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Document 02001D0822-20070426
Council Decision of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community ( Overseas Association Decision ) (2001/822/EC)
Consolidated text: Council Decision of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community ( Overseas Association Decision ) (2001/822/EC)
Council Decision of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community ( Overseas Association Decision ) (2001/822/EC)
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COUNCIL DECISION of 27 November 2001 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community (‘Overseas Association Decision’) (OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p.1) |
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COUNCIL DECISION
of 27 November 2001
on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community
(‘Overseas Association Decision’)
(2001/822/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, hereinafter referred to as the Treaty, and in particular Article 187 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:|
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Council Decision 91/482/EEC of 25 July 1991 on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community ( 2 ), was applicable until 1 December 2001. Article 240(4) thereof states that the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, shall establish the provisions to be laid down for the subsequent application of the principles set out in Articles 182 to 186 of the Treaty. |
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Declaration No 36 on the overseas countries and territories, hereinafter referred to as the ‘OCTs’, annexed to the final act of the Conference of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States signed in Amsterdam in 1997, invites the Council, acting in accordance with Article 187 of the Treaty, to review the association arrangements with the OCTs with a fourfold objective as follows: — promoting the economic and social development of the OCTs more effectively; — developing economic relations between the OCTs and the European Union; — taking greater account of the diversity and specific characteristics of the individual OCTs, including aspects relating to freedom of establishment; — and ensuring that the effectiveness of the financial instrument is improved. |
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On 11 February 1999 the European Parliament adopted a resolution on relations between the OCTs, the ACP States and the outermost regions of the European Union ( 3 ). Furthermore, on 4 October 2001, it adopted a resolution on the proposal from the Commission for a Council Decision on the association of the OCTs with the European Community ( 4 ). |
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In its communication of 20 May 1999 entitled ‘the Status of OCTs associated with the EC and options for “OCT 2000”’, the Commission examined the features and the development of the OCT-EC association since 1957, noted the basic principles and the current situation of the association and sketched out alternative policies for it for the period beginning 1 March 2000. |
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In accordance with Article 10 of Decision 91/482/EEC, the competent OCT authorities informed the Commission of the amendments or additions they desired in future, notably at a meeting held in the context of the partnership on 29 and 30 April 1999, attended by the Commission, the four Member States to which the OCTs are linked and the 20 OCTs concerned. |
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Though not third countries, the OCTs do not form part of the single market and must comply with the obligations imposed on third countries in respect of trade, notably rules of origin, health and plant health standards and safeguard measures. |
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As a general rule, when the Council adopts measures under Article 187 of the Treaty, it must take account both of the principles laid down in Part Four of the Treaty and of the other principles of Community law. It should also take account of experience acquired in the implementation of the trade arrangements of Decision 91/482/EEC. |
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These arrangements provide for duty-free access for products originating in the OCTs and rules of origin allowing cumulation with products originating in the ACP States, which are subject to different arrangements, or in the Community. This causes or threatens to cause serious disruption to the functioning of certain common market organisations under the common agricultural policy, in particular those for rice and sugar. Such disruption has on a number of occasions led the Commission and the Council to adopt safeguard measures. |
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By limiting the scope for use of cumulation of origin, the changes made in relation to rice at the mid-term review of the Decision ( 5 ) have helped maintain access for OCT products to the Community market on terms conducive to its balance. This access should be improved in respect of the least developed OCTs, but without modifying the overall quantity benefiting from cumulation. Given that only two other OCTs have ever operated in this sector, the remaining available quantities should be allocated to them, in the interest of transparency. |
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However, as regards sugar and sugar mixes, the rise in OCT exports made from sugar of ACP or Community origin to a heavily oversupplied market has resulted in a greater reduction in the quota allowed for Community producers and therefore a greater loss of guaranteed income for them. |
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Moreover, in view of the minimal, low value-added operations that currently suffice to obtain the status of a product originating in the OCTs in the sugar sector, the contribution of these exports to the development of the territories can only be small at best and, without a doubt, out of all proportion to the disruption caused to the Community sectors concerned. |
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For the above reasons, origin rules should therefore be adopted which exclude the possibility of ACP/EC-OCT cumulation for sugar when only minimal operations are carried out. However, taking into account the investments already made in the OCTs on the basis of the rules in force since 1991, such exclusion should enter into force in a progressive way. Therefore, subject to the adoption of the necessary implementing provisions, cumulation should be temporarily allowed to continue within progressively decreasing quantitative limits which are compatible with the objectives of the Community's common market organisation for sugar whilst taking due account of the legitimate interests of OCT operators. |
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Provision should also be made to ensure that agricultural products originating in the Community and which have benefited from an export refund cannot be re-imported duty-free into the Community by means of the cumulation procedure. |
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Furthermore, all the OCT rules of origin should be updated, in the interests of the operators and administrations concerned, to take account of technical progress and the policy adopted by the Community of origin-rule harmonisation. Likewise, the procedure should be simplified to enable the necessary technical amendments to the rules to be made more easily in future. |
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The procedure for the transhipment of goods not originating in the OCTs but in free circulation there should be completed and clarified, with a view to ensuring a transparent and reliable legal framework for operators and administrations. It should also be extended to cover certain fishery products of particular importance for Greenland and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, subject to the adoption of the necessary implementing provisions. |
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The general provisions of the Treaty and legislation derived thereunder do not automatically apply to the OCTs, barring express provisions to the contrary. OCT products imported into the Community must nevertheless comply with the Community rules in force. |
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Financial assistance to the OCTs should be allocated on the basis of uniform, transparent and effective criteria, taking into account the needs and performances of the OCTs. Such criteria should include in particular the economic and physical dimensions of the OCTs, the use made of past allocations, respect for the principles of sound financial management, fair fiscal policy, estimated absorption capacity, the need for establishing a reserve in order to finance non-programmable expenditure and a smooth transition to prevent a sudden considerable setback in allocation for New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Netherlands Antilles. In the interests of efficiency, simplification and recognition of the management capacities of the OCT authorities, the financial resources granted to the OCTs should be managed more on the basis of partnership by applying procedures based on the rules in force for the structural funds. |
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For this purpose, the procedures delegate the main responsibility for programming and implementing cooperation to the OCTs in particular. Cooperation will be conducted predominantly in conformity with OCT territorial regulations and will underpin support for the monitoring, evaluation and audit of the operations programmed. In addition, it is necessary to clarify which Community programmes and budget lines are open to the OCTs, as well as the procedures for a smooth transition from previous EDFs to the 9th one. |
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Global changes, reflected in the continuing process of trade liberalisation, broadly implicate the Community, the OCTs' principal trading partner, as well as their ACP neighbours and other economic partners. In the market access equation, the level of tariffs plays an increasingly reduced role while trade in services and trade-related areas assume an ever greater importance in the relationship between the OCTs and their economic partners. That relationship should therefore be fostered, while retaining the broad outline of the current trade arrangements, and the conditions for the gradual integration of those OCTs who so wish into the regional and global economy simplified by helping them to increase their capacity to handle all these new areas. |
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The measures necessary for the implementation of this Decision should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999, laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission ( 6 ). However, so far as the implementation of the 9th EDF is concerned, the voting and the majority should be as laid down in Article 21 of the Internal Agreement between the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing and administration of Community Aid under the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the Treaty applies ( 7 ), hereinafter the ‘Internal Agreement’. |
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The OCTs are fragile island environments requiring adequate protection, including in respect of waste management. In respect of radioactive waste, this is provided under Article 198 of the Euratom Treaty and legislation adopted thereunder, except for Greenland, to which the Euratom Treaty does not apply. For other waste, it should be specified which Community rules are to apply in respect of the OCTs. |
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The arrangements for association laid down in this Decision should not be applied to Bermuda in accordance with the wishes of the Government of Bermuda. |
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The Council should produce an innovative response to all the above mentioned new factors which is both consistent and tailored to the variety of situations. A new status for the association can provide such a response, |
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
PART ONE
GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OCTs WITH THE COMMUNITY
Chapter 1
General provisions
Article 1
Purpose, objectives and principles
1. The association of the OCTs with the Community, hereinafter referred to as the ‘OCT-EC Association’, shall have as its basis the purpose set out in Article 182 of the Treaty, namely to promote the economic and social development of the OCTs and to establish close economic relations between them and the Community as a whole.
It shall pursue the objectives laid down in Article 183 of the Treaty in accordance with the principles set out in Articles 184 to 188 of the Treaty by focusing on the reduction, prevention and, eventually, eradication of poverty and on sustainable development and gradual integration into the regional and world economies.
2. The association relates to the OCTs listed in Annex I A.
3. In accordance with Article 188 of the Treaty, this Decision shall apply to Greenland subject to the specific provisions set out in the Protocol on the special arrangements for Greenland annexed to the Treaty.
Article 2
Basic elements
1. The OCT-EC association shall be based on the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. These principles, on which the Union is founded in accordance with Article 6 of the Treaty on European Union, shall be common to the Member States and the OCTs linked to them.
2. There shall be no discrimination based on sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation in the areas of cooperation referred to in this Decision.
Article 3
The least-developed OCTs
1. The Community shall accord special treatment to the least-developed OCTs and to those unable to take advantage of the regional cooperation and integration referred to in Article 16.
2. To respond to such difficulties, development finance cooperation shall comprise, inter alia, special treatment when determining the volume of financial resources and the conditions attached thereto in order to enable the least-developed OCTs to overcome structural and other obstacles to their development. It shall pay special attention to improving the living conditions of the poorest sections of the population in the context of poverty alleviation.
3. The OCTs considered the least developed for the purposes of this Decision are listed in Annex I B. This list shall be amended by decision of the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, where the economic situation of an OCT undergoes a significant and lasting change, necessitating its inclusion in the category of least-developed OCTs or where its inclusion in that category is no longer warranted.
Chapter 2
Actors of cooperation in the OCTs
Article 4
Principles
1. Within the framework of the partnership laid down in Article 7, the OCT authorities shall assume primary responsibility for the formulation of association and development strategies and their implementation through the preparation, together with the Commission and the Member State to which the OCT is linked, of Single Programming Documents (hereinafter referred to as SPDs) and cooperation programmes.
2. The Community shall recognise that local public and private actors play a key role in achieving the objectives laid down in Article 183 of the Treaty.
3. In implementing this Decision, the parties shall have as their guiding principles transparency, subsidiarity and the need for efficiency.
Article 5
The different actors involved
1. Actors of cooperation in the OCTs shall include:
— the OCT authorities;
— the other regional and local authorities within the OCTs;
— civil society, social, business and trade union associations, public service providers and local, national or international non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
The Member States to which the OCTs are linked shall inform the Commission within three months of the entry into force of this Decision of the national, regional or local authorities referred to in the various Articles of the Decision.
2. The recognition of non-governmental actors shall depend on their capacity to meet the needs of the local population, their expertise and their having democratic and accountable organisation and management.
3. Non-governmental actors shall be identified by agreement between the OCT authorities, the Commission and the Member State to which the OCT is linked, taking into account the subject concerned, their expertise and field of activity. The process of identification shall be conducted in each OCT as part of the process for the preparation of cooperation programmes referred to in Article 4.
Article 6
Responsibilities of the non-governmental actors
Non-governmental actors identified pursuant to Article 5(3) may play a role in:
— information and consultation;
— the preparation and implementation of cooperation programmes;
— decentralised cooperation in the context of responsibilities delegated for the purpose of supporting local development initiatives.
Chapter 3
Principles and Procedures of the OCT-EC Partnership
Article 7
Dialogue and Partnership
1. With the aim of enabling the OCT to take a full part in the implementation of the OCT-EC association, with due regard for the way that the institutions of the Member States concerned are organised, the association shall use a consultation procedure based on the provisions referred to below. It shall deal with any issue arising in relations between the OCTs and the Community.
2. A broad-based dialogue should enable the Community, all the OCTs and the Member States to which they are linked to consult each other on the principles, detailed procedures and results of the association.
An OCT-EU forum for dialogue, hereinafter referred to as the ‘OCT Forum’, shall meet annually to bring together OCT authorities, representatives of the Member States and the Commission.
3. There shall be separate partnerships between the Commission, the Member State to which the OCT is linked and each OCT, represented by its authorities, to enable the objectives and principles of this Decision, in particular those referred to in Articles 4 and 19 to be put into practice. This trilateral consultation shall hereinafter be referred to as the ‘partnership’.
Partnership working parties, acting in an advisory capacity, shall be set up for each OCT. Their membership shall comprise the abovementioned three partners. These working parties may be convened at the request of the Commission, of a Member State or of an OCT. At the request of one of the partners, several partnership working parties may hold joint meetings to consider subjects of common interest or the regional aspects of the association.
4. This consultation shall be conducted in full compliance with the respective institutional, legal and financial powers of each of the three partners.
The Commission shall chair the working parties and the OCT Forum and provide their secretariat.
A representative of the European Investment Bank, hereinafter referred to as the EIB, shall be present at meetings when matters concerning it are on the agenda.
5. The opinions of the working parties and the OCT Forum shall, where appropriate, be the subject of Commission decisions, within the limits of its powers, or of proposals from the Commission to the Council with a view to implementation of new elements of the OCT-EC association or its amendment on the basis of Article 187 of the Treaty.
Article 8
ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
The OCT authorities shall be informed of the agenda, resolutions and recommendations of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.
Member States and the Commission shall support any request by OCT authorities to participate as observers at the plenary sessions of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, subject to the Assembly's own rules of procedure.
Article 9
Management
Day-to-day management of this Decision shall be conducted by the Commission and the OCT authorities and, should the need arise, by the Member State to which the OCT is linked, in accordance with the institutional, legal and financial powers of each of the partners, notably as regards development finance cooperation and cooperation in the area of trade and services.
PART TWO
THE AREAS OF OCT-EC COOPERATION
Article 10
Areas of cooperation
The Community shall contribute to cooperation in those areas in the OCTs listed in this Title in accordance with the priorities established in the development strategies for each OCT or, where appropriate, in the form of regional measures.
Article 11
Productive sectors
Cooperation shall support sectoral policies and strategies that facilitate access to productive activities and resources, in particular:
(a) Agriculture: agricultural policy and institution building, diversification, irrigation, seed multiplication, crop protection measures, fertiliser production, equipment, agro-processing, livestock and cattle breeding, animal husbandry, extension and research; marketing; storage and transportation; food security; agricultural credit; land settlement and reform, land use and registration policy, technology transfer, irrigation and drainage infrastructure, other support services.
(b) Forestry: forestry policy and institution building, including use of trees to conserve the environment in erosion and desertification control; afforestation; forest management, including the rational utilisation and management of timber exports; issues relating to tropical rain-forests; research and training.
(c) Fisheries: fishing policy and institution building, fish stock protection and rational management of fish stocks; fish farming and artisanal fisheries; fishery transport; cold storage and fish marketing and preservation.
(d) Rural development: rural policy and institution building, integrated rural development projects/programmes; assistance and projects targeted at people, production and marketing in rural areas; rural infrastructure.
(e) Industry: sectoral policy and institution building; craft industries; agro-industries and other manufacturing sectors, transport equipment industry; technological research and development; quality control; development and expansion of SMEs and micro-enterprises.
(f) Mining: sectoral policy and institution building, technological research and development; small-scale mining, etc.
(g) Energy: energy policy and institution building; power generation (non-renewable and renewable); efficient use of energy resources; energy research and training; encouraging private sector involvement in power generation and distribution.
(h) Transport: transport policy and institution building; transport by road, rail, air, sea or inland waterway and storage facilities.
(i) Communication: communication policy and institution building; telecommunications and media.
(j) Water: water policy and institution building; protecting water resources, waste management, water supplies in rural and urban areas for domestic, industrial or agricultural purposes; storage, distribution and management of water resources.
(k) Banking, finance and business services: financial sector policy and institution building, business services; privatisation, equity participation and marketing; support to trade, commerce and business associations (including export promotion agencies); financial and banking institutions.
(l) Technology development and application, research: policy and institution building; concerted action at local, national and/or regional level for the promotion of science and technology activities and their application to production and promotion of computer literacy in the public and private sectors, scientific programmes and equipment for research.
Article 12
Trade development
1. The Community shall implement measures for the development of trade at all stages up to final distribution of the product.
The object is to ensure that the OCTs derive the maximum benefit from the provisions of his Decision and may participate under the most favourable conditions in the Community, domestic, sub-regional, regional and international markets by diversifying the range and increasing the value and the volume of OCT trade in goods and services.
2. In addition to developing trade between the OCTs and the Community, particular attention shall be given to operations designed to increase the OCTs' self-reliance and improve regional cooperation in trade and services.
3. Within the instruments provided for in this Decision and in accordance with the provisions set out in relation thereto, operations shall be undertaken at the request of the OCT authorities, particularly in the following areas:
(a) support for the definition of appropriate macroeconomic policies necessary for trade development;
(b) support for the creation or reform of appropriate legal and regulatory frameworks as well as for the reform of administrative procedures;
(c) the establishment of coherent trade strategies;
(d) support for OCTs in developing their internal capacities, information systems and awareness of the role and importance of trade in economic development;
(e) support for strengthening the infrastructure related to trade and in particular support for the OCTs' efforts to develop and improve supportive service infrastructure, including transport and storage facilities, in order to ensure their effective participation in the distribution of goods and services and in order to enhance the flow of exports from the OCTs;
(f) development of human resources and professional skills in the field of trade and services, in particular in the processing, marketing, distribution and transport sectors for the Community, regional and international markets;
(g) support to private sector development and, in particular, to SMEs for product identification and development, market outlets and export-oriented joint ventures;
(h) support for OCT actions aimed at encouraging and attracting private investment and joint venture operations;
(i) the establishment, adaptation and strengthening of organisations in the OCTs dealing with the development of trade and services, particular attention being paid to the special needs of organisations in the least-developed OCTs;
(j) support for OCTs aiming to improve the quality of their products, adapt them to market requirements and diversify their outlets;
(k) support for OCT efforts to penetrate third country markets more effectively;
(l) market development measures including increasing contacts and exchange of information between economic operators in OCTs, ACP States, the Member States and in third countries;
(m) support for OCTs in the application of modern marketing techniques in production-oriented sectors and programmes, in particular in areas such as rural development and agriculture;
(n) the establishment and development of insurance and credit institutions in the field of trade development.
4. Support for OCTs' participation in trade fairs, exhibitions and trade missions shall be carried out only where such events form an integral part of overall trade and market development programmes.
5. Participation of the least-developed OCTs in various trade activities shall be encouraged by special provisions, inter alia, the payment of travel expenses of personnel and costs of transporting exhibits, on the occasion of their participation in local, regional and third-country fairs, exhibitions or trade missions, including the cost of the temporary construction and/or renting of exhibition booths and stalls. The least-developed OCTs shall be granted special aid to assist in the preparation and/or purchase of promotional materials.
Article 13
Trade in services
1. The Community agrees to develop and finance infrastructure and human resources as regards trade in services in accordance with the priorities established under the development strategies for each OCT.
2. The Community shall contribute to the development and promotion of cost-effective and efficient maritime transport services in the OCTs, by:
(a) promoting the efficient shipment of cargo at economically and commercially meaningful rates;
(b) implementing good policies and competition rules;
(c) facilitating greater OCT participation in international shipping services;
(d) encouraging regional programmes of maritime transport and trade development;
(e) increasing local private sector involvement in shipping activities.
The Community and the OCTs undertake to promote shipping safety, security of crews and the prevention of pollution.
3. The Community shall step up cooperation with the OCTs so as to ensure regular improvement and growth in air traffic.
This shall involve:
(a) examining all means of reforming and modernising the OCT air transport industries;
(b) promoting their commercial viability and competitiveness;
(c) encouraging higher levels of private sector investment and participation and a greater exchange of knowledge and good business practice;
(d) providing passengers and exporters in all OCTs with access to global air transport networks.
4. Safety must be ensured in the air transport sector and the relevant international standards introduced and implemented.
To that end, the Community shall assist the OCTs in:
(a) implementing air navigation safety systems, including the Communications, Navigation and Surveillance/Air Traffic Management (CNS/ATM) system;
(b) implementing airport security and strengthening the capacity of civil aviation authorities to manage all aspects of operational security placed under their control;
(c) developing infrastructures and human resources;
(d) ensuring that any measures taken in this field are based on advice from the relevant international organisations and that they will be effective and sustainable in the long term.
5. Proper attention must be paid to minimising the environmental impact of air transport, in particular by means of appropriate environmental impact studies.
6. In many aspects of air transport, regional solutions may offer scope for greater cost effectiveness and economies of scale. To that end, the Community undertakes to support and encourage actions on a regional level where appropriate.
7. Since telecommunication and active participation in the information society are prerequisites for the successful integration of the OCTs into the world economy, the Community and the OCTs reconfirm their respective commitments under existing multilateral agreements, in particular the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Basic Telecommunications.
8. The Community shall support the efforts of the OCTs to increase their capacity in the field of trade in services. Cooperation shall cover, inter alia, the following areas:
(a) promoting consultations between competent telecommunications bodies in the OCTs and the Community with a view to encouraging development of a competitive telecommunications environment bringing rates closer to costs;
(b) establishment of a dialogue on different aspects of the information society, including regulatory aspects and communications policy;
(c) information exchanges and possible technical assistance on regulation, standardisation, conformity testing and certification of information and communications technologies and the use of frequencies;
(d) dissemination of new information and communications technologies and the development of new facilities, particularly in relation to interconnection of networks and interoperability of applications;
(e) promotion and implementation of joint research in the field of new technologies related to the information society;
(f) design and implementation of programmes and policies to raise the awareness of the economic and social benefits deriving from the information society.
9. Cooperation shall, in particular, be directed towards greater complementarity and harmonisation of communication systems at local, national, regional, inter-regional and international level and their adaptation to new technologies.
10. The Community shall support measures and operations to develop and support sustainable tourism. These measures shall be implemented at all levels, from the identification of the tourist product to the marketing and promotion stage.
The aim shall be to support the efforts of the authorities of the OCT to derive maximum benefit from local, regional and international tourism in view of tourism's impact on economic development and to stimulate private financial flows from the Community and other sources into the development of tourism in the OCTs. Particular attention shall be given to the need to integrate tourism into the social, cultural and economic life of the people, as well as to respect for the environment.
Specific tourism development measures shall be aimed at the definition, adaptation and development of appropriate policies at local, regional, sub-regional and international levels. Tourism development programmes and projects shall be based on these policies on the basis of the following four components:
(a) human resource and institutional development, inter alia:
— professional management development in specific skills and continuous training at appropriate levels in the private and public sectors to ensure adequate planning and development;
— establishment and strengthening of tourism promotion centres;
— education and training for specific segments of the population and public/private organisations active in the tourism sector, including personnel involved in sectors that support tourism;
— inter-OCT and OCT-ACP cooperation and exchanges in the fields of training, technical assistance and the development of institutions.
(b) the development of products including, inter alia:
— identification of the tourism product, development of non-traditional and new tourism products, adaptation of existing products including the preservation and development of cultural heritage, ecological and environmental aspects, management, protection and conservation of flora and fauna, historical, social and other natural assets, development of ancillary services;
— promotion of private investment in the OCTs' tourist industries, including the creation of joint ventures;
— production of crafts of a cultural nature for the tourist market.
(c) market development including, inter alia:
— assistance for the definition and execution of objectives and market development plans at local, sub-regional, regional and international levels;
— support for the OCTs' efforts to gain access to services for the tourist industry such as central reservation systems and air traffic control and security systems;
— marketing and promotional measures and materials in the framework of integrated market development plans and programmes with a view to improved market penetration, aimed at the main generators of tourism flows in traditional and non-traditional markets as well as specific activities such as participation at specialised trade events, such as fairs, production of quality literature, films and marketing aids;
(d) research and information including, inter alia:
— improving tourism information and collecting, analysing, disseminating and utilising statistical data;
— assessment of the socio-economic impact of tourism on the economies of the OCT with particular emphasis on the development of linkages to other sectors in the OCT and the surrounding regions, such as food production, construction, technology and management.
Article 14
Trade-related areas
1. The Community shall help reinforce, within the development strategies of each OCT, the capacity of the OCTs to handle all areas related to trade, including where necessary improving and supporting the institutional framework.
2. The Community shall cooperate with the OCTs in the introduction of the general principles on protection and promotion of investments.
3. The Community shall also help to reinforce cooperation with the OCTs with a view to formulating and supporting effective competition policies with the appropriate competition agencies that progressively ensure the efficient enforcement of the competition rules by both private and state enterprises. Cooperation in this area shall, in particular, include assistance in the drafting of an appropriate legal framework and its administrative enforcement with particular reference to the least developed OCTs.
4. The Community shall continue to foster cooperation with the OCTs and extend it, in particular, to the following areas:
(a) the preparation of laws and regulations for the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, the prevention of the abuse of such rights by rightholders and the infringement of such rights by competitors, the establishment and reinforcement of local, national and regional offices and other agencies including support for regional intellectual property organisations involved in enforcement and protection, including the training of personnel;
(b) the conclusion of agreements aimed at protecting trademarks and geographical indications for products of particular interest.
5. The Community shall assist the OCTs in their efforts with regard to standardisation and certification aimed at promoting compatible systems between the Community and the OCTs. Cooperation shall comprise the following in particular:
(a) measures to promote greater use of international technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures, including sector-specific measures, in accordance with the level of economic development of the OCTs;
(b) cooperation in the area of quality management and assurance in selected sectors of importance to the OCTs;
(c) support for OCT capacity building initiatives in the fields of conformity assessment, metrology and standardisation;
(d) developing links between OCT and European standardisation, conformity assessment and certification institutions.
6. The Community shall help strengthen cooperation with the OCTs with regard to human, animal and plant health measures with a view to building public and private sector capacity in this area.
7. Bearing in mind the Rio Principles and with a view to reinforcing the mutual supportiveness of trade and environment policies, the Community shall enhance cooperation with the OCTs. The aim of cooperation shall in particular be to:
(a) establish coherent local, national, regional and international policies;
(b) reinforce quality controls of goods and services related to the environment;
(c) improve environment-friendly production methods in relevant sectors.
8. The Community shall cooperate with the OCTs in relation to labour standards. Cooperation in this area shall mainly consist of:
(a) exchanges of information on respective labour laws and regulations;
(b) assistance in the formulation of labour legislation and strengthening of existing legislation;
(c) educational and awareness-raising programmes aimed at eliminating child labour;
(d) enforcement of labour legislation and regulations.
9. The Community shall cooperate with the OCTs in the area of consumer policy and consumer health protection by:
(a) improving institutional and technical capacity in this area;
(b) establishing rapid-alert systems of mutual information on dangerous products;
(c) exchanging information and experiences on the establishment and operation of post-market surveillance of products and product safety;
(d) improving information provided to consumers on prices, characteristics of products and services offered;
(e) encouraging the development of private consumer associations and contacts between consumer-interest representatives;
(f) improving compatibility of consumer policies and systems;
(g) informing on the entry into force of legislation and promoting cooperation in investigating harmful or unfair business practices;
(h) implementing exports prohibitions on the trade of goods and services the marketing of which has been prohibited in their country of production.
10. The Community shall support the efforts deployed by the OCT public and private actors in the field of information technology and telecommunications to:
(a) modernise telecommunications infrastructure, data transmission services, remote processing applications and telematics application projects (TAP);
(b) develop and improve the services and the human capacity needed for achieving the information society, and integrate those services in the best possible way in a regional context;
(c) improve awareness of economic opportunities and exchanges of experience and of know-how;
(d) provide better information to the users of those resources;
(e) exploit the potential of this sector in an optimum and sustainable manner;
(f) develop the use of communications and information technology in the field of education, including distance learning;
(g) increase electronic commerce and economic cooperation;
(h) improve and modernise health networks, through the development of links between hospitals, the use of remote diagnosis and the creation of joint databases;
(i) develop multimedia access to cultural and tourist resources;
(j) improve and increase the use of information and communications technology in industry and for innovation.
Article 15
Social sectors
The Community shall contribute, within the development strategies of each OCT, to human and social development measures. Cooperation could in particular support programmes in the following sectors:
(a) Education policy and institution building (buildings and materials); language and teacher training; primary education; secondary education and vocational training; higher education (including sector-specific education activities, e.g. agricultural training).
In education, the focus should be on widening access to and improving the quality of basic education by constructing more schools, rehabilitating existing classrooms and providing educational materials, teacher training, and bursaries for poor students.
(b) Health sector reform activities, health policy and institution building; medical education, training and research, health infrastructure; HIV/AIDS.
In the health sector, projects should help to provide primary and preventive care services, particularly family planning and child and maternal health services.
(c) Population policy and family planning; mother and child care, including support for projects on the nurturing and development of the next generation.
(d) Increasing the efficiency of policies to prevent the production, distribution and trafficking of all kinds of drugs, narcotics and psychotropic substances, preventing and reducing drug abuse, taking into account work done in this context by international bodies.
Cooperation shall comprise the following:
(i) training, education, health promotion and rehabilitation of addicts, including projects for the reintegration of addicts into work and social environments;
(ii) measures to encourage alternative economic opportunities, for example programmes for the alternative development of areas used for the illicit production of narcotic plants, linked to effective enforcement measures;
(iii) technical, financial and administrative assistance relating to the monitoring of precursors trade, and the establishment of standards equivalent to those adopted by the Community and international authorities concerned;
(iv) technical, financial and administrative assistance relating to the prevention, treatment and reduction of drug abuse;
(v) technical assistance and training, and the establishment of standards to prevent money laundering equivalent to those adopted by the Community and other international bodies, in particular the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laudering;
(vi) exchange of relevant information for the implementation of points (a) to (d).
(e) Water policy and institution building; water resources protection; waste management (water for agriculture or energy will be covered under the relevant sector).
In the water supply and sanitation sector, the aim shall be to provide services in under-served areas. Funding that supports increasing access to drinking water supply and sanitation services contributes directly to human resources development by improving the state of health, and thus increasing the productivity, of people who do not already have access to these services; the continuing need to extend basic services in water, sanitation, and transport to both urban and rural populations must be addressed in environmentally sustainable ways.
(f) The Community shall cooperate with the OCTs in the conservation, sustainable use and management of their biological diversity taking into account the Community Action Plan on biological diversity.
Cooperation in this area may, in particular, extend to:
(i) supporting the elaboration, updating and implementation of national biodiversity strategies and action plans;
(ii) facilitating the establishment of local, regional and sub-regional mechanisms for the exchange of information and the monitoring and assessment of progress in the implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ( 8 );
(iii) developing and maintaining up-to-date databases on OCT biological diversitys;
(iv) implementing appropriate measures relating to the access to genetic resources;
(v) promoting the conclusion of agreements with the private sector for the use of the country's genetic resources, so that local communities may effectively benefit from the economic revenue derived from such agreements and so that the use of genetic resources does not harm the protection and conservation of the biodiversity;
(vi) assisting the OCTs to participate actively in the policy-making process and negotiations under the CBD.
(g) Housing and integrated urban development projects and programmes.
In urban development, efforts shall focus on building or rehabilitating roads and other basic infrastructure, including low-income housing.
Article 16
Regional cooperation and integration
Cooperation shall ensure that effective aid is provided in order to achieve the objectives and priorities established by the competent OCT authorities in the framework of regional and sub-regional cooperation and integration:
1. Regional cooperation shall cover operations agreed on between:
(a) two or more OCTs;
(b) one or more OCTs and one or more neighbouring ACP or non-ACP States;
(c) one or more OCTs and one or more ACP States or one or more of the most remote regions referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty (Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, Réunion, the Canary Islands, Azores and Madeira);
(d) two or more regional bodies of which OCTs are members;
(e) one or more OCTs and regional bodies of which OCTs, ACP States or one or more of the most remote regions are members.
2. The objectives of cooperation in this context shall be to:
(a) foster the gradual integration of the OCTs into the world economy;
(b) accelerate economic cooperation and development within the regions of the OCT and between them and the regions of the ACP States;
(c) promote the free movement of persons, goods, services, capital, labour and technology;
(d) accelerate economic diversification and the coordination and harmonisation of regional and sub-regional cooperation policies;
(e) promote and foster inter-OCT and intra-OCT trade as well as trade with the most remote regions, ACP States or other third countries.
3. In the context of regional integration, the aim of cooperation shall be to:
(a) build and enhance the capacity of regional cooperation and integration organisations and institutions to promote regional cooperation and integration;
(b) encourage the least developed OCTs to take part in the development of regional markets and benefit therefrom;
(c) implement sectoral reform policies at regional level;
(d) liberalise trade and payments;
(e) stimulate cross-border foreign and domestic investment and other regional or sub-regional economic integration initiatives;
(f) take account of the net transitional cost of regional integration on budget revenue and balance of payments.
4. Cooperation shall, in the area of regional cooperation, cover a wide variety of functional and thematic fields which specifically address common problems and take advantage of economies of scale, including:
(a) infrastructure, particularly transport and communications infrastructure and related safety problems, energy;
(b) the environment, water resource management;
(c) health, education and training;
(d) research and scientific and technical cooperation;
(e) regional disaster preparedness and alleviation initiatives;
(f) other areas, e.g. arms controls, drugs, organised crime, money laundering, fraud and corruption.
5. Cooperation shall also support inter-regional, inter-OCT and inter-ACP cooperation schemes and initiatives.
Article 17
Cultural and social cooperation
Cooperation shall contribute to the self-reliant development of the OCTs, this being a process centred on people themselves and rooted in each people's culture. The human and cultural dimension shall embrace all areas and be reflected in all development projects and programmes. Cooperation shall back up the policies and measures adopted by the competent OCT authorities to enhance their human resources, increase their own creative capacities and promote their cultural identities. It shall foster participation by the population in the process of development.
Cultural and social cooperation shall be expressed through:
— the taking into account of the cultural and social dimension;
— promotion of cultural identities and intercultural dialogue, with particular reference to preserving the cultural heritage, the production and dissemination of cultural products, cultural events and information and communication;
— operations to enhance human resources, notably covering education and training, scientific and technical cooperation, the role of women in development, health and combating drug abuse, population and demography.
PART THREE
INSTRUMENTS OF OCT-EC COOPERATION
TITLE I
DEVELOPMENT FINANCE COOPERATION
Chapter 1
General provisions
Article 18
Objectives
The objective of development finance cooperation shall be, through the provision of adequate financial resources and appropriate technical assistance, to:
(a) support and promote the OCTs' own efforts to achieve sustainable social, cultural and economic development on the basis of mutual interest and in a spirit of interdependence;
(b) help raise the standard of living of the peoples of the OCTs;
(c) promote measures likely to mobilise the capacity for initiative of communities, groups, associations and individuals and their participation in the design and implementation of development programmes;
(d) contribute to the fullest participation of the population in the benefits of development in the interests of alleviating poverty;
(e) contribute to the development of the capacity of the OCTs to innovate, adapt and transform local technologies and to master appropriate new technologies;
(f) support the efforts of the OCTs to achieve economic diversification, inter alia by contributing to sustainable exploration, conservation, processing and exploitation of their natural resources;
(g) provide support for and promote the optimal development of human resources in the OCTs;
(h) facilitate an increase in the financial flows to the OCTs that meet their evolving needs and support the efforts of the OCTs to harmonise international cooperation for their development through cofinancing of operations with other financing agencies or third parties;
(i) promote direct private investment in the OCTs, support the development of a healthy, prosperous and dynamic OCT private sector and encourage local, national and foreign private investment flows into the productive sectors in the OCTs;
(j) encourage inter-OCT and OCT-ACP regional cooperation, solidarity and integration;
(k) permit the establishment of more balanced economic and social relations and better understanding between the OCTs, ACP States, Member States and the rest of the world, with a view to assisting the integration of the OCTs into the world economy;
(l) enable OCTs faced with serious economic and social difficulties of an exceptional nature resulting from natural disasters or extraordinary circumstances having comparable effects to benefit from emergency assistance;
(m) help the least-developed OCTs to overcome the specific obstacles which hamper their development efforts.
Article 19
Principles
1. Development finance cooperation shall be based on partnership, complementarity and subsidiarity and shall:
(a) be implemented, in accordance with the association and development strategies adopted pursuant to Article 4, with due regard to the OCTs respective geographical, social and cultural characteristics, as well as their specific potential;
(b) ensure that resource flows are accorded on a predictable and regular basis;
(c) be flexible and tailored to the situation in each OCT.
2. Member States shall cooperate with the Commission to ensure sound financial management in the use of Community funds.
3. Following a partnership approach, Community activities shall be decided in close consultation between the Commission, the OCT authorities concerned and the Member State to which it is linked. Such partnership shall be conducted in full compliance with the respective institutional, legal and financial powers of each of the partners.
4. Without prejudice to the second subparagraph of Article 25(1), Community and Member States contributions shall be complementary.
5. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity, the authorities of the OCT concerned shall be responsible for implementing operations without prejudice to the powers of the Commission designed to ensure sound financial management in the use of Community funds.
Article 20
Single Programming Documents
1. Pursuant to Article 4, the OCT authorities, the Commission and the Member State to which the OCT is linked, acting in partnership, shall lay down the strategy and the priority aims on which the SPD is to be based.
2. The OCT authorities shall be responsible for:
(a) establishing their priorities on which the cooperation strategy should be based;
(b) in the framework of sectoral planning, identifying projects and programmes and establishing back-up measures to ensure the sustainability and viability of the proposed schemes;
(c) preparing project and programme dossiers;
(d) preparing, negotiating and concluding contracts;
(e) implementing and managing projects and programmes;
(f) maintaining projects and programmes and ensuring their sustainability.
3. The relevant authorities of the OCTs and the Commission shall be jointly responsible for:
(a) adopting the SPD;
(b) ensuring equality of conditions for participation in invitations to tender and contracts;
(c) monitoring and evaluating the effects and results of projects and programmes;
(d) ensuring the proper, prompt and efficient execution of projects and programmes.
4. The Commission shall be responsible for taking the financing decision on the overall allocation corresponding to the SPD, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 24.
5. Unless otherwise provided in this Decision, all decisions requiring the approval of a party to the association shall be approved, or be deemed approved, within six months of notification by the other party.
Article 21
Scope of financing
Within the framework of the strategy and priorities established by the OCT concerned at local or regional level, financial support may be given to operations helping to achieve the objectives set out in this Decision.
The following activities shall fall within its scope:
(a) sectoral policies and reforms as well as projects that are in coherence with them;
(b) institutional development, capacity building and integration of environmental aspects;
(c) technical cooperation programmes;
(d) humanitarian aid and emergency relief operations;
(e) additional support in the event of fluctuations in export earnings from exports of goods and services.
Article 22
Eligibility for financing
1. The following entities or bodies shall be eligible for financial support provided under this Decision:
(a) OCTs;
(b) regional or inter-State bodies to which one or more OCTs belong and which are authorised by their relevant authorities;
(c) joint bodies set up by the Community and the OCTs to pursue certain specific objectives.
2. Subject to the agreement of the authorities of OCTs concerned, the following shall also be eligible for support:
(a) local, national and/or regional public or semi-public agencies, departments or local authorities of the OCTs and in particular their financial institutions and development banks;
(b) companies and firms of the OCTs and of regional groups;
(c) enterprises of a Member State, so as to enable them, in addition to their own contribution, to undertake productive projects in the territory of an OCT;
(d) OCT or Community financial intermediaries promoting and financing private investments in the OCTs;
(e) actors of decentralised cooperation and other non-State actors from OCTs and from the Community, to enable them to undertake economic, cultural, social and educational projects and programmes in the OCTs in the framework of decentralised cooperation, as referred to in Article 29.
Article 23
Programming and implementation
The Commission shall adopt the implementing provisions for this Part of the Decision and for Annexes II A to D within 12 months of its entry into force, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 24 and in cooperation with the OCTs in accordance with Article 7.
It shall support the full utilisation by the OCTs of the instruments laid down in this Decision, in particular the trade and financial provisions, by providing the relevant guidelines and information within 12 months of its entry into force.
The provisions shall include in particular:
(a) the procedure for preparing the SPD and its essential elements;
(b) the procedures and criteria for the follow-up, audit, ex-ante, mid-term and ex-post evaluation, review and implementation of the SPD, including those in relation to the Commission's participation in these activities;
(c) the preparation of periodical or other reports;
(d) detailed rules for the financial corrections referred to in Article 32.
The financial and accounting procedures applicable to development finance cooperation for the OCTs by virtue of the ninth EDF shall be those laid down in the ninth EDF Financial Regulation. The financial and accounting procedures applicable to development finance cooperation for the OCTs by virtue of the 10th EDF shall be those laid down in the 10th EDF Financial Regulation.
Article 24
The EDF-OCT Committee
1. The Commission shall, where appropriate, be assisted by the Committee created by the Internal Agreement, hereinafter referred to in this Article as ‘the Committee’.
2. When exercising the powers conferred on it by this Decision, the Committee shall be known as the ‘EDF-OCT Committee’. The internal rules of procedure of the Committee created by the Internal Agreement shall apply to the EDF-OCT Committee.
3. The Committee shall focus its work on the substantive issues of development cooperation at OCT and regional level. In the interests of coherence, coordination and complementarity, it shall monitor the implementation of the SPDs.
4. The Committee shall give its opinion on:
(a) draft SPDs and any amendments to them;
(b) the implementing provisions for this Part of the Decision and for Annexes II A to D.
5. The representative of the Commission shall submit to the Committee a draft of the measures to be taken. The Committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft within a time limit laid down by the chairman. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority laid down in Article 21(4) of the Internal Agreement. The votes of the representatives of the Member States within the Committee shall be weighted in the manner set out in paragraph 3 of that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
6. The Commission shall adopt the measures, which shall apply immediately. However, if the measures are not in accordance with the opinion of the Committee they shall be communicated by the Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the Commission may defer application of the measures which it has decided on for a period of not more than three months from the date of such communication.
7. The Council, acting by the majority and in accordance with the weighting referred to in paragraph 5, may take a different decision within the period provided for in paragraph 6.
8. The Commission shall inform the Committee of the follow-up, evaluation and audit of SPDs.
9. For the implementation of the 10th EDF, the respective provisions of the Internal Agreement establishing the 10th EDF shall be applicable.
Chapter 2
Resources made available to the OCTs
Article 25
Financial assistance
1. The overall amount of Community financial assistance for the purposes of Chapter 1, its allocation, financing terms and arrangements and of the use of the assistance for ►M2 the periods from 2000 to 2007 and from 2008 to 2013 ◄ can be found in Annexes II A to D and in Chapter 3, without prejudice to the provisions to be adopted by the Commission as laid down in Article 24.
Financial assistance under this Decision may be used to cover the total cost of both the local and foreign expenditure of projects and programmes, including financing of recurrent costs.
2. OCTs are also eligible for financing under the legislation in force in favour of the developing countries listed in Annex II E and for the Community programmes listed in Annex II F.
Chapter 3
Private Sector Investment Support
Article 26
Investment promotion
The authorities of the OCT, Member States and the Community, recognising the importance of private investment in the promotion of their development cooperation and acknowledging the need to take steps to promote such investment, shall:
(a) implement measures to encourage participation in their development efforts by private investors who comply with the objectives and priorities of OCT-EC development cooperation and with the appropriate laws and regulations;
(b) accord fair and equitable treatment to such investors;
(c) take measures and actions which help to create and maintain a predictable and secure investment climate as well as enter into negotiations on agreements which will improve such a climate;
(d) promote effective cooperation among OCT economic operators and between them and those of the Community in order to increase the flow of capital, management skills, technology and other forms of know-how;
(e) seek to promote a greater flow of private resources between the Community and the OCTs by contributing, inter alia, to the removal of obstacles which impede OCT operators' access to international capital markets, including those of the Community;
(f) create an environment which encourages the development of financial institutions and the mobilisation of resources which are essential to capital formation and the growth of entrepreneurship;
(g) promote the development of enterprises by taking such steps as are necessary to improve the business environment and, in particular, foster a legal, administrative and incentive framework which is conducive to the emergence and development of dynamic private sector enterprises including grassroots operations;
(h) strengthen the capacity of local institutions in the OCTs to provide the range of services which can encourage greater local participation in industrial and business activity.
Article 27
Investment support and financing
Cooperation will provide long-term financing to help promote private sector growth and mobilise national and foreign capital to that effect. To this end, cooperation shall in particular provide:
(a) grants to cover technical and financial assistance in support of human resource development, institutional capacity building, or other forms of institutional aid linked to a specific investment; measures designed to make enterprises more competitive and build the capacity of private financial and non-financial intermediaries; measures to facilitate and promote investment and activities to improve competitiveness;
(b) advisory and consultancy services to help create an investment-friendly climate and a stock of information to help guide and encourage capital flows;
(c) grants funded by the Investment Facility referred to in Annex II C;
(d) loans from the EIB's own resources.
The conditions applicable to the Investment Facility and the abovementioned loans are laid down respectively in Annexes II B and C.
Chapter 4
Additional support in the event of fluctuations in export earnings
Article 28
Additional support
1. In order to mitigate the adverse effects of any short-term fluctuations in export earnings, in particular in the agricultural and mining sectors, which might jeopardise the attainment of the development objectives of the OCT concerned, a system of additional support shall be instituted within the financial allocation referred to in Annex II A.
2. The purpose of support in the event of short-term fluctuations in export earnings is to safeguard macroeconomic and sectoral reforms and policies that are at risk as a result of a drop in revenue and remedy the adverse effects of instability of export earnings in particular from agricultural and mining products.
3. The dependence of the OCT economies on exports, in particular in the agricultural and mining sectors, shall be taken into account in the allocation of resources referred to in Annex II D. In this context, the least developed OCTs shall receive more favourable treatment.
4. The additional resources shall be provided in accordance with the specific modalities of the support mechanism as set out in Annex II D.
5. The Community shall also provide support for market-based insurance schemes designed for OCTs seeking to protect themselves against the risk of fluctuations in export earnings.
Chapter 5
Support for other actors of cooperation
Article 29
Objectives and financing
1. In order to respond to the development needs of local communities and encourage all actors of decentralised cooperation which are in a position to contribute to the autonomous development of the OCTs to put forward and implement initiatives, OCT-EC cooperation shall support such development operations within limits laid down by the OCTs concerned and by the Member States to which these OCTs are linked, and within the framework of the SPD provisions.
2. In this context, financial support shall be given to decentralised projects and microprojects as follows:
(a) The cooperation partners eligible for financial support under this Chapter shall be decentralised cooperation agents in the Community or the OCTs or other developing countries, namely: local authorities, non-governmental organisations, local traders' associations and local citizens' groups, cooperatives, trade unions, women's and youth organisations, teaching and research institutions, churches and any non-governmental associations likely to contribute do development.
This form of cooperation shall make available for the development of the OCTs the capabilities, innovative operating methods and resources of the actors of decentralised cooperation. Support will take account in particular joint actions between Community, OCT and other developing countries;
(b) Local microprojects shall have an economic and social impact on the life of the people, meet a demonstrated and observed priority need and be undertaken at the initiative and with the active participation of the local community which will benefit therefrom.
3. Projects or programmes under this form of cooperation may be a way of achieving the specific objectives of the SPD or the results of initiatives by local communities or decentralised actors.
4. The support provided for under this Chapter shall be additional or, if need be, complementary in respect of the provisions in Annex II E.
5. Contributions to the funding of microprojects and decentralised cooperation shall come from grants, in which case the contribution shall not normally exceed three-quarters of the total cost of each project. The balance shall be financed:
(a) for microprojects, by the local community concerned, in kind or in the form of services or cash and adapted to its capacity to contribute;
(b) for decentralised cooperation, by the actors of decentralised cooperation, provided that the financial, technical, material and other resources brought in by such actors is not, as a general rule, less than 25 % of the estimated cost of the project/programme;
(c) in exceptional cases where both microprojects and decentralised cooperation are concerned, by the authorities of the OCT concerned, either in the form of financial contribution or through the use of public equipment or the supply of services.
The procedures applicable to projects and programmes financed in the context of microprojects or decentralised cooperation shall be as set out in this Decision, notably with regard to the SPD implementing provisions.
Chapter 6
Support for humanitarian and emergency aid
Article 30
Objectives and means
1. Humanitarian and emergency aid shall be granted to OCTs faced with serious economic and social difficulties of an exceptional nature resulting from natural disasters or extraordinary circumstances having comparable effects. Humanitarian and emergency aid shall be maintained as long as necessary to deal with the urgent problems which arise in such situations.
Humanitarian and emergency aid shall be granted solely on the basis of the needs and interests of disaster victims.
2. The aim of humanitarian and emergency aid shall be to:
(a) save human lives in crisis and post-crisis situations caused by natural disasters or extraordinary circumstances having comparable effects;
(b) help finance the transport of aid and efforts to ensure that it is accessible to those for whom it is intended, by all logistical means available;
(c) implement short-term rehabilitation and reconstruction measures in order to establish conditions as soon as possible for the people concerned to be integrated or reintegrated;
(d) respond to needs arising as a result of people being displaced, such as refugees, displaced persons and returnees following natural or man-made disasters so as to meet all the requirements of refugees and displaced persons wherever they may be for as long as is necessary and facilitate their voluntary resettlement;
(e) help the OCTs to develop or perfect systems of disaster prevention and preparedness, including prediction and early-warning systems, with a view to reducing the consequences of disasters.
3. Similarly aid may be granted to OCTs taking in refugees or returnees to meet acute needs not covered by emergency assistance.
4. Aid provided for by this Article shall be financed from the Community budget. However, it may exceptionally be financed from the allocations laid down in Annex II A, in addition to the funding from the budget heading concerned.
5. Humanitarian and emergency aid operations shall be undertaken at the request of the OCT affected, the Commission, the Member State to which the OCT is linked, international organisations or local or international non-governmental organisations. Such aid shall be administered and implemented under procedures that facilitate rapid, flexible and effective operations.
Chapter 7
Implementation Procedures
Article 31
Technical assistance
1. On the initiative of or on behalf of the Commission, studies or technical assistance measures may be financed in order to ensure the preparation, monitoring, evaluation and supervision necessary for implementing this Decision and the overall evaluation of this Decision referred to in Article 1(1)(c) of Annex II A.
Such studies or technical assistance measures shall be financed by the overall grant allocation.
2. On the initiative of the OCTs, studies or technical assistance measures may be financed in relation to the implementation of the activities contained in the SPD, subject to the Commission's opinion.
In the framework of the 9th EDF, such studies or technical assistance measures shall be financed from the allocation of the OCTs concerned. In the framework of the 10th EDF, they shall be financed by the overall grant allocation.
Article 32
Financial control
1. The OCT concerned shall bear primary responsibility for the financial supervision of the operation. This shall be carried out, where appropriate, in coordination with the Member State to which the OCT is linked in accordance with the applicable national legislation.
2. The Commission shall be responsible for:
(a) ensuring that management and control systems exist and function properly in the OCT concerned so as to ensure that the Community funds are used correctly and effectively;
(b) in the event of irregularities, sending recommendations or requests for corrective measures to remedy those irregularities and rectify any management shortcomings found.
3. The Commission, OCT and, where appropriate, the Member State to which it is linked, shall cooperate on the basis of administrative arrangements at annual or biannual meeting to coordinate programmes, methodologies and the implementation of controls.
4. With regard to financial corrections:
(a) the OCT shall be responsible in the first instance for detecting and correcting financial irregularities;
(b) however, in the event of shortcomings by the OCT concerned, the Commission shall take action, if the OCT fails to remedy the situation and attempts at conciliation are unsuccessful, to reduce or withdraw the balance of the overall allocation corresponding to the SPD financing decision.
Chapter 8
Transition from previous European Development Funds (EDFs) to the 9th EDF
Article 33
Implementing the previous EDFs and the transitional phase
1. Commitments made in the framework of the 6th, 7th and 8th EDFs before the entry into force of this Decision shall continue to be executed following the rules applicable to those EDFs.
Resources from the sixth, seventh and eighth EDFs which were allocated to OCTs before the entry into force of this Decision shall remain allocated to them. These resources shall continue to be used in accordance with the relevant provisions of Decision 91/482/EEC, which shall remain applicable for such purposes, until the entry into force of the Internal Agreement establishing the 9th EDF.
Until the Internal Agreement establishing the 9th EDF comes into force, the officials responsible for managing and implementing European Development Fund resources, namely the EDF Chief Authorising Officer, the OCT Local Authorising Officer and the Commission's Head of Delegation, shall remain responsible for the management and implementation tasks assigned to them by Council Decision 91/482/EC.
2. Any balances remaining from previous EDFs on the date of entry into force of the Internal Agreement establishing the 9th EDF, as well as any amounts that shall be decommitted at a later date from ongoing projects under these Funds, shall be transferred to the 9th EDF and used in accordance with the conditions laid down in this Decision.
Any resources thus transferred to the 9th EDF that previously had been allocated to the indicative programme of an OCT or region shall remain allocated to that OCT or to regional cooperation.
Any other remaining balances not allocated to an indicative programme shall be transferred to the non-committed amount of the 9th EDF. The overall amount of this Decision, supplemented by the transferred balances from previous EDFs, shall cover the period 2000–2007. This paragraph shall apply in particular to any remaining balances of the overall amounts referred to in Articles 118 and 142 of Decision 91/482/EEC concerning, respectively, the stabilisation of export earnings from agricultural commodities (Stabex) and the special financing facility (Sysmin).
Article 33a
1. After 31 December 2007, or after the date of entry into force of the Internal Agreement establishing the 10th EDF if this date falls later, balances from the ninth EDF or from previous EDFs shall no longer be committed, with the exception of the balances and funds decommitted after this date of entry into force resulting from the system guaranteeing the stabilisation of export earnings from primary agricultural products (Stabex) under the EDFs prior to the ninth EDF and the remaining balances and reimbursements of the funds allocated under the ninth EDF to finance the resources of the Facility set out in Annex II C, excluding the related interest rate subsidies.
2. Funds decommitted from projects under the ninth EDF or from previous EDFs after 31 December 2007 shall no longer be committed, unless decided otherwise by the Council unanimously, on the basis of a proposal by the Commission, with the exception of the Stabex funds decommitted after this date of entry into force which shall be automatically transferred to the respective territorial indicative programmes financed in accordance with Article 3(1) of Annex II Aa and of the funds allocated under the ninth EDF to finance the resources of the Facility set out in Annex II C, excluding the related interest rate subsidies.
TITLE II
ECONOMIC AND TRADE COOPERATION
Article 34
Objective
1. The objective of economic and trade cooperation shall be to promote the economic and social development of the OCTs, in particular by establishing close economic relations between them and the Community as a whole.
The implementation of such cooperation must be consistent with the objectives of the other common policies.
2. Furthermore, the Community undertakes to support the effective integration of the OCTs in the global economy and the development of their trade in goods and services to regional and world markets.
Chapter 1
Arrangements for trade in goods
Article 35
Free access for originating products
1. Products originating in the OCTs shall be imported into the Community free of import duty.
2. The concept of originating products and the methods of administrative cooperation relating thereto are laid down in Annex III.
Article 36
Transhipment of non-originating products in free circulation in the OCTs
1. Products not originating in the OCTs but which are in free circulation in an OCT and are re-exported as such to the Community shall be accepted for import into the Community free of customs duties and taxes having equivalent effect providing that they:
(a) have paid, in the OCT concerned, customs duties or taxes having equivalent effect of a level equal to, or higher than, the customs duties applicable in the Community on import of these same products originating in third countries eligible for the most-favoured-nation clause;
(b) have not been the subject of an exemption from, or a refund of, in whole or in part, customs duties or taxes having equivalent effect, without prejudice to paragraph 2;
(c) are accompanied by an export certificate.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the Commission may, following a duly substantiated request from the authorities of the OCT concerned and in the light of the objectives of this Decision, authorise OCT public financial aid to those operating the transhipment procedure.
The request shall in particular indicate the nature and the anticipated volume of trade, which would benefit from the aid.
This aid must take the form of an aid for transport of goods put in free circulation, including legitimate running costs supported in relationship with the transhipment procedure. This aid shall not provoke a serious disturbance or difficulties, which may result in a deterioration in an economic sector of the Community or of one or more Member States.
The OCT authorities may make representations to the Commission in order to provide further information to substantiate their written request.
If the OCT authorities so request, a partnership working party referred to in Article 7(3) shall be convened to resolve any issues arising from the administration of the transhipment procedure.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to:
(a) the agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty nor to products covered by Council Regulation (EEC) No 3448/93 of 6 December 1993 laying down the trade arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products ( 9 ) except, as from 1 February 2002 and subject to the adoption by the Commission of the necessary implementing arrangements, for fisheries products:
(A) falling within CN codes 0303311000, 0304209510 and 0306 13 10 transhipped through Greenland within an annual quantity of 10 000 tons, and
(B) falling within CN codes 0302 21 10, 0303 31 10, 0305 49 10, 0306 12 10, 0306 12 90, 0306 22 91, 0306 22 99, 0306 13 10, 0306 13 30, 0306 13 40, 0306 13 50, 0306 13 80, 0306 23 10, 0306 23 31, 0306 23 39, 0306 23 90 transhipped through Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon within an annual quantity of 2 000 tonnes;
(b) products subject, on import into the Community, to quantitative restrictions or limitations or to anti-dumping duties.
4. The conditions for entry into the Community of products not originating in the OCTs but in free circulation in an OCT, and the methods of administrative cooperation relating thereto, are laid down in Annex IV.
Article 37
Committee procedure
1. In matters covered by Article 36, the Commission shall be assisted by a Committee.
2. Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply to the proceedings of the Committee.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Article 38
Quantitative restrictions and measures having equivalent effect
1. The Community shall not apply to imports of products originating in the OCTs any quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect.
2. Paragraph 1 shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public morality or public policy, the protection of health and life of humans, animals and plants, the protection of national treasures possessing artistic, historic or archaeological value, the conservation of exhaustible natural resources or the protection of industrial and commercial property.
Such prohibitions or restrictions shall in no case constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction of trade generally.
Article 39
Waste
1. Movements of waste between the Member States and the OCTs shall be controlled in accordance with international and Community law. The Community shall support the establishment and development of effective international cooperation in this area with a view to protecting the environment and public health.
2. The Community shall prohibit all direct or indirect export of waste to the OCTs, with the exception of exports of non-hazardous waste destined for recovery operations while at the same time the OCT authorities shall prohibit the direct or indirect import into their country of such waste from the Community or any other country, without prejudice to specific international undertakings concerning these areas that have been made, or may be made in future, in the competent international fora.
3. As regards the Community, Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community ( 10 ) shall apply.
4. As regards those OCTs, which, due to their constitutional status, are not Party to the Basle Convention, their relevant authorities shall expedite adoption of the necessary internal legislation and administrative regulations to implement the provisions of the Basle Convention ( 11 ).
5. In addition, the Member States concerned shall promote the adoption by the OCTs of the necessary internal legislation and administrative regulations to implement:
(a) Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 as follows:
(i) Article 13 as regards shipments of waste within the OCTs,
(ii) Article 18 as regards exports of waste to the ACP States from the OCTs;
(b) Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 ( 12 );
(c) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 ( 13 );
(d) European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/59/EC subject to the time limits for transposition laid down in Article 16 thereof ( 14 ).
6. As regards imports into the Community from the OCTs of hazardous waste and of non-hazardous waste destined for final disposal, Articles 1 to 12 and 25 to 39 of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 and Commission Decision 94/774/EC ( 15 ), shall apply.
7. One or more OCTs and the Member State to which they are linked may apply national procedures to export of waste from the OCTs to that Member State.
In this case, the Member State concerned notifies to the Commission the applicable legislation within six months from the entry into force of this Decision or of any future relevant national legislation, including any amendments to it.
Article 40
Measures adopted by the OCTs
1. In view of the present development needs of the OCTs, the authorities of the OCTs may retain or introduce, in respect of imports of products originating in the Community, such customs duties or quantitative restrictions as they consider necessary.
2.
(a) The trade arrangements applied to the Community by the OCTs may not give rise to any discrimination between Member States nor be less favourable than most-favoured-nation treatment.
(b) Notwithstanding specific provisions of this Decision, the Community shall not discriminate between OCTs in the field of trade.
(c) The provisions of (a) shall not preclude a country or territory from granting certain other OCTs or other developing countries more favourable treatment than that accorded to the Community.
3. The authorities of the OCTs shall communicate to the Commission, within a period of three months following the entry into force of this Decision, the customs tariffs and lists of quantitative restrictions which they apply.
They shall also communicate to the Commission any subsequent amendments to such measures as and when they are adopted.
Article 41
Surveillance clause
1. The products originating in the OCTs referred to in Article 35 or products not originating in the OCT referred to in Article 36 may be subject to special surveillance. The Commission shall decide to which products surveillance shall apply in consultation with the OCT authorities and the Member State to which the OCT is linked.
2. Article 308d of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993, laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 on the Community Customs Code ( 16 ), shall apply.
3. The Commission and the competent OCT authorities shall ensure the effectiveness of the surveillance measures by introducing the methods of administrative cooperation set out in Annexes III and IV.
Article 42
Safeguard measures
1. If, as a result of the application of this Decision, serious disturbances occur in a sector of the economy of the Community or one or more of its Member States, or their external financial stability is jeopardised, or if difficulties arise which may result in a deterioration in a sector of the Community's activity or in a region of the Community, the Commission may, on its own initiative or at the request of one or more Member States and following consultation with the Committee referred to in Article 43 take or authorise the Member States concerned to take the necessary safeguard measures, in accordance with the paragraphs below.
2. For the purpose of implementing paragraph 1, priority shall be given to such measures as would least disturb the functioning of the association and the Community. These measures shall not exceed the limits of what is strictly necessary to remedy the difficulties that have arisen. They cannot exceed the withdrawal of the preferential treatment granted by this Decision.
3. When safeguard measures are taken or modified, particular attention shall be paid to the interests of the least-developed OCTs.
4. This Article is without prejudice to the rights and obligations of the Community under WTO rules, including those contained in the WTO Agreement on Safeguards ( 17 ). Neither shall it preclude application of the regulations establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets, or Community or national administrative provisions derived therefrom, or the specific rules adopted under Article 235 of the Treaty for processed agricultural products.
5.
(a) If a Member State asks the Commission for safeguard measures to be applied, the Commission shall inform the Council, the Member States and the OCT authorities accordingly within three working days from the date of receipt of the Member State's request, and shall invite the OCT authorities to supply any information which they consider important to the situation at hand.
(b) When the Commission acts on its own initiative, it shall inform the OCTs concerned and the Member States at the earliest possible stage.
(c) If the OCT authorities so require and without prejudice to the deadlines referred to in this Article, a partnership working party referred to in Article 7(3) shall be convened. The outcome of the working party shall be transmitted to the consultative committee. In this case, the deadline referred to in paragraph 9 of this Article shall be extended by ten working days. At the same time it shall invite the Member States to a meeting of the committee referred to in Article 43.
Member States and the OCTs shall provide the Commission with any information necessary to justify their requests to apply safeguard measures or not to do so.
6. The Commission shall notify the Council, the Member States and the OCT authorities immediately of the decision to take the necessary safeguard measures. The Decision shall apply with immediate effect.
7. Any Member State may refer the Commission's decision referred to in paragraph 6 to the Council within 10 working days of receiving notification of the decision.
8. Should the Commission fail to adopt a decision within 21 working days or if it rejects the request or if the Commission decides not to take safeguard measures, any Member State that has brought the matter before the Commission may refer it to the Council.
9. In the cases referred to in paragraphs 7 and 8, the Council, acting by a qualified majority, may adopt a different decision within 21 working days.
Article 43
Committee procedure
1. In matters covered by Article 42, the Commission shall be assisted by a Committee.
2. Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply to the proceedings of the Committee.
3. The Committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.
Chapter 2
Trade in services and rules of establishment
Article 44
General objective
The long-term aim in this area is a progressive liberalisation of trade in services, with due respect for the OCTs' local policy objectives, and taking due account of the level of development of the OCT and the obligations entered into by the Community, Member States or the OCTs in the WTO framework.
Article 45
General principles of establishment and the provision of services
1. For the purposes of this Chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(a) ‘companies or enterprises’: companies or enterprises constituted under civil or commercial law, including public or other companies, cooperative societies and any other legal person or association governed by public or private law, save for those which are non-profit-making.
‘Companies or enterprises of Member States’ are those formed in accordance with the laws of a Member State and whose registered office, central administration or principal place of business is in a Member State. However, a company or enterprise having only its registered office in a Member State must be engaged in an activity which has an actual and continuous link with the economy of that Member State.
‘OCT companies or enterprises’ are those formed in accordance with the law applicable in a given OCT and whose registered office, central administration or principal place of business is in that OCT; however, a company or enterprise having only its registered office in a country or territory must be engaged in an activity which has an actual and continuous link with the economy of that country or territory;
(b) ‘inhabitants of an OCT’: persons ordinarily resident in an OCT who are nationals of a Member State or who enjoy a legal status specific to an OCT. This definition is without prejudice to the rights conferred by citizenship of the Union within the meaning of the Treaty.
2. As regards the arrangements applicable to establishment and the provision of services, in line with Article 183(5) of the Treaty and subject to paragraph 3 below:
(a) the Community shall apply to the OCTs the undertakings entered into under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) under the conditions laid down in that Agreement and in accordance with this Decision; in application of such undertakings, Member States shall not discriminate between inhabitants, companies or enterprises of the OCTs;
(b) the OCT authorities shall afford nationals, companies or enterprises of the Member States treatment that is no less favourable than that which they extend to nationals, companies or enterprises of third countries and shall not discriminate between nationals, companies or enterprises of Member States.
3. The authorities of an OCT may with a view to promoting or supporting local employment, adopt regulations to aid their inhabitants and local activities.
In this event, the OCT authorities shall notify the Commission of the regulations they adopt so that it may inform the Member States.
4. With regard to the professions of doctor, dentist, midwife, general nurse, pharmacist and veterinary surgeon, the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, shall adopt the list of professional qualifications specific to OCT inhabitants which are to be recognised in the Member States.
Article 46
Maritime transport
The objective of cooperation in this field shall be to ensure harmonious development of efficient and reliable shipping services on economically satisfactory terms by facilitating the active participation of all parties according to the principle of unrestricted access to the trade on a commercial basis.
This provision shall not apply to Greenland.
Chapter 3
Trade-related areas
Article 47
Current payments and capital movements
1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2:
(a) Member States and the OCT authorities shall impose no restrictions on any payments in freely convertible currency on the current account of balance of payments between residents of the Community and of the OCTs;
(b) with regard to transactions on the capital account of balance of payments, the Member States and the OCT authorities shall impose no restrictions on the free movement of capital for direct investments in companies formed in accordance with the laws of the host Member State, country or territory and to ensure that the assets formed by such investment and any profit stemming therefrom can be realised and repatriated.
2. The Community, Member States and OCTs shall be entitled to take the measures referred to mutatis mutandis in Articles 57, 58, 59, 60 and 301 of the Treaty in accordance with the conditions laid down therein. Equally, where one or more OCTs or one or more Member States is in serious balance of payments difficulties, or under threat thereof, the OCT authorities, the Member State or the Community may, in accordance with the conditions established under the GATT, GATS and Article VIII and XIV of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, adopt restrictions on current transactions which shall be of limited duration and may not go beyond what is necessary to remedy the balance of payments situation. When taking such measures, the OCT authorities, the Member State or the Community shall inform each other without delay and submit to each other as soon as possible a timetable for the elimination of the measures concerned.
Article 48
Competition policies
1. The introduction and implementation of effective and sound competition policies and rules are of crucial importance in order to improve and secure an investment friendly climate, a sustainable industrialisation process and transparency in the access to markets.
2. To ensure the elimination of distortions to competition and with due consideration to the different levels of development and economic needs of each OCT, the Community and the OCTs undertake to implement local, national or regional rules and policies including the control and, under certain conditions, the prohibition of agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices between undertakings which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition. The above prohibition also relates to the abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the territory of the Community or of the OCTs.
Article 49
Protection of intellectual property rights
1. An adequate and effective level of protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights, including means for enforcing such rights, shall be ensured in line with the highest international standards with a view to reducing distortions and impediments to bilateral trade.
2. Intellectual property rights cover copyright, including in particular the copyright on computer programmes and neighbouring rights, utility models, patents including bio-technological inventions, industrial designs, geographical indications including appellations of origin, trademarks for goods or services, topographies of integrated circuits, the legal protection of data bases and the protection against unfair competition as referred to in Article 10 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property and protection of undisclosed information on know-how.
Article 50
Standardisation and certification
Closer cooperation shall be pursued in the field of standardisation, certification and quality assurance to remove unnecessary technical barriers and to reduce differences in those areas, so as to facilitate trade.
Article 51
Trade and the environment
Development of international trade shall be promoted in such a way as to ensure sustainable and sound management of the environment, in accordance with the relevant international agreements and undertakings and with due regard to the respective levels of development of the OCTs. The special needs and requirements of the OCTs shall be taken into account in the design and implementation of environmental measures.
Bearing in mind the Rio Principles, cooperation shall aim at ensuring the mutual supportiveness of trade and environment policies, in particular through the reinforcement of quality controls of goods and services related to the environment and the improvement of environment-friendly production methods.
Article 52
Trade and labour standards
The internationally and nationally recognised core labour standards must be respected, in particular the freedom of association and protection of the right to organise, application of the right to organise and to bargain collectively, the abolition of forced labour, the elimination of worst forms of child labour, the minimum age for admission to employment and non-discrimination in respect to employment.
Article 53
Consumer policy and consumer health protection
Cooperation shall be pursued in the area of consumer policy and consumer health protection, having due regard to the legislation in force in OCTs and the Community to avoid barriers to trade.
Article 54
Prohibition of disguised protectionist measures
The provisions of this Chapter shall not be used as a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade.
Chapter 4
Monetary and tax matters
Article 55
Tax carve-out clause
1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 56, the most-favoured-nation treatment granted in accordance with the provisions of this Decision shall not apply to tax advantages which the Member States or OCT authorities are providing or may provide in the future on the basis of agreements to avoid double taxation or other tax arrangements, or domestic fiscal legislation in force.
2. Nothing in this Decision may be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement of any measure aimed at preventing the avoidance or fraud of taxes pursuant to the tax provisions of agreements to avoid double taxation or other tax arrangements, or domestic fiscal legislation in force.
3. Nothing in this Decision shall be construed to prevent the respective competent authorities from distinguishing, in the application of the relevant provisions of their fiscal legislation, between taxpayers who are not in the same situation, in particular with regard to their place of residence, or with regard to the place where their capital is invested.
Article 56
Tax and customs arrangements for Community-funded contracts
1. The OCTs shall apply to Community-funded contracts tax and customs arrangements no less favourable than those applied by them to the most-favoured States or international development organisations with which they have relations. For the purpose of determining the most-favoured-nation treatment, account shall not be taken of arrangements applied by the relevant authorities of the country or territory concerned to other developing countries.
2. Subject to paragraph 1, the following arrangements shall apply to contracts financed by the Community:
(a) the contract shall not be subject in the beneficiary OCT to stamp or registration duties or to fiscal charges having equivalent effect, whether such charges already exist or are to be instituted in the future; however, such contracts shall be registered in accordance with the laws in force in the OCT and a fee corresponding to the service rendered may be charged for it;
(b) profits and/or income arising from the performance of contracts shall be taxable according to the internal fiscal arrangements of the OCT concerned, provided that the natural or legal persons who realise such profit and/or income have a permanent place of business in that OCT, or that the performance of the contract takes longer than six months;
(c) enterprises which must import equipment in order to carry out works contracts shall, if they so request, benefit from the system of temporary admission as laid down by the legislation of the beneficiary OCT in respect of that equipment;
(d) professional equipment necessary for carrying out tasks defined in a service contract shall be temporarily admitted into the beneficiary OCT in accordance with the legislation of that OCT free of fiscal, import and customs duties and of other charges having equivalent effect where these duties and charges do not constitute remuneration for services rendered;
(e) imports under supply contracts shall be admitted into the beneficiary OCT without customs duties, import duties, taxes or fiscal charges having equivalent effect. The contract for supplies originating in the country or territory concerned shall be concluded on the basis of the ex-works price of the supplies, to which may be added such internal fiscal charges as may be applicable to those supplies in the country or territory;
(f) fuels, lubricants and hydrocarbon binders and, in general, all materials used in the performance of works contracts shall be deemed to have been purchased on the local market and shall be subject to fiscal rules applicable under the legislation in force in the beneficiary OCT;
(g) personal and household effects imported for use by natural persons, other than those recruited locally, engaged in carrying out tasks defined in a service contract and members of their families, shall be exempt from customs or import duties, taxes and other fiscal charges having equivalent effect, within the limits of the legislation in force in the beneficiary OCT.
3. Any matter not covered by paragraphs 1 and 2 shall remain subject to the legislation of the OCT concerned.
4. The Commission officials, excluding locally hired staff, shall be exempt from all taxes levied in the country or territory where they are posted.
Chapter 5
Vocational training, eligibility for Community programmes and other provisions
Article 57
Vocational training
Individuals from an OCT with the nationality of a Member State shall be eligible to receive vocational training in the Community on the same basis as nationals of the Member State in question where they can meet the conditions required to be met by those nationals, including any condition of residence within the Community or the EEA.
Article 58
Programmes open to the OCTs
Individuals from an OCT and, where applicable, the relevant public and/or private bodies and institutions in an OCT, shall be eligible for Community programmes, subject to the rules and objectives of the programmes and the arrangements applicable to the Member State to which the OCT is linked. The programmes shall apply to OCT nationals within the framework of the quota for the Member State to which the OCT concerned is linked, if the programme concerned uses such a quota.
The main programmes that are open to the OCTs are those listed in Annex II F, as well as any programme succeeding them.
Article 59
Euro-Info Correspondence Centres (EICC)
At the request of the OCT authorities and in accordance with the procedures specified in Part Three, Title I, a Euro-Info Correspondence Centre, hereinafter referred to as ‘'EICC’, may be set up in an OCT. Part-financing may be made available to the EICC host structure from the grant aid available under the SPD or regional cooperation.
The tasks of the EICCs, the tools and services made available to them, the establishment procedures and criteria for selecting the host structure are set out in Annex V.
Article 60
CDE and CTA
At the request of their authorities, the OCT shall be eligible for the services of the Centre for the Development of Enterprise (CDE) and of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) referred to in Article 1 of Annex III to the ACP/EC Partnership Agreement.
Any costs resulting from services provided by the CDE or CTA for the benefit of the OCTs shall be financed from the funds provided for in Annex II A.
PART FOUR
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 61
Change of status
If an OCT becomes independent:
(a) the arrangements provided for in this Decision may continue to apply provisionally to that country or territory under conditions laid down by the Council;
(b) the Council, acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, shall decide on any necessary adjustments to this Decision, in particular to the amounts specified in Annex II A.
Article 62
Review
►C1 Before 31 December 2011, the Council ◄ , acting unanimously on a proposal from the Commission, shall establish the provisions to be laid down for the subsequent application of the principles set out in Articles 182 to 186 of the Treaty. In this context, the Council shall in particular adopt any necessary measures where an OCT decides in accordance with its own constitutional procedures to enter into special preferential arrangements between the Community and various partners in the region to which it belongs. The Council shall take particular account in this respect of international obligations entered into by the Community, its Member States or the OCTs, including those within the framework of the WTO.
Article 63
Entry into force
This Decision shall enter into force on 2 December 2001. It shall be applicable until 31 December ►M2 2013 ◄ .
Article 64
Publication
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
ANNEX I A
LIST OF THE COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES (OCTs) REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1
— Greenland,
— New Caledonia and Dependencies,
— French Polynesia,
— French Southern and Antarctic Territories,
— Wallis and Futuna Islands,
— Mayotte,
— St Pierre and Miquelon,
— Aruba,
— Netherlands Antilles:
—— Bonaire,
— Curaçao,
— Saba,
— Saint Eustatius,
— Saint Martin (Sint Maarten),
— Anguilla,
— Cayman Islands,
— Falkland Islands,
— South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands,
— Montserrat,
— Pitcairn,
— Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha,
— British Antarctic Territory,
— British Indian Ocean Territory,
— Turks and Caicos Islands,
— British Virgin Islands.
ANNEX I B
LIST OF THE OCTs CONSIDERED THE LEAST DEVELOPED, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS DECISION, REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(3)
— Anguilla,
— Mayotte,
— Montserrat,
— Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha,
— Turks and Caicos Islands,
— Wallis and Futuna Islands,
— St Pierre and Miquelon.
ANNEX II A
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: 9TH EDF
Article 1
Allocation between the various instruments
1. For the purposes set out in this Decision, for the five-year period from 1 March 2000 to 28 February 2005, the overall amount of Community financial assistance of EUR 175 million under the 9th European Development Fund (EDF) fixed by the Internal Agreement shall be allocated as follows:
(a) EUR 153 million in the form of grants, including:
(i) EUR 145 million for programmable support for long-term development, humanitarian aid, emergency aid, refugee aid and the additional support in the event of fluctuations in export earnings. This amount shall be used in particular to finance the initiatives referred to in the Single Programming Documents (SPD);
(ii) EUR 8 million to support regional cooperation and integration including the dialogue and partnership actions laid down in Article 7.
(b) EUR 20 million shall be allocated to finance the OCT Investment Facility referred to in Annex II C.
(c) EUR 2 million shall be allocated to studies or technical assistance measures on the initiative or on the behalf of the Commission, notably for an overall evaluation of the Decision to be made ►M2 four years ◄ before it expires at the latest.
2. In addition, the overall amount of financial assistance under the 9th EDF, plus any balances transferred to the 9th EDF from previous Funds pursuant to the Internal Agreement shall cover the period 2000 to 2007. Before the expiry of the 9th EDF, the Member States shall assess the degree of realisation of commitments and disbursements. The need for new resources to support financial cooperation shall be determined in the light of this assessment and shall take due account of the uncommitted and non-disbursed resources under the 9th EDF.
3. Before the expiry of the 9th EDF, the Member States shall set a date beyond which the funds of the 9th EDF may no longer be committed.
4. Should the funds provided for in paragraph 1 be exhausted before this Decision expires, the Council shall take the appropriate measures.
Article 2
Administration of resources
The EIB shall administer the loans made from its own resources, as well as the operations financed under the OCT Investment Facility. All other financial resources under this Decision shall be administered by the Commission.
Article 3
Allocation between the OCTs
1. The amount of EUR 145 million mentioned in Article 1(1)(i) shall be allocated on the basis of the needs and performance of the OCTs in accordance with the following criteria:
(a) An amount A of EUR 66,1 million shall be allocated to the OCTs whose economic development is least advanced, namely those with a per capita Gross National Product (GNP) not exceeding 75 % of the Community GNP, according to the available statistical data.
(b) An amount B of EUR 61 million is allocated to the OCT with a per capita GNP not exceeding the Community's GNP, in order to finance priority actions for social development and environmental protection, within the framework of the fight against poverty.
(c) The allocation of amounts A and B shall take into account the population, the level of the GNP, the use made of previous EDFs, the respect of the principles of sound international tax and financial management, constraints due to geographical characteristics, the estimated absorption capacity and a smooth transition to prevent a sudden considerable setback in allocation for New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Netherlands Antilles. Any allocation shall be such as to allow its effective use. It should be decided in conformity with the principle of subsidiarity.
2. The question of a possible allocation to Greenland will be examined in the light of the review provided for in Article 14 of the Protocol on the fishing conditions for the period 2001 to 2006 ( 18 ).
3. A non-allocated reserve C of EUR 17,9 million is set aside in order:
(a) to finance humanitarian, emergency and refugee aid for all the OCTs and, if necessary, the additional support in the event of fluctuations in export earnings, in accordance with Annex II D;
(b) to make new allocations in accordance with the development of the needs and performance of the OCTs.
Performance is evaluated in an objective and transparent way, taking into account the use of the allocated resources, the effective implementation of the on-going operations, the alleviation or reduction of poverty and the sustainable development measures adopted;
(c) If appropriate, to take the necessary measures, following the review referred to in paragraph 2;
(d) A maximum amount of EUR 1 million is set aside to fund the interest subsidies for operations to be financed by the Bank from its own resources, in accordance with Annex II B, or under the OCT Investment Facility.
4. In accordance with the paragraphs above and without prejudice to the transfer of the unspent balances from previous EDF, the indicative amounts allocated under the 9th EDF are the following:
|
(EUR in millions) |
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|
OCT |
9th EDF initial indicative allocation |
||
|
A |
B |
Total |
|
|
New Caledonia |
13,75 |
13,75 |
|
|
French Polynesia |
13,25 |
13,25 |
|
|
Wallis and Futuna |
8 |
3,5 |
11,5 |
|
Mayotte |
9,9 |
5,3 |
15,2 |
|
St Pierre and Miquelon |
5,6 |
6,8 |
12,4 |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
11,7 |
8,3 |
20,0 |
|
Falkland Islands |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Turks and Caicos |
8,2 |
0,2 |
8,4 |
|
Anguilla |
7,9 |
0,1 |
8 |
|
Montserrat |
5,3 |
5,7 |
11,0 |
|
Saint Helena and dependencies (Ascension, Tristan da Cunha) |
7,5 |
1,1 |
8,6 |
|
Pitcairn |
2 |
2 |
|
|
Total |
EUR 127,1 million |
||
|
Non-allocated C reserve |
EUR 17,9 million |
||
5. The Commission, following a mid-term review, may decide a different allocation of any non-allocated balances of the funds mentioned in this Article. The procedures for this review and the decision on any new allocation are adopted in accordance with Article 24 of this Decision.
ANNEX II Aa
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: 10th EDF
Article 1
Allocation between the various instruments
1. For the purposes of this Decision, for the six-year period from 1 January 2008 to 31 December 2013, the overall amount of Community financial assistance of EUR 286 million under the 10th EDF fixed by the Internal Agreement establishing the 10th EDF shall be allocated as follows:
(a) EUR 250 million in the form of grants for programmable support for long-term development, humanitarian aid, emergency aid, refugee aid and additional support in the event of fluctuations in export earnings as well as for support for regional cooperation and integration;
(b) EUR 30 million to finance the OCT Investment Facility referred to in Annex II C and of which a maximum amount of EUR 1,5 million is set aside to fund the interest subsidies for operations to be financed by the EIB from its own resources, in accordance with Annex II B, or under the OCT Investment Facility;
(c) EUR 6 million to studies or technical assistance measures in accordance with Article 31 of this Decision.
2. The funds of the 10th EDF may no longer be committed after 31 December 2013, unless the Council decides otherwise unanimously, on a proposal from the Commission.
3. Should the funds provided for in paragraph 1 be exhausted before this Decision expires, the Council shall take the appropriate measures.
Article 2
Administration of resources
The EIB shall administer the loans made from its own resources referred to in Annex II B, as well as the operations financed under the OCT Investment Facility referred to in Annex II C. All other financial resources under this Decision shall be administered by the Commission.
Article 3
Allocation between the OCTs
The amount of EUR 250 million mentioned in Article 1(1)(a) shall be allocated on the basis of the needs and performance of the OCTs in accordance with the following criteria:
1. An amount A of EUR 195 million shall be allocated to the OCTs in particular to finance the initiatives referred to in the Single Programming Documents, including priority actions for social development and environmental protection, within the framework of the fight against poverty. Where appropriate, the Single Programming Documents shall pay particular attention to actions aimed at strengthening governance and the institutional capacities of the beneficiary OCTs and, where relevant, the likely timetable of the envisaged actions.
The allocation of amount A shall take into account the size of the population, the level of Gross National Product (GNP), the level and use of previous EDF allocations, constraints due to geographical isolation and structural and other obstacles of the least developed OCTs mentioned in Article 3 of this Decision. Any allocation shall be such as to allow its effective use. It should be decided in conformity with the principle of subsidiarity.
This amount shall, in principle, be allocated to the OCTs with a per capita GNP not exceeding the Community per capita GNP, according to the available statistical data.
2. EUR 40 million shall be allocated to support regional cooperation and integration in accordance with Article 16 of this Decision, including the dialogue and partnership actions laid down in Article 7, regional disaster preparedness and alleviation initiatives and, in coordination with other Community financial instruments, cooperation between the OCTs and the most remote regions referred to in Article 299(2) of the Treaty.
3. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to Greenland.
4. A non-allocated reserve B of EUR 15 million shall be set aside to:
(a) finance humanitarian, emergency and refugee aid for the OCTs and, if necessary, the additional support in the event of fluctuations in export earnings, in accordance with Annex II D;
(b) make new allocations in accordance with the development of the needs and performance of the OCTs referred to under paragraph 1.
Performance shall be evaluated in an objective and transparent way, taking into account the use of the allocated resources, the effective implementation of the ongoing operations, the alleviation or reduction of poverty and the sustainable development measures adopted.
5. In accordance with the paragraphs 1, 2, 3 and 4, the indicative amounts allocated under the 10th EDF shall be adopted by the Commission, in accordance with Article 24 of this Decision.
6. The Commission, following a mid-term review, may decide on different allocation of any non-allocated funds mentioned in this Article. The procedures for this review and the decision on any new allocation shall be adopted in accordance with Article 24 of this Decision.
ANNEX II B
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: LOANS FROM THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK'S OWN RESOURCES
Article 1
1. An amount of up to EUR 20 million as laid down in Article 5 of the Internal Agreement establishing the ninth EDF shall be provided by the EIB in the form of loans from its own resources in accordance with the conditions provided for by its statutes and this Annex.
2. An amount of up to EUR 30 million as laid down in Article 3 of the Internal Agreement establishing the 10th EDF shall be provided by the EIB in the form of loans from its own resources in accordance with the conditions provided for by its statutes and this Annex.
Article 2
European Investment Bank
1. The EIB shall:
(a) contribute, through the resources it manages, to the economic and industrial development of the OCTs on a territorial and regional basis; and to this end, finance as a priority productive projects and programmes or other investments aimed at promoting the private sector in all economic sectors;
(b) establish close cooperation links with national and regional development banks and with banking and financial institutions of the OCTs and of the Community;
(c) in consultation with the OCT concerned, adapt the arrangements and procedures for implementing development finance cooperation, as set out in this Decision, if necessary, to take account of the nature of the projects and programmes and to act in accordance with the objectives of this Decision, within the framework of the procedures laid down by its statute.
2. Loans from the EIB's own resources shall be granted under the following terms and conditions:
(a) the reference rate of interest shall be the rate applied by the EIB for a loan with the same conditions as to currency, and repayment period on the day of signature of the contract or on the date of disbursement;
(b) however:
(i) in principle, public sector projects shall be eligible for an interest rate subsidy of 3 %;
(ii) for private sector projects which involve restructuring operations in the framework of privatisation or for projects with substantial and clearly demonstrable social or environmental benefits, loans may be extended with an interest rate subsidy the amount and form of which will be decided with respect to the particular characteristics of the project. However, the interest rate subsidy shall not be higher than 3 %.
The final interest rate shall, in any case, never be less than 50 % of the reference rate;
(c) during the period covered by the ninth EDF, the amount of the interest rate subsidy calculated in terms of its value at the times of disbursement of the loan shall be charged against the interest subsidy allocation laid down in Annex II A, Article 3(3)(d), and paid directly to the EIB;
during the period covered by the 10th EDF, the amount of the interest rate subsidy calculated in terms of its value at the times of disbursement of the loan shall be charged against the interest subsidy allocation laid down in Annex II Aa, Article 1(1)(b), and paid directly to the EIB.
Interest subsidies may be capitalised or used in the form of grants to support project-related technical assistance, particularly for financial institutions in the OCTs;
(d) the repayment period of loans made by the EIB from its own resources shall be determined on the basis of the economic and financial characteristics of the project, but may not exceed 25 years. These loans shall normally comprise a grace period fixed by reference to the construction period of the project.
3. For investments financed by the EIB from its own resources in public sector companies, specific project-related guarantees or undertakings may be required from the OCT concerned.
Article 3
Conditions for foreign exchange transfer
The OCT concerned shall, in respect of operations under this Decision and in respect of which they have given their written approval:
(a) grant exemption from all national or local duties, fiscal charges on interest, commission and amortisation of loans due in accordance with the law or laws of the OCTs concerned;
(b) place at the disposal of the beneficiaries the currency necessary for the payment of interest, commission and the amortisation of loans due in terms of financing contracts granted for the implementation of projects and programmes on their territories;
(c) make available to the EIB the foreign currency necessary for the transfer of all sums received by it in national currency at the exchange rate applicable between the Euro or other currencies of transfer and the national currency at the date of the transfer. These include all forms of remuneration, such as, inter alia, interest, dividends, commissions and fees, as well as the amortisation of loans and the proceeds from the sale of shares due in terms of financing contracts granted for the implementation of projects and programmes on their territories.
ANNEX II C
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: THE OCT INVESTMENT FACILITY
Article 1
Objective
An OCT Investment Facility (the Facility) shall be set up to promote commercially viable enterprises, mainly in the private sector, but also those in the public sector supporting private sector development.
The terms and conditions of financing in relation to the operations of the Facility and the loans from own resources of the EIB shall be as laid down in this Annex and Annex II B. For the implementation of the ninth EDF, Articles 29 and 30 of the ninth EDF Internal Agreement shall apply. For the implementation of the 10th EDF, the respective provisions of the Internal Agreement establishing the 10th EDF shall apply.
These resources may be channelled to eligible enterprises, either directly or indirectly, through eligible investment funds and/or financial intermediaries.
Article 2
Resources of the Facility
1. The resources of the Facility may be used, inter alia, to:
(a) provide risk capital in the form of:
(i) equity participation in OCT enterprises, including financial institutions;
(ii) quasi-capital assistance to OCT enterprises, including financial institutions;
(iii) guarantees and other credit enhancements which may be used to cover political and other investment-related risks, both for foreign and local investors or lenders;
(b) provide ordinary loans.
2. Equity participation shall, in general, be for non-controlling minority holdings and shall be remunerated on the basis of the performance of the project concerned.
3. Quasi-capital assistance may consist of shareholders’ advances, convertible bonds, conditional, subordinated and participating loans or any other similar form of assistance. Such assistance may consist in particular of:
(a) conditional loans, the servicing and/or the duration of which shall be linked to the fulfilment of certain conditions with regard to the performance of the project; in the specific case of conditional loans for pre-investment studies or other project-related technical assistance, servicing may be waived if the investment is not carried out;
(b) participating loans, the servicing and/or the duration of which shall be linked to the financial return of the project;
(c) subordinated loans, which shall be repaid only after other claims have been settled.
4. The remuneration of each operation shall be specified when the loan is made.
However:
(a) in the case of conditional or participating loans, the remuneration shall normally comprise a fixed interest rate of not more than 3 % and a variable component related to the performance of the project;
(b) in the case of subordinated loans, the interest rate shall be market related.
5. Guarantees shall be priced so as to reflect the risks insured and the particular characteristics of the operation.
6. The interest rate of ordinary loans shall comprise a reference rate applied by the EIB for comparable loans with the same terms and conditions as to grace and repayment periods and a mark up determined by the EIB.
7. Ordinary loans may be extended on concessional terms and conditions in the following cases:
(a) for infrastructure projects in the least developed OCTs, in post-conflict OCTs or in post-natural disaster OCTs that are prerequisites for private sector development. In such cases, the interest rate of the loan will be reduced by 3 %;
(b) for projects which involve restructuring operations in the framework of privatisation or for projects with substantial and clearly demonstrable social or environmental benefits. In such cases, loans may be extended with an interest rate subsidy the amount and form of which will be decided with respect to the particular characteristics of the project. However, the interest rate subsidy shall not be higher than 3 %.
The final rate of loans falling under (a) or (b) shall, in any case, never be less than 50 % of the reference rate.
8. The funds to be provided for these concessional purposes will be made available from the Facility and shall not exceed 5 % of the overall amount allocated for investment financing by the Facility and by the EIB from its own resources.
9. Interest subsidies may be capitalised or may be used in the form of grants. Up to 10 % of the budget for interest rate subsidies may be used to support project-related technical assistance, particularly for financial institutions in the OCTs.
Article 3
Operations of the Facility
1. The Facility shall operate in all economic sectors and support investments of private and commercially run public sector entities, including revenue generating economic and technological infrastructure critical for the private sector. The Facility shall:
(a) be managed as a revolving fund and aim at being financially sustainable. Its operations shall be on market-related terms and conditions and shall avoid creating distortions on local markets and displacing private sources of finances;
(b) support the OCT financial sector and have a catalytic effect by encouraging the mobilisation of long-term local resources and attracting foreign private investors and lenders to projects in the OCTs;
(c) bear part of the risk of the projects it funds, its financial sustainability being ensured through the portfolio as a whole and not from individual operations; and
(d) seek to channel funds through OCT institutions and programmes that promote the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
2. The EIB shall be remunerated for the cost incurred in managing the Facility. For the first two years after the entry into force of the second financial protocol, this remuneration shall be up to an amount of 2 % a year of the total initial endowment of the Facility. Thereafter, the remuneration of the EIB shall include a fixed component of 0,5 % a year of the initial endowment and a variable component of an amount of up to 1,5 % a year of the portfolio of the Facility that is invested in projects in OCTs. The remuneration shall be financed out of the Facility.
3. On expiry of this Decision, and in the absence of a specific decision by the Council, the cumulative net reflows to the Facility shall be carried over to the next OCT Financial Instrument.
Article 4
Conditions for foreign exchange rate risk
In order to minimise the effects of exchange rate fluctuations, the problems of exchange rate risk shall be dealt with in the following way:
(a) in the case of equity participation designed to strengthen an enterprise’s own funds, the exchange rate risk shall, as a general rule, be borne by the Facility;
(b) in the case of risk capital financing for SMEs, the exchange rate risk shall as a general rule be shared, on the one hand, by the Community, and on the other hand, by the other parties involved. On average, the foreign exchange rate risk shall be shared equally;
(c) where feasible and appropriate, particularly in countries characterised by macroeconomic and financial stability, the Facility will endeavour to extend loans in local OCT currencies, thus taking the foreign exchange risk.
ANNEX II D
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IN THE EVENT OF SHORT-TERM FLUCTUATIONS IN EXPORT EARNINGS
Article 1
Principles
1. The degree of dependence of an OCT economy on the export of goods, and in particular from agricultural and mining products shall be a criterion for determining the allocation of long-term development.
2. In order to mitigate the adverse effects of instability of export earnings and safeguard the development programme jeopardised by the drop in revenue, additional financial support may be mobilised from the programmable resources for the country's long-term development on the basis of Articles 2 and 3.
Article 2
Eligibility criteria
1. Eligibility for additional resources shall be established by:
— a 10 %, or 2 % in the case of least-developed countries, loss of export earnings from goods compared with the arithmetical average of the earnings in the first three years of the first four years preceding the application year;
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— a 10 %, or 2 % in the case of least-developed countries, loss of export earnings from the total of agricultural or mineral products compared with the arithmetical average of the earnings in the first three years of the first four years preceding the application year for countries where the agricultural or mineral export revenues represent more than 40 % of total export revenues from goods.
2. Entitlement to additional support shall be limited to four successive years.
3. The additional resources shall be reflected in the public accounts of the country concerned. They shall be utilised in accordance with the implementing provisions to be laid down pursuant to Article 23 of this Decision. By agreement of both Parties the resources may be used to finance programmes included in national budget. However a part of the additional resources may also be set aside for specific sectors.
Article 3
Advances
The system for allocating additional resources shall provide for advances to cover any delays in obtaining consolidated trade statistics and to ensure that the resources in question can be included in the budget of the year following the application year. Advances shall be mobilised on the basis of provisional export statistics drawn up by the authorities of the OCTs and submitted to the Commission in advance of the official final consolidated statistics. The maximum advance shall be 80 % of the estimated amount of additional resources for the application year. The amounts thus mobilised shall be adjusted by common agreement between the Commission and the authorities of the OCT in the light of final consolidated export statistics and the final figure of the public deficit.
Article 4
Revision
The provisions in this Annex shall be subject to review at the latest after two years from the entry into force of the implementing provisions referred to in Article 23 of this Decision and subsequently at the request of the Commission, a Member State or an OCT.
ANNEX II E
COMMUNITY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE: BUDGETARY AID FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Without prejudice to future amendments to budgetary provisions, the OCTs shall benefit from the following actions adopted for developing countries within the general budget of the European Union:
1. Thematic programmes covered by Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 establishing a financing Instrument for Development Cooperation ( 19 ) (DCI) and providing direct support for the European Community development and cooperation policy.
2. Rehabilitation and reconstruction operations as covered by Regulation (EC) No 1717/2006 of the European Parliament and the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an Instrument for Stability ( 20 ).
3. Humanitarian aid as provided for by Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid ( 21 ).
ANNEX II F
OTHER COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE: PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES
In accordance with Article 58 of this Decision, the following programmes and any programmes succeeding them, among others, shall apply to OCT nationals, within the framework of the quota for the Member State to which the OCT concerned is linked if the programme concerned uses such a quota:
1. Education and training programmes:
— an action programme in the field of lifelong learning (2007 to 2013), established by Decision No 1720/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing an action programme in the field of lifelong learning ( 22 );
— the ‘Youth in Action’ programme (2007 to 2013), established by Decision No 1719/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 establishing the ‘Youth in Action’ programme for the period 2007 to 2013 ( 23 ).
2. The programmes of the ‘Competitiveness and Innovation Framework’ programme (CIP) (2007 to 2013), established by Decision No 1639/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a ‘Competitiveness and Innovation Framework’ programme (2007 to 2013) ( 24 ).
3. The programmes of the seventh framework programme of the European Community, established by Decision No 1982/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the seventh framework programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) ( 25 ).
4. Cultural and audiovisual programmes:
— programme of support for the European audiovisual sector (MEDIA 2007), established by Decision No 1718/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 November 2006 concerning the implementation of a programme of support for the European audiovisual sector (MEDIA 2007) ( 26 );
— Culture (2007 to 2013), established by Decision No 1903/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 establishing the ‘Culture’ programme (2007 to 2013) ( 27 ).
5. The HRTP Japan programme (human resources training programme in Japan) and topical missions, provided for by Council Decision 92/278/EEC of 18 May 1992 confirming the consolidation of the EC-Japan Centre for Industrial Cooperation ( 28 ).
ANNEX III
CONCERNING THE DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ORIGINATING PRODUCTS’ AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
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TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Definitions
For the purposes of this Annex:
(a) ‘manufacture’ means any kind of working or processing including assembly or specific operations;
(b) ‘material’ means any ingredient, raw material, component or part, etc., used in the manufacture of the product;
(c) ‘product’ means the product being manufactured, even if it is intended for later use in another manufacturing operation;
(d) ‘goods’ means both materials and products;
(e) ‘customs value’ means the value as determined in accordance with the 1994 Agreement on implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (WTO Agreement on customs valuation);
(f) ‘ex-works price’ means the price paid for the product ex works to the manufacturer in whose undertaking the last working or processing is carried out, provided the price includes the value of all the materials used, minus any internal taxes which are, or may be, repaid when the product obtained is exported;
(g) ‘value of materials’ means the customs value at the time of importation of the non-originating materials used, or, if this is not known and cannot be ascertained, the first ascertainable price paid for the materials in the territory concerned;
(h) ‘value of originating materials’ means the value of such materials as defined in subparagraph (g) applied mutatis mutandis;
(i) ‘value added’ shall be taken to be the ex-works price minus the customs value of third-country materials imported into the Community, the ACP States or the OCT;
(j) ‘chapters’ and ‘headings’ mean the chapters and the headings (four-digit codes) used in the nomenclature which makes up the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System, referred to in this Annex as ‘the Harmonised System’ or ‘HS’;
(k) ‘classified’ refers to the classification of a product or material under a particular heading;
(l) ‘consignment’ means products which are either sent simultaneously from one exporter to one consignee or covered by a single transport document covering their shipment from the exporter to the consignee or, in the absence of such a document, by a single invoice;
(m) ‘territories’ includes territorial waters.
TITLE II
DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ORIGINATING PRODUCTS’
Article 2
General requirements
1. For the purpose of implementing the trade cooperation provisions of the Decision, the following products shall be considered as originating in the OCT:
(a) products wholly obtained in the OCT within the meaning of Article 3 of this Annex;
(b) products obtained in the OCT incorporating materials which have not been wholly obtained there, provided that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing in the OCT within the meaning of Article 4 of this Annex.
2. For the purpose of implementing paragraph 1, the territories of the OCT shall be considered as being one territory.
3. Originating products made up of materials wholly obtained or sufficiently worked or processed in two or more OCT shall be considered as products originating in the OCT where the last working or processing took place, provided this working or processing goes beyond that referred to in Article 5 of this Annex.
Article 3
Wholly obtained products
1. The following shall be considered as wholly obtained, in the OCT, in the Community, or in the ACP States:
(a) mineral products extracted from their soil or from their seabed;
(b) vegetable products harvested there;
(c) live animals born and raised there;
(d) products from live animals raised there;
(e) products obtained by hunting or fishing conducted there;
(f) products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea outside the territorial waters by their vessels;
(g) products made aboard their factory ships exclusively from products referred to in subparagraph (f);
(h) used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of raw materials, including used tyres fit only for retreading or for use as waste;
(i) waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there;
(j) products extracted from marine soil or subsoil outside the territorial waters provided that they have sole rights to work that soil or subsoil;
(k) goods produced there exclusively from the products specified in subparagraphs (a) to (j).
2. The terms ‘their vessels’ and ‘their factory ships’ in paragraph 1(f) and (g) shall apply only to vessels and factory ships:
(a) which are registered or recorded in an OCT, in a Member State or in an ACP State;
(b) which sail under the flag of an OCT, of a EC Member State or of an ACP State;
(c) which are owned to an extent of at least 50 per cent by OCT, Member State or ACP nationals, or by a company with its head office in the OCT or one of these States, of which Chairman of the Board of Directors or the Supervisory Board, and the majority of the members of such boards are OCT, Member State, or ACP nationals and of which, in addition, in the case of partnerships or limited companies, at least half the capital belongs to Member States or ACP States or to public bodies or nationals of the said States, or of an OCT;
(d) of which at least 50 % of the crew, master and officers included, are OCT, Member State, or ACP nationals.
3. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, where an OCT offers the Community the opportunity to negotiate a fisheries agreement and the Community does not accept this offer, the OCT concerned may charter or lease third country vessels to undertake fisheries activities in its exclusive economic zone and request that such vessels be treated as ‘their vessels’ under the following conditions:
— that the OCT offered the Community the opportunity to negotiate a fisheries agreement and the Community did not accept this offer;
— that at least 50 % of the crew, master and officers included are OCT, Member State, or ACP nationals;
— that the charter or lease contract has been accepted by the Commission as providing adequate opportunities for developing the capacity of the OCT concerned to fish on its own account and in particular as conferring on the OCT concerned the responsibility for the nautical and commercial management of the vessel placed at its disposal for a significant period of time.
Article 4
Sufficiently worked or processed products
1. For the purposes of this Annex, products which are not wholly obtained are considered to be sufficiently worked or processed in the OCT, in the Community or in the ACP States, when the conditions set out in the list in Appendix 2 are fulfilled.
The conditions referred to above indicate, for all products covered by this Decision, the working or processing which must be carried out on non-originating materials used in manufacturing and apply only in relation to such materials. Accordingly, it follows that if a product, which has acquired originating status by fulfilling the conditions set out in the list is used in the manufacture of another product, the conditions applicable to the product in which it is incorporated do not apply to it, and no account shall be taken of the non-originating materials which may have been used in its manufacture.
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, non-originating materials which, according to the conditions set out in the list, should not be used in the manufacture of a given product may nevertheless be used, provided that:
(a) their total value does not exceed 15 per cent of the ex-works price of the product;
(b) any of the percentages given in the list for the maximum value of non-originating materials are not exceeded through the application of this paragraph.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply except as provided in Article 5.
Article 5
Insufficient working or processing operations
1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, the following operations shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating products, whether or not the requirements of Article 4 are satisfied:
(a) preserving operations to ensure that the products remain in good condition during transport and storage;
(b) breaking-up and assembly of packages;
(c) washing, cleaning; removal of dust, oxide, oil, paint or other coverings;
(d) ironing or pressing of textiles;
(e) simple painting and polishing operations;
(f) husking, partial or total milling, polishing, and glazing of cereals and rice;
(g) operations to colour sugar or form sugar lumps; partial or total milling of sugar;
(h) peeling, stoning and shelling, of fruits, nuts and vegetables;
(i) sharpening, simple grinding or simple cutting;
(j) sifting, screening, sorting, classifying, grading, matching; (including the making-up of sets of articles);
(k) simple placing in bottles, cans, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards and all other simple packaging operations;
(l) affixing or printing marks, labels, logos and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging;
(m) simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds, where one or more components of the mixtures do not meet the conditions laid down in this Annex to enable them to be considered as originating in the OCT, in the Community or in an ACP State;
(n) simple assembly of parts of articles to constitute a complete article or disassembly of products into parts;
(o) a combination of two or more operations specified in subparagraphs (a) to (n);
(p) slaughter of animals.
2. All the operations carried out in either the OCT, the Community or the ACP States on a given product shall be considered together when determining whether the working or processing undergone by that product is to be regarded as insufficient within the meaning of paragraph 1.
Article 6
Cumulation of origin
1. Materials originating in the Community or in the ACP States shall be considered as materials originating in the OCT when incorporated into a product obtained there. It shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, provided they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 5.
2. Working and processing carried out in the Community or in the ACP States shall be considered as having been carried out in the OCT, when the materials undergo subsequent working or processing in the OCT.
3. Products which have acquired originating status by virtue of paragraph 2 shall only continue to be considered as products originating in the OCT, when the working or processing carried out in the OCT goes beyond that referred to in Article 5.
4. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the products falling within Chapters 1 to 24 of the Harmonised System if the materials used originate in the Community and are covered by an export refund system for agricultural products, unless evidence is provided that no export refund has been paid for the materials used.
With regard to products falling within HS Chapter 17 and HS tariff headings 1806 10 30 and 1806 10 90, ACP/EC-OCT cumulation of origin shall only be allowed as from 1 February 2002 within an annual quantity of 28 000 tonnes until 31 December 2007. Such annual quantity shall be progressively reduced and eventually phased out, as follows:
21 000 tonnes on 1 January 2008;
14 000 tonnes on 1 January 2009;
7 000 tonnes on 1 January 2010;
zero tonnes on 1 January 2011.
Such annual quantities may not be carried over from one year to the next.
For the purpose of implementing the rules on cumulation of origin, forming sugar lumps or cubes and milling of sugar shall be considered as sufficient to confer OCT-originating status.
The Commission shall adopt the necessary implementing arrangements.
5. With regard to products falling within HS code 1006 and without prejudice to the possible increases referred to in subparagraphs 4 and 5, ACP-OCT cumulation of origin shall only be allowed as from 1 February 2002 within a total annual quantity of 160 000 tonnes expressed as husked rice equivalent, which shall include the tariff quota for rice originating in ACP States provided for in the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement.
An initial issue of import licences for a quantity of 35 000 tonnes expressed as husked rice equivalent shall be made to the OCTs each year, and within this quantity, import licences for a quantity of 10 000 tonnes expressed as husked rice equivalent shall be issued to the least developed OCTs listed in Annex IB. All other import licences shall be issued to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. OCT imports may reach the level of 160 000 tonnes referred to in the first subparagraph, including the abovementioned 35 000 tonnes, without prejudice to any increases referred to in subparagraphs 4 and 5, in so far as the ACP States do not actually use their direct export possibilities under the quota referred to in the first subparagraph.
The issue of import licences shall be spaced out over the year in a series of periods laid down to ensure balanced market management.
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 22 of Regulation (EC) No 3072/95, the Commission may increase the quantity referred to in the first subparagraph by a maximum of 20 000 tonnes expressed as husked rice equivalent if, during April and once it has a sufficiently clear view of the current Community marketing year, it finds that such an increase will not disrupt the Community market.
If the Commission finds, as from 1 August, that there is an established risk of a shortage of Indica rice on the Community market, it may, by way of derogation from subparagraphs 1 to 4 and in accordance with the applicable management procedures, increase the above quantities.
For the purposes of implementing this paragraph and notwithstanding Article 5(1)(f), wholly milling or semi-milling operations shall be considered as sufficient to confer the status of OCT-originating products.
The Commission shall adopt the necessary implementing arrangements by the same procedure.
The quantities set out in this paragraph may not be carried over from one year to the next.
Article 7
Unit of qualification
1. The unit of qualification for the application of the provisions of this Annex shall be the particular product which is considered as the basic unit when determining classification using the nomenclature of the Harmonised System.
Accordingly, it follows that:
(a) when a product composed of a group or assembly of articles is classified under the terms of the Harmonised System in a single heading, the whole constitutes the unit of qualification;
(b) when a consignment consists of a number of identical products classified under the same heading of the Harmonised System, each product must be taken individually when applying the provisions of this Annex.
2. Where, under General Rule 5 of the Harmonised System, packaging is included with the product for classification purposes, it shall be included for the purposes of determining origin.
Article 8
Accessories, spare parts and tools
Accessories, spare parts and tools dispatched with a piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle, which are part of the normal equipment and included in the price thereof or which are not separately invoiced, shall be regarded as one with the piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle in question.
Article 9
Sets
Sets, as defined in General Rule 3 of the Harmonised System, shall be regarded as originating when all component products are originating. Nevertheless, when a set is composed of originating and non-originating products, the set as a whole shall be regarded as originating, provided that the value of the non-originating products does not exceed 15 per cent of the ex-works price of the set.
Article 10
Neutral elements
In order to determine whether a product originates, it shall not be necessary to determine the origin of the following which might be used in its manufacture:
(a) energy and fuel;
(b) plant and equipment;
(c) machines and tools;
(d) goods which do not enter and which are not intended to enter into the final composition of the product.
TITLE III
TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS
Article 11
Principle of territoriality
1. The conditions set out in Title II relative to the acquisition of originating status must be fulfilled without interruption in the OCT, except as provided for in Article 6.
2. If originating goods exported from the OCT, the Community, or the ACP States to another country are returned, they must be considered as non-originating, unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:
(a) the goods returned are the same goods as those exported;
(b) they have not undergone any operation beyond that necessary to preserve them in good condition while in that country or while being exported.
Article 12
Direct transport
1. The preferential treatment provided for under the trade cooperation provisions of the Decision applies only to products, satisfying the requirements of this Annex, which are transported directly between the territories of the OCT, of the Community, or of the ACP States, without entering any other territory. However, products constituting one single consignment may be transported through other territories with, should the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territories, provided that they remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or warehousing and do not undergo operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.
Originating products may be transported by pipeline across territory other than that of an OCT, of the Community, or of an ACP State.
2. Evidence that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled shall be supplied to the customs authorities of the importing country by the production of:
(a) a single transport document covering the passage from the exporting country or territory through the country of transit; or
(b) a certificate issued by the customs authorities of the country of transit:
(i) giving an exact description of the products;
(ii) stating the dates of unloading and reloading of the products and, where applicable, the names of the ships, or the other means of transport used;
(iii) certifying the conditions under which the products remained in the transit country; or
(c) failing these, any substantiating documents.
Article 13
Exhibitions
1. Originating products, sent from an OCT for exhibition in a country other than an OCT, an ACP State or a Member State and sold after the exhibition for importation in the Community shall benefit on importation from the provisions of the Decision provided it is shown to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:
(a) an exporter has consigned these products from an OCT to the country in which the exhibition is held and has exhibited them there;
(b) the products have been sold or otherwise disposed of by that exporter to a person in the Community;
(c) the products have been consigned during the exhibition or immediately thereafter in the state in which they were sent for exhibition;
(d) the products have not, since they were consigned for exhibition, been used for any purpose other than demonstration at the exhibition.
2. A proof of origin must be issued or made out in accordance with the provisions of Title IV and submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in the normal manner. The name and address of the exhibition must be indicated thereon. Where necessary, additional documentary evidence of the conditions under which they have been exhibited may be required.
3. Paragraph 1 shall apply to any trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair or similar public show or display which is not organised for private purposes in shops or business premises with a view to the sale of foreign products, and during which the products remain under customs control.
TITLE IV
PROOF OF ORIGIN
Article 14
General requirements
1. Products originating in the OCT shall, on importation into the Community benefit from this Decision upon submission of either:
(a) a movement certificate EUR.1, a specimen of which appears in Appendix 3; or
(b) in the cases specified in Article 19(1), a declaration, the text of which appears in Appendix 4, given by the exporter on an invoice, a delivery note or any other commercial document which describes the products concerned in sufficient detail to enable them to be identified (hereinafter referred to as the ‘invoice declaration’).
2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, originating products within the meaning of this Annex shall, in the cases specified in Article 25, benefit from this Decision without it being necessary to submit any of the documents referred to above.
Article 15
Procedure for the issue of a movement certificate EUR.1
1. A movement certificate EUR.1 shall be issued by the customs authorities of the exporting OCT on application having been made in writing by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorised representative.
2. For this purpose, the exporter or his authorised representative shall fill out both the movement certificate EUR.1 and the application form, specimens of which appear in Appendix 3. These forms shall be completed in accordance with the provisions of this Annex. If they are hand-written, they shall be completed in ink in printed characters. The description of the products must be given in the box reserved for this purpose without leaving any blank lines. Where the box is not completely filled, a horizontal line must be drawn below the last line of the description, the empty space being crossed through.
3. The exporter applying for the issue of a movement certificate EUR.1 shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the customs authorities of the exporting OCT where the movement certificate EUR.1 is issued, all appropriate documents proving the originating status of the products concerned as well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Annex.
4. A movement certificate EUR.1 shall be issued by the customs authorities of the exporting OCT if the products concerned can be considered as products originating in the OCT, in the Community or in the ACP and fulfil the other requirements of this Annex.
5. The issuing customs authorities shall take any steps necessary to verify the originating status of the products and the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Annex. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate. The issuing customs authorities shall also ensure that the forms referred to in paragraph 2 are duly completed. In particular, they shall check whether the space reserved for the description of the products has been completed in such a manner as to exclude all possibility of fraudulent additions.
6. The date of issue of the movement certificate EUR.1 shall be indicated in Box 11 of the certificate.
7. A movement certificate EUR.1 shall be issued by the customs authorities and made available to the exporter as soon as actual exportation has been effected or ensured.
Article 16
Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively
1. Notwithstanding Article 15(7), a movement certificate EUR.1 may exceptionally be issued after exportation of the products to which it relates if:
(a) it was not issued at the time of exportation because of errors or involuntary omissions or special circumstances; or
(b) it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that a movement certificate EUR.1 was issued but was not accepted at importation for technical reasons.
2. For the implementation of paragraph 1, the exporter must indicate in his application the place and date of exportation of the products to which the movement certificate EUR.1 relates, and state the reasons for his request.
3. The customs authorities may issue a movement certificate EUR.1 retrospectively only after verifying that the information supplied in the exporter's application agrees with that in the corresponding file.
4. Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively must be endorsed with one of the following phrases in the ‘Remarks’ box (Box 7) of the movement certificate EUR.1.
‘EXPEDIDO A POSTERIORI’ , ‘UDSTEDT EFTERFØLGENDE’ , ‘NACHTRÄGLICH AUSGESTELLT’ , ‘ ΕΚΔΟΘΕΝ ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΥΣΤΕΡΩΝ’ , ‘ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY’ , ‘DÉLIVRÉ A POSTERIORI’ , ‘RILASCIATO A POSTERIORI’ , ‘AFGEGEVEN A POSTERIORI’ , ‘EMITIDO A POSTERIORI’ , ‘ANNETTU JÄLKIKÄTEEN’ , ‘UTFÄRDAT I EFTERHAND’.
5. The endorsement referred to in paragraph 4 shall be inserted in the ‘Remarks’ box of the movement certificate EUR.1.
Article 17
Issue of a duplicate movement certificate EUR.1
1. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of a movement certificate EUR.1, the exporter may apply to the customs authorities which issued it for a duplicate made out on the basis of the export documents in their possession.
2. The duplicate movement certificate EUR.1 shall be endorsed in the ‘Remarks’ box (Box 7) with one of the following words:
‘DUPLICADO’, ‘DUPLIKAT’, ‘ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟ’, ‘DUPLICATE’, ‘DUPLICATA’, ‘DUPLICATO’, ‘DUPLICAAT’, ‘SEGUNDA VIA’, ‘KAKSOISKAPPALE’.
3. The endorsement referred to in paragraph 2 shall be inserted in the ‘Remarks’ box of the duplicate movement certificate EUR.1.
4. The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of the original movement certificate EUR.1, shall take effect as from that date.
Article 18
Issue of movement certificates EUR.1 on the basis of a proof of origin issued or made out previously
When originating products are placed under the control of a customs office in the Community or in an OCT, it shall be possible to replace the original proof of origin by one or more movement certificates EUR.1 for the purpose of sending all or some of these products elsewhere within the Community or within the OCT. The replacement movement certificate(s) EUR.1 shall be issued by the customs office under whose control the products are placed.
Article 19
Conditions for making out an invoice declaration
1. An invoice declaration as referred to in Article 14(1)(b) may be made out:
(a) by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 20, or
(b) by any exporter for any consignment consisting of one or more packages containing originating products whose total value does not exceed EUR 6 000.
2. An invoice declaration may be made out if the products concerned can be considered as products originating in the OCT, in the ACP States or in the Community and fulfil the other requirements of this Annex.
3. The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the customs authorities of the exporting country or territory, all appropriate documents proving the originating status of the products concerned as well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Annex.
4. An invoice declaration shall be made out by the exporter by typing, stamping or printing on the invoice, the delivery note or another commercial document, the declaration, the text of which appears in Appendix 4, using one of the linguistic versions set out in that Annex and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country or territory. If the declaration is hand-written, it shall be written in ink in printed characters.
5. Invoice declarations shall bear the original signature of the exporter in manuscript. However, an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 20 shall not be required to sign such declarations provided that he gives the customs authorities of the exporting country a written undertaking that he accepts full responsibility for any invoice declaration which identifies him as if it had been signed in manuscript by him.
6. An invoice declaration may be made out by the exporter when the products to which it relates are exported, or after exportation on condition that it is presented in the importing country no longer than two years after the importation of the products to which it relates.
Article 20
Approved exporter
1. The customs authorities of the exporting country may authorise any exporter who makes frequent shipments of products under the trade cooperation provisions of the Decision to make out invoice declarations irrespective of the value of the products concerned. An exporter seeking such authorisation must offer to the satisfaction of the customs authorities all guarantees necessary to verify the originating status of the products as well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Annex.
2. The customs authorities may grant the status of approved exporter subject to any conditions which they consider appropriate.
3. The customs authorities shall grant to the approved exporter a customs authorisation number which shall appear on the invoice declaration.
4. The customs authorities shall monitor the use of the authorisation by the approved exporter.
5. The customs authorities may withdraw the authorisation at any time. They shall do so where the approved exporter no longer offers the guarantees referred to in paragraph 1, does not fulfil the conditions referred to in paragraph 2 or otherwise makes an incorrect use of the authorisation.
Article 21
Validity of proof of origin
1. A proof of origin shall be valid for ten months from the date of issue in the exporting country, and must be submitted within the said period to the customs authorities of the importing country.
2. Proofs of origin which are submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country after the final date for presentation specified in paragraph 1 may be accepted for the purpose of applying preferential treatment, where the failure to submit these documents by the final date set is due to exceptional circumstances.
3. In other cases of belated presentation, the customs authorities of the importing country may accept the proofs of origin where the products have been submitted before the said final date.
Article 22
Transit procedure
When the products enter an OCT or an ACP State other than the country of origin, a further period of validity of 4 months shall commence on the date on which the customs authorities in the country of transit enter the following in the Remarks box (Box 7) of the certificate EUR.1:
— the word ‘transit’,
— the name of the country of transit,
— the official stamp, a specimen of which had been made available to the Commission, in conformity with Article 31,
— date of the endorsements.
Article 23
Submission of proof of origin
Proofs of origin shall be submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in accordance with the procedures applicable in that country. The said authorities may require a translation of a proof of origin and may also require the import declaration to be accompanied by a statement from the importer to the effect that the products meet the conditions required for the implementation of the Decision.
Article 24
Importation by instalments
Where, at the request of the importer and on the conditions laid down by the customs authorities of the importing country, dismantled or non-assembled products within the meaning of General Rule 2(a) of the Harmonised System falling within Sections XVI and XVII or heading Nos 7308 and 9406 of the Harmonised System are imported by instalments, a single proof of origin for such products shall be submitted to the customs authorities upon importation of the first instalment.
Article 25
Exemptions from proof of origin
1. Products sent as small packages from private persons to private persons or forming part of travellers' personal luggage shall be admitted as originating products without requiring the submission of a proof of origin, provided that such products are not imported by way of trade and have been declared as meeting the requirements of this Annex and where there is no doubt as to the veracity of such a declaration. In the case of products sent by post, this declaration can be made on the customs declaration CN22/CN23 or on a sheet of paper annexed to that document.
2. Imports which are occasional and consist solely of products for the personal use of the recipients or travellers or their families shall not be considered as imports by way of trade if it is evident from the nature and quantity of the products that no commercial purpose is in view.
3. Furthermore, the total value of these products shall not exceed 500 EUR in the case of small packages or 1 200 EUR in the case of products forming part of travellers' personal luggage.
Article 26
Information procedure for cumulation purposes
1. When Article 2(2) or Article 6(1) are applied, the evidence of originating status within the meaning of this Annex of the materials coming from the other OCT, the Community or the ACP States shall be given by a movement certificate EUR.1 or by the supplier's declaration, a specimen of which appears in Appendix 5 A, given by the exporter in the country from which the materials came.
2. When Article 2(2) or Article 6(2) are applied, the evidence of the working or processing carried out in the other OCT, the Community or in the ACP States shall be given by the supplier's declaration a specimen of which appears in Appendix 5 B, given by the exporter in the country from which the materials came.
3. A separate supplier's declaration shall be given by the supplier for each consignment of material on the commercial invoice related to that shipment or in an annex to that invoice, or on a delivery note or other commercial document related to that shipment which describes the materials concerned in sufficient detail to enable them to be identified.
4. The supplier's declaration may be made out on a pre-printed form.
5. The suppliers' declarations shall be signed in manuscript. However, where the invoice and the supplier's declaration are established using electronic data-processing methods, the supplier's declaration need not be signed in manuscript provided the responsible official in the supplying company is identified to the satisfaction of the customs authorities in the country or territory where the suppliers' declarations are established. The said customs authorities may lay down conditions for the implementation of this paragraph.
6. The supplier's declarations are submitted to the competent customs office in the exporting OCT requested to issue the movement certificate EUR.1.
7. Suppliers' declarations made and information certificates issued before the date of entry into force of this Decision in accordance with Article 23 of Annex II to Decision 91/482/EEC shall remain valid.
8. For the purpose of Article 6(4), first subparagraph, the movement certificate EUR.1 shall be endorsed with one of the following phrases in the ‘Remarks’ box (Box 7) of the movement certificate EUR.1:
‘RESTITUCIÓN A LA EXPORTACIÓN NO PAGADA’, ‘EKSPORTRESTITUTION IKKE UDBETALT’, ‘KEINE AUSFUHRERSTATTUNG GEZAHLT’, ‘ΔΕΝ ΚΑΤΕΒΛΗΘΗ ΚΑΤΑ ΤΗΝ ΕΞΑΓΩΓΗ’, ‘EXPORT REFUND NOT PAID’, ‘RESTITUTION À L'EXPORTATION NON PAYÉE’, ‘RESTITUZIONE ALL'ESPORTAZIONE NON CORRISPOSTA’, ‘GEEN UITVOERRESTITUTIE BETAALD’, ‘RESTITUIÇÕES À EXPORTAÇÃO NÃO PAGAS’, ‘EI MAKSETTU VIENTITUKEA’, ‘EXPORTSTÖD EJ UTBETALAT’.
Article 27
Supporting documents
The documents referred to in Article 15(3) and Article 19(3) used for the purpose of proving that products covered by a movement certificate EUR.1 or an invoice declaration can be considered as products originating in an OCT or in the Community or in an ACP and fulfil the other requirements of this Annex may consist inter alia of the following:
(a) direct evidence of the processes carried out by the exporter or supplier to obtain the goods concerned, contained for example in his accounts or internal bookkeeping;
(b) documents proving the originating status of materials used, issued or made out in an OCT, or in the Community or in an ACP State where these documents are used in accordance with domestic law;
(c) documents proving the working or processing of materials in the OCT, in the Community, or in the ACP States, issued or made out in an OCT, in the Community or in an ACP State, where these documents are used in accordance with domestic law;
(d) movement certificates EUR.1 or invoice declarations proving the originating status of materials used, issued or made out in the OCT, in the Community or in the ACP States and in accordance with this Annex.
Article 28
Preservation of proof of origin and supporting documents
1. The exporter applying for the issue of a movement certificate EUR.1 shall keep for at least three years the documents referred to in Article 15(3).
2. The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall keep for at least three years a copy of this invoice declaration as well as the documents referred to in Article 19(3).
3. The customs authorities of the exporting OCT issuing a movement certificate EUR.1 shall keep for at least three years the application form referred to in Article 15(2).
4. The customs authorities of the importing country shall keep for at least three years the movement certificates EUR.1 and the invoice declarations submitted to them.
Article 29
Discrepancies and formal errors
1. The discovery of slight discrepancies between the statements made in the proof of origin and those made in the documents submitted to the customs office for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the products shall not ipso facto render the proof of origin null and void if it is duly established that this document does correspond to the products submitted.
2. Obvious formal errors such as typing errors on a proof of origin should not cause this document to be rejected if these errors are not such as to create doubts concerning the correctness of the statements made in this document.
Article 30
Amounts expressed in euro
1. The amounts to be used in any given national currency of a Member State shall be the equivalent in that national currency of the amounts expressed in euro as at the first working day in October 1999.
2. The amounts expressed in euro and their equivalents in the national currencies of some Member States shall be reviewed by the Customs Code Committee (Origin Section) at the request of the Commission, a Member State or of the OCT. When carrying out this review, the Committee shall ensure that there will be no decrease in the amounts to be used in any national currency and shall furthermore consider the desirability of preserving the effects of the limits concerned in real terms. For this purpose, it may decide to modify the amounts expressed in euro.
3. When the products are invoiced in the currency of another Member State, the importing country shall recognise the amount notified by the Member State concerned.
TITLE V
ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
Article 31
Communication of stamps and addresses
The OCT shall send to the Commission specimens of the stamps used together with the addresses of the customs authorities competent to issue movement certificates EUR.1 and carry out the subsequent verification of movement certificates EUR.1 and invoice declarations.
Movement certificates EUR.1 shall be accepted for the purpose of applying preferential treatment from the date the information is received by the Commission.
The Commission shall send this information to the customs authorities of the Member States.
Article 32
Verification of proofs of origin
1. In order to ensure the proper application of this Annex, the OCT, the Community and the ACP States shall assist each other, through the competent customs administrations, in checking the authenticity of the movement certificates EUR.1 or the invoice declarations and the correctness of the information given in these documents.
The authorities consulted shall furnish the relevant information concerning the conditions under which the product has been made, indicating especially the conditions in which the rules of origin have been respected in the various OCT, Member States or ACP States concerned.
2. Subsequent verifications of proofs of origin shall be carried out at random or whenever the customs authorities of the importing country have reasonable doubts as to the authenticity of such documents, the originating status of the products concerned or the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Annex.
3. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of paragraph 2, the customs authorities of the importing country shall return the movement certificate EUR.1 and the invoice, if it has been submitted, the invoice declaration, or a copy of these documents, to the customs authorities of the exporting country giving, where appropriate, the reasons for the enquiry. Any documents and information obtained suggesting that the information given on the proof or origin is incorrect shall be forwarded in support of the request for verification.
4. The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities of the exporting country. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate.
5. If the customs authorities of the importing country decide to suspend the granting of preferential treatment to the products concerned while awaiting the results of the verification, release of the products shall be offered to the importer subject to any precautionary measures judged necessary.
6. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results of this verification as soon as possible. These results must indicate clearly whether the documents are authentic and whether the products concerned can be considered as products originating in the OCT, in the Community or in the ACP and fulfil the other requirements of this Annex.
7. If in cases of reasonable doubt there is no reply within ten months of the date of the verification request or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine the authenticity of the document in question or the real origin of the products, the requesting customs authorities shall, except in exceptional circumstances, refuse entitlement to the preferences.
8. Where the verification procedure or any other available information appears to indicate that the provisions of this Annex are being contravened, the OCT on its own initiative or at the request of the Community shall carry out appropriate enquires or arrange for such enquiries to be carried out with due urgency to identify and prevent such contraventions. The Commission may participate in the enquiries.
Article 33
Verification of suppliers' declarations
1. Verification of suppliers' declaration may be carried out at random or whenever the customs authorities of the importing country have reasonable doubts as to the authenticity of the document or the accuracy or completeness of the information concerning the true origin of the materials in question.
2. The customs authorities to which a supplier's declaration is submitted may request the customs authorities of the State where the declaration was made to issue an information certificate, a specimen of which appears in Appendix 6. Alternatively, the customs authorities to which a supplier's declaration is submitted may request the exporter to produce an information certificate issued by the customs authorities of the State where the declaration was made.
A copy of the information certificate shall be preserved by the office which has issued it for at least three years.
3. The requesting customs authorities shall be informed of the results of the verification as soon as possible. The results must be such as to indicate positively whether the declaration concerning the status of the materials is correct.
4. For the purpose of verification, suppliers shall keep for not less than three years a copy of the document containing the declaration together with all necessary evidence showing the true status of the materials.
5. The customs authorities in the State where the supplier's declaration is established shall have the right to call for any evidence or to carry out any check which they consider appropriate in order to verify the correctness of any supplier's declaration.
6. Any movement certificate EUR.1 issued or made out on the basis of an incorrect supplier's declaration shall be considered null and void.
Article 34
Dispute settlement
Where disputes arise in relation to the verification procedures of Articles 32 and 33 which cannot be settled between the customs authorities requesting a verification and the customs authorities responsible for carrying out this verification or where they raise a question as to the interpretation of this Annex, they shall be submitted to the Customs Code Committee — Origin Section instituted by Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.
In all cases the settlement of disputes between the importer and the customs authorities of the importing country shall be under the legislation of the said country.
Article 35
Penalties
Penalties shall be imposed on any person who draws up, or causes to be drawn up, a document which contains incorrect information for the purpose of obtaining a preferential treatment for products.
Article 36
Free zones
1. The OCT and the Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that products traded under cover of a proof of origin or a supplier's declaration and which in the course of transport use a free zone situated in their territory, are not substituted by other goods and do not undergo handling other than normal operations designed to prevent their deterioration.
2. By means of an exemption to the provisions contained in paragraph 1, when originating products are imported into a free zone under cover of a proof of origin and undergo treatment or processing, the authorities concerned shall issue a new EUR.1 certificate at the exporter's request, if the treatment or processing undergone is in conformity with the provisions of this Annex.
Article 37
Derogations
1. Derogations from this Annex may be adopted where the development of existing industries or the creation of new industries justifies them.
The Member State or, where appropriate, the OCT authorities concerned shall notify the Community of its request for a derogation together with the reasons for the request in accordance with paragraph 2.
The Community shall respond positively to all the requests which are duly justified in conformity with this Article and which cannot cause serious injury to an established Community industry.
2. In order to facilitate the examination of requests for derogation, the Member State or OCT making the request shall, by means of the form given in Appendix 7, furnish in support of its request the fullest possible information covering in particular the points listed below:
— description of the finished product,
— nature and quantity of materials originating in a third country,
— nature and quantity of materials originating in ACP States, the Community or the OCT, or which have been processed there,
— manufacturing processes,
— value added,
— number of employees in the enterprise concerned,
— anticipated volume of exports to the Community,
— other possible sources of supply for raw materials,
— reasons for the duration requested in the light of efforts made to find new sources of supply,
— other observations.
The same rules shall apply to any requests for extension.
3. The examination of requests shall in particular take into account:
(a) the level of development or the geographical situation of the OCT concerned;
(b) cases where the application of the existing rules of origin would significantly affect the ability of an existing industry in OCT to continue its exports to the Community, with particular reference to cases where this could lead to cessation of its activities;
(c) specific cases where it can be clearly demonstrated that significant investment in an industry could be deterred by the rules of origin and where a derogation favouring the realisation of the investment programme would enable these rules to be satisfied by stages.
4. In every case an examination shall be made to ascertain whether the rules relating to cumulation of origin do not provide a solution to the problem.
5. In addition when a request for derogation concerns a least-developed country or territory, its examination shall be carried out with a favourable bias having particular regard to:
(a) the economic and social impact of the decision to be taken especially in respect of employment;
(b) the need to apply the derogation for a period taking into account the particular situation of the OCT concerned and its difficulties.
6. In the examination of requests, special account shall be taken, case by case, of the possibility of conferring originating status on products which include in their composition materials originating in neighbouring developing countries or least-developed countries, provided that satisfactory administrative cooperation can be established.
7. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 to 6, the derogation shall be granted where the value added to the non-originating products used in the OCT concerned is at least 45 % of the value of the finished product, provided that the derogation is not such as to cause serious injury to an economic sector of the Community or of one or more Member States.
8.
(a) The Council and the Commission shall take steps necessary to ensure that a decision is reached as quickly as possible and in any case not later than 75 working days after the request is received by the Chairman of the Customs Code Committee — Origin Section. In this context, Council Decision 2000/399/EC ( 29 ) shall apply mutatis mutandis.
(b) If a decision is not taken within the time limit referred to in subparagraph (a), the request shall be deemed to have been accepted.
9.
(a) The derogation shall be valid for a period, generally of five years.
(b) The derogation decision may provide for renewals without a new decision of the Commission being necessary, provided that the Member State or OCT concerned submits, three months before the end of each period, proof that it is still unable to meet the conditions of this Annex which have been derogated from.
If any objection is made to the extension, the Commission shall examine it as soon as possible and decide whether to prolong the derogation. The Commission shall proceed as provided for in paragraph 8. All necessary measures shall be taken to avoid interruptions in the application of the derogation.
(c) In the periods referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b), the Community may review the terms for implementing the derogation should a significant change be found to have taken place in the substantive factors governing the decision to grant the derogation. On conclusion of its review the Community may decide to amend the terms of its decision as regards the scope of derogation or any other condition previously laid down.
TITLE VI
CEUTA AND MELILLA
Article 38
Special conditions
1. The term ‘Community’ used in this Annex shall not cover Ceuta and Melilla. The term ‘products originating in the Community’ shall not cover products originating in Ceuta and Melilla.
2. The provisions of this Annex shall apply mutatis mutandis in determining whether products may be deemed as originating in the OCT when imported into Ceuta and Melilla.
3. Where products wholly obtained in Ceuta, Melilla, the ACP States or the Community undergo working and processing in the OCT, they shall be considered as having been wholly obtained in the OCT.
4. Working or processing carried out in Ceuta, Melilla, the ACP States or the Community shall be considered as having been carried out in the OCT, when materials undergo further working or processing in the OCT.
5. For the purpose of implementing paragraphs 3 and 4, the insufficient operations listed in Article 5 shall not be considered as working or processing.
6. Ceuta and Melilla shall be considered as a single territory.
TITLE VII
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 39
Revision of rules of origin
1. The Council shall examine whenever the relevant authorities of a country or territory or of the Community so request, the application of the provisions of this Annex and their economic effects with a view to making any necessary amendments or adaptations.
The Council shall take into account among other elements the effects on the rules of origin of technological developments.
The decisions taken shall be implemented as soon as possible.
2. Any technical amendments to this Annex shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure laid down in Article 5 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999. The Commission shall be assisted for such purpose by the Customs Code Committee referred to in Article 247a of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 ( 30 ), and the period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months. The afore-mentioned procedure shall not apply to Article 6(4) and (5) of this Annex.
Article 40
Appendices
The Appendices to this Annex shall form an integral part thereof.
Article 41
Implementation of the Annex
The Community and the OCT shall each take the steps necessary to implement this Annex.
Article 42
Transitional period concerning the making out of forms EUR.2
1. Until 31 December 2002, the competent customs authorities of the Community shall accept as valid proof of origin within the meaning of this Annex EUR.2 forms issued within the context of this Decision.
2. Requests for subsequent verification of EUR.2 forms shall be accepted by the competent authorities of the exporting countries for a period of two years after the making out of the EUR.2 form concerned. These verifications shall be carried out in accordance with Title V of this Annex.
Appendix 1
Introductory notes to the list in Appendix 2
Note 1:
The list sets out the conditions required for all products to be considered as sufficiently worked or processed within the meaning of Article 4 of Appendix 2.
Note 2:
2.1. The first two columns in the list describe the product obtained. The first column gives the heading number or chapter number used in the Harmonized System and the second column gives the description of goods used in that system for that heading or chapter. For each entry in the first two columns a rule is specified in columns 3 or 4. Where, in some cases, the entry in the first column is preceded by an ‘ex’, this signifies that the rules in columns 3 or 4 apply only to the part of that heading as described in column 2.
2.2. Where several heading numbers are grouped together in column 1 or a chapter number is given and the description of products in column 2 is therefore given in general terms, the adjacent rules in columns 3 or 4 apply to all products which, under the Harmonized System, are classified in headings of the chapter or in any of the headings grouped together in column 1.
2.3. Where there are different rules in the list applying to different products within a heading, each indent contains the description of that part of the heading covered by the adjacent rules in columns 3 or 4.
2.4. Where, for an entry in the first two columns, a rule is specified in both columns 3 and 4, the exporter may opt, as an alternative, to apply either the rule set out in column 3 or that set out in column 4. If no origin rule is given in column 4, the rule set out in column 3 has to be applied.
Note 3:
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3.1. |
The provisions of Article 4 of Annex III concerning products having acquired originating status which are used in the manufacture of other products apply regardless of whether this status has been acquired inside the factory where these products are used or in another factory in the Community or in the OCT. Example: An engine of heading No 8407, for which the rule states that the value of the non-originating materials which may be incorporated may not exceed 40 per cent of the ex-works price, is made from ‘other alloy steel roughly shaped by forging’ of heading No ex72 24. If this forging has been forged in the country concerned from a non-originating ingot, it has already acquired originating status by virtue of the rule for heading No ex72 24 in the list. The forging can then count as originating in the value calculation for the engine regardless of whether it was produced in the same factory or in another factory in the Community. The value of the non-originating ingot is thus not taken into account when adding up the value of the non-originating materials used. |
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3.2. |
The rule in the list represents the minimum amount of working or processing required and the carrying out of more working or processing also confers originating status; conversely, the carrying out of less working or processing cannot confer originating status. Thus if a rule provides that non-originating material at a certain level of manufacture may be used, the use of such material at an earlier stage of manufacture is allowed and the use of such material at a later stage is not. |
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3.3. |
Without prejudice to Note 3.2 where a rule states that ‘materials of any heading’ may be used, materials of the same heading as the product may also be used, subject, however, to any specific limitations which may also be contained in the rule. However, the expression ‘manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No…’ means that only materials classified in the same heading as the product of a different description than that of the product as given in column 2 of the list may be used. |
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3.4. |
When a rule in the list specifies that a product may be manufactured from more than one material, this means that any one or more materials may be used. It does not require that all be used. Example: The rule for fabrics of heading Nos 5208 to 5212 provides that natural fibres may be used and that chemical materials, among other materials, may also be used. This does not mean that both have to be used; it is possible to use one or the other or both. |
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3.5. |
Where a rule in the list specifies that a product must be manufactured from a particular material, the condition obviously does not prevent the use of other materials which, because of their inherent nature, cannot satisfy the rule. (See also Note 6.2 and 6.3 below in relation to textiles). Example: The rule for prepared foods of heading No 1904 which specifically excludes the use of cereals and their derivatives does not prevent the use of mineral salts, chemicals and other additives which are not products from cereals. However, this does not apply to products which, although they cannot be manufactured from the particular materials specified in the list, can be produced from a material of the same nature at an earlier stage of manufacture. Example: In the case of an article of apparel of ex Chapter 62 made from non-woven materials, if the use of only non-originating yarn is allowed for this class of article, it is not possible to start from non-woven cloth — even if non-woven cloths cannot normally be made from yarn. In such cases, the starting material would normally be at the stage before yarn — that is the fibre stage. |
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3.6. |
Where, in a rule in the list, two percentages are given for the maximum value of non-originating materials that can be used, then these percentages may not be added together. In other words, the maximum value of all the non-originating materials used may never exceed the highest of the percentages given. Furthermore, the individual percentages must not be exceeded in relation to the particular materials they apply to. |
Note 4:
4.1. The term ‘natural fibres’ is used in the list to refer to fibres other than artificial or synthetic fibres. It is restricted to the stages before spinning takes place, including waste, and, unless otherwise specified, includes fibres that have been carded, combed or otherwise processed but not spun.
4.2. The term ‘natural fibres’ includes horsehair of heading No 0503, silk of heading Nos 5002 and 5003 as well as the wool fibres, fine or coarse animal hair of heading Nos 5101 to 5105, the cotton fibres of heading Nos 5201 to 5203 and the other vegetable fibres of heading Nos 5301 to 5305.
4.3. The terms ‘textile pulp’, ‘chemical materials’ and ‘paper-making materials’ are used in the list to describe the materials not classified in Chapters 50 to 63, which can be used to manufacture artificial, synthetic or paper fibres or yarns.
4.4. The term ‘man-made staple fibres’ is used in the list to refer to synthetic or artificial filament tow, staple fibres or waste, of heading Nos 5501 to 5507.
Note 5:
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5.1. |
Where for a given product in the list a reference is made to this note, the conditions set out in column 3 shall not be applied to any basic textile materials, used in the manufacture of this product, which, taken together, represent 10 per cent or less of the total weight of all the basic textile materials used. (See also Notes 5.3 and 5.4 below). |
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5.2. |
However, the tolerance mentioned in Note 5.1 may only be applied to mixed products which have been made from two or more basic textile materials. The following are the basic textile materials: — silk, — wool, — coarse animal hair, — fine animal hair, — horsehair, — cotton, — paper-making materials and paper, — flax, — true hemp, — jute and other textile bast fibres, — sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave, — coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, — synthetic man-made filaments, — artificial man-made filaments, — current conducting filaments, — synthetic man-made staple fibres of polypropylene, — synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyester, — synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyamide, — synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyacrylonitrile, — synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyimide, — synthetic man-made staple fibres of polytetrafluoroethylene, — synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyphenylene sulphide, — synthetic man-made staple fibres of polyvinyl chloride, — other synthetic man-made staple fibres, — artificial man-made staple fibres of viscose, — other artificial man-made staple fibres, — yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether whether or not gimped, — yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyester whether or not gimped, — products of heading No 5605 (metallized yarn) incorporating strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of a core of plastic film whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm, sandwiched by means of a transparent or coloured adhesive between two layers of plastic film, — other products of heading No 5605. Example: A yarn of heading No 5205 made from cotton fibres of heading No 5203 and synthetic staple fibres of heading No 5506 is a mixed yarn. Therefore, non-originating synthetic staple fibres that do not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp) may be used up to a weight of 10 per cent of the yarn. Example: A woollen fabric of heading No 5112 made from woollen yarn of heading No 5107 and synthetic yarn of staple fibres of heading No 5509 is a mixed fabric. Therefore, synthetic yarn which does not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp) or woollen yarn that does not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning) or a combination of the two may be used provided their total weight does not exceed 10 per cent of the weight of the fabric. Example: Tufted textile fabric of heading No 5802 made from cotton yarn of heading No 5205 and cotton fabric of heading No 5210 is only a mixed product if the cotton fabric is itself a mixed fabric being made from yarns classified in two separate headings or if the cotton yarns used are themselves mixtures. Example: If the tufted textile fabric concerned had been made from cotton yarn of heading No 5205 and synthetic fabric of heading No 5407, then, obviously, the yarns used are two separate basic textile materials and the tufted textile fabric is accordingly a mixed product. |
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5.3. |
In the case of products incorporating ‘yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether whether or not gimped’ this tolerance is 20 per cent in respect of this yarn. |
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5.4. |
In the case of products incorporating ‘strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of a core of plastic film whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm, sandwiched by means of an adhesive between two layers of plastic film’, this tolerance is 30 per cent in respect of this strip. |
Note 6:
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6.1. |
In the case of those textile products, which are marked in the list by a footnote referring to this Introductory Note, textile trimmings and accessories which do not satisfy the rule set out in the list in column 3 for the made up products concerned may be used provided that their weight does not exceed 10 % of the total weight of all the textile materials incorporated. Textile trimmings and accessories are those classified in Chapters 50 to 63. Linings and interlinings are not to be regarded as trimmings or accessories. |
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6.2. |
Any non-textile trimmings and accessories or other materials used which contain textiles do not have to satisfy the conditions set out in column 3 even though they fall outside the scope of Note 3.5. |
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6.3. |
In accordance with Note 3.5, any non-originating non-textile trimmings and accessories or other product, which do not contain any textiles, may, anyway, be used freely where they cannot be made from the materials listed in column 3. For example if a rule in the list says that for a particular textile item, such as a blouse, yarn must be used, this does not prevent the use of metal items, such as buttons, because they cannot be made from textile materials. |
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6.4. |
Where a percentage rule applies, the value of trimmings and accessories must be taken into account when calculating the value of the non-originating materials incorporated. |
Note 7:
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7.1. |
For the purposes of heading Nos ex27 07, 2713 to 2715, ex29 01, ex29 02 and ex34 03, the ‘specific processes’ are the following: (a) vacuum distillation; (b) redistillation by a very thorough fractionation process ( 31 ); (c) cracking; (d) reforming; (e) extraction by means of selective solvents; (f) the process comprising all the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralization with alkaline agents; decolorization and purification with naturally active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite; (g) polymerization; (h) alkylation; (i) isomerization. |
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7.2. |
For the purposes of heading Nos 2710, 2711 and 2712, the ‘specific processes’ are the following: (a) vacuum distillation; (b) redistillation by a very thorough fractionation process; (c) cracking; (d) reforming; (e) extraction by means of selective solvents; (f) the process comprising all the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralization with alkaline agents; decolorization and purification with naturally active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite; (g) polymerization; (h) alkylation; ij) isomerization; (k) in respect of heavy oils falling within heading No ex27 10 only, desulphurization with hydrogen resulting in a reduction of at least 85 per cent of the sulphur content of the products processed (ASTM D 1266-59 T method); (l) in respect of products falling within heading No 2710 only, deparaffining by a process other than filtering; (m) in respect of heavy oils falling within heading No ex27 10 only, treatment with hydrogen at a pressure of more than 20 bar and a temperature of more than 250 °C with the use of a catalyst, other than to effect desulphurization, when the hydrogen constitutes an active element in a chemical reaction. The further treatment with hydrogen of lubricating oils of heading No ex27 10 (e.g. hydrofinishing or decolorization) in order, more especially, to improve colour or stability shall not, however, be deemed to be a specific process; (n) in respect of fuel oils falling within heading No ex27 10 only, atmospheric distillation, on condition that less than 30 per cent of these products distils, by volume, including losses, at 300 °C by the ASTM D 86 method; (o) in respect of heavy oils other than gas oils and fuel oils falling within heading No ex27 10 only, treatment by means of a high-frequency electrical brush-discharge. |
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7.3. |
For the purposes of heading Nos ex27 07, 2713 to 2715, ex29 01, ex29 02 and ex34 03, simple operations such as cleaning, decanting, desalting, water separation, filtering, colouring, marking, obtaining a sulphur content as a result of mixing products with different sulphur contents, any combination of these operations or like operations do not confer origin. |
Appendix 2
List of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status
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HS heading |
Description of product |
Working or processing, carried out on non-originating materials, which confers originating status |
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(1) |
(2) |
(3) or (4) |
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Chapter 1 |
Live animals |
All the animals of Chapter 1 used must be wholly obtained |
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Chapter 2 |
Meat and edible meat offal |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapters 1 and 2 used must be wholly obtained |
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Chapter 3 |
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 3 used must be wholly obtained |
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ex Chapter 4 |
Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 4 used must be wholly obtained |
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0403 |
Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yoghurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials of Chapter 4 used must be wholly obtained; — any fruit juice (except those of pineapple, lime or grapefruit) of heading No 2009 used must already be originating; — the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 5 |
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 5 used must be wholly obtained |
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ex05 02 |
Prepared pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair |
Cleaning, disinfecting, sorting and straightening of bristles and hair |
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Chapter 6 |
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials of Chapter 6 used must be wholly obtained; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 7 |
Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 7 used must be wholly obtained |
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Chapter 8 |
Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons |
Manufacture in which: — all the fruit and nuts used must be wholly obtained; — the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the value of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 9 |
Coffee, tea, maté and spices; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 9 used must be wholly obtained |
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0901 |
Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion |
Manufacture from materials of any heading |
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0902 |
Tea, whether or not flavoured |
Manufacture from materials of any heading |
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ex09 10 |
Mixtures of spices |
Manufacture from materials of any heading |
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Chapter 10 |
Cereals |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 10 used must be wholly obtained |
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ex Chapter 11 |
Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the cereals, edible vegetables, roots and tubers of heading No 0714 or fruit used must be wholly obtained |
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ex11 06 |
Flour, meal and powder of the dried, shelled leguminous vegetables of heading No 0713 |
Drying and milling of leguminous vegetables of heading No 0708 |
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Chapter 12 |
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 12 used must be wholly obtained |
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1301 |
Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams) |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials of heading No 1301 used may not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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1302 |
Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products: |
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— Mucilages and thickeners, modified, derived from vegetable products |
Manufacture from non-modified mucilages and thickeners |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 14 |
Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 14 used must be wholly obtained |
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ex Chapter 15 |
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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1501 |
Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading No 0209 or 1503 |
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— Fats from bones or waste |
Manufacture from materials of any heading except those of headings Nos 0203, 0206 or 0207 or bones of heading No 0506 |
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— Other |
Manufacture from meat or edible offal of swine of headings Nos 0203 or 0206 or of meat and edible offal of poultry of heading No 0207 |
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1502 |
Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading No 1503 |
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— Fats from bones or waste |
Manufacture from materials of any heading except those of headings Nos 0201, 0202, 0204 or 0206 or bones of heading No 0506 |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 2 used must be wholly obtained |
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1504 |
Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: |
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— Solid fractions |
Manufacture from materials of any heading including other materials of heading No 1504 |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapters 2 and 3 used must be wholly obtained |
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ex15 05 |
Refined lanolin |
Manufacture from crude wool grease of heading No 1505 |
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1506 |
Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified: |
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— Solid fractions |
Manufacture from materials of any heading including other materials of heading No 1506 |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 2 used must be wholly obtained |
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1507 to 1515 |
Vegetable oils and their fractions: |
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— Soya, ground nut, palm, copra, palm kernel, babassu, tung and oiticica oil, myrtle wax and Japan wax, fractions of jojoba oil and oils for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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— Solid fractions, except for that of jojoba oil |
Manufacture from other materials of heading Nos 1507 to 1515 |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which all the vegetable materials used must be wholly obtained |
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1516 |
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials of Chapter 2 used must be wholly obtained; — all the vegetable materials used must be wholly obtained. However, materials of heading Nos 1507, 1508, 1511 and 1513 may be used |
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1517 |
Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No 1516 |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials of Chapters 2 and 4 used must be wholly obtained; — all the vegetable materials used must be wholly obtained. However, materials of headings Nos 1507, 1508, 1511 and 1513 may be used |
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Chapter 16 |
Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates |
Manufacture from animals of Chapter 1. All the materials of Chapter 3 used must be wholly obtained |
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ex Chapter 17 |
Sugars and sugar confectionery; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex17 01 |
Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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1702 |
Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel: |
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— Chemically-pure maltose and fructose |
Manufacture from materials of any heading including other materials of heading No 1702 |
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— Other sugars in solid form, containing added flavouring or colouring matter |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which all the materials used must already be originating |
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ex17 03 |
Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugar, containing added flavouring or colouring matter |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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1704 |
Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 18 |
Cocoa and cocoa preparations |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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1901 |
Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included: |
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— Malt extract |
Manufacture from cereals of Chapter 10 |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of the materials of each of Chapters 4 and 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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1902 |
Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared: |
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— Containing 20 % or less by weight of meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans or molluscs |
Manufacture in which all the cereals and derivatives (except durum wheat and its derivatives) used must be wholly obtained |
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— Containing more than 20 % by weight of meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans or molluscs |
Manufacture in which: — all cereals and derivatives (except durum wheat and its derivatives) used must be wholly obtained; — all the materials of Chapters 2 and 3 used must be wholly obtained |
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1903 |
Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms |
Manufacture from materials of any heading except potato starch of heading No 1108 |
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1904 |
Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form, or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour and meal), pre-cooked, or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included |
Manufacture: — from materials not classified within heading No 1806; — in which all the cereals and flour (except durum wheat and its derivatives, and Zea indurata maize) used must be wholly obtained (1); — in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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1905 |
Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products |
Manufacture from materials of any heading except those of Chapter 11 |
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ex Chapter 20 |
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the fruit, nuts or vegetables used must be wholly obtained |
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ex20 01 |
Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % or more by weight of starch, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex20 04 and ex20 05 |
Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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2006 |
Vegetables, fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised) |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2007 |
Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut purée and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex20 08 |
— Nuts, not containing added sugar or spirits |
Manufacture in which the value of the originating nuts and oil seeds of headings Nos 0801, 0802 and 1202 to 1207 used exceeds 60 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Peanut butter; mixtures based on cereals; palm hearts; maize (corn) |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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— Other except for fruit and nuts cooked otherwise than by steaming or boiling in water, not containing added sugar, frozen |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2009 |
Fruit juices (including grape must) and vegetable juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 21 |
Miscellaneous edible preparations; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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2101 |
Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — all the chicory used must be wholly obtained |
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2103 |
Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard: |
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— Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, mustard flour or meal or prepared mustard may be used |
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— Mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard |
Manufacture from materials of any heading |
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ex21 04 |
Soups and broths and preparations therefor |
Manufacture from materials of any heading except prepared or preserved vegetables of headings Nos 2002 to 2005 |
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2106 |
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of the materials of each of Chapters 4 and 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 22 |
Beverages, spirits and vinegar; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — all the grapes or any material derived from grapes used must be wholly obtained |
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2202 |
Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009 |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product; — any fruit juice used (except for pineapple, lime and grapefruit juices) must already be originating |
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2207 |
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength |
Manufacture: — from materials not classified within headings Nos 2207 or 2208, — in which all the grapes or any material derived from grapes used must be wholly obtained or if all the other materials used are already originating, arrack may be used up to a limit of 5 % by volume |
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2208 |
Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages |
Manufacture: — from materials not classified within headings Nos 2207 or 2208, — in which all the grapes or any material derived from grapes used must be wholly obtained or if all the other materials used are already originating, arrack may be used up to a limit of 5 % by volume |
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ex Chapter 23 |
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex23 01 |
Whale meal; flours, meals and pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapters 2 and 3 used must be wholly obtained |
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ex23 03 |
Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product, exceeding 40 % by weight |
Manufacture in which all the maize used must be wholly obtained |
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ex23 06 |
Oil cake and other solid residues resulting from the extraction of olive oil, containing more than 3 % of olive oil |
Manufacture in which all the olives used must be wholly obtained |
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2309 |
Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding |
Manufacture in which: — all the cereals, sugar or molasses, meat or milk used must already be originating; — all the materials of Chapter 3 used must be wholly obtained |
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ex Chapter 24 |
Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 24 used must be wholly obtained |
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2402 |
Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes |
Manufacture in which at least 70 % by weight of the unmanufactured tobacco or tobacco refuse of heading No 2401 used must already be originating |
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ex24 03 |
Smoking tobacco |
Manufacture in which at least 70 % by weight of the unmanufactured tobacco or tobacco refuse of heading No 2401 used must already be originating |
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ex Chapter 25 |
Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex25 04 |
Natural crystalline graphite, with enriched carbon content, purified and ground |
Enriching of the carbon content, purifying and grinding of crude crystalline graphite |
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ex25 15 |
Marble, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm |
Cutting, by sawing or otherwise, of marble (even if already sawn) of a thickness exceeding 25 cm |
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ex25 16 |
Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone, merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 5 cm |
Cutting, by sawing or otherwise, of stone (even if already sawn) of a thickness exceeding 25 cm |
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ex25 18 |
Calcined dolomite |
Calcination of dolomite not calcined |
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ex25 19 |
Crushed natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), in hermetically-sealed containers, and magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, other than fused magnesia or dead-burned (sintered) magnesia |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) may be used |
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ex25 20 |
Plasters specially prepared for dentistry |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex25 24 |
Natural asbestos fibres |
Manufacture from asbestos concentrate |
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ex25 25 |
Mica powder |
Grinding of mica or mica waste |
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ex25 30 |
Earth colours, calcined or powdered |
Calcination or grinding of earth colours |
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Chapter 26 |
Ores, slag and ash |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 27 |
Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex2707 |
Oils in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents, being oils similar to mineral oils obtained by distillation of high temperature coal tar, of which more than 65 % by volume distils at a temperature of up to 250 °C (including mixtures of petroleum spirit and benzole), for use as power or heating fuels |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (2) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex27 09 |
Crude oils obtained from bituminous minerals |
Destructive distillation of bituminous materials |
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2710 |
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous materials, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70 % or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous materials, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (3) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2711 |
Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (3) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2712 |
Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes, and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (3) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2713 |
Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous materials |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (2) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2714 |
Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (2) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2715 |
Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch (for example, bituminous mastics, cut-backs) |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (2) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 28 |
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex28 05 |
‘Mischmetall’ |
Manufacture by electrolytic or thermal treatment in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex28 11 |
Sulphur trioxide |
Manufacture from sulphur dioxide |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex28 33 |
Aluminium sulphate |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex28 40 |
Sodium perborate |
Manufacture from disodium tetraborate pentahydrate |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 29 |
Organic chemicals; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex29 01 |
Acyclic hydrocarbons for use as power or heating fuels |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (2) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex29 02 |
Cyclanes and cyclenes (other than azulenes), benzene, toluene, xylenes, for use as power or heating fuels |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (2) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used, provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex29 05 |
Metal alcoholates of alcohols of this heading and of ethanol |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 2905. However, metal alcoholates of this heading may be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2915 |
Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of headings Nos 2915 and 2916 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex29 32 |
— Internal ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of heading No 2909 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Cyclic acetals and internal hemiacetals and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives |
Manufacture from materials of any heading |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2933 |
Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only |
Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of headings Nos 2932 and 2933 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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2934 |
Nucleic acids and their salts; other heterocyclic compounds |
Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of headings Nos 2932, 2933 and 2934 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 30 |
Pharmaceutical products; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3002 |
Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products: |
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— Products consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses or unmixed products for these uses, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— — Human blood |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— — Animal blood prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— — Blood fractions other than antisera, haemoglobin, blood globulins and serum globulins |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— — Haemoglobin, blood globulins and serum globulins |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— — Other |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3003 and 3004 |
Medicaments (excluding goods of headings Nos 3002, 3005 or 3006): |
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— Obtained from amikacin of heading No 2941 |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials of heading No 3003 or 3004 may be used provided their value, taken together, does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials of heading No 3003 or 3004 may be used provided their value, taken together, does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 31 |
Fertilisers; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex31 05 |
Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorous and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this Chapter, in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg, except for: — sodium nitrate — calcium cyanamide — potassium sulphate — magnesium potassium sulphate |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 32 |
Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex32 01 |
Tannins and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives |
Manufacture from tanning extracts of vegetable origin |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3205 |
Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on colour lakes (4) |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except headings Nos 3203, 3204 and 3205. However, materials from heading No 3205 may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 33 |
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3301 |
Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; extracted oleoresins; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including materials of a different ‘group’ (5) in this heading. However, materials of the same group may be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 34 |
Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental preparations with a basis of plaster; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex34 03 |
Lubricating preparations containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals |
Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es) (2) or Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3404 |
Artificial waxes and prepared waxes: |
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— With a basis of paraffin, petroleum waxes, waxes obtained from bituminous minerals, slack wax or scale wax |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except: — hydrogenated oils having the character of waxes of heading No 1516; — fatty acids not chemically defined or industrial fatty alcohols having the character of waxes of heading No 3823; — materials of heading No 3404 However, these materials may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 35 |
Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3505 |
Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinised or esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches: |
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— Starch ethers and esters |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3505 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except those of heading No 1108 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex35 07 |
Prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 36 |
Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 37 |
Photographic or cinematographic goods; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3701 |
Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in the flat, sensitised, unexposed, whether or not in packs: |
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— Instant print film for colour photography, in packs |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading No 3701 or 3702. However, materials from heading No 3702 may be used provided their value does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading No 3701 or 3702. However, materials from headings Nos 3701 and 3702 may be used provided their value, taken together, does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3702 |
Photographic film in rolls, sensitised, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in rolls, sensitised, unexposed |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading No 3701 or 3702 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3704 |
Photographic plates, film paper, paperboard and textiles, exposed but not developed |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than headings Nos 3701 to 3704 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 38 |
Miscellaneous chemical products; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex38 01 |
— Colloidal graphite in suspension in oil and semi-colloidal graphite; carbonaceous pastes for electrodes |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Graphite in paste form, being a mixture of more than 30 % by weight of graphite with mineral oils |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials of heading No 3403 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex38 03 |
Refined tall oil |
Refining of crude tall oil |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex38 05 |
Spirits of sulphate turpentine, purified |
Purification by distillation or refining of raw spirits of sulphate turpentine |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex38 06 |
Ester gums |
Manufacture from resin acids |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex38 07 |
Wood pitch (wood tar pitch) |
Distillation of wood tar |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3808 |
Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the products |
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3809 |
Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the products |
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3810 |
Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the products |
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3811 |
Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils: |
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— Prepared additives for lubricating oil, containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials of heading No 3811 used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3812 |
Prepared rubber accelerators; compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3813 |
Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3814 |
Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3818 |
Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3819 |
Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3820 |
Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3822 |
Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing and prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents, whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading No 3002 or 3006 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3823 |
Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols: |
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— Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids, acid oils from refining |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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— Industrial fatty alcohols |
Manufacture from materials of any heading including other materials of heading No 3823 |
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3824 |
Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included: |
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— The following of this heading: — — Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores based on natural resinous products — — Naphthenic acids, their water insoluble salts and their esters — — Sorbitol other than that of heading No 2905 — — Petroleum sulphonates, excluding petroleum sulphonates of alkali metals, of ammonium or of ethanolamines; thiophenated sulphonic acids of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, and their salts — — Ion exchangers — — Getters for vacuum tubes — — Alkaline iron oxide for the purification of gas — — Ammoniacal gas liquors and spent oxide produced in coal gas purification — — Sulphonaphthenic acids, their water insoluble salts and their esters — — Fusel oil and Dippel's oil — — Mixtures of salts having different anions — — Copying pastes with a basis of gelatin, whether or not on a paper or textile backing |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3901 to 3915 |
Plastics in primary forms, waste, parings and scrap, of plastic; except for headings Nos ex39 07 and 3912 for which the rules are set out below: |
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— Addition homopolymerisation products in which a single monomer contributes more than 99 % by weight to the total polymer content |
Manufacture in which: — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product; — the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product (6) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which the value of the materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product (6) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex39 07 |
— Copolymer, made from polycarbonate and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS) |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Polyester |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product and/or manufacture from polycarbonate of tetrabromo-(bisphenol A) |
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3912 |
Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials classified in the same heading as the product does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3916 to 3921 |
Semi-manufactures and articles of plastics; except for headings Nos ex39 16, ex39 17, ex39 20 and ex39 21, for which the rules are set out below: |
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— Flat products, further worked than only surface-worked or cut into forms other than rectangular (including square); other products, further worked than only surface-worked |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other: |
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— — Addition homopolymerisation products in which a single monomer contributes more than 99 % by weight to the total polymer content |
Manufacture in which: — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product; — the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product (6) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— — Other |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product (6) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex39 16 and ex39 17 |
Profile shapes and tubes |
Manufacture in which: — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product; — the value of any materials classified within the same heading as the product does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex39 20 |
— Ionomer sheet or film |
Manufacture from a thermoplastic partial salt which is a copolymer of ethylene and metacrylic acid partly neutralised with metal ions, mainly zinc and sodium |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Sheets of regenerated cellulose, polyamides or polyethylene |
Manufacture in which the value of any materials classified in the same heading as the product does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex39 21 |
Foils of plastic, metallised |
Manufacture from highly transparent polyester foils with a thickness of less than 23 micron (7) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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3922 to 3926 |
Articles of plastics |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 40 |
Rubber and articles thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex40 01 |
Laminated slabs of crepe rubber for shoes |
Lamination of sheets of natural rubber |
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4005 |
Compounded rubber, unvulcanised, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used, except natural rubber, does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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4012 |
Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber: |
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— Retreaded pneumatic, solid or cushion tyres, of rubber |
Retreading of used tyres |
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— Other |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, except those of heading No 4011 or 4012 |
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ex40 17 |
Articles of hard rubber |
Manufacture from hard rubber |
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ex Chapter 41 |
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex41 02 |
Raw skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on |
Removal of wool from sheep or lamb skins, with wool on |
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4104 to 4107 |
Leather, without hair or wool, other than leather of headings Nos 4108 or 4109 |
Retanning of pre-tanned leather or Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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4109 |
Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather |
Manufacture from leather of headings Nos 4104 to 4107 provided its value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 42 |
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk worm gut) |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 43 |
Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex43 02 |
Tanned or dressed furskins, assembled: |
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— Plates, crosses and similar forms |
Bleaching or dyeing, in addition to cutting and assembly of non-assembled tanned or dressed furskins |
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— Other |
Manufacture from non-assembled, tanned or dressed furskins |
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4303 |
Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other articles of furskin |
Manufacture from non-assembled tanned or dressed furskins of heading No 4302 |
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ex Chapter 44 |
Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex44 03 |
Wood roughly squared |
Manufacture from wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of its bark or merely roughed down |
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ex44 07 |
Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm, planed, sanded or finger-jointed |
Planing, sanding or finger-jointing |
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ex44 08 |
Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm, spliced, and other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm, planed, sanded or finger-jointed |
Splicing, planing, sanding or finger-jointing |
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ex44 09 |
Wood continuously shaped along any of its edges or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed: |
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— Sanded or finger-jointed |
Sanding or finger-jointing |
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— Beadings and mouldings |
Beading or moulding |
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ex44 10 to ex44 13 |
Beadings and mouldings, including moulded skirting and other moulded boards |
Beading or moulding |
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ex44 15 |
Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood |
Manufacture from boards not cut to size |
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ex44 16 |
Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood |
Manufacture from riven staves, not further worked than sawn on the two principal surfaces |
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ex44 18 |
— Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, cellular wood panels, shingles and shakes may be used |
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— Beadings and mouldings |
Beading or moulding |
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ex44 21 |
Match splints; wooden pegs or pins for footwear |
Manufacture from wood of any heading except drawn wood of heading No 4409 |
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ex Chapter 45 |
Cork and articles of cork; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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4503 |
Articles of natural cork |
Manufacture from cork of heading No 4501 |
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Chapter 46 |
Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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Chapter 47 |
Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 48 |
Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex48 11 |
Paper and paperboard, ruled, lined or squared only |
Manufacture from paper-making materials of Chapter 47 |
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4816 |
Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (other than those of heading No 4809), duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether or not put up in boxes |
Manufacture from paper-making materials of Chapter 47 |
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4817 |
Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards, of paper or paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of paper stationery |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex48 18 |
Toilet paper |
Manufacture from paper-making materials of Chapter 47 |
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ex48 19 |
Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex48 20 |
Letter pads |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex48 23 |
Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape |
Manufacture from paper-making materials of Chapter 47 |
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ex Chapter 49 |
Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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4909 |
Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings |
Manufacture from materials not classified within heading No 4909 or 4911 |
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4910 |
Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks: |
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— Calendars of the ‘perpetual’ type or with replaceable blocks mounted on bases other than paper or paperboard |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture from materials not classified in heading No 4909 or 4911 |
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ex Chapter 50 |
Silk; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex50 03 |
Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock), carded or combed |
Carding or combing of silk waste |
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5004 to ex50 06 |
Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste |
Manufacture from (8): — raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — other natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper-making materials |
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5007 |
Woven fabrics of silk or of silk waste: |
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— Incorporating rubber thread |
Manufacture from single yarn (8) |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 51 |
Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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5106 to 5110 |
Yarn of wool, of fine or coarse animal hair or of horsehair |
Manufacture from (8): — raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper-making materials |
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5111 to 5113 |
Woven fabrics of wool, of fine or coarse animal hair or of horsehair: |
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— Incorporating rubber thread |
Manufacture from single yarn (8) |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 52 |
Cotton; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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5204 to 5207 |
Yarn and thread of cotton |
Manufacture from (8): — raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper-making materials |
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5208 to 5212 |
Woven fabrics of cotton: |
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— Incorporating rubber thread |
Manufacture from single yarn (8) |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 53 |
Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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5306 to 5308 |
Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn |
Manufacture from (8): — raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper-making materials |
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5309 to 5311 |
Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn: |
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— Incorporating rubber thread |
Manufacture from single yarn (8) |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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5401 to 5406 |
Yarn, monofilament and thread of man-made filaments |
Manufacture from (8): — raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper-making materials |
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5407 and 5408 |
Woven fabrics of man-made filament yarn: |
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— Incorporating rubber thread |
Manufacture from single yarn (8) |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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5501 to 5507 |
Man-made staple fibres |
Manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp |
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5508 to 5511 |
Yarn and sewing thread of man-made staple fibres |
Manufacture from (8): — raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper-making materials |
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5512 to 5516 |
Woven fabrics of man-made staple fibres: |
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— Incorporating rubber thread |
Manufacture from single yarn (8) |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 56 |
Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof; except for: |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — natural fibres, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper making materials |
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5602 |
Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated: |
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— Needleloom felt |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, — chemical materials or textile pulp However: — polypropylene filament of heading No 5402, — polypropylene fibres of heading No 5503 or 5506 — or — polypropylene filament tow of heading No 5501, of which the denomination in all cases of a single filament or fibre is less than 9 decitex, may be used provided their value does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres made from casein, or — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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5604 |
Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading No 5404 or 5405, impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber or plastics: |
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— Rubber thread and cord, textile covered |
Manufacture from rubber thread or cord, not textile covered |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper-making materials |
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5605 |
Metallised yarn, whether or not gimped, being textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading No 5404 or 5405, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper-making materials |
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5606 |
Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading No 5404 or 5405, gimped (other than those of heading No 5605 and gimped horsehair yarn); chenille yarn (including flock chenille yarn); loop wale-yarn |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, — chemical materials or textile pulp, or — paper-making materials |
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Chapter 57 |
Carpets and other textile floor coverings: |
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— Of needleloom felt |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, or — chemical materials or textile pulp However: — polypropylene filament of heading No 5402, — polypropylene fibres of heading No 5503 or 5506 — or — polypropylene filament tow of heading No 5501, of which the denomination in all cases of a single filament or fibre is less than 9 decitex, may be used provided their value does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product Jute fabric may be used as a backing |
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— Of other felt |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn or jute yarn, — synthetic or artificial filament yarn, — natural fibres, or — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning Jute fabric may be used as a backing |
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ex Chapter 58 |
Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery; except for: |
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— Combined with rubber thread |
Manufacture from single yarn (8) |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or — chemical materials or textile pulp, or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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5805 |
Hand-woven tapestries of the types Gobelins, Flanders, Aubusson, Beauvais and the like, and needle-worked tapestries (for example, petit point, cross stitch), whether or not made up |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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5810 |
Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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5901 |
Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances, of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffened textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations |
Manufacture from yarn |
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5902 |
Tyre cord fabric of high tenacity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon: |
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— Containing not more than 90 % by weight of textile materials |
Manufacture from yarn |
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— Other |
Manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp |
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5903 |
Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, other than those of heading No 5902 |
Manufacture from yarn or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, rasing, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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5904 |
Linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a coating or covering applied on a textile backing, whether or not cut to shape |
Manufacture from yarn (8) |
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5905 |
Textile wall coverings: |
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— Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, plastics or other materials |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, or — chemical materials or textile pulp, or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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5906 |
Rubberised textile fabrics, other than those of heading No 5902: |
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— Knitted or crocheted fabrics |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, or — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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— Other fabrics made of synthetic filament yarn, containing more than 90 % by weight of textile materials |
Manufacture from chemical materials |
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— Other |
Manufacture from yarn |
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5907 |
Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated, coated or covered; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio back-cloths or the like |
Manufacture from yarn or Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, rasing, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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5908 |
Textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like; incandescent gas mantles and tubular knitted gas mantle fabric therefor, whether or not impregnated: |
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— Incandescent gas mantles, impregnated |
Manufacture from tubular knitted gas mantle fabric |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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5909 to 5911 |
Textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use: |
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— Polishing discs or rings other than of felt of heading No 5911 |
Manufacture from yarn or waste fabrics or rags of heading No 6310 |
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— Woven fabrics, of a kind commonly used in papermaking or other technical uses, felted or not, whether or not impregnated or coated, tubular or endless with single or multiple warp and/or weft, or flat woven with multiple warp and/or weft of heading No 5911 |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — the following materials: — — yarn of polytetra fluoroethylene (9), — — yarn, multiple, of polyamide, coated impregnated or covered with a phenolic resin, — — yarn of synthetic textile fibres of aromatic polyamides, obtained by polycondensation of m-phenylenediamine and isophthalic acid, — — monofil of polytetra fluoroethylene (9), — — yarn of synthetic textile fibres of poly-p-phenylene terephthalamide, — — glass fibre yarn, coated with phenol resin and gimped with acrylic yarn (9), — — copolyester monofilaments of a polyester and a resin of terephthalic acid and 1,4-cyclohexanediethanol and isophthalic acid, — — natural fibres, — — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or — — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — coir yarn, — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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Chapter 60 |
Knitted or crocheted fabrics |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, or — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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Chapter 61 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted: |
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— Obtained by sewing together or otherwise assembling, two or more pieces of knitted or crocheted fabric which have been either cut to form or obtained directly to form |
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— Other |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, or — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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ex Chapter 62 |
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted; except for: |
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ex62 02, ex62 04, ex62 06, ex62 09 and ex62 11 |
Women's, girls' and babies' clothing and clothing accessories for babies, embroidered |
Manufacture from yarn (10) or Manufacture from unembroidered fabric provided the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product (10) |
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ex62 10 and ex62 16 |
Fire-resistant equipment of fabric covered with foil of aluminised polyester |
Manufacture from yarn (10) or Manufacture from uncoated fabric provided the value of the uncoated fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product (10) |
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6213 and 6214 |
Handkerchiefs, shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like: |
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— Embroidered |
Manufacture from unbleached single yarn (10) (8) or Manufacture from unembroidered fabric provided the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product % of the ex-works price of the product (8) |
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— Other |
Manufacture from unbleached single yarn (10) (8) or Making up followed by printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted goods of headings Nos 6213 and 6214 used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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6217 |
Other made up clothing accessories; parts of garments or of clothing accessories, other than those of heading No 6212: |
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— Embroidered |
Manufacture from yarn (10) or Manufacture from unembroidered fabric provided the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product (10) |
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— Fire-resistant equipment of fabric covered with foil of aluminised polyester |
Manufacture from yarn (10) or Manufacture from uncoated fabric provided the value of the uncoated fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product (10) |
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— Interlinings for collars and cuffs, cut out |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture from yarn (10) |
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ex Chapter 63 |
Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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6301 to 6304 |
Blankets, travelling rugs, bed linen etc.; curtains etc.; other furnishing articles: |
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— Of felt, of nonwovens |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, or — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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— Other: |
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— — Embroidered |
Manufacture from unbleached single yarn (10) (11) or Manufacture from unembroidered fabric (other than knitted or crocheted) provided the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— — Other |
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6305 |
Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods |
Manufacture from (8): — natural fibres, — man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning, or — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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6306 |
Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds; tents; sails for boats, sailboards or landcraft; camping goods: |
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— Of nonwovens |
— natural fibres, or — chemical materials or textile pulp |
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— Other |
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6307 |
Other made-up articles, including dress patterns |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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6308 |
Sets consisting of woven fabric and yarn, whether or not with accessories, for making up into rugs, tapestries, embroidered table cloths or serviettes, or similar textile articles, put up in packings for retail sale |
Each item in the set must satisfy the rule which would apply to it if it were not included in the set. However, non-originating articles may be incorporated provided their total value does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set |
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ex Chapter 64 |
Footwear, gaiters and the like; except for: |
Manufacture from materials of any heading except for assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading No 6406 |
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6406 |
Parts of footwear (including uppers whether or not attached to soles other than outer soles); removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, leggings and similar articles, and parts thereof |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 65 |
Headgear and parts thereof, except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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6503 |
Felt hats and other felt headgear, made from the hat bodies, hoods or plateaux of heading No 6501, whether or not lined or trimmed |
Manufacture from yarn or textile fibres (10) |
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6505 |
Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hair-nets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed |
Manufacture from yarn or textile fibres (10) |
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ex Chapter 66 |
Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops, and parts thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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6601 |
Umbrellas and sun umbrellas (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and similar umbrellas) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 67 |
Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 68 |
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex68 03 |
Articles of slate or of agglomerated slate |
Manufacture from worked slate |
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ex68 12 |
Articles of asbestos; articles of mixtures with a basis of asbestos or of mixtures with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate |
Manufacture from materials of any heading |
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ex68 14 |
Articles of mica, including agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a support of paper, paperboard or other materials |
Manufacture from worked mica (including agglomerated or reconstituted mica) |
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Chapter 69 |
Ceramic products |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 70 |
Glass and glassware; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex70 03, ex70 04 and ex70 05 |
Glass with a non-reflecting layer |
Manufacture from materials of heading No 7001 |
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7006 |
Glass of headings Nos 7003, 7004 or 7005, bent, edge-worked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials: |
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— Glass-plate substrates, coated with a dielectric thin film, and of a semiconductor grade in accordance with SEMII-standards (12) |
Manufacture from non-coated glass-plate substrate of heading No 7006 |
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— Other |
Manufacture from materials of heading No 7001 |
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7007 |
Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass |
Manufacture from materials of heading No 7001 |
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7008 |
Multiple-walled insulating units of glass |
Manufacture from materials of heading No 7001 |
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7009 |
Glass mirrors, whether or not framed, including rear-view mirrors |
Manufacture from materials of heading No 7001 |
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7010 |
Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product or Cutting of glassware, provided the value of the uncut glassware does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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7013 |
Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than that of heading No 7010 or 7018) |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product or Cutting of glassware, provided the value of the uncut glassware does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product or Hand-decoration (with the exception of silk-screen printing) of hand-blown glassware, provided the value of the hand-blown glassware does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex70 19 |
Articles (other than yarn) of glass fibres |
Manufacture from: — uncoloured slivers, rovings, yarn or chopped strands, or — glass wool |
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ex Chapter 71 |
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex71 01 |
Natural or cultured pearls, graded and temporarily strung for convenience of transport |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex71 02, ex71 03 and ex71 04 |
Worked precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) |
Manufacture from unworked precious or semi-precious stones |
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7106, 7108 and 7110 |
Precious metals: |
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— Unwrought |
Manufacture from materials not classified within headings Nos 7106, 7108 or 7110 or Electrolytic, thermal or chemical separation of precious metals of headings Nos 7106, 7108 or 7110 or Alloying of precious metals of headings Nos 7106, 7108 or 7110 with each other or with base metals |
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— Semi-manufactured or in powder form |
Manufacture from unwrought precious metals |
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ex71 07, ex71 09 and ex71 11 |
Metals clad with precious metals, semi-manufactured |
Manufacture from metals clad with precious metals, unwrought |
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7116 |
Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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7117 |
Imitation jewellery |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product or Manufacture from base metal parts, not plated or covered with precious metals, provided the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 72 |
Iron and steel; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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7207 |
Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel |
Manufacture from materials of headings Nos 7201, 7202, 7203, 7204 or 7205 |
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7208 to 7216 |
Flat-rolled products, bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel |
Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms of heading No 7206 |
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7217 |
Wire of iron or non-alloy steel |
Manufacture from semi-finished materials of heading No 7207 |
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ex72 18, 7219 to 7222 |
Semi-finished products, flat-rolled products, bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections of stainless steel |
Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms of heading No 72187218 |
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7223 |
Wire of stainless steel |
Manufacture from semi-finished materials of heading No 7218 |
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ex72 24, 7225 to 7228 |
Semi-finished products, flat-rolled products, hot-rolled bars and rods, in irregularly wound coils; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel |
Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms of headings Nos 7206, 7218 or 7224 |
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7229 |
Wire of other alloy steel |
Manufacture from semi-finished materials of heading No 7224 |
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ex Chapter 73 |
Articles of iron or steel; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex73 01 |
Sheet piling |
Manufacture from materials of heading No 7206 |
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7302 |
Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rack-rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole pates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialised for jointing or fixing rails |
Manufacture from materials of heading No 7206 |
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7304, 7305 and 7306 |
Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel |
Manufacture from materials of headings Nos 7206, 7207, 7218 or 7224 |
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ex73 07 |
Tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (ISO No X5CrNiMo 1712), consisting of several parts |
Turning, drilling, reaming, threading, deburring and sandblasting of forged blanks the value of which does not exceed 35 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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7308 |
Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading No 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, welded angles, shapes and sections of heading No 7301 may not be used |
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ex73 15 |
Skid chain |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials of heading No 7315 used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 74 |
Copper and articles thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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7401 |
Copper mattes; cement copper (precipitated copper) |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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7402 |
Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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7403 |
Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought: |
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— Refined copper |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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— Copper alloys and refined copper containing other elements |
Manufacture from refined copper, unwrought, or waste and scrap of copper |
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7404 |
Copper waste and scrap |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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7405 |
Master alloys of copper |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 75 |
Nickel and articles thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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7501 to 7503 |
Nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy; unwrought nickel; nickel waste and scrap |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 76 |
Aluminium and articles thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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7601 |
Unwrought aluminium |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product or Manufacture by thermal or electrolytic treatment from unalloyed aluminium or waste and scrap of aluminium |
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7602 |
Aluminium waste or scrap |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex76 16 |
Aluminium articles other than gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials (including endless bands) of aluminium wire, and expanded metal of aluminium |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials (including endless bands) of aluminium wire, or expanded metal of aluminium may be used; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 77 |
Reserved for possible future use in the HS |
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ex Chapter 78 |
Lead and articles thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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7801 |
Unwrought lead: |
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— Refined lead |
Manufacture from ‘bullion’ or ‘work’ lead |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, waste and scrap of heading No 7802 may not be used |
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7802 |
Lead waste and scrap |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 79 |
Zinc and articles thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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7901 |
Unwrought zinc |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, waste and scrap of heading No 7902 may not be used |
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7902 |
Zinc waste and scrap |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 80 |
Tin and articles thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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8001 |
Unwrought tin |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, waste and scrap of heading No 8002 may not be used |
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8002 and 8007 |
Tin waste and scrap; other articles of tin |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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Chapter 81 |
Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof: |
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— Other base metals, wrought; articles thereof |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials classified within the same heading as the product used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex Chapter 82 |
Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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8206 |
Tools of two or more of the heading Nos 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading Nos 8202 to 8205. However, tools of heading Nos 8202 to 8205 may be incorporated into the set provided their value does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set |
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8207 |
Interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine-tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, punching, tapping, threading, drilling, boring, broaching, milling, turning, or screwdriving), including dies for drawing or extruding metal, and rock drilling or earth boring tools |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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8208 |
Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex82 11 |
Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading No 8208 |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, knife blades and handles of base metal may be used |
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8214 |
Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files) |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, handles of base metal may be used |
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8215 |
Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, handles of base metal may be used |
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ex Chapter 83 |
Miscellaneous articles of base metal; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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|
ex83 02 |
Other mountings, fittings and similar articles suitable for buildings, and automatic door closers |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, the other materials of heading No 8302 may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex83 06 |
Statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, the other materials of heading No 8306 may be used provided their value does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 84 |
Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex84 01 |
Nuclear fuel elements |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product (13) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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8402 |
Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than central heating hot water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); super-heated water boilers |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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8403 and ex84 04 |
Central heating boilers other than those of heading No 8402 and auxiliary plant for central heating boilers |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading No 8403 or 8404 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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8406 |
Steam turbines and other vapour turbines |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
8407 |
Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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8408 |
Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8409 |
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading No 8407 or 8408 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
8411 |
Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8412 |
Other engines and motors |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
ex84 13 |
Rotary positive displacement pumps |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
ex84 14 |
Industrial fans, blowers and the like |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8415 |
Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
8418 |
Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading No 8415 |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product — the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
ex84 19 |
Machines for wood, paper pulp and paperboard industries |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within the same heading as the product are only used up to a value of 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8420 |
Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals or glass, and cylinders therefor |
Manufacture — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within the same heading as the product are only used up to a value of 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8423 |
Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8425 to 8428 |
Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8431 are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8429 |
Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers: |
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|
— Road rollers |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8431 are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8430 |
Other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers and pile-extractors; snow-ploughs and snow-blowers |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the value of the materials classified within heading No 8431 are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
ex84 31 |
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with road rollers |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8439 |
Machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material or for making or finishing paper or paperboard |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within the same heading as the product are only used up to a value of 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8441 |
Other machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, including cutting machines of all kinds |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within the same heading as the product are only used up to a value of 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8444 to 8447 |
Machines of these headings for use in the textile industry |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
ex84 48 |
Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of headings Nos 8444 and 8445 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8452 |
Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines of heading No 8440; furniture, bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles: |
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|
— Sewing machines (lock stitch only) with heads of a weight not exceeding 16 kg without motor or 17 kg with motor |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used in assembling the head (without motor) does not exceed the value of the originating materials used; — the thread tension, crochet and zigzag mechanisms used are already originating |
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|
— Other |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
8456 to 8466 |
Machine-tools and machines and their parts and accessories of headings Nos 8456 to 8466 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8469 to 8472 |
Office machines (for example, typewriters, calculating machines, automatic data processing machines, duplicating machines, stapling machines) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8480 |
Moulding boxes for metal foundry; mould bases; moulding patterns; moulds for metal (other than ingot moulds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or plastics |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8482 |
Ball or roller bearings |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8484 |
Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more layers of metal; sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints, dissimilar in composition, put up in pouches, envelopes or similar packings; mechanical seals |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8485 |
Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 85 |
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8501 |
Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets) |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8503 are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8502 |
Electric generating sets and rotary converters |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8501 or 8503, taken together, are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
ex85 04 |
Power supply units for automatic data-processing machines |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
ex85 18 |
Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8519 |
Turntables (record-decks), record-players, cassette-players and other sound reproducing apparatus, not incorporating a sound recording device |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8520 |
Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8521 |
Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8522 |
Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading Nos 8519 to 8521 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8523 |
Prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena, other than products of Chapter 37 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8524 |
Records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly recorded phenomena, including matrices and masters for the production of records, but excluding products of Chapter 37: |
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|
— Matrices and masters for the production of records |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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— Other |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8523 are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8525 |
Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras; still image video cameras and other video camera recorders |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8526 |
Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8527 |
Reception apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy or radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8528 |
Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; video monitors and video projectors |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8529 |
Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading Nos 8525 to 8528: |
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|
— Suitable for use solely or principally with video recording or reproducing apparatus |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
— Other |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8535 and 8536 |
Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8538 are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8537 |
Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading No 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, and numerical control apparatus, other than switching apparatus of heading No 8517 |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8538 are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex85 41 |
Diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor devices, except wafers not yet cut into chips |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8542 |
Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8541 or 8542, taken together, are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8544 |
Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
8545 |
Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
8546 |
Electrical insulators of any material |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8547 |
Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating materials apart from any minor components of metal (for example, threaded sockets) incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly, other than insulators of heading No 8546; electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with insulating material |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
8548 |
Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 86 |
Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signaling equipment of all kinds; except for: |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
8608 |
Railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields; parts of the foregoing |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
ex Chapter 87 |
Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
8709 |
Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8710 |
Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8711 |
Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side-cars: |
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— With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity: |
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— — Not exceeding 50 cc |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
— — Exceeding 50 cc |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
— Other |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
ex87 12 |
Bicycles without ball bearings |
Manufacture from materials not classified in heading No 8714 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8715 |
Baby carriages and parts thereof |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8716 |
Trailers and semi-trailers; other vehicles, not mechanically propelled; parts thereof |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 88 |
Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
ex88 04 |
Rotochutes |
Manufacture from materials of any heading including other materials of heading No 8804 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
8805 |
Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor or similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 89 |
Ships, boats and floating structures |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, hulls of heading No 8906 may not be used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 90 |
Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
9001 |
Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading No 8544; sheets and plates of polarising material; lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
|
9002 |
Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
9004 |
Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
ex90 05 |
Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor, except for astronomical refracting telescopes and mountings therefor |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product and — the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
ex90 06 |
Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than electrically ignited flashbulbs |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product and — the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
9007 |
Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product and — the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
9011 |
Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product and — the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
|
ex90 14 |
Other navigational instruments and appliances |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
9015 |
Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
9016 |
Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
9017 |
Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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|
9018 |
Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments: |
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|
— Dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances or dentists' spittoons |
Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 9018 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9019 |
Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9020 |
Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9024 |
Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics) |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9025 |
Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9026 |
Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of headings Nos 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9027 |
Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9028 |
Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor: |
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Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Manufacture in which: — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product and — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9029 |
Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, mileometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading No 9014 or 9015; stroboscopes |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9030 |
Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading No 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionising radiations |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9031 |
Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9032 |
Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9033 |
Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 91 |
Clocks and watches and parts thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9105 |
Other clocks |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9109 |
Clock movements, complete and assembled |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9110 |
Complete watch or clock movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets); incomplete watch or clock movements, assembled; rough watch or clock movements |
Manufacture: — in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product; — where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 9114 are only used up to a value of 10 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9111 |
Watch cases and parts thereof |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9112 |
Clock cases and cases of a similar type for other goods of this Chapter, and parts thereof |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9113 |
Watch straps, watch bands and watch bracelets, and parts thereof: |
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Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 92 |
Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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Chapter 93 |
Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 94 |
Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex94 01 and ex94 03 |
Base metal furniture, incorporating unstuffed cotton cloth of a weight of 300 g/m2 or less |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified in a heading other than that of the product or Manufacture from cotton cloth already made up in a form ready for use of heading No 9401 or 9403, provided: — its value does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product; — all the other materials used are already originating and are classified in a heading other than heading No 9401 or 9403 |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9405 |
Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified or included |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9406 |
Prefabricated buildings |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex Chapter 95 |
Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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9503 |
Other toys; reduced-size (‘scale’) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex95 06 |
Golf clubs and parts thereof |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, roughly shaped blocks for making golf club heads may be used |
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ex Chapter 96 |
Miscellaneous manufactured articles; except for: |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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ex96 01 and ex96 02 |
Articles of animal, vegetable or mineral carving materials |
Manufacture from ‘worked’ carving materials of the same heading |
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ex96 03 |
Brooms and brushes (except for besoms and the like and brushes made from marten or squirrel hair), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorised, paint pads and rollers, squeegees and mops |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9605 |
Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning |
Each item in the set must satisfy the rule, which would apply to it if it were not included in the set. However, non-originating articles may be incorporated, provided their total value does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set |
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9606 |
Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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9608 |
Ball-point pens; felt-tipped and other porous-tipped pens and markers; fountain pens, stylograph pens and other pens; duplicating stylos; propelling or sliding pencils; pen-holders, pencil-holders and similar holders; parts (including caps and clips) of the foregoing articles, other than those of heading No 9609 |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, nibs or nib-points classified within the same heading may be used |
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9612 |
Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes |
Manufacture in which: — all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product; — the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex96 13 |
Lighters with piezo-igniter |
Manufacture in which the value of all the materials of heading No 9613 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product |
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ex96 14 |
Smoking pipes and pipe bowls |
Manufacture from roughly shaped blocks |
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Chapter 97 |
Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques |
Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product |
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(1) The exception concerning Zea indurata maize is applicable until 31.12.2002. (2) For the special conditions relating to ‘specific processes’ see Introductory Notes 7.1 and 7.3. (3) For the special conditions relating to ‘specific processes’ see Introductory Note 7.2. (4) Note 3 to Chapter 32 says that these preparations are those of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring preparations, provided they are not classified in another heading in Chapter 32. (5) A ‘group’ is regarded as any part of the heading separated from the rest by a semi-colon. (6) In the case of the products composed of materials classified within both headings Nos 3901 to 3906, on the one hand, and within headings Nos 3907 to 3911, on the other hand, this restriction only applies to that group of materials which predominates by weight in the product. (7) The following foils shall be considered as highly transparent: foils, the optical dimming of which — measured according to ASTM-D 1003-16 by Gardner Hazemeter (i.e. Hazefactor) — is less than 2 %. (8) For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5. (9) The use of this material is restricted to the manufacture of woven fabrics of a kind used in paper-making machinery. (10) See Introductory Note 6. (11) For knitted or crocheted articles, not elastic or rubberised, obtained by sewing or assembling pieces of knitted or crocheted fabrics (cut out or knitted directly to shape), see Introductory Note 6. (12) SEMII — Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Institute Incorporated. (13) This rule shall apply until 31.12.2005. |
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Appendix 3
Appendix 4
Appendix 5 A
Appendix 5 B
Appendix 6
Appendix 7
ANNEX IV
CONDITIONS FOR ENTRY INTO THE COMMUNITY OF PRODUCTS NOT ORIGINATING IN THE OCT, BUT WHICH ARE IN FREE CIRCULATION IN THE OCT, AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
Article 1
Direct transport
1. The arrangements provided for under the provisions of Article 36 of this Decision apply only to products, satisfying the requirements of this Annex, which are transported directly between the territory of the OCT and the Community without entering any other territory. However, products constituting one single consignment may be transported through territory other than that of the OCT with, should the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territory, provided that they remain under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or warehousing and do not undergo operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.
2. Evidence that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled shall be supplied to the responsible customs authorities by the production of:
(a) a single transport document covering the passage from the exporting country or territory through the country of transit; or
(b) a certificate issued by the customs authorities of the country of transit:
(i) giving an exact description of the products;
(ii) stating the dates of unloading and reloading of the products and, where applicable, the names of the ships, or the other means of transport used; and
(iii) certifying the conditions under which the products remained in the transit country; or
(c) failing these, any substantiating documents.
Article 2
Export Certificate EXP
1. Evidence of compliance with the provisions of Article 36 of this Decision shall be given by an Export Certificate EXP, a specimen of which appears in the Appendix.
2. An Export Certificate EXP shall be issued by the customs authorities of the exporting OCT on application having been made in writing by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorised representative.
3. For this purpose, the exporter or his authorised representative shall fill out the Export Certificate EXP, a specimen of which appears in the Appendix. These forms shall be completed in accordance with the provisions of this Annex. If they are hand-written, they shall be completed in ink in printed characters. The description of the products must be given in the box reserved for this purpose without leaving any blank lines. Where the box is not completely filled, a horizontal line must be drawn below the last line of the description, the empty space being crossed through.
Applications for Export Certificates EXP must be preserved for at least three years by customs authorities of the exporting country or territory.
4. The exporter applying for the issue of an Export Certificate EXP shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the customs authorities of the exporting OCT where the Export Certificate EXP is issued, all appropriate documents proving that the products to be exported are such as to qualify for the issue of an Export Certificate EXP.
Exporters are required to keep the supporting documents referred to in this paragraph for at least three years.
5. An Export Certificate EXP shall be issued by the customs authorities of the exporting OCT if the products concerned can be considered as having been in free circulation and fulfil the other provisions of Article 36 of this Decision.
6. The issuing customs authorities shall take any steps necessary to verify the correctness of the application. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate. The issuing customs authorities shall also ensure that the form referred to in paragraph 3 is duly completed. In particular, they shall check whether the space reserved for the description of the products has been completed in such a manner as to exclude all possibility of fraudulent additions.
7. The date of issue of the Export Certificate EXP shall be indicated in Box 11 of the certificate.
8. An Export Certificate EXP shall be issued by the customs authorities and made available to the exporter as soon as actual exportation has been effected or ensured.
Article 3
Issue of a duplicate Export Certificate EXP
1. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an Export Certificate EXP, the exporter may apply to the customs authorities which issued it for a duplicate made out on the basis of the export documents in their possession.
2. The duplicate issued in this way must be endorsed with one of the following words:
‘DUPLICADO’, ‘DUPLIKAT’, ‘ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟ’, ‘DUPLICATE’, ‘DUPLICATA’, ‘DUPLICATO’, ‘DUPLICAAT’, ‘SEGUNDA VIA’, ‘KAKSOISKAPPALE’.
3. The endorsement referred to in paragraph 2 shall be inserted in the ‘Remarks’ box 7 of the duplicate Export Certificate EXP.
4. The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of the original Export Certificate EXP, shall take effect as from that date.
Article 4
Validity of Export Certificates EXP
1. An Export Certificate EXP shall be valid for four months from the date of issue in the exporting OCT, and must be submitted within the said period to the customs authorities of the importing country.
2. Exports Certificate EXP which are submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country after the final date for presentation specified in paragraph 1 may be accepted for the purpose of applying the arrangements, where the failure to submit these documents by the final date set is due to exceptional circumstances.
3. In other cases of belated presentation, the customs authorities of the importing country may accept the Export Certificates EXP where the products have been submitted before the said final date.
Article 5
Submission of Export Certificates EXP
Export Certificates EXP shall be submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in accordance with the procedures applicable in that country. The said authorities may require a translation of Export Certificates EXP and may also require the import declaration to be accompanied by a statement from the importer to the effect that the products meet the conditions required for the implementation of the Decision.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION
Article 6
Mutual assistance
1. The OCT shall send to the Commission specimens of the stamps used together with the addresses of the customs authorities competent to issue Export Certificates EXP if they differ from those included in Article 31 of Annex III. The OCT shall carry out the subsequent verification of Export Certificates EXP.
Export Certificates EXP shall be accepted for the purpose of applying the arrangements provided for from the date the information is received by the Commission.
The Commission shall send this information to the customs authorities of the Member States.
2. In order to ensure the proper application of this Annex, the OCT and the Community shall assist each other, through the competent customs administrations, in checking the authenticity of the Export Certificates EXP and the correctness of the information given in these documents.
Article 7
Verification of Export Certificates EXP
1. Subsequent verifications of Export Certificates EXP shall be carried out at random or whenever the customs authorities of the importing country have reasonable doubts as to the authenticity of such documents or the compliance with the provisions of Article 36 of this Decision.
2. For the purposes of implementing the provisions of paragraph 1, the customs authorities of the importing country shall return the Export Certificate EXP, the relevant commercial documents or a copy of these documents, to the customs authorities of the exporting OCT giving, where appropriate, the reasons for the enquiry. Any documents and information obtained suggesting that the information given on the Export Certificate EXP is incorrect shall be forwarded in support of the request for verification.
3. The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities of the exporting OCT. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check considered appropriate.
4. If the customs authorities of the importing country decide to suspend the application of the arrangements to the products concerned while awaiting the results of the verification, release of the products shall be offered to the importer subject to any precautionary measures judged necessary.
5. The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results of this verification as soon as possible. These results must indicate clearly whether the documents are authentic and whether the products concerned can be considered as having fulfilled the provisions of Article 36 of this Decision.
6. If in cases of reasonable doubt there is no reply within ten months of the date of the verification request or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine the authenticity of the document in question or that the products to be exported are such as to qualify for the issue of an Export Certificate EXP, the requesting customs authorities shall, except in exceptional circumstances, refuse application of the arrangements.
7. Where the verification procedure or any other available information appears to indicate that the provisions of this Annex are being contravened, the OCT on its own initiative or at the request of the Community shall carry out appropriate enquiries or arrange for such enquiries to be carried out with due urgency to identify and prevent such contraventions. The Commission may participate in the enquiries.
8. Where disputes arise in relation to the verification procedures which cannot be settled between the customs authorities requesting a verification and the customs authorities responsible for carrying out this verification or where they raise a question as to the interpretation of this Annex, they shall be submitted to the Customs Code Committee set up by Council Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.
9. In all cases the settlement of disputes between the importer and the customs authorities of the importing country shall be under the legislation of the said country.
Article 8
Penalties
Penalties shall be imposed on any person who draws up, or causes to be drawn up, a document which contains incorrect information to enable products to be accepted as eligible for the arrangements provided for.
Article 9
Free zones
The OCT and the Member States shall take all necessary steps to ensure that products traded under cover of an Export Certificate EXP and which in the course of transport use a free zone situated in their territory, are not substituted by other goods and do not undergo handling other than normal operations designed to prevent their deterioration.
Article 10
Annexes
The Appendix to this Annex shall form an integral part thereof.
Appendix
ANNEX V
EURO-INFO CORRESPONDENCE CENTRES (EICC)
Tasks of the EICC
In respect of the OCTs the tasks of the Euro-info Correspondence Centres (EICC) shall be to:
— disseminate Community information to OCT firms,
— gather and transmit to the Euro-info Centres (EIC) information from the OCTs which may be of use to European small and medium-sized enterprises,
— answer general, legal, administrative and statistical questions from OCT firms about the European Union,
— answer general, legal, administrative and statistical questions from Community firms about the OCTs.
To achieve the greatest possible reciprocity in the exchange of information, the Commission shall ensure that Community firms have access to the same type of information and the same advisory/support services in relation to the OCTs as those offered by the Community to OCT firms.
Tools and services
The following tools and services shall be made available to or be acquired by the Correspondence Centres for the proper performance of their work:
(a) documentation: a list of documents selected to form a basic library collection (to be acquired); terms and cost of acquisition;
(b) a specific software program (to be acquired) for creating and managing dossiers on specific issues and conducting searches on previous dossiers and existing document and databases;
(c) databases: list of databanks available (for which there is a charge); terms and cost of connection;
(d) training: teach yourself courses (to be acquired), timetable of training sessions (specific Community matters, working of the EICs), fee-paying training sessions in database use, and annual conference of all EICs and EICCs (for all these activities, travel and accommodation expenses to be borne by the EICC);
(e) access to information officers of the central administration for replies to requests for information on Community-related matters;
(f) access to the capitalisation database via the VANS: this EIC-network database contains questions and answers on mainly Community matters;
(g) electronic mail: the EICCs shall have access to the electronic mail system, in particular the EIC network's own environment.
Establishment procedures
1. A request for the establishment of a correspondence centre and the choice of host structure should be addressed to the Commission by the competent authorities of the country or territory through the channels provided for in Article 59 of this Decision.
2. An agreement providing for, inter alia, sufficient human, material and financial resources shall be concluded between the EICC and the Commission.
Criteria for selecting the host structure
The following criteria shall be used to select applicant host structures of the EICCs:
— experience of the applicant structure in assisting and advising businesses, a business-oriented attitude to small and medium-sized enterprises,
— representativeness in respect of the business sector in the applicant country or territory,
— knowledge of European issues,
— the will and the ability to ensure reciprocity of services to OCT and Community firms,
— the potential for financial independence,
— willingness to employ as staff for the Centre, people with a good command of English or French and experience of computers,
— provision of computer and communications equipment that complies with the specifications,
— an undertaking to serve all small and medium-sized enterprises equally without discrimination as to status or sector, where appropriate in liaison with other EICs or EICCs on the network.
( 1 ) OJ L 314, 30.11.2001, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 263, 19.9.1991, p. 1. Decision as last amended and extended by Decision 2001/161/EC (OJ L 58, 28.2.2001, p. 21).
( 3 ) PE 228.210, 1.12.1998.
( 4 ) Not yet published C5-0070 - 2001/2033 (COS).
( 5 ) Council Decision 97/803/EC of 29 November 1997 amending at mid-term Decision 91/482/EEC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Economic Community (OJ L 329, 29.11.1997, p. 50).
( 6 ) OJ L 184, 7.7.1999, p. 23.
( 7 ) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355.
( 8 ) Council Decision 93/626/ΕEC of 25 October 1993 concerning the conclusion of the convention on Biological Diversity (OJ L 309, 13.12.1993, p. 1).
( 9 ) OJ L 318, 20.12.1993, p. 18. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2580/2000 (OJ L 298, 25.11.2000, p. 5).
( 10 ) OJ L 30, 6.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/816/EC (OJ L 316, 10.12.1999, p. 45).
( 11 ) Council Decision 93/98/EEC of 1 February 1993 on the conclusion on behalf of the Community, of the Convention on the control of transboundery movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal (Basle Convention) (OJ L 39, 16.2.1993, p. 1).
( 12 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 of 29 April 1999 establishing common rules and procedures to apply to shipments to certain non-OECD countries of certain types of waste (OJ L 166, 1.7.1999, p. 6). Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1800/2001 (OJ L 244, 14.9.2001, p. 19).
( 13 ) Commission Regulation No 1547/1999/EC of 12 July 1999 determining the control procedures under Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to certain countries to which OECD Decision C(92)39 final does not apply (OJ L 185, 17.7.1999, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1800/2001.
( 14 ) European Parliament and Council Directive No 2000/59/EC of 27 November 2000 on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues (OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 81).
( 15 ) Commission Decision 94/774/EC of 24 November 1994 concerning the standard consignment note referred to in Council Regulation No 259/93/EEC on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community (OJ L 310, 3.12.94, p. 70).
( 16 ) OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 993/2001 (OJ L 141, 28.5.2001, p. 1).
( 17 ) OJ L 336, 23.12.1994, p. 184.
( 18 ) Council Regulation (EC) No 1575/2001 of 25 June 2001 on the conclusion of the Fourth Protocol laying down the conditions relating to fishing provided for in the Agreement on fisheries between the European Economic Community, on the one hand, and the Government of Denmark and the local Government of Greenland, on the other (OJ L 209, 2.8.2001, p. 1).
( 19 ) OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 41.
( 20 ) OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 1.
( 21 ) OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).
( 22 ) OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 45.
( 23 ) OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 30.
( 24 ) OJ L 310, 9.11.2006, p. 15.
( 25 ) OJ L 412, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
( 26 ) OJ L 327, 24.11.2006, p. 12.
( 27 ) OJ L 378, 27.12.2006, p. 22.
( 28 ) OJ L 144, 26.5.1992, p. 19.
( 29 ) Council Decision of 16 June 2000 on the procedure concerning derogations from the rules of origin set out in Protocol No 1 to the ACP-EC Partnership Agreement (OJ L 151, 24.6.2000, p. 16).
( 30 ) OJ L 302, 19.10.1992, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2700/2000 (OJ L 311, 12.12.2000, p. 17).
( 31 ) See Additional Explanatory Note 4(b) to Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature.