CELEX: 31973R3584
Language: en
Date: 1973-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 3584/73 of the Council of 28 December 1973 on the tariff treatment of certain products intended for use in the construction, maintenance and repair of aircraft

31 . 12. 73                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 365 /3
                                                                I
                                            (Acts whose publication is obligatory)
                                 REGULATION (EEC) No 3584/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                     of 28 December 1973
              on the tariff treatment of certain products intended for use in the construction, mainten­
                                                   ance and repair of aircraft
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                          1973 ; whereas inasmuch as the aircraft under
                                                                   consideration are not of Community manufacture or,
                                                                   while being of Community manufacture, required in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       their construction a relatively large quantity of
European Economic Community and in particular                      products imported from third countries, it is
Article 28 thereof;                                                desirable, subject to account being taken of the
                                                                   present capacity of the Community aircraft industry,
Having regard to the draft Regulation submitted by                 that the arrangements be continued whereby users of
the Commission ;                                                   such aircraft may obtain supplies of the products
                                                                   concerned under total suspension of Common
                                                                   Customs Tariff duties ; whereas in other cases this
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 2725 /72 0 ) of                facility should be limited to essential requirements, in
19 December 1972 on the tariff treatment of certain                order not to compromise the development of the
products intended for use in the construction,                     Community aircraft industry and Community aircraft
maintenance and repair of aircraft provides for the                equipment industries ;
total or partial suspension, as the case may be, of the
duties laid down in the Common Customs Tariff for
a certain number of products which are intended                    Whereas the suspension measures laid down in respect
either to be incorporated in the construction of                   of products intended for the maintenance or repair of
aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg                aeroplanes and helicopters of an unladen weight
or intended to be used for the maintenance or repair               exceeding 2 000 kg but not exceeding 15 000 kg also
of aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000                expire on 31 December 1973 ; whereas it seems
kg or for aeroplanes or helicopters of an unladen                  possible, subject to certain modifications, for these
weight exceeding 2 000 kg but not exceeding 15 000                 measures to be kept in force ;
kg ;
Whereas the suspension measures laid down in                       Whereas provision should be made for adaptation, in
respect of products intended for the construction of               the light of advances in the technical capabilities of
aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg                the Community aircraft industry and Community
do not expire until 31 December 1974 ;                             aircraft equipment industries, of the arrangements
                                                                   concerning the application of the Common Customs
                                                                   Tariff to products imported from third countries for
Whereas it appears desirable however to make certain               use in the construction, maintenance or repair of
amendments to the present list for technical tariff                aircraft; whereas such adaptation could involve
reasons ;                                                          reviews of arrangements in force at relatively short
                                                                   intervals ; whereas it is therefore necessary to limit the
Whereas the suspension measures laid down in                       period of application of this Regulation to one year ;
respect of products intended to be used for the
maintenance or repair of aeroplanes of an unladen
weight exceeding 15 000 kg expire on 31 December                   Whereas it is desirable for the sake of clarity to
                                                                   reproduce in a single text all the suspension
                                                                   arrangements applicable from 1 January 1974 to
                                                                   imports of products intended for use in the
i1) OJ No L 291 , 28 . 12. 1972, p. 39.                            construction, maintenance or repair of aircraft ;
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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :                                 certificated for the first time in a Member State of the
                                                              Community before 1 January 1973 .
                         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 of the aforesaid Annex
provided the said products are intended to be                 products listed in Annex III shall, provided such
incorporated, under customs control, in the                   products are intended to be used under customs
construction of aircraft of an unladen weight                 control for the maintenance or repair of aeroplanes
exceeding 15 000 kg and of types whose                        or helicopters of an unladen weight exceeding 2 000
manufacturing programme had on 1 January 1973                 kg but not exceeding 15 000 kg, be suspended to the
                                                              levels indicated in column 3 of the said Annex .
passed the initial test flight stage.
2.    This Article shall also apply to like products          2. However, in the case of products falling within
where these are intended for use, under customs               tariff heading Nos 85.15 and 90.14 of the Common
control, in the manufacture of parts or components            Customs Tariff, paragraph 1 shall apply only where
of the aircraft in question .                                 such products are intended for the maintenance or
                                                              repair of aeroplanes or helicopters of a type certified
                                                              for the first time in         a Member State     of the
                         Article 2                            Community before 1 January 1973 .
1.    The Common Customs Tariff duties on the
products listed in Annex II shall, provided such                                       Article 4
products are intended to be used, under customs
control, for maintenance or repair of aircraft of an          For the purposes of Article 2 (2) and Article 3 (2 ),
unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg, be suspended to           'type' of aircraft shall be taken to mean the prototype
the level indicated in column 3 or 4 of the said              of that aircraft and versions derived directly from
Annex, according to the category to which the air­            that prototype, except versions which differ
craft under consideration belong.                             fundamentally from the prototype .
2. However, in the case of products falling within
tariff heading Nos 85.15 , 85.22, 90.14, 90.28 and                                     Article 5
90.29 of the Common Customs Tariff, paragraph 1
shall apply only where such products are intended             This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January
for the maintenance or repair of aircraft of a type            1974 and shall apply until 31 December 1974.
              This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
              States .
              Done at Brussels, 28 December 1973 .
                                                                                  For the Council
                                                                                   The President
                                                                                  Ove GULDBERG
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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
                heading                                 Description                            Rate of duty
                  No
                   1                                        2                                       3
                73.20       Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints, elbows, unions
                            and flanges), of iron or steel                                        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. Wrought:
                                        — Bolts, nuts screws , rivets and similar articles . .    4 %
                83.07       Lamps and lighting fittings, of base metal, and parts thereof,
                            of base metal (excluding switches, electric lamp holders, elec­
                            tric 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%
             ex 84.07       Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and
                            water turbines):
                            — Hydraulic engines and motors (excluding water wheels
                                and water turbines)                                               0 %
                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. Other pumps or pumps not specified                        0%
                                ex III . Parts and accessories of pumps referred to in B II       0%
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                 CCT
               heading                                 Description                           Rate of duty
                  No
                   1                                       2                                      3
                84.11   Air pumps, vacuum pumps and air or gas compressors (in­
                        cluding 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 and components of pumps and compressors
                                      referred to in 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, pasteurizing,
                       steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing, condensing or
                       cooling, not being machinery or plant of a kind used for
                       domestic purposes ; instantaneous or storage water heaters,
                       non-electrical :
                       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 %
               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%
                               — Windscreen wipers                                              0 %
                               — Parts, not elsewhere specified or included, of the
                                    items referred to above                                     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, bearing housings and plain
                           shaft bearings for engines                                           0%
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              CCT
            heading                                Description                        Rate of duty
               No
                1                                       2                                 • 3
             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 for engines                                0 %
             85.15  Radiotelegraphic and radiotéléphonie transmission and re­
                    ception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting and television trans­
                    mission and reception apparatus (including receivers incorpor­
                    ating sound recorders or reproducers) and television cameras ;
                    radio navigational aid apparatus, radar apparatus and radio
                    remote control apparatus :
                    A. Radiotelegraphic and radiotéléphonie transmission and
                        reception apparatus ; radio-broadcasting and television
                        transmission and reception apparatus (including receivers
                        incorporating sound recorders or reproducers) and tele­
                        vision cameras :
                              II . Transmitter-receivers                                  8 %
                        ex III . Receivers, whether or not combined with a sound
                                   recorder or reproducer, excluding radio-broad­
                                   casting or televisions apparatus                 .     8 %
                    B. Other apparatus                                                    8 %
                    C. Parts of the goods of subheadings A and B above :
                         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 %
                        III . Other                                                       8 %
            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%
            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 %
                             — Parts of seats specially designed for the air crew . .    0 %
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                                                             ANNEX II
             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
                 — manufactured in the Community of types certificated before 1 January 1974 or versions
                      of those types which do not differ fundamentally from the former
                  — manufactured in third countries
             (b) Category B comprises all other aeroplanes of an unladen weight exceeding 15 000 kg
     CCT                                                                                                    Aircraft
                                                                                                 Aircraft
   heading                                            Description                               category A category B
      No
       1                                                  2                                          3          4
 ex 38.17        Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers mentioned at No 84.21 of
                 this list                                                                         0%
 ex 39.02        Polymerization and copolymerization products (for example, polyethylene,
                 polyethyaloethylenes, polyisobutylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride,
                 polyvinyl acetate, polyvinyl chloroacetate and other polyvinyl derivatives,
                 polyacrylic and polymethacrylic derivatives, coumarone-indene resins etc.):
                 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) of Chapter 39                                          0%          —
                           VII. Polyvinyl chloride :
                                  b ) In other forms                                               0 %
                         XIV. Other polymerization or copolymerization products :
                                  b ) In other forms                                               0 %
    39.07        Articles of materials of the kinds described in heading Nos 39.01 to 39.06
                 inclusive :
                 E. Of other materials :
                     ex II . Other:
                              — Articles for technical use and structural components               0 %         _
    40.09        Piping and tubing of unhardened vulcanized rubber                                 0%
    40.11        Rubber tyres, tyre cases, inter-changeable 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 %
                              56-00 X 16-7-32 ply                                                  0%
    40.14        Other articles of unhardened vulcanized rubber :
                 ex B. Other :
                         — Articles for technical use                                              0 %         —
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      CCT
                                                                                               Aircraft    Aircraft
     heading                                      Description                                             category B
       No                                                                                     category A
        1                                              2                                           3           4
     62.05    Other made up textile articles (including dress patterns):
              ex C. Other:
                       — Life-jackets                                                            0 %
                       — Passenger escape chutes                                                 0%           —
     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 ; mixtures 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%
 ex 73.18     Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, of iron (other than of cast iron), or
             steel, excluding articles under No 73.19 :
             — Tubes and pipes, ready for fitting, usable as hydraulic conduits for
                  fuel-oil or lubricants                                                         0%
     73.20   Tube and pipe fittings (for example, joints elbows, unions and flanges),
             of iron or steel                                                                    0%          0%
 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 %          —
     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 %         0%
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    CCT
                                                                                                 Aircraft   Aircraft
   heading                                        Description                                   category A category B
     No
      1                                               2                                              3          4
   73.35      Springs and leaves for springs, of iron or steel                                     0%          —
   73.40      Other articles of iron or steel :
              ex B. Other :
                      — Collars, flanges and other devices for fixing, jointing, clamping
                          or spacing                                                               0 %         —
                      — Apparatus for cargo stowage                                                0 %         —
ex 76.02      Wrought baras, rods, angles, shapes and sections, of aluminium ; aluminium
              wire :
              — Shapes bearing a specific manufacture number                                       0%          —
ex 76.03      Wrought plates, sheets and strip, of aluminium of a thickness exceeding
              0-20 mm :
              — Plates bearing a specific manufacture number                                       0 %         —
ex 76.06      Tubes and pipes and blanks therefor, 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 %         —
   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 . .    0 %         —
              ex D. Other:
                      — Collars, flanges and other devices for fixing, jointing, clamping
                           or spacing                                                              0 %         —
   81.04      Other base metals, unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof; cermets,
              unwrought or wrought, and articles thereof:
              K. Titanium :
                  ex II . Wrought:
                          — Bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and similar articles, complying with
                              US standards                                                         0 %        4%
ex 83.02      Base metal fittings and mountings of a kind suitable for furniture, doors,
              staircases," windows, blinds, coachwork, saddlery, trunks, caskets and the
              like (including automatic door closers); base metal hat-racks, hat-pegs,
              brackets and the like :
              — Automatic door-closing devices and fittings and hinges of all kinds ....           0%
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       CCT
                                                                                               Aircraft     Aircraft
     heading                                       Description                                             category B
        No                                                                                    category A
         1                                             2                                           3            4
      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 %
 ex 83.09    Clasps, frames with clasps for handbags and the like, buckles, buckle­
             clasps, hooks, eyes, eylets, 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                                                                    0 %          0%
             — Bifurcated rivets                                                                 0%            —
 ex 84.07    Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and water turbines):
             — Hydraulic engines and motors (excluding water wheels and water
                 turbines )                                                                      0 %          0%
      84.08  Other engines and motors :
             B. Gas turbines :
                 II . Other                                                                      0 %
             C. Other engines and motors                                                         0 %          0%
             D. Parts :
                  II . Other :
                       — Of gas turbines under reference B II                                    0%            —
                       — Of other engines and motors under reference 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                        0%
                  II . Other pumps or pumps not specified                                        0%           0 %
                 III . Parts :
                        — Of pumps referred to in I                                              0%            —
                        — Of pumps referred to in II                                             0%           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 :
                         II. Vacuum pumps creating a vacuum better than 10-2 torr, centrifu­
                              gal or axial compressors giving a compression ratio of not less
                             than 2 and a flow of more than 3 000 m3 per minute; stationary
                             reciprocating compressors of a weight exceeding 2 000 kg            0%
                       III . Other pumps and compressors                                         0%           0%
                 ex IV . Parts :
                             — Of pumps and compressors referred to in II                        0%            —
                             — Of pumps and compressors referred to in III                       0 %          0%
             C. Fans, blowers and the like                                                       0 %          0%
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     CCT
                                                                                              Aircraft     Aircraft
   heading                                          Description                              category A   category B
     No
      1                                                 2                                         3            4
    84.15     Refrigerators and refrigerating equipment (electrical and other):
                   A. Evaporators and condensers, excluding those for domestic refriger­
                       ators                                                                    0 %           —
              ex B. Other :
                       — Compression refrigerating equipment, specially designed for
                          cooling air inside aircraft                                           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, pasteurizing; steaming, drying, evaporating,
              vapourizing, condensing or cooling; not being machinery or plant of a kind
              used for domestic purposes ; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non­
              electrical:
              C. Heat exchange units                                                            0%           0 %
    84.18     Centrifuges, filtering and purifying machinery and apparatus (other then
              filter funnels, milk strainers and the like), for liquids or gase§:
              C. Other :
                   II. Machinery and apparatus (other than centrifuges) for filtering or
                       purifying liquids or gases :
                       — For liquids                                                            0%           0 %
                       — For gases                                                              0 %           —
 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 :
              — Fire extinguishers for jet engines for fixing permanently in aeroplanes . .     0%
              — Their parts                                                                     0 %           —
    84.22     Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery, telphers and conveyors
              (for example lifts, hoists, winches, cranes, transportor cranes, jacks, pulley
              tackle, belt conveyors and telepherics), not being machinery falling within
              heading No 84.23 :
              ex D. Other:
                       — Jacks                                                                  0 %
                       — Parts of jacks                                                         0%      -
                       — Lifting; loading and unloading machinery for fixing permanently
                          in aeroplanes                                                         0%            —
 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
                   No 90.28, used exclusively to carry out the calculations appropriate to
                  those instruments or apparatus                                                0%            —
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       CCT
                                                                                             Aircraft     Aircraft
     heading                                     Description
                                                                                            category A  category B
        No
         1                                           2                                           3           4
      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 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 %
                      — Starter motors, propeller regulators (valves) and servo-mech­
                         anisms                                                                0 %
                     — Windscreen wipers                                                       0%          0%
                      — Parts :
                         — Of starter motors, propeller regulators and servo-mechanisms        0 %          —
                         — Of the other apparatus referred to above                            0 %         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%           —
             B. Others                                                                         0%          0%
      84.62  Ball, roller or needle roller bearings                                            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, bearing housings and plain shaft bearings
                  for engines                                                                  0 %         0 %
             — 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%
      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, con­
             vertors (rotary or static), transformers, rectifiers and rectifying apparatus,
             inductors                                                                         0 %          —
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       CCT
      heading                                                                                                                 Aircraft           Aircraft
                                                                 Description
        No                                                                                                                  category A          category B
         1                                                          2                                                            3                   4
      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 altern­
                       ators) and cut-outs for use in conjunction with such engines:
                       A. Starter motors, generators and cut-outs :
                            — Starter motors for aircraft                                                                      0 %                 0%
                            — Other                                                                                            0 %                  —
                       B. Ignition magnetos, including magneto-dynamos and magnetic flywheels                                  0 %                  —
                       C. Glow plugs                                                                                           0 %                  —
                       D. Other                                                                                                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 of carbon :
                       ex B. Electrical apparatus for heating aeroplanes and wing surfaces,
                               mounted on propeller aeroplanes                                                                 0%                   —
      85.14            Microphones and stands therefor, loudspeakers ; audio-frequency electrical
                       amplifiers                                                                                              0 %                  —
      85.15            Radiotelegraphic and radiotéléphonie 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 radiotéléphonie transmission and reception
                                apparatus; radio-broadcasting and television transmission and re­
                                ception apparatus (including receivers incorporating sound recorders
                                or reproducers) and television cameras :
                                      I. Transmitters                                                                          0 % (!)
                                     II . Transmitter- receivers                                                               0 % i1 )            8%
                               ex III . Receivers, whether or not combined with a sound recorder
                                           or reproducer, excluding radio-broadcasting or television
                                          apparatus                                                                            0 % (J )            8 %
                            B. Other apparatus                                                                                 o% n                8 %
(x) 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 Community airlines.
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                                                                                                                               Aircraft            Aircraft
      heading                                                   Description
        No                                                                                                                    category A          category B
         1                                                            2                                                            3                   4
      85.15            ex C. Parts :
     (cont'd)
                                  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 AI                                                                 0 % (J)             8 %
                                      — Of other apparatus referred to above                                                     0 % (!)             8 %
                                III . Other :
                                      — Of transmitters under AI                                                                 0 % i1)             8 %
                                      — Of other apparatus referred to above                                                     0 % i 1)            8 %
      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                                                                                                     0 %                  —
      85.18            Electrical capacitors, fixed or variable                                                                  0%                   —
      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 telepone switchboards) and control
                       panels                                                                                                    0 %
      85.20            Electric filament lamps and electric discharge lamps (including infra-red
                       and ultra-violet lamps); arc-lamps ; electrically ignited photographic flash­
                       bulbs :
                            A. Filament lamps for lighting                                                                       0%                   —
                       ex B. Other :
                                — Discharge lamps and tubes for lighting including combined
                                     filament and discharge lamps and tubes                                                      0%                   —
      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 de­
                       vices ; electronic microcircuits :
                       A. Valves and tubes                                                                                       0 %                  —
                       B. Photocells, including phototransistors                                                                 0 %                  —
                       C. Mounted piezo-electric crystals                                                                        0 %                  —
      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% H                 —
(x) 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 Community airlines .
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                                                                                                                                Aircraft            Aircraft
      heading                                                    Description
         No                                                                                                                   category A          category B
          1                                                            2                                                           3                   4
   ex 85.23             Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) 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 re­
                        producers; any combination on these articles :
                        B. Projectors and sound reproducers, combined or not                                                     0 %                  —
      90.14             Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographie, navi­
                        gational, meteorological, hydrologicai and geophysical instruments ; com­
                       passes ; rangefinders :
                           A. Compasses                                                                                          0 % (!)              —
                       ex B. Other :
                                — Instruments and apparatus for air navigation                                                   0 % (!)             0 %
                                — Meteorological instruments and range-finders                                                   0% H                 —
   ex 90.18            Mechano-therapy appliances ; massage apparatus ; psychological aptitude­
                       testing apparatus; artificial respiration ; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy,
                       aerosol therapy or similar apparatus; breathing appliances (including gas
                       masks and similar respirators ):
                       — Oxygen masks ; respiratory apparatus for the crew and passengers of
                           aeroplanes                                                                                            0 %                  —
      90.24            Instruments and apparatus for measuring, checking or automatically con­
                       trolling 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 overdraught
                       regulators), not being articles falling within heading No 90.14                                           0 %
      90.28            Electrical measuring, checking, analysing, or automatically controlling
                       instruments and apparatus                                                                                 0 % C)               —
   ex 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                            0 % (!)              —
   ex 91.06            Time switches with clock or watch movement (including secondary move­
                       ment) or with synchronous motor:
                       — Clock movements used in automatic systems                                                               0%
(x) 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 Community airlines .
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                                                                                         Aircraft     Aircraft
     heading                                  Description                               category A   category B
        No
         1                                         2                                         3            4
     91.11   Other block and watch parts:
             ex F. Other:
                                                                                                        .
                   — Of apparatus included in No ex 91.06 of this list                     0%
      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. Cockpit recording apparatus                                           0%
 ex 92.13    Other parts and accessories of apparatus falling within heading No 92.11
             ex A I of this list                                                            0%            —
      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%          0%
                   — Parts of seats specially designed for the crew                         0%          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 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%
              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%
                 83.07          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, handbags,
                                or other textile or leather goods; tubular rivets and bifurcated
                                rivets, of base metal:
                                — Tubular rivets                                                     0%
             ex 84.07           Hydraulic engines and motors (including water wheels and
                                water turbines):
                                — Hydraulic engines and motors (excluding water wheels
                                    and water turbines)                                              0%
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            heading                                Description                            Rate of duty
              No
               1                                       2                                       3
            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%
                         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 or materials by a
                    process involving a change of temperature such as heating,
                    cooking, roasting, distilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing,
                    steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing, condensing or
                    cooling, not being machinery or plant of a kind used for
                    domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters,
                    non-electrical :
                    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 %
            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
                    telepherics), not being machinery falling within heading No
                    84.23 :
                    ex D. Other :
                            — Lifting: loading and unloading machinery for
                                 fixing permanently in aeroplanes                            0%
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                  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%
                                             — Windscreen wipers                                                      0%
                                             — Parts, not elsewhere specified or included, of the
                                                  equipment listed herein                                             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 ana 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
                                   combustion engines (including ignition magnetos, magneto­
                                   dynamos, ignition coils, starter motors, sparking plugs, and
                                   glow plugs); generators (dynamos and alternators) and cut­
                                   outs for use in conjunction with such engines:
                                   ex A. Starter motors, generators and: cut-outs:
                                           - — Starter motors                                                         0%
                   85.15           Radiotelegraphic and radiotéléphonie 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 radiotéléphonie 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% Π
             (l) 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 been either constructed in the Community or imported and used at that date on regular routes by
                 Community airlines .
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                 heading                                             Description                                 Rate of duty
                    No                  /
                     1                                                   2                                            3
                  85.15                ex ΠΙ. Receivers, whether or not combined with a sound
                (confd)                           recorder or reproducer, excluding radio­
                                                   broadcasting or television apparatus                              8 % (*)
                                  B. Other apparatus                                                                 8 % 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 % (*)
                                          III. Other                                                                 8 % i1 )
                  90.14           Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying) hydro­
                                  graphic, navigational, meteorological, hydrologicai and
                                  geophysical instruments; compasses; rangefinders:
                                  ex B. Other:
                                              — Instruments and apparatus for air navigation                         0 % i1)
                 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%
                                              — 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
                aircraft 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 .