CELEX: 51998PC0240
Language: en
Date: 1998-04-22
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                   Brussels, 22.04.1998
                                                   COM(1998) 240 final
                                  Proposal for a
                        COUNCIL REGULATION (EC)
amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending
            the autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on certain
                       industrial and agricultural products
                         (presented by the Commission)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  During the first quarter of this year, the. Commission, assisted by the Economic Tariff
    Questions Group, has reviewed requests for temporary suspension of autonomous Common
    Customs Tariff duties presented to it by the Member States, including certain requests
    amending existing suspensions.
2.  The attached proposal concerns certain industrial products.
3.  The requests for suspension relating to the above products were examined in the light of the
    criteria set out in the communication from the Commission to the Council and the Member
    States concerning autonomous tariff suspensions (see OJ C 235, 13.9.1989, p. 2).
   Following this review, the Commission considers that the suspension or reduction of duties is
   justified for the products listed in Annex I to the attached proposal for a Regulation.
   For the products listed in Annex II, on the other hand, it believes suspension is no longer in
   the Community's economic interests.
   The two annexes to this Regulation thus correspond respectively, to the list of products for
   which suspension is proposed, or for which the wording (including the nomenclature code)
   has to be changed, and the list of products removed from the Annex to
   Regulation (EC) No 1255/96.
    Amendments to the description of certain products listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No
    1255/96, where they have become necessary, have been taken into account as follows:
            addition to the nomenclature code for the product (listed in the Annex to Regulation
             (EC) No 1255/96) in Annex II,
             addition of the new amended product description in Annex I.
4.  The period of validity of the proposed measure is unspecified, since its purpose is to amend
    the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96, the period of validity of which is itself
    unspecified.
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 ---pagebreak---                                                   Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No                       /1998
                                             of                /1998
    amending the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous
                 Common Customs Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 28 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Whereas it is in the interest of the Community to suspend partially or totally the autonomous Common
 Customs Tariff duties for a number of new products not listed in the Annex to
 Regulation (EC) No 1255/96',
Whereas the products referred to in the said Regulation, for which it is no longer in the Community's
interest to maintain suspension of autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties or for which it is necessary
to amend the description in the light of technical developments, must be withdrawn from the list in the
Annex thereto,
Whereas, for the sake of clarity, products whose description require amendment should be regarded as new
products,
Whereas Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 was last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2590/972 by means of a
consolidated annex,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION.
                                                    Article I
The products set out in Annex I to this Regulation shall be added to the Annex to Regulation
(EC) No 1255/96. The autonomous Common Customs Tariff duties on these products shall be suspended at
the rate indicated for each product.
                                                   Article 2
The products for which the codes are set out in Annex II to this Regulation shall be removed from the
Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96.
                                                   Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1998.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at             ,              1998
                                                                    For the Council
                                                                    The President
 1
     OJ No L 158, 29.6.1996, p. 1
2
     OJ L 355, 30.12.1997, p. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                                                ANNEX I
                                                                                                                      Rate of
         <:N <:<)<)(• i. TAKI<:                                             Do:;<:r i pi i on                       autonomous
                                                                                                                     d u t y (%)
0007  ex2t!l2     90 00   10    Nitrogen    tri fluoride                                                                         0
00 H  l'xXHZ!) !i() 00 10       Copper (I or Jl) oxide oont ,i i nl n<] by welqht 7H * oi moi c of copper
                                .ind not more I h,ui 0,0 1 K of chloride
0020  ox.7M.YI 19 00 10         Zinc cyanide
0027  ex2850 00 20 10           Silane
0033  ex2903 30 10 30           Pertluoroethane
0048  ex2905 19 10 10           Potassium tert-butanolate (potassium tert-butoxide), whether or not
      ex3824 90 95 56           in the form of a solution in tetrahydrofuran
0050  ex2905 39 80 20           2-F,thylhexane-l, 3-diol
0054  ex2906 19 00 10           Cyclohex-1,4-ylenedimethanol
0055  ex2906 19 00 20           4,4'-Isopropylidenedicyclohexanol
0068  ex2910 90 00 60           1,2-Epoxyoctadecane, of a purity by weight of 82 % or more
      ex3824 90 95 59
0071  ex2 912 2 9 00 10         Terephthai aldehyde                                                                              0
0084  OX2 915) 90 B0 4 0        Nonanoic    acid    (pelargonic         acid)                                                    0
0087  ox2916 12 90 2 0          2-Ethoxyethyl      acrylnte                                                                      0
0092  ox2916 39 00 4 0          Vinyl   4-tert-butylbenzoate                                                                     0
0096  ex2917 19 90 50           Glutaric    anhydride                                                                            0
0129  ex2921 45 00 20           2-Aminonaphthalene-l,5-disulphonic                    acid    and its  sodium salts              0
0137  ex2922 21 00 20           4-Hydroxy-7-methylaminonaphthalene-2-sulphonic                        acid                       0
0140  ex2922 29 00 60           3,5-Dichloro-4-(l,l,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)aniline                                                0
0164  ex2926 90 99 60           Cyanoacetic     acid   in c r y s t a l l i n e  form                                            0
 0174 <•/.'/")'/<) 10 'JO »)0      Ti 1 met hy I hcx.uiiet hy) enr> d i i socy.m.U e, mixed isomori;
 0190 ox2931 00 9b 5b           Dimethyl[dimethylsilyldiindenyl]hafnium
 0191  OX293] 00 95 60          Trioctylphosphine oxide
 0192  ex2 934 90 97 70          2,3,5,6-Tetrahydroxy-l,4-diisobutyl-l,4-dioxo-l,4-diphosphinane                                 0
 0234  ex2934 90 97 75           Tris(2,3-epoxypropyl)-l,3,5-triazinanetrione                                                    0
 0256  e:<2935 00 90 50          4,4'-Oxydi(benzenesulfonohydrazide)                                                              0
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 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                                                                               Rate    of
           r.M . • ( , . ! . ' t. TAR 1 0                                                                    De.'.'CI i p t i o n                                                           .uit onoiiioiiii
                                                                                                                                                                                             d u t y (%)
 02M    <•/ i i ' l H    I 'i  1,1) | (J   l l | . ' k . . | b i , l ( 4 /lie) ],•»>./ •••/•• \t, I p i M l l . l l I U o l o e l | , y | | | , j o ) b o f i / . r , l h i - J Z o l - 2 -                0
                                           y I .l/.i < | •'<           ('i I p i o p y I .Kill n o ) b e n / ( ' l i e ; , i| | I M I 1.11 e j
 04bf>  >•/. V/UH 'id 19 20                   Copolymer ol po I yur et.h.uie r«rid .•; I I I cone, in the form of a .solution in
                                           <i mixture of bul .mono, loluerie ,ind eye: 1 ohox.mone, containing by
                                           weight 13 'A m moie but not more I li.in 16 % of copolymer
 0279   ey.34()2 90 10 30                  Non aqueous surfaco-active preparation, containing:
                                          —         polyethylene glycol alkylphenyl ether,
                                          —         2,4,7,9-tetramethyldec-5-yne-4,7-diol
                                                     and
                                          —         phosphoric acid esters
0293   ex3702 43 00 10                    Photographic film, of a nominal width of 459, 669 or 761 mm,
       ex3702 44 00 10                    composed of several layers, including two polyester films, a carbon
                                          layer, an adhesive layer, a layer of a copolymer of styrene with
                                          acrylonitrile and a release layer
0299   ex 1H0H 40 20 10                   Préparât. Ion containing by weight
                                          —         58 % or more but not more than 62 % of l-bromo-3-chloro-5,5-
                                                   dimethylhydantoin,
                                          —         26 % or more but not more than 29 % of 1,3-dichloro-5,5-
                                                   dimethylhydantoin,
                                          —         10 % or more but not more than 12 % of 1,3-dichloro-5-ethy.l-5-
                                                   methylhydantoin,
                                          for the manufacture of swimming-pool disinfectants (a)
0313   ex3815 19 90 55                    Catalyst consisting of a mixture of metal oxides containing chromium
                                          trioxide, fixed on a support of silicon dioxide
0321   ex3815 19 90 60                    Catalyst consisting of dichromium trioxide, fixed on a support of
                                          aluminium oxide
0311   ex3815 19 90 75                    Catalyst consisting of organo-metallic compounds of aluminium and
                                          chromium, fixed on a support of silicon dioxide
0312   ex3815 19 90 80                    Catalyst consisting of organo-metallic compounds of magnesium and
                                          titanium, fixed on a support of silicon dioxide, in the form of a
                                          suspension in mineral oil
0314   ex3815 19 90 85                    Catalyst consisting of organo-metallic compounds of aluminium,
                                          magnesium and titanium, fixed on a support of silicon dioxide, in
                                          the form of powder
0379   ex3824 90 95 31                    Copper zinc ferrite, in the form of granules of a size not exceeding
                                          120 micrometres, coated with a silicone resin
0351   ex3824 90 95 57                    Mixture of trialkylphosphine oxides
0352   ex3824 90 95 58                    Platinum oxide fixed on a porous support of aluminium oxide,
                                          containing by weight 0,1 % or more but not more than 1 % of platinum
                                          and 0,5 % or more but not more than 5 % of ethylaluminium dichloride
034 9  ex3824 90 95 60                    a-Phenoxycarbonyl-w-phenoxypoly[oxy(2,6-dibromo-l,4-
                                          phenylene)isopropylidene(3,5-dibromo-l,4-phenylene)oxycarbonyl]
0410   ox3903 19 00 20                    Polystyrene of a molecular weight                                                 (Mn) not exceeding 5 000
                                                                                                             S
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                   de f, TARIC                                           Description                    "             autonomous
                                                                                                                       duty (ft)
04 1 \ <•/. '.'Hi ', 'in MO l\        Oopolymei, fui I n H y of :;tyiene wilh m.i 1 e i c anhyd r ide, or entirely of               0
                                    ::lyiene wilh ma I e i <• anhydride ,md an acrylic monomer, al:;o partially
                                    estej if i n i , of an average molecular weight (Mn) not exceeding 3 000,
                                     in «me of the form;; mentioned in note 6 (a) and (b) t o Chapter 39
(MM)   '•/. I'HU 'to 'in 4i)          i'op.,1 ymei n| .•;! yieiie wilh w mol hyl:;l yi en.- and .i.wyllr a d d , of a              0
       e x 1'IOh    '1(1 'HI 4 0    llinlo.'illal Weight   (M„)  nl  b00 m  Itio | . . bill not exceeding (> 0 0 0
       c'X I'l I I  'III MM ' i l l
0417   0x3903 90 90 55              Copolymer of styrene, methyl methacrylate, butyl acrylate and either                         0
       ex3906 90 90 45              acrylic acid or hydroxyethyl methacrylate, of a molecular weight (Mn)
                                    of 500 or more but not exceeding 6 000
0420   ex3904 40 00 91              Copolymer of vinyl chloride with vinyl acetate and vinyl alcohol,                            0
                                    containing by weight:
                                    —    87 % or more but not more than 92 % of vinyl chloride,
                                    —    2 % or more but not more than 9 % of vinyl acetate
                                         and
                                    —    1 % or more but not more than 8 ft of vinyl alcohol,
                                    in one of the forms mentioned in note 6 (a) or (b) to Chapter 39,
                                    for the manufacture of good** of heading No 3235 or 8523 or for use
                                    In the manufacture of coatings for containers and closures of a kind
                                    used for pr oser vlng food and drink (a)
0431   e X 390b 99 90 96            Poly(vinyl formal), In one of the forms mentioned in note-6 (b) to                           0
                                    Chapter 39, of a molecular weight (Mw) of 25 000 or more but not
                                    exceeding l50 000 and containing by weight:
                                         9,5 * oi moie but. not more than 13 * of acetyl groupa evaluated
                                         as vlnyJ acetat e
                                         and
                                    —    5 % or more but not more than 6,5 % of hydroxy groups evaluated
                                         as vinyl alcohol
0438   ex3906 90 90 30              Copolymer of styrene with hydroxyethyl methacrylate and 2-ethylhexyl                         0
                                    acrylate, of a molecular weight (Mn) of 500 or more but not exceeding
                                    6 000
0439       3907 20 11               Poly(ethylene oxide)          (polyethylene glycol)
0440   ex3907 20 29 10              Polymer of dextrose, sorbitol and citric or phosphoric acid,
                                    containing by weight 90 ft or more of dextrose monomer units
0441   ex)907 20 29 20              Po 1 y|oxy~ 1 , 4-pheny1enoisopropy1 J dene-1,4-phenyleneoxy-(2-
                                    hydroxytiimethy]one)|, of an average molecular weight (M„) of more
                                    than 26 000, in one of the forms mentioned in note 6 (b) to Chapter
                                    39
0458bi ex391 1 9() 99 5b            Solution containing:
                                    —     (36 .1 0,5) % by weight of polyamide with lateral ester groups,
                                    —     (2 ± 0,5) % by weight of acrylic ester,
                                    —     (48 ± 0,5) % by weight of l-methyl-2-pyrrolidone,
                                    —     (12 ± 0,5) % by weight of bis(2-methoxyethyl) ether,
                                    —    500 microgram/kg or less of potassium
                                          and
                                    —     500 microgram/kg or less of iron,
                                     for use in the manufacture of goods of heading No 8542 (a)
0473   e.<39l9       90   31 40      Reflecting polyester sheeting embossed in a regular pyramidal
       ox3920        62   19 20     pattern, for the manufacture of .safety stickers and badges, safety
       ex.3920       62   90 20      clothing and accessories thereof, or of school satchels, bags or
       OX3920        (il  00  SO     similar containers         (a)
       ex3920        69   00 Ml
                                                                         6
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          Cil  ••ode h   TARIC                                                               •i i p i 1 o n                                ant onoinoiis
                                                                                                                                            duty   (ft)
04MH   e x iM.'U h.'  I M nu   Mat      I I lin o | | . . d y e l h y l e n e I e t e p h l ha I a l e , o l a g l o s s o l 1 5 , 0 al al              0
                               a n g l e o l 4 b " a n d I H , 0 at a n a n g l e o l (.0 " [,\\\ d e t e r m i n e d b y I h<
                               A.'i'TM I) 5 2 3 m e t h o d ) a n d a w i d t h o l             1 6 0 0 mm o t    more
O.bOl  ex.3920 62 1 9 fi<      l-'i.Im of a thickness of 4,5 urn, consisting of a biaxially-oriented
                               polyethylene terephfhalate film, of a thickness of 4,4 urn, an
                               elastic module (in the machine direction) of 12 kg/mm2 (± 2 kg/mm2)
                               and a tensile strength (in the machine direction) of more than
                               28 kg/mm2, and of an antiadherent coating of a thickness of 0,1 urn
0502   ex3920 62 19 87         Polyethylene terephthalate film, coated with a wax layer, a scratch
                               resistant layer and a thermoadhesive layer, of a nominal width of
                               790 mm and a total thickness of 23 urn or more but not exceeding
                               26 urn
0522   ex3920 62 19 89         Multilayer film of a thickness not exceeding 150 micrometers,
                               consisting of a polyester film coated on one side with polycarbonate
                               resin, metallized on the other side with titanium coated with
                               polycarbonate resin and other layers containing A/,N'-diphenyl-N,N'-
                               di-m-tolylbiphenyl-4,4'-ylenediamine
0510   ex3920 99 29 10         Reflecting sheet of metallised poiyurethane, containing glass beads,
                               coated with a hot.-meIt. adhesive layer, covered on one or both sides
                               with a release sheet, in rolls of a width of 1 020 mm (I 20 mm), for
                               slitting lnlo safety clothing loMoet.inq strip (a)
0524   ex3926 90 99 10         Microspheres of polymer of divinylbenzene, of a diameter of 4,5 urn
                               or more but not exceeding 8,5 urn
0553bi ex5402 43 00 20         Synthetic bicomponent filament yarn, not textured, untwisted,
                               measuring 1 650 decitex, consisting of 110 filaments each having a
                               core of polyethylene terephthalate and a skin of polyamide-6,
                               containing by weight 75 ft or more but not exceeding 77 % of
                               polyethylene terephthalate, for use in the manufacture of roofings
                               (a)
0566   ex5501 90 90 10         Polyvinyl alcohol tow
0570   ex5503 90 90 20         Polyvinyl alcohol fibres, whether or not acetalized
       ex5506 90 99 10
       ex5601 30 00 10
0597   ex/006 00 90 10         Class plate, coated on one side with chromium and/or with a mixture
                               of iiI.Indium trioxide and tin dioxide, of dimensions of 260 * 320 mm
                               or more but not. exceeding 4 00 « 4 00 mm, and of a thickness of 1,1 mm
                               (I 0,1 mm), for the manufacture of liquid crystal display» (a)
0598   ex/006 00 90 20         Colour filter, consisting of a glass plate with red, blue and green
                               pixels, having a total thickness of 1,1 mm (± 0,1 mm) and exterior
                               dimensions of 320 * 352 mm or more but not exceeding 320 * 400 mm,
                               for the manufacture of liquid crystal displays (a)
0599   ex7006 00 90 30         Glass plate, uncoated, of dimensions of 320 * 352 mm or more but not
                               exceeding 320 x 400 mm, of a thickness of 0,6 mm or more but not
                               exceeding 1,2 mm, for the manufacture of liquid crystal displays (a)
                                                                                    %
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          71 . • - « l e t.  TARI'                                 IJesci | p l i o n                  aill onoinoiis
                                                                                                        d u l y (ft)
0604 e x / 0 1 1 20       00  40   Cl a s s I a c o - p l a t e :                                                    0
                                   —   with a diagonal measurement    of  366,4 mm (± 1,5 mm) and of
                                       dimensions of 246,4 * 315,4    mm   (± 1,5 mm),
                                   —   with a diagonal measurement    of  391 mm (± 1,5 mm) and of
                                       dimensions of 261,4 * 326,8    mm   (± 1,5 mm),
                                   —   with a diagonal measurement of 442 mm (i 1,5 mm) and of
                                       dimensions of 293,4 » 369,2 mm (± 1,5 mm),
                                   —   with a diagonal measurement of 544,5 mm (± 1,6 mm) and of
                                       dimensions of 358 * 454 mm (± 1,6 mm), having a cylindrical
                                        curvature,
                                   —   with a diagonal measurement of 570,5 mm (± 1,6 mm) and of
                                        dimensions of 360 * 486 mm (± 1,6 mm),
                                   —    with a diagonal measurement of 629,8 mm (± 3 mm) and of
                                        dimensions of 406,5 * 519 mm (± 2 mm), having a cylindrical
                                        curvature,
                                        or
                                   —    with a diagonal measurement of 753 mm (± 1,6 mm) and of
                                        dimensions of 471 * 640 mm (± 1,6 mm),
                                   and with a raised edge, for the manufacture of colour cathode-ray
                                   tubes (a)
0627 ex/616 99 90 50               Discs of aluminium alloy, of a thickness not exceeding 0,84 mm, for
                                   the manufacture of goods of subheadings 8523 20 11 and 8523 20 19
                                   (a)
0630 ex8101 99 00 10               Disc (target) with deposition material, of tungsten or an alloy
                                   containing by weight 90 ft of tungsten and 10 ft of titanium,
                                   —    containing 100 micrograms/kg or less of sodium
                                        and
                                   —    mounted on a copper or aluminium support
0631 ex8102 99 00 10               Disc (target) with deposition material, of an alloy containing by
                                   weight 99 ft or more of molybdenum,
                                   —    containing 1 ug/kg or less of sodium
                                        and
                                   —    mounted on a metal support
0637 exHIOfl 90 90 92              Disc (target) with deposition material, of titanium,
                                   —    containing 50 micrograms/kg or less of sodium
                                        and
                                   —    mounted on a copper or aluminium support
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 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                  Rate of
       CN c o d e & TARIC                               Description                            autonomous
                                                                                                duty (%)
0006 ex8419 89 98 20      Sputtering machines and apparatus, comprising disk handling                    0
     ex8543 89 95 58      equipment, for use in the manufacture of products falling within
                          subheading 8523 20 11 or 8523 20 19 (a)
0001 ex8424    89 95 10   Machines and apparatus providing automated lapping, polishing,
     ex8460    21 90 10   grinding, cleaning or surface lubrication of disks, comprising disk
     ex8460    40 10 10   handling equipment, for use in the manufacture of products falling
     ex8460    90 90 10   within subheading 8523 20 11 or 8523 20 19 (a)
     ex8464    20 19 10
     ex8479    89 98 10
0005 ex8424 89 95 20      Machines and apparatus providing automated cleaning or cleaning and
     ex8479 89 98 30      drying of disks, by means of de-ionised water, ultra sonic waves,
                          chemical solutions, heat or a combination of these processes,
                          comprising disk handling equipment, for use in the manufacture of
                          products falling within subheading 8523 20 11 or 8523 20 19 (a)
0002 ex8460 90 90 20      Machine-tool providing automated creation of a texture (a head
     ex8463 90 00 10      landing zone) on the surface of disks by means of abrasion or
     ex8479 89 98 20      exposure to laser beams, comprising disk handling equipment, for use
                          in the manufacture of products falling within subheading 8523 20 11
                          or 8523 20 19 (a)
0014 ex8479 89 98 40      Motor, whether or not mounted on a baseplate, for use in the
     ex8501 10 99 78      manufacture of products falling within subheading 8525 20 91 or
                          8527 90 92 (a)
0019 ex8504 50 30 10      Inductor with an inductance not exceeding 62 mH
     ex8504 50 80 30
0024 ex8505 19 90 31      Neodymium-ferro ring with an external diameter not exceeding 13 mm,
                          an internal diameter not exceeding 9 mm and a thickness not
                          exceeding 0,9 mm
0028 ex8507 30 91 30      Cylindrical nickel-cadmium accumulator, with a length of 65,3 mm
                          (±1,5 mm) and a diameter of 14,5 mm (±1 mm), having a nominal
                          capacity of 1 000 mAh or more, for use in the manufacture of
                          rechargeable batteries (a)
0040 ex8517 50 90 50      Receive and transmit unit, only for cables with optical fibres,
     ex8517 80 90 50      capable of converting light pulses into electrical signals and
                          converting electrical signals into light pulses, operating at a
                          nominal wavelength of 1 300 nm
0054 ex8522 90 98 43      Analogue sound recording and reproducing assembly, comprising a
                          record/playback head and a twin tape deck mechanism of the cassette
                          type, not comprising circuits with amplification functions or power
                          supply drive functions, for use in the manufacture of products
                          falling within subheading 8527 31 98 (a)
0071 ex8529 10 70 80      Ceramic filter package, excluding surface acoustic wave filters,
                          consisting of:
                          — a transmit filter with a centre frequency of 1 747,5 MHz and an
                              insertion loss not exceeding 2,3 dB at a bandwidth of 75 MHz
                          and
                          — a receive filter with a centre frequency of 1 842,5 MHz and an
                              insertion loss not exceeding 3,3 dB at a bandwidth of 75 MHz,
                          the whole contained in a housing
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        CN code f* TARIC                              Description                             autonomous
                                                                                               duty (%)
0069  ex8529 10 70 85    Ceramic filter package, excluding surface acoustic wave filters,
                         comprising 2 filters with one of the following combinations of
                         characteristics:
                         -  a transmit centre frequency'of 902,5 MHz, a receive centre
                            frequency of 947,5 MHz and an insertion loss not exceeding 3,2 dB
                            at a bandwidth of 25 MHz
                         -  a transmit centre frequency of 1 747,5 MHz, a receive centre
                            frequency of 1 842,5 MHz and an insertion loss not exceeding 3,5
                            dB at a bandwidth of 75 MHz,
                         the whole contained in a housing
0122b ex8534 00 90 95    Bandpass filter for a centre frequency of 1 627,5, 1 743, 1 842,5 or
                         1 960 MHz, in the form of a printed circuit, only consisting of a
                         ceramic insulating base and of resonance elements, for use in the
                         manufacture of products of subheading 8525 90 91 (a)
0122a ex8534 00 90 96    Bandpass filter for centre frequencies of 732,5 and 947,5 MHz or of
                         1 627,5 and l 842,5 MHz or of 1 738 and 1 960 MHz, in the form of a
                         printed circuit, only consisting of a ceramic insulating base and of
                         resonance elements, for use in the manufacture of products of
                         subheading 8525 90 91 (a)
0126  ex8536 30 30 11    Thermo-electric switch with a cut-off current of 50 A or more,
      ex8536 30 90 31    comprising a snap action switch, for direct mounting on an electric
      ex8536 50 80 96    motor coil, contained in a hermetically sealed housing
0133  ex8536 90 85 94    Elastomeric connector, consisting of one or more conductor elements
                         coated with carbon or gold and of a rubber or silicon substrate
0104  ex8537 10 99 92    Touch sensitive screen panel, consisting of a conductive grid
                         between two glass or plastic plates or sheets, fitted with electric
                         conductors and connectors
0138  ex8540 11 11 91    Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, equipped with
                         electron guns placed side by side (in-line technology) and with a
                         diagonal measurement of the screen of 12 cm or more but not
                         exceeding 26 cm
0140  ex8540 11 13 91    Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance
                         between stripes of the same colour of less than 0,42 mm and a
                         diagonal measurement of the screen of 4 9 cm, for use in the
                         manufacture of professional video monitors including security and
                         medical monitor applications (a)
0150  ex8540 40 00 33    Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance
                         between stripes of the same colour of less than 0,35 mm and a
                         diagonal measurement of the screen not exceeding 53 cm
0151  ex8540 40 00 34    Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance
                         between stripes of the same colour of less than 0,3 9 mm and a
                         diagonal measurement of the screen of 33 cm or more but not
                         exceeding 3 8 cm
0147  ex8540 40 00 35    Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance
                         between stripes of the same colour of less than 0,3 5 mm and a
                         diagonal measurement of the screen not exceeding 72 cm, for use in
                         the manufacture of monitors (a)
0146  ex8ci40 40 00 36   Colour cathode-ray tube with a slit or slot mask, having a distance
                         between stripes of the same colour of les3 than 0,30 mm and a
                         diagonal measurement of the screen not exceeding 58 cm
                                                    /o
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       CN code 4 TARIC                               Description                            autonomous
                                                                                             duty (%)
0157 ex854Q 91 00 92   Slit or slot mask, excluding masks with continuously vertical slits,
                       with a diagonal measurement of 3 9 cm or less
0166 ex8543 89 95 47   An electromagnetic display, consisting of 7 electromagnetic coils
                       which by means of the residual magnetism in the stators provide that
                       the last indication remains available (set state), and 7 pivoting
                       light-reflecting segments each of which is attached to a bar magnet;
                       assembly comprising such displays
0164 ex8543 89 95 59   Charged coupled device (CCD) scanner assembly, for a real-time film
                       scanning system, having optical functions, illumination functions
                       and signal processing functions
0180   8548 90 10      Memory in multicombinational forms such as stack D-RAMs and modules            0
0186 ex9001 10 90 10   Image reverser made up from an assembly of optical fibres                      0
0192 ex9001 90 90 50   Rear projection screen, comprising a lenticular plastic plate                  0
0207 «X9001 90 90 70   Rod of neodymium-doped yttrium-aluminium garnet (YAG) material,
                       polished at both ends
0198 ex9002 90 90 40   Lens and image gate assembly, for a real-time film scanning system,
                       comprising a lens consisting of 9 or 11 elements and having an
                       illumination function
0211 ex9024 80 99 10   Machines and apparatus providing automated quality inspection of
     ex9027 30 00 10   rigid magnetic disks, for use in the manufacture of products falling
     ex9031 20 00 10   within subheading 8523 20 11 or 8523 20 19 (a)
     ex9031 49 90 10
     ex9031 80 39 30
     ex9031 80 99 10
0105 ex9031 90 80 40   Test head for checking the mechanical quality of rigid magnetic
                       disks, mounted on a carrier arm
0214 ex9031 90 80 50   Burnishing head, for removing asperities on and polishing of the
                       surface of rigid magnetic disks, mounted on a carrier arm
0217 ex9032 10 91 10   Thermostat, comprising a snap-action switch, for direct mounting on
                       an electric motor coil, contained in a hermetically sealed housing
                                                    (t
 ---pagebreak--- (a) Control of the use for this special purpose shall be carried out
    pursuant to the relevant Community provisions.
                                        ) ^
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     CN code  Tarie        ex 8543 89 95  47
                           ex 9001 1010  10
ex 2825 50 00    10        ex 9001 10 90 10
ex 2905 1910    10         ex 900190 90  10
ex 2920 90 85    60        ex 900190 90  50
ex 2930 90 70    60        ex 9013 90 90  10
ex 2933 69 80    30
ex 38Î519 90    60
ex 3824 90 95    09
ex 3824 90 95    31
ex 3903 19 00   20
ex 3903 90 90    15
ex 3903 90 90    35
ex 3903 90 90    40
ex 3903 90 90    55
ex 3903 90 90    60
ex 39044000    91
ex 3906 90 90   30
ex 3906 90 90   40
ex 3906 90 90   45
ex 3907 2011    10
ex 3907 20 29    10
ex 3907 20 29   20
ex 391190 99    30
ex 391190 99    50
ex 3919 90 31   40
ex 392062 19   20
ex 392062 90    20
ex 392063 00   30
ex 3920 69 00   30
ex 39219019    50
ex 5402 33 00    10
ex 5402 43 00    10
ex 5503 90 90   20
ex 560130 00    10
ex 5903 20 90   20
ex 7006 00 90   10
ex 7006 00 90   20
ex 7006 00 90   30
ex 701120 00   40
ex 810199 00    10
ex 8108 90 90   92
ex 8501 10 99   78
ex 8504 50 30    10
ex 8504 50 80   30
ex 8517 50 90   50
ex 8517 80 90   50
ex 8536 90 85   91
ex 8540 1111   91
ex 8540 1113   91
ex 8540 40 00   33
ex 8540 40 00   34
ex 8540 9100    92
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 ---pagebreak---                                      FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1. Budget heading involved : Chapter 12 Article 120
2.  Title of operation : Proposal for a Council Regulation amending the Annex to Council
    Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous Common Customs
    Tariff duties on certain industrial and agricultural products.
3.  Legal basis : Article 28 of the EC Treaty.
4.  Objective: Suspension of the CCT duties for the above products.
5.  Measures aimed at prevention and protection: Checks on the end-use of some of the
    products covered by this Council Regulation will be carried out in accordance with Articles
    291 to 304 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 laying down provisions for the
    implementation of the Community Customs Code.
6.  Cost :
    in order to reduce the economic problems linked with the period of validity of previous
    Regulations, Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96^, at present in force, does not have a date
    marking the end of its period of validity.
    This proposal of Council Regulation contains only the amendments which must be made to
    the Annex to the existing Regulation in order to take account of the following:
    1. new requests for suspension which have been presented and accepted;
    2. technical developments in products or economic trends on the market, resulting in the
       lifting of certain existing suspensions;
    3. amendments to nomenclature codes.
    These amendments take the form of two Annexes which contain, respectively, a list of added
    products, or products the description of which has been amended, and a list of products
    removed from the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96.
    Obviously only the amendments in 1 and 2 have a financial impact.
    Annex I (addition):
    This Annex, in addition to the amendments resulting from a change in CN code, contains 66
    new products. The uncollected duties corresponding to these suspensions, calculated on the
    basis of expected imports into the requesting Member State for 1998, total
    ECU 15.63 million.
    On the basis of the existing statistics for the preceding years, it appears, however, that this
    amount must be increased by an average factor which may be estimated at 1.8, to take
    account of imports into other Member States using the same suspensions. This means a loss
    of revenue of some ECU 28.1 million.
   OJL 158, 29 June 1996, p. I
 ---pagebreak---    Annex II (withdrawal):
   This Annex introduces the withdrawal of 10 products corresponding to re-introduced
   customs duties and therefore representing an increase of ECU 1.2 million in resources, as
   calculated from requests for suspension or the available statistics (1996).
   Estimated cost of the present operation
   For the coming year, in the light of the approximate calculations made and taking the
   available statistics (for 1996) as a basis, the additional loss of revenue resulting from this
   Regulation may therefore be estimated at some ECU 26.9 million, compared with the total
   estimated loss of ECU 991.8 million for 19981 which corresponds to the suspensions granted
   under the amended Regulation.
   Council Regulation (EC) No 2216/972 autonomously suspending collection of Common
   Customs Tariff duties in respect of certain information technology products, came into force
   on 1 January 1998. Consequently, all "suspended" products falling within tariff headings
   8471, 8473, 8541 and 8542 are excluded from the scope of this Regulation, meaning that the
   total loss of own resources as a result of the Regulation is ECU 389 million less than would
   have been the case otherwise, as forecast in the previous proposal for a Regulation (COM(97)
   590 final).
    The shortfall in traditional own resources will have to be made up by the Member States by
   topping up the GNP component.
  Proposals for Council Regulations, corresponding to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 and the amendments thereto
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