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Document 32005R0980

    Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences

    OJ L 169, 30.6.2005, p. 1–43 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)
    OJ L 239M, 10.9.2010, p. 256–298 (MT)

    ⏵This document has been published in a special edition(s) (BG, RO, HR)

    Legal status of the document In force: This act has been changed. Current consolidated version: 01/03/2008

    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2005/980/oj

    30.6.2005   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    L 169/1

    COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 980/2005

    of 27 June 2005

    applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences

    THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

    Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,

    Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

    Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (1),

    Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (2),

    Whereas:

    (1)

    Since 1971, the Community has granted trade preferences to developing countries, in the framework of its scheme of generalised tariff preferences.

    (2)

    The Community's common commercial policy is to be consistent with and consolidate the objectives of development policy, in particular the eradication of poverty and the promotion of sustainable development and good governance in the developing countries. It is to comply with the WTO requirements, and in particular with the GATT Enabling clause of 1979 (3).

    (3)

    A communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee of 7 July 2004 entitled ‘Developing countries, international trade and sustainable development: the function of the Community's generalised system of preferences (GSP) for the ten-year period from 2006 to 2015’ sets out the guidelines for the application of the scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period 2006 to 2015.

    (4)

    This Regulation is the first Regulation implementing those guidelines. It should apply until 31 December 2008.

    (5)

    The scheme of generalised tariff preferences (hereinafter referred to as ‘the scheme’) should consist of a general arrangement granted to all the beneficiary countries and territories and two special arrangements taking into account the various development needs of similar-situated developing countries.

    (6)

    The general arrangement should be granted to all beneficiary countries unless they are classified by the World Bank as a high-income country and where they are not sufficiently diversified in their exports.

    (7)

    The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance is based on an integral concept of sustainable development as recognized by international conventions and instruments such as the UN Declaration on the Right to Development of 1986, the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development of 1992, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work of 1998, the UN Millennium Declaration of 2000 and the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development of 2002. Consequently, developing countries which due to a lack of diversification and insufficient integration into the international trading system are vulnerable while assuming special burdens and responsibilities due to the ratification and effective implementation of core international conventions on human and labour rights, environmental protection and good governance should benefit from additional tariff preferences. These preferences are designed to promote further economic growth and thereby to respond positively to the need for sustainable development. Under this arrangement ad valorem tariffs are therefore suspended for the beneficiary countries, as well as specific duties (unless combined with an ad valorem duty). The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance should exceptionally apply before the entry into force of the whole Regulation to conform with the WTO ruling on the special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking.

    (8)

    Developing countries which already fulfil the criteria under the special arrangement for sustainable development and good governance at the time of entry into force of this Regulation should benefit from this arrangement as quickly as possible. They should therefore be provisionally listed as beneficiary countries. They should continue to benefit from the preferences if upon their application the Commission confirms their qualification by 15 December 2005.

    (9)

    The Commission should monitor the effective implementation of the international conventions in accordance with the respective mechanisms thereunder and should assess the relationship between additional tariff preferences and the promotion of sustainable development.

    (10)

    The special arrangement for the least developed countries should continue to grant duty-free access to products originating in the least developed countries, as recognised and classified by the United Nations. For a country no longer classified by the United Nations as a least developed country a transitional period should be established to alleviate any adverse effects caused by removal of the tariff preferences granted under this arrangement.

    (11)

    Preferences should continue to be differentiated according to the sensitivity of products, differentiating between non-sensitive and sensitive products, to take into account the situation of the sectors manufacturing the same products in the Community.

    (12)

    Tariff duties on non-sensitive products should continue to be suspended, while duties on sensitive products should enjoy a tariff reduction to ensure a satisfactory utilisation rate while at the same time taking into account the situation of the respective Community industries.

    (13)

    Such reduction should be sufficiently attractive in order to motivate traders to use the opportunities offered by the scheme. As far as ad valorem duties are concerned, the reduction should therefore be a flat rate of 3,5 percentage points of the most favoured nation (MFN) duty rate. Specific duties should be reduced by 30 %. Where duties specify a minimum duty, that minimum duty should not apply.

    (14)

    Duties should be totally suspended where preferential treatment for an individual import declaration results in ad valorem duties of 1 % or less or in specific duties of EUR 2 or less as the cost of collecting such duties might be higher than the revenue gained.

    (15)

    For the sake of coherence of the Community commercial policy, a beneficiary country should not benefit from both the Community's scheme and a free trade agreement, if that agreement covers at least all the preferences provided by the present scheme for that country.

    (16)

    Graduation should be based on criteria related to sections of the Common Customs Tariff. The graduation of a section for a beneficiary country should be applied when the section meets the criteria for graduation during three consecutive years, to increase predictability and fairness of graduation by eliminating the effect of large and exceptional variations in the import statistics.

    (17)

    The rules of origin, concerning the definition of the concept of originating products, the procedures and the methods of administrative cooperation related thereto, laid down in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 of 2 July 1993 laying down provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 establishing the Community Customs Code (4), apply to tariff preferences provided for by this Regulation to ensure that the benefit of this scheme goes only to those whom the scheme is intended to benefit.

    (18)

    The reasons for temporary withdrawal should include serious and systematic violations of the principles laid down in the conventions listed in Annex III so as to promote the objectives of those conventions and to ensure that no beneficiary receives unfair advantage through continuous violation of those conventions.

    (19)

    Due to the political situation in Myanmar, temporary withdrawal of all tariff preferences in respect of imports of products originating in Myanmar should remain in force.

    (20)

    The measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation 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 (5),

    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

    CHAPTER I

    GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Article 1

    1.   The Community scheme of generalised tariff preferences (hereinafter referred to as ‘the scheme’) shall, from the date of entry into force of this Regulation until 31 December 2008, apply in accordance with this Regulation.

    2.   This Regulation provides for:

    (a)

    a general arrangement,

    (b)

    a special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance,

    (c)

    a special arrangement for least developed countries.

    Article 2

    The beneficiary countries of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) are listed in Annex I.

    Article 3

    1.   A beneficiary country shall be removed from the scheme when it has been classified by the World Bank as a high-income country during three consecutive years, and when the value of imports for the five largest sections of its GSP-covered imports to the Community represent less than 75 % of the total GSP-covered imports of the beneficiary country to the Community.

    2.   When a beneficiary country benefits from a preferential commercial agreement with the Community which covers at least all the preferences provided by the present scheme for that country, it shall be removed from the list of beneficiary countries in Annex I.

    3.   The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of its removal from the list of beneficiary countries in Annex I.

    Article 4

    The products included in the arrangements referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1(2) are listed in Annex II.

    Article 5

    1.   The tariff preferences provided for by this Regulation shall apply to imports of products included in the arrangements enjoyed by the beneficiary country in which they originate.

    2.   For the purposes of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2), the rules of origin, concerning the definition of the concept of originating products, the procedures and the methods of administrative cooperation related thereto, are laid down in Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93.

    3.   Regional cumulation within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 shall also apply where a product used in further manufacture in a country belonging to a regional group originates in another country of the group, which does not benefit from the arrangements applying to the final product, provided that both countries benefit from regional cumulation for that group.

    Article 6

    For the purposes of this Regulation:

    (a)

    ‘Common Customs Tariff duties’ means the duties specified in Part Two of Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (6), except those duties set up within the framework of tariff quotas;

    (b)

    ‘Section’ means any of the sections of the Common Customs Tariff as adopted by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. For the purposes of this Regulation only, Section XI is treated as two separate sections: Section XI(a) comprising Common Customs Tariff chapters 50-60 and Section XI(b) comprising Common Customs Tariff chapters 61-63;

    (c)

    ‘Committee’ means the Committee referred to in Article 28.

    CHAPTER II

    ARRANGEMENTS AND TARIFF PREFERENCES

    SECTION 1

    General arrangement

    Article 7

    1.   Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in Annex II as non-sensitive products shall be entirely suspended, except for agricultural components.

    2.   Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on products listed in Annex II as sensitive products shall be reduced by 3,5 percentage points. For products of sections XI(a) and XI(b), this reduction shall be 20 %.

    3.   Where preferential duty rates, calculated in accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 (7) on Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties applicable on the day before the entry into force of this Regulation, provide a tariff reduction, for the products referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, of more than 3,5 percentage points, those preferential duty rates shall apply.

    4.   Common Customs Tariff specific duties other than minimum or maximum duties on products listed in Annex II as sensitive products shall be reduced by 30 %.

    5.   Where Common Customs Tariff duties on products listed in Annex II as sensitive products include ad valorem duties and specific duties, the specific duties shall not be reduced.

    6.   Where duties reduced in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 4 specify a maximum duty, that maximum duty shall not be reduced. Where such duties specify a minimum duty, that minimum duty shall not apply.

    7.   The tariff preferences referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall not apply to products of sections in respect of which those tariff preferences have been removed, for the country of origin concerned, according to Article 14, Article 21(8) and column C of Annex I.

    SECTION 2

    Special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance

    Article 8

    1.   Common Customs Tariff ad valorem duties on all products listed in Annex II which originate in a country included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall be suspended.

    2.   Common Customs Tariff specific duties on products referred to in paragraph 1 shall be entirely suspended, except for products for which Common Customs Tariff duties also include ad valorem duties. For products of CN codes 1704 10 91 and 1704 10 99, the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value.

    3.   For a beneficiary country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall not include products of the sections for which these tariff preferences have been withdrawn according to column C of Annex I.

    Article 9

    1.   The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance may be granted to a country which:

    (a)

    has ratified and effectively implemented the conventions listed in Part A of Annex III, and

    (b)

    has ratified and effectively implemented at least seven of the conventions listed in Part B of Annex III, and

    (c)

    commits itself to ratify and effectively implement by 31 December 2008 those conventions listed in Part B of Annex III which it has not yet ratified and effectively implemented, and

    (d)

    gives an undertaking to maintain the ratification of the conventions and their implementing legislation and measures and which accepts regular monitoring and review of its implementation record in accordance with the implementation provisions of the conventions it has ratified, and

    (e)

    is considered as a vulnerable country as defined in paragraph 3.

    2.   By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (a) and (c) for countries faced with specific constitutional constraints, the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance may be granted to a country which has not ratified and effectively implemented a maximum of two of the sixteen conventions listed in Part A of Annex III provided:

    (a)

    that a formal commitment has been made by the country concerned to sign, ratify and implement any missing Convention should it be ascertained that there exists no incompatibility with its Constitution no later than 31 October 2005, and

    (b)

    in case of an incompatibility with its Constitution, the country concerned has formally committed itself to sign and ratify any missing Convention no later than 31 December 2006.

    Before the end of 2006, the Commission shall report to the Council on the compliance by a country concerned with the above-mentioned commitments. The granting of the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance to this country beyond 1 January 2007 is subject to a Council decision. As appropriate, and on the basis of the abovementioned report, the Commission shall propose to the Council such a continuation.

    3.   A vulnerable country is one:

    (a)

    that is not classified by the World Bank as a high income country during three consecutive years, and whose five largest sections of its GSP-covered imports to the Community represent more than 75 % in value of its total GSP-covered imports, and

    (b)

    whose GSP-covered imports to the Community represent less than 1 % in value of total GSP-covered imports to the Community.

    The data to be used are those available on 1 September 2004, as an average over three consecutive years.

    4.   The Commission shall keep under review the status of ratification and effective implementation of the conventions listed in Annex III. Before the end of the period of application of this Regulation and in time for the discussion on the next Regulation, the Commission shall present to the Council a report concerning the status of ratification of such conventions, including recommendations by monitoring bodies.

    Article 10

    1.   Without prejudice to paragraph 3, the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance shall be granted if the following conditions are met:

    (a)

    a country or territory listed in Annex I has made a request to that effect by 31 October 2005, and

    (b)

    an examination of the request shows that the requesting country fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 9(1), (2) and (3).

    2.   The requesting country shall submit its request to the Commission in writing and shall provide comprehensive information concerning ratification of the conventions referred to in Annex III, the legislation and measures to effectively implement the provisions of the conventions and its commitment to accept and fully comply with the monitoring and review mechanism envisaged in the relevant conventions and related instruments.

    3.   Those countries that are granted provisionally the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance from the date of entry into force of this Regulation shall also submit a request according to paragraphs 1 and 2 by 31 October 2005. The Commission shall assess the request according to Article 11.

    Article 11

    1.   Where the Commission receives a request accompanied by the information referred to in Article 10, the Commission shall examine the request. The examination shall take into account the findings of the relevant international organisations and agencies. It may ask the requesting country any questions which it considers relevant and may verify the information received with the requesting country or any other relevant sources.

    2.   The Commission shall decide, in accordance with the examination referred to in paragraph 1 and the procedure referred to in Article 28(4), whether to grant a requesting country the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance as of 1 January 2006.

    3.   The Commission shall notify a requesting country of a decision taken in accordance with paragraph 2. Where a country is granted the special incentive arrangement, it shall be informed of the date on which that decision enters into force. The Commission shall by 15 December 2005 publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, listing the countries benefiting from the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.

    4.   Where a requesting country is not granted the special incentive arrangement, the Commission shall explain the reasons if that country so requests.

    5.   The Commission shall conduct all relations with a requesting country concerning the request in close coordination with the Committee acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(4).

    SECTION 3

    Special arrangement for least developed countries

    Article 12

    1.   Without prejudice to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, Common Customs Tariff duties on all products of Chapters 1 to 97 of the Harmonized System except those of Chapter 93 thereof, originating in a country that according to Annex I benefits from the special arrangement for least developed countries, shall be entirely suspended.

    2.   Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of tariff heading 1006 shall be reduced by 20 % on 1 September 2006, by 50 % on 1 September 2007 and by 80 % on 1 September 2008. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 September 2009.

    3.   Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of CN code 0803 00 19 shall be reduced by 20 % annually as from 1 January 2002. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 January 2006.

    4.   Common Customs Tariff duties on the products of tariff heading 1701 shall be reduced by 20 % on 1 July 2006, by 50 % on 1 July 2007 and by 80 % on 1 July 2008. They shall be entirely suspended as from 1 July 2009.

    5.   Until Common Customs Tariff duties are entirely suspended in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 4, a global tariff quota at zero duty shall be opened for every marketing year for products of tariff heading 1006 and subheading 1701 11 10 respectively, originating in the countries benefiting from this special arrangement. The initial tariff quotas for the marketing year 2001/2002 shall be equal to 2 517 tonnes, husked rice equivalent, for products of tariff heading 1006, and 74 185 tonnes, white sugar equivalent, for products of subheading 1701 11 10. For each of the following marketing years, the quotas shall be increased by 15 % over the quotas of the previous marketing year.

    6.   The Commission shall adopt detailed rules governing the opening and administration of the quotas referred to in paragraph 5, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(4). In opening and administrating these quotas, the Commission shall be assisted by the management committees for the relevant common market organisations.

    7.   When a country is excluded by the United Nations from the list of the least developed countries, it is withdrawn from the list of the beneficiaries of this arrangement. The removal of a country from the arrangement and the establishment of a transitional period of at least three years shall be decided by the Commission, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(4).

    Article 13

    Article 12(4) and provisions of Article 12(5) referring to products of tariff subheading 1701 11 10 shall not apply to products originating in countries benefiting from the preferences referred to in this section and released for free circulation in the French overseas departments.

    SECTION 4

    Common provisions

    Article 14

    1.   The tariff preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 8 shall be removed in respect of products originating in a beneficiary country of a section, when the average value of Community imports from that country of products included in the section concerned and covered by the arrangement enjoyed by that country exceeds 15 % of the value of Community imports of the same products from all countries and territories listed in Annex I over three consecutive years, on the basis of the most recent data available on 1 September 2004. For each of the sections XI(a) and XI(b) the threshold shall be 12,5 %.

    2.   The sections removed in accordance with paragraph 1 are listed in Annex I, column C.

    3.   The removal of sections from this scheme shall apply as from 1 January 2006 until 31 December 2008.

    4.   The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of the removal of a section.

    5.   Paragraph 1 does not apply to a beneficiary country in respect of any section which represents more than 50 % in value of all GSP-covered imports to the Community originating from the country in question.

    6.   The statistical source used for the purpose of this Article shall be the COMEXT statistics.

    Article 15

    1.   Where the rate of an ad valorem duty for an individual import declaration reduced in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter is 1 % or less, that duty shall be entirely suspended.

    2.   Where the rate of a specific duty for an individual import declaration reduced in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter is EUR 2 or less per individual euro amount, that duty shall be entirely suspended.

    3.   Subject to paragraphs 1 and 2, the final rate of preferential duty calculated in accordance with this Regulation shall be rounded down to the first decimal place.

    CHAPTER III

    TEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL AND SAFEGUARD PROVISIONS

    SECTION 1

    Temporary withdrawal

    Article 16

    1.   The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, for any of the following reasons:

    (a)

    serious and systematic violations of principles laid down in the conventions listed in Part A of Annex III, on the basis of the conclusion of the relevant monitoring bodies;

    (b)

    export of goods made by prison labour;

    (c)

    serious shortcomings in customs controls on export or transit of drugs (illicit substancesor precursors), or failure to comply with international conventions on money-laundering;

    (d)

    serious and systematic unfair trading practices which have an adverse effect on the Community industry and have not been addressed by the beneficiary country. For those unfair trading practices which are prohibited or actionable under the WTO Agreements, the application of this Article shall be based on a previous determination to that effect by the competent WTO body;

    (e)

    serious and systematic infringements of the objectives of regional fishery organizations or arrangements to which the Community is a member concerning the conservation and management of fishery resources.

    2.   Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the special incentive arrangement referred to in Section 2 of Chapter II may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or certain products included in this arrangement, originating in a beneficiary country, in particular if the national legislation no longer incorporates those conventions referred to in Annex III which have been ratified in fulfilment of the requirements of Article 9(1) and (2) or if that legislation is not effectively implemented.

    3.   The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation shall not be withdrawn pursuant to paragraph 1(d) in respect of products which are subject to anti-dumping or countervailing measures under Regulations (EC) No 384/96 (8) or (EC) No 2026/97 (9), for the reasons which justify those measures.

    Article 17

    1.   The preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation may be temporarily withdrawn, in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, in cases of fraud, irregularities or systematic failure to comply or to ensure compliance with the rules of origin of products and the procedures related thereto, and to provide the administrative cooperation as required for the implementation and the control of the respect of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2).

    2.   The administrative cooperation referred to in paragraph 1 requires, inter alia, that a beneficiary country:

    (a)

    communicate to the Commission and update the information necessary for the implementation of the rules of origin and the control of respect thereof;

    (b)

    assist the Community by carrying out, on request of the customs authorities of Member States, subsequent verification of origin and communicate its results in time;

    (c)

    assist the Community by allowing the Commission, in coordination and close cooperation with the competent authorities of the Member States, to conduct Community administrative and investigative cooperation missions in that country, in order to verify the authenticity of documents or the accuracy of information relevant for granting the benefit of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2);

    (d)

    carry out or arrange for appropriate inquiries to identify and prevent contravention of the rules of origin;

    (e)

    comply or ensure compliance with the rules of origin in respect of regional cumulation, within the meaning of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, if the country benefits therefrom;

    (f)

    assist the Community in the verification of conduct where there is a presumption of origin-related fraud. The existence of fraud may be presumed where imports of products under the preferential regimes granted under this Regulation massively exceed the usual levels of exports of the beneficiary country.

    3.   The Commission may suspend the preferential arrangements provided for in this Regulation in respect of all or of certain products, originating in a beneficiary country, where it considers that there is sufficient evidence that temporary withdrawal would be justified for the reasons referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, provided that it has first:

    —

    informed the Committee;

    —

    called on the Member States to take such precautionary measures as are necessary in order to safeguard the Community's financial interests and/or secure compliance by the beneficiary country with its obligations;

    —

    published a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union stating that there are grounds for reasonable doubts about the application of the preferential arrangements and/or compliance by the beneficiary country with its obligations, which may call into question its right to continue enjoying the benefits granted by this Regulation.

    The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned of any decision taken in accordance with this paragraph, before it becomes effective. The Commission shall also notify the Committee thereof.

    4.   Any Member State may refer a decision taken in accordance with paragraph 3 to the Council within 1 month. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a different decision within 1 month.

    5.   The period of suspension shall not exceed 6 months. On conclusion of the period, the Commission shall decide either to terminate the suspension after informing the Committee or to extend the period of suspension in accordance with the procedure referred to in paragraph 3.

    6.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission all relevant information that may justify suspension of preferences or its extension.

    Article 18

    1.   Where the Commission or a Member State receives information that may justify temporary withdrawal and where the Commission or a Member State considers that there are sufficient grounds for an investigation, it shall inform the Committee and request consultations, which should take place within one month.

    2.   Following the consultations, the Commission may decide, within 1 month and in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5), to initiate an investigation.

    Article 19

    1.   Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation, and notify the beneficiary country concerned thereof. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which may not exceed four months as from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing.

    2.   The Commission shall provide the beneficiary country concerned with every opportunity to cooperate in the investigation.

    3.   The Commission shall seek all information it considers necessary including the available assessments, comments, decisions, recommendations and conclusions of the relevant supervisory bodies of the UN, the ILO and other competent international organisations. These shall serve as the point of departure for the investigation as to whether temporary withdrawal is justified for the reason referred to in point (a) of Article 16(1). The Commission may verify the information received with economic operators and the beneficiary country concerned.

    4.   The Commission may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests.

    5.   Where information requested by the Commission is not provided within the period specified in the notice announcing the investigation, or the investigation is significantly impeded, findings may be made on the basis of the facts available.

    6.   The investigation should be completed within a year. The Commission may extend this period, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5).

    Article 20

    1.   The Commission shall submit a report on its findings to the Committee.

    2.   Where the Commission considers that the findings do not justify temporary withdrawal, it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5), to terminate the investigation. In that case, the Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, announcing the termination of the investigation and setting out its main conclusions.

    3.   Where the Commission considers that the findings justify temporary withdrawal for the reason referred to in point (a) of Article 16(1), it shall decide, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5), to monitor and evaluate the situation in the beneficiary country concerned for a period of six months. The Commission shall notify the beneficiary country concerned of this decision and shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, announcing that it intends to submit a proposal to the Council for temporary withdrawal, unless, before the end of the period, the beneficiary country concerned makes a commitment to take the measures necessary to conform, in a reasonable period of time, with the conventions referred to in Part A of Annex III.

    4.   Where the Commission considers temporary withdrawal to be necessary, it shall submit an appropriate proposal to the Council, which shall decide within 1 month by a qualified majority. In cases referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission shall submit its proposal at the end of the period referred to in that paragraph.

    5.   Where the Council decides on temporary withdrawal, such decision shall enter into force 6 months after it was taken, unless it is decided before then that the reasons justifying it no longer prevail.

    SECTION 2

    Safeguard clause

    Article 21

    1.   Where a product originating in a beneficiary country is imported on terms which cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties to a Community producer of like or directly competing products, normal Common Customs Tariff duties on that product may be reintroduced at any time at the request of a Member State or on the Commission's initiative.

    2.   The Commission shall take a formal decision to initiate an investigation within a reasonable period of time. Where the Commission decides to initiate an investigation, it shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the investigation. The notice shall provide a summary of the information received and state that any relevant information should be sent to the Commission. It shall specify the period, which shall not exceed 4 months from the date of publication of the notice, within which interested parties may make their views known in writing.

    3.   The Commission shall seek all information it deems necessary and may verify the information received with the beneficiary country concerned and any other relevant source. It may be assisted by officials of the Member State on whose territory verification might be sought, if that Member State so requests.

    4.   In examining whether there are serious difficulties, the Commission shall take account, inter alia, of the following factors concerning Community producers where the information is available:

    —

    market share,

    —

    production,

    —

    stocks,

    —

    production capacity,

    —

    bankruptcies,

    —

    profitability,

    —

    capacity utilisation,

    —

    employment,

    —

    imports,

    —

    prices.

    5.   The investigation shall be completed within 6 months after the publication of the notice referred to in paragraph 2. The Commission may, in case of exceptional circumstances and after consultation of the Committee, extend this period in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5).

    6.   The Commission shall take a decision within 1 month, in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5). Such decision shall enter into force within 1 month as from its publication.

    7.   Where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make an investigation impossible, the Commission may, after informing the Committee, take any preventive measure which is strictly necessary.

    8.   Where imports of products of section XI(b), as referred to in Article 14(1), originating in a beneficiary country:

    (a)

    increase by at least 20 % in quantity (by volume) as compared to the previous calendar year, or

    (b)

    exceed 12,5 % of the value of Community imports of products from section XI(b) from all countries and territories listed in Annex I during any twelve months period,

    the Commission, on the 1st of January of every year during the period of application of this Regulation, on its own initiative or at the request of a Member State and after informing the Committee, shall remove the preferences referred to in Articles 7 and 8 with respect to products from section XI(b). This provision shall not apply to countries benefiting from the special arrangement for least developed countries referred to in Article 12 and to countries whose share of imports into the Community as defined in Article 14(1) do not exceed 8 %. The Commission shall notify a beneficiary country of the removal of the preferences. The removal of the preferences shall take effect two months after the publication of the Commission's decision to this effect in the Official Journal of the European Union.

    Article 22

    Where imports of products included in Annex I to the Treaty cause, or threaten to cause, serious disturbance to Community markets, in particular to one or more of the outermost regions, or these markets' regulatory mechanisms, the Commission, on request of a Member State or on its own initiative, may suspend the preferential arrangements in respect of the products concerned after consulting the management committee for the relevant common market organisation.

    Article 23

    1.   The Commission shall inform the beneficiary country concerned as soon as possible of any decision taken in accordance with Article 21 or 22 before it becomes effective. The Commission shall also notify the Council and the Member States thereof.

    2.   Any Member State may refer a decision taken in accordance with Article 21 or 22 to the Council within 1 month. The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may adopt a different decision within 1 month.

    SECTION 3

    Surveillance measures in the agricultural sector

    Article 24

    Products in Chapters 1 to 24 originating in beneficiary countries may be subject to a special surveillance mechanism in order to avoid disturbances in the Community market. The Commission, on its own initiative or on the request of a Member State, shall decide the products on which this surveillance list shall be applied.

    All periods mentioned in Article 21 which exceed 2 months shall be reduced to 2 months in the following cases:

    —

    when the beneficiary country does not comply with the rules of origin or does not provide the administrative cooperation required in Article 17, or

    —

    when imports of products in Chapters 1 to 24 under the preferential regimes granted under this Regulation massively exceed the usual levels of exports of the beneficiary country.

    SECTION 4

    Common provision

    Article 25

    Nothing in this Chapter shall affect the application of safeguard clauses adopted as part of the Common Agricultural Policy under Article 37 of the Treaty, or as part of the Common Trade Policy under Article 133 of the Treaty, or any other safeguard clauses which may be applied.

    CHAPTER IV

    PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

    Article 26

    The Commission shall in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 28(5) adopt changes to the Annexes to this Regulation made necessary:

    (a)

    by amendments to the Combined Nomenclature;

    (b)

    by changes in the international status or classification of countries or territories;

    (c)

    by the application of Article 3(2);

    (d)

    if a country has reached the thresholds set out in Article 3(1);

    (e)

    for the establishment of the final list of beneficiary countries by 15 December 2005 at the latest in accordance with Article 11.

    Article 27

    1.   Within six weeks of the end of each quarter, Member States shall send the Statistical Office of the European Communities their statistical data on products placed under the customs procedure of free circulation during that quarter under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation. These data, supplied by reference to Combined Nomenclature codes and, where applicable, TARIC codes, shall show, by country of origin, values, quantities and any supplementary units required in accordance with the definitions in Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 (10) and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 (11).

    2.   In accordance with Article 308d of Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93, Member States shall forward to the Commission, at its request, details of the quantities of products admitted for free circulation under the tariff preferences provided for in this Regulation, during the previous months. These data shall include the products referred to in paragraph 3.

    3.   The Commission shall, in close cooperation with Member States, monitor the imports of products of CN code 0803 00 19, of tariff headings 0603, 1006, 1701, 1704 and 6403 and of CN codes 1604 14, 1604 19 31, 1604 19 39, 1604 20 70, 2002 90 and 2103 20 in order to determine whether the conditions referred to in Articles 21 and 22 are fulfilled.

    Article 28

    1.   In implementing this Regulation, the Commission shall be assisted by a Generalised Preferences Committee (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’).

    2.   The Committee may examine any matter relating to the application of this Regulation raised by the Commission or on the request of a Member State.

    3.   The Committee shall examine the effects of the scheme, on the basis of a report from the Commission covering the period from 1 January 2006. This report shall cover all preferential arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) and be presented in time for the discussion on the next Regulation.

    4.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

    The period laid down in Article 5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at 3 months.

    5.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 3 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

    6.   The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

    CHAPTER V

    FINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

    Article 29

    Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 (12), which refers to Council Regulations (EC) No 3281/94 (13) and (EC) No 1256/96 (14), shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation. Commission Regulations (EC) No 1381/2002 (15) and (EC) No 1401/2002 (16), which refer to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001, shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.

    Article 30

    1.   The special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance of Section 2 of Chapter II of this Regulation as well as the provisions applied in conjunction with that arrangement shall enter into force on 1 July 2005. That arrangement repeals with effect from its entry into force the special arrangements to combat drug production and trafficking of Title IV of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 and the provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 applied in conjunction with those arrangements. The other provisions of this Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2006 and repeal with effect from that date those provisions of Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 then still in force.

    2.   This Regulation shall apply until 31 December 2008. However, this date shall not apply to the special arrangements for least developed countries, nor, to the extent that they are applied in conjunction with those arrangements, to any other provisions of this Regulation.

    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

    Done at Luxembourg, 27 June 2005.

    For the Council

    The President

    L. LUX

    (1)  Opinion delivered on 9 March 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

    (2)  Opinion delivered on 9 February 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).

    (3)   ‘Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries’, GATT Decision of 28 November 1979 (L/4903).

    (4)   OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 837/2005 (OJ L 139, 2.6.2005, p. 1).

    (5)   OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.

    (6)   OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 493/2005 (OJ L 82, 31.3.2005, p. 1).

    (7)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001 of 10 December 2001 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences for the period from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2004 (OJ L 346, 31.12.2001, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1828/2004 (OJ L 321, 22.10.2004, p. 23).

    (8)  Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22 December 1995 on protection against imports from countries not members of the European Community (OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004 (OJ L 77, 13.3.2004, p. 12).

    (9)  Council Regulation (EC) No 2026/97 of 6 October 1997 on protection against subsidised imports from countries not members of the European Community (OJ L 288, 21.10.1997, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 461/2004.

    (10)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries (OJ L 118, 25.5.1995, p. 10). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

    (11)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000 of 7 September 2000 laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade (OJ L 229, 9.9.2000, p. 14). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 179/2005 (OJ L 30, 3.2.2005, p. 6).

    (12)  Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97 of 24 March 1997 temporarily withdrawing access to generalised tariff preferences from the Union of Myanmar (OJ L 85, 27.3.1997, p. 8).

    (13)  Council Regulation (EC) No 3281/94 of 19 December 1994 applying a four-year scheme of generalized tariff preferences (1995 to 1998) in respect of certain industrial products originating in developing countries (OJ L 348, 31.12.1994, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2820/98 (OJ L 357, 30.12.1998, p. 1).

    (14)  Council Regulation (EC) No 1256/96 of 20 June 1996 applying multiannual schemes of generalised tariff preferences from 1 July 1996 to 30 June 1999 in respect of certain agricultural products originating in developing countries (OJ L 160, 29.6.1996, p. 1). Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 602/98 (OJ L 80, 18.3.1998, p. 1).

    (15)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1381/2002 of 29 July 2002 laying down detailed rules for opening and administration of the tariff quotas for raw cane sugar for refining, originating in the least developed countries, for the marketing years 2002/03 to 2005/06 (OJ L 200, 30.7.2002, p. 14).

    (16)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1401/2002 of 31 July 2002 laying down detailed rules for the opening and administration of the tariff quotas for rice, originating in the least developed countries, for the marketing years 2002/03 to 2008/09 (OJ L 203, 1.8.2002, p. 42).

    ANNEX I

    Beneficiary countries (1) and territories of the Community's scheme of generalised tariff preferences

    Column A

    :

    code according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the Community

    Column B

    :

    name of country

    Column C

    :

    sections in respect of which tariff preferences have been removed for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 14)

    Column D

    :

    countries included in the special arrangement for least developed countries (Article 12)

    Column E

    :

    countries included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 8)


    A

    B

    C

    D

    E

    AE

    United Arab Emirates

     

     

     

    AF

    Afghanistan

     

    X

     

    AG

    Antigua and Barbuda

     

     

     

    AI

    Anguilla

     

     

     

    AM

    Armenia

     

     

     

    AN

    Netherlands Antilles

     

     

     

    AO

    Angola

     

    X

     

    AQ

    Antarctica

     

     

     

    AR

    Argentina

     

     

     

    AS

    American Samoa

     

     

     

    AW

    Aruba

     

     

     

    AZ

    Azerbaijan

     

     

     

    BB

    Barbados

     

     

     

    BD

    Bangladesh

     

    X

     

    BF

    Burkina Faso

     

    X

     

    BH

    Bahrain

     

     

     

    BI

    Burundi

     

    X

     

    BJ

    Benin

     

    X

     

    BM

    Bermuda

     

     

     

    BN

    Brunei Darussalam

     

     

     

    BO

    Bolivia

     

     

    X

    BR

    Brazil

    S-IV Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes.

     

     

    S-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.

    BS

    Bahamas

     

     

     

    BT

    Bhutan

     

    X

     

    BV

    Bouvet Island

     

     

     

    BW

    Botswana

     

     

     

    BY

    Belarus

     

     

     

    BZ

    Belize

     

     

     

    CC

    Cocos Islands (or Keeling Islands)

     

     

     

    CD

    Congo, Democratic Republic of

     

    X

     

    CF

    Central African Republic

     

    X

     

    CG

    Congo

     

     

     

    CI

    Côte d'Ivoire

     

     

     

    CK

    Cook Islands

     

     

     

    CL

    Chile

     

     

     

    CM

    Cameroon

     

     

     

    CN

    China, People's Republic of

    S-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries.

     

     

    S-VII Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof.

    S-VIII Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut).

    S-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.

    S-X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof.

    S-XI(a) Textiles; S-XI(b) Textile articles.

    S-XII Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair.

    S-XIII Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware.

    S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.

    S-XV Base metals and articles of base metal.

    S-XVI Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles.

    S-XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment.

    S-XVIII Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof.

    S-XX Miscellaneous manufactured articles.

    CO

    Colombia

     

     

    X

    CR

    Costa Rica

     

     

    X

    CU

    Cuba

     

     

     

    CV

    Cape Verde

     

    X

     

    CX

    Christmas Islands

     

     

     

    DJ

    Djibouti

     

    X

     

    DM

    Dominica

     

     

     

    DO

    Dominican Republic

     

     

     

    DZ

    Algeria

    S-V Mineral products.

     

     

    EC

    Ecuador

     

     

    X

    EG

    Egypt

     

     

     

    ER

    Eritrea

     

    X

     

    ET

    Ethiopia

     

    X

     

    FJ

    Fiji

     

     

     

    FK

    Falklands Islands

     

     

     

    FM

    Micronesia, Federated States of

     

     

     

    GA

    Gabon

     

     

     

    GD

    Grenada

     

     

     

    GE

    Georgia

     

     

    X

    GH

    Ghana

     

     

     

    GI

    Gibraltar

     

     

     

    GL

    Greenland

     

     

     

    GM

    Gambia

     

    X

     

    GN

    Guinea

     

    X

     

    GQ

    Equatorial Guinea

     

    X

     

    GS

    South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

     

     

     

    GT

    Guatemala

     

     

    X

    GU

    Guam

     

     

     

    GW

    Guinea-Bissau

     

    X

     

    GY

    Guyana

     

     

     

    HM

    Heard Island and McDonald Islands

     

     

     

    HN

    Honduras

     

     

    X

    HT

    Haiti

     

    X

     

    ID

    Indonesia

    S-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.

     

     

    S-IX Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork.

    IN

    India

    S-XI(a) Textiles;

    S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.

     

     

    IO

    British Indian Ocean Territory

     

     

     

    IQ

    Iraq

     

     

     

    IR

    Iran, Islamic Republic of

     

     

     

    JM

    Jamaica

     

     

     

    JO

    Jordan

     

     

     

    KE

    Kenya

     

     

     

    KG

    Kyrgyzstan

     

     

     

    KH

    Cambodia

     

    X

     

    KI

    Kiribati

     

    X

     

    KM

    Comoros

     

    X

     

    KN

    St Kitts and Nevis

     

     

     

    KW

    Kuwait

     

     

     

    KY

    Cayman Islands

     

     

     

    KZ

    Kazakhstan

     

     

     

    LA

    Lao People's Democratic Republic

     

    X

     

    LB

    Lebanon

     

     

     

    LC

    St Lucia

     

     

     

    LK

    Sri Lanka

     

     

    X

    LR

    Liberia

     

    X

     

    LS

    Lesotho

     

    X

     

    LY

    Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

     

     

     

    MA

    Morocco

     

     

     

    MD

    Moldova, Republic of

     

     

     

    MG

    Madagascar

     

    X

     

    MH

    Marshall Islands

     

     

     

    ML

    Mali

     

    X

     

    MM

    Myanmar

     

    X

     

    MN

    Mongolia

     

     

    X

    MO

    Macao

     

     

     

    MP

    Northern Mariana Islands

     

     

     

    MR

    Mauritania

     

    X

     

    MS

    Montserrat

     

     

     

    MU

    Mauritius

     

     

     

    MV

    Maldives

     

    X

     

    MW

    Malawi

     

    X

     

    MX

    Mexico

     

     

     

    MY

    Malaysia

    S-III Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes.

     

     

    MZ

    Mozambique

     

    X

     

    NA

    Namibia

     

     

     

    NC

    New Caledonia

     

     

     

    NE

    Niger

     

    X

     

    NF

    Norfolk Island

     

     

     

    NG

    Nigeria

     

     

     

    NI

    Nicaragua

     

     

    X

    NP

    Nepal

     

    X

     

    NR

    Nauru

     

     

     

    NU

    Niue Island

     

     

     

    OM

    Oman

     

     

     

    PA

    Panama

     

     

    X

    PE

    Peru

     

     

    X

    PF

    French Polynesia

     

     

     

    PG

    Papua New Guinea

     

     

     

    PH

    Philippines

     

     

     

    PK

    Pakistan

     

     

     

    PM

    St Pierre and Miquelon

     

     

     

    PN

    Pitcairn

     

     

     

    PW

    Palau

     

     

     

    PY

    Paraguay

     

     

     

    QA

    Qatar

     

     

     

    RU

    Russian Federation

    S-VI Products of the chemical or allied industries.

    S-X Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scarp) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof.

    S-XV Base metals and articles of base metal.

     

     

    RW

    Rwanda

     

    X

     

    SA

    Saudi Arabia

     

     

     

    SB

    Solomon Islands

     

    X

     

    SC

    Seychelles

     

     

     

    SD

    Sudan

     

    X

     

    SH

    Santa Helena

     

     

     

    SL

    Sierra Leone

     

    X

     

    SN

    Senegal

     

    X

     

    SO

    Somalia

     

    X

     

    SR

    Suriname

     

     

     

    ST

    São Tomé and Príncipe

     

    X

     

    SV

    El Salvador

     

     

    X

    SY

    Syrian Arab Republic

     

     

     

    SZ

    Swaziland

     

     

     

    TC

    Turks and Caicos Islands

     

     

     

    TD

    Chad

     

    X

     

    TF

    French Southern territories

     

     

     

    TG

    Togo

     

    X

     

    TH

    Thailand

    S-XIV Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins.

     

     

    S-XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment.

    TJ

    Tajikistan

     

     

     

    TK

    Tokelau

     

     

     

    TL

    Timor-Leste

     

    X

     

    TM

    Turkmenistan

     

     

     

    TN

    Tunisia

     

     

     

    TO

    Tonga

     

     

     

    TT

    Trinidad and Tobago

     

     

     

    TV

    Tuvalu

     

    X

     

    TZ

    Tanzania (United Republic of)

     

    X

     

    UA

    Ukraine

     

     

     

    UG

    Uganda

     

    X

     

    UM

    United States Minor outlying islands

     

     

     

    UY

    Uruguay

     

     

     

    UZ

    Uzbekistan

     

     

     

    VC

    St Vincent and the Grenadines

     

     

     

    VE

    Venezuela

     

     

    X

    VG

    Virgin Islands (British)

     

     

     

    VI

    Virgin Islands (USA)

     

     

     

    VN

    Vietnam

     

     

     

    VU

    Vanuatu

     

    X

     

    WF

    Wallis and Futuna

     

     

     

    WS

    Samoa

     

    X

     

    YE

    Yemen

     

    X

     

    YT

    Mayotte

     

     

     

    ZA

    South Africa

    S-XVII Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment.

     

     

    ZM

    Zambia

     

    X

     

    ZW

    Zimbabwe

     

     

     

    (1)  The list may include countries which are temporarily suspended from the EU GSP or have not complied with the administrative cooperation requirements, which are a pre-condition for goods to be granted the benefit of tariff preferences. The Commission or the competent authorities of the country concerned will be able to provide an updated list.

    ANNEX II

    List of products included in the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2)(a) and (b)

    Notwithstanding the rules for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature, the description of products is to be considered as indicative, the tariff preferences being determined by the CN codes. Where ex CN codes are indicated, the tariff preferences are to be determined by the CN code and the description together. Entry of products marked with an asterisk is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.

    The column ‘Sensitivity/Non-Sensitivity’ comprises the products included in the general arrangement (Article 7) and in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 8). These products are listed either NS (non-sensitive in the meaning of Article 7(1)) or S (sensitive in the meaning of Article 7(2)). For reasons of simplification, products are listed in groups. These may include products for which Common Customs Tariff duties are exempted or suspended.

    CN Code

    Description

    Sensitivity/Non-Sensitivity

    0101 10 90

    Live asses and other

    S

     

    Live horses other than pure-bred breeding animals:

     

    0101 90 19

    Other than for slaughter

    S

    0101 90 30

    Live asses

    S

    0101 90 90

    Live mules and hinnies

    S

    0104 20 10

    Live pure-bred breeding goats *

    S

    0106 19 10

    Live domestic rabbits

    S

    0106 39 10

    Live pigeons

    S

    0205 00

    Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen

    S

    0206 80 91

    Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products

    S

    0206 90 91

    Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozen, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products

    S

     

    Livers, frozen:

     

    0207 14 91

    Of fowls of the species (Gallus domesticus)

    S

    0207 27 91

    Of turkeys

    S

    0207 36 89

    Of ducks, geese or guinea fowls

    S

    0208

    Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen: (1)

    S

    0208 10

    Of rabbits or hares

    S

    0208 20 00

    Frogs' legs

    NS

    0208 30 00

    Of primates

    S

    0208 40 00

    Of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia)

    S

    0208 50

    Of reptiles (including snakes and turtles)

    S

    ex 0208 90

    Other, excluding products of 0208 90 55

    S

     

    Meat other than of swine and bovine animals, including edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal:

     

    0210 99 10

    Of horses, salted, in brine or dried

    S

    0210 99 59

    Offal of bovine animals other than thick skirt and thin skirt

    S

    0210 99 60

    Offal of sheep and goats

    S

    0210 99 80

    Offal other than poultry liver

    S

    ex Chapter 3 (2)

    FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, excluding products of 0301 10 90

    S

    0301 10 90

    Ornamental saltwater fish

    NS

    0403 10 51

    Yoghurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

    S

    0403 10 53

    S

    0403 10 59

    S

    0403 10 91

    S

    0403 10 93

    S

    0403 10 99

    S

    0403 90 71

    Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream; kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

    S

    0403 90 73

    S

    0403 90 79

    S

    0403 90 91

    S

    0403 90 93

    S

    0403 90 99

    S

    ex 0405 20

    Dairy spreads, excluding products of 0405 20 90

    S

    0407 00 90

    Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked other than of poultry

    S

    0409 00 00

    Natural honey (1)

    S

    0410 00 00

    Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

    S

    Chapter 5

    PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

    S

    ex Chapter 6

    LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS, AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE, excluding products of 0604 91 40

    S

    0604 91 40

    Conifer branches

    NS

    0701

    Potatoes, fresh or chilled

    S

    0703 10

    Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled

    S

    0703 90 00

    Leeks and other alliaceous vegetables, fresh or chilled

    S

    0704

    Cabbages, cauliflowers, kohlrabi, kale and similar edible brassicas, fresh or chilled

    S

    0705

    Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.), fresh or chilled

    S

    0706

    Carrots, turnips, salad beetroot, salsify, celeriac, radishes and similar edible roots, fresh or chilled

    S

    ex 0707 00 05

    Cucumber, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October

    S

    0708

    Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled

    S

     

    Other vegetables, fresh or chilled:

     

    ex 0709 10 00

    Globe artichokes, from 1 July to 31 October

    S

    0709 20 00

    Asparagus

    S

    0709 30 00

    Aubergines (egg-plants)

    S

    0709 40 00

    Celery other than celeriac

    S

    0709 51 00

    Mushrooms

    S

    0709 59

    S

    0709 60 10

    Sweet peppers

    S

    0709 60 99

    Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, other than sweet peppers

    S

    0709 70 00

    Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach)

    S

    0709 90 10

    Salad vegetables, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.)

    S

    0709 90 20

    Chard (or white beet) and cardoons

    S

    0709 90 31

    Olives, for uses other than the production of oil *

    S

    0709 90 40

    Capers

    S

    0709 90 50

    Fennel

    S

    0709 90 70

    Courgettes

    S

    0709 90 90

    Other

    S

    ex 0710

    Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen (3)

    S

    ex 0711

    Vegetables provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, excluding products of 0711 20 90

    S

    ex 0712

    Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared, excluding olives and products of 0712 90 19

    S

    0713

    Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split:

    S

    0714 20 10

    Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, intended for human consumption *

    NS

    0714 20 90

    Sweet potatoes other than fresh, whole, intended for human production

    S

    0714 90 90

    Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high inulin content; sago pith

    NS

     

    Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled:

     

    0802 11 90

    Almonds in shell, other than bitter

    S

    0802 12 90

    Almonds shelled, other than bitter

    S

    0802 21 00

    0802 22 00

    Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.), in shell or shelled

    S

    0802 31 00

    Walnuts in shell

    S

    0802 32 00

    Walnuts shelled

    S

    0802 40 00

    Chestnuts (Castanea spp.)

    S

    0802 50 00

    Pistachios

    NS

    0802 90 50

    Pine nuts

    NS

    0802 90 60

    Macadamia nuts

    NS

    0802 90 85

    Other

    NS

    0803 00 11

    Plantains, fresh

    S

    0803 00 90

    Bananas, including plantains, dried

    S

    0804 10 00

    Dates, fresh or dried

    S

    0804 20

    Figs, fresh or dried

    S

    0804 30 00

    Pineapples, fresh or dried

    S

    0804 40 00

    Avocados, fresh or dried

    S

     

    Citrus fruit, fresh or dried:

     

    ex 0805 20

    Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas); clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids: from 1 March to 31 October

    S

    0805 40 00

    Grapefruit

    NS

    0805 50 90

    Limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia)

    S

    0805 90 00

    Other

    S

    ex 0806 10 10

    Table grapes, fresh, from 1 January to 20 July and from 21 November to 31 December, other than of the variety Emperor (Vitis viniferac.v.) from 1 to 31 December

    S

    0806 10 90

    Other grapes, fresh

    S

    ex 0806 20

    Dried grapes, excluding products of ex 0806 20 30 dried sultanas, other than in immediate containers of a net capacity not exceeding 2 kg

    S

    0807 11 00

    Watermelons, fresh

    S

    0807 19 00

    Other melons, fresh

    S

    0808 10 10

    Fresh cider apples, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December

    S

    0808 20 10

    Perry pears, fresh, in bulk, from 1 August to 31 December

    S

    ex 0808 20 50

    Other pears, fresh, from 1 May to 30 June

    S

    0808 20 90

    Fresh quinces

    S

    ex 0809 10 00

    Apricots, fresh, from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 August to 31 December

    S

    0809 20 05

    Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh

    S

    ex 0809 20 95

    Cherries, other than sour (Prunus cerasus), fresh, from 1 January to 20 May and from 11 August to 31 December

    S

    ex 0809 30

    Peaches, including nectarines, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December

    S

    ex 0809 40 05

    Plums, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December

    S

    0809 40 90

    Sloes

    S

     

    Other fruit, fresh:

     

    ex 0810 10 00

    Strawberries, from 1 January to 30 April and from 1 August to 31 December

    S

    0810 20

    Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries

    S

    0810 30

    Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries

    S

    0810 40 30

    Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus

    S

    0810 40 50

    Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum

    S

    0810 40 90

    Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium

    S

    0810 50 00

    Kiwifruit

    S

    0810 60 00

    Durians

    S

    0810 90 95

    Other

    S

    0811

    Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter (4):

    S

    ex 0812

    Fruit and nuts, provisionally preserved (for example, by sulphur dioxide gas, in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions), but unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption, excluding products of 0812 90 30

    S

    0812 90 30

    Papaws (papayas)

    NS

     

    Fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806 ; mixtures of nuts or dried fruits of this chapter:

     

    0813 10 00

    Apricots

    S

    0813 20 00

    Prunes

    S

    0813 30 00

    Apples

    S

    0813 40 10

    Peaches, including nectarines

    S

    0813 40 30

    Pears, dried

    S

    0813 40 50

    Papaws (papayas), dried

    NS

    0813 40 95

    Other, dried

    NS

     

    Mixtures of dried fruit, other than of headings 0801 to 0806 :

     

    0813 50 12

    Containing papaws, tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruits, sapodillo, plums, passion fruit, carambola and potahaya

    S

    0813 50 15

    Other

    S

    0813 50 19

    Containing prunes

    S

     

    Mixtures exclusively of dried nuts of headings 0801 and 0802 :

     

    0813 50 31

    Of tropical nuts

    S

    0813 50 39

    Other

    S

    0813 50 91

    Other mixtures not containing prunes or figs

    S

    0813 50 99

    Other

    S

    0814 00 00

    Peel of citrus fruit or melons (including watermelons), fresh, frozen, dried or provisionally preserved in brine, in sulphur water or in other preservative solutions

    NS

    0901 12 00

    Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated

    S

    0901 21 00

    Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated

    S

    0901 22 00

    Coffee, roasted, decaffeinated

    S

    0901 90 90

    Coffee substitutes containing coffee

    S

    0902 10 00

    Green tea (not fermented) in immediate packings of a content not exceeding 3 kg

    NS

    0904 12 00

    Pepper of the genus Piper, crushed or ground

    NS

    0904 20 10

    Sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed nor ground

    S

    0904 20 90

    Crushed or ground

    NS

    0905 00 00

    Vanilla

    S

    0907 00 00

    Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)

    S

    0910 20 90

    Saffron, crushed or ground

    NS

    0910 40

    Thyme, bay leaves

    S

    0910 91 90

    Mixtures of spices, crushed or ground

    S

    0910 99 99

    Other spices, crushed or ground, other than mixtures

    S

    ex 1008 90 90

    Quinoa

    S

    1105

    Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes

    S

     

    Flour, meal and powder:

     

    1106 10 00

    Of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713

    S

    1106 30

    Of the products of Chapter 8

    S

    1108 20 00

    Inulin

    S

    ex Chapter 12

    OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER, excluding products of 1209 21 00 , 1209 23 80 , 1209 29 50 , 1209 29 80 , 1209 30 00 , ex 1209 91 , 1209 99 91 , 1210 , 1211 90 30 , 1212 91 and 1212 99 20

    S

    1209

    Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing:

     

    1209 21 00

    Lucerne (alfalfa) seed

    NS

    1209 23 80

    Other fescue seed

    NS

    1209 29 50

    Lupine seed

    NS

    1209 29 80

    Other

    NS

    1209 30 00

    Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers

    NS

    ex 1209 91

    Vegetable seeds other than products of code 1209 91 30

    NS

    1209 99 91

    Seeds of plants cultivated principally for their flowers, other than those of 1209 30

    NS

    1210

    Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin (1)

    S

    1211 90 30

    Tonquin beans, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crushed or powdered

    NS

    ex Chapter 13

    LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS, excluding products of 1302 12 00

    S

    1302 12 00

    Vegetable saps and extracts of liquorice

    NS

    1501 00 90

    Poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503

    S

    1502 00 90

    Other fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats

    S

    1503 00 19

    Lard stearin and oleostearin other than for industrial use

    S

    1503 00 90

    Other

    S

    1504

    Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

    S

    1505 00 10

    Wool grease, crude

    S

    1507

    Soya-bean oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

    S

    1508

    Groundnut oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

    S

    1511 10 90

    Crude oil, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption

    S

    1511 90

    Other

    S

    1512

    Sunflower-seed, safflower or cotton-seed oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

    S

    1513

    Coconut (copra), palm kernel or babassu oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

    S

    1514

    Rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

    S

    1515

    Other fixed vegetable fats and oils (including jojoba oil) and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

    S

    ex 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, excluding products of 1516 20 10

    S

    1516 20 10

    Hydrogenated castor oil, so called ‘opal-wax’

    NS

    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 1516

    S

    1518 00

    Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516 ; inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included

    S

    1521 90 99

    Beeswax and other insect waxes, other than raw

    S

    1522 00 10

    Degras

    S

    1522 00 91

    Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks

    S

    1601 00 10

    Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood: food preparations based on liver

    S

     

    Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood:

     

    1602 20 11

    Goose or duck liver

    S

    1602 20 19

    S

     

    Of swine:

     

    1602 41 90

    Ham and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine

    S

    1602 42 90

    Shoulders and cuts thereof, of swine other than domestic swine

    S

    1602 49 90

    Other, including mixtures, other than of domestic swine

    S

    1602 50 31

    Of bovine animals (1)

    S

    1602 50 39

    S

    1602 50 80

    S

     

    Other, excluding preparations of blood of any animal:

     

    1602 90 31

    Of game or rabbit

    S

    1602 90 41

    Of reindeer

    S

    1602 90 69

    Other

    S

    1602 90 72

    S

    1602 90 74

    S

    1602 90 76

    S

    1602 90 78

    S

    1602 90 98

    S

    1603 00 10

    Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or less

    S

    1604

    Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs

    S

    1605

    Crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved

    S

    1702 50 00

    Chemically pure fructose

    S

    1702 90 10

    Chemically pure maltose

    S

    1704 (5)

    Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa

    S

    Chapter 18

    COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS

    S

    ex Chapter 19

    PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS, excluding products of 1901 20 00 and 1901 90 91

    S

    1901 20 00

    Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905

    NS

    1901 90 91

    Other, containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing less than 1,5 % milk fat, 5 % sucrose (including invert sugar) or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch, excluding food preparations in powder form of goods of headings 0401 to 0404

    NS

    ex Chapter 20

    PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS except for products of CN code 2002 , 2005 80 00 , 2008 20 19 , 2008 20 39 , ex 2008 40 and ex 2008 70

    S

    2002

    Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid (1)

    S

    2005 80 00

    Sweetcorn (1)

    S

    ex 2008 40

    Prepared or preserved pears (1) (except 2008 40 11 , 2008 40 21 , 2008 40 29 and 2008 40 39 for which the footnote does not apply)

    S

    ex 2008 70

    Prepared or preserved peaches (1) (except 2008 70 11 , 2008 70 31 , 2008 70 39 and 2008 70 59 for which the footnote does not apply)

    S

    2008 20 19

    Pineapples containing added spirit

    NS

    2008 20 39

    NS

    ex Chapter 21

    MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS, excluding products of 2101 20 , 2102 20 19 , 2106 10 , 2106 90 30 , 2106 90 51 , 2106 90 55 and 2106 90 59

    S

    2101 20

    Extracts, essences and concentrates, of tea or maté, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates, or with a basis of tea or maté

    NS

    2102 20 19

    Other inactive yeasts

    NS

    ex Chapter 22

    BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR, excluding products of 2204 10 11 to 2204 30 10 , 2207 and 2208 40

    S

    2207

    Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of 80 % vol or higher; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength (1):

    S

    2302 50 00

    Bran, sharps and other residues, whether or not in the form of pellets derived from the sifting, milling or other working of cereals of leguminous plants

    S

    2307 00 19

    Other wine lees

    S

     

    Vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included:

     

    2308 00 19

    Other grape marc

    S

    2308 00 90

    Other

    NS

    2309 10 90

    Dog or cat food put up for retail sale, other than containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup of 1702 30 51 to 1702 30 99 , 1702 40 90 , 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55 or milk products

    S

     

    Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding:

     

    2309 90 10

    Fish or marine mammal solubles

    NS

    2309 90 91

    Beetpulp with added molasses

    S

    2309 90 95

    Other

    S

    2309 90 99

    S

    Chapter 24

    TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES

    S

    2519 90 10

    Magnesium oxide, other than calcined natural magnesium carbonate

    NS

    2522

    Quicklime, slaked lime and hydraulic lime, other than calcium oxide and hydroxide of heading 2825

    NS

    2523

    Portland cement, aluminous cement, slag cement, supersulphate cement and similar hydraulic cements, whether or not coloured or in the form of clinkers

    NS

    Chapter 27

    MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES

    NS

    2801

    Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine

    NS

    2802 00 00

    Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur

    NS

    ex 2804

    Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, excluding products of 2804 69 00

    NS

    2806

    Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid

    NS

    2807

    Sulphuric acid; oleum

    NS

    2808 00 00

    Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids

    NS

    2809

    Disphosphorus pentoxide; phosphoric acid and polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined

    NS

    2810 00 90

    Oxides of boron; boric acids, other then diboron trioxide

    NS

    2811

    Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals

    NS

    2812

    Halides and halide oxides of non-metals

    NS

    2813

    Sulphides of non-metals; commercial phosporus trisulphide

    NS

    2814

    Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution

    S

    2815

    Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda); potassium hydroxide (caustic potash); peroxides of sodium or potassium

    S

    2816

    Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium

    NS

    2817 00 00

    Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide

    S

    2818 10

    Artificial corundum, whether or not chemically defined

    S

    2819

    Chromium oxides and hydroxides

    S

    2820

    Manganese oxides

    S

    2821

    Iron oxides and hydroxides; earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3

    NS

    2822 00 00

    Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides

    NS

    2823 00 00

    Titanium oxides

    S

    2824

    Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead

    NS

    ex 2825

    Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, excluding products of 2825 10 00 and 2825 80 00

    NS

    2825 10 00

    Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts

    S

    2825 80 00

    Antimony oxides

    S

    2826

    Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts

    NS

    ex 2827

    Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides; bromides and bromides oxides; iodides and iodide oxides, excluding products of 2827 10 00 and 2827 32 00

    NS

    2827 10 00

    Ammonium chloride

    S

    2827 32 00

    Aluminium chloride

    S

    2828

    Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites

    NS

    2829

    Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates

    NS

    ex 2830

    Sulphides; polysulphides, excluding products of 2830 10 00

    NS

    2830 10 00

    Sodium sulphides

    S

    2831

    Dithionites and sulphoxylates

    NS

    2832

    Sulphites; thiosulphates

    NS

    2833

    Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates

    NS

    ex 2834

    Nitrites; nitrates, excluding products of 2834 10 00

    NS

    2834 10 00

    Nitrites

    S

    2835

    Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined

    S

    ex 2836

    Carbonates; peroxocarbonates; commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate, excluding products of 2836 20 00 , 2836 40 00 and 2836 60 00

    NS

    2836 20 00

    Disodium carbonate

    S

    2836 40 00

    Potassium carbonates

    S

    2836 60 00

    Barium carbonate

    S

    2837

    Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides

    NS

    2838 00 00

    Fulminates, cyanates and thiocyanates

    NS

    2839

    Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates

    NS

    2840

    Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)

    NS

    ex 2841

    Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, excluding products of 2841 61 00

    NS

    2841 61 00

    Potassium permanganate

    S

    2842

    Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids (including aluminosilicates whether or not chemically defined), other than azides

    NS

    2843

    Colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals, whether or not chemically defined; amalgams of precious metals

    NS

    ex 2844 30 11

    Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of uranium depleted in U 235

    NS

    ex 2844 30 51

    Other than unwrought cermets, waste and scrap of thorium

    NS

    2845 90 90

    Other, than deuterium and compounds thereof; hydrogen and compounds thereof, enriched in deuterium; mixtures and solutions containing these products

    NS

    2846

    Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals

    NS

    2847 00 00

    Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea

    NS

    2848 00 00

    Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus

    NS

    ex 2849

    Carbides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding products of 2849 20 00 and 2849 90 30

    NS

    2849 20 00

    Carbides of silicon

    S

    2849 90 30

    Carbides of tungsten

    S

    ex 2850 00

    Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of 2849 , excluding products of 2850 00 70

    NS

    2850 00 70

    Silicides

    S

    2851 00

    Other inorganic compounds (including distilled or conductivity water and water of similar purity); liquid air (whether or not rare gases have been removed); compressed air; amalgams, other than amalgams of precious metals

    NS

    2903

    Halogenated derivatives of hydrocarbons

    S

    2904 10 00

    Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and ethyl esters

    NS

    2904 20 00

    Derivatives of hydrocarbons, containing only nitro or only nitroso groups

    S

    2904 90

    Other derivatives

    NS

    ex 2905

    Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2905 43 00 , 2905 44 and 2905 45 00

    S

    2905 45 00

    Glycerol

    NS

    2906

    Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

    NS

    2907 11 00

    Phenol (hydroxybenzene) and its salts

    NS

    2907 12 00

    Cresols and their salts

    NS

    2907 13 00

    Octylphenol, nonylphenol and their isomers; salts thereof

    NS

    2907 14 00

    Xylenols and their salts

    NS

    2907 15 90

    Naphthols and their salts other than 1-Naphtol

    S

    2907 19 00

    Other

    NS

    2907 21 00

    Resorcinol and its salts

    NS

    ex 2907 22 00

    Hydroquinone (quinol)

    S

    ex 2907 22 00

    Other

    NS

    2907 23 00

    4,4′-Isopropylidenediphenol (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts

    NS

    2907 29 00

    Other

    NS

    2908

    Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of phenols or phenol-alcohols

    NS

    2909

    Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcohol peroxides, ether peroxides, ketone peroxides (whether or not chemically defined), and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

    S

    2910

    Epoxides, epoxyalcohols, epoxyphenols and epoxyethers, with a three membered ring, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

    NS

    2911 00 00

    Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

    NS

    ex 2912

    Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde, excluding products of 2912 41 00

    NS

    2912 41 00

    Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde)

    S

    2913 00 00

    Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 2912

    NS

    ex 2914

    Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2914 11 00 , 2914 21 00 and 2914 22 00

    NS

    2914 11 00

    Acetone

    S

    2914 21 00

    Camphor

    S

    2914 22 00

    Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanones

    S

    2915

    Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

    S

    ex 2916 11 00

    Acrylic acid

    S

    ex 2916 11 00

    Salts of acrylic acid

    NS

    2916 12

    Esters of acrylic acid

    S

    2916 13 00

    Methacrylic acid and its salts

    NS

    2916 14

    Esters of methacrylic acid

    S

    2916 15 00

    Oleic, linoeic or linolenic acids, their salts and esters

    NS

    2916 19

    Other

    NS

    2916 20 00

    Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives

    NS

    2916 31 00

    Benzoic acid, its salts and esters

    NS

    2916 32

    Benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride

    NS

    2916 39 00

    Other

    NS

    ex 2917

    Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2917 11 00 , 2917 12 10 , 2917 14 00 , 2917 32 00 , 2917 35 00 and 2917 36 00

    NS

    2917 11 00

    Oxalic acid, its salts and esters

    S

    2917 12 10

    Adipic acid, and its salts

    S

    2917 14 00

    Maleic anhydride

    S

    2917 32 00

    Dioctyl orthophthalates

    S

    2917 35 00

    Phthalic anhydride

    S

    2917 36 00

    Terephthalic acid and its salts

    S

    ex 2918

    Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, excluding products of 2918 14 00 , 2918 15 00 , 2918 21 00 , 2918 22 00 and 2918 29 10

    NS

    2918 14 00

    Citric acid

    S

    2918 15 00

    Salts and esters of citric acid

    S

    2918 21 00

    Salicylic acid and its salts

    S

    2918 22 00

    O-Acetysalicylic acid, its salts and esters

    S

    2918 29 10

    Sulfosalicylic acids, hydroxynaphthoic acids; their salts and esters

    S

    2919 00

    Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphanoted, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

    NS

    2920

    Esters of other inorganic acids of non-metals (excluding esters of hydrogen halides) and their salts; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

    NS

    2921

    Amino-function compounds

    S

    2922

    Oxygen-function amino-compounds

    S

    2923

    Quaternary ammonium salts and hydroxides; lecithins and other phosphoaminolipids, whether or not chemically defined

    NS

    2924 19 00

    Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof excluding meprobamate

    S

    2924 21

    Ureines and their derivatives; salts thereof

    S

    2924 23 00

    2-Acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthranilic acid) and its salts

    NS

    2924 29 30

    Paracetamol (INN)

    S

    2924 29 95

    Other carboxyamide-function compounds

    S

    2925

    Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds

    NS

    ex 2926

    Nitrile-function compounds, excluding products of 2926 10 00

    NS

    2926 10 00

    Acrylonitrile

    S

    2927 00 00

    Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds

    S

    2928 00 90

    Organic derivatives of hydrazine

    NS

    2929 10

    Isocyanates

    S

    2929 90 00

    Other than isocyanates

    NS

    2930 10 00

    Organo-sulphur compounds

    NS

    2930 20 00

    NS

    2930 30 00

    NS

    2930 40 90

    Organo-sulphur compounds

    S

    2930 90 13

    S

    2930 90 16

    S

    2930 90 20

    S

    2930 90 70

    S

    2931 00

    Other organo-inorganic compounds

    NS

    ex 2932

    Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atoms only, excluding products of 2932 12 00 , 2932 13 00 and 2932 21 00

    NS

    2932 12 00

    2-Furaldehyde (furfuraldehyde)

    S

    2932 13 00

    Furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol

    S

    2932 21 00

    Coumarin, methylcoumarins and ethylcoumarins

    S

    ex 2933

    Heterocylic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atoms only, excluding products of 2933 61 00

    NS

    2933 61 00

    Melamine

    S

    2934

    Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds

    NS

    2935 00 90

    Other sulphonamides

    S

    2938

    Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives

    NS

    ex 2940 00 00

    Rhamnose, raffinose and mannose

    NS

    ex 2940 00 00

    Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose; sugar ethers and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of 2937 , 2938 or 2939 , other than rahmnose, raffinose and mannose

    S

    2941 20 30

    Dihydrostreptomycin, its salts, esters and hydrates

    NS

    2942 00 00

    Other organic compounds

    NS

    3102

    Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous (1)

    S

    3103 10

    Superphosphates

    S

    3105

    Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg

    S

    ex 3201 90 90

    Tanning extracts of vegetable origin; tannins and their salts, ethers, esthers and other derivatives excluding tanning extracts of eucalyptus, tannings extracts derived from gambier and myrobalan fruits and other tanning extracts of vegetable origin

    NS

    3202

    Synthetic organic tanning substances; inorganic tanning substances; tanning preparations, whether or not containing natural tanning substances; enzymatic preparations for pre-tanning

    NS

    3203 00 90

    Colouring matter of animal and preparations based thereon

    NS

    3204

    Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined

    S

    3205 00 00

    Colour lakes; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colour lakes

    NS

    3206

    Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter, other than those of 3203 , 3204 to 3205 00 00 ; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined

    S

    3207

    Prepared pigments, prepared opacifiers and prepared colours, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, engobes, liquid lustres and similar preparations, of a kind used in the ceramic, enamelling or glass industry; glass frit and other glass, in the form of powder, granules or flakes

    NS

    3208

    Paint and varnishes based on synthetic polymer or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a non-aqueous medium; solutions as defined in note 4 to this chapter

    NS

    3209

    Paints and varnishes based on synthetic polymer or chemically modified natural polymers, dispersed or dissolved in a aqueous medium

    NS

    3210 00

    Other paints and varnishes; prepared water pigments of a kind used for finishing leather

    NS

    3211 00 00

    Prepared driers

    NS

    3212

    Pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in manufacture of paints; stamping foils; dyes and other colouring matter put up in forms or packings for retail sale

    NS

    3213

    Artists', students' or sign board painters' colours, modifying tints, amusement colours and the like, in tablets, tubes, jars, bottles, pans or in similar forms or packings

    NS

    3214

    Glaziers' putty, grafting putty, resin cements, caulking compounds and other mastics; painters' fillings; non-refractory surfacing preparations for façades, indoor walls, floors, ceilings or the like

    NS

    3215

    Printing ink, writing or drawing ink and other inks, whether or not concentrated or solid

    NS

    Chapter 33

    ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS

    NS

    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

    NS

    3501

    Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues

    S

    3502 90 90

    Albuminates and other albumin derivatives

    NS

    3503 00

    Gelatine sheets, whether or not surface-worked and gelatine derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of 3501

    NS

    3504 00 00

    Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed

    NS

    3505 10 50

    Starches, esterified or etherified

    NS

    3506

    Prepared glues and other prepared adhesives, not elsewhere specified or included; products suitable for use as glues or adhesives, not exceeding a net weight of 1 kg

    NS

    3507

    Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included

    S

    Chapter 36

    EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS; MATCHES; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS; CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS

    NS

    Chapter 37

    PHOTOGRAPHIC OR CINEMATOPGRAPHIC GOODS

    NS

    3801

    Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures

    NS

    3802

    Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black

    S

    3803 00 90

    Tall oil, whether or not refined, other than crude

    NS

    3804 00

    Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of 3803

    NS

    3805

    Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphiteturpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent

    NS

    3806

    Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums

    NS

    3807 00

    Wood tar; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch

    NS

    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

    NS

    ex 3809

    Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dye-stuffs and other products and preparations, of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included, excluding products of 3809 10

    NS

    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

    NS

    3811

    Anti-knock preparations, oxidation inhibitors, gum inhibitors, viscosity improvers, anti-corrosive preparations and other prepared additives, for mineral oils or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils

    NS

    3812

    Prepared rubber accelerators; compounds plasticisers for rubber or plastics, not elsewhere specified or included; anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics

    NS

    3813 00 00

    Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades

    NS

    3814 00

    Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers

    NS

    3815

    Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included

    NS

    3816 00 00

    Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products of 3801

    NS

    3817

    Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of 2707 and 2902 :

    S

    3819 00 00

    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

    NS

    3820 00 00

    Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids

    NS

    3821 00 00

    Prepared culture media for development of micro-organisms

    NS

    ex 3823

    Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols, excluding products of 3823 11 00 , 3823 13 00 and 3823 19

    S

    3823 11 00

    Stearic acid

    NS

    3823 13 00

    Tall oil fatty acids

    NS

    3823 19

    Other

    NS

    ex 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, excluding products of 3824 60

    NS

    3825

    Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this chapter

    S

    3901

    Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms

    S

    3902

    Polymers of propylene or other olefins, in primary forms

    S

    3903

    Polymers of styrene, in primary forms

    S

    3904

    Polymers of vinyl chloride or of other halogenated olefins, in primary forms

    S

    3905

    Polymers of vinyl acetate or other vinyl esters, in primary forms; other vinyl polymers in primary forms

    NS

    3906 10 00

    Poly(methyl methacrylate)

    S

    3906 90 60

    Copolymer of methyl acrylate with ethylene and a monomer containing a non-terminal carboxy group as a substituent, containing by weight 50 % or more o methyl acrylate, whether or not compounded with silica

    NS

    3906 90 90

    Other

    NS

    ex 3907

    Polycetals, other polyethers and epoxide resins, in primary forms; polycarbonates, alkyd resins, polyallyl esters and other polyesters, in primary forms, excluding products of 3907 10 00 , 3907 60 and 3907 99

    NS

    3907 10 00

    Polyacetals

    S

    3907 60

    Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

    S

    3907 99

    Other polyesters, other than unsaturated

    S

    3908

    Polyamides in primary form

    S

    3909

    Amino-resins, phenolic resins and polyurethanes, in primary forms

    NS

    3910 00 00

    Silicones in primary forms

    NS

    3911

    Petroleum resins, coumarone-indene resins, polyterpenes, polysulphides, polysulphones and other products specified in note 3 to this chapter, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms

    NS

    3912

    Cellulose and its chemical derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms

    NS

    3913

    Natural polymers and modified natural polymers, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms

    NS

    3914 00 00

    Ion-exchangers based on polymers of 3901 to 3913 , in primary forms

    NS

    3915

    Waste, parings and scrap, of plastic

    NS

    3916

    Monofilament of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 1 mm, rods, sticks and profile shapes, whether or not surface-worked but not otherwise worked, of plastic

    NS

    3917

    Tubes, pipes and hoses, and fittings therefor, of plastic

    NS

    3918

    Floor coverings of plastics, whether or not self-adhesive, in roll or in form of tiles; wall or ceiling coverings of plastics, as defined in note 9 to this chapter

    NS

    3919

    Self-adhesive plates, sheets, film, foil, tape, strip and other flat shapes, of plastics, whether or not in rolls

    NS

    3920

    Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials

    S

    ex 3921

    Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, excluding products of 3921 90 19

    NS

    3921 90 19

    Other plates, sheets, foil and strip, of plastics other than cellular products, of polyesters, other than corrugated sheets and plates

    S

    3922

    Baths, shower-bath, wash-basins, bidets, lavatory pans, seats and covers, flushing cisterns and similar sanitary ware, of plastics

    NS

    ex 3923

    Articles for the conveyance or packing of goods, of plastics; stoppers, lids, caps and other closures, of plastics, excluding products of 3923 21 00

    NS

    3923 21 00

    Sacks and bags (including cones) of ethylene polymers

    S

    3924

    Tableware, kitchenware, other household articles and toilets articles, of plastics

    NS

    3925

    Builders' ware of plastics, not elsewhere specified or included

    NS

    3926

    Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of 3901 to 3914

    NS

    ex Chapter 40

    RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 4010

    NS

    4010

    Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber

    S

    ex 4104

    Tanned or crust hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, excluding products of 4104 41 19 and 4104 49 19

    S

    ex 4106 31

    4106 32

    Tanned or crust hides and skins of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, but not further prepared, excluding products of 4106 31 10

    NS

    4107

    Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals, without hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 4114

    S

     

    Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather:

     

    4112 00 00

    Of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split, other than leather of 4114

    S

    4113 10 00

    Of goats or kids, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of 4114

    S

    4113 20 00

    Of swine

    NS

    4113 30 00

    Of reptiles

    NS

    4113 90 00

    Other

    NS

    4114

    Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather

    S

    4115 10 00

    Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls

    S

    4201 00 00

    Saddlery and harness for any animal (including traces, leads, knee pads, muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog coats and the like), of any material

    NS

    4202

    Trunks, suitcases, vanity-cases, executive-cases, brief-cases, school satchels, spectacle cases, binocular cases, camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, holsters and similar containers; travelling-bags, insulated food or beverages bags, toilet bags, rucksacks, handbags, shopping-bags, wallets, purses, map-cases, cigarette-cases, tobacco-pouches, tool bags, sports bags, bottle-cases, jewellery boxes, powder-boxes, cutlery cases and similar containers, of leather or of composition leather, of sheeting of plastics, of textile materials, of vulcanised fibre or of paperboard, or wholly or mainly covered with such materials or with paper

    S

    4203

    Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, of leather or of composition leather

    S

    4204 00

    Articles of leather, or of composition leather, of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses

    NS

    4205 00 00

    Other articles of leather or of composition leather

    NS

    4206

    Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater's skin, of bladders or of tendons

    NS

    Chapter 43

    FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR; MANUFACTURES THEREOF

    NS

    4407

    Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded or end-jointed, of a thickness exceeding 6 mm

    NS

    4408

    Sheets for veneering (including those obtained by slicing laminated wood), for plywood or for other similar laminated wood and other wood, sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled, whether or not planed, sanded, spliced or end-jointed, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm

    NS

    4410

    Particle board and similar board (for example, oriented strand board and waferboard) of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not agglomerated with resins or other organic binding substances

    S

    4411

    Fibreboard of wood or other ligneous materials, whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances

    S

    4412

    Plywood, veneered panels and similar laminated wood

    S

    4414 00 10

    Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors or similar objects, of tropical wood, as specified in additional note 2 to this Chapter

    NS

    4415

    Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood; cable-drums of wood; pallets and other load boards, of wood; pallet collars of wood

    NS

    4418 10

    Builders' joinery or carpentry of wood, including cellular wood panels, assembled parquet panels, shingles and shakes

    S

    4418 30 10

    S

    4418 20 10

    Doors and their frames and thresholds, of tropical wood, as specified in additional note 2 to this Chapter

    S

    4420 10 11

    Wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, of wood; statuettes and other ornaments, of wood; wooden articles of furniture not falling within Chapter 94

    S

    4420 90 10

    S

    4420 90 91

    S

    4421 90 91

    Other articles of wood: other than of fibreboard

    NS

    ex Chapter 45

    CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK, excluding products of 4503

    NS

    4503

    Articles of natural cork

    S

    Chapter 46

    MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK

    S

    Chapter 50

    SILK

    S

    ex Chapter 51

    WOOL, FINE OR COARSE ANIMAL HAIR, HORSEHAIR YARN AND WOVEN FABRIC, excluding products of 5105

    S

    Chapter 52

    COTTON

    S

    Chapter 53

    OTHER VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES; PAPER YARN AND WOVEN FABRICS OF PAPER YARN

    S

    Chapter 54

    MAN-MADE FILAMENTS

    S

    Chapter 55

    MAN-MADE STAPLE FIBRES

    S

    Chapter 56

    WADDING, FELT AND NONWOVENS; SPECIAL YARNS; TWINE; CORDAGE; ROBES AND CABLES AND ARTICLES THEREOF

    S

    Chapter 57

    CARPETS AND OTHER TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS

    S

    Chapter 58

    SPECIAL WOVEN FABRICS; TUFTED TEXTILE FABRICS; LACE; TAPESTRIES; TRIMMINGS; EMBROIDERY

    S

    Chapter 59

    IMPREGNATED, COATED, COVERED OR LAMINATED TEXTILE FABRICS; TEXTILE ARTICLES OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE

    S

    Chapter 60

    KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS

    S

    Chapter 61

    ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, KNITTED OR CROCHETED

    S

    Chapter 62

    ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED

    S

    Chapter 63

    OTHER MADE-UP TEXTILE ARTICLES; SETS; WORN CLOTHING AND WORN TEXTILE ARTICLES; RAGS

    S

    Chapter 64

    FOOTWEAR, GAITERS AND THE LIKE; PARTS OF SUCH ARTICLES

    S

    Chapter 65

    HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF

    NS

    Chapter 66

    UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING STICKS, SEAT STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF

    S

    Chapter 67

    PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF DOWN; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR

    NS

    Chapter 68

    ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS

    NS

    Chapter 69

    CERAMIC PRODUCTS

    S

    Chapter 70

    GLASS AND GLASSWARE

    S

    7113

    Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal

    NS

    7114

    Articles of goldsmiths' or silversmiths' wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal

    NS

    7115 90

    Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, other then catalysts in the form of wire cloth or grill, of platinum

    NS

    7116 20 19

    Other

    NS

    7116 20 90

    Other than articles made wholly of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed)

    NS

    7117

    Imitation jewellery

    S

    7202

    Ferro-alloys

    S

    Chapter 73

    ARTICLES OF IRON AND STEEL

    NS

    Chapter 74

    COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOF

    S

    7505 12 00

    Bars, rods and profiles, of nickel alloys

    NS

    7505 22 00

    Wire, of nickel alloys

    NS

    7506 20 00

    Nickel plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys

    NS

    7507 20 00

    Nickel tube or pipe fittings

    NS

    ex Chapter 76

    ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7601

    S

    ex Chapter 78

    LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7801

    S

    ex Chapter 79

    ZINC AND ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 7901 and 7903

    S

    ex Chapter 81

    OTHER BASE METALS; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOF, excluding products of 8101 10 00 , 8101 94 00 , 8102 10 00 , 8102 94 00 , 8104 11 00 , 8104 19 00 , 8107 20 00 , 8108 20 00 , 8108 30 00 , 8109 20 00 , 8110 10 00 , 8112 21 90 , 8112 30 20 , 8112 51 00 , 8112 59 00 , 8112 92 and 8113 00 20

    S

    Chapter 82

    TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, CUTLERY, SPOONS AND FORKS, OF BASE METAL; PARTS THEREOF OF BASE METAL

    S

    Chapter 83

    MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL

    S

    ex Chapter 84

    NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF, excluding products of 8401 10 00 and 8407 21 10

    NS

    8401 10 00

    Nuclear reactors

    S

    8407 21 10

    Marine propulsion engines, outboard motors, of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 325 cm3

    S

    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, excluding products of 8516 50 00 , 8519 , 8520 32 99 , 8520 39 90 , 8521 , 8525 , 8527 , 8528 12 , 8528 21 to 8528 30 , 8529 , 8540 11 and 8540 12

    NS

    8516 50 00

    Microwave ovens

    S

    8519

    Turntables (record decks), record-players, cassette-players and other sound-producing apparatus, not incorporating a sound-recording device

    S

    8520 32 99

    Digital audio type, other than cassette-type

    S

    8520 39 90

    Magnetic tape-recorders and other sound-recording apparatus, other than using tapes on reels, allowing sound recording or reproduction either at a single speed of 19 cm per second or at several speeds if those comprise only 19 cm per second and lower speeds

    S

    8521

    Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video turner

    S

    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

    S

    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

    S

    ex 8528

    Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus, excluding products of 8528 13 00 , video monitors and video projectors

    S

    8529

    Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of 8525 to 8528

    S

    8540 11

    Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode-ray tubes

    S

    8540 12 00

    S

    Chapter 86

    RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING STOCK AND PARTS THEREOF; RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES FITTINGS AND PARTS THEREOF; MECHANICAL (INCLUDING ELECTRO-MECHANICAL) TRAFFIC SIGNALLING EQUIPMENT OF ALL KINDS

    NS

    8701

    Tractors (other than tractors of heading 8709 )

    NS

    8702

    Motor vehicles for the transport of 10 persons or more, including the driver

    S

    8703

    Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of 8702 ), including station wagons and racing cars

    S

    8704

    Motor vehicles for the transport of goods

    S

    8705

    Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport of persons or goods (e.g. breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire-fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road-sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units)

    S

    8706 00

    Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705

    S

    8707

    Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705

    S

    8708

    Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of 8701 to 8705

    S

    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 forgoing vehicles

    S

    8710 00 00

    Tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, motorised, whether or not fitted with weapons, and parts of such vehicles

    NS

    8711

    Motor-cycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without side-cars; side cars

    S

    8712 00

    Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised

    S

    8714

    Parts and accessories of vehicles of 8711 to 8713

    S

    8715 00

    Baby carriages and parts thereof

    NS

    8716

    Trailers and semi-trailers, other vehicles not mechanically propelled; parts thereof

    NS

    Chapter 88

    AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT AND PARTS THEREOF

    NS

    Chapter 89

    SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES

    NS

    Chapter 90

    OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC, CINEMATOGRAPHIC, MEASURING, CHECKING, PRECISION MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF

    S

    Chapter 91

    CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF

    S

    Chapter 92

    MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES

    NS

    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, excluding products of 9405

    NS

    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

    S

    ex Chapter 95

    TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF, excluding products of 9503

    NS

    9503

    Other toys; reduced-size (‘scale’) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds

    S

    Chapter 96

    MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

    NS

    (1)  For these products, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

    (2)  For products of CN code 0306 13, the duty shall be 3,6 % under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.

    (3)  For the products of CN codes 0710 80 85, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

    (4)  For the products of CN code 0811 10 and 0811 20, the arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II does not apply.

    (5)  For products of CN codes 1704 10 91 and 1704 10 99, the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value under the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance.

    ANNEX III

    Conventions referred to in Article 9

    PART A

    Core human and labour rights UN/ILO Conventions

    1.

    		 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

    2.

    		 International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

    3.

    		 International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

    4.

    		 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

    5.

    		 Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

    6.

    		 Convention on the Rights of the Child

    7.

    		 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide

    8.

    		 Convention concerning Minimum Age for Admission to Employment (No 138)

    9.

    		 Convention concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour (No 182)

    10.

    		 Convention concerning the Abolition of Forced Labour (No 105)

    11.

    		 Convention concerning Forced or Compulsory Labour (No 29)

    12.

    		 Convention concerning Equal Remuneration of Men and Women Workers for Work of Equal Value (No 100)

    13.

    		 Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation (No 111)

    14.

    		 Convention concerning Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (No 87)

    15.

    		 Convention concerning the Application of the Principles of the Right to Organise and to Bargain Collectively (No 98)

    16.

    		 International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid.

    PART B

    Conventions related to the environment and governance principles

    17.

    		 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer

    18.

    		 Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal

    19.

    		 Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants

    20.

    		 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

    21.

    		 Convention on Biological Diversity

    22.

    		 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

    23.

    		 Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

    24.

    		 United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs (1961)

    25.

    		 United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances (1971)

    26.

    		 United Nations Convention against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (1988)

    27.

    		 United Nations Convention against Corruption (Mexico).
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