poly­   Hong Kong     4 380 000   3 504 000   BNL    350    400   876 000   4 380 000
                            Singapore                             DK     161    184
                            South Korea                           D      851    472
                                                                  GR      66    576
                                                                  E      206    736
                                                                  F      623    712
                                                                  IRL     31    536
                                                                                                                       Official Journal of the
                                                                  I      525    600
                                                                  P       52    560
                                                                  UK     634    224
  ses, interchangeable      South Korea    515 000     412 000    BNL      41   200   103 000   3 000 000
    s and tyre flaps, for   (***)                                 DK       18   952
                                                                  D       100   116
                                                                  GR        7   828
nd tyre cases of the                                              E        24   308
cles, cycles with an
                                                                                                                    European Communities
                                                                  F        73   336
 otor-cycles or motor­                                            IRL       3   708
                                                                  I        61   800
                                                                  P         6   180
                                                                  UK       74   572
  re cases with sewnin      South Korea   1 369 000   1 095 200   BNL    109    520   273 800   4 700 000
   ing bicycles, and tyre   (***)                                 DK      50    379
                                                                  D      266    134
                                                                  GR      20    809
                                                                  E       64    617
                                                                  F      194    946
                                                                  IRL      9    857
                                                                  I      164    280
                                                                  P       16    428
                                                                  UK     198    231                                   No L 373 / 17
 ---pagebreak---                                    (4)           (5)         (6)            (7)           (8)       (9)        ( 10)
  (including buffalo          Brazil          2 000 000   1 600 000   BNL    160   000   400 000   6 000 000
  ather, except leather                                               DK      73   600                                        No L 373 / 18
   No 41.06 or 41.08 :                                                D      388   800
                                                                      GR      30   400
   leather not further                                                E       94   400
   nned                                                               F      284   800
                                                                      IRL     14   400
                                                                      I      240   000
                                                                      P       24   000
                                                                      UK     289   600
 eather, except leather                                                                            2 400 000
   No 41.06 or 41.08 :
                                                             -
ather, except leather                                                                              2 000 000
   No 41.06 or 41 . 08 :
 mple, trunks, suitcas­       Hong Kong       2 400 000   1 920 000   BNL    192 000     480 000   3 400 000
   ng-bags, rucksacks),       South Korea .                           DK      88 320
ags, satchels, brief­                                                 D      466 560
    toilet-cases, tool-cas­                                           GR      36 480
  heaths, cases, boxes                                                E      113 280
                                                                                                                -
    musical instruments,                                              F      341J60
   bottles, collars, foo­                                             IRL     17 280
 imilar containers, of                                                I      288 000
   on leather, of vulcan­                                             P       28 800
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      plastic sheeting, of                                            UK     347 520
     fabric :
     sheeting
 mple, trunks, suitcas­       South Korea     1 000 000    800 000    BNL     80   000   200 000   4 000 000
   ng-bags, rucksacks),                                               DK      36   800
ags, satchels, brief­         Hong Kong                               D      194   400
    toilet-cases, tool-cas­                                           GR      15   200
  heaths, cases, boxes                                                E       47   200
    musical instruments,                                              F      142   400
   bottles, collars, foot­                                            IRL      7   200
 milar containers, of                                                 I      120   000
   on leather, of vulcan­                                             P       12   000
      plastic sheeting, of                                            UK     144   800
     fabric :
                                                                                                                              31.12.86
 ---pagebreak---      3                               4)      (5          (6             (7            (8         9)        ( 10)
                                                                                                                     31 . 12 . 86
                            Brazil        2 800 000   2 240 000   BNL    224   000   560 000
                            China                                 DK     103   040
                                                                  D      544   320
                                                                  GR      42   560
                                                                  E      132   160
                                                                  F      398   720
                                                                  IRL     20   160
                                                                  I      336   000
                                                                  P       33   600
                                                                  UK     405   440
  d clothing accessories,   China         3 900 000   3 120 000   BNL    312   000   780 000   5 500 000
  sition leather :          Hong Kong                             DK     143   520
                                                                  D      758   160
                                                                  GR      59   280
 mittens and mitts :                                              E      184   080
                                                                  F      555   360
     orts
                                                                  IRL     28   080
                                                                  I      468   000
 essories                                                         P       46   800
                                                                  UK     564   720                                    Official Journal of the
  d clothing accessories,   China         3 000 000   2 400 000   BNL    240   000   600 000   5 000 000
  sition leather :                                                DK     110   400
                                                                  D      583   200
 mittens and mitts :                                              GR      45   600
      all trades                                                  E      141   600
                                                                  F      427   200
                                                                  IRL     21   600
                                                                  I      360   000
                                                                  P       36   000
                                                                  UK     434   400
                                                                                                                   European Communities
dressed, assembled in                                                                          3 500 000
  milar forms
                                                                                               2 400 000
    ),
                                                                                                                      No L 373 / 19
 ---pagebreak---      )                                  4)       5)           6)            (7)               (8)       (9)        ( 10
  of wood or other ve­         Brazil        4 000 000    3 200 000   BNL    320    000 .   800 000    6 000 000
  ther or not bonded                                                  DK     147    200
                                                                                                                              No L 373 /20
     al resins or with other                                          D      777    600
                                                                      GR      60    800
                                                                      E      188    800
                                                                      F      569    600
                                                                      IRL     28    800
                                                                      I      480    000
                                                                      P       48    000
                                                                      UK     579    200
  laminboard, batten­          Brazil        86 000 m 3   84 750 m3   BNL 3 730 m3          1 250 m3   86 000 m3
  inated wood products         Indonesia                              DK  5 000 m 3
  anels and sheets); in­       Malaysia                               D   6 52am3
 arquetry                      Philippines                            GR    160 m3
                               Singapore                              E   1 770 m 3
                               South Korea                            F     250 m3
                                                                      IRL 1710 m3
                                                                      I     730 m3
                                                                      P     130 m3
                                                                      UK 64 750 m 3                                           Official Journal of the
  nd joinery (including -                                                                              9 500 000
  tional buildings and
  oring panels)
 soles and uppers of           South Korea     260 000      208 000   BNL         20 800     52 000    1 000 000
     stic material                                                    DK           9 568
                               Hong Kong                              D           50 544
                               (***)                                  GR           3 952
                                                                      E           12 272
                                                                                                                          European Communities
                                                                      F           37 024
                                                                      IRL          1 872
                                                                      I           31200
                                                                      P            3 120
                                                                      UK          37 648
 soles of leather or           Hong Kong     2 738 000    2 190 400   BNL    219    040     547 600    3 600 000
   footwear (other than                                               DK     100    758
  in heading No 64.01 )                                               D      532    267
   bber or artificial plas­                                           GR      41    618
                                                                      E      129    234
                                                                      F      389    891
 ers of leather                                                       IRL         19 714
                                                                      I      328 560
                                                                      P       32 856
                                                                      UK     396 462                                         31 . 12 . 86
 ---pagebreak---      3                                   4        5          6)             (7)                8)        9         ( 10)
                                Brazil        1 250 000   1 000 000   BNL    100       000   250 000
                                                                                                                           31.12.86
                                                                      DK      46       000
                                South Korea                           D      243       000
                                (***)                                 GR      19       000
                                                                      E       59       000
                                                                      F      178       000
                                                                      IRL      9       000
                                                                      I      150       000
                                                                      P       15       000
                                                                      UK     181       000
er soles of leather or          Hong Kong      500 000     400 000    BNL         40   000   100 000   2 400 000
  , footwear (other than        (***)                                 DK          18   400
   hin heading No 64.01 )                                             D           97   200
    ubber or artificial plas­                                         GR           7   600
                                                                      E           23   600
                                                                      F           71   200
                                                                      IRL          3   600
                                                                      I           60   000
                                                                      P            6   000
                                                                      UK          72   400                                                                                1
   soles of other materials     China         3 285 000   2 628 000   BNL    262       800   657 000   3 285 000
                                                                      DK     120       888
                                                                      D      638       604
                                                                      GR      49       932
                                                                      E      155       052
                                                                      F      467       784
                                                                      IRL     23       652
                                                                      I      394       200
                                                                      P       39       420
                                                                      UK     475       668
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 hades (including walk­         Hong Kong     1 700 000   1 360 000   BNL     136      000   340 000   2 100 000
    umbrella tents, and gar­                                          DK       62      560
  rellas)                                                             D       330      480
                                                                      GR       25      840
                                                                      E        80      240
                                                                      F       242      080
                                                                      IRL      12      240
                                                                      I       204      000
                                                                      P        20      400
                                                                      UK      246      160
   and paving, hearth and       South Korea   1 314 000   1 051 200   BNL     105 120        262 800   3 650 000
                                                                      DK       48 355
                                                                      D       255 442
                                                                      GR          19 973
                                                                                                                                     No L 373 /21
 ---pagebreak---    3                               4           (5)          6)            7            (8)        (9)       10
                                                                    E      62   021
                                                                    F     187   114
                                                                    IRL     9   461
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                                                                    I     157   680
                                                                    P      15   768
                                                                    UK    190   267
                              Thailand      3 650 000   2 920 000   BNL   292   000   730 000
                                                                    DK    134   320
                                                                    D     709   560
                                                                    GR     55   480
                                                                    E     172   280
                                                                    F     519   760
                                                                    IRL    26   280
                                                                    I     438   000
                                                                    P      43   800
                                                                    UK    528   520
 articles of a kind com­      South Korea    550 000     440 000    BNL    44   000   110 000    600 000
stic or toilet purposes,                                            DK     20   240
   (including biscuit por­                                          D     106   920
                                                                    GR      8   360
                                                                    E      25   960
                                                                    F "    78   320
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                                                                    IRL     3   960
                                                                    I      66   000
                                                                    P       6   600
                                                                    UK     79   640
  e pottery                   South Korea    500 000     440 000    BNL    44 000     110 000    800 000
                                                                    DK     20 240
                                                                    D     106 920
                                                                    GR      8 360
                                                                    E      25 960
                                                                    F      78 320
                                                                                                                 European Communities
                                                                    IRL     3 960
                                                                    I      66 000
                                                                    P       6 600
                                                                    UK     79 640
   rnaments, and articles                                                                       5 000 000
 t ; articles of furniture
  um flasks or for other                                                                         365 000
   articles falling within                                                                      3 000 000
f a kind commonly
   n, toilet or office pur­
  oration, or for similar
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                                                 1 400 000   1 120 000   BNL    112      000   280 000    1 450 000
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  are, signalling glassware        Hong Kong
  s of glass, not optically        Romania                               DK      51      520
  al glass :                                                             D      272      160
                                                                         GR      21      280
    rical lighting fittings :                                            E       66      080
     xample, diffusers, ceil­                                            F      199      360
      owls, cups, lampshades,                                            IRL     10      080
      -shaped pieces)                                                    I      168      000
                                                                         P       16      800
                                                                         UK     202      720
                                   South Korea   3 000 000   2 400 000   BNL    240      000   600 000   16 000 000
                                                                         DK     110      400
                                                                         D_     583      200
                                                                         GR      45      600
                                                                         E      141      600
                                                                         F      427      200
                                                                         IRL     21      600
                                                                         I      360      000
                                                                         P       36      000
                                                                         UK     434      400
  uding wire rod), of iron                                                                                 012 000
     forged, extruded, cold­
 ished (including preci­
  mining drill steel :
 ked than forged
 ked than cold-formed or
e-worked (for example,
  ):
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    worked than clad :
  rmed or cold-finished
  sections, of iron or steel,      Romania         302 200     241 760   BNL        24   176    60 440      302 200
    xtruded, cold-formed or                                              DK         11   121
     piling of iron and steel,                                           D          58   748
 lled, punched or made                                                   GR          4   594
 ments :                                                                 E          14   263
                                                                         F          43   034
 and sections :                                                          IRL         2   176
    worked than forged                                                   I          36   264
                                                                         P           3   626
   er worked than          cold­
                                                                         UK         43   758
    cold-finished
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urface-worked (for exam­
       ed, coated):
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     rther worked than clad :
       ld-formed      or   cold-fin­
        ed
 f iron or steel, hot-rolled                                                                         504 800
 rked than cold-rolled :
 r otherwise surface-treat­
      ilded or platinum-plated
  d or lead-coated
      example, copper-plated,
        oxidized, lacquered,
      ed, varnished, clad, par­
      inted):
      rther worked than clad :
       ld-rolled
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 ed or worked (for exam­
    hammered, lap-jointed)
    whether or not coated,             Romania   1 649 000   1 319 200   BNL   131 920   329 800   1 649 000
                                                                         DK     60 683
                                                                         D     320 565
                                                                         GR     25 069
                                                                         E      77 833
                                                                         F     234 818
                                                                         IRL    11 873
                                                                         I     197 880
                                                                         P      19 788
                                                                         UK    238 775
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 on steel in the                Brazil    3 661 000   2 928 800   BNL    292   880   732 200   3 661 000
g Nos 73.06 to                  Romania                           DK     134   726
                                                                  D      711   698
                                                                  GR      55   647
                                                                  E      172   799
       illets, slabs and                                          F      521   326
                                                                  IRL     26   359
                                                                  I      439   320
                                                                  P       43   932
         ped by forging                                           UK     530   113
    including wire
     mining drill
         es and sections :
                worked   than
                worked   than
       r cold-finished
      ce-worked (for
       hed, coated):
        r worked than                                                                                                 Official Journal of the
         rmed or - cold­
            d
                worked   than
       r otherwise sur­
                                                                                                                   European Communities
        r worked than
         lled
      ped or worked
    e, perforated,
       p-jointed)
      ped or worked :
       cluding sheets
         shaped by roll­
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 ther or not coated, but
    ed
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    oms, billets, slabs and
   ghly shaped by forging
 rods (including wire
  hollow mining drill
     es, shapes and sections :
further            worked   than
      further      worked   than
    rmed or cold-finished
 or surface-worked (for
 le, polished, coated):
     further worked than
       :
      Cold-formed or cold­
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        finished
    er
  strip :
       urther      worked   than
    lled
   oated or otherwise sur­
    eated :
     further worked than
       :
                                                                      European Communities
      Cold rolled
    er
  ise shaped or worked
 example, perforated,
  red, lap-jointed) .
    plates :
   heets and plates :
   erwise          shaped     or
   ked :
   Other,       excluding
   sheets   and      plates
   shaped by rolling
   her or not coated, but
    ed                                                                 31.12.86
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nd blanks therefor, of                                                                                  6 900 000
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   cast iron) or steel, ex­
  re hydro-electric con­
   s, cordage, ropes, plait­       South Korea   1 424 000   1 139 200   BNL    113 920       284 800   1 600 000
    the like, of iron or steel                                           DK      52 402
   insulated electric ca­                                                D      276 825
                                                                         GR          21 648
                                                                         E           67 212
                                                                         F      202    777
                                                                         IRL     10    253
                                                                         I      170    880
                                                                         P       17    088
                                                                         UK     206    195
      hook-nails, corrugated       Romania       1 700 000   1 360 000   BNL    136 000       340 000   1 700 000
 ps, studs, spikes and                                                   DK      62 560
  on or steel, whether or                                                D      330 480
  ther materials, but not                                                GR      25 840
    es with heads of copper                                              E       80 240
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                                                                         F      242 080
                                                                         IRL     12 240
                                                                         I      204 000
                                                                         P       20 400
                                                                         UK     246 160
 cluding bolt ends and             China          985 500     788 400    BNL      78   840    197 100   1 400 000
  er or not threaded or            Hong Kong                             DK       36   264
   uding screw hooks and                                                 D       191   582
     cotters, cotter-pins and                                            GR       14   980
                                                                                                                            European Communities
      on or steel ; washers (in­                                         E        46   516
  ers) of iron or steel :                                                F       140   335
                                                                         IRL       7   096
 ped :                                                                   I       118   260
                                                                         P        11   826
                                                                         UK      142   701
   s or wood
nd blanks therefor, of             Brazil        2 200 000   1 760 000   BNL     176    000   440 000   2 200 000
    of copper                                                            DK       80    960
                                                                         D       427    680
                                                                         GR       33    440
                                                                         E       103    840
                                                                         F       313    280
                                                                         IRL      15    840
                                                                         I       264    000
                                                                         P        26    400
                                                                         UK      318    560
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  ngles, shapes and sec­                                                                            3 000 000
   luminium wire                                                                                                             No L 373 /28
  ting pliers), pincers,     China          2 000 000   1 600 000   BNL    160 000       400 000    2 600 000
                                                                    DK      73 600
                                                                    D      368 800
                                                                    GR      30 400
                                                                    E       94 400
                                                                    F      284 800
                                                                    IRL     14 400
                                                                    I      240 000
                                                                    P       24 000
                                                                    UK     289 600
 g glaziers' diamonds,       China          9 198 000   7 358 400   BNL     735 840     1 839 600   9 198 000
    other heading of this                                           DK      338 486
s, anvils ; vices and                                               D     1 788 091
   essories for, and parts                                          GR     139 810
   table forges ; grinding                                          E       434   146
 ks (hand or pedal op­                                              F     1 309   795
                                                                                                                            Official Journal of the
                                                                    IRL      66   226
                                                                    I     1 103   760
                                                                    P       110   376
                                                                    UK    1 331   870
  lades, serrated or not     South Korea     350 000     280 000    BNL        28 000     70 000    1 050 000
knives), other than          .(***)                                 DK         12 880
    eading No 82.06, and                                            D          68 040
                                                                    GR          5 320
                                                                                                                        European Communities
                                                                    E          16 520
                                                                    F          49 840
                                                                    IRL         2 520
                                                                    I          42 000
                                                                    P           4 200
                                                                    UK         50 680
                             Hong Kong      1 000 000    800 000    BNL     80 000       200 000
                                                                    DK      36 800
                                                                    D      194 400
                                                                    GR      15 200
                                                                    E       47 200
                                                                    F      142 400
                                                                    IRL      7 200
                                                                    I      120 000
                                                                    P       12 000
                                                                    UK     144 800
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 ---pagebreak---        )                             (4)          (5)          (6)            (7)              (8)        (9)        ( 10)
  (key, combination or          Hong Kong     1 314 000    1 051 200    BNL    105    120    262 800    1 900 000            31.12.86
       and parts thereof, of                                            DK      48    352
     corporating locks, for                                             D      255    440
    he like,, and parts of                                              GR      19    976
    metal ; keys for any of                                             E       62    024
       of base metal                                                    F      187    112
                                                                        IRL      9    464
                                                                        I      157    680
                                                                        P       15    768
                                                                        UK     190    264
  umps and air or gas           Singapore     8 600 000    6 880 000    BNL 688 000         1 720 000   8 600 000
    g motor and turbo           Brazil                                  DK   316 480
sors, and free-piston                                                   D  1 671 840
     bines); fans, blowers                                              GR   130 720
                                                                        E    405 920
                                                                        F'    1 224 640
 essors :                                                               IRL      61920
      nd compressors :                                                  I     1 032 000
                                                                        P       103 200
   nd or foot operated)
                                                                        UK    1 245 280
     ng pneumatic tyres
       e
   ps and compressors
   rniture specially de­        Brazil        2 400 000     1 920 000   BNL    192    000    480 000    2 400 000
   chines ; sewing mach­                                                DK      88    320
                                                                        D      466    560
                                                                        GR      36    480
  ; furniture specially                                                 E      113    280
    g machines :                                                        F      341    760
    nes (lock-stitch only),                                             IRL     17    280
      a weight not exceed­                                              I      288    000
      out motor or 17 kg in­                                            P       28    800
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     otor ; sewing machine                                              UK     347    520
       tch only), of a weight
      16 kg without motor
        ing the motor
      machines and other
      e heads
  essing machines , and         South Korea   15 000 000   12 000 000   BNL   1 200   000   3 000 000   15 000 000
    ic or optical readers,                                              DK      552   000
    bing data onto data                                                 D     2 916   000
   and machines for pro­                                                GR      228   000
    t elsewhere specified                                               E       708   000
                                                                        F     2 136   000
                                                                        IRL     108   000
                                                                        I     1 800   000
                                                                        P       180   000
                                                                        UK    2 172   000
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 ---pagebreak---       (3)                            4           (5         (6             7             8)         9)         10)
  reatest external diame­       Singapore     2 000 000.   600 000   BNL   160   000   400 000    2 000 000
   mm                                                                DK     73   600
                                                                                                                         No L 373 /30
                                                                     D     388   800
                                                                     GR     30   400
                                                                     E      94   400
                                                                     F     284   800
                                                                     IRL    14   400
                                                                     I     240   000
                                                                     P      24   000
                                                                     UK    289   600
  the following descrip­                                                                         1 1 500 000
   otors, converters (rotary
   ers, rectifiers and recti­
  uctors :
and apparatus :
   motors (whether or not
 ith speed reducing,
   step-up gear) and rotary
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   mary batteries                                                                                2 800 000
                                                                                                                     European Communities
                                                                                                  1 500 000
  ceivers, with integral­       South Korea    650 000     520 000   BNL    52   000   130 000   3 500 000
                                (...)                                DK     23   920
                                Hong Kong                            D     126   360
                                (***)                                GR      9   880
                                Singapore                            E      30   680
                                (...)                                F      92   560
                                                                     IRL     4   680
                                                                     I      78   000
                                                                     P       7   800
                                                                     UK     94   120
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  and    radiotelephonic      Hong Kong      650 000     520 000    BNL      52   000    130 000   4 000 000
 ception apparatus ; ra­      (***)                                 DK       23   920
 d television transmis­       Singapore                             D       126   360
  pparatus (including re­     (***)                                 GR        9   880
     sound recorders or re­   South Korea                           E        30   680
 vision cameras ; radio       (***)                                 F        92   560
  aratus, radar apparatus                                           IRL       4   680
  trol apparatus :                                                  I        78   000
                                                                    P         7   800
  and radiotelephonic                                               UK       94   120
  reception apparatus ;
  g and television trans­
eption apparatus (in­
   incorporating sound
   ducers) and television
      ether or not combined
      recorder or reprodu­
    excluded colour televi­
    ceivers with integral
     fixed or variable        Singapore     3 600 000   2 880 000   BNL    288    000    720 000   3 600 000
                              South Korea                           DK     132    480
                                                                    D      699    840
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                                                                    GR      54    720
                                                                    E      169    920
                                                                    F      512    640
                                                                    IRL     25    920
                                                                    I      432    000
                                                                    P       43    200
                                                                    UK     521    280.
  mps and electric dis­                                                                            1 450 000
 ding infra-red and ul­
     lamps :
 or lighting :
                                                                                                                              No L 373 /31
 ---pagebreak---         (3                             4             5            6             (7)             (8)         (9)       ( 10)
  cathode and photo-cath­         South Korea    1 600 000    1 280 000   BNL    128 000       320 000    1 600 000
  bes (including vapour or                                                DK      58 880
   and tubes, cathode-ray                                                 D      311 040
                                                                                                                                         No L 373 /32
    amera tubes and mercury                                               GR      24 320
    es and tubes); photocells ;                                           E       75 520
lectric crystals ; diodes,                                                F      227 840
   milar semi-conductor dev­                                              IRL     11 520
     g diodes ; electronic mi­                                            I      192 000
                                                                          P       19 200
                                                                          UK     231 680
   for television sets :
  vision
  me television, with a di­                                                                               1 000 000
   ement of the screen of:
 than 42 cm
  42 cm but not more than
   ubes other than those of
    II and A III
o-electric crystals                                                                                       2 300 000
   tors and similar semicon­      Hong Kong        530 000     424 000    BNL     42 400       106 000    3 300 000
   s ; light-emitting diodes ;                                            DK      19 504
     o-circuits                   Singapur                                D      103 032
                                  (***)                                   GR       8 056
                                                                          E       25 016
                                                                          F       75 472
                                                                          IRL      3 816
                                                                          I .     63 600
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                                                                          P        6 360
                                                                          UK      76 744
   w, of a cylinder capacity      South Korea   61 000 000   48 800 000   BNL 4 880 000     12 200 000   64 000 000
   0 cm3                                                                  DK 2 244 800
                                                                          D   1 1 858 400
                                                                          GR      927 200
                                                                          E     2 879 200
                                                                          F     8 686 400
                                                                          IRL     439 200
                                                                          I     7 320 000
                                                                          P       732 000
                                                                          UK 8 832 800
 vehicles for the transpor­                                                                              4 000 000
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 ---pagebreak---     3                              (4)          (5)         (6)            (7)           (8)       (9)        \   10)
gs, and parts thereof,         South Korea   3 292 000   2 633 600   BNL    263   360   658 400   3 500 000
                                                                     DK     121   146
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     ez, lorgnettes, goggles
                                                                     D      639   964
                                                                     GR      50   039
                                                                     E      155   382
                                                                     F      468   781
                                                                     IRL     23   702
                                                                     I      395   040
                                                                     P       39   504
                                                                     UK     476   682
                                                                     BNL    280   000             9 500 000
                                                                     DK     128   800
                                                                     D      680   400
                                                                     GR      53   200
                                                                     E      165   200
                                                                     F      498   400
                                                                     IRL     25   200
                                                                     I      420   000
                                                                     P       42   000
                                                                     UK     506   800
 ovements (excluding                                                                               290 000
    91.01 and 91.03)
                               Hong Kong     1 314 000   1 051 200   BNL    105   120   262 800   3 000 000
                                                                                                                            Official Journal of the
                               (***)                                 DK      48   355
                                                                     D      255   442
                                                                     GR      19   973
                                                                     E       62   021
                                                                     F      187   114
                                                                     IRL      9   461
                                                                     I      157   680
                                                                     P       15   758
                                                                     UK     190   267
 sembled                                                                                          4 500 000
                                                                                                                        European Communities
    of watch cases             Hong Kong     1 200 000    960 000    BNL     96   000   240 000   1 200 000
                                                                     DK      44   160
                                                                     D      233   280
                                                                     GR      18   240
                                                                     E       56   640
                                                                     F      170   880
                                                                     IRL      8   640
                                                                     I      144   000
                                                                     P       14   400
                                                                     UK     173   760
                               South Korea   2 200 000   1 760 000   BNL     76   000   440 000   2 200 000
                                                                     DK      80   960
                                                                     D      427   680
                                                                     GR      33   440
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 ---pagebreak---                                   (4            5          (6             7)             (8)        (9)        ( 10)
                                                                    E     103   840
                                                                    F     313   280
                                                                                                                            No L 373 /34
                                                                    IRL    15   840
                                                                    I     264   000
                                                                    P      26   400
                                                                    UK    318   560
ting machines and             Hong Kong     7 000 000   5 600 000   BNL 560 000       1 400 000   13 500 000
  s or reproducers, in­       South Korea                           DK    257 600
     and tape decks, with                                           D   1 360 800
 ads ; television image                                             GR    106 400
   r reproducers :                                                  E     330 400
                                                                    F     996 800
  r reprocuders                                                     IRL    50 400
                                                                    I     840 000
                                                                    P      84 000
                                                                    UK 1 013 600
   sound recorders or re­     South Korea   2 200 000   1 760 000   BNL   176   000    440 000    2 200 000
                                                                    DK     80   960
                                                                    D     427   680
                                                                    GR     33   440
                                                                    E     103   840
                                                                    F     313   280
                                                                    IRL    15   840
                                                                    I     264   000
                                                                    P      26   400
                                                                    UK    318   560
 and other sound or           South Korea   6 000 000   4 800 000   BNL 480 000       1 200 000    6 000 000
    atrices for the produc­                                         DK    220 800
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     ed record blanks, film                                         D   1 166 400
 d recording, prepared                                              GR     91 200
    nd like articles of a                                           E     283 200
 for sound or similar                                               F     854 400
                                                                    IRL    43 200
                                                                    I     720 000
                                                                    P      72 000
                                                                    UK    868 800
    rts thereof:                                                                                   5 500 000
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    ish and similar brush­      China           800 000      640 000    BNL        64    000    160 000     1 000 000               31 . 12 . 86
  metics and personal           Hong Kong                               DK         29    440
     g brushes ; household                                              D         155    520
ushes , including shoe                                                  GR         12    160
  brushes ; brushes for                                                 E          37    760
                                                                        F         113    920
                                                                        IRL         5    760
                                                                        I          96    000
                                                                        P           9    600
                                                                        UK        115    840
                                South Korea     383 250      306 600    BNL         30   660     76 650
                                                                        DK          14   104
                                                                        D           74   504
                                                                        GR           5   825
                                                                        E           18   089
                                                                        F           54   575
                                                                        IRL          2   759
                                                                        I           45   990
                                                                        P            4   599
                                                                        UK          55   495
   models of a kind used        South Korea   1 1 200 000   8 960 000   BNL       896    000   2 240 000   20 000 000
    ses                                                                 DK        412    160
                                                                        D     2   177    280
                                                                        GR        170    240
                                                                        E         528    640
                                                                        F     1   594    880
                                                                        IRL        80    640
                                                                        I     1   344    000
                                                                        P         134    400
                                                                        UK    1   621    760
     ertainment articles (for   Hong Kong      2 000 000     600 000    BNL       160    000    400 000     3 000 000
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 tricks and novelty                                                     DK         73    600
     decorations and simi­                                              D         388    800
     mas festivities (for ex­                                           GR         30    400
    stmas trees, Christmas                                              E          94    400
    Yule-logs, Nativity                                                 F         284    800
    refor)                                                              IRL        14    400
                                                                        I         240    000
                                                                        P          24    000
                                                                        UK        289    600
   ing rods and tackle ;                                                                                    4 500 000
    butterfly nets ; decoy
    and similar hunting or
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                                                                      ANNEX II
                        List of products originating in developing countries and territories, enjoying generalized tariff
                 preferences, in respect of which duties under the Common Customs Tariff are totally suspended (a) (b) (c)
Order No
                    CHAPTER 25
30.0010                 25.19 A           Magnesium oxide other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate
30.0020                 25.22             Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide
30.0030                 25.23             Portland cement, ciment fondu, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic
                                          cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinker
30.0040                 25.31 A           Fluorspar
                    CHAPTER 27
30.0050                 27.03 B           Agglomerated peat
30.0060                 27.04             Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat ; whether or not agglomerated ; retort carbon :
                                          A. Coke and semi-coke of coal :
                                              I.   For the manufacture of electrodes
                                          C. Other
30.0070                 27.07             Oils and other products of the distillation of high temperature coal tar ; similar products as
                                          defined in Note 2 to this Chapter
30.0080                 27.11             Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons
30.0090                 27.12             Petroleum jelly
30.0100                 27.13             Paraffin wax, micro-crystalline wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax and other mineral
                                          waxes, whether or not coloured
30.0110                 27.14             Petroleum bitumen, petroleum coke and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from
                                          bituminous minerals
30.0120                 27.16           . Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on
                                          mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cutbacks)
                    CHAPTER 28
30.0130             ex 28.01              Halogens (fluorine, chlorine, bromine)
30.0140                 28.02             Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated ; colloidal sulphur
30.0150                 28.03             Carbon (including carbon black)
30.0160             eX 28.04              Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, but not including silicon
30.0170                 28.06             Hydrochloric acid and chlorosulphuric acid
30.01.80                28.08             Sulphuric acid ; oleum
30.0190                 28.09             Nitric acid ; sulphonitric acids
30.0200                 28.10             Phosphorus pentoxide and phosphoric acids (meta-, ortho- and pyro-)
30.0210                 28.12             Boric oxide and boric acid
30.0220                 28.13             Other inorganic acids and oxygen compounds of non-metals (excluding water)
(a) Manufactured and semi-finished industrial products qualifying under the ordinary arrangements for exemption or total temporary suspension of
    the Common Customs Tariff duty are only token entries ; this applies in particular for products intended for use in civil aircraft. However, Spain
    and Portugal eventually apply the rates of duties provided for by Articles 178 and 365 of the Act of Accession.
(b) Preferences are not to be granted in respect of the products marked with an asterisk, originating in Romania.
(c) Preferences are not to be granted in respect of the products marked with two asterisks, originating in China.
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30.0230          28.14   Halides, oxyhalides and other halogen compounds of non-metals.
30.0240          28.15   Sulphides of non-metals ; phosphorus trisulphide
30.0250      ex 28.17    Potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium, excluding sodium
                         hydroxide (caustic soda)
30.0260          28.18   Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium ; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or
                         barium
30.0270          28.19   Zinc oxide and zinc peroxide
30.0280          28.20 B Artificial corundum
30.0290          28i22   Manganese oxides
30.0300          28.23   Iron oxides and hydroxides ; earth colours containing 70% or more by weight of combined iron
                         evaluated as Fe203
30.0310          28.24   Cobalt oxides and hydroxides ; commercial cobalt oxides
30.0320          28.25   Titanium oxides
30.0330          28.27   Lead oxides, including red lead and orange lead (*)
 30.0340     ex 28.28    Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts ; other inorganic bases and metallic
                         oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, excluding antimony oxides
 30.0350          28.29  Fluorides ; fluorosilicates, fluoroborates and other complex fluorine salts
 30.0360      ex 28.30   Chlorides, oxychlorides and - hydroxychlprides, excluding barium and ammonium chlorides ;
                         bromides and oxybromides ; iodides and oxyiodides
 30.0370          28.31   Hypochlorites ; commercial calcium hypochlorite ; chlorites ; hypobromites
 30.0380          28.32  Chlorates and perchlorates, bromates and perbromates ; iodates and periodates
 30.0390          28.35   Sulphides ; polysulphides
 30.0400          28.36   Dithionites, including those stabilized with organic substances, sulphoxylates
 30.0410          28.37   Sulphites and thiosulphates
 30.0420          28.38   Sulphates (including alums) and persulphates
 30.0430          28.39   Nitrites and nitrates
  30.0440         28.40   Phosphites, hypophosphites and phosphates
 30.0450      ex 28.42    Carbonates and percarbonates ; commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium
                          carbamate, excluding carbonates of sodium and of barium
 30.0460          28.43   Cyanides and complex cyanides
                                       /
  30.0470         28.44   Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates
  30.0480         28.45   Silicates ; commercial sodium and potassium silicates
  30.0490         28.46   Borates and perborates
  30.0500      ex 28.47   Salts of metallic acids (for example, chromates, permanganates, stannates), excluding
                          manganites, manganates, permanganates and sodium dichromate
  30.0510          28.48  Other salts and peroxysalts of inorganic acids, but not including azides
  30.0520          28.49  Colloidal precious metals ; amalgams of precious metals ; salts and other compounds, inorganic
                          or organic, of precious metals including albuminates, proteinates, tannates and similar
                          compounds, whether or not chemically defined
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 30.0530                   28.51              Isotopes and their compounds, inorganic or organic, whether or not chemically defined, other
                                              than isotopes and compounds falling within heading No 28.50 :
                                              B.  Other
 30.0540                   28.52              Compounds, inorganic or organic, of thorium, of uranium depleted in U 235, of rare earth metals,
                                              of yttrium or of scandium, whether or not mixed together :
                                              B.  Other
 30.0550                   28.54              Hydrogen peroxide (including solid hydrogen peroxide)
 30.0560                   28.55              Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined
 30.0570'                  28.56              Carbides, whether or not chemically defined (*) (a)
 30.0580                   28.57              Hydrides, nitrides and azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined
 30.0590                  28.58               Other inorganic compounds (including distilled and conductivity water and water of similar
                                              purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air ; amalgams,
                                              other than amalgams of precious metals
                                                                                                                                                            i
                       CHAPTER 29
 30.0600               ex 29.01               Hydrocarbons, excluding styrene
 30.0610               ex 29.02               Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons, excluding 1,2-Dichloroethane (ethylene dichloride) (e)
 30.0620                  29.03               Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons (e)
 30.0630                  29.04             . Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated , sulphonated , nitrated and nitrosated derivatives :
                                              A.   Saturated monohydric alcohols :
                                                    II . Propan-l-ol (propyl alcohol) and propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol)
                                                   III . Butanol and isomers thereof :
                                                            a) 2-Methylpropan-2-ol (tert-butyl alcohol)
                                                         ex b) Butan-l-ol (normal butyl alcohol)
                                                   IV. Pentanol (amyl alcohol) and isomers thereof
                                                    V. Other
                                              B.   Unsaturated monohydric alcohols
                                              C.   Polyhydric alcohols :
                                                     I. Diols, triols and tetraols, excluding ethylene glycol
                                                   IV. Other polyhydric alcohols
                                                    V. Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of polyhydric alcohols
30.0640                   29.05              Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
30.0650               ex 29.06                Phenols and phenol-alcohols, excluding hydroquinone (quinol) (*) (a)
30.0660                   29.07              Halogenated , sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenolalcohols
30.0670               ex 29.08               Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols , alcohol peroxides and ether perox­
                                             ides and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding diethylene
                                             glycol
30.0680                   29.09              Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three or four member ring, and
                                             their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
30.0690                   29.10              Acetals and hemiacetals and single or complex oxygen-function acetals and hemiacetals, and
                                            their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
(a) The asterisk covers only subheading 28.56 C.
    The asterisk covers only subheading 29.06 A I.
(e) For hexachloroethane (29.02 A II a) ex 2), the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %. For 5-tert-butyl-2,4,6-trinitro-m-xylene (musc-xy­
     lene), the reference base is set at 1 %.
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30.0700                   29.11            Aldehydes, aldehyde-alcohols, aldehyde-ethers, aldehyde-phenols and other single or complex
                                           oxygen-function aldehydes ; cyclic polymers of aldehydes ; paraformaldehyde (*) (b)
30.0710                   29.12            Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products falling within heading
                                           No 29.11
30.0720           .   ex 29.13             Ketones, ketone-alcohols, ketone-phenols, ketone-aldehydes, quinones, quinone-alcohols,
                                           quinone-phenols, quinone-aldehydes and other single or complex oxygen-function ketones and
                                           quinones, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives excluding syn­
                                           thetic camphor (*) (c)
30.0730               ex 29.14             Monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halogen­
                                           ated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding acetic acid and ethyl acetate
30.0740               ex 29.15             Polycarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their halogen­
                                           ated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding oxalic acid and its salts and
                                           esters (*) (f)
30.0750               ex 29.16             Carboxylic acids with alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone function and other single or complex
                                           oxygen-function carboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peracids, and their
                                           halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding citric acid and latic acid
                                           and O-acetylsalicylic acid and their salts and esters
30.0760                   29.19             Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates, and their halogenated, sulphonated,
                                           nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
 30.0770                  29.21             Other esters of mineral acids (excluding halides) and their salts, and their halogenated, sulphon­
                                            ated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives
 30.0780               ex 29.22             Amine-function compounds, excluding isopropylamine and its salts and toluidines and their
                                            halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated and nitrosated derivatives (e)
 30.0790               ex 29.23             Single or complex oxygen-function amino-compounds, excluding glutamic acid.
 30.0800               ex 29.24             Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides, lecithins and other phosphoaminolipins, excluding
                                            choline chloride
 30.0810               ex 29.25             Carboxyamide-function compounds ; amide-function compounds of carbonic acid, excluding
                                            paracetamol (INN) (e)
 30.0820               ex 29.26             Carboxyimide-function compounds (including ortho-benzoicsulphimide and its salts) and
                                            imine-function compounds (including hexamethylenetetramine and trimethylenetrinitramine)
 30.0830                   29.27            Nitrile-function compounds (*) (a) (e)
 30.0840                   29.28 '          Diazo-, azo- and azoxy-compounds
 30.0850                   29.29            Organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine
 30.0860                   29.30            Compounds with other nitrogen-functions
 30.0870                   29.31            Organo-sulphur compounds
 30.0880                   29.33            Organo-mercury compounds
 30.0890                   29.34            Other organo-inorganic compounds
 30.0900               ex 29.35              Heterocyclic compounds ; nucleic acids, excluding furazolidone (INN), melamine, coumarins,
                                             methylcoumarins and ethylcoumarins
  30.0910                  29.37             Sultones and sultams
  (a) The asterisk only covers acrylinitril.
  (b) The asterisk covers only subheading. 29.1 1 E ex I (vanillin) (4-hydroxy-3 methoxybenzaldehyde).
  (c) The asterisk covers only subheading 29. 13 A ex I (acetone).
  (e) For dodecyl acid (subheading 29.14 ex XI, the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %. For halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated and
      nitrosated derivatives of aniline and their salts (29.22 D ex I), the reference base is set at 1 %. For ethanolamine, diethanolamine and tnethanolam­
      ine and their salts (subheadings 29.23 A I and ex II), the reference base is set at 1 %. For D-p-hydroxyphenyl-glysine (29.23 ex E), the reference
      base is set at 1 %. For other cyclic amides (naphthols) (29.25 B III ex b), the reference base is set at 1 %. For acrylinitril, the reference base is set at
       1 %.
  (f) The asterisk only covers subheading 29.15 C I.
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 30.0920                 29.38             Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates),
                                           derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not
                                           in any solvent (*) (b)
                                           A.   Provitamins, unmixed, whether or not in aqueous solution
                                           B.   Vitamins, unmixed, whether or not in aqueous solution :
                                                   I. Vitamins A
                                                  II . Vitamins B2, B3, B6, B I 2 and H (e)
                                                III . Vitamin B9
                                           C.   Natural concentrates of vitamins :
                                                   I. Natural concentrates of vitamins A 4- D
                                                 II . Other
                                           D. Intermixtures, whether or not in any solvent ; non-aqueous solutions of provitamins or
                                                vitamins
 30.0930                 29.39             Hormones, natural or reproduced by synthesis ; derivatives thereof, used primarily as hormones ;
                                           other steroids used primarily as hormones
 30.0940                 29.41             Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives
 30.0950                 29.42            Vegetable alkaloids, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other
                                          derivatives
 30.0960                29.43              Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, glucose and lactose ; sugar ethers and sugar esters,
                                          and their salts, other than products of heading Nos 29.39, 29.41 and 29.42
 30.0970             ex 29.44             Antibiotics, excluding chloramphenicol (INN) and tetracyclines (*) (a)
 30.0980                29.45             Other organic compounds
                     CHAPTER 30
 30.0990                30.01             Organo-therapeutic glands or other organs, dried, whether or not powdered ; organo-therapeutic
                                          extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions ; other animal substances prepared for
                                          therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included
 30.1000                30.02             Antisera, microbial vaccines, toxins, microbial cultures (including ferments but excluding yeasts)
                                          and similar products
 30.1010                30.03             Medicaments (including veterinary medicaments)
 30.1020            ex 30.04              Wadding, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters,
                                          poultices) impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in retail packings for
                                          medical or surgical purposes, other than goods specified in Note 3 of this Chapter
30.1030                 30.05             Other pharmaceutical goods
                    CHAPTER 31
30.1040                 31.02             Mineral or chemical fertilizers, nitrogenous :
                                          A.    Natural sodium nitrate
                                          C.    Other (*) (e)
30.1050             ex 31.03              Mineral or chemical fertilizers, phosphatic, excluding superphosphates (*) (c)
30.1060                 31.04 B           Mineral or chemical fertilizers, potassic, mentioned in Note 3 (B) to this Chapter
(a) The asterisk covers only subheading 29.44 A (penicillins).
(b) The asterisk covers only subheading 29.38 B ex II (vitamins B 1 2).
(c) The asterisk covers only subheading 3 1 .03 B.
(e) For vitamins B6 and H (subheading 29.38 B ex II) the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %. For other mineral or chemical fertilizers,
     nitrogenous (subheading 3 1 .02 C), the reference base is set at 1 %.
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                    CHAPTER 32
30.1070                  32.01            Tanning extracts of vegetable origin ; tannins (tannic acids), including water-extracted gall-nut
                                          tannin, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives :
                                          B.    Other
30.1080                  32.03            Synthetic organic tanning substances and inorganic tanning substances ; tanning preparations,
                                          whether or not containing natural tanning materials ; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning (for
                                          example, of enzymatic, pancreatic or bacterial origin)
30.1090                  32.04            Colouring matter of vegetable origin (including dyewood extract and other vegetable dyeing ex­
                                          tracts, but excluding indigo) or of animal origin
30.1100                  32.05            Synthetic organic dyestuffs (including pigment dyestuffs); synthetic organic products of a kind
                                          used as luminophores ; products of the kind known as optical bleaching agents, substantive to the
                                          fibre ; natural indigo (e)
30.1110                  32.06            Colour lakes
30.1120                  32.07            Other colouring matter ; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores
30.1130                  32.08            Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and glazes,
                                          liquid lustres and similar products, of the kind used in the ceramic, enamelling and glass
                                          industries ; engobes (slips); glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes
30.1140                  32.09            Varnishes and lacquers ; distempers ; prepared water pigments of the kind used for finishing
                                          leather ; paints and enamels ; pigments in linseed oil, white spirit, spirits of turpentine, varnish or
                                          other paint or enamel media ; stamping foils ; dyes or other colouring matter in forms or packings
                                          of a kind sold by retail ; solutions as defined in Note 4 to this Chapter
30.1150                  32.10             Artists', students' and signboard painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the
                                           like, in tablets, tubes , jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings, including such colours in
                                           sets or outfits, with or without brushes, palettes or other accessories
 30.1160                  32.11            Prepared driers
 30.1170                  32.12            Glaziers' putty ; grafting putty ; painters' fillings ; non-refractory surfacing preparations ; stopping,
                                           sealing and similar mastics, including resin mastics and cements
 30.1180                  32.13            Writing ink, printing ink and other inks
 30.1190             CHAPTER 33            ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS ; PERFUMERY, COSMETICS AND TOILET
                                           PREPX RATIONS
 30.1200             CHAPTER 34            SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS ; LUBRI­
                                           CATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING
                                           AND SCOURING PREPARATIONS, CANDLES AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, MODEL­
                                           LING PASTES AND ' DENTAL WAXES '
                     CHAPTER 35
 30.1205                  35.02             Albumins, albuminates and other albumin derivatives
                                            A. Albumins :
                                                II .  Other :
                                                      ex b) Other
                                                                                                                  iJ
 30.1210                  35.02 B           Albuminates and other albumin derivatives
 30.1220             ex 35.03               Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangles, whether or not coloured or surface-worked) and gelatin
                                            derivatives ; glues derived from bones, hides, nerves, tendons or from similar products and fish
                                            glues ; isinglass, excluding gelatin and gelatin derivatives
 30.1230                  35.04             Peptones and other protein substances (excluding enzymes of heading No 35.07) and their
                                            derivatives ; hide powder, whether or not chromed
 (e) For synthetic organic dyestuffs (subheading 32.05 A), the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %. For lead borosilicate (subheading
     32.08 ex B), the reference base is set at 1 %.
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 30.1240                 35.06          Prepared glues not elsewhere specified or included ; products suitable for use as glues put up for
                                        sale by retail as glues in packages not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg
 30.1250                 35.07          Enzymes ; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included
 30.1260             CHAPTER 36        EXPLOSIVES ; PYROTECHNIC                 PRODUCTS ;      MATCHES ;      PYROPHORIC       ALLOYS ;
                                       CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS (*) (a)
 30.1270             CHAPTER 37        PHOTOGRAPHIC AND CINEMATOGRAPHIC GOODS
                     CHAPTER 38
 30.1280                 38.01         Artificial graphite ; colloidal graphite, other than suspensions in oil
 30.1290                38.03          Activated carbon ; activated natural mineral products ; animal black, including spent animal
                                       black
 30.1300                38.05          Tall oil
 30.1310                38.06          Concentrated sulphite lye
 30.1320                38.07          Spirits of turpentine (gum, wood and sulphate) and other terpenic solvents produced by the dis­
                                       tillation or other treatment of coniferous woods ; crude dipentene ; sulphite turpentine ; pine oil
                                       (excluding 'pine oils' not rich in terpineol)
 30.1325            ex 38.08           Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof other than ester gums included in heading
                                       No 39.05 ; rosin spirit and rosin oils, excluding rosin, including 'brais resineux ' obtained from
                                       fresh oleoresins
 30.1330                38.09          Wood tar ; wood tar oils (other than the compositive solvents and thinners falling within heading
                                       No 38.18); wood creosote ; wood naphtha ; acetone oil ; vegetable pitch of all kinds ; brewers '
                                       pitch and similar compounds based on rosin or on vegetable pitch ; foundry core binders based
                                       on natural resinous products
 30.1340                38.11          Disinfectants, insecticides, fungicides, rat poisons, herbicides, anti-sprouting products, plant­
                                       growth regulators and similar products, put up in forms or packings for sale by retail or as prep­
                                       arations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, flypapers)
 30.1350                38.12          Prepared glazings, prepared dressings and prepared mordants of a kind used in the textile, paper,
                                       leather or like industries :
                                       A. Prepared glazings and/prepared dressings ;
                                            II . Other
                                       B. Prepared mordants
 30.1360                38.13          Pickling preparations for metal surfaces ; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering,
                                       brazing or welding ; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and
                                       other materials ; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding rods and electrodes
30.1370                 38.14          Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive
                                       preparations and similar prepared additives for mineral oils
30.1380                 38.15          Prepared rubber accelerators
30.1390                 38.16          Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms
30.1400                 38.17          Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers ; charged fire-extinguishing grenades
30.1410                 38.18         Composite solvents and thinners for varnishes and similar products
30.1420             ex 38.19          Chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consist­
                                      ing of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included ; residual products of the
                                      chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included, excluding D-glucitol (sorbitol),
                                      other than that falling within subheading 29.04 C III, excluding mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed
                                      alkylnaphthalenes
(a) The asterisk only covers heading No 36.06.
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                    CHAPTER 39
30.1430                 39.01          Condensation, polycondensation and polyaddition products, whether or not modified or poly­
                                       merized, and whether or not linear (for example, phenoplasts, aminoplasts, alkyds, polyallyl
                                       esters, and other unsaturated polyesters, silicones), excluding alkyds and other polyesters, in one
                                       of the forms mentioned in Note 3 (d) of this Chapter
30.1440             ex 39.02           Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example, polyethylene; polytetrahaloeth­
                                       ylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other poly­
                                       vinyl derivatives, polvacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene resins, etc.), ex­
                                       cluding polyethylene and polystyrene and its copolymers, in one of the forms mentioned in Note
                                       3(a) and (b) to this chapter and polyvinyl chloride (*) (a) (e)
30.1450             ex 39.03           Regenerated cellulose, other than that referred to in Annex I ; cellulose nitrate, cellulose acetate
                                       and other cellulose esters, cellulose ethers and other chemical derivatives of cellulose, plasticized
                                       or not (for example, collodions, celluloid); vulcanized fibre (*)
30.1460                 39.04          Hardened proteins (for example, hardened casein and hardened gelatin)
30.1470                 39.05          Natural resins modified by fusion (run gums); artificial resins obtained by esterification of
                                       natural resins or of resinic acids (ester gums); chemical derivatives of natural rubber (for
                                       example, chlorinated rubber, rubber hydrochloride, oxidized rubber, cyclized rubber)
30.1480             ex 39.06           Other high polymers., artificial resins and artificial plastic materials, including alginic acid, its
                                       salts and esters, and heparin ; linoxyn
30.1490             ex 39.07           Articles of materials of the kinds described in heading Nos 39.01 to 39.06, excluding bags, sachets
                                       and similar articles, of polyethylene, and of articles of apparel and clothing accessories
                    CHAPTER 40
30.1500                 40.02          Synthetic rubber latex ; pre-vulcanized synthetic rubber latex ; synthetic rubber ; factice derived
                                       from oils
 30.1510                40.03          Reclaimed rubber
 30.1520                40.05 .        Plates, sheets and strip, of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, other than smoked sheets
                                       and crepe sheets of heading No 40.01 or 40.02 ; granules of unvulcanized natural or synthetic rub­
                                       ber compounded ready for vulcanization ; unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, compounded
                                       before or after coagulation either with carbon black (with or without the addition of mineral oil)
                                       or with silica (with or without the addition of mineral oil), in any form, of a kind known as
                                       masterbatch
 30.1530                40.06           Unvulcanized natural or synthetic rubber, including rubber latex, in other forms or states (for ex­
                                        ample, rods, tubes and profile shapes, solutions and dispersions); articles of unvulcanized natural
                                        or synthetic rubber (for example, coated of impregnated textile thread ; rings and discs)
 30.1540                 40.07          Vulcanized rubber thread and cord, whether or not textile covered, and textile thread covered or
                                        impregnated with vulcanized rubber
 30.1550                40.08           Plates, sheets, strip, rods and profile shapes, of unhardened vulcanized rubber
 30.1560                 40.09          Piping and tubing, of unhardened vulcanized rubber
 30.1570                 40.10          Transmission, conveyor or elevator belts or belting, of vulcanized rubber
 30.1580                 40.12          Hygienic and pharmaceutical articles (including teats), of unhardened vulcanized rubber, with or
                                        without fittings of hardened rubber
 30.1590                 40.13          Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (including gloves), for all purposes, of unhardened
                                        vulcanized rubber
 30.1600                 40.14          Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber
 30.1610                 40.15          Hardened rubber (ebonite and vulcanite), in bulk, plates, sheets, strip, rods, profile shapes or
                                        tubes
 (a) The asterisk covers only subheadings 39.02 C I b), IV and VII a).
 (e) For polypropylenes (subheading 39.02 C ex IV), the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %.
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 30.1620         40.16     Articles of hardened rubber (ebonite and vulcanite)
              CHAPTER 41
 30.1623         41.02     Bovine cattle leather (including buffalo leather) and equine leather, except leather falling within
                           heading No 4 1 .06 or 4 1 .08 :
                          C. Other, not further prepared than tanned :
                               — Other bovine and equine leather
 30.1625         41.05    Other kinds of leather, except leather falling within heading No 41.06 or 41.08 :
                           B.  Other :
                               II . Other                       -
 30.1630         41.06    Chamois dressed leather
 30.1640        41.08      Patent leather and imitation patent leather ; metallized leather
30.1650         41.10     Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, in sheets or in rolls
                                                   \                                v   .
              CHAPTER 42
30.1660         42.01     Saddlery and harness, of any material (foi1- example, saddles, harness, collars, traces, knee-pads
                          and boots), for any kind of animal
30.1670         42.04     Articles of leather or of composition leather of a kind used in machinery or mechanical
                          appliances or for industrial purposes
30.1680         42.05     Other articles of leather or of composition leather
30.1690         42.06     Articles made from gut (other than silk-worm gut), from goldbeater's skin, from bladders or from
                          tendons
              CHAPTER 43
30.1700         43.02     Furskins, tanned or dressed, including furskins assembled in plates, crosses and similar forms
30.1705         43.03     Articles of furskin :
                          A. Of a kind commonly used in machinery or plant
30.1710         43.04     Artificial fur and articles made thereof
              CHAPTER 44
30.1720         44.05     Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, but not further prepared, of a thickness exceeding
                          5 mm :
                          B. Coniferous wood, of a length of 125 cm or less and of a thickness of less than 12,5 mm
30.1730         44.07     Railway or tramway sleepers of wood
30.1740         44.09     Hoopwood ; split poles ; piles, pickets and stakes of wood, pointed but not sawn lengthwise ;
                         chipwood ; drawn wood ; pulpwood in chips or particles ; wood shavings of a kind suitable for use
                         in the manufacture of vinegar or for the clarification of liquids ; wooden sticks, roughly trimmed
                         but not turned, bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the manufacture of walking-sticks, um­
                         brella handles, tool handles or the like
30.1750         44.12    Wood wool and wood flour
30.1755         44.13    Wood (including blocks, strips and friezes for parquet or wood block flooring, not assembled),
                         planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-jointed, centre V-jointed, beaded, centre­
                         beaded or the like, but not further manufactured
30.1760         44.14    Wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled but not further prepared, of a thickness not exceeding
                         5 mm ; veneer sheets and sheets for plywood, of a thickness not exceeding 5 mm
30.1770         44.16    Cellular wood panels , whether or not faced with base metal
30.1780         44.17    ' Improved ' wood, in sheets , blocks or the like
30.1790         44.18    Reconstituted wood, being wood shavings, wood chips, sawdust, wood flour or other ligneous
                         waste agglomerated with natural or artificial resins or other organic binding substances, in sheets,
                         blocks or the like (*)
30.1800         44.19    Wooden headings and mouldings, including moulded skirting and other moulded boards
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30.1810        44.20      Wooden picture frames, photograph frames, mirror frames and the like
30.1820        44.21      Complete wooden packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings
30.1830        44.22      Casks, barrels, vats, tubs, buckets and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, includ­
                          ing staves
30.1840        44.24      Household utensils of wood
30.1850        44.25      Wooden tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom and brush bodies and handles ; boot and shoe
                          lasts and trees, of wood
30.1860        44.26      Spools, cops, bobbins, sewing thread reel and the like, of turned wood
30.1870        44.27      Standard lamps, table lamps and other lighting fittings, of wood ; articles of furniture, of wood,
                          not falling within Chapter 94 ; caskets, cigarette boxes, trays, fruit bowls, ornaments and other
                          fancy articles, of wood ; cases for cutlery, for drawing instruments or for violins, and similar re­
                          ceptacles, of wood ; articles of wood for personal use or adornment, of a kind normally carried in
                          the pocket, in the handbag or on the person ; parts of the foregoing articles, of wood
30.1880        44.28  '   Other articles of wood1
                                                                                                                v
             CHAPTER 45
30.1890        45.02       Natural cork in blocks, plates, sheets or strips (including cubes or square slabs, cut to size for
                           corks or stoppers)
30.1900        45.03       Articles of natural cork
 30.1910       45.04    .  Agglomerated cork (being cork agglomerated with or without a binding substance) and articles of
                           agglomerated cork
             CHAPTER 46
 30.1920        46.02      Plaits and similar products of plaiting materials, for all uses, whether or not assembled into
                           strips ; plaiting materials bound together in parallel strands or woven, in sheet form, including
                           matting, mats and screens ; straw envelopes for bottles
 30.1926        46.03      Basketwork, wickerwork and other articles of plaiting materials, made directly to shape ; articles
                           made up from goods falling within heading No 46.02 ; articles of loof
 30.1930     CHAPTER 47    PAPER-MAKING MATERIAL
             CHAPTER 48
 30.1940        48.01      Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), in rolls or sheets
 30.1950        48.03      Parchment or greaseproof paper and paperboard, and imitations thereof, and glazed transparent
                           paper, in rolls or sheets
 30.1960        48.04      Composite paper or paperboard (made by sticking flat layers together with an adhesive), not sur­
                           face-coated or impregnated, whether or not internally reinforced, in rolls or sheets
 30.1970        48.05      Paper and paperboard, corrugated (with or without flat surface sheets), creped, crinkled, em­
                           bossed or perforated, in rolls or sheets
 30.1980        48.07       Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed (not
                           constituting printed matter within Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets
 30.1990        48.08       Filter blocks, slabs and plates, of paper pulp
 30.2000        48.10       Cigarette paper, cut to size, whether or not in the form of booklets or tubes
  30.2010       48.11       Wallpaper and lincrusta ; window transparencies of paper
  30.2020       48.12       Floor coverings prepared on a base of paper or of paperboard, whether or not cut to size, with or
                            without a coating of linoleum compound
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 30.2030                 48.13          Carbon and other copying papers (including duplicator stencils) and transfer papers, cut to size,
                                        whether or not put up in boxes
 30.2040                 48.14          Writing blocks, envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards, correspondence cards ; boxes, pouches,
                                        wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing only an assortment of
                                        paper stationery
 30.2050                 48.15          Other paper and paperboard, cut to size or shape               v      . .
 30.2060                 48.16          Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of paper or paperboard ; box files, letter trays and simi­
                                        lar articles, of paper or paperboard, of a kind commonly used in offices,    shops and the like
 30.2070                 48.18          Registers, exercise books, note books, memorandum blocks, order books, receipt books, diaries,
                                        blotting-pads, binders (loose-leaf or other), file covers and other stationery of paper or paper­
                                        board ; sample and other albums and book covers, of paper or paperboard
 30.2080                 48.19          Paper or paperboard labels, whether or not printed or gummed
 30.2090                 48.20          Bobbins, spools, cops and similar supports of paper pulp, paper or paperboard (whether or not
                                        perforated or hardened)
 30.2100                48.21           Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding
 30.2110            CHAPTER 49          PRINTED BOOKS, NEWSPAPERS, PICTURES AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE
                                        PRINTING INDUSTRY ; MANUSCRIPTS ; TYPESCRIPTS AND PLANS
                    CHAPTER 64
 30.2120                64.03           Footwear with outer soles of wood or cork
 30.2130                64.05           Parts of footwear, removable in-soles, hose protectors and heel cushions, of any material except
                                        metal (*)
 30.2140                64.06           Gaiters, spats, leggings, puttees, cricket pads, shin-guards and similar articles, and parts thereof
 30.2150            CHAPTER 65          HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF
                    CHAPTER 66
 30.2160                66.02           Walking-sticks (including climbing-sticks and seat-sticks), canes, whips, riding-crops and the like
 30.2170                66.03           Parts, fittings, trimmings and accessories of articles falling within heading No 66.01 or 66.02
 30.2180            CHAPTER 67         PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR
                                       OF DOWN ; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS ; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR (e)
30.2190             CHAPTER 68         ARTICLES OF STONE, OF PLASTER ; OF CEMENT, OF ASBESTOS, OF MICA
                                       AND OF SIMILAR MATERIALS
                   CHAPTER 69
30.2200                 69.01 '        Heat-insulating bricks, blocks, tiles and other heat-insulating goods of siliceous fossil meals or of
                                       similar siliceous earths (for example, kieselguhr, tripolite or diatomite)
30.2210                 69.02          Refractory bricks, blocks, tiles and similar refractory constructional goods, other than goods fall­
                                       mg within heading No 69.01
30.2220                 69.03          Other refractory goods (for example, retorts, crucibles, muffles, nozzles, plugs, supports, cupels, 1
                                       tubes, pipes, sheaths and rods), other than goods falling within heading No 69.01 .
30.2230                 69.04          Building bricks (including flooring blocks, support or filler tiles and the like)
(e) For products falling within heading No 67.04, the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %.
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30.2240             69.05    Roofing tiles ; chimney-pots, cowls, chimney-liners, cornices and other constructional goods,
                             including architectural ornaments
30.2250             69.06    Piping, conduits and guttering (including angles, bends and similar fittings)
30.2260             69.07    Unglazed setts, flags and paving, hearth and wall tiles
30.2270             69.09    Laboratory, chemical or industrial wares ; troughs, tubs and similar receptacles of a kind used in
                             agriculture ; pots, jars and similar articles of a kind commonly used for the conveyance or pack­
                             ing of goods
30.2280             69.10    Sinks, washbasins, bidets, water closet pans, urinals, baths and like sanitary fixtures
30.2290             69.12    Tableware and other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic or toilet purposes, of other
                             kinds of pottery :
           \
                             A. Common pottery
                             B. Stoneware (d)
                             D. Other
30.2300             69.14    Other articles
                  CHAPTER 70
 30.2310            70.01 B  Glass in the mass (excluding optical glass)
 30.2320            70.03    Glass in balls, rods and tubes, unworked (not being optical glass)
 30.2330            70.04     Unworked cast or rolled glass (including flashed or wired glass), whether figured or not, in
                             rectangles
 30.2340             70.05    Unworked drawn or blown glass (including flashed glass), in rectangles (*)
 30.2350             70.06    Cast, rolled, drawn or blown glass (including flashed or wired glass), in rectangles, surface
                              ground or polished, but not further worked
 30.2360             70.07    Cast, rolled, drawn or blown glass (including flashed or wired glass) cut to shape other than rec­
                              tangular shape, or bent or otherwise worked (for example, edge worked or engraved), whether or
                              not surface ground or polished ; multiple-walled insulating glass ; leaded lights and the like
 30.2370             70.08    Safety glass consisting of toughened or laminated glass, shaped or not
 30.2380             70.09    Glass mirrors (including rear-view mirrors), unframed, framed or backed
 30.2390             70.10    Carboys, bottles, jars, pots, tubular containers and similar containers, of glass, of a kind com­
                              monly used for the conveyance or packing of goods ; stoppers and other closures, of glass
 30.2400             70.11    Glass envelopes (including bulbs and tubes) for electric lamps, electronic valves or the like
 30.2420             70.14    Illuminating glassware, signalling glassware and optical elements of glass, not optically worked
                              nor of optical glass :
                              A. Articles for electrical lighting fittings :
                                   I.  Facetted glass, plates, balls, pear-shaped drops, flower-shaped pieces, pendants and
                                       similar articles for trimming chandeliers
 30.2430             70.15    Clock and watch glasses and similar glasses (including glass of a kind used for sunglasses but
                              excluding glass suitable for corrective lenses), curved, bent, hollowed and the like ; glass spheres
                              and segments of spheres, of a kind used for the manufacture of clock and watch glasses and the
                              like
 (d) South Korea.
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 30.2440                70.16           Bricks, tiles, slabs, paving blocks, squares and other articles of pressed or moulded glass, of a
                                       kind commonly used in buildings ; multi-cellular glass in blocks, slabs; plates, panels and similar
                                       forms
 30.2450                70.17           Laboratory, hygienic and pharmaceutical glassware, whether or not graduated or calibrated ; glass
                                       ampoules
 30.2460                70.18          Optical glass and elements of optical glass, other than optically worked elements ; blanks for cor­
                                       rective spectacle lenses
 30.2470                70.19          Glass beads, imitation pearls, imitation precious and semi-precious stones, fragments and chip­
                                       pings, and similar fancy or decorative glass smallwares, and articles of glassware made there­
                                       from ; glass cubes and small glass plates, whether or not on a backing, for mosaics and similar
                                       decorative purposes ; artificial eyes of glass, including those for toys but excluding those for wear
                                       by humans ; ornaments and other fancy articles of lampworked glass ; grains (ballotini)
 30.2480                70.20          Glass fibre (including wool), yarns, fabrics, and articles made therefrom
 30.2490                70.21          Other articles of glass
                    CHAPTER 71
30.2510                 71.02          Precious and semi-precious stones, unworked, cut or otherwise worked, but not mounted, set or
                                       strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of transport)
30.2520                 71.03          Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, unworked, cut or otherwise worked,
                                       but not mounted, set or strung (except ungraded stones temporarily strung for convenience of
                                       transport)
30.2530             ex 71.05           Silver, including silver gilt and platinum-plated silver, semi-manufactured
30.2540                 71.06          Rolled silver, unworked or semi-manufactured
30.2550             ex 71.07           Gold, including platinum-plated gold, semi-manufactured
30.2560                 71.08          Rolled gold on base metal or silver, unworked or semi-manufactured
30.2570             ex 71.09           Platinum and other metals of the platinum group, semi-manufactured
30.2580                 71.10          Rolled platinum or other platinum group metals, on base metal or precious metal, unworked or
                                       semi-manufactured
30.2590                 71.12          Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or rolled precious metal (e)
30.2600                 71.13          Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or rolled
                                       precious metal, other than goods falling within heading No 7 1 . 1 2
30.2610                 71.14          Other articles of precious metal or rolled precious metal
30.2620                 71.15          Articles consisting of, or incorporating pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic
                                       or reconstructed)
                   CHAPTER 73
30.2630                 73.04          Shot and angular grit, of iron or steel , whether or not graded ; wire pellets of iron or steel
30.2640                 73.05 A        Iron or steel powders
30.2650                 73.07          Blooms, billets, slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars), of iron or steel ; pieces roughly
                                       shaped by forging, of iron or steel :
                                       A. Blooms and billets :
                                            II.  Forged
                                       B. Slabs and sheet bars (including tinplate bars):
                                            II . Forged
                                       C. Pieces roughly shaped by forging
(e) For products falling within subheading 71.12 A, the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %.
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30.2660        73.13   Sheets and plates, of iron or steel, hot-rolled or cold-rolled :
                       B. Other sheets and plates :
                             IV. Clad, coated or otherwise surface-treated :
                                  a)    Silvered, gilded, platinum-plated or enamelled
                            V.    Otherwise shaped or worked :
                                  a)    Cut into shapes other than rectangular shapes, but not further worked :
                                         1 . Silvered, gilded, platinum-plated or enamelled
                                  b)    Other, excluding sheets and plates shaped by rolling
30.2670         73.16  Railway and tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following : rails, check-rails,
                       switch blades, crossing (or frogs), crossing pieces, point rods, rack rails, sleepers, fish-plates,
                       chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material special­
                       ized for joining or fixing rails :
                       A. Rails :
                             I.   Current-conducting, with parts of non-ferrous metal
                       D. Fish-plates and sole plates :
                             II . Other
                       E.    Other
30.2680         73.17  Tubes and pipes, of cast iron (*)
30.2690         73.19   High-pressure hydro-electric conduits of steel, whether or not reinforced
30.2700         73.20  Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, unions and flanges), of iron or steel (*)
 30.2710        73.21   Structures and parts of structures (for example, hangars and other buildings, bridges and bridge­
                       sections, locks-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, door and window frames,
                       shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel ; plates, strip, rods, angles, shapes, sec­
                       tions, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel
 30.2720        73.22   Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than compressed or lique­
                        fied gas), of iron or steel, of a capacity exceeding 306 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insu­
                        lated, but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment
 30.2730        73.23   Casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers, of sheet or plate iron or steel, of a description
                        commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods
 30.2740        73.24   Containers, of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas
 30.2760        73.26   Barbed iron or steel wire ; twisted hoop or single flat wire, barbed or not, and loosely twisted
                        double wire, of kinds used for fencing, of iron or steel
 30.2770        73.27   Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials, of iron or steel wire ;
                        expanded metal, of iron or steel
 30.2780        73.29   Chain and parts thereof, of iron or steel
 30.2790         73.30  Anchors and grapnels and parts thereof, of iron or steel
 30.2800     ex 73.32    Bolts and nuts (including bolt ends and screw studs), whether or not threaded or tapped, and
                        screws (including screw hooks and screw rings), of iron or steel ; rivets, cotters, cotter-pins,
                        washers and spring washers, of iron or steel, excluding screws for wood falling within subheading
                        73.32 ex B II
 30.2810         73.33   Needles for hand sewing (including embroidery), hand carpet needles and hand knitting needles,
                         bodkins, crochet hooks, and the like, and embroidery stilettos, of iron or steel
  30.2820        73.34   Pins (excluding hatpins and other ornamental pins and drawing pins), hairpins and curling grips,
                         of iron or steel
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  30.2830                73.35            Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel
  30.2840                73.36            Stoves (including stoves with subsidiary boilers for central heating), ranges, cookers, grates, fires
                                          and other space heaters, gas-rings, plate warmers with burners, wash boilers with grates or other
                                          heating elements, and similar equipment, of a kind used for domestic purposes, not electrically
                                          operated, and parts thereof, of iron or steel
  30.2850                73.37            Boilers (excluding boilers of heading No 84.01 ) and radiators, for central heating, not electrically
                                          heated, and parts thereof, of iron or steel ; air heaters and hot air distributors (including those
                                          which can also distribute cool or conditioned air), not electrically heated, incorporating a motor­
                                          driven fan or blower, and parts thereof, of iron or steel
  30.2860                73.38            Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware for indoor use, and parts
                                          of such articles and ware, of iron or steel ; iron or steel wool ; pot scourers and scouring and pol­
                                          ishing pads ; gloves and the like, of iron or steel
  30.2865                73.40           Other articles of iron or steel (*) (b)
                     CHAPTER 74
 30.2870                 74.03           Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of copper ; copper wire (*)
 30.2875                 74.04           Wrought plates, sheets and strip of copper of a thickness over 0,1 5 mm (e)
 30.2880                 74.05           Copper foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed or backed with
                                         paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding
                                         0,15 mm
 30.2890                 74.06           Copper powders and flakes
 30.2900                74.08            Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of copper
 30.2910                74.10            Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands and the like, of copper wire, but excluding
                                         insulated electric wires and cables
 30.2920                74.11            Gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials (including endless
                                         bands), of copper wire, expanded metal, of copper
 30.2930                74.15            Nails, tacks, staples,, hook-nails, spiked cramps, studs, spikes and drawing pins, of copper, or of
                                         iron or steel with heads of copper ; bolts and nuts (including bolt ends and screw studs), whether
                                         or not threaded or tapped, and screws (including screw hooks and screw rings), of copper ; rivets,
                                         cotters, cotter-pins, washers and spring washers, of copper
 30.2940                74.16            Springs, of copper
 30.2950                74.17            Cooking and heating apparatus of a kind used for domestic purposes, not electrically operated,
                                         and parts thereof, of copper
 30.2960                74.18            Other articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware for indoor use, and
                                         parts of such articles and ware, of copper
 30.2970                74.19            Other articles of copper
                    CHAPTER 75
30.2980                 75.02           Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of nickel ; nickel wire
30.2990                 75.03           Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of nickel ; nickel foil ; nickel powders and flakes
30.3000                 75.04           Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of nickel ; hollow bars, and tube and pipe fittings (for
                                        example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of nickel
30.3010                 75.05           Electro-plating anodes, of nickel, wrought or unwrought, including those produced by
                                        electrolysis
(b) The asterisk only covers products other than parts of box pallets (with mesh products) (see OJ No L 352, 30. 12. 1985, p. 50, note (b)).
(e) For wrought plates, sheets and strip of copper of a thickness over 0,15 mm (74.04), the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %.
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30.3020                75.06             Other articles of nickel
                   CHAPTER 76
30.3040                76.03             Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium (*) (**) (e)
30.3050                76.04             Aluminium foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed, or backed
                                         with paper or other reinforcing material), of a thickness (excluding any backing) not exceeding
                                         0,20 mm
30.3060                76.05             Aluminium powders and flakes
30.3070                76.06             Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of aluminium ; hollow bars of aluminium
30.3080                76.07             Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of aluminium
30.3090                76.08             Structures, and parts of structures (for example, hangars and other buildings, bridges and bridge­
                                         sections, towfers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, door and window frames, balustrades,
                                         pillars and columns), of aluminium ; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, pre­
                                         pared for use in structures, of aluminium
30.3100                76.09             Reservoirs, tanks, vats and similar containers, for any material (other than compressed or lique­
                                         fied gas), of aluminium, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres, whether or not lined or heat-insulated,
                                         but not fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment
 30.3110               76.10             Casks, drums, cans, boxes and similar containers (including rigid and collapsible tubular con­
                                         tainers), of aluminium, of a description commonly used for the conveyance or packing of goods
 30.3120                76.11            Containers, of aluminium, for compressed or liquefied gas
 30.3130                76.12             Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited bands and the like, of aluminium wire, but exclud­
                                          ing insulated electric wires and cables
 30.3140                76.15             Articles of a kind commonly used for domestic purposes, sanitary ware for indoor use, and parts
                                          of such articles and ware, of aluminium
 30.3150                76.16             Other articles of aluminium
                    CHAPTER 77
 30.3160                77.02             Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of magnesium ; magnesium wire ; wrought plates,
                                          sheets and strip, of magnesium ; magnesium foil ; raspings and shavings of uniform size, powders
                                          and flakes, of magnesium ; tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of magnesium ; hollow bars of
                                          magnesium ; other articles of magnesium
 30.3170                77.04              Beryllium, unwrought or wrought, and articles of beryllium
                    CHAPTER 78
 30.3180                78.02              Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of lead ; lead wire
  30.3190               78.03              Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of lead
  30.3200                78.04             Lead foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed, or backed with
                                           paper or other reinforcing material); of a weight (excluding any backing) not exceeding 1,7 kg/m2 ;
                                           lead powders and flakes
  30.3210                78.05             Tubes and pipes and blanks, therefor, of lead ; hollow bars, and tube and pipe fittings (for
                                           example, joints, elbows, sockets, flanges and S-bends), of lead
  30.3220                78.06             Other articles of lead
  (e) For wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium of a thickness of over 0,20 mm (76.03), the reference base is set at 1 /o.
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               CHAPTER 79
 30.3230          79.02     Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of zinc ; zinc wire
 30.3240          79.03    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of zinc ; zinc foil ; zinc powders and flakes :
                           A. Plates, sheets, strip and foil
 30.3250          79.04    Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of zinc ; hollow bars, and tube and pipe fittings (for
                           example, joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of zinc
 30.3260          79.06    Other articles of zinc
               CHAPTER 80
 30.3270          80.02    Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of tin ; tin wire
 30.3280          80.03    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of tin
30.3290           80.04    Tin foil (whether or not embossed, cut to shape, perforated, coated, printed or backed with paper
                           or other reinforcing material), of a weight (excluding any backing) not exceeding 1 kg/m2 ; tin
                           powders and flakes
30.3300          80.05     Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of tin ; hollow bars, and tube and. pipe fittings (for example,
                          joints, elbows, sockets and flanges), of tin
30.3310          80.06     Other articles of tin
               CHAPTER 81
30.3320          81.01     Tungsten (wolfram), unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
                           B. Bars (other than bars further prepared than sintered), rods, angles, shapes, sections, wire, fila­
                               ments, plates, sheets, strip and foil
                          C. Other
30.3330          81.02     Molybdenum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
                           B. Bars (other than bars further prepared than sintered), rods, angles, shapes, sections, wire, fila­
                               ments, plates, sheets, strip and foil
                          C. Other
30.3340          81.03    Tantalum, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
                          B. Bars (other than bars not further prepared than sintered), rods, angles, shapes, sections, wire,
                               filaments, plates, sheets, strip and foil
                          C. Other
30.3350          81.04    Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought,
                          and articles thereof:
                          A. Bismuth :
                               II . Other
                          B.  Cadmium :
                              II .  Other
                          C. Cobalt :
                              II .  Other
                          D. Chromium :
                              II .  Other
                          E. Germanium :
                              II .  Other
                          F. Hafnium (celtium):
                              II .  Other
                          G. Manganese :
                              II .  Other
                          H. Niobium (columbium):
                              II .  Other
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30.3350                81.04   IJ. Antimony :
(cont 'd)           (cont 'd)      II .  Other
                               K. Titanium :
                                   II .  Other :
                                         b) Other
                               L.  Vanadium :
                                   II .  Other
                               N. Thorium :
                                    II . Other
                                         b) Other (Euratom)
                               O. Zirconium :
                                    II . Other
                               P.   Rhenium :
                                    II . Other
                               Q. Gallium ; indium ; thallium :
                                    II . Other
                               R. Cermets :
                                    II . Other
                    CHAPTER 82
30.3360                 82.01  Hand tools, the following : spades, shovels, picks, hoes, forks and - rakes ; axes, bill hooks and
                               similar hewing tools ; scythes, sickles, hay knives, grass shears, timber wedges and other tools of a
                               kind used in agriculture, horticulture or forestry
30.3370                 82.02  Saws (non-mechanical) and blades for hand or machine saws (including toothless saw blades)
 30.3380            ex 82.03   Hand tools, the following : tinmen's snips, bolt croppers and the like ; perforating punches, pipe
                               cutters ; spanners and wrenches (but not including tap wrenches), files and rasps
 30.3390                82.05  Interchangeable tools for hand tools, for machine tools or for power:operated hand tools (for ex­
                               ample, for pressing, stamping, drilling, tapping, threading, boring, broaching, milling, cutting,
                               turning, dressing, morticing or screw driving), including dies for wire drawing, extrusion dies for
                               metal, and rock drilling bits
 30.3400                82.06   Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances
 30.3410                82.07  Tool-tips and plates, sticks and the like for tool-tips, unmounted, of sintered metal carbides (for
                               example, carbides of tungsten, molybdenum or vanadium)
 30.3420                82.08  Coffee-mills, mincers, juice-extractors and other mechanical appliances, of a weight not exceed­
                               ing 10 kg and of a kind used for domestic purposes in the preparation, serving or conditioning of
                               food or drink
 30.3430                82.09   Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives falling
                               within heading No 82.06, and blades therefor :
                                B.   Blades
 30.3440                82.11   Razors and razor blades (including razor blade blanks, whether or not in strips)
 30.3450                82.12   Scissors (including tailors shears), and blades therefor
 30.3460                82.13   Other articles of cutlery (for example, secateurs, hair clippers, butchers' cleavers, paper knives);
                                manicure and chiropody sets and appliances (including nail files)
 30.3470                82.14   Spoons, forks, fish-eaters, butter-knives, ladles and similar kitchen or tableware '( d)
 (d) 82.14 A : South Korea.
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 30.3480           82.15    Handles of base metal for articles falling within heading No 82.09, 82.13 or 82.14
               CHAPTER 83
 30.3490           83.02    Base metal fittings and mountings of a kind suitable for furniture, doors, staircases, windows,
                            blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, caskets and the like (including automatic door closers); base
                            metal hat-racks, hat pegs, brackets and the like
 30.3500         . 83.03    Safes, strong-boxes, armoured or reinforced strong-rooms, strong-room linings and strong-room
                            doors, and cash and deed boxes and the like, of base metal
 30.3510           83.04    Filing cabinets, racks, sorting boxes, paper trays, paper rests and similar office equipment, of
                            base metal, other than office furniture falling within heading No 94.03
 30.3520           83.05    Fittings for loose-leaf binders, for files or of stationery books, of base metal ; letter clips, paper
                            clips, staples, indexing tags, and similar stationery goods, of base metal
 30.3530           83.06 ;  Statuettes and other ornaments of a kind used indoors, of base metal ; photograph, picture and
                           similar frames, of base metal ; mirrors of base metal
 30.3540          83.07     Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal, and parts thereof, of base metal (excluding switches,
                           electric lamp holders, electric lamps for vehicles, electric battery or magneto lamps, and other
                           articles falling within Chapter 85 except heading No 85.22)
 30.3550          83.08    Flexible tubing and piping, of base metal
 30.3560          83.09    Clasps, frames with clasps for handbags and the like, buckles, buckle-clasps* hooks, eyes, eyelets,
                           and the like, of base metal, of a kind commonly used for clothing, travel goods, handbags of
                           other textile or leather goods ; tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets, of base metal ; beads and
                           spangles, of base metal
30.3570           83.11    Bells and gongs, non-electric, of base metal, and parts thereof of base metal
30.3580           83.13    Stoppers, crown corks, bottle caps, capsules, bung covers, seals and plombs, case corner protec­
                           tors and other packing accessories, of base metal
 30.3590          83.14    Sign-plates, name-plates, numbers, letters and other signs, of base metal
 30.3600          83.15    Wire, rods, tubes, plates, electrodes and similar products, of base metal or of metal carbides,
                           coated or cored with flux material, of a kind used for soldering, brazing, welding or deposition of
                           metal or of metal carbides ; wire and rods, of agglomerated base metal powder, used for metal
                           spraying
               CHAPTER 84
30.3610          84.01     Steam and other vapour generating boilers (excluding central heating hot water boilers capable
                           also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers
30.3620          84.02     Auxiliary plant for use with boilers falling within heading No 84.01 (for example, economizers,
                           superheaters, soot removers, gas recoverers and the like); condensers for vapour engines and
                           power units
30.3630          84.03     Producer gas and water gas generators, with or without purifiers ; acetylene gas generators (water
                           process) and similar gas generators, with or without purifiers
30.3640          84.05     Steam or other vapour power units, whether or not incorporating boilers
30.3650          84.06     Internal combustion piston engines
30.3660          84.07     Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and water turbines)
30.3670          84.08     Other engines and motors
30.3680          84.09     Mechanically propelled road rollers
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30.3690         84.10     Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for liquids, whether or not fitted with measur­
                          ing devices ; liquid elevators of bucket, chain, screw, band and similar kinds
30.3700      ex 84.11     Air pumps, vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (including motor and turbo pumps' and
                          compressors, and free-piston generators for gas turbines); fans, blowers and the like, excluding
                          products falling within subheadings Alia) and b)
30.3710         84.12     Air conditioning machines, self-contained, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for
                          changing the temperature and humidity of air
30.3720         84.13   . Furnace burners for liquid fuel (atomizers), for pulverized solid fuel or for gas ; mechanical
                          stokers, mechanical grates, mechanical ash dischargers and similar appliances
30.3730         84.14     Industrial and laboratory furnaces and ovens, non-electric
30.3740         84.15      Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other)
30.3750         84.16      Calendering and similar rolling machines (other than metal-working and metal-rolling machines
                           and glass-working machines) and cylinders therefor            !
 30.3760        84.17      Machinery, plant and similar laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the
                           treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking,
                           roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing,
                           condensing or cooling, not being machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes ;
                           instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electrical
 30.3770        84.18      Centrifuges filtering and purifying machinery and apparatus (other than filter funnels, milk
                           strainers and the like), for liquids or gases
 30.3780         84.19     Machinery for cleaning or drying bottles or other containers ; machinery for filling, closing, seal­
                           ing, capsuling or labelling bottles, cans, boxes, bags or other containers ; other packing or wrap­
                           ping machinery ; machinery for aerating beverages ; dish washing machines
 30.3790         84.20      Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 eg or better), including weight-oper­
                            ated counting and checking machines ; weighing machine weights of all kinds
 30.3800         84.21      Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying
                            liquids or powders ; fire extinguishers (charged or not); spray guns and similar appliances ; steam
                            or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines
 30.3810         84.22      Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, telphers and conveyors (for example, lifts,
                            hoists, winches, cranes, transporter cranes, jacks, pulley tackle, belt conveyors and teleferics), not
                            being machinery falling within heading No 84.23
 30.3820         84.23      Excavating, levelling, tamping, boring and extracting machinery, stationary or mobile, for earth,
                            minerals or ores (for example, mechanical shovels, coal-cutters, excavators, scrapers, levellers and
                            bulldozers) ; pile-drivers ; snow-ploughs, not self-propelled (including snow-plough attachments)
  30.3830        84.24      Agricultural and horticultural machinery for soil preparation or cultivation (for example, ploughs,
                            harrows, cultivators, seed and fertilizer distributors); lawn and sports ground rollers
  30.3840        84.25       Harvesting and threshing machinery ; straw and fodder presses ; hay or grass mowers ; winnowing
                            and similar cleaning machines for seed, grain or leguminous vegetables and egg-grading and
                            other grading machines for agricultural produce (other than those of a kind used in the bread
                            grain milling industry falling within heading No 84.29)
  30.3850         84.26      Dairy machinery (including milking machines)
  30.3860         84.27      Presses, crushers and other machinery of a kind used in wine-making, cidermaking, fruit juice
                             preparation or the like
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  30.3870         84.28    Other agricultural, horticultural, poultry-keeping and bee-keeping machinery ; germination plant
                           fitted with mechanical or thermal equipment ; poultry incubators and brooders
  30.3880         84.29    Machinery of a kind used in the bread grain milling industry, and other machinery (other than
                           farm type machinery) for the working of cereals or dried leguminous vegetables
  30.3890         84.30    Machinery, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter, of a kind used in the following
                           food or drink industries : bakery, confectionery, chocolate manufacture, macaroni, ravioli or simi­
                          lar cereal food manufacture, the preparation of meat, fish, fruit or vegetables (including mincing
                          or slicing machines), sugar manufacture or brewing
  30.3900         84.31    Machinery for making or finishing cellulosic pulp, paper or paperboard
 30.3910         84.32    Book-binding machinery, including book-sewing machines
 30.3920         84.33    Paper or paperboard cutting machines of all kinds ; other machinery for making up paper pulp,
                          paper or paperboard
 30.3930         84.34    Machinery, apparatus and accessories for type-founding or type-setting ; machinery, other than
                          the machine-tools of heading No 84.45, 84.46 or 84.47 for preparing or working printing blocks,
                          plates, or cylinders ; printing type, impressed flongs and matrices printing blocks, plates and
                          cylinders ; blocks, plates, cylinders and lithographic stones, prepared for printing purposes (for
                          example, planed, grained or polished)
 30.3940         84.35    Other printing machinery ; machines for use ancillary to printing
 30.3950         84.36    Machines for extruding man-made textiles ; machines of a kind used for processing natural or
                         man-made textile fibres ; textile spinning and twisting machines ; textile doubling, throwing and
                         reeling (including weft-winding) machines
 30.3960         84.37   Weaving machines, knitting machines and machines for making gimped yarn, tulle, lace,
                         embroidery, trimmings, braid or net ; machines for preparing yarns for use on such machines, in­
                         cluding warping and warp sizing machines
 30.3970         84.38   Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading No 84.37 (for example, dobbies, jac­
                         quards, automatic stop motions and shuttle changing mechanisms); parts and accessories suit­
                         able for use solely or principally with the machines of the present heading or with machines fall­
                         ing within heading No 84.36 or 84.37 (for example, spindles and spindle flyers, card clothing,
                         combs, extruding nipples, shuttles, healds and heald-lifters and hosiery needles)
 30.3980         84.39   Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt in the piece or in shapes, including felt-hat
                         making machines and hat-making blocks
 30.3990        84.40    Machinery for washing, cleaning, drying, bleaching", dyeing, dressing, finishing or coating textile
                        yarns, fabrics or made-up textile articles (including laundry and dry-cleaning machinery); fabric
                         folding, reeling or cutting machines ; machines of a kind used in the manufacture of linoleum or
                        other floor covering for applying the paste to the base fabric or other support ; machines of a type
                        used for printing a repetitive design, repetitive words or overall colour on textiles, leather, wall­
                        paper, wrapping paper, linoleum or other materials, and engraved or etched plates, blocks or
                        rollers therefor
30.4000         84.41   Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for sewing machines ; sewing machine needles :
                        A. Sewing machines ; furniture specially designed for sewing machines
                               III . Parts ; furniture specially designed for sewing machines
                        B. Sewing machine needles '
30.4010         84.42   Machinery (other than sewing machines) for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather
                        (including boot and shoe machinery)
30.4020         84.43   Converters, ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines, of a kind used in metallurgy and in metal
                        foundries
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30.4030        84.44  Rolling mills and rolls therefor
30.4040        84.45  Machine-tools for working metal or metal carbides, not being machines falling within heading
                      No 84.49 or 84.50
30.4050        84.46  Machine-tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement and like mineral materials
                      or for working glass in the cold, other than machines falling within heading No 84.49
30.4060        84.47  Machine-tools for working wood, cork, bone, ebonite (vulcanite), hard artificial plastic materials
                      or other hard carving materials, other than machines falling within heading No 84.49
30.4070        84.48  Accessories and parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines falling within head­
                      ing Nos 84.45 to 84.47, including work and tool holders, self-opening dieheads, dividing heads
                      and other appliances for machine-tools ; tool holders for any type of tool or machine-tool for
                      working in the hand
30.4080        84.49  Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic or with self-contained non-electric motor
30.4090        84.50  Gas-operated welding, brazing, cutting and surface tempering appliances
30.4100        84.51  Typewriters, other than typewriters incorporating calculating mechanisms ; cheque-writing
                      machines
30.4110        84.52  Calculating machines ; accounting machines, cash registers, postage-franking machines, ticket­
                      issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device
30.4120        84.54  Other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines, addressing
                      machines, coin-sorting machines, coin-counting and wrapping machines, pencil-sharpening
                      machines, perforating and stapling machines)
 30.4130       84.55   Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) ' suitable for use solely or
                      principally with machines of a kind falling within heading No 84.51 , 84.52, 84.53 or 84.54
 30.4140       84.56   Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding or mixing earth, stone,
                       ores or other mineral substances, in solid (including powder and paste) form ; machinery
                       for agglomerating, moulding or shaping solid mineral fuels, ceramic paste, unhardened cements,
                       plastering materials or other mineral products in powder or paste form ; machines for forming
                       foundry moulds of sand
 30.4150       84.57   Glass-working machines (other than machines for working glass in the cold); machines for
                       assembling electric filament and discharge lamps and electronic and similar tubes and valves
 30.416,0       84.58  Automatic vending machines (for example, stamp, cigarette, chocolate and food machines), not
                       being games of skill or chance
 30.4170       84.59   Machines and mechanical appliances, having individual functions, not falling within any other
                       heading of this Chapter
 30.4180       84.60   Moulding boxes for metal foundry ; moulds of a type used for metal (other than ingot moulds),
                       for metal carbides, for glass, for mineral materials (for example, ceramic pastes, concrete
                       or cement) or for rubber or artificial plastic materials
 30.4190       84.61   Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances, for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats and the like,
                       including pressure-reducing valves and thermostatically controlled valves
 30.4200    ex 84.62   Ball, needle or needle roller bearings, excluding ball bearings with greatest external diameter not
                       more than 30 mm (*)
 30.4210        84.63  Transmission shafts, cranks, bearing housings, plain shaft bearings, gears and gearing (including
                       friction gears arid gearboxes and other variable speed gears), flywheels, pulleys and pulley blocks,
                       clutches and shaft couplings
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 30.4220                  84.64            Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material (for example, asbestos,
                                           felt and paperboard) or of laminated metal foil ; sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints,
                                           dissimilar in composition, for engines, pipes, tubes and the like, put up in pouches, envelopes or
                                           similar packings
 30.4230                  84.65            Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical
                                           features and not falling within any other heading in this Chapter
                      CHAPTER 85
 30.4240                  85.01            Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators, motors, converters (rotary or static),
                                           transformers, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus ; inductors :
                                           B.   Other :
                                                 I. Generators, motors (whether or not equipped with .speed reducing, changing or step-up
                                                     gear) and rotary converters :
                                                     a) Synchronous motors of an output of not more than 1 8 watts
                                                II . Transformers, static converters, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus ; inductors (e)
                                           C. Parts
 30.4250                 85.02             Electro-magnets ; permanent magnets and articles of special materials for permanent magnets,
                                           being blanks of such magnets ; electro-magnetic and permanent magnet chucks, clamps, vices
                                           and similar work holders ; electro-magnetic clutches and couplings ; electro-magnetic brakes ;
                                        ■ electro-magnetic lifting heads
 30.4260                 85.04             Electric accumulators
 30.4270                 85.05            Tools for working in the hand, with self-contained electric motor
 30.4280                 85.06             Electro-mechanical domestic appliances, with self-contained electric motor
 30.4290                 85.07             Shavers and hair clippers, with self-contained electric motor
 30.4300                 85.08             Electrical starting and ignition equipment for internal combustion engines (including ignition
                                          magnetos, megneto-dynamos, ignition coils, starter motors, sparking plugs and glow plugs);
                                          generators (dynamos and alternators) and cut-outs for use in conjunction with such engines
 30.4310                 85.09             Electrical lighting and signalling equipment and electrical windscreen wipers, defrosters and
                                          demisters, for cycles or motor vehicles
 30.4320                 85.10            Portable electric battery and „ magneto lamps, other than lamps falling within heading
                                          No 85.09 (d)
30.4330                . 85.11            Industrial and laboratory electric furnaces, ovens and inductions and dielectric heating equip­
                                          ment ; electric or laser-operated welding, brazing, soldering or cutting machines and apparatus
30.4340              ex 85.12             Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters ; electric soil heating appar­
                                          atus and electric space heating apparatus ; electric hairdressing appliances (for example, hair
                                          dryers, hair curlers, curling tong heaters) and electric smoothing irons ; electro-thermic domestic
                                          appliances ; electric heating resistors, other than those of carbon, excluding microwave ovens
30.4350                  85.13            Electrical line telephonic and telegraphic apparatus (including such apparatus for carrier-current
                                          line systems)
30.4360                  85.14            Microphones and stands therefor ; loudspeakers ; audio-frequency electric amplifiers
(d) 85.10 B : Hong Kong.
(e) For other static converters (85.01 B ex II), the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %.
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30.4370                  85.15            Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting
                                          and television transmission and reception apparatus (including receivers incorporating sound re­
                                          corders or reproducers) and television cameras ; radio navigational aid apparatus, radar apparatus
                                          and radio remote control apparatus :
                                          A. Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and reception apparatus ; radio-broad­
                                               casting and television transmission and reception apparatus (including receivers incorporat­
                                               ing sound recorders or reproducers) and television cameras ;
                                                  I. Transmitters
                                                 II . Transmitter-receivers
                                                IV. Television cameras (e)
                                           B. Other apparatus
                                                 II . Other
                                           C. Parts of the goods of subheadings A and B above :
                                                 II . Other :
                                                      a) Cabinets and cases
                                                      b) Parts of base metal, obtained by turning bars, angles, shapes, sections or wire, of
                                                          solid section, the greatest diameter of which does not exceed 25 mm
30.4380                   85.16            Electric traffic control equipment for railways, roads or inland waterways and equipment used
                                           for similar purposes in port installations or upon airfields
 30.4390                  85.17            Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (such as bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar and
                                           fire alarms), other than those of heading No 85.09 or 85.16
 30.4395                  85.19            Electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits, for the protection of electrical
                                           circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses,
                                           lightning arresters, surge suppressors, plugs, lampholders and junction boxes); resistors, fixed or
                                           variable (including potentiometers), other than heating resistors ; printed circuits ; switch-boards
                                           (other than telephone switch-boards) and control panels (e)
 30.4400                  85.20             Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps (including infra-red and ultra-violet lamps);
                                           arc-lamps :
                                            B. Other lamps
                                            C. Parts
 30.4410                  85.21             Thermionic, cold cathode and photo-cathode valves and tubes (including vapour or gas filled
                                            valves and tubes, cathode-ray tubes, television camera tubes , and mercury arc rectifying valves
                                            and tubes); photocells ; mounted piezo-electric crystals ; diodes, transistors and similar semi-con­
                                            ductor devices ; light emitting diodes ; electronic microcircuits :
                                            ex A. Valves and tubes, excluding cathode-ray tubes listed in Annex I
                                               B. Photocells, including photo transistors
 30.4420                  85.22             Electrical appliances and apparatus, having individual functions, not falling within any other
                                            heading of this Chapter
 30.4430                   85.23            Insulated (including enamelled or anodized) electric wire, cable, bars, strip and the like (includ­
                                            ing co-axial cable), whether or not fitted with connectors :
                                            B. Other (*) (e)
  30.4440                  85.24            Carbon brushes, arc-lamp carbons, battery carbons, carbon electrodes and other carbon articles
                                            of a kind used for electrical purposes
  (e For television cameras (85.15 A IV), the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %.                                        . . ,oc
    ' For electrical apparatus for making and breaking electrical circuits (85.19), the reference base is set at 1 %. For electrical wire, cable (85.23 B), the
      reference base is set at 1 %. For valves and tubes (subheadings 85.21 ex A and B), the reference base is set at 1 %.
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  30.4450                85.25           Insulators of any material
  30.4460                85.26           Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insu-.
                                         lating material apart from any minor components of metal incorporated during moulding solely
                                         for purposes of assembly, but not including insulators falling within heading No 85.25
  30.4470                85.27           Electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with insulating material
  30.4480                85.28           Electrical parts of machinery and apparatus, not being goods falling within any of the preceding
                                         headings of this Chapter
  30.4490            CHAPTER 86         RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING-STOCK AND PARTS THERE­
                                        OF ; RAILWAY AND TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES AND FITTINGS ; TRAFFIC
                                        SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL KINDS (NOT ELECTRICALLY POWERED)
                     CHAPTER 87
 30.4500                 87.01          Tractors (other than those falling within heading No 87.07), whether or not fitted with power
                                        take-offs, winches or- pulleys
 30.4510            ex 87.02            Motor vehicles for the transport of persons, goods or materials (including sports motor vehicles,
                                        other than those falling within heading No 87.09) excluding new motor vehicles of a cylinder
                                        capacity up to 3 000 cm3 (NIMEXE code 87.02-21 and 23) and other new cars for the transporta­
                                        tion of goods (NIMEXE code 87.02-86) (a)
 30.4520                 87.03          Special purpose motor lorries and vans (such as breakdown lorries, fire-engines, fire-escapes,
                                        road sweeper lorries, snow-ploughs, spraying lorries, crane lorries, searchlight lorries, mobile
                                        workshops and mobile radiological units), but not including the motor vehicles falling within
                                        heading No 87.02
 30.4530                 87.04          Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 , 87.02 or 87.03
 30.4540                 87.05          Bodies (including cabs) for the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 , 87.02 or 87.03
 30.4550                 87.06          Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles falling within heading No 87.01 , 87.02 or 87.03
 30.4560                 87.07          Works trucks, mechanically propelled, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or
                                       airports for short distance transport or handling of goods (for example, platform trucks, fork-lift
                                       trucks and straddle carriers); tractors of the type used on railway station platforms ; parts of the
                                       foregoing vehicles
 30.4570                87.08          Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorized, whether or not fitted with weapons, and
                                       parts of such vehicles
                                 I
 30.4580                87.09          Motor-cycles, auto-cycles and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars ;
                                       side-cars of all kinds
 30.4590                87.10          Cycles (including delivery bicycles), not motorized (*)                                         >
30.4600                 87. 1 1        Invalid carriages, whether or not motorized or otherwise mechanically propelled
30.4610                 87.12          Parts and accessories of articles falling within heading No 87.09, 87.10 or 87.1 1 (*) (a)
30.4620                 87.13          Baby carriages and parts thereof
30.4630                 87.14          Other vehicles (including trailers), not mechanically propelled, and parts thereof
30.4640             CHAPTER 88         AIRCRAFT AND PARTS THEREOF ; PARACHUTES ; CATAPULTS AND SIMILAR
                                       AIRCRAFT LAUNCHING GEAR ; GROUND FLYING TRAINERS
30.4650             CHAPTER 89         SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES
(a) The asterisk covers only subheading 87 . 1 2 B.
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             CHAPTER 90
30.4660        90.01    Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such
                        elements of glass not optically worked ; sheets or plates, of polarizing material
30.4670        90.02    Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements of any material, mounted, being parts of or
                        fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked
30.4680        90.04    Spectacles, pince-nez, lorgnettes, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other
30.4685        90.05    Refracting telescopes (monocular and binocular), prismatic or not
30.4690        90.06    Astronomical instruments (for example, reflecting telescopes, transit instruments and equatorial
                        telescopes), and mountings therefor, but not including instruments for radio-astronomy
30.4700        90.07    Photographic cameras ; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge
                        lamps of heading No 85.20
30.4710        90.08    Cinematographic cameras, projectors, sound recorders and sound reproducers but not including
                        re-recorders or film editing apparatus ; any combination of these articles
30.4715        90.09    Still image projectors ; photographic enlargers and reducers
30.4720        90.10    Apparatus and equipment of a kind used in photographic or cinematographic laboratories, not
                        falling within any other heading in this Chapter ; photocopying apparatus (whether incorporating
                        an optical system or of the contact type) and thermocopying apparatus ; screens for projectors
30.4730        90.1 1   Microscopes and diffraction apparatus, electron and proton
30.4740        90.12    Compound optical microscopes, whether or not provided with means for photographing or pro­
                        jecting the image
30.4750        90.13    Optical appliances and instruments (but not including lighting appliances other than searchlights
                        or spotlights), not falling within any other heading of this Chapter ; lasers, other than laser diodes
30.4760        90.14    Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, navigational, meteorological,
                        hydrological and geophysical instruments ; compasses ; rangefinders
30.4770        90.15     Balances of a sensitivity of 5 eg or better, with or without their weights
30.4780        90.16     Drawing, marking-out and mathematical calculating instruments, drafting machines, panto­
                        graphs, slide rules, disc calculators and the like ; measuring or checking instruments, appliances
                      , and machines, not falling within any other heading of this Chapter (for example, micrometers,
                        callipers, gauges, measuring rods, balancing machines); profile projectors
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30.4790        90.17-   Medical, dental, surgical and veterinary instruments and appliances (including electromedical
                        apparatus and ophthalmic instruments)
30.4800        90.18    Mechano-therapy appliances ; massage apparatus ; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus ; arti­
                        ficial respiration, ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy or similar apparatus ; breathing
                        appliances (including gas masks and similar respirators)
30.4810        90.19    Orthopaedic appliances, surgical belts, trusses and the like ; splints and other fracture appliances ;
                        artificial limbs, eyes, teeth and other artificial parts of the body ; hearing-aids and other
                        appliances which are worn or carried, or implanted in the body, to compensate for a defect or
                        disability
30.4820        90.20    Apparatus based on the use of X-rays or of the radiations from radioactive substances (including
                        radiography and radiotherapy apparatus); X-ray generators ; X-ray tubes ; X-ray screens ; X-ray
                        high tension generators ; X-ray control panels and desks ; X-ray examination or treatment tables,
                        chairs and the like
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 30.4830                 90.21           Instruments, apparatus or models, designed solely for demonstrational purposes (for example, in
                                         education or exhibition), unsuitable for other uses
 30.4840                 90.22           Machines and appliances for testing mechanically the hardness, strength, compressibility, elas­
                                         ticity and the like properties of industrial materials (for example, metals, wood textiles, paper or
                                         plastics)
 30.4850                 90.23           Hydrometers and similar instruments ; thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers, psy­
                                         chrometers, recording or not ; any combination of these instruments
 30.4860                 90.24           Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically controlling the flow, depth,
                                         pressure or other variables of liquids or gases, or for automatically controlling temperature (for
                                         example, pressure gauges, thermostats, level gauges, flow meters, heat meters, automatic oven­
                                         draught regulators), not being articles falling within heading No 90. 14
 30.4870                 90.25           Instruments and apparatus fdr physical or chemical analysis (such as polarimeters, refracto­
                                         meters, spectrometers, gas analysis apparatus), instruments and apparatus for measuring or
                                         checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like (such as viscometers, porosi­
                                         meters, expansion meters); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of
                                         heat, light or sound (such as photometers (including exposure meters), calorimeters); microtomes
 30.4880                90.26            Gas, liquid and electricity supply or production meters ; calibrating meters therefor
 30.4890                90.27            Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers, and the like,
                                         speed indicators (including magnetic speed indicators) and tachometers (other than articles
                                         falling within heading No 90.14); stroboscopes
 30.4900                90.28            Electrical measuring, checking, analyzing or automatically controlling instruments and apparatus
 30.4910                90.29            Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or principally with one or more of the articles falling
                                         within heading No 90.23 , 90.24, 90.26, 90.27 or 90.28
                    CHAPTER 91
 30.4920                91.01            Pocket-watches, wrist-watches, and other watches, including stop-watches (d)
 30.4930                91.03            Instrument panel clocks and clocks of a similar type, for vehicles, aircraft or vessels
 30.4940                91.05            Time of day recording apparatus ; apparatus with clock or watch movement (including secondary
                                         movement) or with synchronous motor, for measuring, recording or otherwise indicating intervals
                                         of time
 30.4950                91.06            Time switches with clock or watch movement (including secondary movement) or with synchron­
                                         ous motor
30.4960                 91.08            Watch movements assembled
30.4970                 91.10            Clock cases and cases of a similar type for other goods of this Chapter, and parts thereof
30.4980                 91.11           Other clock and watch parts
                    CHAPTER 92
30.4990             ex 92.01             Pianos (including automatic pianos, whether or not with keyboards), excluding new upright
                                        pianos ; harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments ; harps but not including aeolian
                                        harps
30.5000                 92.02           Other string musical instruments
30.5010                 92.03           Pipe and reed organs, including harmoniums and the like
(d) Preferences are not to be granted to products originating in Hong Kong.
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30.5020                92.04          Accordions, concertinas and similar musical instruments ; mouth organs
30.5030                92.05          Other wind musical instruments
30.5040                92.06           Percussion musical instruments (for example, drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets)
30.5050                92.07           Electro-magnetic, electrostatic, electronic and similar musical instruments (for example, pianos,
                                      organs, accordions)
30.5060                92.08           Musical instruments not falling within any other heading of this Chapter (for example, fair­
                                      ground organs, mechanical street organs, musical boxes, musical saws); mechanical singing
                                      birds ; decoy calls and effects of all kinds ; mouthblown sound signalling instruments (for
                                      example, whistles and boatswains' pipes)
30.5070                92.10           Palrts and accessories of musical instruments, including perforated music rolls and mechanisms
                                      for musical boxes ; metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes of all kinds
30.5080                92.13          Other parts and accessories of apparatus falling within heading No 92.1 1
30.5090            CHAPTER 93         ARMS AND AMMUNITION ; PARTS THEREOF
                   CHAPTER 94
30.5100                94.01           Chairs and other seats (other than those falling within heading No 94.02), whether or not convert­
                                       ible into beds, and parts thereof:
                                       B. Other :
                                             I. Specially designed for aircraft
                                            II . Other (*)(e).
30.51 10               94.02           Medical, dental, surgical or veterinary furniture (for example, operating tables, hospital beds with
                                       mechanical fittings); dentists' and similar chairs with mechanical elevating, rotating or reclining
                                       movements ; parts of the foregoing articles
30.5120                 94.04          Mattress supports ; articles of bedding or similar furnishing fitted with springs or stuffed or inter­
                                       nally fitted with any material or of expanded foam or sponge rubber or expanded foam or sponge
                                       artificial plastic material, whether or not covered (for example, mattresses, quilts, eiderdowns,
                                       cushions, pouffes and pillows)
 30.5130           CHAPTER 95          ARTICLES AND MANUFACTURES OF CARVING OR MOULDING MATERIAL
 30.5140           CHAPTER 96          BROOMS, BRUSHES, POWDER-PUFFS AND SIEVES, EXCLUDING PAINT, DISTEM­
                                       PER, VARNISH AND SIMILAR BRUSHES, BRUSHES FOR COSMETICS AND PER­
                                       SONAL TOILETRY, AND OTHER BRUSHES OR BROOMS LISTED IN ANNEX A
                                       TO THE PRESENT REGULATION
                   CHAPTER 97
30.5150                 97.01          Wheeled toys designed to be ridden by children (for example, toy bicycles and tricycles and
                                       pedal motorcars); dolls' prams and dolls' pushchairs
30.5153                 97.02          Dolls (d)
30.5156                 97.04          Equipment for parlour, table and funfair games for adults or children (including billiard tables
                                       and pintables and table-tennis requisites) (d)
30.5160                 97.06          Appliances, apparatus, accessories and requisites for gymnastics or athletics, or for sports and
                                       outdoor games (other than articles falling within heading No 97.04)
 30.5170                97.07          Fish-hooks, line fishing rods and tackle ; fish landing nets and butterfly nets ; decoy 'birds', lark
                                       mirrors and similar hunting or shooting requisites :
                                       A.   Fishhooks unmounted
(d) Hong Kong.
(e) For products falling within subheading 94.01 B II , the reference base referred to in Article 14 is set at 1 %.
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 30.5180                97.08          Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground amusements ; travelling circuses,
                                       travelling menageries and travelling theatres
 30.5190            CHAPTER 98         MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (*) (a)
(a) The asterisk only covers heading No 98. 1 5 .
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                                                                    ANNEX III
                               List of developing countries and territories enjoying generalized tariff preferences (')
                                                      A. INDEPENDENT - COUNTRIES
048 Yugoslavia                                    370 Madagascar                               604 Lebanon
066 Romania                                       373 Mauritius                                608 Syria
204 Morocco                                       375 Comoros (2)                              612 Iraq
208 Algeria                                       378 Zambia                                   616 Iran
212 Tunisia                                       382 Zimbabwe                                 628  Jordan
216 Libya                                         386 Malawi (2)                               623  Saudi Arabia
220 Egypt                                         391 Botswana (2)                             636  Kuwait
224 Sudan (2)                                     393 Swaziland                                640  Bahrain
228 Mauritania                                    395 Lesotho (2)                              644 Qatar
232 Mali (2)                                      412 Mexico                                   647 United Arab Emirates
236 Burkina Faso ( )                              416 Guatemala                                649 Oman
240 Niger (2)          2                          421 Belize                                   652 North Yemen (2)
244 Chad (2)                                      424 Honduras                                 656 South Yemen (2)
247    Republic of Cape Verde (2)                 428 El Salvador                   »          660 Afghanistan (2)
248    Senegal                                    432 Nicaragua                                662 Pakistan
252    Gambia (2)                                 436 Costa Rica                               664 India
257    Guinea Bissau (2)                          442 Panama                                   666 Bangladesh (2)
260 Guinea (2)                                    448 Cuba                                     667 Maldives (2)
264 Sierra Leone (2)                              449 St Christopher and Nevis                 669 Sri Lanka
268 Liberia                                       452 Haiti (2)                                672 Nepal (2)
272 Ivory Coast                                   453 Bahamas                                  675 Bhutan (2)
276 Ghana                                         456 Dominican Republic                       676 Burma
280 Togo (2)                                      459 Antigua and Barbuda                      680 Thailand
284 Benin (2)                                     460 Dominica                                 684" Laos (2)
288 Nigeria                                       464 Jamaica                                  690 Vietnam
302 Cameroon                                      465 St Lucia                                 696 Kampuchea (Cambodia)
306 Central African Republic (:)                  467 St Vincent                               700 Indonesia
310 Equatorial Guinea (2)                         469 Barbados                                 701 Malaysia
3 1 1 Sao Tome and Principe O                     472 Trinidad and Tobago                      703 Brunei Darussalam
314 Gabon                                         473 Grenada                                  706 Singapore
318 Congo .                                       480 Colombia                               , 708 Philippines
322 Zaire                                         484 Venezuela                                720 China
324    Rwanda (:)                                 488 Guyana                                   728 South Korea
328    Burundi (2)                                492 Surinam                                  801 Papua New Guinea
330    Angola                                     500 Ecuador                                  803  Nauru
334    Ethiopia (2)                               504 Peru                                     806  Solomon Islands
338    Djibouti (2)                             ' 508 Brazil                                   807  Tuvalu
342    Somalia Q                                  512 Chile                                    812  Kiribati
346    Kenya                                      516 Bolivia                                  815 Fiji
350    Uganda (2)                                 520 Paraguay                                 816 Vanuatu
352    Tanzania (2)                               524 Uruguay                                  817 Tonga (2)
355    Seychelles and dependencies (2)            528 Argentina                                819 Western Samoa (2)
366    Mozambique                                 600 Cyprus
(') 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
                                                                                            i
            dependent or administered, or for whose external relations Member States of the Community or third
                                                 countries are wholly or partly responsible
            044 Gibraltar
            329 St Helena and St Helena dependencies
            357 British Indian Ocean Territory
            377 Mayotte
            406 Greenland (')
            413 Bermuda
            446 Anguilla
            454 Turks and Caicos Islands
            455 West Indies
            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 (2)
            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 .
           (') As from the entry into force of the Treaty, signed in Brussels on 13 March 1984, amending the Treaties establishing
               the European Communities with regard to Greenland or of interim measures agreed in the Council .
           (:) American Oceania includes : Guam , American Samoa (including Swain 's Island), Midway Islands, Johnston and
               Sand Islands, Wake Island and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (the Caroline, Marianas and Marshall
               Islands).
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                                                ANNEX IV
                               List of least-developed developing countries
               224 Sudan                                         342 Somalia
               232 Mali                                          350 Uganda
               236 Burkina Faso                                  352 Tanzania
               240 Niger                                         355 Seychelles and dependencies
               244 Chad                                          375 Comoros
               247 Republic of Cape Verde                        386 Malawi
               252 Gambia                                        391 Botswana
               257 Guinea Bissau                                 395 Lesotho
               260 Guinea                                        452 Haiti
               264 Sierra Leone                                  652 North Yemen
               280 Togo                                          656 South Yemen
             . 284 Benin                                         660 Afghanistan
               306 Central African Republic                      666 Bangladesh
               310 Equatorial Guinea                             667 Maldives
               311 Sâo Tomé and Principe                         672 Nepal
               324 Rwanda                                        675 Bhutan
               328 Burundi                                       684 Laos
               334 Ethiopia                                      817 Tonga
               338 Djibouti                                      819 Western Samoa