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Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning non-agricultural and processed agricultural products not covered by the Agreement
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning non-agricultural and processed agricultural products not covered by the Agreement
Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning non-agricultural and processed agricultural products not covered by the Agreement
IO L 328, 22.11.1986, p. 39–48
(ES, DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL, PT) Foilsíodh an doiciméad seo in eagrán speisialta
(FI, SV, CS, ET, LV, LT, HU, MT, PL, SK, SL, BG, RO, HR)
In force
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_internation/1986/553/oj
22.11.1986 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Communities |
L 328/39 |
AGREEMENT
in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation concerning non-agricultural and processed agricultural products not covered by the Agreement
Brussels, 14 July 1986
Sir,
I have the honour to refer to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation consequent upon the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, signed this day, and to the negotiations which have taken place between the Community and the Swiss Confederation on transitional customs arrangements to be applied to trade between Spain and Portugal, on the one hand, and Switzerland on the other, in respect of non-agricultural and processed agricultural products not covered by the abovementioned Agreement.
For the products listed in Annexes I and II, I hereby confirm that the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic will gradually eliminate the difference which exists between the basic duty as defined in accordance with Articles 4 and 10 of the Additional Protocol and the Common Customs Tariff so as to attain by 1 January 1993 the duty stipulated in that Tariff. This elimination shall for Spain take place in steps of 10 %, 12,5 %, 15 %, 15 %, 12,5 %, 12,5 %, 12,5 % and 10 %, respectively. For Portugal the elimination shall take place in steps of 10 %, 10 %, 15 %, 15 %, 10 %, 10 %, 15 % and 15 %, respectively.
From 1 March 1986, in the case of tariff headings in respect of which the basic duties do not differ more than 15 % in either direction from the duties in the Common Customs Tariff or the ECSC unified tariff, these latter duties shall be applied by the Kingdom of Spain.
From 1 March 1986, the Portuguese Republic shall apply a duty reducing by 10 % the difference between the basic duty and the duty in the Common Customs Tariff. From 1 January 1987, in the case of tariff headings in respect of which the basic duties do not differ by more than 15 % in either direction from the duties in the Common Customs Tariff or the ECSC unified tariff, these latter duties shall be applied by Portugal.
The Swiss Confederation will proceed likewise in respect of the products listed in Annex III originating in Portugal, so as to attain by 1 January 1993 the duty stipulated in the Customs Tariff of Switzerland.
This Exchange of Letters shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures.
I should be obliged if you would confirm that the Government of the Republic of Austria is in agreement with the above.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
On behalf of the Council of the European Communities
Brussels, 14 July 1986
Sir,
I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date which reads as follows:
‘I have the honour to refer to the Additional Protocol to the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation consequent upon the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the Community, signed this day, and to the negotiations which have taken place between the Community and the Swiss Confederation on transitional customs arrangements to be applied to trade between Spain and Portugal, on the one hand, and Switzerland on the other, in respect of non-agricultural and processed agricultural products not covered by the abovementioned Agreement.
For the products listed in Annexes I and II, I hereby confirm that the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic will gradually eliminate the difference which exists between basic duty as defined in accordance with Articles 4 and 10 of the Additional Protocol and the Common Customs Tariff so as to attain by 1 January 1993 the duty stipulated in that Tariff. This elimination shall for Spain take place in steps of 10%, 12,5 %, 15 %, 15 %, 12,5 %, 12,5 %, 12,5 % and 10 %, respectively. For Portugal the elimination shall take place in steps of 10 %, 10 %, 15 %, 15 %, 10 %, 10 %, 15 % and 15 %, respectively.
From 1 March 1986, in the case of tariff headings in respect of which the basic duties do not differ more than 15 % in either direction from the duties in the Common Customs Tariff or the ECSC unified tariff, these latter duties shall be applied by the Kingdom of Spain.
From 1 March 1986, the Portuguese Republic shall apply a duty reducing by 10 % the difference between the basic duty and the duty in the Common Customs Tariff. From 1 January 1987, in the case of tariff headings in respect of which the basic duties do not differ by more than 15 % in either direction from the duties in the Common Customs Tariff or the ECSC unified tariff, these latter duties shall be applied by Portugal.
The Swiss Confederation will proceed likewise in respect of the products listed in Annex III originating in Portugal, so as to attain by 1 January 1993 the duty stipulated in the Customs Tariff of Switzerland.
This Exchange of Letters shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures.
I should be obliged if you would confirm that the Government of the Swiss Confederation is in agreement with the above.’
I have the honour to confirm that my Government is in agreement with the contents of your letter.
Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.
For the Government of the Swiss Confederation
ANNEX I
SPAIN
CCT heading No |
Description |
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21.05 |
Soups and broths, in liquid, solid or powder form; homogenized composite food preparations:
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21.06 |
Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders:
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21.07 |
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
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ANNEX II
PORTUGAL
CCT heading No |
Description |
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05.03 |
Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up on a layer or between two layers of other material:
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05.07 |
Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers:
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05.13 |
Natural sponges:
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13.02 |
Shellac, seed lac, stick lac and other lacs; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and balsams:
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13.03 |
Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, derived from vegetable products:
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14.01 |
Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, cereal straw, cleaned, bleached or dyed, osier, reeds, rushes, rattans, bamboos, raffia and lime bark):
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15.05 |
Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) |
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15.06 |
Other animal oils and fats (including neat's-foot oil and fats from bones or waste) |
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15.08 |
Animal and vegetable oils, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurized, blown or polymerized by heat in vacuum or in inert gas, or otherwise modified |
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15.10 |
Fatty acids; acid oils from refining; fatty alcohols:
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15.11 |
Glycerol and glycerol lyes |
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15.15 |
Spermaceti, crude, pressed or refined, whether or not coloured; beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not coloured:
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15.16 |
Vegetable waxes, whether or not coloured:
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15.17 |
Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes:
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18.03 |
Cocoa paste (in bulk or in block), whether or not defatted |
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18.04 |
Cocoa butter (fat or oil) |
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18.05 |
Cocoa powder, unsweetened |
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21.02 |
Extracts, essences or concentrates of coffee, tea or mate and preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof:
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21.03 |
Mustard flour and prepared mustard |
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21.05 |
Soups and broths, in liquid, solid or powder form; homogenised composite food preparations:
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21.06 |
Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders:
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21.07 |
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included:
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22.01 |
Waters, including spa waters and aerated waters; ice and snow:
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22.02 |
Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and vegetable juices falling within heading No 20.07:
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22.08 |
Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits, undenatured, of an alcoholic strength of 80 % vol or higher; denatured spirits (including ethyl alcohol and neutral spirits) of any strength:
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22.09 |
Spirits (other than those of heading No 22.08); liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations (known as ‘concentrated extracts’) for the manufacture of beverages:
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24.02 |
Manufactured tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences |
ANNEX III
PORTUGAL
Swiss customs Tariff heading No |
Description |
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0501. |
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Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair |
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0502. |
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Pigs', hogs' and boars' bristles or hair, badger hair and other brush making hair; waste of such bristles and hair |
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0503. |
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Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up on a layer or between two layers of other material |
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0505. |
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Fish waste |
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0507. |
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Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers |
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0508. |
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Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinized; powder and waste of these products: |
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10 |
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0509. |
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Ivory, tortoise-shell, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks of animals, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, and waste and powder of these products; whale-bone and the like, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, and hair and waste of these products |
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0512. |
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Coral and similar substances, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of shells |
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0513. |
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Natural sponges |
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0514. |
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Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; animal products, fresh, chilled or frozen, or otherwise provisionally preserved, of a kind used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products |
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1302. |
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Shellac, seed lac, stick lac and other lacs; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and balsams |
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1303. |
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Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, derived from vegetable products: |
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10 |
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20 |
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22 |
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52 |
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60 |
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62 |
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64 |
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1401. |
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Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily for plaiting (for example, cereal straw, cleaned, bleached or dyed, osier, reeds, rushes, rattans, bamboos, raffia and lime bark) |
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1402. |
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Vegetable materials, whether or not put up on a layer or between two layers of other material, of a kind used primarily as stuffing or as padding (for example, kapok, vegetable hair and eel-grass) |
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1403. |
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Vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in brushes or in brooms (for example, sorgho, piassava, couch-grass and istle), whether or not in bundles or hanks |
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1405. |
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Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included |
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1505. |
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Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin) |
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1506. |
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Other animal oils and fats (including neat's-foot oil and fats from bones or waste): |
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ex 40 |
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1508. |
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Animal and vegetable oils, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurized, blown or polymerized by heat in vacuum or in inert gas, or otherwise modified |
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1510. |
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Fatty acids; acid oils from refining; fatty alcohols: |
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10 |
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ex 20 |
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1511. |
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Glycerol and glycerol lyes |
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1515. |
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Spermaceti, crude, pressed or refined, whether or not coloured; beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not coloured |
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1516. |
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Vegetable waxes, whether or not coloured |
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1517. |
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Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes |
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1704. |
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Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa: |
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10 |
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1803. |
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Cocoa paste (in bulk or in block) whether or not defatted |
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1804. |
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Cocoa fat (cocoa butter) and cocoa oil |
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1805. |
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Cocoa powder, unsweetened |
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1806. |
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Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: |
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20 |
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22 |
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24 |
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26 |
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27 |
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28 |
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1902. |
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Malt extract; preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 % by weight of cocoa: |
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ex 04 |
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ex 06 |
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1902. |
ex 08 |
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ex 20 |
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ex 22 |
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2102. |
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Extracts, essences or concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate and preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof: |
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10 |
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12 |
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ex 20 |
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ex 22 |
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2103. |
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Mustard flour and prepared mustard |
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2105. |
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Soups and broths, in liquid, solid or powder form; homogenized composite food preparations: |
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ex 20 |
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2106. |
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Natural yeasts (active or inactive); prepared baking powders: |
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ex 20 |
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30 |
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2107. |
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Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: |
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02 |
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40 |
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42 |
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44 |
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46 |
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47 |
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48 |
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2201. |
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Waters, including spa waters and aerated waters; ice and snow |
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2202. |
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Lemonade, flavoured spa waters and flavoured aerated waters, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit and vegetable juices falling within heading No 2007: |
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ex 20 |
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ex 22 |
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2208. |
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Ethyl alcohol or neutral spirits, undenatured, of a strength of 80o or higher; denatured spirits (including ethyl alcohol and neutral spirits) of any strength |
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2209. |
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Spirits (other than those of heading No 22.08); liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations (known as ‘concentrated extracts’) for the manufacture of beverages: |
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20 |
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ex 24 |
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30 |
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ex 34 |
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ex 40 |
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50 |
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2402. |
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Manufactured tobacco; tobacco extracts and essences |