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

Modified by

Commission Regulation (EC) No 566/2007of 24 May 2007removing the Republic of Chile from the list of beneficiary countries in Annex I to Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences, 307R0566, May 25, 2007
Commission Regulation (EC) No 606/2007of 1 June 2007amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences, 307R0606, June 2, 2007
Council Regulation (EC) No 55/2008of 21 January 2008introducing autonomous trade preferences for the Republic of Moldova and amending Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 and Commission Decision 2005/924/EC, 308R0055, January 24, 2008

Corrected by

Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences, 305R0980R(01), March 20, 2007

Council Regulation (EC) No 980/2005of 27 June 2005applying 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 ParliamentOpinion delivered on 9 March 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).,Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social CommitteeOpinion delivered on 9 February 2005 (not yet published in the Official Journal).,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"Differential and More Favourable Treatment, Reciprocity and Fuller Participation of Developing Countries", GATT Decision of 28 November 1979 (L/4903)..(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 CodeOJ 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)., 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 CommissionOJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

CHAPTER IGENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 11.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 2The beneficiary countries of the arrangements referred to in Article 1(2) are listed in Annex I.

Article 31.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 4The products included in the arrangements referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 1(2) are listed in Annex II.

Article 51.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 6For 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 TariffOJ 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)., 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 IIARRANGEMENTS AND TARIFF PREFERENCESSECTION 1General arrangement

Article 71.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 2501/2001Council 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). 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 2Special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance

Article 81.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 17041091 and 17041099, 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 91.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 101.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 111.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 3Special arrangement for least developed countries

Article 121.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 08030019 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 17011110 respectively, originating in the countries benefiting from this special arrangement. The initial tariff quotas for the marketing year 2001/2002 shall be equal to 2517 tonnes, husked rice equivalent, for products of tariff heading 1006, and 74185 tonnes, white sugar equivalent, for products of subheading 17011110. 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 13Article 12(4) and provisions of Article 12(5) referring to products of tariff subheading 17011110 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 4Common provisions

Article 141.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 151.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 IIITEMPORARY WITHDRAWAL AND SAFEGUARD PROVISIONSSECTION 1Temporary withdrawal

Article 161.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 384/96Council 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). or (EC) No 2026/97Council 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., for the reasons which justify those measures.

Article 171.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 181.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 191.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 201.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 2Safeguard clause

Article 211.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 22Where 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 231.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 3Surveillance measures in the agricultural sector

Article 24Products 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, orwhen 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 4Common provision

Article 25Nothing 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 IVPROCEDURAL PROVISIONS

Article 26The 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 271.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 1172/95Council 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). and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917/2000Commission 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)..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 08030019, of tariff headings 0603, 1006, 1701, 1704 and 6403 and of CN codes 160414, 16041931, 16041939, 16042070, 200290 and 210320 in order to determine whether the conditions referred to in Articles 21 and 22 are fulfilled.

Article 281.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 VFINAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Article 29Council Regulation (EC) No 552/97Council 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)., which refers to Council Regulations (EC) No 3281/94Council 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). and (EC) No 1256/96Council 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)., shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation. Commission Regulations (EC) No 1381/2002Commission 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). and (EC) No 1401/2002Commission 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)., which refer to Regulation (EC) No 2501/2001, shall be considered to refer to the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.

Article 301.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.ANNEX I

Beneficiary countries and territories of the Community's scheme of generalised tariff preferencesColumn Acode according to the nomenclature of countries and territories for the external trade statistics of the CommunityColumn Bname of countryColumn Csections in respect of which tariff preferences have been removed for the beneficiary country concerned (Article 14)Column Dcountries included in the special arrangement for least developed countries (Article 12)Column Ecountries included in the special incentive arrangement for sustainable development and good governance (Article 8)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.

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.
BR	Brazil	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.
ID	Indonesia	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.
TH	Thailand	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

ANNEX IIList 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 the 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 of a CN code marked with an asterisk is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.The column "Sensitive/non-sensitive" refers to 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 as being either NS (non-sensitive, for the purposes of Article 7(1)) or S (sensitive, for the purposes of Article 7(2)).For reasons of simplification, the products are listed in groups. These may include products for which Common Customs Tariff duties are exempted or suspended.

The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products of this heading.For the products of subheading 030613, the duty shall be 3,6 % under the arrangement referred to in Section 2 of Chapter II.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the product of this subheading.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the product of this subheading.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products of these subheadings.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products of this heading.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products of these subheadings.For the products of subheadings 17041091 and 17041099, the specific duty shall be limited to 16 % of the customs value, under the arrangement referred to in Section 2 of Chapter II.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products of this heading.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the product of this subheading.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products of this subheading.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products of this subheading.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products of this heading.The arrangement referred to in Section 1 of Chapter II shall not apply to the products of this heading.

CN code	Description	Sensitive/non-sensitive
01011090	Live, pure-bred breeding asses and other	S
01019019	Live horses, other than pure-bred breeding animals, other than for slaughter	S
01019030	Live asses, other than pure-bred breeding animals	S
01019090	Live mules and hinnies	S
01042010 *	Live, pure-bred breeding goats	S
01061910	Live domestic rabbits	S
01063910	Live pigeons	S
020500	Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen	S
02068091	Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh or chilled, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products	S
02069091	Edible offal of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, frozen, other than for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products	S
02071491	Livers, frozen, of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus	S
02072791	Livers, frozen, of turkeys	S
02073689	Livers, frozen, of ducks, geese or guinea fowls, other than fatty livers of ducks or geese	S
ex0208	Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen, excluding products of subheading 02089055 (except for the products of subheading 02089070 to which the footnote shall not apply)	S
02089070	Frogs’ legs	NS
02109910	Meat of horses, salted, in brine or dried	S
02109959	Offal of bovine animals, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other than thick skirt and thin skirt	S
02109960	Offal of sheep or goats, salted, in brine, dried or smoked	S
02109980	Offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked, other than poultry liver, other than of domestic swine, of bovine animals or of sheep or goats	S
ex Chapter 3	Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, except for the products of subheading 03011090	S
03011090	Live, ornamental saltwater fish	NS
040310510403105304031059040310910403109304031099	Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa	S
040390710403907304039079040390910403909304039099	Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa	S
0405201004052030	Dairy spreads, of a fat content, by weight, of 39 % or more but not exceeding 75 %	S
04070090	Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked, other than of poultry	S
04090000	Natural honey	S
04100000	Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included	S
05119939	Natural sponges of animal origin, other than raw	S
ex Chapter 6	Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage, except for the products of subheading 06049140	S
06049140	Conifer branches, fresh	NS
0701	Potatoes, fresh or chilled	S
070310	Onions and shallots, fresh or chilled	S
07039000	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
ex07070005	Cucumbers, fresh or chilled, from 16 May to 31 October	S
0708	Leguminous vegetables, shelled or unshelled, fresh or chilled	S
07092000	Asparagus, fresh or chilled	S
07093000	Aubergines (eggplants), fresh or chilled	S
07094000	Celery other than celeriac, fresh or chilled	S
07095100070959	Mushrooms, fresh or chilled, excluding the products of subheading 07095950	S
07096010	Sweet peppers, fresh or chilled	S
07096099	Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fresh or chilled, other than sweet peppers, other than for the manufacture of capsicin or capsicum oleoresin dyes and other than for the industrial manufacture essential oils or resinoids	S
07097000	Spinach, New Zealand spinach and orache spinach (garden spinach), fresh or chilled	S
07099010	Salad vegetables, fresh or chilled, other than lettuce (Lactuca sativa) and chicory (Cichorium spp.)	S
07099020	Chard (or white beet) and cardoons, fresh or chilled	S
07099031 *	Olives, fresh or chilled, for uses other than the production of oil	S
07099040	Capers, fresh or chilled	S
07099050	Fennel, fresh or chilled	S
07099070	Courgettes, fresh or chilled	S
ex07099080	Globe artichokes, fresh or chilled, from 1 July to 31 October	S
07099090	Other vegetables, fresh or chilled	S
ex0710	Vegetables (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen, except for the product of subheading 07108085	S
07108085	Asparagus (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen	S
ex0711	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 the products of subheading 07112090	S
ex0712	Dried vegetables, whole, cut, sliced, broken or in powder, but not further prepared, excluding olives and the products of subheading 07129019	S
0713	Dried leguminous vegetables, shelled, whether or not skinned or split	S
07142010 *	Sweet potatoes, fresh, whole, and intended for human consumption	NS
07142090	Sweet potatoes, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets, other than fresh and whole and intended for human consumption	S
07149090	Jerusalem artichokes and similar roots and tubers with high inulin content, fresh, chilled, frozen or dried, whether or not sliced or in the form of pellets; sago pith	NS
0802119008021290	Almonds, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled, other than bitter	S
0802210008022200	Hazelnuts or filberts (Corylus spp.), fresh or dried, whether or not shelled	S
0802310008023200	Walnuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled	S
08024000	Chestnuts (Castanea spp.), fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	S
08025000	Pistachios, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	NS
08026000	Macadamia nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	NS
08029050	Pine nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	NS
08029085	Other nuts, fresh or dried, whether or not shelled or peeled	NS
08030011	Plantains, fresh	S
08030090	Bananas, including plantains, dried	S
08041000	Dates, fresh or dried	S
0804201008042090	Figs, fresh or dried	S
08043000	Pineapples, fresh or dried	S
08044000	Avocados, fresh or dried	S
ex080520	Mandarins (including tangerines and satsumas), and clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh or dried, from 1 March to 31 October	S
08054000	Grapefruit, including pomelos, fresh or dried	NS
08055090	Limes (Citrus aurantifolia, Citrus latifolia), fresh or dried	S
08059000	Other citrus fruit, fresh or dried	S
ex08061010	Table grapes, fresh, from 1 January to 20 July and from 21 November to 31 December, excluding grapes of the variety Emperor (Vitis vinifera cv.) from 1 to 31 December	S
08061090	Other grapes, fresh	S
ex080620	Dried grapes, excluding the products of subheading ex08062030 in immediate containers of a net capacity exceeding 2 kg	S
0807110008071900	Melons (including watermelons), fresh	S
08081010	Cider apples, fresh, in bulk, from 16 September to 15 December	S
08082010	Perry pears, fresh, in bulk, from 1 August to 31 December	S
ex08082050	Other pears, fresh, from 1 May to 30 June	S
08082090	Quinces, fresh	S
ex08091000	Apricots, fresh, from 1 January to 31 May and from 1 August to 31 December	S
08092005	Sour cherries (Prunus cerasus), fresh	S
ex08092095	Cherries, fresh, from 1 January to 20 May and from 11 August to 31 December, other than sour cherries (Prunus cerasus)	S
ex080930	Peaches, including nectarines, fresh, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December	S
ex08094005	Plums, fresh, from 1 January to 10 June and from 1 October to 31 December	S
08094090	Sloes, fresh	S
ex08101000	Strawberries, fresh, from 1 January to 30 April and from 1 August to 31 December	S
081020	Raspberries, blackberries, mulberries and loganberries, fresh	S
08104030	Fruit of the species Vaccinium myrtillus, fresh	S
08104050	Fruit of the species Vaccinium macrocarpon and Vaccinium corymbosum, fresh	S
08104090	Other fruits of the genus Vaccinium, fresh	S
08105000	Kiwifruit, fresh	S
08106000	Durians, fresh	S
081090500810906008109070	Black-, white- or redcurrants and gooseberries, fresh	S
08109095	Other fruit, fresh	S
ex0811	Fruit and nuts, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, except for the products of subheadings 081110 and 081120	S
081110 and 081120	Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, mulberries, loganberries, black-, white- and redcurrants, and gooseberries	S
ex0812	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, except for the products of subheading 08129030	S
08129030	Papaws (papayas)	NS
08131000	Apricots, dried	S
08132000	Prunes	S
08133000	Apples, dried	S
08134010	Peaches, including nectarines, dried	S
08134030	Pears, dried	S
08134050	Papaws (papayas), dried	NS
08134095	Other fruit, dried, other than that of headings 0801 to 0806	NS
08135012	Mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806) of papaws (papayas), tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola or pitahaya, but not containing prunes	S
08135015	Other mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806), not containing prunes	S
08135019	Mixtures of dried fruit (other than that of headings 0801 to 0806), containing prunes	S
08135031	Mixtures exclusively of dried tropical nuts of headings 0801 and 0802	S
08135039	Mixtures exclusively of dried nuts of headings 0801 and 0802, other than of tropical nuts	S
08135091	Other mixtures of nuts and dried fruits of Chapter 8, not containing prunes or figs	S
08135099	Other mixtures of nuts and dried fruits of Chapter 8	S
08140000	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
ex Chapter 9	Coffee, tea, maté and spices, except for the products of subheadings 09011200, 09012100, 09012200, 09019090 and 09042010, headings 09050000 and 09070000, and subheadings 09109190, 09109933, 09109939, 09109950 and 09109999	NS
09011200	Coffee, not roasted, decaffeinated	S
09012100	Coffee, roasted, not decaffeinated	S
09012200	Coffee, roasted, decaffeinated	S
09019090	Coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion	S
09042010	Sweet peppers, dried, neither crushed nor ground	S
09050000	Vanilla	S
09070000	Cloves (whole fruit, cloves and stems)	S
09109190	Mixtures of two or more of the products of different headings of headings 0904 to 0910, crushed or ground	S
091099330910993909109950	Thyme; bay leaves	S
09109999	Other spices, crushed or ground, other than mixtures of two or more of the products of different headings of headings 0904 to 0910	S
ex10089090	Quinoa	S
1105	Flour, meal, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes	S
11061000	Flour, meal and powder of the dried leguminous vegetables of heading 0713	S
110630	Flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8	S
11082000	Inulin	S
ex Chapter 12	Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit, except for the products of subheadings 12092100, 12092380, 12092950, 12092980, 12093000, 12099110, 12099190 and 12099991; industrial or medicinal plants, except for the products of heading 1210 and subheading 12119030, and excluding the products of subheadings 121291 and 12129920; straw and fodder	S
12092100	Lucerne (alfalfa) seed, of a kind used for sowing	NS
12092380	Other fescue seed, of a kind used for sowing	NS
12092950	Lupine seed, of a kind used for sowing	NS
12092980	Seeds of other forage plants, of a kind used for sowing	NS
12093000	Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers, of a kind used for sowing	NS
1209911012099190	Other vegetable seeds, of a kind used for sowing	NS
12099991	Seeds of plants cultivated principally for their flowers, of a kind used for sowing, other than those of subheading 12093000	NS
1210	Hop cones, fresh or dried, whether or not ground, powdered or in the form of pellets; lupulin	S
12119030	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, except for the products of subheading 13021200	S
13021200	Vegetable saps and extracts, of liquorice	NS
15010090	Poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503	S
15020090	Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 and other than for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption	S
15030019	Lard stearin and oleostearin, other than for industrial uses	S
15030090	Lard oil, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared, other than tallow oil for industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption	S
1504	Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified	S
15050010	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
15111090	Palm oil, crude, other than for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption	S
151190	Palm oil and its fractions, whether or not refined but not chemically modified, other than crude oil	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
ex1516	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, except for the products of subheading 15162010	S
15162010	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 Chapter 15, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516	S
151800	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 Chapter 15, not elsewhere specified or included	S
15219099	Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, other than raw	S
15220010	Degras	S
15220091	Oil foots and dregs; soapstocks, other than containing oil having the characteristics of olive oil	S
16010010	Sausages and similar products, of liver, and food preparations based on liver	S
1602201116022019	Goose or duck liver, prepared or preserved	S
16024190	Ham and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, of swine other than of domestic swine	S
16024290	Shoulders and cuts thereof, prepared or preserved, of swine other than of domestic swine	S
16024990	Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, including mixtures, of swine other than of domestic swine	S
16025031, 16025039 and 16025080	Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, cooked, of bovine animals, whether or not in airtight containers	S
16029031	Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of game or rabbit	S
16029041	Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of reindeer	S
160290691602907216029074160290761602907816029098	Other prepared or preserved meat or meat offal, of sheep or goats or other animals, not containing uncooked bovine meat or offal and not containing meat or meat offal of domestic swine	S
16030010	Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 1 kg	S
1604	Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs	S
1605	Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved	S
17025000	Chemically pure fructose	S
17029010	Chemically pure maltose	S
1704	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, except for the products of subheadings 19012000 and 19019091	S
19012000	Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers’ wares of heading 1905	NS
19019091	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 the products of heading 2002 and subheadings 20058000, 20082019, 20082039, ex200840 and ex200870	S
2002	Tomatoes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid	S
20058000	Sweetcorn (Zea mays var. saccharata), prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006	S
2008201920082039	Pineapples, otherwise prepared or preserved, containing added spirit, not elsewhere specified or included	NS
ex200840	Pears, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included (except for the products of subheadings 20084011, 20084021, 20084029 and 20084039, to which the footnote shall not apply)	S
ex200870	Peaches, including nectarines, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included (except for the products of subheadings 20087011, 20087031, 20087039 and 20087059, to which the footnote shall not apply)	S
ex Chapter 21	Miscellaneous edible preparations, except for the products of subheadings 210120 and 21022019, and excluding the products of subheadings 210610, 21069030, 21069051, 21069055 and 21069059	S
210120	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
21022019	Other inactive yeasts	NS
ex Chapter 22	Beverages, spirits and vinegar, except for the products of heading 2207, and excluding the products of subheadings 22041011 to 22043010 and subheading 220840	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	S
23025000	Residues and wastes of a similar kind, whether or not in the form of pellets, resulting from the grinding or other working of leguminous plants	S
23070019	Other wine lees	S
23080019	Other grape marc	S
23080090	Other vegetable materials and vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included	NS
23091090	Other dog or cat food put up for retail sale, other than containing starch or glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrine or maltodextrine syrup of subheadings 17023051 to 17023099, 17024090, 17029050 and 21069055 or milk products	S
23099010	Fish or marine mammal solubles, of a kind used in animal feeding	NS
23099091	Beetpulp with added molasses, of a kind used in animal feeding	S
2309909523099099	Other preparations of a kind used in animal feeding, whether or not containing by weight 49 % or more of choline chloride on an organic or inorganic base	S
Chapter 24	Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes	S
25199010	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
28020000	Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated; colloidal sulphur	NS
ex2804	Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals, excluding the products of subheading 28046900	NS
2806	Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid); chlorosulphuric acid	NS
280700	Sulphuric acid; oleum	NS
28080000	Nitric acid; sulphonitric acids	NS
2809	Diphosphorus pentaoxide; phosphoric acid; polyphosphoric acids, whether or not chemically defined	NS
28100090	Oxides of boron, other than diboron trioxide; boric acids	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); peroxide of sodium or potassium	S
2816	Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium; oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, of strontium or barium	NS
28170000	Zinc oxide; zinc peroxide	S
281810	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 by weight 70 % or more of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3	NS
28220000	Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxides	NS
28230000	Titanium oxides	S
2824	Lead oxides; red lead and orange lead	NS
ex2825	Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts; other inorganic bases; other metal oxides, hydroxides and peroxides, except for the products of subheadings 28251000 and 28258000	NS
28251000	Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts	S
28258000	Antimony oxides	S
2826	Fluorides; fluorosilicates, fluoroaluminates and other complex fluorine salts	NS
ex2827	Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides, except for products of subheadings 28271000 and 28273200; bromides and bromide oxides; iodides and iodide oxides	NS
28271000	Ammonium chloride	S
28273200	Aluminium chloride	S
2828	Hypochlorites; commercial calcium hypochlorite; chlorites; hypobromites	NS
2829	Chlorates and perchlorates; bromates and perbromates; iodates and periodates	NS
ex2830	Sulphides, except for the products of subheading 28301000; polysulphides, whether or not chemically defined	NS
28301000	Sodium sulphides	S
2831	Dithionites and sulphoxylates	NS
2832	Sulphites; thiosulphates	NS
2833	Sulphates; alums; peroxosulphates (persulphates)	NS
28341000	Nitrites	S
28342100283429	Nitrates	NS
2835	Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates; polyphosphates, whether or not chemically defined	S
ex2836	Carbonates, except for the products of subheadings 28362000, 28364000 and 28366000; peroxocarbonates (percarbonates); commercial ammonium carbonate containing ammonium carbamate	NS
28362000	Disodium carbonate	S
28364000	Potassium carbonates	S
28366000	Barium carbonate	S
2837	Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides	NS
2839	Silicates; commercial alkali metal silicates	NS
2840	Borates; peroxoborates (perborates)	NS
ex2841	Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids, except for the product of subheading 28416100	NS
28416100	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
ex28443011	Cermets containing uranium depleted in U-235 or compounds of this product, other than unwrought	NS
ex28443051	Cermets containing thorium or compounds of thorium, other than unwrought	NS
28459090	Isotopes other than those of heading 2844, and compounds, inorganic or organic, of such isotopes, whether or not chemically defined, other than deuterium and compounds thereof, hydrogen and compounds thereof enriched in deuterium or 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
28470000	Hydrogen peroxide, whether or not solidified with urea	NS
28480000	Phosphides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus	NS
ex2849	Carbides, whether or not chemically defined, except for the products of subheadings 28492000 and 28499030	NS
28492000	Silicon carbide, whether or not chemically defined	S
28499030	Carbides of tungsten, whether or not chemically defined	S
ex285000	Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides, whether or not chemically defined, other than compounds which are also carbides of heading 2849, except for the products of subheading 28500070	NS
28500070	Silicides, whether or not chemically defined	S
28520000	Compounds, inorganic or organic, of mercury, excluding amalgams	NS
285300	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
ex2904	Sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of hydrocarbons, whether or not halogenated, except for the products of subheading 29042000	NS
29042000	Derivatives containing only nitro or only nitroso groups	S
ex2905	Acyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for the product of subheading 29054500, and excluding the products of subheadings 29054300 and 290544	S
29054500	Glycerol	NS
2906	Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	NS
ex2907	Phenols, except for the products of subheadings 29071590 and ex29072200; phenol-alcohols	NS
29071590	Naphthols and their salts, other than 1-naphthol	S
ex29072200	Hydroquinone (quinol)	S
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
29110000	Acetals and hemiacetals, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	NS
ex2912	Aldehydes, whether or not with other oxygen function; cyclic polymers of aldehydes; paraformaldehyde, except for the product of subheading 29124100	NS
29124100	Vanillin (4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde)	S
29130000	Halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of products of heading 2912	NS
ex2914	Ketones and quinones, whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for the products of subheadings 29141100, 29142100 and 29142200	NS
29141100	Acetone	S
29142100	Camphor	S
29142200	Cyclohexanone and methylcyclohexanones	S
2915	Saturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives	S
ex2916	Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, cyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for the products of subheadings ex29161100, 291612 and 291614	NS
ex29161100	Acrylic acid	S
291612	Esters of acrylic acid	S
291614	Esters of methacrylic acid	S
ex2917	Polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for the products of subheadings 29171100, 29171210, 29171400, 29173200, 29173500 and 29173600	NS
29171100	Oxalic acid, its salts and esters	S
29171210	Adipic acid and its salts	S
29171400	Maleic anhydride	S
29173200	Dioctyl orthophthalates	S
29173500	Phthalic anhydride	S
29173600	Terephthalic acid and its salts	S
ex2918	Carboxylic acids with additional oxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives, except for the products of subheadings 29181400, 29181500, 29182100, 29182200 and 29182910	NS
29181400	Citric acid	S
29181500	Salts and esters of citric acid	S
29182100	Salicylic acid and its salts	S
29182200	o-Acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters	S
29182910	Sulphosalicylic acids, hydroxynaphthoic acids; their salts and esters	S
2919	Phosphoric esters and their salts, including lactophosphates; their halogenated, sulphonated, 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	Amine-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
ex2924	Carboxyamide-function compounds and amide-function compounds of carbonic acid, except for the products of subheading 29242300	S
29242300	2-Acetamidobenzoic acid (N-acetylanthranilic acid) and its salts	NS
2925	Carboxyimide-function compounds (including saccharin and its salts) and imine-function compounds	NS
ex2926	Nitrile-function compounds, except for the product of subheading 29261000	NS
29261000	Acrylonitrile	S
29270000	Diazo-, azo- or azoxy-compounds	S
29280090	Other organic derivatives of hydrazine or of hydroxylamine	NS
292910	Isocyanates	S
29299000	Other compounds with other nitrogen function	NS
2930200029303000ex29309085	Thiocarbamates and dithiocarbamates, and thiuram mono-, di- or tetrasulphides; dithiocarbonates (xanthates)	NS
2930409029305000293090132930901629309020ex29309085	Methionine, captafol (ISO), methamidophos (ISO), and other organo-sulphur compounds other than dithiocarbonates (xanthates)	S
293100	Other organo-inorganic compounds	NS
ex2932	Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only, except for the products of subheadings 29321200, 29321300 and 29322100	NS
29321200	2-Furaldehyde (furfuraldehyde)	S
29321300	Furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol	S
29322100	Coumarin, methylcoumarins and ethylcoumarins	S
ex2933	Heterocylic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only, except for the product of subheading 29336100	NS
29336100	Melamine	S
2934	Nucleic acids and their salts, whether or not chemically defined; other heterocyclic compounds	NS
29350090	Other sulphonamides	S
2938	Glycosides, natural or reproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives	NS
ex29400000	Sugars, chemically pure, other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, and except for rhamnose, raffinose and mannose; sugar ethers, sugar acetals and sugar esters, and their salts, other than products of heading 2937, 2938 or 2939	S
ex29400000	Rhamnose, raffinose and mannose	NS
29412030	Dihydrostreptomycin, its salts, esters and hydrates	NS
29420000	Other organic compounds	NS
3102	Mineral or chemical fertilisers, nitrogenous	S
310310	Superphosphates	S
3105	Mineral or chemical fertilisers containing two or three of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium; other fertilisers; goods of Chapter 31 in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg	S
ex Chapter 32	Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks; except for the products of headings 3204 and 3206, and excluding the products of subheadings 32012000, 32019020, ex32019090 (tanning extracts of eucalyptus), ex32019090 (tanning extracts derived from gambier and myrobalan fruits) and ex32019090 (other tanning extracts of vegetable origin)	NS
3204	Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to Chapter 32 based on synthetic organic colouring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined	S
3206	Other colouring matter; preparations as specified in note 3 to Chapter 32, other than those of headings 3203, 3204 or 3205; inorganic products of a kind used as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined	S
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
35029090	Albuminates and other albumin derivatives	NS
350300	Gelatin (including gelatin in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatin derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding casein glues of heading 3501	NS
35040000	Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed	NS
35051050	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, put up for retail sale 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 cinematographic goods	NS
ex Chapter 38	Miscellaneous chemical products, except for the products of headings 3802 and 381700, subheadings 38231200 and 38237000, and heading 3825, and excluding the products of subheadings 380910 and 382460	NS
3802	Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black	S
381700	Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902	S
38231200	Oleic acid	S
38237000	Industrial fatty alcohols	S
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 Chapter 38	S
ex Chapter 39	Plastics and articles thereof, except for the products of headings 3901, 3902, 3903 and 3904, subheadings 39061000, 39071000, 390760 and 390799, headings 3908 and 3920, and subheadings 39219019 and 39232100	NS
3901	Polymers of ethylene, in primary forms	S
3902	Polymers of propylene or of 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
39061000	Poly(methyl methacrylate)	S
39071000	Polyacetals	S
390760	Poly(ethylene terephthalate)	S
390799	Other polyesters, other than unsaturated	S
3908	Polyamides in primary forms	S
3920	Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of plastics, non-cellular and not reinforced, laminated, supported or similarly combined with other materials	S
39219019	Other plates, sheets, film, foil and strip, of polyesters, other than cellular products and other than corrugated sheets and plates	S
39232100	Sacks and bags (including cones), of polymers of ethylene	S
ex Chapter 40	Rubber and articles thereof, except for the products of heading 4010	NS
4010	Conveyor or transmission belts or belting, of vulcanised rubber	S
ex4104	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 the products of subheadings 41044119 and 41044919	S
ex410631410632	Tanned or crust hides and skins of swine, without hair on, in the wet state (including wet-blue), split but not further prepared, or in the dry state (crust), whether or not split, but not further prepared, excluding the products of subheading 41063110	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
41120000	Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of sheep or lamb, without wool on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 4114	S
ex4113	Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, including parchment-dressed leather, of other animals, without wool or hair on, whether or not split, other than leather of heading 4114, except for the products of subheading 41131000	NS
41131000	Of goats or kids	S
4114	Chamois (including combination chamois) leather; patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather	S
41151000	Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather fibre, in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls	S
ex Chapter 42	Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut); except for the products of headings 4202 and 4203	NS
4202	Trunks, suitcases, vanity cases, executive-cases, briefcases, 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
Chapter 43	Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof	NS
ex Chapter 44	Wood and articles of wood, except for the products of headings 4410, 4411, 4412, subheadings 441810, 44182010, 44187100, 44201011, 44209010 and 44209091; wood charcoal	NS
4410	Particle board, oriented strand board (OSB) and similar board (for example, 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
441810	Windows, French windows and their frames, of wood	S
44182010	Doors and their frames and thresholds, of tropical wood as specified in additional note 2 to Chapter 44	S
44187100	Assembled flooring panels for mosaic floors, of wood	S
442010114420901044209091	Statuettes and other ornaments, of tropical wood as specified in additional note 2 to Chapter 44; wood marquetry and inlaid wood; caskets and cases for jewellery or cutlery, and similar articles, and wooden articles of furniture not falling in Chapter 94, of tropical wood as specified in additional note 2 to Chapter 44	S
ex Chapter 45	Cork and articles of cork, except for the products of heading 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, excluding the products of heading 5105; horsehair yarn and woven fabric	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; strip and the like of man-made textile materials	S
Chapter 55	Man-made staple fibres	S
Chapter 56	Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes 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
ex Chapter 71	Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin; except for the products of heading 7117	NS
7117	Imitation jewellery	S
7202	Ferro-alloys	S
Chapter 73	Articles of iron or steel	NS
Chapter 74	Copper and articles thereof	S
75051200	Bars, rods and profiles, of nickel alloys	NS
75052200	Wire, of nickel alloys	NS
75062000	Plates, sheets, strip and foil, of nickel alloys	NS
75072000	Nickel tube or pipe fittings	NS
ex Chapter 76	Aluminium and articles thereof, excluding the products of heading 7601	S
ex Chapter 78	Lead and articles thereof, excluding the products of heading 7801	S
ex Chapter 79	Zinc and articles thereof, excluding the products of headings 7901 and 7903	S
ex Chapter 81	Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof, excluding the products of subheadings 81011000, 81019400, 81021000, 81029400, 81041100, 81041900, 81072000, 81082000, 81083000, 81092000, 81101000, 81122190, 81125100, 81125900, 811292 and 81130020	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, and parts thereof, except for the products of subheadings 84011000 and 84072110	NS
84011000	Nuclear reactors	S
84072110	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, except for the products of subheadings 85165000, 85176939, 85177015, 85177019, 851920, 851930, 85198111 to 85198145, 85198185, 85198911 to 85198919, headings 8521, 8525 and 8527, subheadings 852849, 852859 and 852869 to 852872, heading 8529 and subheadings 854011 and 854012	NS
85165000	Microwave ovens	S
85176939	Reception apparatus for radio-telephony or radio telegraphy, other than portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging	S
8517701585177019	Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds, other than aerials for radio-telegraphic or radio-telephonic apparatus; parts suitable for use therewith	S
851920851930	Apparatus operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment; turntables (record-decks)	S
85198111 to 85198145	Sound-reproducing apparatus (including cassette-players), not incorporating a sound-recording device	S
85198185	Other magnetic tape recorders incorporating sound-reproducing apparatus, other than cassette-type	S
85198911 to 85198919	Other sound-reproducing apparatus, not incorporating a sound-recording device	S
8521	Video recording or reproducing apparatus, whether or not incorporating a video tuner	S
8525	Transmission apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound-recording or -reproducing apparatus; television cameras; digital cameras and video camera recorders	S
8527	Reception apparatus for radio-broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound-recording or -reproducing apparatus or a clock	S
852849852859852869 to 852872	Monitors and projectors, not incorporating television-reception apparatus, other than of a kind used solely or principally in an automatic data-processing system of heading 8471; reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound- or video-recording or -reproducing apparatus	S
8529	Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8525 to 8528	S
85401185401200	Cathode ray television picture tubes, including video monitor cathode ray tubes, colour, or black-and-white or other monochrome	S
Chapter 86	Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic-signalling equipment of all kinds	NS
ex Chapter 87	Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling stock, and parts and accessories thereof, except for the products of headings 8702, 8703, 8704, 8705, 870600, 8707, 8708, 8709, 8711, 871200 and 8714	NS
8702	Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver	S
8703	Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons (other than those of heading 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 (for example, breakdown lorries, crane lorries, fire-fighting vehicles, concrete-mixer lorries, road-sweeper lorries, spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile radiological units)	S
870600	Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705	S
8707	Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705	S
8708	Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 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 foregoing vehicles	S
8711	Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or without sidecars; sidecars	S
871200	Bicycles and other cycles (including delivery tricycles), not motorised	S
8714	Parts and accessories of vehicles of headings 8711 to 8713	S
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 nameplates and the like; prefabricated buildings, except for the products of heading 9405	NS
9405	Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated nameplates 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; except for the products of subheadings 95030030 to 95030099	NS
95030030 to 95030099	Other toys; reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not; puzzles of all kinds	S
Chapter 96	Miscellaneous manufactured articles	NS

ANNEX IIIConventions referred to in Article 9PART ACore human and labour rights UN/ILO Conventions1.International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights2.International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights3.International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination4.Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women5.Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment6.Convention on the Rights of the Child7.Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide8.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 BConventions related to the environment and governance principles17.Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer18.Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal19.Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants20.Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora21.Convention on Biological Diversity22.Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety23.Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change24.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).