CELEX: 31974R3042
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-18 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3042/74 of the Council of 18 November 1974 on the tariff treatment of certain products intended for use in the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft

7. 12. 74                          Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 328 / 1
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                                        (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                              REGULATION (EEC) No 3042/74 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                of 18 November 1974
              on the tariff treatment of certain products intended for use in the construction,
                                           maintenance and repair of aircraft
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                     which the aeroplanes under consideration belong, in
                                                              order to take account, in each case, of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                  capabilities of the Community industry ;
European Economic Community, and in particular
Article 28 thereof;                                           Whereas, in order to give full effect to the principles
                                                              laid down for suspension of Common Customs
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by            Tariff duties in respect of certain products intended
the Commission ;                                              for the construction of aeroplanes of an unladen
                                                              weight exceeding 15 000 kg, it is equally necessary
                                                              likewise to establish a list of products admissible to
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 3584/73 (*)               suspension of customs duties for the maintenance or
of 28 December 1973 on the tariff treatment of
                                                              the repair of aeroplanes of that kind constructed in
certain products intended for use in the construction,        the Community ; whereas, provided account is taken
maintenance and repair of aircraft, provides for the          of the current capacities of the Community industry,
total or partial suspension, as the case may be, of the
duties laid down in the Common Customs Tariff for             the arrangements should be continued whereby users
                                                              of aircraft of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg
a certain number of products which are intended               constructed in third countries      or of which the
either to be incorporated in the construction of              previous construction in the Community has
aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg
                                                              required a considerable quantity of products
or used for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes           imported from third countries, may obtain supplies
of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg or for
                                                              of products necessary for the maintenance or repair
aeroplanes or helicopters of an unladen weight                of such aircraft under suspension of Common
exceeding 2 000 kg but not exceeding 15 000 kg;               Customs Tariff duties ;
whereas these provisions have been supplemented by
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1522/74 of 17 June
1974 (2) on the tariff treatment of certain products          Whereas it seems equally acceptable to keep in force
intended for use in the maintenance and repair of             the suspension measures currently laid down in
aeroplanes of the types 'Mercure' and 'Airbus'                respect of products intended for the maintenance or
during 1974 ;                                                 repair of aeroplanes and helicopters of an unladen
                                                              weight exceeding 2 000 kg but not exceeding 15 000
                                                              kg;
Whereas the whole of these suspension measures will
expire on 31 December 1974 ;
                                                              Whereas provision should be made for the
                                                              adaptation, in the light of advances in the technical
Whereas, having regard to the technical requirements          capabilities of the Community aircraft industry and
associated with the design of aeroplanes currently            Community aircraft equipment industries, of the
constructed in the Community, the suspension                  arrangements to be made concerning the application
measures to be laid down from 1 January 1975 in
                                                             of the Common Customs Tariff to products
respect of products intended for the construction of          imported from third countries for use in the
aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg           construction, maintenance or repair of aircraft;
should be differentiated according to the type to            whereas such adaptation could involve a review of
                                                             arrangements in force at relatively short intervals ;
(!) OJ No L 365, 31 . 12. 1973, p. 3 .                       whereas it is therefore necessary to limit the period
(2) OJ No L 164, 20. 6. 1974, p. 1 .                         of application of this Regulation to one year,
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                 imported and used at that date on regular routes by
                                                              airline companies of the Community.
                         Article 1
                                                                                       Article 3
1.    The Common Customs Tariff duties on the
products listed in Annex I shall be suspended to the          1.     The Common Customs Tariff duties on the
levels indicated in column 3 thereof provided the
                                                              products listed in Annex III shall, provided such
said products are intended to be incorporated, under
customs control, in the construction of aeroplanes            products are intended to be used under customs
of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg as
                                                              control for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes
                                                              or helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000
individually listed in column 4 of the said Annex.
                                                              kg but not exceeding 15 000 kg, be suspended to the
                                                              levels indicated in column 3 of the said Annex.
2. This Article shall also apply to the same
products intended for the manufacture, under                  2. However, in the case of products falling within
customs control, of parts necessary for the                   heading Nos 85.15 and 90.14 of the Common
construction of the aircraft concerned .
                                                              Customs Tariff and indicated by a (*), paragraph 1
                                                              shall apply only where such products are intended
                         Article 2                            for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes or
                                                              helicopters of a type certified for the first time in a
1.    The Common Customs Tariff duties on the
                                                              Member State of the Community before 1 January
                                                              1973 and either constructed in the Community or
products listed in Annex II shall be suspended to the
                                                              imported and used at that date on regular routes by
level indicated in column 3 or 4 thereof, as the case
                                                              airline companies of the Community.
may be, provided such products are intended to be
 used, under customs control, for the maintenance or
repair of aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding                                     Article 4
 15 000 kg comprised in one or other of the
categories specified in that Annex and, in respect of         For the purposes of Article 2 (2) and Article 3 (2),
 those in category B, in so far as the maintenance or         type of aeroplane or helicopter shall be taken to
 repair relates to aeroplanes listed in column 5 of that      mean the prototype of that aeroplane or helicopter
 Annex .                                                       and versions derived directly from that prototype,
                                                               except versions which differ fundamentally from the
 2. However, in the case of products falling within            prototype.
 heading Nos 85.15, 85.22, 90.14, 90.28 and 90.29 of
 the Common Customs Tariff and indicated by a (*),                                      Article 5
paragraph 1 shall apply only where such products
 are intended for the maintenance or repair of                 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
 aeroplanes of a type certified for the first time in a        1975 .
 Member State of the Community before 1 January
 1973 and either constructed in the Community or               It shall applv until 31 December 1975 .
               This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
               States .
               Done at Brussels, 18 November 1974.
                                                                              For the Council
                                                                               The President
                                                                                Ch. BONNET
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                                                           ANNEX I
             List of products in respect of which Common Customs Tariff duties are totally or partially
             suspended where such products are intended to be incorporated in the construction of aircraft
                                          of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg
     CCT                                                                       Rate
    heading                           Description of goods                                      Aircraft concerned
                                                                              of duty
      No
       1                                        2                                3                       4
       39.02   Polymerization and copolymerization products (for
               example, polyethylene, polytetrahalothylenes, polyisobuty­
               lene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate,
               polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives,
               polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone­
               indene resins):
               C. Other:
                        VI. Polystyrene and copolymers of styrene:
                            ex b) In other forms :
                                    — Acrylonitrilebutadiene styrene, in
                                        sheets specially designed for lining
                                        the internal walls of aircraft         0 °/o  Airbus, F 28
                       VII. Polyvinyl chloride:
                            ex a) In one of the forms mentioned in
                                    Note 3 (a) and (b) to this Chapter:
                                    — Approved for aircraft construction,
                                        and in the form of granules            0%     Airbus
                            ex b ) In other forms:
                                    — In sheets specially designed for
                                       lining the internal walls of aircraft   0%     Airbus
                  ex VIII. Polyvinylidene chloride; copolymers            of
                            vinylidene chloride with vinyl chloride:
                            — In sheets specially designed for lining the
                                internal walls of aircraft                    0%      Airbus
                      XIV. Other polymerization or copolymerization
                            products:
                            ex a) In one of the forms mentioned in
                                    Note 3 (a) and (b) to this Chapter:
                                    — For cavity filling                      0%      Airbus
      39.07   Articles of materials of the kinds described in heading
              Nos 39.01 to 39.06 :
              E. Of other materials :
                  ex II. Other:
                         — Flexible tubes and bellows of strengthened
                             silicon                                         10-6 °/o Airbus
                         — Flexible pipes of polytetrafluoroethylene for
                             hydraulic or fuel circuits                       0%      Airbus, Mercure, Concorde
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    CCT                                                                  Rate
   heading                          Description of goods                                  Aircraft concerned
                                                                        of duty
     No
      1                                       2                            3                       4
      62.05 Other made up textile articles (including dress patterns):
            ex C. Other :
                    — Passenger escape chutes                            0%     Airbus
      70.20 Glass fibre (including wool), yarns, fabrics, and articles
            made therefrom :
             ex A. Non-textile fibre and articles made therefrom :
                    — Superfine glass fibre of low moisture absorption
                        capacity                                         0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
      73.18 Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than
            of cast iron) or steel, excluding high-pressure hydro­
            electric conduits :
            ex C. Other :
                    — Tubes for the hydraulic system of steel 21.6.9
                        made     to   Deutsche      Airbus standard DAN
                        41 /BMS 7185                                     0°/o   Airbus
      73.20 Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, unions
            and flanges), of iron or steel                               0%     All aeroplanes
      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 :
            B. Threaded or tapped :
                ex II . Other :
                        — Self-locking bolts and nuts (of the type
                            'Hi-lok')                                    0%     All aeroplanes
     73.40  Other articles of iron or steel :
            ex B. Other :
                    — Devices for stowing and clamping freight ....      0%     Airbus
                    — Ball bearings used in freight loading systems . .  0%     Airbus
  ex 76.02  Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of
            aluminium ; aluminium wire :
            — Square angle                                               0 °/o  F 28
            — Conical shapes for reinforcing lateral rudders             0%     Airbus
  ex 76.03  Wrought plates, sheets and strip of aluminium of a
            thickness exceeding 0-2 mm :
            — Plates and sheets of variable thickness obtained by
                lamination for widths of 1 200 mm or more                0°/«   F 28
            — Pre-drawn plates and sheets of variable thickness of
                8 mm or more and less than 180 mm                       7-2%    Airbus
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     CCT                                                                    Rate
    heading                           Description of goods                 of duty
                                                                                             Aircraft concerned
      No
       1                                        2                             3                       4
       76.16 Other articles of aluminium :
                 C. Nails, tacks, staples, hook-nails, spiked cramps,
                     spikes and the like; bolts, nuts, screws and similar
                     articles ; washers and spring washers :
                     ex II. Other :
                              — Self-locking bolts and nuts (of the type
                                  ' Hi-lok')                                0 °/o  All aeroplanes
             ex D. Other :
                     — ' Quick change' apparatus for transforming
                         passenger transport aircraft into goods transport
                          aircraft and vice versa                           0 °/o  F 28
       81.04 Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles
             thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles
             thereof :
             K. Titanium :
                 ex II . Wrought :
                          — Thin-walled tubes ready for use in ventila­
                              tion and air conditioning systems             0%     Airbus, Mercure
                          — Self-locking bolts and nuts (of the type
                              ' Hi-lok')                                    0%     All aeroplanes
       83.07 Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal and parts
             thereof, of base metal                                         0%     All aeroplanes
   ex 83.09  Clasps, frames with clasps for handbags and the like,
             buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets, and the like,
             of base metal, of a kind commonly used for clothing
             travel goods, handbags, or other textile or leather goods;
             tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets, of base metal :
             — Tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets                        3-9%    F 28
       84.08 Other engines and motors :
             B. Gas turbines :
                 ex II. Other:
                          — Developing a power of more than 360 kW          0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
       84.10 Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for
             liquids, whether or not fitted with measuring devices;
             liquid elevators of bucket, chain, screw, band and similar
             kinds :
             B. Other pumps :
                 ex I. Pumps having a pressure capacity of 20 bars or
                          more :
                          — Having a pressure capacity of 200 bars or
                              more                                          0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                 ex III . Parts :
                          — Of pumps mentioned in B ex I above              0%)    Airbus , Mercure, F 28
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    CCT                                                                     Rate
   heading                           Description of goods                  of duty
                                                                                             Aircraft concerned
     No
      I     I                                  2                              3                       4
  ex 84.12      Air conditioning machines, self-contained comprising
                a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the tempe­
                rature and humidity of air:
               — Air conditioning machines, with or without refrige­
                    rating apparatus exceeding 5 000 Kcal/h                 0 %>   Airbus, Mercure
      84.15    Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and
               other):
               ex B. Other :
                        — Refrigerating equipment adapted to the air­
                           conditioning system                              0%     F 28
     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, evaporator,
               vapourizing, condensing or cooling, not being machinery
               or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes;
               instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electrical:
               ex C. Heat exchange units:
                        — Of the constant speed drive system               0 °/o   Airbus, Mercure
                       — Of the air-conditioning system                    0%      Airbus, Mercure
 ex 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 :
              — Built-in fire extinguishers for jet engines and auxiliary
                   power units                                             0%      Airbus, Mercure, F 28
     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 :
              ex D. Other:
                       — Clamp jacks                                       0%      Airbus, Mercure
                       — Apparatus for fixing permanently in aircraft and
                          used for loading, unloading and stowing freight  0%      Airbus, Mercure
    84.59     Machines and mechanical appliances, having individual
              functions, not falling within any other heading of this
              Chapter:
              sx E. Other :
                      — Air humidifiers and dehumidifiers                  0%      Airbus, Mercure, F 28
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       CCT                                                                    Rate
     heading                          Description of goods                   of duty
                                                                                                Aircraft concerned
        No
         1                                       2                              3                        4
         84.59         — Windscreen wipers                                    0%     F 28
    (confd)
                       — Hydraulic servo-motors                               0%     F 28
                       — Hydropneumatic spherical batteries                   0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Pneumatic starters for jets                          0%     Airbus
                       — Toilet units specially designed for aeroplanes       0%     Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
         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 :
                  A. Pressure reducing valves                                 0%     F 28
               ex B. Other :
                       — Valves used in air-conditioning and cabin
                           pressurization systems                             0 °/o  Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Valves used in the fire-control system               0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Valves used in the water-circulation system ....     0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
    ex 84.62   Ball, roller or needle roller bearings :
               — Bearings used in freight loading system                      0%     Airbus
    ex 84.63   Transmission shafts, cranks, bearing housings, plain shaft
               bearings, gears and gearing ( including friction gears and
               gear-boxes and other variable speed gears), flywheels,
               pulleys and pulley blocks, clutches and shaft couplings :
               — Constant speed drive ( CSD ) apparatus                       0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
         85.01 Electrical goods of the following descriptions : generators,
               motors, converters (rotary or static), transformers,
               rectifiers and rectifying apparatus, inductors :
                   A. Generators, motors (whether or not equipped with
                       speed reducing, changing or step-up gear) and
                       rotary converters :
                       ex II. Other :
                       — High speed alternators (exceeding 3 600 rpm) . .     0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Electric motors wth speed reducer for freight
                           loading systems                                    0%     Airbus
                       — 500 watt, 28 volt DC motors used in freight­
                           door opening systems                               0%     F 28
                        — Generators in the anti-skid control system
                           incorporated in the landing gear                   0%      F 28, Airbus, Mercure, Concorde
               ex B. Transformers, static converters,        rectifiers  and
                       rectifying apparatus ; inductors :
                       — Static inverters of a power of 250 watts,
                           transforming a direct current of 28 volts to an
                           alternating current of 115 volts                   0%      F 28
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    CCT                                                                   Rate
   heading                          Description of goods                of duty
                                                                                           Aircraft concerned
     No
      1                                       2                            3                        4
      85.01          — Rectifying transformers with a direct current
  (cont'd)                output of 100 amps at 28 volts                 0%     F 28
              ex C. Parts :
                     — High speed alternators (exceeding 3 600 rpm) . .  0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                     — Electric motors, with speed reducer for freight
                         loading systems                                 0%     Airbus
                     — Generators in the anti-skid control system
                         incorporated in the landing gear                0%     F 28, Airbus, Mercure, Concorde
                     — Other apparatus referred to in A and B above . .  0%     F 28
     85.15    Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and
              reception apparatus; radio-broadcasting and television
              transmission and reception apparatus (including
              receivers incorporating sound recorders or reproducers)
              and television cameras; radio navigational aid apparatus,
              radar apparatus and radio remote control apparatus:
                 A. Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission
                     and reception apparatus; radio-broadcasting and
                     television transmission and reception apparatus
                     (including receivers incorporating sound recorders
                     or reproducers) and television cameras :
                      ex II. Transmitter-receivers :
                         — HF transmitter-receiver apparatus             0 °/o  Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
             ex B. Other apparatus :
                     — Meteorological all weather radar complying
                         with standard ARINC 564                         0%     Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
                     — VOR navigational receivers complying with
                         standard ARINC 547                              8 °/o  F 28
                     — ILS navigational receivers complying with
                         standard ARINC 547                              8%     F 28
                 C. Parts :
                     ex III. Other:
                             — VOR LOK aerials for equipping VOR
                                LOK receivers complying witn standard
                                ARINC 547                               0°/o    F 28
                            — Aerial couplers for HF transmitter­
                               receivers                                0%      Airbus, Mercure, F 28, Concorde
 ex 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:
             — Warning apparatus for protection against fire            0 °/o   Airbus, F 28
             — Smoke detectors                                          0%      Mercure, Concorde, F 28
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       CCT                                                                     Rate
     heading                          Description of goods                                      Aircraft concerned
                                                                              of duty
        No
          1                                      2                               3                       4
         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 ; switchboards
               (other than telephone switchboards) and control panels :
               ex A. Electrical apparatus for making and breaking
                       electrical circuits, for the protection of electrical
                       circuits, or for making connections to or in
                       electrical circuits :
                       — Switches used in the freight-loading, auxiliary­
                           power unit and emergency lighting systems . .       0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
         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 :
               ex C. Other :
                       — Pneumatic regulators used in air-conditioning
                           and cabin pressurization systems                    0°/o   Airbus, Mercure
         90.28 Electrical measuring, checking, analysing or automatically
               controlling instruments and apparatus :
               ex A. Electronic instruments and apparatus :
                       — Terrestrial magnetic-field detector apparatus, by
                           saturation of magnetic circuits (flux valve) ....   0 °/o  Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Air-speed indicators and associated instruments       0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Stall warning calculators                             0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Apparatus for fuel consumption and flow control       0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                      — Electronic regulators for air conditioning ....        0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Inertial navigation equipment                         0%     Concorde
               ex B. Other :
                       — Indicator apparatus for pressure of fuel and
                           engine oil of jet engines                           0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Oil contents gauge for jet-engine control ....        0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                      — Speed indicator apparatus for air-speed indi­
                           cators and for jet-engine control                   0%     Airbus , Mercure, F 28
                      — Temperature indicator apparatus for air-speed
                           indicators and for jet-engine control               0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
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    CCT                                                                      Rate
   heading                          Description of goods                    of duty
                                                                                             Aircraft concerned
     No
      1                                        2                               3                      4
      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 :
              ex A. Parts or accessories suitable for use solely or
                     principally with the electronic instruments falling
                     within subheading 90.28 A:
                     — Of inertia indicators                                 0%     Concorde
                     — Of other instruments or apparatus falling within
                         subheading 90.28 A included in this list ....       0 °/o  Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                 B. Other
                     ex II. Other :
                            — Of instruments and apparatus falling
                                 within subheading 90.24 C of this list . .  0%>    Airbus, Mercure
                             — Of instruments and apparatus falling
                                 within subheading 90.28 B of this list . .  0 °/o  Airbus, Mercure, F 28
      92.11   Gramophones, dictating machines and other sound
              recorders and reproducers, including record-players and
              tape decks, with or without sound-heads; television image
              and sound recorders and reproducers, magnetic:
              A. Sound recorders and reproducers :
                 ex   I. Sound recorders :
                         — Cockpit voice recorders                           0 %>   Concorde, Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                 ex II. Sound reproducers :
                         — Music reproducers and automatic announcers        0 °/o  Concorde, Airbus, Mercure, F 28
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                                                                ANNEX 11
               Tariff treatment applicable to certain products intended to be used for the maintenance or
                                 repair of aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg
               Note for the purpose of the following table:
               ( a) category A comprises aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg other than
                     those specified under (b) below,
               (b) category B comprises aeroplanes of the following types : 'BAC 111' 'Siddeley Trident',
                     'Airbus', 'Concorde', 'Mercure' and 'F 28'.
                                                                          Aircraft             Aircraft category B
      CCT                                                                category A
     heading                         Description of goods
                                                                           Rate of  Rate of
        No
                                                                            duty     duty               Aircraft concerned
         1                                     2                              3        4                         5
    ex 38.17       Preparations and charges for extinguishers :
                   charged fire-extinguishing grenades:
                   — Preparations and charges for fire ex­
                       tinguishers mentioned in heading No 84.21
                       of this list                                         0%       0%)    All aeroplanes
         39.02     Polymerization and copolymerization products
                   (for example, polyethylene, polytetrahalo­
                   ethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, poly­
                   vinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl
                   chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives,
                   polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives,
                   coumarone-indene resins ):
                   C. Other:
                               I. Polyethylene:
                                  b) In other forms                         0%
                         ex IV. Polypropylene, in one of the forms
                                  mentioned in Notes 3 (c) and 3 (d)
                                  to Chapter 39                             0 %>
                            VI. Polystyrene and copolymers of sty­
                                  rene :
                                  ex b ) In other forms:
                                         — Acrylonitrileabutadiene
                                              styrene, in sheets spe­
                                              cially designed for lining
                                              the internal    walls   of
                                              aircraft                               0 °/o  Airbus, F 28
                           VII. Polyvinyl chloride:
                                  ex a ) In one of the forms men­
                                          tioned in Note 3 (a) and (b)
                                         to this Chapter:
                                         — Approved for aircraft
                                              construction, and in the
                                              form of granules                      0%      Airbus
                                  ex b ) In other forms:
                                         — in sheets specially design­
                                              ed for lining the internal
                                              walls of aircraft             0%      0%      Airbus
                                         — Other                            0%
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                                                                     Aircraft              Aircraft category B
    CCT                                                             category A
   heading                      Description of goods
     No
                                                                      Rate of  Rate of
                                                                       duty                         Aircraft concerned
                                                                                duty
      1                                   2                              3        4                          5
    39.02         ex VIII. Polyvinylidene chloride, copolymers
  (cont'd)                  of vinylidene chloride with vinyl
                            chloride, in sheets specially designed
                            for lining the internal walls of
                            aircraft                                            0%      Airbus
                      XIV. Other polymerization or copoly­
                            merization products:
                            ex a) In one of the forms men­
                                      tioned in Note 3 (a) and (b)
                                      to this Chapter:
                                      — For cavity filling                      0%      Airbus
                                  b ) In other forms                   0 ° /o
      39.07   Articles of materials of the kinds described in
              heading Nos 39.01 to 39.06:
              E. Of other materials :
                  ex II. Other:
                          — Articles      for   technical  use  and
                             structural components                     0%
                          — Flexible      tubes    and  bellows  of
                             strengthened silicon                              10-6 °/o Airbus
                          — Flexible pipes of polytetrafluoro­
                              ethylene for hydraulic or fuel
                              circuits                                          0%      Airbus, Mercure, Concorde
      40.11   Rubber tyres, tyre cases, interchangeable tyre
              treads, inner tubes and tyre flaps, for wheels of
              all kinds :
              ex B. Other :
                      — Tyres, for aircraft, of the following
                          types :
                          15-00 x 16—14 ply                            0°/o
                          56-00 x 16—7—32 ply                          0%
      40.14   Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber :
              ex B. Other :
                      — Articles for technical use                     0 "/(I
      62.05   Other made up textile articles (including dress
              patterns):
              ex C. Other :
                     — Life-jackets                                    0%
                     — Passenger escape chutes                         0%       0%>     Airbus
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                                                                       Aircraft            Aircraft category B
     CCT                                                              category A
    heading                       Description of goods
      No                                                                Rate of  Rate of            Aircraft concerned
                                                                         duty     duty
       1                                    2                              3        4                        5
       68.13  Fabricated asbestos and articles thereof (for
              example, asbestos board, thread and fabric;
              asbestos clothing, asbestos jointing), reinforced
              or not, other than goods falling within heading
              No 68.14 ; mixture with a basis of asbestos and
              mixtures        with   a     basis   of   asbestos  and
              magnesium carbonate, and articles of such
              mixtures :
              B. Articles of asbestos :
                   III. Other                        *.                  0%
       68.14  Friction material (segments, discs, washers,
              strips, sheets, plates, rolls and the like) of a
              kind suitable for brakes, for clutches or the like,
              with a basis of asbestos, other mineral
              substances or of cellulose, whether or not
              combined with textile or other materials                   0%
       68.16  Articles of stone or of other mineral substances
              (including articles of peat), not elsewhere
              specified or included :
              ex B. Other :
                         — Filters, washers and other articles of
                             agglomerated coal or of graphite . .         0%
       70.20  Glass fibre (including wool), yarns, fabrics, and
               articles made therefrom :
              ex A. Non-textile          fibre    and   articles made
                         therefrom :
                         — Superfine glass fibre of low moisture
                             absorbtion capacity                                  0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
    ex 73.18   Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron
               (other than of cast iron), or steel, excluding
               articles falling within heading No 73.19 :
               ex C. Other :
                         — Tubes and pipes, ready for fitting;
                             usable as hydraulic conduits for fuel­
                             oil or lubricants                            0%>
                         — Tubes for the hydraulic system of
                             steel 21.6.9 made to Deutsche Airbus
                             standard DAN 41 /BMS 7185                             0%    Airbus
        73.20  Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints,
               elbows, unions and flanges), of iron or steel . .          0 %>     0%    All aeroplanes
    ex 73.24   Containers of iron and steel for compressed or
               liquified gas :
               — Containers intended for pressurization ....              0%
    ex 73.25   Stranded wire, cables, cordage, ropes, plaited
               bands, slings and the like, of iron or steel wire,
               but excluding insulated electric cables :
               — Steel cables for flight controls, ready for
                     fitting                                              0 °/o
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                                                                         Aircraft             Aircraft category B
    CCT                                                                 category A
   heading                       Description of goods
     No                                                                   Rate of  Rate of
                                                                           duty                        Aircraft concerned
                                                                                     duty
      1                                     2                                3        4                         5
      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 :
              A. Not threaded or tapped                                    0%
              B. Threaded or tapped :
                  II . Other :
                       — Self-locking bolts and nuts (of the
                          type 'Hi-lok')                                   0%       0%     All aeroplanes
                       — nes                                               0 °/o
      73.35   Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel             0°/o
      73.40   Other articles of iron or steel :
              ex B. Other :
                       — Collars, flanges and other devices for
                          fixing, jointing, clamping or spacing            0%
                       — Devices for           cargo    stowage    and
                          clamping                                         0%       0 °/o  Airbus
                       — Ball bearings used in freight loading
                          systems                                                   0 %>   Airbus
  «x 76.02    Wrought bars, rods, angles, shapes and sections
              of aluminium ; aluminium wire :
              — Shapes bearing            a    specific   manufacture
                  number                                                   0° o
              — Square angles                                                       0 °/o  F 28
              — Conical        shapes      for    reinforcing   lateral
                  rudders                                                           0%     Airbus
  ex 76.03    Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium
              of a thickness exceeding 0-20 mm :
              — Bearing a specific manufacture number . . . .              0%
              — Plates     and    sheets      of   variable  thickness
                  obtained by lamination for widths of 1 200
                  mm    or  more                                                    0%     F 28
              — Pre-drawn plates of variable thickness of
                  8 mm or more and less than 180 mm                                7-2 ®/o Airbus
  ex 76.06    Tubes and pipes and blanks therefore, of
              aluminium ; hollow bars of aluminium :
              — Tubes and pipes, ready for fitting, usable as
                  hydraulic conduits or as conduits for fuel­
                  oil or lubricants                                        0%
     76.07    Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints,
              elbows, sockets and flanges), of aluminium . . .             0%
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                                                                    Aircraft              Aircraft category B
      CCT                                                          category A
     heading                     Description of goods
       No                                                            Rate of  Rate of
                                                                      duty                         Aircraft concerned
                                                                               duty
        1                                  2                            3        4                          5
        76.16  Other articles of aluminium :
               C. Nails, tacks, staples, hooknails, spiked
                   cramps, spikes and the like; bolts, nuts,
                   screws and similar articles ; washers and
                   spring washers :
                   ex II. Other:
                          — Self-locking bolts and nuts (of the
                               type 'Hi-lok')                         0 °/o    0%       All aeroplanes
                          — nes                                       0%
               ex D. Other :
                       — Collars, flanges and other devices for
                           fixing, jointing, clamping or spacing      0%
                       — ' Quick change' apparatus for trans­
                          forming passenger transport aircraft
                           into goods transport aircraft and vice
                          versa
                                                                               0%       F 28
        81.04  Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and
               articles thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought
               and articles thereof:
               K. Titanium :
                   ex II. Wrought:
                           — Thin-walled tubes ready for use in
                               ventilation and air conditioning
                                                                               0 °/o    Airbus, Mercure
                               systems
                           — Self-locking bolts and nuts (of the
                               type 'Hi-lok')                          0%               All aeroplanes
                           — Other bolts, nuts, screws, rivets
                               and similar articles                    0%
    ex 83.02   Base metal fittings and mountings of a kind
               suitable for furniture, doors, staircase, windows,
               blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, caskets and
               the like (including automatic door closers);
               base metal hat-racks, hat-pegs, brackets and the
               like :
               — Automatic door-closing devices and fittings
                    and hinges of alj. kinds                           0%
         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)                                       0%       0%      All aeroplane*
    ex 83.09   Clasps, frames with clasps for handbags and the
               like, buckles, buckle-clasps, hooks, eyes, eyelets,
               and the like, of base metal, of a kind commonly
               used for clothing travel goods, handbags, or
               other textile or leather goods; tubular rivets
               and bifurcated rivets, of base metal:
               — Tubular rivets and bifurcated rivets                  0 °/o   3-9 °/ o F 28
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                                                                Aircraft            Aircraft category B
    CCT                                                        category A
   heading                     Description of goods
     No                                                          Rate of  Rate of
                                                                                             Aircraft concerned
                                                                  duty     duty
      1                                  2                          3        4                        5
  ex 84.07    Hydraulic engines and motors (including water
              wheels and water turbines):
              — Other hydraulic engines                           0 °/o
      84.08   Other engines and motors :
              B. Gas turbines :
                 II. Other:
                       — Developing a power of more than
                          360 kW                                  0%       0 °/o  Airbus , Mercure, F 28
                       — Other                                    0%
              C. Other engines and motors                         0 °/o
              D. Parts :
                 ex II . Other :
                          — Of gas turbines :
                              — Developing a power of more
                                 than 360 kW                      0%       0 °/o  Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                              — Other gas turbines nes            0%
                              — Of other engines and motors
                                 referred to under C              0%
      84.10   Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo
              pumps) for liquids, whether or not fitted with
              measuring devices; liquid elevators of bucket,
              chain, screw, band and similar kinds :
              B. Other pumps :
                    I. Pumps having a pressure capacity of
                       20 bars or more :
                       — Having a pressure capacity of 200
                          bars or more                             0 °/o   0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                       — Other                                     0%
                  II. Other pumps                                  0%
                 III. Parts :
                       — Of pumps mentioned in B I above :
                          — Having a pressure capacity of 200
                              bars or more                         0%      0°/o   Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                          — Other                                  0 °/ o
                       — Of pumps mentioned in B II above . .      0%
      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 :
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                                                                   Aircraft             Aircraft category B
      CCT                                                         category A
     heading                     Description of goods
       No                                                           Rate of  Rate of
                                                                     duty                        Aircraft concerned
                                                                              duty
         1                                 2                           3       4                          J
        84.11 A. Pumps and compressors :
    (confd)
                       II. Vacuum pumps creating a vacuum
                           better than 10-2 m bar; centrifugal or
                           axial compressors giving a compres­
                           sion ratio of not less than 2 and a
                           flow of more than 3 000 m3 per
                           minute; stationary reciprocating com­
                           pressors of a weight exceeding 2 000
                           kg                                        0%
                      III. Other pumps and compressors               0%>
                  ex IV. Parts :
                           — Of pumps and compressors refer­
                               red to in II                          0 °/o
                           — Of pumps and compressors refer­
                               red to in III                         0%
              C. Fans, blowers and the like                          0%>      0%     F 28
    ex 84.12  Air-conditioning machines, self-contained, com­
              prising a motor-driven fan and elements for
              changing the temperature and humidity of air :
              — Air-conditioning machines, with or without
                  refrigeration elements, of a capacity ex­
                  ceeding 5 000 Kcal/h                                        0%     Airbus, Mercure
        84.15 Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (elec­
              trical and other):
                  A. Evaporators and condensers, excluding
                      those for domestric refrigerators ....         0 °/o
              ex B. Other :
                      — Refrigerating equipment adapted to
                           the air-conditioning system               0%       0%     F 28
        84.17 Machinery, plant and similar laboratory equip­
              ment, 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, sterili­
              zing, pasteurizing; steaming, drying, eva­
              porating, vapourizing, condensing or cooling;
              not being machinery or plant of a kind used
              for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage
              water heaters, non-electrical :
              C. Heat exchange units :
                  — Of the constant speed drive ( CSD )
                      system                                         0%       0%)    Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                  — Of the air-conditioning system                   0%       0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                  — Other                                            0%
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                                                                    Aircraft             Aircraft category B
    CCT                                                            category A
  heading                       Description of goods
     No                                                              Rate of  Rate of
                                                                      duty                        Aircraft concerned
                                                                               duty
      1                                   2                             3        4                         5
     84.18    Centrifuges, filtering and purifying machinery
              and apparatus (other than filter funnels, milk
              strainers and the like), for liquids or gases :
              C. Other :
                  II. Machinery and apparatus (other than
                      centrifuges) for filtering or purifying
                      liquids or gases                                0%       0%     F 28
 ex 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:
              — Built-in fire extinguishers for jet engines and
                  auxiliary power units                               0%       0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
     84.22    Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machi­
              nery, telphers and conveyors (for example lifts,
              hoists, winches, cranes, transporter cranes,
              jacks, pulley tackle, belt conveyors and
              telepherics), not being machinery falling within
              heading No 84.23 :
              ex D. Other:
                      — Clamp jacks                                   0%       0%     Airbus, Mercure
                      — Other jacks                                   0%
                      — Apparatus for fixing permanently in
                          aircraft and used for loading, un­
                          loading and stowing freight                 0%       0%     Airbus, Mercure
 ex 84.53     Automatic data processing machines and units
              thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines
              for transcribing data on to data media in coded
              form and machines for processing such data,
              not elsewhere specified or included:
              — Computers forming part of the navigation
                  instruments or apparatus of heading No
                  90.28, used exclusively to carry out the
                   calculations appropriate to such instruments
                  or apparatus                                        OVo
     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 :
              ex C. Other:
                       — Parts and accessories for computers
                          falling within heading No ex 84.53
                          of this list                                0%
     84.59 .  Machines and mechanical appliances having
              individual functions, not falling within any
              other heading of this Chapter:
              ex E. Other:
                      — Air humidifiers and dehumidifiers . .         0%       0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
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                                                                    Aircraft             Aircraft category B
     CCT                                                           category A
    heading                    Description of goods
      No                                                             Rate of  Rate of
                                                                      duty                        Aircraft concerned
                                                                                duty
       1                                 2                              3        4                         5
       84.59         — Starter motors, propeller regulators
   (confd)               (valves) and servo-mechanisms                0%
                     — Windscreen wipers                              0%      0%      F 28
                     — Hydraulic servo-motors                         0%       0%     F 28
                     — Hydropneumatic spherical batteries             0%      0%      Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                     — Pneumatic starters for jet engines . .                 0%      Airbus
                     — Toilet units specially designed for
                         aeroplanes                                            0 °/o  Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
       84.61 Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances, for
             pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats and the like,
             including pressure reducing valves and thermo­
             statically controlled valves:
             A. Pressure reducing valves                              0%       0%     F 28
             B. Other :
                 — Valves used in air-conditioning and
                     cabin pressurization systems                     0 °/o    0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                 — Valves used in the fire-control system . .         0%       0%>    Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                 — Valves      used     in    the   water-drainage
                     system                                           0%       0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                 — nes                                                0%
       84.62 Ball, roller or needle roller bearings:
             — Bearings used in freight loading systems . .           0°/o     0%     Airbus
             —■ Other                                                 0%
       84.63 Transmission shafts, cranks, bearing housings,
             plain shaft bearings, gears and gearing (in­
             cluding friction gears and gear-boxes and other
             variable speed gears), flywheels, pulleys and
             pulley blocks, clutches and shaft couplings :
             — Costant speed drive (CSD) apparatus ....               0%       0%     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
             — Other                                                  0%
       84.64 Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting
             combined with other materials (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                   0 °/o
 ---pagebreak--- No L 328 /20                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                  7. 12 . 74
                                                                    Aircraft          Aircraft category B
    CCT                                                            category A
   heading                      Description of goods
     No                                                             Rate of
                                                                      duty                     Aircraft concerned
      1                                   2                             3       4                       5
      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                            0%
      85.01  Electrical goods of the following descriptions :
             generators, motors, rotary converters or static
             transformers (rectifiers and rectifying apparatus),
             inductors :
             A. Generators, motors (whether or not equip­
                 ped with speed reducing, changing or step­
                 up gear) and rotary converters:
                  I. Synchronous motors of an output of not
                       more than 18 watts                             0%
                 II . Other :
                      — High speed alternators (exceeding
                          3 600 rpm)                                  0 °/o   0%   Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                      — Speed-reducing motors for the freight
                          loading system                              OVo     OVo  Airbus
                      — 28 volt DC          electric motors of a
                          power of 500 watts for controlling
                          freight doors                               0%      0%   F 28
                      — Generators for the anti-skid system
                          incorporated in the landing gear ....       0%      0%   F 28, Airbus, Mercure, Concorde
                      —   nes                                        0 °/o
             B. Transformers, static converters, rectifiers
                and rectifying apparatus inductors:
                — Static converters of a power of 250 watts
                      transforming a direct currrent of 28 volts
                      into an alternating current of 115 volts . .   0%       0°/o F 28
                — Rectifying transformers with an output of
                      100 amps at 28 volts                           0%       0%   F 28
                — Other                                              0%
             C. Parts :
                — High speed alternators (exceeding 3 600
                      rpm)                                           0%       0%   Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                — Speed-reducing motors for the freight
                      loading system                                 0%)      0 %> Airbus
                — Generators for the anti-skid system in­
                      corporated in the landing gear                 0 °/o    0%   Concorde, Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                — Other apparatus referred to in A and B
                      above                                          0%       0%   F 28
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                                                                                  Aircraft                 Aircraft category B
       CCT                                                                      category A
      heading                            Description of goods
        No
                                                                                  Rate of     Rate of
                                                                                   duty                              Aircraft concerned
                                                                                               duty
         1                                         2                                 3           4                            5
         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                               0%
         85.08        Electrical starting and ignition equipment for
                      internal combustion engines (including ignition
                      magnetos, magneto-dynamos, ignition coils,
                      starter motors, sparking plugs, and glow plugs);
                      generators (dynamos and alternators) and cut­
                      outs for use in conjuction with such engines . .             0%
         85.12        Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters
                      and immersion heaters; electric soil heating
                      apparatus and electric space heating apparatus;
                      electric hair dressing appliances (for example,
                      hair dryers, hair curlers curling tong heaters)
                      and electric smoothing irons ; electro-thermic
                      domestic appliances ; electric heating resistors,
                      other than those falling under No 85.24 :
                      ex B. Electrical apparatus for heating premises
                              and other similar uses :
                              — For heating aircraft and wing sur­
                                   faces, mounted on propeller aeroplanes          0%
         85.14        Microphones and stands therefor, loudspeakers ;
                      audio-frequency electrical amplifiers                        0%
         85.15        Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic trans­
                    ' mission and reception apparatus; radio-broad­
                      casting and television transmission and
                      reception apparatus (including receivers incor­
                      porating sound recorders or reproducers) and
                      television cameras; radio navigational aid appa­
                      ratus, radar apparatus and radio remote control
                      apparatus :
                          A. Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic
                              transmission and reception apparatus ;
                              radio-broadcasting and television trans­
                              mission and reception apparatus (in­
                              cluding receivers incorporating sound
                              recorders or reproducers) and television
                              cameras :
                                  I.  Transmitters                               0 % (^
(') To be eligible for suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aircraft of types certificated for
    the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or
    imported and iised at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community.
 ---pagebreak--- No L 328 /22                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                                             7. 12. 74
                                                                                 Aircraft                 Aircraft category B
       CCT                                                                     category A
      heading                          Description of goods
        No                                                                       Rate of     Rate of
                                                                                  duty                             Aircraft concerned
                                                                                               duty
         1                                       2                                  3           4                           5
         85.15                  II . Transmitter- receivers :
     (confd)
                                     — HF transmitter-receivers        ....       0%          0 %>     Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
                                     — Other transmitter-receivers        . .   0 °/o
                            ex III. Receivers, whether or not com­
                                     bined with a sound recorder or
                                     reproducer, excluding radio­
                                     broadcasting or television appa­
                                     ratus                                      0 %> H
                        B. Other apparatus:
                            — Meteorological all-weather radar
                                complying with standard ARINC 564                 0 °/o       0%       Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
                            — VOR navigational receivers com­
                                plying with standard ARINC 547 . .              0 % (!)       0 °/o    F 28
                            — ILS navigational receivers complying
                                with standard ARINC 547                         0 %> (!)               F 28
                            — Other                                             0 o/o H
                     ex C. Parts :
                            II. Parts of base metal, obtained by
                                turning bars, angles, shapes, sections
                                or wire, of solid section, the greatest
                                diameter of which does not exceed
                                25 mm :
                                — Of transmitters under A I                     0 %> (!)
                                — Of        transmitter    receivers under
                                     A II :
                                     — Of HF transmitter-receivers                0%          0 °/o    Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
                                     — Of other transmitter-receivers           0 %> (!)
                                — Of receivers under A III                      O'/oO
                                — Of other apparatus under B :
                                     — Of meteorological all-weather
                                         radar complying with standard
                                         ARINC 564                                0%          0 °/o    Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
                                     — Of VOR navigational recei­
                                        vers complying with standard
                                         ARINC 547                              0 °/o (*)    0°/o      F 28
                                     — of ILS navigational receivers
                                         complying with standard
                                         ARINC 547                              0 % (!)      0%        F 28
                                     — Other                                    0 %> (*)
(') To be eligible for suspension, the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aircraft of types certificated for
    the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or
    imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community.
 ---pagebreak--- 7. 12. 74                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                                        No L 328 /23
                                                                                Aircraft                  Aircraft category B
       CCT                                                                    category A
     heading                            Description of goods
        No
                                                                                 Rate of     Rate of
                                                                                  duty                             Aircraft concerned
                                                                                              duty
         1                                        2                                 3           4                           5
        85.15                 III. Other:
    (cont'd)
                                   — VOR LOK aerials for equipping
                                      VOR LOK receivers complying
                                      with standard. ARINC 547                    0°/o        0 °/o    F 28
                                   — Aerial couplers for HF transmit­
                                      ter-receivers                               0%          0%       Concorde, Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                                   — Other :
                                      — Of transmitters under A I ....         0 °/o (^
                                      — Of transmitter-receivers under
                                          A II :
                                          — Of       HF    transmitter-recei­
                                              vers                                0 %         0%       Airbus, Concorde, Mercure, F 28
                                          — Of       other    transmitter­
                                              receivers                         0°/o (^
                                      — Of transmitter-receivers under
                                          A III above                           0 % (!)
                                      — Of other apparatus under B :
                                          — Of meteorological all-­
                                              weather radar complying
                                              with standard ARINC 564             0%          0%       Concorde, Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                                          — Of VOR , navigational re­
                                              ceivers complying with
                                              standard ARINC 547 ....           0 °/o (J )    0%       F 28
                                          — ILS navigational receivers
                                              complying with standard
                                              ARINC 547                         0 % (^        0%       F 28
                                      — nes                                     0 °/o H
        85.17        Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus
                     (such as bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar
                     and fire alarms), other than those falling within
                     heading No 85.09 or 85.16:
                     — Warning apparatus for protection against
                         fire                                                     0%          0%       Airbus, F 28
                     — Smoke detectors                                            0%          0%       Mercure, Concorde, F 28
                     — Other sound or visual electrical indicators . .            0%          0 °/o    F 28
        85.18        Electrical capacitors, fixed or variable                     0%>
(1) To be eligible for suspension, the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aircraft of types certificated for
    the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or
    imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community .
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                                                                     Aircraft           Aircraft category B
    CCT                                                            category A
   heading                     Description of goods
     No
                                                                     Rate of  Rate of
                                                                       duty                       Aircraft concerned
                                                                               duty
       1                                 2                              3        4                         5
      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); re­
             sistors, fixed or variable (including potentio­
             meters), other than heating resistors; .printed
             circuits; switchboards (other than telephone
             switchboards) and control panels:
             A. Electrical apparatus for making and
                 breaking electrical circuits, for the protection
                 of electrical circuits or for making
                 connections to or in electrical circuits :
                 — Switches used in the freight-loading, auxi­
                     liary power unit and emergency
                     lighting systems                                 0%       0 ° /o Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                     — Other                                          0%
             B. Resistors, fixed or variable (including
                 potentiometers), other than heating resistors        0%
             C. Printed circuits                                      0 °/o
             D. Switchboards and control panels                       0°/o
      85.20  Electric filament lamps and electric discharge
             lamps (including - infra-red and ultra-violet
             lamps); arc-lamps; electrically ignited photo­
             graphic flashbulbs :
                 A. Filament lamps for lighting                       0%
             ex B. Other:
                         Discharge lamps and tubes for
                         lighting including combined filament
                         and discharge lamps and tubes . . . .        0 °/o
      85.21  Thermionic, cold cathode and photo-cathode
             valves and tubes (including vapour or gas filled
             valves and tubes, cathode-ray tubes, television
             camera tubes and mercury arc rectifying valves
             and tubes); photocells; mounted piezo-electric
             crystals; diodes, transistors and similar semi­
             conductor devices ; electronic microcircuits :
             A. Valves and tubes                                      0%
             B. Photocells, including photo-transistors               0%
             C. Mounted piezo-electric crystals                       0 °/o
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                                                                                  Aircraft                 Aircraft category B
        CCT                                                                     category A
      heading                          Description of goods
         No                                                                       Rate of     Rate of
                                                                                    duty                             Aircraft concerned
                                                                                               duty
          1                                      2                                   3          4                             5
          85.22       Electrical appliances and apparatus having
                      individual functions, not falling within any
                      other heading of this Chapter:
                      ex C. Other :
                             — Engine pressure indicators                        0 % (M
     ex 85.23        Insulated (including enamelled or anodized)
                     electric wire, cable, bars, strip and the like
                      (including coaxial cable); whether or not fitted
                      with connectors :
                     — Electric cables in the form of a harness,
                          ready for fitting                                        0%
         85.28       Electrical parts of machinery and apparatus, not
                     being goods falling within any of the preceding
                     headings of this Chapter                                      0 %>
         90.08       Cinematographic cameras, projectors, sound
                     recorders and sound reproducers; any combina­
                     tion of these articles :
                     B. Projectors and sound reproducers, combined
                          or  not                                                  0%
         90.14       Surveying (including photogrammetrical sur­
                     veying), hydrographic, navigational, meteorolo­
                     gical, hydrological and geophysical instru­
                     ments ; compasses; rangefinders:
                         A. Compasses                                            0 °/o (^
                     ex B. Other :
                             — Instruments and apparatus for air
                                 navigation                                      0 °/o (^
                             — Meteorological         instruments   and
                                 rangefinders                                    0 °/o (!)
     ex 90.18        Mechano-therapy appliances ; massage ap­
                     paratus; psychological aptitude-testing ap­
                     paratus; artificial respiration; ozone therapy,
                     oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy or similar
                     apparatus; breathing appliances (including gas
                     masks and similar respirators):
                     — Oxygen masks; respiratory apparatus for the
                         crew and passengers of aeroplanes                        0 °/o
(') To be eligible for suspension, the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aircraft of types certificated for
    the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or
    imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community.
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                                                                                  Aircraft                 Aircraft category B
       CCT                                                                      category A
      heading                          Description of goods
        No                                                                        Rate of     Rate of
                                                                                    duty                            Aircraft concerned
                                                                                                duty
          1                                      2                                   3           4                           5
         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 ovendraught regulators), not
                     being articles falling within heading No 90.14:
                     A. Pressure gauges (manometers)                               0%
                     B. Thermostats                                                0%
                     C. Other :
                         — Pneumatic regulators used in air­
                             conditioning and cabin pressurization
                             systems                                               0%          0%       Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                         —   nes                                                   0°/o
        90.28        Electrical measuring, checking, analysing, or
                     automatically controlling instruments and
                     apparatus :
                     A. Electronic instruments and apparatus:
                         — Terrestrial magnetic-field detector ap­
                             paratus, by saturation of magnetic
                             circuits (flux valve)                               0 o/o (^      0 °/o    Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                        — Air-speed        indicators      and   associated
                             instruments                                         0 % (*)       0%       Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                        — Stall warning calculators                              0 °/o (»)     0%       Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                        — Apparatus for fuel consumption flow
                             control                                             0 % (^        0°/o     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                        — Electronic regulators for air-conditioning             0% H          0%       Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                        — Inertial navigation equipment                          OVoC )        0%       Concorde
                        — Other electronic instruments and ap­
                             paratus                                             0 O/o (!)
                     B. Other :
                        — Indicator apparatus for fuel pressure and
                             jet-engine oil                                      0 o/o H       0%       Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                        — Oil contents gauge for jet-engine control              0 % (!)       0%       Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                        — Speed indicator apparatus for air-speed
                             indicators and jet-engine control                   0 % (*)       0 °/o    Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                        — Temperature indicator apparatus for air­
                             speed indicators and jet-engine control . .         0%) (!)       0%       Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                        — nes                                                    o% H
(') To be eligible for suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aircraft of types certificated for
    the first time in a Member State of the Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or
    imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community.
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                                                                                 Aircraft                 Aircraft category B
       CCT                                                                     category A
      heading                           Description of goods
        No                                                                       Rate of     Rate of
                                                                                  duty                             Aircraft concerned
                                                                                              duty
         1                                        2                                 3           4                           5
         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 :
                     A. Parts or accessories suitable for use solely
                          or principally with the electronic in­
                          struments or apparatus falling within sub­
                          heading 90.28 A :
                          — For :
                              — Terrestrial magnetic field detector
                                  apparatus, by saturation of magnetic
                                  circuits ( flux valve)                        0 °/o (!)     0 °/o    Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                              — Air-speed indicators and associated
                                  instruments                                   0 % 0)        0%       Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                              — Stall warning calculators                       0% H          0 °/o    Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                              — Apparatus for fuel consumption flow
                                  control                                       0 % (^        0°/o     Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                              — Electronic regulators for air-condi­
                                  tioning                                       0 %> (^       0° /«    Airbus , Mercure, F 28
                              — Inertial navigation equipment                   0% (»)        0 °/o    Concorde
                              — Other instruments or apparatus falling
                                  within subheading 90.28 A                     0 0/o (!)
                     B. Other :
                          — For pneumatic regulators used in air­
                              conditioning and cabin pressurization
                              systems falling within subheading 90.24 C         0 %> (!)      0%       Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                         — Other apparatus and instruments falling
                              within subheading 90.24 C                         0 °/0 (!)
                          — For indicator apparatus for fuel pressure
                              and jet-engine oil                                o °/o H       0%)      Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                         — Oil contents gauge for jet-engine control            0 %> i1 )     0%)      Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                         — Speed indicator apparatus for air-speed
                              indicators and jet-engine control                 0 0/oi1)      0%)      Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                         — Temperature indicator apparatus for air­
                              speed indicators and jet-engine control . .       0%) (!)       0 °/o    Airbus, Mercure, F 28
                         — Other apparatus falling within sub­
                              heading 90.28 B                                   0 % (!)
(') To be eligible for suspension, the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of aircraft of types certificated for
    the first time in a Member State of th'e Community before 1 January 1973 and which have either been constructed in the Community or
    imported and used at that date on regular routes by airline companies of the Community .
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                                                                   Aircraft             Aircraft category B
    CCT                                                           category A
  heading                       Description of goods
     No
                                                                    Rate of  Rate of
                                                                     duty                        Aircraft concerned
                                                                              duty
      1                                   2                            3       4                          5
 ex 91.06      Time switches with clock or watch movement
               (including secondary         movement)   or   with
               synchronous motor :
              — Clock        movements       used    in automatic
                   systems                                           0%
     91.11     Other clock and watch parts :
               ex F. Other :
                       — Of apparatus included in heading No
                           ex 91.06 of this list                     0 °/o
     92.11    Gramophones, dictating machines and other
              sound recorders and reproducers, including
              record-players and" tape decks, with or without
              soundheads ; television image and sound
              recorders and reproducers, magnetic:
              A. Sound recorders and reproducers :
                   ex I. Sound recorders :
                          — Cockpit voice recorders                 0%       0%)     Airbus, Mercure, Concorde, F 28
                   ex II. Reproducers :
                          — Reproducers of music and auto­
                              matic announcers                      0%       0 °/o   Airbus, Mercure, Concorde, F 28
 ex 92.13     Other parts and accessories of apparatus falling
              within heading No 92.11 :
              — Cockpit voice-recorders referred to in
                  heading No ex 92.11 A I of this list              0%)      0%      Airbus, Mercure, Concorde, F 28
              — Reproducers of music and automatic an­
                  nouncers referred to in heading No ex
                  92.11 A II of this list                           0%)      0%)     Airbus, Mercure, Concorde, F 28
    94.01     Chairs and other seats (other than those falling
              within heading No 94.02), whether or not
              convertible into beds, and parts thereof:
              ex A. Specially designed for aircraft:
                      — Specially designed seats for the crew       0%
                      — Parts of seats specially designed for
                          the crew                                  0%
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                                                        ANNEX 111
           List of goods admitted under partial or total suspension of Common Customs Tariff duty
           when they are intended to be used for purposes of maintenance or repair of aeroplanes or
                  helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000 kg but not exceeding 15 000 kg
                CCT
               heading                                   Description                           Rate of duty
                 No
                  1                                          2                                      3
                  62.05      Other made up textile articles (including dress patterns):
                             ex C. Other :
                                     — Life-jackets                                               0%
                                     — Passenger escape chutes                                    0%
                 73.20       Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, unions
                             and flanges), of iron or steel                                       0 °/o
              ex 73.24       Containers, of iron or steel, for compressed or liquefied gas :
                             — Containers intended for pressurization                             0 %>
                 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                         0%
                 81.04       Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles
                             thereof; cermets, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
                             K. Titanium :
                                 ex II. Other wrought :
                                        — Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and similar articles,
                                           complying with US standards                            4°/o
                 8-3.07      Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal, and parts thereof,
                             of base metal (excluding switches, electrical lamp holders,
                             electric lamps for vehicles, electric battery or magneto lamps,
                             and other articles falling within Chapter 85 except heading
                             No 85.22 )                                                           0%
             ex 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, hand­
                             bags, or other textile or leather goods ; tubular rivets and
                             bifurcated rivets, of base metal :
                             — Tubular rivets                                                     0%
 ---pagebreak--- No L 328 /30                 Official Journal of the European Communities                             7. 12. 74
               CCT
              heading                                 Description                        Rate of duty
                No
                 1                                        2                                   3
             ex 84.07  Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and
                       water turbines):
                       — Hydraulic engines and motors (excluding water wheels
                           and water turbines)                                              0 °/o
                 84.08 Other engines and motors :
                       C. Other engines and motors                                          0%
                 84.10 Pumps (including motor pumps and turbo pumps) for
                       liquids, whether or not fitted with measuring devices; liquid
                       elevators of bucket, chain, screw, band and similar kinds :
                       B. Other pumps:
                               II. Pumps not specified                                      0 °/o
                           ex III. Parts of the pumps of subheading B II                    0%
                 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 :
                       A. Pumps and compressors :
                               III. Other pumps and compressors                             0%
                           ex IV. Parts of pumps and compressors mentioned under
                                    subheading A III                                        0%
                       C. Fans, blowers and the like                                        0%
                 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, pasteuri­
                       zing, 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 :
                       C. Heat exchange units                                               0%
                 84.18 Centrifuges; filtering and purifying machinery and apparatus
                       (other than filter funnels, milk strainers and the like), for
                       liquids or gases:
                       C. Other:
                           ex II. Machinery and apparatus (other than centrifuges)
                                    for filtering or purifying liquids or gases :
                                  — Apparatus for filtering liquids                         0 °/o
                 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
                       telepnerics), not being machinery falling within heading No
                       84.23 :
                       ex D. Other :
                               — Lifting, loading and unloading machinery for fixing
                                    permanently in aeroplanes                                0%
 ---pagebreak--- 7. 12. 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                         No L 328/31
                 CCT
                heading                                         Description                                  Rate of duty
                  No
                    1                                                2                                            3
                   84.59         Machines and mechanical appliances, having individual
                                 functions, not falling within any other heading of this
                                 Chapter:
                                 ex E. Other :
                                         — Air humidifiers and dehumidifiers                                    0%
                                         — Starter motors, propeller regulators (valves) and
                                              auxiliary mechanisms                                              0%
                                        — Windscreem wipers                                                     0%
                   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:
                                A. Pressure reducing valves                                                     0%
               ex 84.63         Transmission shafts, cranks, bearing housings, plain shaft
                                bearings, gears and gearing (including friction gears and gear­
                                boxes and other variable speed gears), flywheels, pulleys and
                                pulley blocks, clutches and shaft couplings :
                                — Transmission shafts, cranks and crank shafts, bearing
                                    housings and plain shaft bearings, for engines                              0 %>
                   85.08        Electrical starting and ignition equipment for internal com­
                                bustion engines (including ignition magnetos, magneto­
                                dynamos, ignition coils, starter motors, sparking plugs, and
                                glow plugs); generators (dynamos and alternators) and cut­
                                outs for use in conjunction with such engines :
                                ex A. Starter motors, generators and cut-outs :
                                       — Starter motors                                                         0%
                   85.15        Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and
                                reception apparatus; radio-broadcasting and television trans­
                                mission and reception apparatus (including receivers incor­
                                porating sound recorders or reproducers) and television
                                cameras; radio navigational aid apparatus, radar apparatus
                                and radio remote control apparatus :
                                A. Radiotelegraphic and radiotelephonic transmission and
                                    reception apparatus; radio-broadcasting and television
                                    transmission and reception apparatus (including receivers
                                    incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and
                                    television cameras :
                                         II . Transmitter-receivers                                             8 °/o (*)
          (>) To be eligible for suspension, the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of
              aeroplanes or helicopters of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before
              1 January 1973 and which have been either constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date
              on regular routes by Community airlines .
 ---pagebreak--- No L 328 /32                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                         7 . 12 . 74
                    CCT
                   heading                                         Description                                  Rate of duty
                     No
                      1                                                 2                                          sjiojp
                      85.15            ex III . Receivers, whether or not combined with a sound
                  (cont'd)                      recorder or reproducer, excluding radio-broad­
                                                casting or television apparatus                                     8%H
                                   B. Other apparatus                                                               8 °/o i1 )
                                   C. Parts :
                                       II. Parts of base metal, obtained by turning bars, angles,
                                            shapes, sections or wire, of solid section, the greatest
                                            diameter of which does not exceed 25 mm                                 8 % i1)
                                       III. Other                                                                   8 % i1 )
                     90.14         Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying) hydro­
                                   graphic, navigational, meteorological, hydrological and geo­
                                   physical instruments; compasses ; rangefinders :
                                   ex B. Other :
                                            — Instruments and apparatus for air navigation ....                    0 °/o (!)
                     94.01         Chairs and other seats (other than those falling within
                                   heading No 94.02), whether or not convertible into beds, and
                                   parts thereof :
                                   ex A. Specially designed for aircraft:
                                            — Specially designed seats for the air crew                            0 °/o
                                            — Parts of seats specially designed for the air crew                   0%
             (') To be eligible for suspension , the products in question must be intended for the maintenance or repair of
                 aeroplanes or helicopters of types certificated for the first time in a Member State of the Community before
                 1 January 1973 and which have been either constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date
                 on regular routes by Community airlines .