Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European... (21998A0330(01))
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EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AGREEMENT

establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,
THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
IRELAND,
THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,
THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,
THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,
THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,
THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the European Community and the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’, and
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,
THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’, of the one part, and
THE REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA,
hereinafter referred to as ‘Tunisia’, of the other part,
CONSIDERING the importance of the existing traditional links between the Community, its Member States and Tunisia and the common values that the Contracting Parties share;
CONSIDERING that the Community, its Member States and Tunisia wish to strengthen those links and to establish lasting relations, based on reciprocity, partnership and co-development;
CONSIDERING the importance which the Parties attach to the principles of the United Nations Charter, particularly the observance of human rights and political and economic freedom, which form the very basis of the Association;
CONSIDERING recent political and economic developments both on the European continent and in Tunisia;
CONSIDERING the considerable progress made by Tunisia and its people towards achieving their objectives of full integration of the Tunisian economy in the world economy and participation in the community of democratic nations;
CONSCIOUS of the importance of this Agreement, based on cooperation and dialogue, for lasting stability and security in the Euro-Mediterranean region;
CONSCIOUS, on the one hand, of the importance of relations in an overall Euro-Mediterranean context and, on the other, of the objective of integration between the countries of the Maghreb;
BEARING IN MIND the economic and social disparities between the Community and Tunisia and desirous of achieving the objectives of this association through the appropriate provisions of this Agreement;
DESIROUS of establishing and developing regular political dialogue on bilateral and international issues of mutual interest;
TAKING ACCOUNT of the Community's willingness to provide Tunisia with decisive support in its endeavours to bring about economic reform, structural adjustment and social development;
CONSIDERING the commitment of both the Community and Tunisia to free trade, in compliance with the rights and obligations arising out of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT);
DESIROUS of establishing cooperation sustained by regular dialogue on economic, social and cultural issues in order to achieve better mutual understanding;
CONVINCED that this Agreement will create a climate conducive to the development of their economic relations, in particular in the fields of trade and investment, the key sectors for economic restructuring and technological modernisation,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

1.   An association is hereby established between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and Tunisia, of the other part.
2.   The aims of this Agreement are to:
— provide an appropriate framework for political dialogue between the Parties, allowing the development of close relations in all areas they consider relevant to such dialogue,
— establish the conditions for the gradual liberalisation of trade in goods, services and capital,
— promote trade and the expansion of harmonious economic and social relations between the Parties, notably through dialogue and cooperation, so as to foster the development and prosperity of Tunisia and its people,
— encourage integration of the Maghreb countries by promoting trade and cooperation between Tunisia and other countries of the region,
— promote economic, social, cultural and financial cooperation.

Article 2

Relations between the Parties, as well as all the provisions of the Agreement itself, shall be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles which guide their domestic and international policies and constitute an essential element of the Agreement.

TITLE I

POLITICAL DIALOGUE

Article 3

1.   A regular political dialogue shall be established between the Parties. It shall help build lasting links of solidarity between the partners which will contribute to the prosperity, stability and security of the Mediterranean region and bring about a climate of understanding and tolerance between cultures.
2.   Political dialogue and cooperation are intended in particular to:
(a) facilitate rapprochement between the Parties through the development of better mutual understanding and regular coordination on international issues of common interest;
(b) enable each Party to consider the position and interests of the other;
(c) contribute to consolidating security and stability in the Mediterranean region and in the Maghreb in particular;
(d) help develop joint initiatives.

Article 4

Political dialogue shall cover all issues of common interest to the Parties, in particular the conditions required to ensure peace, security and regional development through support for cooperation, notably within the Maghreb group of countries.

Article 5

Political dialogue shall be established at regular intervals and whenever necessary notably:
(a) at ministerial level, principally within the Association Council;
(b) at the level of senior officials representing Tunisia, on the one hand, and the Council Presidency and the Commission on the other;
(c) taking full advantage of all diplomatic channels including regular briefings, consultations on the occasion of international meetings and contacts between diplomatic representatives in third countries;
(d) where appropriate, by any other means which would make a useful contribution to consolidating dialogue and increasing its effectiveness.

TITLE II

FREE MOVEMENT OF GOODS

Article 6

The Community and Tunisia shall gradually establish a free trade area over a transitional period lasting a maximum of 12 years starting from the date of the entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and in conformity with those of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 and the other multilateral Agreements on trade in goods annexed to the Agreement establishing the WTO, hereinafter referred to as the GATT.

CHAPTER I

INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS

Article 7

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to products originating in the Community and Tunisia with the exception of the products referred to in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Article 8

No new customs duties on imports nor charges having equivalent effect shall be introduced in trade between the Community and Tunisia.

Article 9

Products originating in Tunisia shall be imported into the Community free of customs duties and charges having equivalent effect and without quantitative restrictions or measures having equivalent effect.

Article 10

1.   The provisions of this Chapter shall not preclude the retention by the Community of an agricultural component on imports of the goods originating in Tunisia listed in Annex 1.
The agricultural component shall reflect differences between the price on the Community market of the agricultural products considered as being used in the production of such goods and the price of imports from third countries where the total cost of the said basic products is higher in the Community. The agricultural component may take the form of a fixed amount or an
ad valorem
duty. Such differences shall be replaced, where appropriate, by specific duties based on tariffication of the agricultural component or by
ad valorem
duties.
The provisions of Chapter 2 applicable to agricultural products shall apply
mutatis mutandis
to the agricultural component.
2.   The provisions of this Chapter shall not preclude the separate specification by Tunisia of an agricultural component in the import duties in force on the products listed in Annex 2 originating in the Community. The agricultural component may take the form of a fixed amount or an
ad valorem
duty.
The provisions of Chapter 2 applicable to agricultural products shall apply
mutatis mutandis
to the agricultural component.
3.   In the case of the products shown in Annex 2, list 1, originating in the Community, Tunisia shall apply upon the entry into force of this Agreement import duties and charges having equivalent effect no greater than those in force on 1 January 1995, within the limits of the tariff quotas shown in that list.
During elimination of the industrial component of the duties pursuant to paragraph 4, the level of the duties to be applied in respect of the products for which the tariff quotas are to be abolished may not be higher than the level of the duties in force on 1 January 1995.
4.   In the case of the products in Annex 2, list 2, originating in the Community, Tunisia shall eliminate the industrial component of the duties in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 11 (3) of the Agreement in respect of products in Annex 4.
In the case of the products in Annex 2, lists 1 and 3, originating in the Community, Tunisia shall eliminate the industrial component of the duties in accordance with the provisions laid down in Article 11 (3) of the Agreement in respect of products in Annex 5.
5.   The agricultural components applied pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 may be reduced where, in trade between the Community and Tunisia, the charge applicable to a basic agricultural product is reduced or where such reductions are the result of mutual concessions relating to processed agricultural products.
6.   The reduction referred to in paragraph 5, the list of products concerned and, where appropriate, the tariff quotas within which the reduction applies shall be established by the Association Council.

Article 11

1.   Customs duties and charges having equivalent effect applicable on import into Tunisia of products originating in the Community other than those listed in Annexes 3 to 6 shall be abolished upon the entry into force of this Agreement.
2.   Customs duties and charges having equivalent effect applicable on import into Tunisia of the products originating in the Community listed in Annex 3 shall be progressively abolished in accordance with the following timetable:
On the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 85 % of the basic duty;
One year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 70 % of the basic duty;
Two years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to
55 %
of the basic duty;
Three years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 40 % of the basic duty;
Four years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 25 % of the basic duty;
Five years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement the remaining duties shall be abolished.
3.   Customs duties and charges having equivalent effect applicable on import into Tunisia of the products originating in the Community listed in Annexes 4 and 5 shall be progressively abolished in accordance with the following timetables:

In the case of the list appearing in Annex 4:

On the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 92 % of the basic duty;
One year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 84 % of the basic duty;
Two years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 76 % of the basic duty;
Three years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 68 % of the basic duty;
Four years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 60 % of the basic duty;
Five years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 52 % of the basic duty;
Six years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 44 % of the basic duty;
Seven years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 36 % of the basic duty;
Eight years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 28 % of the basic duty;
Nine years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 20 % of the basic duty;
Ten years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 12 % of the basic duty;
Eleven years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 4 % of the basic duty;
Twelve years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement the remaining duties shall be abolished.

In the case of the list appearing in Annex 5:

Four years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 88 % of the basic duty;
Five years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 77 % of the basic duty;
Six years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 66 % of the basic duty;
Seven years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 55 % of the basic duty;
Eight years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 44 % of the basic duty;
Nine years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 33 % of the basic duty;
Ten years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 22 % of the basic duty;
Eleven years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement each duty and charge shall be reduced to 11 % of the basic duty;
Twelve years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement the remaining duties shall be abolished.
4.   In the event of serious difficulties for a given product, the relevant timetables in accordance with paragraph 3 may be reviewed by the Association Committee by common accord on the understanding that the schedule for which the review has been requested may not be extended in respect of the product concerned beyond the maximum transitional period of 12 years. If the Association Committee has not taken a decision within thirty days of its application to review the timetable, Tunisia may suspend the timetable provisionally for a period which may not exceed one year.
5.   For each product the basic duty to which the successive reductions laid down in paragraphs 2 and 3 are to be applied shall be that actually applied
vis-à-vis
the Community on 1 January 1995.
6.   If, after 1 January 1995, any tariff reduction is applied on an
erga omnes
basis, the reduced duties shall replace the basic duties referred to in paragraph 5 as from the date when such reductions are applied.
7.   Tunisia shall communicate its basic duties to the Community.

Article 12

The provisions of Articles 10, 11 and 19(b) shall not apply to products in the list appearing in Annex 6. The arrangements to be applied to such products shall be re-examined by the Association Council four years after the Agreement's entry into force.

Article 13

The provisions concerning the abolition of customs duties on imports shall also apply to customs duties of a fiscal nature.

Article 14

1.   Exceptional measures of limited duration which derogate from the provisions of Article 11 may be taken by Tunisia in the form of an increase or reintroduction of customs duties.
These measures may only concern infant industries, or certain sectors undergoing restructuring or facing serious difficulties, particularly where these difficulties produce major social problems.
Customs duties on imports applicable in Tunisia to products originating in the Community introduced by these measures may not exceed 25 %
ad valorem
and shall maintain an element of preference for products originating in the Community. The total value of imports of the products which are subject to these measures may not exceed 15% of total imports of industrial products from the Community during the last year for which statistics are available.
These measures shall be applied for a period not exceeding five years unless a longer duration is authorised by the Association Committee. They shall cease to apply at the latest on the expiry of the maximum transitional period of twelve years.
No such measures can be introduced in respect of a product if more than three years have elapsed since the elimination of all duties and quantitative restrictions or charges or measures having equivalent effect concerning that product.
Tunisia shall inform the Association Committee of any exceptional measures it intends to take and, at the request of the Community, consultations shall be held on such measures and the sectors to which they apply before they are implemented. When taking such measures Tunisia shall provide the Committee with a timetable for the elimination of the customs duties introduced under this Article. This timetable shall provide for a phasing-out of these duties in equal annual instalments starting at the latest two years after their introduction. The Association Committee may decide on a different timetable.
2.   By way of derogation from the fourth subparagraph of paragraph 1, the Association Committee may exceptionally, in order to take account of the difficulties involved in setting up a new industry, authorise Tunisia to maintain the measures already taken pursuant to paragraph 1 for a maximum period of three years beyond the twelve-year transitional period.

CHAPTER II

AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERY PRODUCTS

Article 15

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to the products originating in the Community and Tunisia listed in Annex II to the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Article 16

The Community and Tunisia shall gradually implement greater liberalisation of their reciprocal trade in agricultural and fishery products.

Article 17

1.   Agricultural and fishery products originating in Tunisia shall benefit on import into the Community from the provisions set out in Protocols Nos 1 and 2 respectively.
2.   Agricultural products originating in the Community shall benefit on import into Tunisia from the provisions set out in Protocol No 3.

Article 18

1.   From 1 January 2000 the Community and Tunisia shall assess the situation with a view to determining the liberalisation measures to be applied by the Community and Tunisia with effect from 1 January 2001 in accordance with the objective set out in Article 16.
2.   Without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding paragraph and taking account of the patterns of trade in agricultural products between the Parties and the particular sensitivity of such products, the Community and Tunisia will examine on a regular basis in the Association Council, product by product and on a reciprocal basis, the possibilities of granting each other further concessions.

CHAPTER III

COMMON PROVISIONS

Article 19

Without prejudice to the provisions of the GATT:
(a) no new quantitative restriction on imports or measure having equivalent effect shall be introduced in trade between the Community and Tunisia;
(b) quantitative restrictions on imports and measures having equivalent effect in trade between Tunisia and the Community shall be abolished upon the entry into force of this Agreement;
(c) the Community and Tunisia shall apply to the other's exports customs neither duties or charges having equivalent effect nor quantitative restrictions or measures of equivalent effect.

Article 20

1.   Should specific rules be introduced as a result of implementation of their agricultural policies or modification of their existing rules, or should the provisions on the implementation of their agricultural policies be modified or developed, the Community and Tunisia may modify the arrangements laid down in the Agreement in respect of the products concerned.
The Party carrying out such modification shall inform the Association Committee thereof. At the request of the other Party, the Association Committee shall meet to take appropriate account of that Party's interests.
2.   If the Community or Tunisia, in applying paragraph 1, modifies the arrangements made by this Agreement for agricultural products, they shall accord imports originating in the other Party an advantage comparable to that provided for in this Agreement.
3.   Any modification of the arrangements made by this Agreement shall be the subject, at the request of the other Contracting Party, of consultations within the Association Council.

Article 21

Products originating in Tunisia shall not enjoy more favourable treatment when imported into the Community than that applied by Member States among themselves.
The provisions of this Agreement shall apply without prejudice to the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 of 26 June 1991 on the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands.

Article 22

1.   The two Parties shall refrain from any measures or practice of an internal fiscal nature establishing, whether directly or indirectly, discrimination between the products of one Party and like products originating in the territory of the other Party.
2.   Products exported to the territory of one of the Parties may not benefit from repayment of indirect internal taxation in excess of the amount of indirect taxation imposed on them directly or indirectly.

Article 23

1.   This Agreement shall not preclude the maintenance or establishment of customs unions, free trade areas or arrangements for frontier trade insofar as they do not have the effect of altering the trade arrangements provided for in this Agreement.
2.   Consultations between the Parties shall take place within the Association Committee concerning agreements establishing customs unions or free trade areas and, where appropriate, on other major issues related to their respective trade policies with third countries. In particular in the event of a third country acceding to the Community, such consultations shall take place so as to ensure that account is taken of the mutual interests of the Community and Tunisia stated in this Agreement.

Article 24

If one of the Parties finds that dumping is taking place in trade with the other Party within the meaning of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, it may take appropriate measures against this practice in accordance with the Agreement relating to the application of Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, related internal legislation and the conditions and procedures laid down in Article 27.

Article 25

Where any product is being imported in such increased quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause:
— serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive products in the territory of one of the Contracting Parties, or
— serious disturbances in any sector of the economy or difficulties which could bring about serious deterioration in the economic situation of a region,
the Community or Tunisia may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 27.

Article 26

Where compliance with the provisions of Article 19(c) leads to:
(i) re-export to a third country of a product against which the exporting Party maintains quantitative export restrictions, export duties or measures or charges having equivalent effect; or
(ii) a serious shortage, or threat thereof, of a product essential to the exporting Party,
and where the situations referred to above give rise, or are likely to give rise, to major difficulties for the exporting Party, that Party may take appropriate measures under the conditions and in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 27. The measures shall be non-discriminatory and shall be eliminated when conditions no longer justify their maintenance.

Article 27

1.   In the event of the Community or Tunisia subjecting imports of products liable to give rise to the difficulties referred to in Article 25 to an administrative procedure having as its purpose the rapid supply of information on trade flow trends, it shall inform the other Party.
2.   In the cases specified in Articles 24, 25 and 26, before taking the measures provided for therein or, in cases to which paragraph 3(d) applies, as soon as possible, the Community or Tunisia, as the case may be, shall supply the Association Committee with all relevant information with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the two Parties.
In the selection of measures, priority shall be given to those which least disturb the functioning of this Agreement.
The safeguard measures shall be immediately notified to the Association Committee by the Party concerned and shall be the subject of periodic consultations, particularly with a view to their abolition as soon as circumstances permit.
3.   For the implementation of paragraph 2, the following provisions shall apply:
(a) as regards Article 24, the exporting Party shall be informed of the dumping case as soon as the authorities of the importing Party have initiated an investigation. When no end has been put to the dumping within the meaning of Article VI of the GATT or no other satisfactory solution has been reached within 30 days of the matter being referred, the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures;
(b) as regards Article 25, the difficulties arising from the situation referred to in that Article shall be referred for examination to the Association Committee, which may take any decision needed to put an end to such difficulties.
If the Association Committee or the exporting Party has not taken a decision putting an end to the difficulties or no other satisfactory solution has been reached within 30 days of the matter being referred, the importing Party may adopt the appropriate measures to remedy the problem. These measures shall not exceed the scope of what is necessary to remedy the difficulties which have arisen;
(c) as regards Article 26, the difficulties arising from the situations referred to in that Article shall be referred for examination to the Association Committee.
The Association Committee may take any decision needed to put an end to the difficulties. If it has not taken such a decision within 30 days of the matter being referred to it, the exporting Party may apply appropriate measures to exports of the product concerned;
(d) where exceptional circumstances requiring immediate action make prior information or examination, as the case may be, impossible, the Community or Tunisia, whichever is concerned, may, in the situations specified in Articles 24, 25 and 26, apply forthwith the precautionary measures strictly necessary to deal with the situation and shall inform the other Party immediately thereof.

Article 28

The Agreement shall not preclude prohibitions or restrictions on imports, exports or goods in transit justified on grounds of public morality, public policy or public security; the protection of health and life of humans, animals or plants; the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value or the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property of rules relating to gold and silver. Such prohibitions or restrictions shall not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between the Parties.

Article 29

The concept of ‘originating products’ for the purposes of implementing this Title and the methods of administrative cooperation relating thereto are laid down in Protocol No 4.

Article 30

The Combined Nomenclature of goods shall be applied to the classification of goods in trade between the two Parties.

TITLE III

RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT AND SERVICES

Article 31

1.   The Parties agree to widen the scope of the Agreement to cover the right of establishment of one Party's firms on the territory of the other and liberalisation of the provision of services by one Party's firms to consumers of services in the other.
2.   The Association Council will make recommendations for achieving the objective described in paragraph 1.
In making such recommendations, the Association Council will take account of past experience of implementation of reciprocal most-favoured-nation treatment and of the respective obligations of each Party under the General Agreement on Trade in Services annexed to the Agreement establishing the WTO, hereinafter referred to as the ‘GATS’, particularly those in Article V of the latter.
3.   The Association Council will make a first assessment of the achievement of this objective no later than five years after the Agreement enters into force.

Article 32

1.   At the outset, each of the Parties shall reaffirm its obligations under the GATS, particularly the obligation to grant reciprocal most-favoured-nation treatment in the service sectors covered by that obligation.
2.   In accordance with the GATS, such treatment shall not apply to:
(a) advantages granted by either Party under the terms of an agreement of the type defined in Article V of the GATS or to measures taken on the basis of such an agreement;
(b) other advantages granted in accordance with the list of exemptions from most-favoured-nation treatment annexed by either Party to the GATS.

TITLE IV

PAYMENTS, CAPITAL, COMPETITION AND OTHER ECONOMIC PROVISIONS

CHAPTER I

CURRENT PAYMENTS AND MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL

Article 33

Subject to the provisions of Article 35, the Parties undertake to allow all current payments for current transactions to be made in a freely convertible currency.

Article 34

1.   With regard to transactions on the capital account of balance of payments, the Community and Tunisia shall ensure, from the entry into force of this Agreement, that capital relating to direct investments in Tunisia in companies formed in accordance with current laws can move freely and that the yield from such investments and any profit stemming therefrom can be liquidated and repatriated.
2.   The Parties shall consult each other with a view to facilitating, and fully liberalising when the time is right, the movement of capital between the Community and Tunisia.

Article 35

Where one or more Member States of the Community, or Tunisia, is in serious balance of payments difficulties, or under threat thereof, the Community or Tunisia, as the case may be, may, in accordance with the conditions established under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and Articles VIII and XIV of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, adopt restrictions on current transactions which shall be of limited duration and may not go beyond what is strictly necessary to remedy the balance of payments situation. The Community or Tunisia, as the case may be, shall inform the other Party forthwith and shall submit to it as soon as possible a timetable for the elimination of the measures concerned.

CHAPTER II

COMPETITION AND OTHER ECONOMIC PROVISIONS

Article 36

1.   The following are incompatible with the proper functioning of the Agreement, insofar as they may affect trade between the Community and Tunisia:
(a) all agreements between undertakings, decisions by associations of undertakings and concerted practices between undertakings which have as their object or effect the prevention, restriction or distortion of competition;
(b) abuse by one or more undertakings of a dominant position in the territories of the Community or of Tunisia as a whole or in a substantial part thereof;
(c) any official aid which distorts or threatens to distort competition by favouring certain undertakings or the production of certain goods, with the exception of cases in which a derogation is allowed under the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community.
2.   Any practices contrary to this Article shall be assessed on the basis of criteria arising from the application of the rules of Articles 85, 86 and 92 of the Treaty establishing the European. Community and, in the case of products falling within the scope of the European Coal and Steel Community, the rules of Articles 65 and 66 of the Treaty establishing that Community, and the rules relating to state aid, including secondary legislation.
3.   The Association Council shall, within five years of the entry into force of this Agreement, adopt the necessary rules for the implementation of paragraphs 1 and 2.
Until these rules are adopted, the provisions of the Agreement on interpretation and application of Articles VI, XVI and XXIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade shall be applied as the rules for the implementation of paragraph l(c) and related parts of paragraph 2.
4.
(a) For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph l(c), the Parties recognize that during the first five years after the entry into force of this Agreement, any State aid granted by Tunisia shall be assessed taking into account the fact that Tunisia shall be regarded as an area identical to those areas of the Community described in Article 92(3)(a) of the Treaty establishing the European Community.
During the same period of time, Tunisia may exceptionally, as regards ECSC steel products, grant State aid for restructuring purposes provided that:
— it leads to the viability of the recipient firms under normal market conditions at the end of the restructuring period,
— the amount and intensity of such aid are strictly limited to what is absolutely necessary in order to restore such viability and are progressively reduced,
— the restructuring programme is linked to a comprehensive plan for rationalising capacity in Tunisia.
The Association Council shall, taking into account the economic situation of Tunisia, decide whether the period should be extended every five years.
(b) Each Party shall ensure transparency in the area of official aid,
inter alia
by reporting annually to the other Party on the total amount and the distribution of the aid given and by providing, upon request, information on aid schemes. Upon request by one Party, the other Party shall provide information on particular individual cases of official aid.
5.   With regard to products referred to in Chapter II of Title II:
— the provisions of paragraph l(c) do not apply,
— any practices contrary to paragraph 1(a) shall be assessed according to the criteria established by the Community on the basis of Articles 42 and 43 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular those established in Council Regulation No 26/62.
6.   If the Community or Tunisia considers that a particular practice is incompatible with the terms of paragraph 1, and:
— is not adequately dealt with under the implementing rules referred to in paragraph 3, or
— in the absence of such rules, and if such practice causes or threatens to cause serious prejudice to the interest of the other Party or material injury to its domestic industry, including its services industry,
it may take appropriate measures after consultation within the Association Committee or after 30 working days following referral to that Committee.
In the case of practices incompatible with paragraph l(c) of this Article, such appropriate measures may, where the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade applies thereto, only be adopted in accordance with the procedures and under the conditions laid down by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and any other relevant instrument negotiated under its auspices which is applicable between the Parties.
7.   Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary adopted in accordance with paragraph 3, the Parties shall exchange information taking into account the limitations imposed by the requirements of professional and business secrecy.

Article 37

The Member States and Tunisia shall progressively adjust, without affecting commitments made unter the GATT, any state monopolies of a commercial character so as to ensure that, by the end of the fifth year following the entry into force of this Agreement, no discrimination regarding the conditions under which goods are procured and marketed exists between nationals of the Member States and of Tunisia. The Association Committee will be informed about the measures adopted to implement this objective.

Article 38

With regard to public enterprises and enterprises which have been granted special or exclusive rights, the Association Council shall ensure, from the fifth year following the entry into force of the Agreement, that no measures which disturbs trade between the Community and Tunisia in a manner which runs counter to the interests of the Parties is adopted or maintained. This provision shall not impede the performance in fact or in law of the specific functions assigned to those enterprises.

Article 39

1.   The Parties shall provide suitable and effective protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights, in line with the highest international standards. This shall encompass effective means of enforcing such rights.
2.   Implementation of this Article and of Annex 7 shall be regularly assessed by the Parties. If difficulties which affect trade arise in connection with intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights, either Party may request urgent consultations to find mutually satisfactory solutions.

Article 40

1.   The Parties shall take appropriate steps to promote the use by Tunisia of Community technical rules and European standards for industrial and agri-food products and certification procedures.
2.   Using the principles set out in paragraph 1 as a basis, the Parties shall, when the circumstances are right, conclude agreements for the mutual recognition of certifications.

Article 41

1.   The Parties shall set as their objective a reciprocal and gradual liberalisation of public procurement contracts.
2.   The Association Council shall take the steps necessary to implement paragraph 1.

TITLE V

ECONOMIC COOPERATION

Article 42

Objectives

1.   The Parties undertake to step up economic cooperation in their mutual interest and in the spirit of partnership which is at the root of this Agreement.
2.   The objective of economic cooperation shall be to support Tunisia's own efforts to achieve sustainable economic and social development.

Article 43

Scope

1.   Cooperation will be targeted first and foremost at areas of activity suffering the effects of internal constraints and difficulties or affected by the process of liberalising Tunisia's economy as a whole, and more particularly by the liberalisation of trade between Tunisia and the Community.
2.   Similarly, cooperation shall focus on areas likely to bring the economies of the Community and Tunisia closer together, particularly those which will generate growth and employment.
3.   Cooperation shall foster economic integration within the Maghreb using any measures likely to further such relations within the region.
4.   Preservation of the environment and ecological balances shall constitute a central component of the various fields of economic cooperation.
5.   Where appropriate, the Parties shall determine by agreement other fields of economic cooperation.

Article 44

Methods

Economic cooperation shall involve methods including:
(a) regular economic dialogue between the two Parties covering all aspects of macroeconomic policy;
(b) communication and exchanges of information;
(c) advice, use of the services of experts and training;
(d) joint ventures;
(e) assistance with technical, administrative and regulatory matters.

Article 45

Regional cooperation

In order to make the most of this Agreement, the Parties shall foster all activities which have a regional impact or involve third countries, notably:
(a) intra-regional trade within the Maghreb;
(b) environmental matters;
(c) the development of economic infrastructure;
(d) research in science and technology;
(e) cultural matters;
(f) customs matters;
(g) regional institutions and the establishment of common or harmonised programmes and policies.

Article 46

Education and training

The aim of cooperation shall be to:
(a) find ways to bring about a significant improvement in education and training, including vocational training;
(b) place special emphasis on giving the female population access to education, including technical training, higher education and vocational training;
(c) encourage the establishment of lasting links between specialist bodies on the Parties' territories in order to pool and exchange experience and methods.

Article 47

Scientific, technical and technological cooperation

The aim of cooperation shall be to:
(a) encourage the establishment of permanent links between the Parties' scientific communities, notably by means of:
— providing Tunisia with access to Community research and technological development programmes in accordance with Community rules governing non-Community countries' involvement in such programmes,
— Tunisian participation in networks of decentralised cooperation,
— promoting synergy in training and research;
(b) improve Tunisia's research capabilities;
(c) stimulate technological innovation and the transfer of new technology and know-how;
(d) encourage all activities aimed at establishing synergy at regional level.

Article 48

Environment

The aim of cooperation shall be to prevent deterioration of the environment, to improve the quality of the environment, to protect human health and to achieve rational use of natural resources for sustainable development.
The Parties undertake to cooperate in areas including:
(a) soil and water quality;
(b) the consequences of development, particularly industrial development (especially safety of installations and waste);
(c) monitoring and preventing pollution of the sea.

Article 49

Industrial cooperation

The aim of cooperation shall be to:
(a) encourage cooperation between the Parties' economic operators, including cooperation in the context of access for Tunisia to Community business networks and decentralised cooperation networks;
(b) back the effort to modernise and restructure Tunisia's public and private sector industry (including the agri-food industry);
(c) foster an environment which favours private initiative, with the aim of stimulating and diversifying output for the domestic and export markets;
(d) make the most of Tunisia's human resources and industrial potential through better use of policy in the fields of innovation and research and technological development;
(e) facilitate access to credit to finance investment.

Article 50

Promotion and protection of investment

The aim of cooperation shall be to create a favourable climate for flows of investment, and to use the following in particular:
(a) the establishment of harmonised and simplified procedures, co-investment machinery (especially to link small and medium-sized enterprises) and methods of identifying and providing information on investment opportunities;
(b) the establishment, where appropriate, of a legal framework to promote investment, chiefly through the conclusion by Tunisia and the Member States of investment protection agreements and agreements preventing double taxation.

Article 51

Cooperation in standardisation and conformity assessment

The Parties shall cooperate in developing:
(a) the use of Community rules in standardisation, metrology, quality control and conformity assessment;
(b) the updating of Tunisian laboratories, leading eventually to the conclusion of mutual recognition agreements for conformity assessment;
(c) the bodies responsible for intellectual, industrial and commercial property and for standardisation and quality in Tunisia.

Article 52

Approximation of legislation

Cooperation shall be aimed at helping Tunisia to bring its legislation closer to that of the Community in the areas covered by this Agreement.

Article 53

Financial services

The aim of cooperation shall be to achieve closer common rules and standards in areas including the following:
(a) bolstering and restructuring Tunisia's financial sectors;
(b) improving accounting, auditing, supervision and regulation of financial services and financial monitoring in Tunisia.

Article 54

Agriculture and fisheries

The aim of cooperation shall be to:
(a) modernise and restructure agriculture and fisheries through methods including the modernisation of infrastructure and equipment, the development of packaging and storage techniques and the improvement of private distribution and marketing chains;
(b) diversify output and external markets;
(c) achieve cooperation in health, plant health and growing techniques.

Article 55

Transport

The aim of cooperation shall be to:
(a) achieve the restructuring and modernisation of road, rail, port and airport infrastructure of common interest, in correlation with major trans-European communication routes;
(b) define and apply operating standards comparable to those found in the Community;
(c) bring equipment up to Community standards, particularly where multimodal transport, containerisation and transhipment are concerned;
(d) gradually improve road transit and the management of airports, air traffic and railways.

Article 56

Telecommunications and information technology

Cooperation shall focus on:
(a) telecommunications in general;
(b) standardisation, conformity testing and certification for information technology and telecommunications;
(c) dissemination of new information technologies, particularly in relation to networks and the interconnection of networks (ISDN — integrated services digital networks — and EDI — electronic data interchange);
(d) stimulating research on and development of new communication and information technology facilities to develop the market in equipment, services and applications related to information technology and to communications, services and installations.

Article 57

Energy

Cooperation shall focus on:
(a) renewable energy;
(b) promoting the saving of energy;
(c) applied research relating to networks of databases linking the two Parties' economic and social operators;
(d) backing efforts to modernise and develop energy networks and the interconnection of such networks with Community networks.

Article 58

Tourism

The aim of cooperation shall be to develop tourism, particularly with regard to:
(a) catering management and quality of service in the various fields connected with catering;
(b) development of marketing;
(c) promotion of tourism for young people.

Article 59

Cooperation in customs matters

1.   The aim of cooperation shall be to ensure fair trade and compliance with trade rules. It shall focus on:
(a) simplifying customs checks and procedures;
(b) the use of the Single Administrative Document and creating a link between the Community and Tunisian transit systems.
2.   Without prejudice to other forms of cooperation provided for in this Agreement, and particularly those provided for in Articles 61 and 62, the Contracting Parties' administrative authorities shall provide mutual assistance in accordance with the terms of Protocol No 5.

Article 60

Cooperation in statistics

The aim of cooperation shall be to bring the methods used by the Parties closer together and to put to use data on all areas covered by this Agreement for which statistics can be collected.

Article 61

Money laundering

1.   The Parties agree on the need to work towards and cooperate on preventing the use of their financial systems to launder the proceeds of criminal activities in general and drug trafficking in particular.
2.   Cooperation in this area shall include administrative and technical assistance with the purpose of establishing suitable standards against money laundering equivalent to those adopted by the Community and international fora in this field, including the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).

Article 62

Combating drug use and trafficking

1.   The aim of cooperation shall be to:
(a) improve the effectiveness of policies and measures to prevent and combat the production and supply of and trafficking in narcotics and psychotropic substances;
(b) eliminate illicit consumption of such products.
2.   The Parties shall together set out appropriate strategies and methods of cooperation, in accordance with their own legislation, to attain those objectives. For any action which is not conducted jointly, there shall be consultations and close coordination.
Such action may involve the appropriate public and private sector institutions and international organisations, in collaboration with the government of the Republic of Tunisia and the relevant authorities in the Community and the Member States.
3.   Cooperation shall take the following forms in particular:
(a) the establishment or expansion of clinics/hostels and information centres for the treatment and rehabilitation of drug addicts;
(b) the implementation of prevention, information, training and epidemiological research projects;
(c) the establishment of standards for preventing diversion of precursors and other essential ingredients for the illicit manufacture of narcotics and psychotropic substances, which are equivalent to those adopted by the Community and the appropriate international authorities, particularly the Chemicals Action Task Force (CATF).

Article 63

The two Parties shall together establish the procedures needed to achieve cooperation in the fields covered by this Title.

TITLE VI

COOPERATION IN SOCIAL AND CULTURAL MATTERS

CHAPTER I

WORKERS

Article 64

1.   The treatment accorded by each Member State to workers of Tunisian nationality employed in its territory shall be free from any discrimination based on nationality, as regards working conditions, remuneration and dismissal, relative to its own nationals.
2.   All Tunisian workers allowed to undertake paid employment in the territory of a Member State on a temporary basis shall be covered by the provisions of paragraph 1 with regard to working conditions and remuneration.
3.   Tunisia shall accord the same treatment to workers who are nationals of a Member State and employed in its territory.

Article 65

1.   Subject to the provisions of the following paragraphs, workers of Tunisian nationality and any members of their families living with them shall enjoy, in the field of social security, treatment free from any discrimination based on nationality relative to nationals of the Member States in which they are employed.
The concept of social security shall cover the branches of social security dealing with sickness and maternity benefits, invalidity, old-age and survivors' benefits, industrial accident and occupational disease benefits and death, unemployment and family benefits.
These provisions shall not, however, cause the other coordination rules provided for in Community legislation based on Article 51 of the EC Treaty to apply, except under the conditions set out in Article 67 of this Agreement.
2.   All periods of insurance, employment or residence completed by such workers in the various Member States shall be added together for the purpose of pensions and annuities in respect of old age, invalidity and survivors' benefits and family, sickness and maternity benefits and also for that of medical care for the workers and for members of their families resident in the Community.
3.   The workers in question shall receive family allowances for members of their families who are resident in the Community.
4.   The workers in question shall be able to transfer freely to Tunisia, at the rates applied by virtue of the legislation of the debtor Member State or States, any pensions or annuities in respect of old age, survivor status, industrial accident or occupational disease, or of invalidity resulting from industrial accident or occupational disease, except in the case of special non-contributory benefits.
5.   Tunisia shall accord to workers who are nationals of a Member State and employed in its territory, and to the members of their families, treatment similar to that specified in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4.

Article 66

The provisions of this Chapter shall not apply to nationals of the Parties residing or working illegally in the territory of their host countries.

Article 67

1.   Before the end of the first year following the entry into force of this Agreement, the Association Council shall adopt provisions to implement the principles set out in Article 65.
2.   The Association Council shall adopt detailed rules for administrative cooperation providing the necessary management and monitoring guarantees for the application of the provisions referred to in paragraph 1.

Article 68

The provisions adopted by the Association Council in accordance with Article 67 shall not affect any rights or obligations arising from bilateral agreements linking Tunisia and the Member States where those agreements provide for more favourable treatment of nationals of Tunisia or of the Member States.

CHAPTER II

DIALOGUE IN SOCIAL MATTERS

Article 69

1.   The Parties shall conduct regular dialogue on any social matter which is of interest to them.
2.   Such dialogue shall be used to find ways to achieve progress in the field of movement of workers and equal treatment and social integration for Tunisian and Community nationals residing legally in the territories of their host countries.
3.   Dialogue shall cover in particular all issues connected with:
(a) the living and working conditions of the migrant communities;
(b) migration;
(c) illegal immigration and the conditions governing the return of individuals who are in breach of the legislation dealing with the right to stay and the right of establishment in their host countries;
(d) schemes and programmes to encourage equal treatment between Tunisian and Community nationals, mutual knowledge of cultures and civilizations, the furthering of tolerance and the removal of discrimination.

Article 70

Dialogue on social matters shall be conducted at the same levels and in accordance with the same procedures as provided for in Title I of this Agreement, which can itself provide a framework for that dialogue.

CHAPTER III

COOPERATION IN THE SOCIAL FIELD

Article 71

With a view to consolidating cooperation between the Parties in the social field, projects and programmes shall be carried out in any area of interest to them.
Priority will be afforded to:
(a) reducing migratory pressure, in particular by creating jobs and developing training in areas from which emigrants come;
(b) resettling those repatriated because of their illegal status under the legislation of the state in question;
(c) promoting the role of women in the economic and social development process through education and the media in step with Tunisian policy on the matter;
(d) bolstering and developing Tunisia's family planning and mother and child protection programmes;
(e) improving the social protection system;
(f) enhancing the health cover system;
(g) improving living conditions in poor, densely populated areas;
(h) implementing and financing exchange and leisure programmes for mixed groups of Tunisian and European young people residing in the Member States, with a view to promoting mutual knowledge of their respective cultures and fostering tolerance.

Article 72

Cooperation schemes may be carried out in coordination with Member States and relevant international organisations.

Article 73

A working party shall be set up by the Association Council by the end of the first year following the entry into force of this Agreement. It shall be responsible for the continuous and regular evaluation of the implementation of Chapters 1 to 3.

CHAPTER IV

COOPERATION ON CULTURAL MATTERS

Article 74

1.   In order to boost mutual knowledge and understanding, taking account of activities already carried out, the Parties shall undertake — while respecting each other's culture — to provide a firmer footing for lasting cultural dialogue and to promote continuous cultural cooperation between them, without ruling out a priori any field of activity.
2.   In putting together cooperation projects and programmes and carrying out joint activities, the Parties shall place special emphasis on young people, on written and audio-visual means of expression and communication, and on the protection of their heritage and the dissemination of culture.
3.   The Parties agree that cultural cooperation programmes already under way in the Community or in one or more of its Member States may be extended to Tunisia.

TITLE VII

FINANCIAL COOPERATION

Article 75

With a view to full attainment of the Agreement's objectives, financial cooperation shall be implemented for Tunisia in line with the appropriate financial procedures and resources.
These procedures shall be adopted by mutual agreement between the Parties by means of the most suitable instruments once the Agreement enters into force.
In addition to the areas covered by the Titles V and VI of this Agreement, cooperation shall entail:
— facilitating reforms aimed at modernizing the economy,
— updating economic infrastructure,
— promoting private investment and job creation activities,
— taking into account the effects on the Tunisian economy of the progressive introduction of a free trade area, in particular where the updating and restructuring of industry is concerned,
— flanking measures for policies implemented in the social sectors.

Article 76

Within the framework of Community instruments intended to buttress structural adjustment programmes in the Mediterranean countries — and in close coordination with the Tunisian authorities and other contributors, in particular the international financial institutions — the Community will examine suitable ways of supporting structural policies carried out by Tunisia to restore financial equilibrium in all its key aspects and create an economic environment conducive to boosting growth, while at the same time enhancing social welfare.

Article 77

In order to ensure a coordinated approach to dealing with exceptional macroeconomic and financial problems which could stem from the progressive implementation of the Agreement, the Parties shall closely monitor the development of trade and financial relations between the Community and Tunisia as part of the regular economic dialogue established under Title V.

TITLE VIII

INSTITUTIONAL, GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 78

An Association Council is hereby established which shall meet at ministerial level once a year and when circumstances require, on the initiative of its Chairman and in accordance with the conditions laid down in its rules of procedure.
It shall examine any major issues arising within the framework of this Agreement and any other bilateral or international issues of mutual interest.

Article 79

1.   The Association Council shall consist of the members of the Council of the European Union and members of the Commission of the European Communities, on the one hand, and of members of the Government of the Republic of Tunisia, on the other.
2.   Members of the Association Council may arrange to be represented, in accordance with the provisions laid down in its rules of procedure.
3.   The Association Council shall establish its rules of procedure.
4.   The Association Council shall be chaired in turn by a member of the Council of the European Union and a member of the Government of the Republic of Tunisia in accordance with the provisions laid down in its rules of procedure.

Article 80

The Association Council shall, for the purpose of attaining the objectives of the Agreement, have the power to take decisions in the cases provided for therein.
The decisions taken shall be binding on the Parties, which shall take the measures necessary to implement the decisions taken. The Association Council may also make appropriate recommendations.
It shall draw up its decisions and recommendations by agreement between the Parties.

Article 81

1.   Subject to the powers of the Council, an Association Committee is hereby established which shall be responsible for the implementation of the Agreement.
2.   The Association Council may delegate to the Association Committee, in full or in part, any of its powers.

Article 82

1.   The Association Committee, which shall meet at the level of officials, shall consist of representatives of members of the Council of the European Union and of members of the Commission of the European Communities, on the one hand, and of representatives of the Government of the Republic of Tunisia, on the other.
2.   The Association Committee shall establish its rules of procedure.
3.   The Association Committee shall be chaired in turn by a representative of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union and by a representative of the Government of the Republic of Tunisia.
The Association Committee shall normally meet alternately in the Community and in Tunisia.

Article 83

The Association Committee shall have the power to take decisions for the management of the Agreement as well as in those areas in which the Council has delegated its powers to it.
It shall draw up its decisions by agreement between the Parties. These decisions shall be binding on the Parties, which shall take the measures necessary to implement the decisions taken.

Article 84

The Association Council may decide to set up any working group or body necessary for the implementation of the Agreement.

Article 85

The Association Council shall take all appropriate measures to facilitate cooperation and contacts between the European Parliament and the Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Tunisia, and between the Economic and Social Committee of the Community and the Economic and Social Council of the Republic of Tunisia.

Article 86

1.   Either Party may refer to the Association Council any dispute relating to the application or interpretation of this Agreement.
2.   The Association Council may settle the dispute by means of a decision.
3.   Each Party shall be bound to take the measures involved in carrying out the decision referred to in paragraph 2.
4.   In the event of it not being possible to settle the dispute in accordance with paragraph 2, either Party may notify the other of the appointment of an arbitrator; the other Party must then appoint a second arbitrator within two months. For the application of this procedure, the Community and the Member States shall be deemed to be one Party to the dispute.
The Association Council shall appoint a third arbitrator.
The arbitrators' decisions shall be taken by majority vote.
Each party to the dispute shall take the steps required to implement the decision of the arbitrators.

Article 87

Nothing in the Agreement shall prevent a Contracting Party from taking any measures:
(a) which it considers necessary to prevent the disclosure of information contrary to its essential security interests;
(b) which relate to the production of, or trade in, arms, munitions or war materials or to research, development or production indispensable for defence purposes, provided that such measures do not impair the conditions of competition in respect of products not intended for specifically military purposes;
(c) which it considers essential to its own security in the event of serious internal disturbances affecting the maintenance of law and order, in time of war or serious international tension constituting threat of war or in order to carry out obligations it has accepted for the purpose of maintaining peace and international security.

Article 88

1.   In the fields covered by this Agreement, and without prejudice to any special provisions contained therein:
— the arrangements applied by the Republic of Tunisia in respect of the Community shall not give rise to any discrimination between the Member States, their nationals, or their companies or firms,
— the arrangements applied by the Community in respect of the Republic of Tunisia shall not give rise to any discrimination between Tunisian nationals or its companies or firms.

Article 89

Nothing in the Agreement shall have the effect of:
— extending the fiscal advantages granted by either Party in any international agreement or arrangement by which it is bound,
— preventing the adoption or application by either Party of any measure aimed at preventing fraud or the evasion of taxes,
— opposing the right of either Party to apply the relevant provisions of its tax legislation to taxpayers who are not in an identical situation as regards their place of residence.

Article 90

1.   The Parties shall take any general or specific measures required to fulfil their obligations under the Agreement. They shall see to it that the objectives set out in the Agreement are attained.
2.   If either Party considers that the other Party has failed to fulfil an obligation under the Agreement, it may take appropriate measures. Before so doing, except in cases of special urgency, it shall supply the Association Council with all the relevant information required for a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution acceptable to the Parties.
In the selection of measures, priority must be given to those which least disturb the functioning of the Agreement. These measures shall be notified immediately to the Association Council and shall be the subject of consultations within the Association Council if the other Party so requests.

Article 91

Protocols Nos 1 to 5, Annexes 1 to 7 and the declarations shall form an integral part of the Agreement.

Article 92

For the purposes of this Agreement, ‘Parties’ shall mean, on the one hand, the Community or the Member States, or the Community and its Member States, in accordance with their respective powers, and, on the other hand, Tunisia.

Article 93

This Agreement shall be concluded for an unlimited period.
Either Party may denounce this Agreement by notifying the other Party. The Agreement shall cease to apply six months after the date of such notification.

Article 94

This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaties establishing the European Community and the European Coal And Steel Community are applied and under the conditions laid down in those Treaties and, on the other hand to the territory of the Republic of Tunisia.

Article 95

This Agreement is drawn up in duplicate in the Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Arabic languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.

Article 96

1.   The Agreement shall be approved by the Contracting Parties in accordance with their own procedures.
It shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which the Contracting Parties notify each other that the procedures referred to in the first paragraph have been completed.
2.   Upon its entry into force, the Agreement shall replace the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Republic of Tunisia and the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Tunisia, signed in Tunis on 25 April 1976.
Hecho en Bruselas, el diecisiete de julio de mil novecientos noventa y cinco.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den syttende juli nitten hundrede og fem og halvfems.
Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebzehnten Juli neunzehnhundertfünfundneunzig.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δέκα εφτά Ιουλίου χίλια εννιακόσια ενενήντα πέντε.
Done at Brussels on the seventeenth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five.
Fait à Bruxelles, le dix-sept juillet mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-quinze.
Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciassette luglio millenovecentonovantacinque.
Gedaan te Brussel, de zeventiende juli negentienhonderd vijfennegentig.
Feito em Bruxelas, em dezassete de Julho de mil novecentos e noventa e cinco.
Tehty Brysselissä seitsemäntenätoista päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna tuhatyhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäviisi.
Som skedde i Bryssel den sjuttonde juli nittonhundranittiofem.
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Deze handtekening verbindt eveneens de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, de Franse Gemeenschap, de Duitstalige Gemeenschap, het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest en het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest.
Diese Unterschrift verbindet zugleich die Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, die Flämische Gemeinschaft, die Französische Gemeinschaft, die Wallonische Region, die Flämische Region und die Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt.
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Por las Comunidades Europeas
For De Europæiske Fællesskaber
Für die Europäischen Gemeinschaften
Για τις Ευρωπαϊκές Κοινότητες
For the European Communities
Pour les Communautés européennes
Per le Comunità europee
Voor de Europese Gemeenschappen
Pelas Comunidades Europeias
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ANNEX 1

PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 10(1)

CN-Code

Description

0403

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:

0403 10 51

— Yogurt, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:

— — — not exceeding 1,5 %

0403 10 53

— — — exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 %

0403 10 59

— — — exceeding 27 %

— — — other, of a milk fat content by weight:

0403 10 91

— — — not exceeding 3 %

0403 10 93

— — — exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 %

0403 10 99

— — — exceeding 6 %

0403 90 71

— Other, flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa:

— — in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a milk fat content, by weight:

— — — not exceeding 1,5 %

0403 90 73

— — — exceeding 1,5 % but not exceeding 27 %

0403 90 79

— — — exceeding 27 %

— — other, of a milk fat content by weight:

0403 90 91

— — — not exceeding 3 %

0403 90 93

— — — exceeding 3 % but not exceeding 6 %

0403 90 99

— — — exceeding 6 %

0710 40 00

Sweet corn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen:

0711 90 30

Sweet corn, 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

1517

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No 1516:

1517 10 10

— Margarine, excluding liquid margarine, containing more than 10 % but not more than 15% by weight of milk fats

1517 90 10

— other, containing more than 10% but not more than 15 % by weight of milk fats

1702 50 00

Chemically pure fructose

1704

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa, except liquorice extract containing more than 10% by weight of sucrose but not containing other added substances, of CN code 1704 90 10

1704 10 11

— Chewing-gum, whether or not sugar-coated:

— — Containing less than 60 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):

— — — in strips

1704 10 19

— — — other

— — Containing 60 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose):

1704 10 91

— — — in strips

1704 10 99

— — — other

1704 90 30

— White chocolate

— other:

1704 90 51

— — Pastes, including marzipan, in immediate packings of a net content of 1 kg or more

1704 90 55

— Throat pastilles and cough drops

1704 90 61

— Sugar coated (panned) goods

— Other:

1704 90 65

— — Gum confectionery and jelly confectionery including fruit pastes in the form of sugar confectionery

1704 90 71

— — Boiled sweets, whether or not filled

1704 90 75

— — Toffees, caramels and similar sweets

— — other:

1704 90 81

— — — compressed tablets

1704 90 99

— — — other

1806

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa:

1806 10 15

— — Containing no sucrose or containing less than 5 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

1806 10 20

— — Containing 5 % or more but less than 65 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

1806 10 30

— — Containing 65 % or more but less than 80 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

1806 10 90

— — Containing 80 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose) or isoglucose expressed as sucrose

1806 20 10

— Other preparations in blocks, slabs or bars weighing more than 2 kg of in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packing of a content exceeding 2 kg:

— — Containing 31 % or more by weight of cocoa butter or containing a combined weight of 31 % or more of cocoa butter and milk fat

1806 20 30

— — Containing a combined weight of 25 % or more, but less than 31 %, of cocoa butter and milk fat

— other:

1806 20 50

— — Containing 18 % or more by weight of cocoa butter

1806 20 70

— — Chocolate milk crumb

1806 20 80

— — Chocolate flavour coating

1806 20 95

— — other

— other, in blocks, slabs or bars:

1806 31 00

— — filled

1806 32 10

— — not filled:

— — — with added cereal, fruit or nuts

1806 32 90

— — other

1806 90 11

— other:

— — Chocolate and chocolate products:

— — — Chocolates, whether or not filled:

— — — — containing alcohol

1806 90 19

— — — other

— — other:

1806 90 31

— — filled

1806 90 39

— — not filled

1806 90 50

— Sugar confectionery and substitutes therefor made from sugar substitution products, containing cocoa

1806 90 60

— Spreads containing cocoa

1806 90 70

— Preparations containing cocoa for making beverages

1806 90 90

— Other

1901

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50 %, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10 %, not elsewhere specified or included

1901 10

— Preparations for infant use, put up for retail sale

1901 20

— Mixes and doughs for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading No 1905

1901 90 11

— Malt extract:

— — with a dry extract content of 90 % or more by weight

1901 90 19

— — other

1901 90 99

— other

1902

Pasta, excluding stuffed pasta falling within CN codes 1902 20 10 and 1902 20 30; couscous, whether or not cooked

1902 11

— Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared:

— — containing eggs

1902 19 10

— not containing flour or common wheat semolina

1902 19 90

— other

— Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:

1902 20 91

— — cooked

1902 20 99

— — other

— other pasta:

1902 30 10

— — dried

1902 30 90

— — other

1902 40 10

— Couscous:

— — unprepared

1902 40 90

— — other

1903 00 00

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms

1904

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals, other than maize (corn), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared:

1904 10 10

— Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products:

— — obtained from maize

1904 10 30

— — obtained from rice

1904 10 90

— — other

1904 90 10

— other:

— — rice

1904 90 90

— — other

1905

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products:

1905 10 00

— Crispbread

1905 20 10

— Gingerbread and the like:

— — Containing less than 30 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)

1905 20 30

— — Containing 30 % or more but less than 50 % by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)

1905 20 90

— — Containing 50 % or more by weight of sucrose (including invert sugar expressed as sucrose)

1905 30 11

— Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers:

— — Completely or partially coated or covered with chocolate or other preparations containing cocoa:

— — — in immediate packings of a net content not exceeding 85 g

1905 30 19

— — — other

— — other:

— — — sweet biscuits

1905 30 30

— — — — containing 8 % or more by weight of milk fats

— — — — other

1905 30 51

— — — — — sandwich biscuits

1905 30 59

— — — — — other

— — waffles and wafers

1905 30 91

— — — salted, whether or not filled

1905 30 99

— — — other

1905 40 10

— Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products:

— — rusks

1905 40 90

— — other

1905 90 10

— — Matzos

1905 90 20

— — Communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products:

— — other:

1905 90 30

— — — Bread, not containing added honey, eggs, cheese or fruit, and containing by weight in the dry matter state not more than 5 % of sugars and not more than 5 % of fat

1905 90 40

— — — waffles and wafers with a water content not exceeding 10 % by weight

1905 90 45

— — — Biscuits

1905 90 55

— — — Extruded or expanded products, savoury or salted

— — other:

1905 90 60

— — — with added sweetening matter

1905 90 90

— — — other

2001 90 30

Sweet corn (Zea Mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

2001 90 40

Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % by weight or more of starch, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

2004 10 91

Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen

2004 90 10

Sweet corn (Zea Mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen

2005 20 10

Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen

2005 80 00

Sweet corn (Zea Mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen

2008 92 45

Preparation of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes

2008 99 85

Maize (corn) other than sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata) otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added sugar or spirit

2008 99 91

Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % by weight or more of starch, otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added sugar or spirit

2101 10 98

— other

2101 20 98

— other

2101 30 19

Roasted coffee substitutes other than roasted chicory

2101 30 99

Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee substitutes other than roasted chicory

2102 10 31

— Bakers' yeast

2102 10 39

— other

2105

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa:

2105 00 10

— containing no milk fats or containing less than 3 % by weight of such fats

— containing by weight of milk fats:

2105 00 91

— — 3 % or more but less than 7 %

2105 00 99

— — 7 % or more

2106

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included

2106 10 80

— other

2106 90 10

— Cheese fondues

— Flavoured or coloured sugar syrups:

2106 90 98

— — other

2202 90 91

Non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of CN code 2009, containing products of CN codes 0401 to 0404 or fats obtained from products of CN codes 0401 to 0404

2202 90 95

— other, containing by weight of fat obtained from products of CN codes 0401 to 0404

— — 0,2 % or more but less than 2 %

2202 90 99

— — 2 % or more

2905 43 00

Mannitol

2905 44

D-Glucitol (sorbitol)

2905 44 11

— in aqueous solution:

— — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content

2905 44 19

— — other

— other:

2905 44 91

— — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content

2905 44 99

— — other

3501

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives

3505

Dextrins and other modified starches, except esterified and etherified starches of CN code 3505 10 50:

3505 10

— Dextrins and other modified starches:

3505 10 10

— — Dextrins

— — other modified starches

3505 10 90

— — — other

3505 20

Glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches

3809 10

Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included

3823 60

Sorbitol other than that of CN code 2905 44:

3823 60 11

— in aqueous solution:

— — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content

3823 60 19

— — other

— other:

3823 60 91

— — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content

3823 60 99

— — other

ANNEX 2

PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 10(2)

List 1(1)

CN-Code

Description

Quotas (tonnes)

1519

1519 11 00

1519 12 00

1519 13 00

1519 19 10

1519 19 30

1519 19 90

1519 20 00

Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols

3 480

1520

1520 10 00

1520 90 00

Glycerol (glycerine), whether or not pure; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

154

1704

1704 10 11

1704 10 19

1704 10 91

1704 10 99

1704 90 10

1704 90 30

1704 90 51

1704 90 55

1704 90 61

1704 90 65

1704 90 71

1704 90 75

1704 90 81

1704 90 99

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa

186

1803

1803 10

1803 20

Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted

100

1805

Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

431

1806

1806 10 15

1806 10 20

1806 10 30

1806 10 90

1806 20 10

1806 20 30

1806 20 50

1806 20 70

1806 20 80

1806 20 95

1806 31 00

1806 32 10

1806 32 90

1806 90 11

1806 90 19

1806 90 31

1806 90 39

1806 90 50

1806 90 60

1806 90 70

1806 90 90

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa

180

1901

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50%, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10%, not elsewhere specified or included;

762

1901 10 00

 

 

1901 20 00

 

 

1901 90 11

 

 

1901 90 19

 

 

1901 90 99

 

 

2106

2106 10 20

2106 10 80

2106 90 10

2106 90 92

2106 90 98

Food preparations not elsewhere specified or including;

370

2203

Beer made from Malt

255

2208

2208 20

2208 30

2208 40

2208 50

2208 90 19

2208 90 31

2208 90 33

2208 90 41

2208 90 45

2208 90 48

2208 90 52

2208 90 58

2208 90 65

2208 90 69

2208 90 73

2208 90 79

Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80 % vol; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages

532

2402

2402 10 00

2402 20 10

2402 20 90

2402 90 00

Cigars

493

2915 90

Other carboxylic acids

153

3505

3505 10 10

3505 10 90

3505 20 10

3505 20 30

3505 20 50

3505 20 90

Dextrins and other modified starches; glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches

1398

3809

3809 10 10

3809 10 30

3809 10 50

3809 10 90

Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs

990

List 2

CN-Code

Description

0710 40 00

Sweet corn, uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water, frozen

0711 90 30

Sweet corn, 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

1702 50 00

Chemically pure fructose

1903

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or similar forms.

2001 90 30

Sweet corn (Zea Mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

2001 90 40

Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % by weight or more of starch, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

2004 10 91

Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen

2004 90 10

Sweet corn (Zea Mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen

2005 20 10

Potatoes in the form of flour, meal or flakes, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen

2005 80 00

Sweet corn (Zea Mays var. saccharata) prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen

2008 92 45

Preparation of the Müsli type based on unroasted cereal flakes

2008 99 85

Maize (corn) other than sweet corn (Zea Mays var. saccharata) otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added sugar or spirit

2008 99 91

Yams, sweet potatoes and similar edible parts of plants containing 5 % by weight or more of starch, otherwise prepared or preserved, not containing added sugar or spirit

2101 10 98

Preparations based on coffee or on coffee extracts, essences or concentrates, excluding preparations under heading NC 2101 10 91

2101 20 98

Extracts, essences and concentrates of tea or mate and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences and concentrates, or with a basis of tea or mate, excluding products under heading NC 2101 20 10

2101 30 19

Roasted coffee substitutes other than roasted chicory

2101 30 99

Extracts, essences and concentrates of roasted coffee substitutes other than roasted chicory

2905 43 00

Mannitol

2905 44

D-Glucitol (sorbitol)

2905 44 11

— in aqueous solution:

— — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content

2905 44 19

— — Other

— other:

2905 44 91

— — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content

2905 44 99

— — other

ex 3501

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives

3823 60

Sorbitol other than that of CN code 2905 44

3823 60 11

— in aqueous solution:

— — containing 2 % or less by weight D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content

3823 60 19

— — other

— other:

3823 60 91

— — containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content

3823 60 99

— — other

List 3

CN-Code

Description

ex 1517

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading No 1516:

1517 10 10

— Margarine, excluding liquid margarine, containing more than 10% but not more than 15% by weight of milk fats

1517 90 10

— other, containing more than 10% but not more than 15% by weight of milk fats

1904

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals, other than maize (corn), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared:

1904 10 10

— Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products:

— — obtained from maize

1904 10 30

— — obtained from rice

1904 10 90

— — other

1904 90 10

— other:

— — rice

1904 90 90

— — other

2105

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa

2105 00 10

— containing no milk fats or containing less than 3 % by weight of such fats

— containing by weight of milk fats:

2105 00 91

— — 3 % or more but less than 7 %

2105 00 99

— — 7% or more

2202 90 91

Non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetables juices of CN code 2009, containing products of CN codes 0401 to 0404 or fats obtained from products of CN codes 0401 to 0404

2202 90 95

— other, containing by weight of fat obtained from products of CN codes 0401 to 0404:

— — 0,2 % or more but less than 2 %

2202 90 99

— — 2 % or more

(1)  Products for which Tunisia will maintain the level of customs charges prevailing on 1 January 1995 for four years, within the tariff quotas shown, in accordance with the first subparagraph of Article 10(3).
In accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 10(3), during the elimination of the industrial component of the duties pursuant to Article 10(4), the level of the duties to be applied in respect of the products for which the tariff quotas are to be abolished may not be higher than the level of the duties in force on 1 January 1995.

ANNEX 3

CN Code

0505100

2519900

2707201

2818100

0505900

2520100

2707209

2818200

1302120

2521000

2707301

2818300

1302130

2523300

2707309

2819100

1302140

2524000

2707401

2820100

1302190

2525100

2707409

2820900

1302200

2525200

2707501

2821100

1302310

2525300

2707509

2821200

1505100

2526100

2707600

2823000

1505900

2526200

2707910

2824100

1515601

2527000

2707990

2824200

1515609

2528100

2708100

2824900

1516200

2528900

2708200

2825100

1522000

2529100

2709009

2825200

1702909

2529210

2712109

2825300

1804000

2529220

2712209

2825400

2001909

2529300

2712909

2825500

2101200

2530100

2713119

2825600

2101300

2530200

2713129

2825700

2103301

2530300

2713909

2825800

2106100

2530900

2714108

2825909

2106900

2601110

2714109

2826110

2403100

2601120

2714909

2826120

2403910

2601200

2715002

2826190

2403990

2602000

2715009

2826200

2501001

2603000

2801100

2826300

2501009

2604000

2801200

2826900

2502000

2605000

2801300

2827100

2504100

2606000

2802000

2827200

2504900

2607000

2803000

2827310

2505100

2608000

2804100

2827320

2505900

2609000

2804210

2827330

2506100

2610000

2804290

2827340

2506210

2611000

2804300

2827350

2506290

2612100

2804400

2827360

2507001

2612200

2804500

2827370

2507002

2613100

2804610

2827380

2508100

2613900

2804690

2827390

2508200

2614000

2804800

2827410

2508300

2615100

2804900

2827490

2508401

2615900

2805110

2827510

2508409

2616100

2805190

2827590

2508500

2616900

2805210

2827600

2508600

2617100

2805220

2828100

2508700

2617900

2805300

2828901

2509000

2618000

2809100

2828902

2511200

2619000

2810000

2828909

2512000

2620110

2811110

2829110

2513110

2620190

2811210

2829190

2513190

2620200

2811220

2829900

2513210

2620300

2811230

2830100

2513290

2620400

2812100

2830200

2514000

2621000

2812900

2830300

2516110

2701110

2813100

2830901

2516120

2701120

2813900

2830909

2516210

2701190

2814100

2831100

2516220

2701200

2814200

2831900

2517100

2702100

2815110

2832100

2517200

2702200

2815120

2832200

2517300

2703000

2815201

2832300

2517410

2704001

2815202

2833110

2517490

2704002

2815300

2833190

2518100

2705000

2816100

2833210

2518200

2706000

2816200

2833220

2518300

2707101

2816300

2833230

2519100

2707109

2817000

2833240

2833250

2902420

2909430

2917130

2833260

2902430

2909440

2917140

2833270

2902440

2909490

2917190

2833290

2902500

2909500

2917200

2833300

2902600

2909600

2917310

2833400

2902700

2910100

2917320

2834220

2903110

2910200

2917330

2835100

2903120

2910300

2917340

2835210

2903130

2910900

2917350

2835220

2903140

2911000

2917360

2835230

2903150

2912110

2917370

2835249

2903160

2912120

2917390

2835260

2903190

2912130

2918110

2835290

2903210

2912190

2918120

2835390

2903220

2912210

2918130

2836100

2903230

2912290

2918140

2836200

2903510

2912300

2918150

2836300

2903590

2912410

2918160

2836409

2903610

2912420

2918170

2836500

2903621

2912490

2918190

2836600

2903690

2912500

2918210

2836700

2904200

2912600

2918220

2836910

2904900

2913000

2918230

2836920

2905110

2914110

2918290

2836930

2905120

2914120

2918300

2836990

2905130

2914130

2918900

2839110

2905140

2914190

2919000

2839190

2905150

2914210

2920100

2839200

2905160

2914220

2920901

2839900

2905170

2914230

2920909

2840110

2905190

2914290

2921110

2840190

2905210

2914300

2921120

2840200

2905220

2914410

2921190

2840300

2905290

2914490

2921210

2841100

2905310

2914500

2921220

2841200

2905320

2914610

2921290

2841300

2905390

2914690

2921300

2841400

2905410

2914700

2921410

2841500

2905420

2915110

2921420

2841600

2905430

2915120

2921430

2841700

2905440

2915130

2921440

2841800

2905490

2915210

2921450

2841900

2905500

2915220

2921490

2842100

2906110

2915230

2921510

2842901

2906120

2915240

2921590

2842909

2906130

2915290

2922110

2844400

2906140

2915310

2922120

2846100

2906190

2915320

2922130

2846900

2906210

2915330

2922190

2847000

2906290

2915340

2922210

2848100

2907110

2915350

2922220

2848900

2907120

2915390

2922290

2849100

2907130

2915400

2922300

2849200

2907140

2915500

2922410

2849900

2907150

2915600

2922420

2850000

2907190

2915700

2922490

2851001

2907210

2915900

2922500

2851002

2907220

2916110

2923100

2851009

2907230

2916120

2923200

2901100

2907290

2916130

2923900

2901210

2907300

2916140

2924100

2901220

2908100

2916150

2924210

2901230

2908200

2916190

2924290

2901240

2908900

2916200

2925110

2901290

2909110

2916310

2925190

2902110

2909190

2916320

2925200

2902190

2909200

2916330

2926100

2902200

2909300

2916390

2926200

2902300

2909410

2917110

2926900

2902410

2909420

2917120

2927000

2928000

3004409

3214900

3702440

2929100

3004501

3215901

3702510

2929900

3004509

3215902

3702520

2930100

3004901

3215909

3702530

2930200

3004909

3301110

3702540

2930300

3006200

3301120

3702550

2930400

3006300

3301130

3702560

2930900

3006400

3301140

3702910

2931002

3006500

3301190

3702920

2931009

3101000

3301210

3702930

2932110

3102100

3301220

3702940

2932130

3102210

3301230

3702950

2932190

3102290

3301240

3703100

2932210

3102300

3301250

3703200

2932290

3102400

3301260

3703900

2932901

3102500

3301291

3705100

2932909

3102600

3301299

3705200

2933110

3102700

3301300

3705900

2933190

3102800

3301901

3707100

2933210

3102900

3301902

3707900

2933290

3103100

3301903

3801100

2933310

3103200

3302900

3801200

2933390

3103900

3401111

3801300

2933400

3104100

3402120

3801900

2933510

3104200

3402130

3802100

2933590

3104300

3402191

3802900

2933610

3104900

3403111

3803000

2933690

3105100

3403119

3804001

2933710

3105200

3403191

3804009

2933790

3105300

3403199

3805100

2933900

3105400

3403910

3805200

2934100

3105510

3403990

3805900

2934200

3105590

3404100

3806100

2934300

3105600

3404200

3806200

2934901

3105901

3404900

3806300

2934909

3105909

3405200

3806901

2935000

3201100

3405300

3806909

2940000

3201200

3405400

3807000

3001100

3201300

3405901

3809100

3001200

3201900

3405909

3809910

3001901

3202100

3407001

3809920

3001909

3202900

3407002

3809990

3002100

3203000

3407009

3810100

3002200

3204110

3501100

3810900

3002310

3204120

3501900

3811110

3002390

3204130

3502100

3811190

3002900

3204140

3502900

3811210

3003101

3204150

3503001

3811290

3003109

3204160

3503009

3811900

3003201

3204170

3504000

3812100

3003209

3204190

3505100

3812200

3003311

3204200

3505200

3812300

3003319

3204900

3506910

3814000

3003391

3205000

3506991

3815110

3003399

3206100

3506992

3815120

3003401

3206200

3506999

3815190

3003409

3206300

3507100

3815900

3003901

3206410

3507900

3816000

3003909

3206420

3701100

3817100

3004101

3206430

3701200

3817200

3004109

3206490

3701910

3818000

3004201

3206500

3701990

3820000

3004209

3207100

3702100

3821000

3004311

3207200

3702200

3822000

3004319

3207300

3702310

3823100

3004321

3207400

3702320

3823200

3004329

3212100

3702390

3823300

3004391

3212901

3702410

3823400

3004399

3213100

3702420

3823500

3004401

3213900

3702430

3823600

3823901

3921120

4101300

4801000

3823902

3921140

4101400

4802200

3823903

3921190

4102100

4802300

3901100

3926201

4102210

4802400

3901200

3926902

4102290

4805400

3901300

3926903

4103100

4811391

3901901

3926904

4103200

4811902

3901909

3926907

4103900

4812000

3902200

4001100

4104101

4813900

3902300

4001210

4104102

4822100

3902901

4001220

4104221

4823300

3902909

4001290

4104291

4823511

3903110

4001300

4104311

4823901

3903190

4002110

4104391

4823904

3903200

4002190

4105121

4904009

3903300

4002200

4105201

4905100

3903901

4002310

4106121

4905910

3903909

4002390

4106201

4905990

3904100

4002410

4107210

4908101

3904210

4002490

4107290

4908901

3904300

4002510

4107900

4911101

3904400

4002590

4111000

5001000

3904500

4002600

4204001

5002000

3904610

4002700

4204009

5003100

3904901

4002800

4401100

5003900

3904909

4002910

4401210

5004000

3905190

4002990

4401220

5005000

3905200

4003000

4401300

5006001

3905901

4004000

4402001

5006002

3905909

4005100

4402009

5007100

3906100

4005200

4403100

5007201

3906909

4005910

4403200

5007209

3907100

4005990

4403310

5007901

3907200

4006100

4403320

5007909

3907300

4006900

4403330

5101110

3907400

4007000

4403340

5101190

3907600

4009201

4403350

5101210

3907910

4009209

4403910

5101290

3907991

4009301

4403920

5101300

3907999

4009309

4403990

5102100

3908100

4009401

4404100

5102200

3908900

4009409

4404200

5103100

3909102

4009501

4405000

5103200

3909109

4009509

4413001

5103300

3909201

4010101

4413009

5104000

3909209

4010102

4417001

5105100

3909301

4010109

4421902

5105210

3909309

4010910

4421903

5105290

3909401

4010991

4501100

5105300

3909409

4010992

4501900

5105400

3909501

4010999

4601200

5107100

3909509

4011300

4601910

5108100

3910001

4014100

4601990

5108200

3910009

4014901

4602100

5109100

3911100

4014909

4602900

5109900

3911900

4015110

4701000

5110001

3912110

4015190

4702000

5110002

3912120

4015900

4703110

5202910

3912200

4016100

4703190

5203000

3912310

4016940

4703210

5204110

3912390

4016951

4703290

5204190

3912900

4016959

4704110

5204200

3913100

4016991

4704190

5207100

3913900

4016999

4704210

5207900

3914000

4017001

4704290

5301100

3918101

4017002

4705000

5301210

3918102

4101100

4706100

5301290

3918901

4101210

4706910

5301300

3918902

4101220

4706920

5302100

3919900

4101290

4706990

5302900

5303100

5502009

5909000

7003200

5303900

5503100

5910000

7003300

5304100

5503200

5911100

7004100

5304900

5503300

5911200

7005210

5305110

5503400

5911310

7005290

5305190

5503900

5911320

7010901

5305210

5504100

5911400

7010902

5305290

5504901

5911901

7011100

5305911

5504909

5911902

7011200

5305919

5506100

5911909

7011900

5305991

5506200

6115921

7014000

5305999

5506300

6115931

7015100

5306100

5506900

6117801

7017100

5306200

5507001

6217100

7017200

5307100

5507002

6217900

7017900

5307200

5507009

6307200

7019100

5308100

5509520

6502009

7019200

5308200

5511100

6507000

7019310

5308300

5511200

6603100

7019320

5308900

5511300

6603200

7019390

5309110

5603001

6603900

7019900

5309190

5603002

6804101

7020002

5309210

5603009

6804109

7104101

5309290

5604100

6804211

7104201

5310101

5604200

6804219

7104901

5310109

5604900

6804300

7201100

5310901

5605000

6806100

7201200

5310909

5606001

6806200

7201300

5311001

5606002

6806900

7201400

5311002

5606003

6807100

7202110

5311003

5606009

6807900

7202190

5311004

5607109

6810110

7202210

5311009

5607309

6810200

7202290

5402100

5607909

6812101

7202300

5402200

5608110

6812109

7202410

5402310

5608190

6812200

7202490

5402320

5608900

6812300

7202500

5402330

5609000

6812400

7202600

5402390

5801101

6812500

7202700

5402410

5801102

6812600

7202800

5402420

5801210

6812700

7202910

5402430

5801220

6812900

7202920

5402490

5801230

6814100

7202930

5402510

5801240

6814900

7202990

5402520

5801250

6815100

7203100

5402590

5801260

6815200

7203900

5402610

5801310

6815910

7205100

5402620

5801320

6815990

7205210

5402690

5801330

6902100

7205290

5403100

5801340

6902201

7206900

5403200

5801350

6902901

7208110

5403310

5801360

6903100

7208120

5403320

5801901

6903201

7208130

5403330

5801902

6903900

7208140

5403390

5806311

6904101

7208210

5403410

5806312

6904109

7208220

5403420

5806321

6904901

7208230

5403490

5806322

6904909

7208240

5404100

5806391

6905101

7208320

5404900

5806392

6906001

7208410

5405001

5809000

6906009

7208420

5405009

5902100

6909119

7209310

5406100

5902200

6909199

7209320

5406200

5902900

7002100

7209330

5501100

5903100

7002200

7209410

5501200

5903200

7002310

7209420

5501300

5903900

7002320

7209430

5501900

5905001

7002390

7209900

5502001

5905009

7003110

7210319

5502002

5908000

7003190

7210391

7210399

7302400

7414900

7907901

7210419

7302900

7416000

8001100

7210491

7303000

7417009

8001200

7210499

7304200

7419100

8003001

7210701

7305110

7419910

8003009

7210709

7307210

7419991

8004000

7210901

7307220

7501100

8005100

7210909

7307230

7501200

8005200

7211110

7307290

7502100

8006001

7211120

7307930

7502200

8007001

7211190

7307990

7504000

8007002

7211210

7312900

7505110

8007009

7211220

7315111

7505120

8101100

7211290

7315119

7505210

8101920

7211300

7315121

7505220

8101930

7211410

7315129

7506100

8101990

7211490

7315190

7506200

8102100

7211900

7315200

7507110

8102910

7212219

7315810

7507120

8102920

7212291

7315890

7507200

8102930

7212299

7315900

7508001

8102990

7212309

7317002

7508009

8103100

7212401

7318161

7601100

8103900

7212409

7319100

7601200

8104110

7212501

7319200

7603100

8104200

7212509

7319300

7603200

8104300

7212601

7319900

7604101

8104901

7212609

7321901

7604102

8104909

7213209

7326190

7604291

8105900

7213390

7326901

7604292

8106000

7213490

7326902

7605110

8107100

7213501

7326903

7605190

8107900

7213509

7401100

7605210

8108100

7214100

7401200

7605290

8108900

7214309

7402000

7606119

8110001

7214409

7403110

7606121

8110009

7214509

7403120

7606129

8111001

7214600

7403130

7606919

8111009

7215100

7403190

7606921

8112190

7215200

7403210

7606929

8112200

7215300

7403220

7607110

8112400

7215400

7403230

7609000

8112910

7215900

7403290

7613000

8112990

7216100

7405000

7614900

8201500

7216220

7406100

7616902

8201600

7216310

7406200

7616903

8202400

7216320

7407100

7616904

8203300

7216330

7407220

7616905

8203400

7216400

7407290

7801100

8204200

7216500

7408111

7801910

8208300

7216609

7408119

7801990

8208901

7216900

7408210

7803001

8209000

7217121

7408220

7803002

8210000

7217129

7408290

7804111

8211940

7217139

7409119

7804112

8212109

7217199

7409199

7804191

8212201

7217219

7409219

7804192

8212209

7217229

7409299

7804200

8212909

7217239

7409311

7806001

8214109

7217299

7409319

7806009

8301500

7217319

7409391

7901110

8301701

7217329

7409399

7901120

8302600

7217339

7409401

7901200

8305100

7217399

7409409

7903100

8305900

7218100

7409901

7903900

8307100

7218900

7409909

7904000

8311900

7301200

7410210

7905000

8401200

7302100

7410220

7906001

8402900

7302200

7412100

7906002

8403900

7302300

7414100

7907100

8405900

8406110

8467920

8508200

8532220

8406190

8467990

8508800

8532230

8406900

8469100

8508900

8532240

8407100

8469210

8509100

8532250

8407210

8469290

8509200

8532290

8407290

8469310

8509300

8532300

8407900

8469390

8509400

8532900

8409100

8470101

8509800

8533100

8410900

8470109

8509900

8533210

8411910

8470210

8510100

8533290

8411990

8470290

8510200

8533310

8412100

8470300

8510900

8533900

8412900

8470400

8511100

8535210

8414200

8470900

8511200

8535290

8414900

8472100

8511300

8535400

8418696

8472200

8511400

8536410

8419310

8472300

8511500

8539210

8419901

8473100

8511800

8539229

8419902

8473210

8511900

8539310

8419909

8473290

8512100

8539391

8420990

8473300

8512201

8539400

8421120

8473400

8512300

8540110

8421910

8474320

8512400

8540120

8422110

8475900

8513101

8540200

8422190

8477900

8513900

8540300

8423890

8478100

8515900

8540410

8425200

8478900

8516103

8540420

8425310

8480300

8516310

8540810

8425410

8480710

8516320

8540890

8428400

8481101

8516330

8540910

8428600

8481109

8516400

8540990

8428900

8481200

8516500

8541100

8430200

8481300

8516720

8541210

8431100

8481400

8516790

8541290

8431200

8481801

8516800

8541300

8431410

8482100

8517200

8541400

8431420

8482200

8517400

8541500

8431490

8482300

8518211

8541600

8432801

8482400

8518300

8542110

8432901

8482500

8518400

8542190

8433110

8482800

8519290

8542200

8433190

8482910

8519310

8542800

8437100

8482990

8519390

8542900

8437800

8485100

8519400

8543200

8437900

8485900

8520100

8543800

8442400

8501100

8520200

8543900

8443900

8501310

8521100

8545110

8448330

8501511

8521900

8545190

8448410

8501512

8522100

8545200

8448420

8502201

8523110

8545900

8450200

8502202

8523120

8546200

8450909

8504230

8523130

8547100

8451210

8504311

8523209

8603100

8452210

8504312

8524100

8603900

8452290

8504500

8524210

8606100

8452300

8504900

8524220

8606200

8453900

8505110

8524230

8606300

8454900

8505190

8524901

8606910

8455900

8505900

8526100

8606920

8462310

8506901

8526910

8607191

8462490

8506909

8526920

8607192

8466910

8507301

8527311

8607199

8466920

8507309

8527312

8607210

8466930

8507400

8527321

8607290

8466940

8507800

8527322

8607300

8467110

8507901

8530100

8607910

8467190

8507902

8530800

8607990

8467810

8507904

8530900

8608009

8467890

8507909

8532100

8701100

8467910

8508100

8532210

8701300

8701900

9009110

9027400

9208900

8703212

9009120

9027901

9209100

8703222

9009210

9027909

9209200

8703322

9009220

9028100

9209300

8801100

9009300

9028209

9209910

8801900

9009900

9028900

9209920

8803100

9010300

9029201

9209930

8803200

9010900

9029209

9209940

8803300

9011900

9029900

9209990

8803900

9013900

9030900

9402102

8904000

9014100

9031900

9402902

8906009

9014200

9032100

9402909

9001100

9014800

9032900

9405501

9001200

9014900

9033000

9502910

9002110

9015300

9107000

9502991

9002190

9015900

9108110

9506110

9002200

9017109

9108120

9506120

9002900

9017209

9108190

9506190

9004903

9017300

9108200

9506290

9005100

9017809

9108910

9506310

9005801

9017900

9108990

9506320

9005809

9018110

9109110

9506390

9005901

9018190

9109190

9506400

9005909

9018200

9109900

9506510

9006200

9018320

9110110

9506590

9006301

9018390

9110120

9506610

9006309

9018410

9110190

9506690

9006400

9018491

9110900

9506700

9006510

9018499

9114100

9506910

9006520

9018500

9114200

9506990

9006530

9018902

9114300

9507100

9006590

9018903

9114400

9507201

9006610

9018904

9114900

9507202

9006620

9018909

9201100

9507300

9006690

9019100

9201200

9507900

9006910

9019200

9201900

9508000

9006990

9020000

9202100

9603500

9007110

9021211

9202900

9603901

9007191

9021291

9203000

9603909

9007199

9022110

9204100

9606300

9007210

9022210

9204200

9607201

9007290

9022900

9205100

9608103

9007910

9024900

9205900

9608409

9007920

9025190

9206000

9608600

9008100

9025209

9207100

9609200

9008300

9025900

9207900

 

9008900

9026900

9208100

 

ANNEX 4

CN Code

1302320

2936250

3603009

3923299

1506000

2936260

3604100

3923300

1521100

2936270

3604901

3923400

1521900

2936280

3604902

3923500

2008910

2936290

3604909

3923900

2101100

2936900

3605000

3924100

2103100

2937100

3606901

3924900

2205100

2937210

3701300

3925101

2205900

2937220

3808301

3925109

2503100

2937290

3808302

3925200

2503900

2937910

3808309

3925300

2510100

2937920

3823909

3925900

2510200

2937990

3902100

3926100

2511101

2938100

3904220

3926209

2511109

2938900

3904690

3926300

2515110

2939100

3905510

3926400

2515200

2939210

3906901

3926901

2516901

2939290

3907501

3926905

2516902

2939300

3907509

3926906

2520200

2939400

3909101

3926909

2522100

2939500

3915100

4011101

2530400

2939600

3915200

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2710001

2939700

3915300

4011203

2710003

2939901

3915900

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2710005

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3916100

4104109

2710009

2941100

3916200

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2713209

2941200

3916900

4104229

2804700

2941300

3917100

4104299

2805400

2941400

3917210

4104319

2806200

2941500

3917220

4104399

2808000

2941900

3917230

4105110

2811190

2942000

3917290

4105129

2811290

3208101

3917310

4105190

2819900

3208102

3917320

4105209

2822000

3208103

3917330

4106110

2828903

3208201

3917390

4106129

2834109

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3917400

4106190

2834299

3208203

3919100

4106209

2837110

3208901

3920200

4107100

2837190

3208902

3920420

4108000

2837200

3208903

3920510

4109000

2838000

3209101

3920590

4110000

2843100

3209102

3920610

4201000

2843210

3209901

3920620

4205001

2843290

3209902

3920630

4205002

2843300

3210001

3920690

4206101

2843900

3210002

3920710

4206109

2844100

3210003

3920720

4206900

2844200

3211000

3920731

4301100

2844300

3212902

3920739

4301200

2844500

3214101

3920790

4301300

2845100

3214109

3920910

4301400

2845900

3215190

3920920

4301500

2902900

3302100

3920930

4301600

2903290

3401193

3920940

4301700

2903300

3406000

3920990

4301800

2903400

3601001

3921110

4301900

2903622

3601009

3921130

4302110

2904100

3602001

3921900

4302120

2931001

3602002

3922100

4302130

2932120

3602003

3922200

4302190

2936100

3602004

3922900

4302200

2936210

3602009

3923100

4302300

2936220

3603001

3923211

4303100

2936230

3603002

3923219

4303900

2936240

3603003

3923291

4304000

4409100

4811399

5206150

5509610

4409200

4811400

5206210

5509620

4412110

4811901

5206220

5509690

4412120

4813100

5206230

5509910

4412190

4813200

5206240

5509920

4412210

4814100

5206250

5509990

4412290

4814200

5206310

5510110

4412910

4814300

5206320

5510120

4412990

4814900

5206330

5510200

4414000

4815000

5206340

5510300

4415100

4818500

5206350

5510900

4415200

4823200

5206410

5513110

4416000

4823400

5206420

5513120

4417002

4823902

5206430

5513130

4417009

4823903

5206440

5513190

4418100

4823905

5206450

5513210

4418200

4904001

5401101

5513220

4418300

4907003

5401102

5513230

4418400

4907009

5401201

5513290

4418500

4908102

5401202

5513310

4418901

4908109

5407100

5513320

4418909

4908902

5407200

5513330

4420100

4908909

5407300

5513390

4420900

4909000

5407410

5513410

4421100

4910001

5407420

5513420

4421901

4910009

5407430

5513430

4421904

4911109

5407440

5513490

4421909

4911910

5407510

5514110

4502000

4911990

5407520

5514120

4503100

5106100

5407530

5514130

4503900

5106200

5407540

5514190

4504100

5107200

5407600

5514210

4504900

5111110

5407710

5514220

4601100

5111190

5407720

5514230

4707100

5111200

5407730

5514290

4707200

5111300

5407740

5514310

4707300

5111900

5407810

5514320

4707900

5112110

5407820

5514330

4804110

5112190

5407830

5514390

4804190

5112200

5407840

5514410

4805100

5112300

5407910

5514420

4805221

5112900

5407920

5514430

4805222

5113001

5407930

5514490

4805229

5113002

5407940

5516110

4805230

5202100

5408100

5516120

4805291

5202990

5408210

5516130

4805299

5205110

5408220

5516140

4805300

5205120

5408230

5516210

4805500

5205130

5408240

5516220

4806100

5205140

5408310

5516230

4806200

5205150

5408320

5516240

4806300

5205210

5408330

5516310

4806400

5205220

5408340

5516320

4807100

5205230

5505100

5516330

4807910

5205240

5505200

5516340

4807990

5205250

5508101

5516410

4808200

5205310

5508109

5516420

4808300

5205320

5508201

5516430

4908900

5205330

5508209

5516440

4810110

5205340

5509110

5516910

4810120

5205350

5509120

5516920

4810210

5205410

5509210

5516930

4810290

5205420

5509220

5516940

4810310

5205430

5509310

5601211

4810320

5205440

5509320

5601212

4810390

5205450

5509410

5601221

4810991

5206110

5509420

5601222

4810992

5206120

5509510

5601229

4811100

5206130

5509530

5601291

4811310

5206140

5509590

5601299

5601300

6001910

6802930

7018200

5602100

6001920

6802990

7018901

5602210

6001991

6803000

7018909

5602290

6001999

6804221

7117110

5602900

6116100

6804222

7117191

5607101

6117809

6804223

7117192

5607210

6117900

6804224

7117193

5607291

6301100

6804225

7117199

5607299

6306111

6804229

7117900

5607301

6306112

6804230

7204100

5607410

6306121

6805100

7204210

5607491

6306122

6805200

7204290

5607499

6306191

6805300

7204300

5607501

6306192

6808000

7204410

5607509

6306210

6809110

7204490

5607901

6306220

6809190

7204500

5702200

6306290

6809900

7206100

5704100

6306310

6810190

7208310

5704900

6306390

6810910

7208330

5802110

6306410

6810990

7208340

5802190

6306490

6811100

7208350

5802200

6306911

6811200

7208430

5802300

6306919

6811300

7208440

5803100

6306991

6811900

7208450

5803900

6306999

6813100

7208900

5804100

6307900

6813900

7210311

5804210

6308000

6901001

7210411

5804290

6402110

6901002

7212211

5806100

6403110

6901003

7212301

5806200

6406200

6901009

7213201

5806319

6406910

6902209

7213310

5806329

6406991

6902909

7213410

5806399

6406992

6903209

7214301

5806400

6406999

6905109

7214401

5807101

6501001

6905901

7214402

5807109

6501009

6905909

7214403

5807901

6502001

6907100

7214501

5807909

6503000

6907901

7214502

5808100

6504000

6908101

7214503

5808901

6505100

6908102

7216601

5808902

6505901

6908108

7217111

5808909

6505902

6908109

7217112

5810100

6505903

6909900

7217119

5810910

6505909

6914101

7217122

5810920

6506100

6914109

7217131

5810990

6506910

6914901

7217132

5811001

6506920

6914909

7217191

5811002

6506990

7001000

7217192

5811003

6601100

7004900

7217211

5811009

6601911

7005100

7217212

5901100

6601919

7005301

7217221

5901900

6601991

7005309

7217222

5904100

6601999

7006000

7217231

5904910

6602000

7007111

7217232

5904920

6701001

7007119

7217291

5906100

6701009

7007190

7217292

5906910

6702100

7007211

7217311

5906990

6702900

7007219

7217312

5907001

6703000

7007290

7217321

5907002

6704110

7008000

7217322

5907009

6704190

7009100

7217331

6001101

6704200

7009910

7217332

6001102

6704900

7009920

7217391

6001103

6801000

7010909

7217392

6001104

6802101

7015901

7301100

6001109

6802102

7015909

7304100

6001210

6802220

7016100

7304310

6001220

6802230

7016901

7304931

6001291

6802290

7016909

7304399

6001299

6802920

7018100

7305120

7305310

7415390

8214102

8421992

7305390

7417001

8214200

8421999

7305900

7418100

8214901

8422900

7306100

7418200

8214909

8423100

7306200

7419999

8301600

8423900

7306400

7503000

8301709

8424890

7306500

7602000

8302200

8424900

7308100

7606111

8302300

8425490

7309000

7606911

8302490

8426910

7310100

7607191

8304000

8427900

7310210

7607199

8305200

8428320

7310290

7607201

8306100

8428500

7313000

7607209

8306210

8431310

7314110

7608201

8306290

8431390

7314420

7608209

8306300

8432909

7314490

7611000

8307900

8433200

7317004

7612900

8308100

8433300

7317009

7614100

8308200

8433510

7318110

7615200

8308901

8436290

7318130

7616100

8308902

8436800

7318140

7616901

8308909

8436910

7318151

7616909

8309100

8436990

7318153

7802000

8309901

8438100

7318154

7803003

8309902

8438900

7318169

7805001

8309909

8439910

7318190

7805002

8310000

8439990

7318210

7806002

8311200

8440900

7318220

7902000

8311300

8441900

7318240

7907909

8401100

8448200

7318290

8002000

8401300

8448510

7320209

8006002

8401400

8448590

7320900

8101910

8402190

8449000

7321130

8104190

8402200

8450901

7321821

8105100

8404900

8450902

7321830

8109100

8407310

8451900

7321902

8109900

8407320

8452100

7321903

8112110

8407330

8452900

7321909

8112300

8407340

8462290

7322900

8113000

8408200

8462910

7323100

8201100

8408909

8465990

7323910

8201200

8409910

8468900

7323920

8201300

8409990

8474900

7323939

8201400

8413110

8476110

7323941

8201900

8413200

8476190

7323949

8202310

8413910

8476900

7323990

8202320

8413920

8479820

7324100

8202990

8414510

8479900

7324211

8205100

8414600

8480200

7324219

8205200

8415819

8481901

7324291

8205300

8415831

8481902

7324299

8205510

8415839

8481909

7324901

8205590

8415900

8483100

7324902

8205600

8416100

8483200

7324909

8205700

8416900

8483300

7326200

8205800

8417200

8483400

7326904

8206000

8417900

8483500

7404000

8207200

8418290

8483600

7407210

8207300

8418694

8483900

7410110

8207400

8418695

8484100

7410120

8207500

8418699

8484909

7411101

8207600

8418991

8502301

7411210

8207700

8418992

8502302

7411220

8207800

8418993

8503000

7411290

8207900

8418994

8504402

7413000

8208200

8418995

8504403

7415100

8208400

8418999

8504409

7415210

8208909

8419110

8506200

7415290

8212901

8419190

8512209

7415310

8213000

8419819

8512900

7415320

8214101

8421991

8513109

8514100

8536100

8705100

9025801

8514900

8536209

8705200

9028201

8515310

8536499

8705300

9028309

8516101

8536502

8705400

9032891

8516210

8536619

8705901

9032892

8516602

8536699

8705909

9101111

8516609

8536903

5706001

9101112

8516710

8538100

5706009

9101121

8516901

8538900

8707100

9101122

8516902

8539100

8707900

9101191

8516909

8539291

8708100

9101192

8517101

8539299

8708210

9101211

8517301

8539399

8708290

9101212

8517302

8539900

8708390

9101291

8517309

8540490

8708400

9101292

8517810

8541900

8708500

9101911

8517901

8543100

8708600

9101912

8517909

8544111

8708700

9101991

8518100

8544119

8708930

9101992

8518219

8544190

8708940

9103101

8518220

8544301

8708991

9103109

8518291

8544309

8708999

9103901

8518299

8544591

8709190

9103909

8518500

8544592

8709900

9104000

8518900

8544601

8710000

9105111

8519100

8544602

8711301

9105119

8519210

8544700

8711309

9105191

8519910

8546100

8711401

9105199

8519990

8546900

8711409

9105211

8520310

8547200

8711500

9105219

8520390

8547900

8711900

9105291

8520900

8548000

8714199

9105299

8522900

8605000

8714930

9105911

8523902

8606990

8714940

9105919

8523903

8607120

8714960

9105991

8523909

8702900

8714999

9105999

8524905

8703100

8715002

9106100

8524906

8703211

8716900

9106200

8524907

8703213

8802111

9106900

8524909

8703219

8802119

9111101

8525101

8703221

8802121

9111102

8525102

8703223

8802129

9111200

8525300

8703224

8802201

9111800

8527110

8703229

8802209

9111901

8527190

8703231

8802301

9111902

8527210

8703232

8802309

9111909

8527290

8703239

8802401

9112100

8527313

8703241

8802409

9112801

8527314

8703242

8802500

9112809

8527323

8703249

8804000

9112901

8527329

8703311

8805100

9112909

8527391

8703312

8805200

9113100

8527392

8703319

8903100

9113200

8527393

8703321

8903910

9113901

8527394

8703329

8903920

9113909

8527399

8703331

8903990

9301000

8527900

8703332

8906001

9302000

8529109

8703339

8907100

9303100

8529902

8703901

8907900

9303200

8529903

8703902

9001300

9303300

8529905

8703909

9001400

9303900

8529909

8704101

9001500

9304000

8531200

8704109

9001900

9305100

8531800

8704211

9004101

9305210

8531900

8704221

9004901

9305290

8534000

8704229

9004904

9305901

8535100

8704319

9017201

9305909

8535300

8704321

9017801

9306100

8535901

8704329

9025111

9306210

8535909

8704900

9025201

9306290

9306301

9405509

9603210

9613100

9306309

9405600

9603290

9613201

9306901

9405911

9603300

9613209

9306909

9405919

9603400

9613301

9307000

9405920

9604000

9613309

9401100

9405991

9605000

9613801

9401801

9405999

9606101

9613809

9401901

9406000

9606102

9613901

9401902

9501000

9606210

9613909

9401909

9502999

9606220

9614100

9402109

9503100

9606290

9614201

9402901

9503200

9607110

9614209

9403901

9503300

9607190

9614900

9403902

9504100

9607209

9615110

9403909

9504200

9608101

9615190

9405101

9504300

9608201

9615901

9405102

9504401

9608203

9615902

9405103

9504409

9608206

9615909

9405104

9504900

9608209

9616100

9405109

9505100

9608311

9616200

9405201

9505900

8608319

9617000

9405202

9506210

9608391

9618000

9405203

9601101

9608401

9701100

9405204

9601109

9608501

9701900

9405209

9601901

9608911

9702000

9405300

9601902

9608919

9703000

9405401

9601903

9608999

9704000

9405402

9601909

9609901

9705000

9405403

9602001

9609909

9706000

9405404

9602002

9610000

 

9405405

9602009

9611000

 

9405409

9603100

9612200

 

ANNEX 5

CN Code

0509009

3401192

4202911

4810910

1212200

3401200

4202919

4810999

1517900

3402110

4202921

4811210

1518000

3402199

4202929

4811290

2008110

3402200

4202991

4811909

2103200

3402900

4202999

4816100

2103302

3405100

4203101

4816200

2103900

3506100

4203102

4816300

2104100

3606100

4203109

4816900

2104200

3606909

4203210

4817100

2202100

3808101

4203291

4817200

2202900

3808109

4203299

4817300

2207101

3808201

4203301

4818100

2207109

3808209

4203309

4818200

2207201

3808401

4203400

4818300

2207209

3808409

4205009

4818401

2208100

3808901

4407100

4818402

2208901

3808909

4407210

4818409

2208902

3813000

4407220

4818900

2208909

3819000

4407230

4819100

2515121

3920100

4407910

4819201

2515129

3920300

4407920

4819209

2522200

3920410

4407990

4819300

2522300

3923212

4408101

4819400

2523100

3923292

4408109

4819500

2523210

4008110

4408201

4819600

2523290

4008190

4408209

4820100

2523900

4008210

4408901

4820200

2620500

4008290

4408909

4820300

2620900

4009101

4410100

4820400

2710007

4009109

4410900

4820501

2806100

4011009

4411110

4820509

2807000

4011201

4411190

4820900

2809200

4011400

4411210

4821100

2825901

4011500

4411290

4821900

2834219

4011910

4411310

4822901

3005100

4011991

4411390

4822909

3005900

4011992

4411910

4823110

3006100

4011993

4411990

4823190

3006600

4011994

4419000

4823519

3215110

4011995

4802100

4823590

3303001

4011999

4802510

4823600

3303002

4012101

4802521

4823700

3303003

4012109

4802529

4823909

3303004

4012201

4802530

4901911

3304100

4012209

4802600

4901912

3304200

4012900

4803001

4901991

3304300

4013101

4803009

4901992

3304910

4013109

4804210

5208110

3304990

4013200

4804290

5208120

3305100

4013901

4804310

5208130

3305200

4013909

4804390

5208190

3305300

4016910

4804410

5208210

3305901

4016920

4804420

5208220

3305909

4016930

4804490

5208230

3306100

4016992

4804510

5208290

3306900

4016993

4804520

5208310

3307101

4202110

4804590

5208320

3307109

4202120

4805210

5208330

3307200

4202190

4805600

5208390

3307300

4202210

4805700

5208410

3307410

4202220

4805800

5208420

3307490

4202290

4808100

5208430

3307900

4202310

4809100

5208490

3401119

4202320

4809200

5208510

3401191

4202390

4809900

5208520

5208530

5515220

6104440

6112399

5208590

5515290

6104491

6112410

5209110

5515910

6104499

6112491

5209120

5515920

6104510

6112499

5209190

5515990

6104520

6113000

5209210

5601100

6104530

6114100

5209220

5703100

6104591

6114200

5209290

5703200

6104599

6114300

5209310

5703300

6104610

6114901

5209320

5703900

6104620

6114909

5209390

6002100

6104630

6115110

5209410

6002200

6104691

6115120

5209420

6002300

6104699

6115191

5209430

6002410

6105100

6115199

5209490

6002420

6105200

6115201

5209510

6002430

6105901

6115202

5209520

6002491

6105909

6115209

5209590

6002499

6106100

6115910

5210110

6002910

6106200

6115929

5210120

6002920

6106901

6115939

5210190

6002930

6106909

6115991

5210210

6002991

6107110

6115999

5210220

6002999

6107120

6116910

5210290

6101100

6107191

6116920

5210310

6101200

6107199

6116930

5210320

6101300

6107210

6116991

5210390

6101901

6107220

6116999

5210410

6101909

6107291

6117101

5210420

6102100

6107299

6117102

5210490

6102200

6107910

6117103

5210510

6102300

6107920

6117109

5210520

6102901

6107991

6117201

5210590

6102909

6107992

6117202

5211110

6103110

6107999

6117203

5211120

6103120

6108110

6117209

5211190

6103191

6108191

6201110

5211210

6103199

6108199

6201120

5211220

6103210

6108210

6201130

5211290

6103220

6108220

6201191

5211310

6103230

6108291

6201199

5211320

6103291

6108299

6201910

5211390

6103299

6108310

6201920

5211410

6103310

6108320

6201930

5211420

6103320

6108391

6201991

5211430

6103330

6108399

6201999

5211490

6103391

6108910

6202110

5211510

6103399

6108920

6202120

5211520

6103410

6108991

6202130

5211590

6103420

6108999

6202191

5212110

6103430

6109100

6202199

5212120

6103491

6109901

6202910

5212130

6103499

6109902

6202920

5212140

6104110

6109909

6202930

5212150

6104120

6110100

6202991

5212210

6104130

6110200

6202999

5212220

6104191

6110300

6203110

5212230

6104199

6110901

6203120

5212240

6104210

6110909

6203191

5212250

6104220

6111100

6203199

5512110

6104230

6111200

6203210

5512190

6104291

6111300

6203220

5512210

6104299

6111901

6203230

5512290

6104310

6111909

6203291

5512910

6104320

6112110

6203299

5512990

6104330

6112120

6203310

5515110

6104391

6112191

6203320

5515120

6104399

6112199

6203330

5515130

6104410

6112200

6203391

5515190

6104420

6112310

6203399

5515210

6104430

6112391

6203410

6203420

6209901

6302602

6912009

6203430

6209909

6302910

6913100

6203491

6210100

6302920

6913901

6203499

6210200

6302930

6913909

6204110

6210300

6302990

7010100

6204120

6210400

6303110

7012000

6204130

6210500

6303120

7013100

6204191

6211111

6303190

7013210

6204199

6211112

6303910

7013291

6204210

6211119

6303920

7013292

6204220

6211121

6303990

7013299

6204230

6211122

6304110

7013310

6204291

6211129

6304190

7013320

6204299

6211200

6304910

7013391

6204310

6211311

6304920

7013399

6204320

6211319

6304930

7013910

6204330

6211321

6304990

7013991

6204391

6211329

6305100

7013992

6204399

6211331

6305200

7013999

6204410

6211339

6305310

7020001

6204420

6211391

6305390

7020009

6204430

6211392

6305900

7101101

6204440

6211399

6310101

7101102

6204491

6211411

6310109

7101210

6204499

6211419

6310901

7101220

6204510

6211421

6310909

7102100

6204520

6211429

6401100

7102210

6204530

6211431

6401910

7102290

6204591

6211439

6401920

7102310

6204599

6211491

6401990

7102390

6204610

6211492

6402190

7103101

6204620

6211499

6402200

7103109

6204630

6212101

6402300

7103911

6204691

6212109

6402910

7103919

6204699

6212201

6402990

7103991

6205100

6212209

6403190

7103999

6205200

6212301

6403200

7104109

6205300

6212309

6403300

7104209

6205901

6212901

6403400

7104909

6205909

6212909

6403510

7105100

6206100

6213100

6403590

7105900

6206200

6213200

6403910

7106100

6206300

6213900

6403990

7106910

6206400

6214100

6404110

7106921

6206900

6214200

6404191

7106922

6207110

6214300

6404199

7106929

6207191

6214400

6404201

7107001

6207199

6214900

6464209

7107002

6207210

6215100

6405100

7108110

6207220

6215200

6405200

7108121

6207291

6215900

6405900

7108129

6207299

6216001

6406101

7108131

6207910

6216009

6406109

7108139

6207920

6301200

6802210

7108200

6207991

6301300

6802910

7109000

6207999

6301400

6907902

7110110

6208110

6301900

6907909

7110191

6208191

6302100

6908901

7110192

6208199

6302210

6908902

7110199

6208210

6302220

6908908

7110210

6208220

6302290

6908909

7110291

6208291

6302310

6910100

7110299

6208299

6302320

6910900

7110310

6208910

6302390

6911101

7110391

6208920

6302400

6911109

7110399

6208991

6302510

6911901

7110410

6208999

6302520

6911909

7110491

6209100

6302530

6912001

7110499

6209200

6302590

6912002

7111000

6209300

6302601

6912003

7112100

7112200

7316000

8302410

8502110

7112900

7317001

8302420

8502120

7113111

7317003

8302500

8502130

7113112

7318120

8303000

8504100

7113113

7318159

8311100

8504210

7113114

7318231

8403101

8504220

7113119

7318232

8403109

8504319

7113191

7318239

8408100

8504320

7113192

7320101

8408901

8504330

7113193

7320109

8413301

8504340

7113194

7320201

8413302

8504401

7113195

7321111

8413309

8506110

7113196

7321119

8413702

8506120

7113197

7321120

8413709

8506130

7113198

7321810

8413811

8506190

7113199

7321829

8413812

8507100

7113201

7322110

8413819

8507200

7113202

7322190

8415100

8507903

7113203

7323931

8415811

8515390

7113209

7325100

8415820

8516102

7114111

7325910

8418100

8516290

7114119

7325990

8418210

8516601

7114191

7326110

8418220

8517109

7114192

7326905

8418300

8528100

7114193

7326909

8418400

8528200

7114199

7409111

8418500

8529101

7114201

7409191

8418610

8529102

7114209

7409211

8418691

8529901

7115100

7409291

8418692

8529904

7115901

7411109

8418693

8531100

7115902

7412200

8418910

8536201

7115903

7419994

8419811

8536300

7115909

7604103

8421230

8536491

7116101

7604210

8421310

8536501

7116109

7604293

8422400

8536509

7116201

7608100

8423810

8536611

7116209

7610100

8423820

8536691

7118101

7610900

8424100

8536901

7118109

7612100

8424811

8536902

7118901

7615100

8424819

8537100

7118902

7616906

8425421

8537200

7118909

8202100

8425429

8539221

7207110

8202200

8426110

8544112

7207120

8202910

8428100

8544201

7207190

8203100

8432100

8544209

7207200

8203200

8432210

8544410

7213100

8204110

8432290

8544491

7214200

8204120

8432401

8544499

7216211

8205400

8432409

8544511

7216219

8205900

8433400

8544519

7306300

8208100

8436210

8544593

7306600

8211100

8450110

8544599

7306900

8211911

8450120

8544603

7307110

8211912

8450190

8544609

7307190

8211919

8452400

8607110

7307910

8211921

8462390

8609001

7307920

9211929

8465100

8609009

7308200

8211931

8465910

8701200

7308300

8211932

8465920

8702100

7308400

8211939

8465950

8704212

7308901

8212101

8474311

8704219

7308909

8215100

8481102

8704230

7311000

8215200

8481809

8704311

7312100

8215910

8484901

8708310

7314190

8215990

8501201

8708800

7314200

8301100

8501209

8708910

7314300

8301200

8501400

8708920

7314410

8301300

8501519

8708992

7314500

8301400

8501521

8708993

7315820

8302100

8501529

8711101

8711109

8716390

9401200

9404210

8711201

8716400

9401300

9404290

8711209

8716800

9401400

9404300

8712001

9003110

9401500

9404900

8712009

9003191

9401610

9502100

8714110

9003199

9401690

9503410

8714191

9003900

9401710

9503490

8714192

9004109

9401790

9503500

8714193

9004902

9401809

9503600

8714194

9004909

9402101

9503700

8714195

9017101

9403100

9503800

8714200

9018310

9403201

9503900

8714910

9028202

9403202

9506620

8714920

9028301

9403209

9608102

8714950

9102110

9403300

9608109

8714991

9102120

9403400

9608202

8714992

9102190

9403500

9608399

8715001

9102210

9403600

9608509

8716100

9102290

9403700

9608991

8716200

9102910

9403800

9609100

8716310

9102990

9404100

9612100

ANNEX 6

CN Code

0403900

5701901

0403100

5701902

1902110

5701903

1902190

5701909

1902200

5702100

1902300

5702310

1902400

5702320

1905100

5702390

1905200

5702410

1905300

5702420

1905400

5702490

1905901

5702510

1905902

5702520

1905909

5702590

2102100

5702910

2102200

5702920

2102300

5702990

2201100

5705000

2201900

5804300

5701101

5805000

5701102

6307100

5701103

6309000

5701109

 

ANNEX 7

relating to intellectual, industrial and commercial property

1.
By the end of the fourth year after the entry into force of the Agreement, Tunisia shall accede to the following multilateral conventions on the protection of intellectual, industrial and commercial property:
— International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations (Rome, 1961);
— Budapest Treaty on the International Recognition of the Deposit of Micro-organisms for the Purposes of Patent Procedure (1977, amended in 1980);
— Patent Cooperation Treaty (1970, amended in 1979 and modified in 1984);
— International Convention for the Protection of the New Varieties of Plant (Act of Geneva, 1991);
— Nice Agreement concerning the International Classification of Goods and Services for the Purposes of the Registration of Marks (Geneva, 1977).
2.
The Association Council may decide that paragraph 1 of this Annex applies to other multilateral conventions in this field. In this connection, Tunisia will do its utmost to accede in particular to the conventions to which the Member States of the European Community are party.
3.
The Contacting Parties express their attachment to observing the opbligations flowing from the following multilateral conventions:
— Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in the 1967 Act of Stockholm (Paris Union);
— Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works in the Act of Paris of 24 July 1971.

PROTOCOL No 1

on the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of agricultural products originating in Tunisia

Article 1

1.   The products listed in the Annex, originating in Tunisia, shall be admitted for import into the Community in accordance with the conditions set out below and in the Annex.
2.   Import duties shall be either eliminated or reduced by the percentage indicated in respect of each product in column (a).
Where the Common Customs Tariff provides for the application of
ad valorem
custums duties and a specific customs duty in respect of certain products, the rates of reduction shown in column (a) and in column (c), as referred to in paragraph 3, shall apply only to the
ad valorem
customs duty.
3.   The customs duties shall be eliminated in respect of certain products within the limits of the tariff quotas shown against them in column (b).
The Common Customs Tariff duties in respect of the quantities imported in excess of the quotas shall be reduced by the percentage indicated in column (c).
4.   The reference quantities fixed in respect of certain other products exempt from customs duties are shown in column (d).
Where imports of a product exceed the reference quantities, the Community may, having regard to an annual review of trade flows which is shall carry out, make the product concerned subject to a Community tariff quota the volume of which shall be equal to the reference quantity. In such a case, for quantities imported in excess of the quota, the common customs tariff duty shall, according to the product concerned, be applied in full or reduced, as indicated in column (c).
5.   For some of the products referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 and indicated in column (e), the quotas or reference quantities shall be increased from 1 January 1997 to 1 January 2000 on the basis of four equal instalments each corresponding to 3 % of these amounts.
6.   For some of the products other than those referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 and indicated in column (e), the Community may fix a reference quantity as provided for in paragraph 4 if, in the light of the annual review of trade which it shall carry out, it establishes that the volume of imports may cause difficulties on the Community market. If, subsequently, the product is subject to a tariff quota under the conditions set out in paragraph 4, the Common Customs Tariff duty shall be applied in full or reduced, depending on the product concerned, by the percentage shown in column (c) in respect of the quantities imported in excess of the quota.

Article 2

Article 1 shall apply in respect of wines of fresh grapes of heading 2204 of the Combined Nomenclature, originating in Tunisia and entitled to a designation of origin, where such wines are put up in containers holding two litres or less and have an actual alcoholic strength of 15 % volume or less.
In accordance with Tunisian law, these wines shall have the following designations: Côteaux de Teboura, Côteaux d'Utique, Sidi Salem, Kelibia, Thibar, Mornag, Grand cru Mornag.

Article 3

1.   Each marketing year from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 1999, within the limits of a quantity of 46 000 tonnes per year, a customs duty of ECU 7,81/100 kg shall be levied on imports into the Community of untreated olive oil of subheadings 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90 of the Combined Nomenclature wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported directly from Tunisia to the Community.
2.   Where imports of olive oil under the above arrangements threaten to disturb the balance of the European Union market, in particular as a result of the latter's obligations relating to this product in the WTO framework, the European Community may take the appropriate measures to remedy this situation.
3.   The parties shall reassess the situation during the second half of 1999 with a view to determining the arrangements for the period from 1 January 2000.

ANNEX

CN-code

Description

Rate of reduction of customs duties

Tariff quotas

Rate of reduction of tariff quotas in excess of existing or future tariff quotas

Reference quantities

Provisions specific to

(%)

(tonnes)

(%)

(tonnes)

 

a

b

c

d

e

0101 19 10

Horses for slaughter(1)

100

 

80

 

Art. 1(6)

0101 19 90

other

100

 

80

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0204

Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen, other than meat of domestic goats

100

 

 

 

0208

Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen

100

 

 

 

ex 0602 40

Roses, grafted or not, other than cuttings

100

 

 

 

0603 10

Cut flowers and flower buds, fresh

100

750

 

Art. 1(5)

ex 0701 90 51

New potatoes, from January to 31 March(2)

100

15 000

40

 

Art. 1(5)

ex 0702 00

Tomatoes, from 15 November to 30 April

100(3)

 

60(3)

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0703 10 11

ex 0703 10 19

Onions, from 15 February to 15 May

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0703 20 00

Garlic, from 1 November to 31 March

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0706 10 00

Carrots, from 1 January to 31 March

100

 

40

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0707 00

Cucumbers, from 10 November to 11 February

100(3)

 

0

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0708 10 10

Peas (Pisum sativum), from 1 October to 30 April

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0708 20 10

Beans (Vigna spp. Phaseolus spp.) from 1 November to 30 April

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0709 10

Artichokes, from 1 October to 31 December

100(3)

 

30(3)

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0709 20 00

Asparagus, from 1 October to 31 March

100

 

0

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0709 30 00

Aubergines, from 1 December to 30 April

60

 

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0709 40 00

Celery other than celeriac, from 1 November to 31 March

100

 

0

 

Art. 1(6)

0709 60 10

Sweet peppers

100

 

40

 

Art. 1(6)

0709 60 99

Other peppers of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta

100

 

 

 

ex 0709 90 50

Fennel, from 1 November to 31 March

100

 

0

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0709 90

Courgettes, from 1 December to 15 March

60(3)

 

 

 

ex 0709 90 90

Wild onions of the species Muscari comosum, from 15 February to 15 May

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

Parsley, from 1 November to 31 March

100

 

0

 

 

0710 80 59

Other peppers of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta

100

 

 

 

0711 20 10

Olives for uses other than the production of oil(4)

60

 

 

 

0711 30 00

Capers

100

 

90

 

Art. 1(6)

0711 90 10

Peppers of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta other than sweet peppers

100

 

 

 

0713 10 10

Peas for sowing

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

0713 50 10

Broad beans and horse beans for sowing

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0713

Leguminous vegetables other than those for sowing

100

 

 

 

0802 11 90

0802 12 90

Almonds, whether or not shelled, other than bitter almonds

100

 

0

1 000

Art.1(5)

ex 0804 10 00

Dates, in immediate packings of a net content of 35 kg or less

100

 

 

 

ex 0805 10

Oranges, fresh

100(3)

31 360

80(3)

 

Art. 1(5)

ex 0805 10

Oranges, other than fresh

100(3)

 

0

1 500

Art. 1(5)

ex 0805 20

Mandarins, (including tangerines and satsumas), fresh; Clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, fresh

100(3)

 

80(3)

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0805 30

Lemons, fresh

100(3)

 

80(3)

 

Art. 1(6)

0805 40

Grapefruit

80

 

 

 

ex 0806

Table grapes, fresh, from 15 November to 30 April

60(3)

 

 

 

ex 0807 10 10

Watermelons, from 1 April to 15 June

50

 

 

 

ex 0807 10 90

Melons, from 1 November to 31 May

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

0809 10

Apricots

100(3)

 

0

2 000

Art. 1(5)

ex 0809 40

Plums, from 1 November to 15 June

60(3)

 

 

 

ex 0810 10 90

Strawberries, from 1 November to 31 March

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 0810 20 10

Raspberries, from 15 May to 15 June

50

 

 

 

ex 0812 90 20

Oranges, finely shredded, provisionally preserved

80

 

 

 

ex 0812 90 95

Other citrus fruit, finely shredded, provisionally preserved

80

 

 

 

0904 12 00

Pepper, crushed or ground

100

 

 

 

0904 20 31

0904 20 35

0904 20 39

Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, neither crushed nor ground(5)

100

 

 

 

0904 20 90

Fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, crushed or ground

100

 

 

 

0909

Seeds of anise, badian, fennel, coriander, cumin or caraway; juniper berries

100

 

 

 

0910

Ginger, saffron, turmeric (curcuma), thyme, bay leaves, curry and other spices

100

 

 

 

1209 91 90

Other vegetable seeds(6)

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

1209 99 99

Other seeds or fruit, for sowing(6)

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

1211

Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not cut, crused or powdered

100

 

 

 

1212 10 10

Locust beans, including locust bean seeds

100

 

 

 

1212 20 00

Seaweeds and other algae

100

 

 

 

1212 30 00

Apricot, peach or plum stones and kernels

100

 

 

 

1212 99 90

Other plant substances

100

 

 

 

ex 1302 20

Pectic substances and pectinates

25

 

 

 

ex 2001 10 00

Cucumbers, with no added sugar

100

 

 

 

ex 2001 20 00

Onions, with no added sugar

100

 

 

 

2001 90 20

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

100

 

 

 

2001 90 50

Mushrooms, with no added sugar

100

 

 

 

ex 2001 90 65

Olives, with no added sugar

100

 

 

 

ex 2001 90 70

Sweet peppers, with no added sugar

100

 

 

 

ex 2001 90 75

Salad beetroot, with no added sugar

100

 

 

 

ex 2001 90 85

Red cabbages, with no added sugar

100

 

 

 

ex 2001 90 96

Other, with no added sugar

100

 

 

 

2002 10 10

Tomatoes, peeled

100

 

30

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 2002 90

Tomato concentrate

100

2 000

0

 

Art. 1(5)

2003 10 20

Mushrooms of the species Agaricus, provisionally preserved, completely cooked:

 

 

 

 

 

of the species Psalliota

100(3)

 

50(3)

 

Art. 1(6)

other

100(3)

 

60(3)

 

Art. 1(6)

2003 10 30

Other mushrooms of the species Agaricus

 

 

 

 

 

— of the species Psalliota

100(3)

 

50(3)

 

Art. 1(6)

— other

100(3)

 

60(3)

 

Art. 1(6)

2003 10 80

Other mushrooms

100

 

60

 

Art. 1(6)

2003 20 00

Truffles

70

 

 

 

2004 10 99

Other potatoes

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 2004 90 30

Capers and olives

100

 

 

 

2004 90 50

Peas (Pisum sativum) and green beans

100

 

20

 

Art. 1(6)

2004 90 95

Artichokes

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

2004 90 99

Other:

 

 

 

 

 

Asparagus, carrots and mixtures

100

 

20

 

Art. 1(6)

Other

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

2005 10 00

Homogenised vegetables:

 

 

 

 

 

Asparagus, carrots and mixtures

100

 

20

 

Art. 1(6)

Other

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

2005 20 20

Potatoes, thinly sliced, fried or baked, whether or not salted or flavoured, in airtight packings, suitabel for immediate consumption

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

2005 20 80

Other potatoes

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

2005 40 00

Peas (Pisum sativum)

100

 

20

 

Art. 1(6)

2005 51 00

Beans, shelled

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

2005 59 00

Other beans

20

 

 

 

2005 60 00

Asparagus

20

 

 

 

2005 70

Olives

100

 

 

 

2005 90 10

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

100

 

 

 

2005 90 30

Capers

100

 

 

 

2005 90 50

Artichokes

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

2005 90 60

Carrots

100

 

20

 

Art. 1(6)

2005 90 70

Mixtures of vegetables

100

 

20

 

Art. 1(6)

2005 90 80

Other

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

2007 10 91

Homogenised preparations of tropical fruit

50

 

 

 

2007 10 99

Other

50

 

 

 

2007 91 90

Citrus fruit, other

50

 

 

 

2007 99 91

Apple puree, including compotes

50

 

 

 

2007 99 98

Other

50

 

 

 

2008 30 51

2008 30 71

ex 2008 30 91

ex 2008 30 99

Grapefruit segments

80

 

 

 

ex 2008 30 55

Mandarins, (including tangerines and satsumas), finely shredded; Clementines, wilkings and similar citrus hybrids, finely shreeded

80

 

 

 

ex 2008 30 75

Oranges and lemons, finely shreeded

80

 

 

 

ex 2008 30 59

ex 2008 30 79

Oranges and lemons, finely shredded

80

 

 

 

ex 2008 30 91

ex 2008 30 99

Citrus fruit, finely shredded

80

 

 

 

ex 2008 30 91

Citrus pulp

40

 

 

 

2008 50 61

2008 50 69

Apricots

100

 

20

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 2008 50 92

ex 2008 50 94

ex 2008 50 99

Apricot halves

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 2008 50 92

ex 2008 50 94

Apricot pulp

100

5160

30

 

 

ex 2008 70 92

ex 2008 70 94

Peach (including nectarine) halves

50

 

 

 

ex 2008 70 99

Peach (including nectarine) halves

100

 

50

 

Art. 1(6)

ex 2008 92 51

ex 2008 92 59

Mixtures of fruit

100

1 000(7)

55

ex 2008 92 72

ex 2008 92 74

ex 2008 92 76

ex 2008 92 78

Mixtures of fruit

55

1 000(7)

 

 

2009 11

2009 19

Orange juice

70(4)

 

 

 

2009 20

Grapefruit juice

70(4)

 

 

 

2009 30 11

2009 30 19

Juice of all other citrus fruit

60(4)

 

 

 

ex 2009 30 31

2009 30 39

Juice of all other citrus fruit, other than lemon juice

60(4)

 

 

 

ex 2204

Wine of fresh grapes

100

179 200 hl.

80

 

 

ex 2204

Wine of fresh grapes will a registered designation of origin

100

56 000 hl.

0

 

Conditions laid down in Art. 2

2301

Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves

100

 

 

 

ex 2302

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

60

 

 

 

(1)  Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down by the competent Community authorities.
(2)  Once Community rules governing potatoes come into force, the period will be extend to 15 April and the rate of duty applying to quantities in excess of the quota will be 50%.
(3)  The rate of reduction applies only to the
ad valorem
customs duty.
(4)  Entry unter this subheading is subject to conditions to be laid down by the competent Community authorities.
(5)  Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.
(6)  This concession relates only to seeds complying with the directives dealing with the selling of seeds and plants.
(7)  Tariff quota common to the six headings relating to mixtures of fruit.

PROTOCOL No 2

on the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of fishery products originating in Tunisia

Sole Article

The products listed below, originating in Tunisia, shall be imported into the Community free of customs duties

CN Code

Description

Chapter 3

Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

1604 11 00

Salmon

1604 12

Herrings

ex 1604 13 11

Sardines, of the species Sardina pilchardus in olive oil(1)

ex 1604 13 19

Sardines, of the species Sardina pilchardus other than in olive oil(1)

1604 14

Tunas, skipjak and bonito ( Sarda spp.)

1604 15

Mackerel

1604 16 00

Anchovies

1604 19 10

Salmonidae, other than salmon

1604 19 31

Fish of the genus Euthymnus, other than skipjack ( Euthymnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis)

1604 19 39

 

1604 19 50

Fish of the species Orcynopsis unicolor

1604 19 91

Other

to

 

1604 19 98

 

1604 20

Other prepared or preserved fish:

1604 20 05

Preparations of surimi

1604 20 10

of salmon

1604 20 30

of salmonidae, other than salmon

1604 20 40

of anchovies

ex 1604 20 50

of sardines of the species Sardina pilchardus (1)

1604 20 70

of tunas, skipjack or other fish of the genus Euthymnus

1604 20 90

of other fish

1604 30

caviar and caviar substitutes

1605 10 00

Crab

1605 20

Shrimps and prawns

1605 30 00

Lobster

1605 40 00

Other crustaceans

1605 90 11

Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.), in airtight containers

1605 90 19

Other mussels

1605 90 30

Other molluscs

1902 20 10

Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared: containing more than 20 % by weight of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other acquatic invertebrates

(1)  Within the limits of a Community tariff quota of 100 tonnes common to subheadings ex 1604 13 11, ex 1604 13 19 and ex 1604 20 50.

PROTOCOL No 3

on the arrangements applying to imports into Tunisia of agricultural products originating in the Community

Sole Article

The customs duties on import into Tunisia of the products originating in the Community listed in the Annex, shall not be higher than those shown in column (a) within the limits of the tariff quotas shown in column (b).

CN Code

Description

Maximum customs duties %

Preferential tariff quotas

Specific provisions

 

 

(a)

(b)

 

0102 10

Live bovine animals, pure-bred breeding animals

17

2 000

 

0102 90

Other than pure-bred breeding animals

27

35

(1)

0201 20

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, other cuts with bone in

27

8 000(2)

(1)

0201 30

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled, boneless

27

8 000(2)

(1)

0202 20

Meat of bovine animals, frozen, other cuts with bone in

27

8 000(2)

(1)

0202 30

Meat of bovine animals, frozen, boneless

27

8 000(2)

(1)

0207 21

Poultry not cut in pieces, frozen (fowls of the species Gallus domesticus)

43

400

(3)

0402 10

Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1,5 %

17

9 700(4)

(1)

0402 21

Milk and cream, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, in powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1,5%

17

9 700(4)

(1)

0402 99

Milk and cream, concentrated, other than in powder or other solid forms, including with added sugar or other sweetening matter

17

9 700(4)

(1)

0405 00

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk

35

250

(1)

0406 30

Processed cheese, not grated or powdered

27

450

(1)

0407 00

Birds' eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked

1 100

(5)

for hatching

20

 

 

gamebirds' eggs

43

 

 

other

43

 

 

0602 99

Other live plants (including their roots) other than those falling within subheadings 0602 10, 0602 20, 0602 30, 0602 40 and 0602 91

43

200

 

0701 10

Seed potatoes, fresh or chilled

15

16 500

 

0701 90

Potatoes, fresh or chilled, other than seed potatoes

43

16 500

(6)

0802 22

Hazelnuts or filberts, shelled

43

200

 

1001 10

Durum wheat

17

17 000

(1)

1001 90

Other than durum wheat

17

230 000

(1)

1003 00

Barley

17

12 000

(1)

1005 90

Maize (corn), other than seed

17

9 000

 

1103 11

Groats and meal of wheat

43

300

 

1103 13

Groats and meal of maize (corn)

43

800

 

1107 10

Malt, not roasted

43

2 000

 

1108 12

Maize (corn) starch

31

900

 

1214 10

Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets

29

700

1502 00

Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, raw or rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted

27

600

 

1507 10

Soya bean oil, crude, whether or not degummed

15

7 500

 

1511 00

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

300

 

Crude oil

20

 

 

 

Other

43

 

 

1514 10

Rape, colza or mustard oil, crude

30 000

 

of colza

15

 

 

 

other

43

 

 

1514 90

Rape, colza or mustard oil, other than crude

43

900

 

1515 11

Linseed oil, crude

20

400

 

1516 10

Animal fats and oils and their fractions

31

300

 

1701 99

Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, other than raw sugar, not containing added flavouring or clouring matter

15

72 000

(1)

1702 30

Glucose and glucose syrup

 

650

 

Glucose containing added flavouring or colouring matter

43

 

 

 

Other

20

 

 

1702 90

Sugars, including invert sugar, other than lactose, maple sugar, glucose and fructose, and their syrups

 

200

 

Other sugars containing added flavouring or colouring matter

43

 

 

 

Other

29

 

 

2309 10

Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale

43

20

 

2309 90

Other animal foods

43

2 800

 

2401 10

Tobacco, not stemmed/stripped

25

2 800

 

(1)  The quantities imported under the tariff quota opened by Tunisia within the WTO framework under the current access arrangements are deducted from the preferential tariff quota.
(2)  The figure of 8 000 tonnes covers all four subheadings.
(3)  From 1 July to end February.
(4)  The figure of 9 700 tonnes covers all three subheadings.
(5)  From 1 July to end February.
(6)  From 1 October to 31 May.

PROTOCOL No 4

concerning the definition of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation

TITLE I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Protocol:
(a) ‘manufacture’ means any kind of working or processing including assembly or specific operations;
(b) ‘material’ means any ingredient, raw material, component or part, etc., used in the manufacture of the product;
(c) ‘product’ means the product being manufactured, even if it is intended for later use in another manufacturing operation;
(d) ‘goods’ means both materials and products;
(e) ‘customs value’ means the value as determined in accordance with the Agreement on implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade of 1994 (WTO Agreement on customs valuation);
(f) ‘ex-works price’ means the price paid for the product ex-works to the manufacturer in whose undertaking the last working or processing is carried out, including the value of all the materials used, minus all internal taxes which are, or may be, repaid when the product obtained is exported;
(g) ‘value of materials’ means the customs value at the time of importation of the non-originating materials used, or, if this is not known and cannot be ascertained, the first ascertainable price paid for the materials in the territories concerned;
(h) ‘value of originating materials’ means the customs value of such materials as defined in point (g) applied
mutatis mutandis;
(i) ‘chapters’ and ‘headings’ means the chapters and the headings (four-digit codes) used in the nomenclature which makes up the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System, referred to in this Protocol as ‘the Harmonised System’ or ‘HS’;
(j) ‘classified’ refers to the classification of a product or material under a particular heading;
(k) ‘consignment’ means products which are either sent simultaneously from one exporter to one consignee or covered by a single transport document covering their shipment from the exporter to the consignee or, in the absence of such a document, by a single invoice.

TITLE II

DEFINITION OF THE CONCEPT OF ‘ORIGINATING PRODUCTS’

Article 2

Origin criteria

For the purpose of implementing this Agreement and without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 3, 4 and 5 of this Protocol, the following products shall be considered as:
1)
products originating in the Community:
(a) products wholly obtained in the Community, within the meaning of Article 6 of this Protocol;
(b) products obtained in the Community which contain materials not wholly obtained there, provided that the said materials have undergone sufficient working and processing in the Community within the meaning of Article 7 of this Protocol;
2)
products originating in Tunisia:
(a) products wholly obtained in Tunisia within the meaning of Article 6 of this Protocol;
(b) products obtained in Tunisia which contain materials not wholly obtained there, provided that the said materials have undergone sufficient working or processing in Tunisia within the meaning of Article 7 of this Protocol.

Article 3

Bilateral cumulation

1.   Notwithstanding Article 2(1)(b), materials originating in Tunisia within the meaning of this Protocol shall be considered as materials originating in the Community and it shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing there, provided however that they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 8 of this Protocol.
2.   Notwithstanding Article 2(2)(b), materials originating in the Community within the meaning of this Protocol shall be considered as materials originating in Tunisia and it shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone working or processing there, provided however that they have undergone working or processing going beyond that referred to in Article 8 of this Protocol.

Article 4

Cumulation with materials originating in Algeria and Morocco

1.   Notwithstanding Article 2(1)(b) and subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4, materials originating in Algeria or Morocco within the meaning of Protocol No 2 annexed to the Agreements between the Community and these countries shall be considered as originating in the Community and it shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, on condition however that they have undergone working or processing beyond that referred to in Article 8 of this Protocol.
2.   Notwithstanding Article 2(2)(b) and subject to the provisions of paragraphs 3 and 4, materials originating in Algeria or Morocco within the meaning of Protocol No 2 annexed to the Agreements between the Community and these countries shall be considered as originating in Tunisia and it shall not be necessary that such materials have undergone sufficient working or processing, on condition however that they have undergone working or processing beyond that referred to in Article 8 of this Protocol.
3.   The provisions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 concerning materials originating in Algeria are only applicable to the extent that trade between the Community and Algeria and between Tunisia and Algeria, is governed by identical rules of origin.
4.   The provisions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 concerning materials originating in Morocco are only applicable to the extent that trade between the Community and Morocco and between Tunisia and Morocco, is governed by identical rules of origin.

Article 5

Cumulation of working or processing

1.   For the purpose of implementing Article 2(1)(b), working or processing carried out in Tunisia, or, when the conditions required by Article 4(3) and (4) are fulfilled, in Algeria or in Morocco shall be considered as having been carried out in the Community when the products obtained undergo subsequent working or processing in the Community.
2.   For the purpose, of implementing Article 2(2)(b), working or processing carried out in the Community or, when the conditions required by Article 4(3) and (4) are fulfilled, in Algeria or in Morocco shall be considered as having been carried out in Tunisia when the products obtained undergo subsequent working or processing in Tunisia.
3.   Where pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 1 or 2 the originating products are obtained in two or more of the States referred to in those provisions or in the Community, they shall be considered as originating products of the State or the Community according to where the last working or processing took place, provided that that working or processing went beyond that referred to in Article 8.

Article 6

Wholly obtained products

1.   Within the meaning of Article 2(1)(a) and (2)(a), the following shall be considered as ‘wholly obtained’ either in the Community or in Tunisia.
(a) mineral products extracted from their soil or from their seabed;
(b) vegetable products harvested there;
(c) live animals born and raised there;
(d) products from live animals raised there;
(e) products obtained by hunting or fishing there;
(f) products of sea fishing and other products taken from the sea by their vessels;
(g) products made aboard their factory ships exclusively from products referred to in subparagraph (f);
(h) used articles collected there fit only for the recovery of raw materials, including used tyres fit only for retreading or use as waste;
(i) waste and scrap resulting from manufacturing operations conducted there;
(j) products extracted from marine soil or subsoil outside their territorial waters provided that they have sole rights to work that soil or subsoil;
(k) goods produced exclusively from products specified in subparagraphs (a) to (j).
2.   The terms ‘their vessels’ and ‘their factory ships’ in paragraph 1(f) and (g) shall apply only to vessels and factory ships:
— which are registered or recorded in a Member State or in Tunisia,
— which sail under the flag of a Member State or of Tunisia,
— which are owned to the extent of at least 50 % by nationals of Member States or of Tunisia, or by a company with its head office in a Member State or in Tunisia, of which the manager or managers, chairman of the board of directors or the supervisory board and the majority of the members of such boards are nationals of Member States or of Tunisia and of which, in addition in the case of partnerships or limited companies, at least half the capital belongs to Member States or Tunisia, to public bodies or to nationals of the Member States or Tunisia,
— of which the master and officers are nationals of Member States or of Tunisia,
— of which at least 75 % of the crew are nationals of Member States or of Tunisia.
3.   Insofar as trade between Tunisia or the Community and Algeria or Morocco are covered by identical rules of origin, the terms ‘their vessels’ and ‘their factory ships’ in paragraph l(f) shall also apply to Algerian or Moroccan vessels or factory ships within the meaning of paragraph 2.
4.   The terms ‘Tunisia’ and the ‘Community’ shall also cover the territorial waters which surround Tunisia and the Member States of the Community.
Vessels operating on the high seas, including factory ships on which the fish caught is worked or processed, shall be considered as part of the territory of the Community or of Tunisia provided that they satisfy the conditions set out in paragraph 2.

Article 7

Sufficiently worked or processed products

1.   For the purposes of Article 2, non-originating materials are considered to be sufficiently worked or processed when the product obtained is classified in a heading which is different from that in which all the non-originating materials used in its manufacture are classified, subject to paragraph 2 and Article 8.
2.   For a product mentioned in columns 1 and 2 of the list in Annex II, the conditions set out in column 3 for the product concerned must be fulfilled instead of the rule set out in paragraph 1.
For the products falling under Chapters 84 to 91, as an alternative to satisfying the conditions set out in column 3, the exporter may opt to apply the conditions set out in column 4 instead.
Where in the list in Annex II a percentage rule is applied in determining the originating status of a product obtained in the Community or in Tunisia the value added by the working or processing shall correspond to the ex-works price of the product obtained, less the value of third-country materials imported into the Community or Tunisia.
3.   These conditions indicate, for all products covered by the Agreement, the working or processing which must be carried out on the non-originating materials used in the manufacture of these products, and apply only in relation to such materials. Accordingly, it follows that if a product, which has acquired originating status by fulfilling the conditions set out in the list for that product, is used in the manufacture of another product, the conditions applicable to the product in which it is incorporated do not apply to it, and no account that be taken of the non-originating materials which may have been used in its manufacture.

Article 8

Insufficient working or processing operations

For the purpose of implementing Article 7 the following shall be considered as insufficient working or processing to confer the status of originating products, whether or not there is a change of heading:
(a) operations to ensure the preservation of products in good conditions during transport and storage (ventilation, spreading out, drying, chilling, placing in brine, sulphur dioxide or other aqueous solutions, removal of damaged parts, and like operations);
(b) simple operations consisting of removal of dust, sifting or screening, sorting, classifying, matching (including the making-up of sets of articles), washing, painting, cutting up;
(c) (i)
changes of packaging and division and assembly of packages;
(ii) simple placing in bottles, flasks, bags, cases, boxes, fixing on cards or boards, etc., and all other simple packaging operations;
(d) affixing marks, labels and other like distinguishing signs on products or their packaging;
(e) simple mixing of products, whether or not of different kinds, where one or more components of the mixture do not meet the conditions laid down in this Protocol to enable them to be considered as originating in the Community or in Tunisia;
(f) simple assembly of parts to constitute a complete product;
(g) a combination of two or more operations specified in subparagraphs (a) to (f);
(h) slaughter of animals.

Article 9

Unit of qualification

1.   The unit of qualification for the application of the provisions of this Protocol shall be the particular product which is considered as the basic unit when determining classification using the nomenclature of the Harmonised System.
Accordingly, it follows that:
(a) when a product composed of a group assembly of articles is classified under the terms of the Harmonised System under a single heading, the whole constitutes the unit of quualification;
(b) when a consignment consists of a number of identical products classified under the same heading of the Harmonised System, each product must be taken individually when applying the provisions of this Protocol.
2.   Where, under general rule 5 of the Harmonised System, packaging is included with the product for classification purposes, it shall be considered to form a whole with the product for the purposes of determining origin.

Article 10

Accessories, spare parts and tools

Accessories, spare parts and tools dispatched with a piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle, which are part of the normal equipment and included in the price thereof or which are not separately invoiced, shall be regarded as forming a whole with the piece of equipment, machine, apparatus or vehicle in question.

Article 11

Sets

Sets, as defined in general rule 3 of the Harmonised System, shall be regarded as originating when all component products are originating. Nevertheless, when a set is composed of originating and non-originating products, the set as a whole shall be regarded as originating, provided that the value of the non-originating products does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set.

Article 12

Neutral elements

In order to determine whether a product originates in the Community or in Tunisia it shall not be necessary to establish whether the electrical energy, fuel, plant and equipment as well as machines and tools used to obtain such product, or whether any goods, used in the course of production which do not enter and which were not intended to enter into the final composition of the product, are originating or not.

TITLE III

TERRITORIAL REQUIREMENTS

Article 13

Principle of territoriality

The conditions set out in Title II relative to the acquisition of originating status must be fulfilled without interruption in the Community or in Tunisia without prejudice to the provisions of Articles 4 and 5.

Article 14

Reimportation of goods

If originating products exported from the Community or Tunisia to another country are returned, except insofar as provided for in Article 4 or 5 they must be considered as non-originating, unless it can be demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:
(a) the goods returned are the same goods as those exported; and
(b) they have not undergone any operation beyond that necessary to preserve them in good condition while in that country or while being exported.

Article 15

Direct transport

1.   The preferential treatment provided for under the Agreement applies only to products or materials which are transported between the territories of the Community and Tunisia or, when the provisions of Articles 4 and 5 are applied, of Algeria or Morocco without entering any other territory. However, goods originating in Tunisia or in the Community and constituting one single consignment which is not split up may be transported through territory other than that of the Community or Tunisia or, when the provisions of Article 3 apply, of Algeria or Morocco with, should the occasion arise, transhipment or temporary warehousing in such territory, provided that the goods have remained under the surveillance of the customs authorities in the country of transit or of warehousing and that they have not undergone operations other than unloading, reloading or any operation designed to preserve them in good condition.
Products originating in Tunisia or in the Community may be transported by pipeline across territory other than that of the Community or that of Tunisia.
2.   Evidence that the conditions set out in paragraph 1 have been fulfilled may be supplied to the customs authorities of the importing country by the production of:
(a) a through bill of lading issued in the exporting country covering the passage through the country of transit; or
(b) a certificate issued by the customs authorities of the country of transit:
(i) giving an exact description of the products;
(ii) stating the dates of unloading and reloading of the products and, where applicable, the names of the ships used; and
(iii) certifying the conditions under which the products remained in the transit country; or
(c) failing these, any substantiating documents.

Article 16

Exhibitions

1.   Products sent from one of the Contracting Parties for exhibition in a third country and sold after the exhibition for importation in another Contracting Party shall benefit on importation from the provisions of the Agreement on condition that the products meet the requirements of this Protocol entitling them to be recognised as originating in the Community or in Tunisia and provided that it is shown to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that:
(a) an exporter has consigned these product from one of the Contracting Parties to the country in which the exhibition is held and has exhibited them there;
(b) the products have been sold or otherwise disposed of by that exporter to a person in another Contracting Party;
(c) the products have been consigned during the exhibition or immediately thereafter to the latter Contracting Party in the state in which they were sent for exhibition; and
(d) the products have not, since they were consigned for exhibition, been used for any purpose other than demonstration at the exhibition.
2.   A proof of origin must be issued or made out in accordance with the provisions of Title IV and submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in the normal manner. The name and address of the exhibition must be indicated thereon. Where necessary, additional documentary evidence of the nature of the products and the conditions under which they have been exhibited may be required.
3.   Paragraph 1 shall apply to any trade, industrial, agricultural or crafts exhibition, fair or similar public show or display which is not organised for private purposes in shops or business premises with a view to the sale of foreign products and during which the products remain under customs control.

TITLE IV

PROOF OF ORIGIN

Article 17

Movement certificate EUR.1

Evidence of originating status of products, within the meaning of this Protocol, shall be given by an EUR.1 movement certificate, a specimen of which appears in Annex III to this Protocol.

Article 18

Normal procedure for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate

1.   An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of the exporting country on application having been made in writing by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorised representative.
2.   For this purpose, the exporter or his authorised representative shall fill out both the EUR.1 movement certificate and the application form, specimens of which appear in Annex III.
These forms shall be completed in one of the languages in which the Agreement is drawn up, in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If they are handwritten, they shall be completed in ink inprinted characters. The description of the products must be given in the box reserved for this purpose without leaving any blank lines. Where the box is not completely filled a horizontal line must be drawn below the last line of the description, the empty space being crossed through.
3.   The exporter applying for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate shall be prepared to submit at any time, at the request of the customs authorities of the exporting country where the EUR.1 movement certificate is issued, all appropriate documents proving the originating status of the products concerned as well as the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Protocol.
4.   The EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of a Member State of the European Community if the goods to be exported can be considered as products originating in the Community within the meaning of Article 2(1) of this Protocol. The EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of Tunisia; if the goods to be exported can be considered as products originating in Tunisia within the meaning of Article 2(2) of this Protocol.
5.   Where the cumulation provisions of Articles 2 to 5 are applied, the customs authorities of the Member States of the Community or of Tunisia may issue EUR.1 movement certificates under the conditions laid down in this Protocol if the goods to be exported can be considered as originating products within the meaning of this Protocol and provided that the goods covered by the EUR.1 movement certificate are in the Community or in Tunisia.
In these cases EUR.1 movement certificates shall be issued subject to the presentation of the proof of origin previously issued or made out. This proof of origin must be kept for at least three years by the customs authorities of the exporting State.
6.   The issuing customs authorities shall take any steps necessary to verify the originating status of the products and the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Protocol. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check which they consider appropriate.
The issuing customs authorities shall also ensure that the forms referred to in paragraph 2 are duly completed. In particular, they shall check whether the space reserved for the description of the products has been completed in such a manner as to exclude all possibility of fraudulent additions.
7.   The date of issue of the EUR.1 movement certificate shall be indicated in the part of the certificate reserved for the customs authorities.
8.   An EUR.1 movement certificate shall be issued by the customs authorities of the exporting country when the products to which it relates are exported. It shall be made available to the exporter as soon as actual exportation has been effected or ensured.

Article 19

EUR.1 movement certificates issued retrospectively

1.   Notwithstanding Article 18(8), an EUR.1 movement certificate may exceptionally be issued after exportation of the products to which it relates if:
(a) it was not issued at the time of exportation because of errors or involuntary omissions or special circumstances; or
(b) it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the customs authorities that an EUR.1 movement certificate was issued but was not accepted at importation for technical reasons.
2.   For the implementation of paragraph 1, the exporter must indicate in this application the place and date of exportation of the products to which the EUR.1 movement certificate relates, and state the reasons for his request.
3.   The customs authorities may issue an EUR.1 movement certificate retrospectively only after verifying that the information supplied in the exporter's application agrees with that in the corresponding file.
4.   EUR.1 movement certificate issued retrospectively must be endorsed with one of the following phrases:
‘NACHTRÄGLICH AUSGESTELLT’, ‘DELIVRE A POSTERIORI’, ‘RILASCIATO A POSTERIORI’, ‘AFGEGEVEN A POSTERIORI’, ‘ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY’, ‘UDSTEDT EFTERFØLGENDE’, ‘ΕΚΔΟΘΕΝ ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΥΣΤΕΡΩΝ’, ‘EXPEDIDO A POSTERIORI’, ‘EMITADO A POSTERIORI’, ‘ANNETTU JÄLKIKÄTEEN’, ‘UTFÄRDAT I EFTERHAND’, ‘[Bild bitte in Originalquelle ansehen]’.
5.   The endorsement referred to in paragraph 4 shall be inserted in the ‘Remarks’ box of the EUR.1 movement certificate.

Article 20

Issue of a duplicate EUR.1 movement certificate

1.   In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an EUR.1 movement certificate, the exporter may apply to the customs authorities which issued it for a duplicate made out on the basis of the export documents in their possession.
2.   The duplicate issued in this way must be endorsed with one of the following words:
‘DUPLIKAT’, ‘DUPLICATA’, ‘DUPLICATO’,‘DUPLICAAT’, ‘DUPLICATE’, ‘ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟ’, ‘DUPLICADO’, ‘SEGUNDA VIA’, ‘KAKSOISKAPPALE’, ‘[Bild bitte in Originalquelle ansehen]’.
3.   The endorsement referred to in paragraph 2, the date of issue and the serial number of the original certificate shall be inserted in the ‘Remarks’ box of the duplicate EUR.1 movement certificate.
4.   The duplicate, which must bear the date of issue of the original EUR.1 movement certificate, shall take effect as from that date.

Article 21

Replacement of certificates

1.   It shall at any time be possible to replace one or more EUR.1 movement certificates by one or more other certificates provided that this is done by the customs office responsible for controlling the goods.
2.   The replacement certificate shall be regarded as a definite EUR.1 movement certificate for the purpose of the application of this Protocol, including the provisions of this Article.
3.   The replacement certificate shall be issued on the basis of a written request from the re-exporter, after the authorities concerned have verified the information suplied in the applicant's request. The date and serial number of the original EUR.1 movement certificate shall be given in box 7.

Article 22

Simplified procedure for the issue of certificates

1.   By way of derogation from Articles 18, 19 and 20 of this Protocol, a simplified procedure for the issue of EUR.1 movement certificate can be used in accordance with the following provisions.
2.   The customs authorities in the exporting State may authorise any exporter, hereinafter referred to as ‘approved exporter’, making frequent shipments for which EUR.1 movement certificates may be issued and who offers, to the satisfaction of the competent authorities, all guarantees necessary to verify the originating status of the products, not to submit at the time of export to the customs office of the exporting State or territory either the goods or the application for an EUR.1 certificate relating to those goods, for the purpose of obtaining an EUR.1 certificate under the conditons laid down in Article 18 of this Protocol.
3.   The authorisation referred to in paragraph 2 shall stipulate, at the choice of the competent authorities, that box No 11 ‘Customs endorsement’ of the EUR.1 movement certificate must:
(a) either be endorsed beforehand with the stamp of the competent customs office of the exporting State and the signature, which may be a facsimile, of an official of that office; or
(b) endorsed by the approved exporter with a special stamp which has been approved by the customs authorities of the exporting State and corresponds to the specimen given in Annex V of this Protocol. Such stamp may be pre-printed on the forms.
4.   In the cases referred to in paragraph 3(a), one of the following phrases shall be entered in box No 7 ‘Remarks’ of the EUR.1 movement certificate:
‘PROCEDIMIENTO SIMPLIFICADO’, ‘FORENKLET PROCEDURE’, ‘VEREINFACHTES VERFAHREN’, ‘ΠΛΟΥΣΤΕΥΜΕΝΗ ΔΙΑΔΙΚΑΣΙΑ’, ‘SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE’, ‘PROCEDURE SEMPLIFICATA,’, ‘VEREENVOUDIGDE PROCEDURE’, ‘PROCEDIMENTO SIMPLIFICADO’, ‘YKSINKERTAISTETTU MENETTELY’, ‘FÖRENKLAT FÖRFARANDE’, ‘[Bild bitte in Originalquelle ansehen]’.
5.   Box No 11 ‘Customs endorsement’ of the EUR.1 certificate shall be completed if necessary by the approved exporter.
6.   The approved exporter shall, if necessary, indicate in box No 13 ‘Request for verification’ of the EUR.1 certificate the name and address of the authority competent to verify such a certificate.
7.   Where the simplified procedure is applied, the customs authorities of the exporting State may be prescribe the use of EUR.1 certificates bearing a distinctive sign by which they may be identified.
8.   In the authorisation referred to in paragraph 2 the competent authorities shall specify in particular:
(a) the conditions under which the applications for EUR.1 certificates are to be made;
(b) the conditions under which these applications are to be kept for at least three years;
(c) in the cases referred to in paragraph 3(b) the authority competent to carry out the subsequent verification referred to in Article 33 of this Protocol.
9.   The customs authorities of the exporting State may declare certain categories of goods ineligible for the special treatment provided for in paragraph 2.
10.   The customs authorities shall refuse the authorisation referred to in paragraph 2 to exporters who do not offer all the guarantees which they consider necessary. The competent authorities may withdraw the authorisation at any time. They must do so where the approved exporter no longer satisfies the conditions or no longer offers these guarantees.
11.   The approved exporter may be required to inform the competent authorities, in accordance with the rules which they lay down, of the goods to be dispatched by him, so that such authorities may make any verification they think necessary before the departure of the goods.
12.   The customs authorities of the exporting State may carry out any check on approved exporters which they consider necessary. Such exporters must allow this to be done.
13.   The provisions of this Article shall be without prejudice to the application of the rules of the Community, the Member States and Tunisia concerning customs formalities and the use of customs documents.

Article 23

Information certificate and declaration

1.   When Articles 3, 4 and 5 are applied for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate the competent customs office in the State requested to issue the certificate for products in the manufacture of which products coming from Algeria, Morocco or the Community are used, shall take into consideration the declaration, of which a specimen is given in Annex VI, given by the exporter in the State from which it came, either on the commercial invoice applicable to these products, or on a supporting document to that invoice.
2.   The submission of the information certificate; issued under the conditions set out in paragraph 3 and of which a specimen is given in Annex VII, may however be requested of the exporter by the customs office concerned, either for checking the authenticity and accuracy of information given on the declaration provided for in paragraph 1, or for obtaining additional information.
3.   The information certificate concerning the products taken into use shall be issued at the request of the exporter of these products, either in the circumstances envisaged in paragraph 2, or at the initiative of this exporter, by the competent customs office in the State from which these goods were exported. It shall be made out in duplicate. One copy shall be given to the exporter who has requested it, who shall send it either to the exporter of the final products or to the customs office wehre the issue of the EUR.1 movement certificate for these products has been requested. The second copy shall be preserved by the office which has issued it for at least three years.

Article 24

Validity of proof of origin

1.   EUR.1 movement certificate shall be valid for four months from the date of issue in the exporting country, and must be submitted within the said period to the customs authorities of the importing country.
2.   EUR.1 movement certificate which are submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country after the final date for presentation specified in paragraph 1 may be accepted for the purpose of applying preferential treatment, where the failure to submit these documents by the final date set is due to reasons of
force majeure
or exceptional circumstances.
3.   In other cases of belated presentation, the customs authorities of the importing country may accept the EUR.1 movement certificates where the products have been submitted to them before the said final date.

Article 25

Submission of proof of origin

EUR.1 movement certificates shall be submitted to the customs authorities of the importing country in accordance with the procedures aplicable in that country. The said authorities may require a translation of an EUR.1 movement certificate or an invoice declaration. They may also require the import declaration to be accompanied by a statement from the importer to the effect that the goods meet the conditions required for the implementation of the Agreement.

Article 26

Importation by instalments

Where, at the request of the importer and on the conditions laid down by the customs authorities of the importing country, dismantled or non-assembled products within the meaning of general rule 2(a) of the Harmonised System falling within Chapters 84 and 85 of the Harmonised System are imported by instalments, a single proof of origin for such products shall be submitted to the customs authorities upon importation of the first instalment.

Article 27

Invoice declarationb

1.   Notwithstanding Article 17, the evidence of originating status, within the meaning of this Protocol, may be given by an invoice declaration, the text of which appears in Annex IV to this Protocol, made by the exporter on an invoice, a delivery note or other commercial document (hereafter referred to as ‘invoice declaration’) describing the products concerned in sufficient detail as to permit the identification of consignments containing only originating products and whose value does not exceed ECU 5 110 per consignment.
2.   The invoice declaration shall be completed and signed by the exporter or, under the exporter's responsibility, by his authorised representative in accordance with this Protocol.
3.   An invoice declaration shall be completed for each consignment.
4.   The exporter who applied for the invoice declaration shall submit at the request of the customs authorities of the exporting State all supporting documents concerning the use of this form.
5.   Articles 24 and 25 shall apply
mutatis mutandis
to the invoice declaration.

Article 28

Exemptions from formal proof of origin

1.   Products sent as small packages from private persons to private persons or forming part of travellers' personal luggage shall be admitted as originating products without requiring the submission of a formal proof of origin, provided that such products are not imported by way of trade and have been declared as meeting the requirements of this Protocol and where there is no doubt as to the veracity of such a declaration. In the case of products sent by post, this declaration can be made on the customs declaration C2/CP3 or on a sheet of paper annexed to that document.
2.   Imports which are occasional and consist solely of products for the personal use of the recipients or travellers or their families shall not be considered as imports by way of trade if it is evident from the nature and quantity of the products that no commercial purpose is in view.
3.   Furthermore, the total value of these products must not exceed ECU 500 in the case of small packages or ECU 1 200 in the case of products forming part of travellers' personal luggage.

Article 29

Preservation of proof of origin and supporting documents

1.   The exporter applying for the issue of an EUR.1 movement certificate shall keep for at least three years the documents referred to in Article 18(1) and (3).
2.   The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall keep for at least three years a copy of this invoice declaration as well as the documents referred to in Article 27(1).
3.   The exporter making out an invoice declaration shall keep for at least three years a copy of this invoice declaration as well as the documents referred to in Article 27(1).
4.   The customs authorities of the exporting country issuing an EUR.1 movement certificate shall keep for at least three years the application form referred to in Article 18(2).
5.   The customs authorities of the importing country shall keep for at least three years the EUR.1 movement certificate submitted to them.

Article 30

Discrepancies and formal errors

1.   The discovery of slight discrepancies between the statements made in an EUR.1 movement certificate, or in an invoice declaration and those made in the documents submitted to the customs office for the purpose of carrying out the formalities for importing the products shall not
ipso facto
render the EUR.1 movement certificate, or the invoice declaration null and void if it is duly established that this document does correspond to the products submitted.
2.   Obvious formal errors such as typing errors on an EUR.1 movement certificate, or an invoice declaration should not cause this document to be rejected if these errors are not such as to create doubts concerning the correctness of the statements made in this document.

Article 31

Amounts expressed in ecus

1.   Amounts in the national currency of the exporting country equivalent to the amounts expressed in ecus shall be fixed by the exporting country and communicated to the other Contracting Parties. When the amounts exceed the corresponding amounts fixed by the importing country, the latter shall accept them if the products are invoiced in the currency of the exporting country or in the currency of one of the other countries referred to in Article 4 of this Protocol.
If the goods are invoiced in the currency of another Member State of the Community the importing State shall recognize the amount notified by the country concerned.
2.   Up to and including 30 April 2000, the amounts to be used in any giben national currency shall be the equivalent in that national currency of the amounts expressed in ecus as at 1 October 1994.
For each successive period of five years, the amounts expressed in ecus and their equivalents in the natiounal currencies of the States shall be reviewed by the Association Council on the basis of the exchange rates of the ecu on the first working day of October in the year immediately preceding that five-year period.
When carrying out this review, the Association Council shall ensure that there will be no decrease in the amounts to be used in any national currency and shall furthermore consider the desirability of preserving the effects of the limits concerned in real terms. For this purpose, it may decide to modify the amounts expressed in ecus.

TITLE V

ARRANGEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION

Article 32

Communication of stamps and addresses

The customs authorities of the Member States and of Tunisia shall provide each other, through the Commission of the European Communities, with specimen impressions of stamps used in their customs offices for the issue of EUR.1 certificates and with the addresses of the customs authorities responsible for issuing EUR.1 movement certificates and for verifying those certificates and invoice declarations.

Article 33

Verification of EUR.1 movement certificates, invoice declaration and information certificate

1.   Subsequent verification of EUR.1 movement certificates and invoice declarations shall be carried out randomly or whenever the customs authorities of the importing state have reason to doubt the authenticity of such documents, the originating status of the products concerned or the fulfilment of the other requirements of this Protocol.
2.   For the purposes of implementing the provisions of paragraph 1, the customs authorities of the importing country shall return the EUR.1 movement certificate, the invoice declaration, or a copy of these documents, to the customs authorities of the exporting country giving, where appropriate, the reasons of substance or form for an inquiry.
In order to assist with the verification, the customs authorities shall provide all the necessary documents and any information collected which indicate that the information on the EUR.1 certificate or the invoice declaration are incorrect.
3.   The verification shall be carried out by the customs authorities of the exporting country. For this purpose, they shall have the right to call for any evidence and to carry out any inspection of the exporter's accounts or any other check which they consider appropriate.
4.   If the customs authorities of the importing country decide to suspend the granting of preferential treatment to the products concened while awaiting the results of the verification, they shall offer to release the products to the importer subject to any precautionary measures judged necessary.
5.   The customs authorities requesting the verification shall be informed of the results of this verification within a maximum of ten months. These results must indicate clearely whether the documents are authentic and whether the products concerned can be considered as originating products and fulfil the other requirements of htis Protocol.
6.   If in cases of reasonable doubt there is no reply within ten months or if the reply does not contain sufficient information to determine the authenticity of the document in question or the real origin of the products, the requesting customs authorities shall, except in exceptional circumstances, refuse entitlement to the preferences.
7.   The subsequent verification of information certificates provided for by Article 23 shall be carried out in the cases mentioned in paragraph 1 and in accordance with the procedures laid down in paragraphs 2 to 6.

Article 34

Dispute settlement

Where disputes arise in relation to the verification procedures of Article 33 which cannot be settled between the customs authorities requesting a verification and the customs authorities responsible for carrying out this verification or where they raise a question as to the interpretation of this Protocol, they shall be submitted to the Customs Cooperation Committee.
In all cases the settlement of disputes between the importer and the custeoms authorities of the importing State shall be under the legislation of the said State.

Article 35

Penalties

Penalties shall be imposed on any person who draws up, or causes to be drawn up, a document which contains incorrect information for the purpose of obtaining a preferential treatment for products.

Article 36

Free zones

1.   The Member States and Tunisia shall take all necessary steps to ensure that products traded under cover of an EUR.1 movement certificate, which in the course of transport use a free zone situated in their territory, are not substituted by other goods and that they do not undergo handling other than normal operations designed to prevent their deterioration.
2.   By means of an exemption to the provisions contained in paragraph 1, when products originating in the Community or in Tunisia and imported into a free zone under cover of an EUR.1 certificate undergo treatment or processing, the authorities concerned must issue a new EUR.1 certificate at the exporter's request, if the treatment or processing undergone is in conformity with the provisions of this Protocol.

TITLE VI

CEUTA AND MELILLA

Article 37

Application of the Protocol

1.   The term ‘Community’ used in this Protocol does not cover Ceuta or Melilla. The term ‘products originating in the Community’ does not cover products originating in these zones.
2.   This protocol shall apply
mutatis mutandis
to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla, subject to particular conditions set out in Article 38.

Article 38

Special conditions

1.   The following provisions shall apply instead of Articles 2 to 4(1) and (2) and references to these articles shall apply
mutatis mutandis
to this ARticle.
2.   Providing they have been transported directly in accordance with the provisions of Article 15, the following shall be considered as:
1)
products originating obtained in Ceuta and Melilla;
(a) products wholly obtained in Ceuta and Melilla;
(b) products obtained in Ceuta and Melilla in the manufacture of which products other than those referred to in (a) are used, provided that:
(i) the said products have undergone sufficient working or processing within the meaning of Article 7 of this Protocol;
or that
(ii) those products are originating in Tunisia or the Community within the meaning of this Protocol, or when the conditions required in Article 4(3) and (4) are fulfilled from Algeria or from Morocco provided that they have been submitted to working or processing which goes beyond the insufficient working or processing referred to in Article 8.
2)
products originating in Tunisia:
(a) products wholly obtained in Tunisia;
(b) products obtained in Tunisia, in the manufacture of which products other than those referred to in (a) are used, provided that:
(i) the said products have undergone sufficient working or processing within the meaning of Article 7 of this Protocol;
or that
(ii) those products are originating in Ceuta and Melilla or the Community within the meaning of this Protocol, or when the conditions required in Article 4(3) and (4) are fulfilled from Algeria or from Morocco provided that they have been submitted to working or processing which goes beyond the insufficient working or processing referred to in Article 8.
3.   Ceuta and Melilla shall be considered as a single territory.
4.   The exporter or his authorised representative shall enter ‘Tunisia’ and ‘Ceuta and Melilla’ in box 2 of EUR.1 movement certificates. In addition, in the case of products originating in Ceuta and Melilla, this shall be indicated in box 4 of EUR.1 movement certificates.
5.   The Spanish customs authorities shall be responsible for the application of this Protocol in Ceuta and Melilla.

TITLE VII

FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 39

Amendments to the Protocol

The Association Council may decide to amend the provisions of this protocol at the request of one of the contracting parties or of the customs cooperation committee.

Article 40

Customs Cooperation Committee

1.   A Customs Cooperation Committee shall be set up, charged with carrying out administrative cooperation with a view to the correct and uniform application of this Protocol and with carrying out any other tasks in the customs field which may be entrusted to it.
2.   The Committee shall be composed, on the one hand, of experts of the Member States and of officials of the Commission of the European Communities who are responsible for customs questions and, on the other hand, of experts nominated by Tunisia.

Article 41

Annexes

The Annexes to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof.

Article 42

Implementation of the Protocol

The Community and Tunisia shall each take the steps necessary to implement this Protocol.

Article 43

Arrangements with Algeria and Morocco

The Contracting Parties shall take any measures necessary for the conclusion of arrangements with Morocco and Algeria enabling this Protocol to be applied. The Contracting Parties shall notify other of measures taken to this affect.

Article 44

Goods in transit or storage

The provisions of the Agreement may be applied to goods which comply with the provisions of this Protocol and which on the date of entry into force of the Agreement are either in transit or are in the Community or in Tunisia or, insofar as the provisions of Articles 3, 4 and 5 are applicable, in Algeria or Morocco in temporary storage in bonded warehouses or in free zones, subject to the submission to the customs authorities of the importing State, within four months of that date, of an EUR.1 certificate endorsed retrospectively by the competent authorities of the exporting State together with the documents showing that the goods have been transported directly.

ANNEX I

INTRODUCTORY NOTES

FOREWORD

These notes shall apply, where appropriate, to all manufactured products using non-originating materials, even if they are not subject to specific conditions contained in the list in Annex II but are subject instead to the change of heading rule set out in Article 7(1).

Note 1

1.1.
The first two columns in the list describe the product obtained. The first column gives the heading number, or the chapter number, used in the Harmonised System and the second column gives the description of goods used in that system for that heading or chapter. For each entry in the first two columns a rule is specified in columns 3 or 4. Where, in some cases, the entry in the first column is preceded by an ‘ex’, this signifies that the rule in columns 3 or 4 only applies to the part of that heading or chapter as described in column 2.
1.2.
Where several heading numbers are grouped together in column 1 or a chapter number is given and the description of product in column 2 is therefore given in general terms, the adjacent rule in columns 3 or 4 applies to all products which, under the Harmonised System, are calssified within headings of the chapter or within any of the headings grouped together in column 1.

Note 2

2.1.
In the case of any heading not in the list or any part of a heading that is not in the list, the ‘change of heading’ rule set out in Article 7(1) applies. If a ‘change of heading’ condition applies to any entry in the list, then it is contained in the rule in column 3.
2.2.
The working or processing required by a rule in column 3 has to be carried out only in relation to the non-originating materials used. The restrictions contained in a rule in column 3 likewise apply only to the non-originating materials used.
2.3.
Where a rule states that ‘materials of any heading’ may be used, materials of the same heading as the product may also be used, subject, however, to any specific limitations which may also be contained in the rule. However, the expression ‘manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No...’ means that only materials classified in the same heading as the product of a different description than that of the product as given in column 2 of the list may be used.
2.4.
If a product made from non-originating materials which has acquired originating status during manufacture by virtue of the change of heading rule or its own list rule is used as a material in the process of manufacture of another product, then the rule applicable to the product in which it is incorporated does not apply to it.
For example:
An engine of heading No 8407, for which the rule states that the value of the non-originating materials which may be incorporated may not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price, is made from ‘other alloy steel roughly shaped by forging’ of heading No 7224.
If this forging has been forged in the country concerned from a non-originating ingot then the forging has already acquired origin by virtue of the rule for heading No ex 7224 in the list. It can then count as originating in the value calculation for the engine regardless of whether it was produced in the same factory or another. The value of the non-originating ingot is thus not taken into account when adding up the value of the non-originating materials used.
2.5.
Even if the change of heading rule or the other rules contained in the list are satisfied, a product shall not acquire originating status if the processing carried out, taken as a whole, is insufficient within the meaning of Article 6.

Note 3

3.1.
The rule in the list represents the minimum amount of working or processing required and the carrying out of more working or processing also confers originating status; conversely, the carrying out of less working or processing cannot confer origin. Thus if a rule says that non-originating material at a certain level of manufacture may be used, the use of such material at an earlier stage of manufacture is allowed and the use of such material at a later stage is not.
3.2.
When a rule in the list specifies that a product may be manufactured from more than one material, this means that any one or more materials may be used. It does not require that all be used.
For example:
The rule for fabrics say that natural fibres may be used and that chemical materials, among other materials, may also be used. This does not mean that both have to be used; one can use one or the other or both.
If, however, a restriction applies to one material and other restrictions apply to other materials in the same rule, then the restrictions only apply to the materials actually used.
For example:
The rule for sewing machines specifies that both the thread tension mechanism used and the zigzag mechanism used must originate; these two restrictions only apply if the mechanisms concerned are actually incorporated into the sewing machine.
3.3.
When a rule in the list specifies that a product must be manufactured from a particular material, the condition obviously does not prevent the use of other materials which, because of their inherent nature, cannot satisfy the rule.
For example:
The rule for heading No 1904 which specifically excludes the use of cereals or their derivatives does not prevent the use of mineral salts, chemicals and other additives which are not produced from cereals.
For example:
In the case of an article made from non-woven materials, if the use of only non-originating yarn is allowed for this class of article, it is not possible to start from non-woven cloth even if non-woven cloths cannot normally be made from yarn. In such cases, the starting material would normally be at the stage before yarn that is the fibre stage.
See also Note 6.3 in relation to textiles.
3.4.
If in a rule in the list two or more percentages are given for the maximum value of non-originating materials that can be used, then these percentages may not be added together. The maximum value of all the non-originating materials used may never exceed the highest of the percentages given. Furthermore, the individual percentages must not be exceeded in relation to the particular materials they apply to.

Note 4

4.1.
The term ‘natural fibres’ is used in the list to refer to fibres other than artificial or synthetic fibres and is restricted to the stages before spinning takes place, including waste, and, unless otherwise specified, the term ‘natural fibres’ includes fibres that have been carded, combed or otherwise processed but not spun.
4.2.
The term ‘natural fibres’ includes horsehair of heading No 0503, silk of heading Nos 5002 and 5003 as well as the wool fibres, fine or coarse animal hair of heading Nos 5101 to 5105, the cotton fibres of heading Nos 5201 to 5203 and the other vegetable fibres of heading Nos 5301 to 5305.
4.3.
The terms ‘textiule pulp’, ‘chemical materials’ and ‘paper-making materials’ are used in the list to describe the materials not classified in Chapters 50 to 63, which can be used to manufacture artificial, synthetic or paper fibres or yarns.
4.4.
The term ‘man-made staple fibres’ is used in the list to refer to synthetic or artificial filament tow, staple fibres or waste, of headings Nos 5501 to 5507.

Note 5

5.1.
In the case of the products classified within those headings in the list to which a reference is made to this Note, the conditions set out in column 3 of the list shall not be applied to any basic textile materials used in their manufacture which, taken together, represent 10% or less of the total weight of all the basic textile materials used (but see also Notes 5.3 and 5.4 below).
5.2.
However, this tolerance may only be applied to mixed products which have been made from two or more basic textile materials.
The following are the basic textile materials:
— silk,
— wool,
— coarse animal hair,
— fine animal hair,
— horsehair,
— cotton,
— paper-making materials and paper,
— flax,
— true hemp,
— jute and other textile bast fibres,
— sisal and other textile fibres of the genus
Agave
,
— coconut, abaca, ramie and other vegetable textile fibres,
— synthetic man-made filaments,
— artificial man-made filaments,
— synthetic man-made staple fibres,
— artificial man-made staple fibres.
For example:
A yarn of heading No 5205 made from cotton fibres of heading No 5203 and synthetic staple fibres of heading No 5506 is a mixed yarn. Therefore, non-originating synthetic staple fibres that do not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp) may be used up to a weight of 10% of the yarn.
For example:
A woollen fabric of heading No 5112 made from woollen yarn of heading No 5107 and synthetic yarn of staple fibres of heading No 5509 is a mixed fabric. Therefore synthetic yarn which does not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp) or woollen yarn that does not satisfy the origin rules (which require manufacture from natural fibres, not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning) or a combination of the two may be used up to a weight of 10% of the fabric.
For example:
Tufted textile fabric of heading No 5802 made from cotton yarn of heading No 5205 and cotton fabric of heading No 5210 is only a mixed product if the cotton fabric is itself a mixed fabric being made from yarns classified in two separate headings or if the cotton yarns used are themselves mixtures.
For example:
If the tufted textile fabric concerned had been made from cotton yarn of heading No 5205 and synthetic fabric of heading No 5407, then, obviously, the yarns used are two separate basic textile materials and the tufted textile fabric is accordingly a mixed product.
For example:
A carpet with tufts made from both artificial yarns and cotton yarns and with a jute backing is a mixed product because three basic textile materials are used. Thus, any non-originating materials that are at a later stage of manufacture than the rule allows may be used, provided their total weight taken together does not exceed 10 % of the weight of the textile materials in the carpet. Thus, both the jute backing and/or the artificial yarns could be imported at that stage of manufacture, provided the weight conditions are met.
5.3.
In the case of fabrics incorporating ‘yarn made of polyurethane segmented with flexible segments of polyether whether or not gimped’ this tolerance is 20 % in respect of this yarn.
5.4.
In the case of fabrics incorporating strip consisting of a core of aluminium foil or of a core of plastic film whether or not coated with aluminium powder, of a width not exceeding 5 mm, sandwiched by means of an adhesive between two films of plastic film, this tolerance is 30% in respect of this strip.

Note 6

6.1.
In the case of those textile products which are marked in the list by a footnote referring to this note, textile materials with the exception of linings and interlinings which do not satisfy the rule set out in the list in column 3 for the made up products concerned may be used provided that they are classified in a heading other than that of the product and that their value does not exceed 8 % of the ex-works price of the product.
6.2.
Materials which are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63 may be used freely, whether or not they contain textiles.
For example:
If a rule in the list provides that for a particular textile item, such as trousers, yarn must be used, this does not prevent the use of metal items, such as buttons, because buttons are not classified within Chapters 50 to 63. For the same reason, it does not prevent the use of slide-fasteners even though slide-fasteners normally contain textiles.
6.3.
Where a percentage rule applies, the value of trimmings and accessories must be traken into account when calculating the value of the non-originating materials incorporated.

Note 7

7.1.
For the purposes of heading Nos ex 2707, 2713, ex 2901, ex 2902 and ex 3403, the ‘specific processes’ are the following:
(a) vacuum distillation;
(b) redistillation by a very thorough fractionation process(1);
(c) cracking;
(d) reforming;
(e) extraction by means of selective solvents;
(f) the process comprising all the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolorisation and purification with naturally active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;
(g) polymerisation;
(h) alkylation;
(i) isomerisation.
7.2.
For the purposes of heading Nos 2710, 2711 and 2712, the ‘specific processes’ are the following:
a)
vacuum distillation;
(b) redistillation by a very thorough fractionation process;
(c) cracking;
(d) reforming;
(e) extraction by means of selective solvents;
(f) the process comprising all the following operations: processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralisation with alkaline agents; decolorisation and purification with naturally active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite;
(g) polymerisation;
(h) alkylation;
(ij) isomerisation;
(k) (in respect of heavy oils falling within heading No ex 2710 only) desulphurisation with hydrogen resulting in a reduction of at least 85 % of the sulphur content of the products processed (ASTM D 1 266-59 T method);
(l) (in respect of products falling within heading No 2710 only) deparaffining by a process other than filtering;
(m) (in respect of heavy oils falling within heading No ex 2710 only) treatment with hydrogen at a pressure of more than 20 bar and a temperature of more than 250
o
C with the use of a catalyst, other than to effect desulphurisation, when the hydrogen constitutes an active element in a chemical reaction. The further treatment with hydrogen of lubricating oils of heading No ex 2710 (e.g. hydrofinishing or decolorisation) in order, more especially, to improve colour or stability shall not, however, be deemed to be a specific process;
(n) (in respect of fuel oils falling within heading No ex 2710 only) atmospheric distillation, on condition that less than 30 % of these products distils, by volume, including losses, at 300
o
C by the ASTM D 86 method;
(o) (in respect of heavy oils other than gas oils and fuel oils falling within heading No ex 2710 only) treatment by means of a high-frequency electrical brush-discharege.
7.3.
For the purposes of heading Nos ex 2707, 2713 to 2715, ex 2901, ex 2902 and ex 3403, simple operations such as cleaning, decanting, desalting, water separation, filtering, colouring, marketing obtaining a sulphur content as a result of mixing products with different sulphur contents, any combination of these operations or like operations do not confer origin.
(1)  See Additional Explanatory Note 4(b) to Chapter 27 of the Combined Nomenclature.

ANNEX II

LIST OF WORKING OR PROCESSING REQUIRED TO BE CARRIED OUT ON NON-ORIGINATING MATERIALS IN ORDER THAT THE PRODUCT MANUFACTURED CAN OBTAIN ORIGINATING STATUS

HS heading No

Description of product

Working or processing carried out on non-originating materials that confers originating status

(1)

(2)

(3) or (4)

0201

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

Manufacture from materials of any heading except meat of bovine animals, frozen of heading No 0202

 

0202

Meat of bovine animals, frozen

Manufacture from materials of any heading except meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled of heading No 0201

 

0206

Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen

Manufacture from materials of any heading except carcases of headings Nos 0201 to 0205

 

0210

Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal

Manufacture from materials of any heading except meat and offal of heading Nos 0201 to 0206 and 0208 or poultry liver of heading No 0207

 

0302 to 0305

Fish, other than live fish

Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 3 used must be wholly obtained

 

0402, 0404 to 0406

Dairy products

Manufacture from materials of any heading except milk or cream of heading No 0401 or 0402

 

0403

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit or cocoa

Manufacture in which:

all the materials of Chapter 4 used must be wholly obtained,

any fruit juice (except those of pineapple, lime or grapefruit) of heading No 2009 used must be wholly obtained, and

the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

 

0408

Birds' eggs, not in shell and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked, by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

Manufacture from materials of any heading except birds' eggs of heading No 0407

 

ex 0502

Prepared pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair

Cleaning, disinfecting, sorting and straightening of bristles and hair

 

ex 0506

Bones and horn-cores unworked

Manufacture in which all the materials of Chapter 2 used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 0710 to ex 0713

Edible vegetables, frozen or dried, provisionally preserved except for heading Nos ex 0710 and ex 0711 for which the rules are set out below

Manufacture in which all the vegetable materials used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 0710

Sweet corn (uncooked or cooked by steaming or boiling in water), frozen

Manufacture from fresh or chilled sweet corn

 

ex 0711

Sweet corn, provisionally preserved

Manufacture from fresh or chilled sweet corn

 

0811

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

 

 

— containing added sugar

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the value of the ex-works price of the product

 

— other

Manufacture in which all the fruit or nuts used must be wholly obtained

 

0812

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

Manufacture in which all the fruit or nuts used must be wholly obtained

 

0813

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

Manufacture in which all the fruit or nuts used must be wholly obtained

 

0814

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

Manufacture in which all the fruit or nuts used must be wholly obtained

 

ex Chap. 11

Products of the milling industry; malt, starches; inulin; wheat gluten, except for heading No ex 1106 for whieh the rule is set out below

Manufacture in which all the cereals, edible vegetables, roots and tubers of heading No 0714 or fruit used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 1106

Flour and meal of the dried, shelled leguminous vegetables of heading No 0713

Drying and milling of leguminous vegetables of heading No 0708

 

1301

Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and balsams

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of heading No 1301 used may not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

1501

Lard; other pig fat and poultry fat, rendered, whether or not presented or solvent-extracted:

 

 

— Fats from bones or waste

Manufacture from materials of any heading except those of heading Nos 0203, 0206 or 0207 or bones of heading No 0506

 

— Other

Manufacture from meat or edible offal of swine of heading No 0203 or 0206 or of meat and edible offal of poultry of heading No 0207

 

1502

Fats of bovine animals; sheep or goats, raw or rendered, whether or not pressed or solvent-extracted:

 

 

— Fats from bones or waste

Manufacture from materials of any heading except those of heading Nos 0201, 0202, 0204 or 0206 or bones of heading No 0506

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the animal materials of Chapter 2 used must be wholly obtained

 

1504

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

 

 

— Solid fractions of fish oils and fats and oils of marine mammals

Manufacture from materials of any heading including other materials of heading No 1504

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the animal materials of Chapters 2 and 3 used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 1505

Refined lanolin

Manufacture from crude wool crease of heading No 1505

 

1506

Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

 

 

— Solid fractions

Manufacture from materials of any heading including other materials of heading No 1506

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the animal materials of Chapter 2 used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 1507 to 1515

Fixed vegetable oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:

 

 

— Solid fractions, except for that of Jojoba oil

Manufacture from other materials of heading Nos 1507 to 1515

 

— Other, except for:

Lung oil; myrtle wax and Japan wax

Those for technical or industrial uses other than the manufacture of foodstuffs for human consumption

Manufacture in which all the vegetable materials used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 1516

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, re-esterified, whether or not refined but not further prepared

Manufacture in which all the animal and vegetable materials used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 1517

Edible liquid mixtures of vegetable oils of heading Nos 1507 to 1515

Manufacture in which all the vegetable materials used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 1519

Industrial fatty alcohols having the character of artificial waxes

Manufacture from materials of any heading including fatty acids of heading No 1519

 

1601

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products

Manufacture from animals of Chapter 1

 

1602

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood

Manufacture from animals of Chapter 1

 

1603

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

Manufacture from animals of Chapter 1. However, all fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates used must be wholly obtained

 

1604

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

Manufacture in which all the fish or fish eggs used must be wholly obtained

 

1605

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved

Manufacture in which all the crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 1701

Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form, flavoured or coloured

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

1702

Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel:

 

 

— Chemically pure maltose and fructose

Manufacture from materials of any heading including other materials of heading No 1702

 

— Other sugars in solid form, flavoured or coloured

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used must already be originating

 

ex 1703

Molasses resulting from the extraction of refining of sugar, flavoured or coloured

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

 

1704

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoas

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified in a heading other than that of the product, provided the value of any other materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

1806

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified in a heading other than that of the product, provided the value of any other materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

 

1901

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 50%, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of heading Nos 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa powder or containing cocoa powder in a proportion by weight of less than 10%, not elsewhere specified or included:

 

 

— Malt extract

Manufacture from cereals of Chapter 10

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified in a heading other than that of the product, provided the value of any other materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

1902

Pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared

Manufacture in which all the cereals (except durum wheat), meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans or molluscs used must be wholly obtained

 

1903

Tapioca and substitutes therefor prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms

Manufacture from materials of any heading except potato starch of heading No 1108

 

1904

Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products (for example, corn flakes); cereals, other than maize (corn), in grain form, pre-cooked or otherwise prepared:

 

 

— Not containing cocoa

Manufacture in which:

all the cereals and flour (except maize of the species Zea indurata and durum wheat and their derivatives) used must be wholly obtained

and

the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Containing cocoa

Manufacture from materials not classified in heading No 1806, provided the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

1905

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except those of Chapter 11

 

2001

Vegetables, fruit nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

Manufacture in which all the fruit, nuts or vegetables used must be wholly obtained

 

2002

Tomatoes prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

Manufacture in which all the tomatoes used must be wholly obtained

 

2003

Mushrooms and truffles, prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid

Manufacture in which all the vegetables used must be wholly obtained

 

2004 and 2005

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen or not frozen

Manufacture in which all the vegetables used must be wholly obtained

 

2006

Fruit, nuts, fruit-peel and other parts of plants, preserved by sugar (drained, glacé or crystallised)

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

2007

Jams, fruit jellies, marmalades, fruit or nut puree and fruit or nut pastes, being cooked preparations, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

2008

Fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included:

 

 

— Fruit and nuts cooked otherwise than by steaming or boiling in water, not containing added sugar, frozen

Manufacture in which all the fruit and nuts used must be wholly obtained

 

— Nuts, not containing added sugar or spirits

Manufacture in which the value of the originating nuts and oil seeds of heading Nos 0801, 0802 and 1202 to 1207 used exceeds 60% of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Others

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified in a heading other than that of the product, provided the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2009

Fruit juices (including grape must), unfermented and not containing added spirit, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified in a heading other than that of the product, provided the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2101

Roasted chicory and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof

Manufacture in which all the chicory used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 2103

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified in a heading other than that of the product. However, mustard flour or meal or prepared mustard may be used

 

— Prepared mustard

Manufacture from mustard flour or meal

 

ex 2104

— Soups and broths and preparations therefor:

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except prepared or preserved vegetables of heading Nos 2002 to 2005

 

— Homogenised composite food preparations

The rule for the heading in which the product would be classified in bulk shall apply

 

ex 2106

Sugar syrups, flavoured or coloured

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used must not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

2201

Waters, including natural or artificial mineral waters and aerated waters, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured; ice and snow

Manufacture in which all the water used must be wholly obtained

 

2202

Waters, including mineral waters and aerated waters, containing added sguar or other sweetening matter or flavoured, and other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading No 2009

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified in a heading other than that of the product, provided the value of any materials of Chapter 17 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product and any fruit juice used (except for pineapple, lime and grapefruit juices) must be wholly obtained

 

ex 2204

Wine of fresh grapes, including fortified wines, and grape must with the addition of alcohol

Manufacture from other grape must

 

2205, ex 2207, ex 2208 and ex 2209

The following, containing grape materials:

Vermouth and other wine of fresh grapes flavoured with plants or aromatic substances; ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured or not; spirits, liqueurs and other spirituous beverages; compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages; vinegar

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except grapes or any material derived from grapes

 

ex 2208

Whiskies of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 50 % vol

Manufacture in which the value of any cereal based spirits used does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2303

Residues from the manufacture of starch from maize (excluding concentrated steeping liquors), of a protein content, calculated on the dry product, exceeding 40 % by weight

Manufacture in which all the maize used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 2306

Oil cake and other solid residues resulting from the extraction of olive oil, containing more than 3 % of olive oil

Manufacture in which all the olives used must be wholly obtained

 

2309

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

Manufacture in which all the cereals, sugar or molasses, must or milk used must be wholly obtained

 

2402

Cigars, cheroots, cigarillos and cigarettes, of tobacco or of tobacco substitutes

Manufacture in which at least 70 % by weight of the unmanufactured tobacco or tobacco refuse of heading No 2401 used must be wholly obtained

 

ex 2403

Smoking tobacco

Manufacture in which at least 70 % by weight of the unmanufactured tobacco or tobacco refuse of heading No 2401 used must be wholly obtained

 

ex Chap. 25

Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials; lime and cement; except for heading Nos ex 2504, ex 2515, ex 2516, ex 2518, ex 2519, ex 2520, ex 2524, ex 2525 and ex 2530 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 2504

Natural crystalline graphite, which enriched carbon content, purified and ground

Enriching of the carbon content, purifying and grinding of crude crystalline graphite

 

ex 2515

Marble, merely cut by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm

Cutting, by sawing or otherwise, of marble (even if already sawn) of a thickness exceeding 25 cm

 

ex 2516

Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental and building stone, merely cut by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape, of a thickness not exceeding 25 cm

Cutting, by sawing or otherwise, of stone (even if already sawn) of a thickness exceeding 25 cm

 

ex 2518

Calcined dolomite

Calcination of dolomite not calcined

 

ex 2519

Crushed natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), in hermetically sealed containers, and magnesium oxide, whether or not pure, other than fused magnesia or dead burned (sintered) magnesia

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite) may be used

 

ex 2520

Plasters specially prepared for dentistry

Manufacture in which all the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2524

Natural asbestos fibres

Manufacture from asbestos concentrate

 

ex 2525

Mica powder

Grinding of mica or mica waste

 

ex 2530

Earth colours, calcined or powdered

Calcination or brinding of earth colours

 

Chap. 26

Ores, slag and ash

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 27

Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes; except for heading Nos ex 2707 and 2709 to 2715 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 2707

Oils in which the weight of the aromatic constituents exceeds that of the non-aromatic constituents, being oils similar to mineral oils obtained by distillation of high temperature coal tar, of which more than 65 % by volume distils at a temperature of up to 250 oC (including mixtures of petroleum spirit and benzole), for use as power or heating fuels

Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)(1)

Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2709

Crude oils obtained from bituminous minerals

Destructive distillation of bituminous materials

 

2710 to 2712

Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous materials, other than crude; preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous materials, these oils being the basic constituents of the preparations

Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons

Petroleum jelly; paraffin wax, microcrystalline petroleum wax, slack wax, ozokerite, lignite wax, peat wax, other mineral waxes and similar products obtained by synthesis or by other processes, whether or not coloured

Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)(1)

Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

2713 to 2715

Petroleum coke, petroleum bitumen and other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous materials

Bitumen and asphalt, natural; bituminous or oil shale and tar sands; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks

Bituminous mixtures based on natural asphalt, on natural bitumen, on petroleum bitumen, on mineral tar or on mineral tar pitch

Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)(1)

Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 28

Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds or precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes; except for heading Nos ex 2805, ex 2811, ex 2833 and ex 2840 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2805

‘Mischmetall’

Manufacture by electrolytic or thermal treatment in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2811

Sulphur trioxide

Manufacture from sulphur dioxide

 

ex 2833

Aluminium sulphate

Manufacture in which all the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2840

Sodium perborate

Manufacture from disodium tetraborate pentahydrate

 

ex Chap. 29

Organic chemicals; except for heading Nos ex 2901, ex 2902, ex 2905, 2915, 2932, 2933 and 2934, for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2901

Acyclic hydrocarbons for use as power or heating fuels

Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)(2)

Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2902

Cyclanes and cyclenes (other than azulenes), benzene, toluene, xylenes, for use as power or heating fuels

Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)(2)

Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used, provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 2905

Metal alcoholates of alcohols of this heading and of ethanol or glycerol

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 2905. However, metal alcoholates of this heading may be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

2915

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

Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of heading Nos 2915 and 2916 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

2932

Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen heteroatom(s) only:

 

 

— Internal ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of heading No 2909 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Cyclic acetals and internal hemiacetals and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

Manufacture from materials or any heading

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

2933

Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only: nucleic acids and their salts

Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of heading Nos 2932 and 2933 used may not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

2934

Other heterocyclic compounds

Manufacture from materials of any heading. However, the value of all the materials of heading Nos 2932, 2933 and 2934 used may not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 30

Pharmaceutical products; except for heading Nos 3002, 3003 and 3004, for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exsceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

3002

Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood fractions; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products:

 

 

— Products consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses or unmixed products for these uses, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other:

 

 

— human blood

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— animal blood prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— blood fractions other than antisera, haemoglobin and serum globulin

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— haemoglobin, blood globulin and serum globulin

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— other

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3002. The materials of this description may also be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3303 and 3004

Medicaments (excluding goods of heading No 2003, 3005 and 3006)

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials of heading No 3003 or 3004 may be used provided their value, taken together, does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 31

Fertilisers; except for heading No ex 3105 for which the rule is set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 200% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 3105

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

sodium nitrate

calcium cyanamide

potassium sulphate

magnesium potassium sulphate

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 32

Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks; except for:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 3201

Tannins and their salts, esters, ethers, and other derivatives

Manufacture from tanning extracts of vegetable origin

 

3205

Colour lakes; preparations as specified in Note 3 to this Chapter based on coluor lakes(3)

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except heading Nos 3203, 3204 and 3205. However, materials from heading No 3205 may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 33

Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations; except for heading No 3301, for which the rule is set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

3301

Essential oils (terpeneless or not), including concretes and absolutes; resinoids; concentrates of essential oils in fats, in fixed oils, in waxes or the like, obtained by enfleurage or maceration; terpenic by-products of the deterpenation of essential oils; aqueous distillates and aqueous solutions of essential oils

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including materials of a different ‘group’(4) in this heading. However, materials of the same group may be used, provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 34

Soap, organic sulface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, ‘dental waxes’ and dental prepartions with a basis of plaster; except for heading Nos ex 3403 and 3404, for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 3403

Lubricating prepartions containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals, provided they represent less than 70 % by weight

Operations of refining and/or one or more specific process(es)(5)

 

 

Other operations in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

3404

Artificial waxes and prepared waxes:

 

 

— Artificial waxes and prepared waxes with a basis of paraffin, petroleum waxes, waxes obtained from bituminous minerals, slack wax or scale wax

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except:

hydrogenated oils having the character of waxes of heading No 1516

fatty acids not chemically defined or industrial fatty alcohols having the character of waxes of heading No 1519

materials of heading No 3404

However, these materials may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 35

Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes; except for heading Nos 3505 and ex 3507 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3505

Dextrins and other modified starches (for example, pregelatinised or esterified starches); glues based on starches, or on dextrins or other modified starches:

 

 

— Starch ethers and esters

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 3505

 

— Other

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except those of heading No 1108

 

ex 3507

Prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

Chap. 36

Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 37

Photographic or cinematographic goods; except for heading Nos 3701, 3702 and 3704 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

3701

Photographic plates and film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in the flat, sensitized, unexposed, whether or not in packs:

 

 

— Instant print film for colour photography, in packs

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading Nos 3701 or 3702. However, materials from heading No 3702 may be used provided their value does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading No 3701 or 3702. However, materials from heading Nos 3701 and 3702 may be used provided their value taken together, does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3702

Photographic film in rolls, sensitized, unexposed, of any material other than paper, paperboard or textiles; instant print film in rolls, sensitised, unexposed

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading Nos 3701 or 3702

 

3704

Photographic plates, film paper, paperboard and textiles, exposed but not developed

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading Nos 3701 to 3704

 

ex Chap. 38

Miscellaneous chemical products; except for heading Nos 3801, ex 3801, ex 3803, ex 3805, ex 3806, ex 3807, 3808 to 3814, 3818 to 3820, 3822 and 3823 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 3801

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

 

 

— Colloidal graphite in suspension in oil and semi-colloidal graphite; carbonaceous pastes for electrodes

Manufacture in which the value of al the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Graphite in paste form, being a mixture of more than 30 % by weight of graphite with mineral oils

Manufacture in which the value of all materials of heading No 3403 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 3803

Refined tall oil

Refining of crude tall oil

 

ex 3805

Spirits of sulphate turpentine, purified

Purification by distillation or refining of raw spirits of sulphate turpentine

 

ex 3806

Ester gums

Manufacture from resin acids

 

ex 3807

Wood pitch (wood tar pitch)

Distillation of wood tar

 

3808

Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms of packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers)

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3809

Finishing agents, dye carriers to accelerate the dyeing or fixing of dyestuffs and other products and preparations (for example, dressings and mordants), of a kind used in the textile, paper, leather or like industries, not elsewhere specified or included

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3810

Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; fluxes and other auxiliary preparations for soldering, brazing or welding; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials; preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes or rods

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3811

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

 

 

— Prepared additives for lubricating oil, containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials of heading No 3811 used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3812

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

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3813

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

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3814

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

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3818

Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3819

Hydraulic brake fluids and other prepared liquids for hydraulic transmission, not containing or containing less than 70% by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3820

Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

3822

Composite diagnostic or laboratory reagents, other than those of heading No 3002 or 3006

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 of the ex-works price of the product

 

3823

Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemnical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included; residual products of the chemical or allied industries, nokt elsewhere specified or included:

 

 

— The following of this heading:

Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores based on natural resinous products

Naphthenic acids, their water insoluble salts and their esters

Sorbitol other than that of heading No 2905

Petroleum sulphonates, excluding petroleum sulphonates of alkali metals, of ammonium or of ethanolamines; thiophenated sulphonic acids of oils obtained from bituminous minerals, and their salts

Ion exchangers

Getters for vacuum tubes

Alkaline iron oxide for the purification of gas

Ammoniacal gas liquors and spent oxide produced in coal gas purification

Sulfonaphthenic acids, their water insoluble salts and their esters

Fusel oil and Dippel's oil

Mixtures of salts having different anions

Copying pastes with a basis of gelatin, whether or not on a paper or textile backing

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a headiung other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 3901 to 3915

Plastics in primary forms, waste, parings and scrap, of plastic; except for heading No ex 3907 for which the rule is set out below:

 

 

— Addition homopolymerisation products

Manufacture in which:

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product, and

the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product(6)

 

— Other

Manufacture in which the value of the materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product(6)

 

ex 3907

Copolymer, made from polycarbonate and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene copolymer (ABS)

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, materials classified within the same heading may be used provided their value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product(6)

 

ex 3916 to 3921

Semi-manufactures and articles of plastics; except for heading Nos ex 3916, ex 3917, ex 3920 and ex 3921, for which the rules are set out below:

 

 

— Flat products, further worked than only surface-worked or cut into forms other than rectangular or square; other products, further worked than only surface-worked

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other:

 

 

— Addition homopolymerisation products

Manufacture in which:

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product(7)

 

— Other

Manufacture in which the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

the value of any materials of Chapter 39 used does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product(7)

 

ex 3916 and ex 3917

Profile shapes and tubes

Manufacture in which:

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

the value of any materials classified within the same heading as the product does not exceed 20 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 3920

Ionomer sheet or film

Manufacture from a thermoplastic partial salt which is a copolymer of ethylene and metacrylic acid partly neutralised with metal ions, mainly zinc and sodium

 

ex 3921

Foils of plastic, metallised

Manufacture from highly transparent polyester foils with a thickness of less than 23 micron(8)

 

3922 to 3826

Articles of plastics

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 40

Rubber and articles thereof; except for heading Nos ex 4001, 4005, 4012 and ex 4017 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 4001

Laminated slabs or crepe rubber for shoes

Lamination of sheets of natural rubber

 

4105

Compound rubber, unvulcanised, in primary forms or in plates, sheets or strip

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used, except natural rubber, does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

4012

Retreaded or used pneumatic tyres of rubber; solid or cushion tyres, interchangeable tyre treads and tyre flaps, of rubber:

 

 

— Retreaded pneumatic, solid or cushion tyres, of rubber

Retreading of used tyres

 

— Other

Manufacture from materials of any heading, except those of heading Nos 4011 or 4012

 

ex 4017

Articles of hard rubber

Manufacture from hard rubber

 

ex Chap. 41

Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather; except for heading Nos ex 4102, 4104 to 4107 and 4109 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 4102

Raw skins of sheep or lambs, without wool on

Removal of wool from sheep or lamb skins, with wool on

 

4104 to 4107

Leather, without hair or wool, other than leather of heading Nos 4108 or 4109

Retanning of pre-tanned leather

or

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the of the ex-works price of the product

 

4109

Patent leather and patent laminated leather; metallised leather

Manufacture from leather of heading Nos 4104 to 4107 provided its value does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

Chap. 42

Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk worm gut)

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 43

Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof; except for heading Nos ex 4302 and 4303 for which the rules are set out below

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 4302

Tanned or dressed furskins, assembled:

 

 

— Plates, crosses and similar forms

Bleaching or dyeing, in addition to cutting and assembly of non-assembled tanned or dressed furskins

 

— Other

Manufacture from non-assembled, tanned or dressed furskins

 

4303

Articles of apparel, clothing accessories and other articles of furskin

Manufacture from non-assembled tanned or dressed furskins of heading No 4302

 

ex Chap. 44

Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; except for heading Nos ex 4403, ex 4407, ex 4408, 4409, ex 4410 to ex 4413, ex 4415, ex 4416, 4418 and ex 4421 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than taht of the product

 

ex 4403

Wood roughly squared

Manufacture from wood in the rough, whether or not stripped of its bark or merely roughed down

 

ex 4407

Wood sawn or chipped lengthwise, sliced or peeled, of a thickness exceeding 65 mm, planed, sanded or finger-jointed

Planing, sanding or finger-jointing

 

ex 4408

Veneer sheets and sheets for plywood, of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm, spliced, and other wood sawn lengthwise, sliced or peeled of a thickness not exceeding 6 mm, planed, sanded or finger-jointed

Splicing, planing, sanding or finger-jointing

 

4409

Wood (including strips and friezes for parquet flooring, not assembled) continuously shaped (tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V-joined, beaded, moulded, rounded or the like) along any of its edges or faces, whether or not planed, sanded or finger-jointed:

 

 

— Sanded or finger-jointed

Sanding or finger-jointing

 

— Beadings and mouldings

Beading or moulding

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than of the product

 

ex 4410 to ex 4413

Beadings and mouldings, including moulded skirting and other moulded boards

Beading or moulding

 

ex 4415

Packing cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings, of wood

Manufacture from boards not cut to size

 

ex 4416

Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood

Manufacture from riven staves, not further worked than sawn on the two principal surfaces

 

4418

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

 

 

— Builders' joinery and carpentry of wood

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, cellular wood panels, shingles and shakes may be used

 

— Beadings and mouldings

Beading or moulding

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 4421

Match splints; wooden pegs or pins for footwear

Manufacture from wood of any heading except drawn wood of heading No 4409

 

ex Chap. 45

Cork and articles of cork; except for heading No 4503 for which the rule is set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

4503

Articles of natural cork

Manufacture from cork of heading No 4501

 

Chap. 46

Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

Chap. 47

Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; waste and scrap of paper or paperboard

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 48

Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard; except for heading Nos ex 4811, 4816, 4817, ex 4818, ex 4819, ex 4820 and ex 4823 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 4811

Paper and paperboard, ruled, lined or squared only

Manufacture from paper-making materials of Chapter 47

 

4816

Carbon paper, self-copy paper and other copying or transfer papers (other than those of heading No 4809), duplicator stencils and offset plates, of paper, whether or not put up in boxes

Manufacture from paper-making materials of Chapter 47

 

4817

Envelopes, letter cards, plain postcards and correspondence cards, of paper or paperboard; boxes, pouches, wallets and writing compendiums, of paper or paperboard, containing an assortment of paper stationery

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 4818

Toilet paper

Manufacture from paper-making materials of Chapter 47

 

ex 4819

Cartons, boxes, cases, bags and other packing containers, of paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding or webs of cellulose fibres

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 4820

Letter pads

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 4823

Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibres, cut to size or shape

Manufacture from paper-making materials of Chapter 47

 

ex Chap. 49

Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans; except for heading Nos 4909 and 4910 for which the rules are set out below

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

4909

Printed or illustrated postcards; printed cards bearing personal greetings, messages or announcements, whether or not illustrated, with or without envelopes or trimmings

Manufacture from materials not classified within heading Nos 4909 to 4911

 

4910

Calendars of any kind, printed, including calendar blocks:

 

 

— Calendars of the ‘perpetual’ type or with replaceable blocks mounted on bases other than paper or paperboard

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used, does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture from materials not classified in heading Nos 4909 or 4911

 

ex Chap. 50

Silk; except for heading Nos ex 5003, 5004 to ex 5006 and 5007 for which the rules are set out below

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 5003

Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock), carded or combed

Carding or combing of silk waste

 

5004 to ex 5006

Silk yarn and yarn spun from silk waste

Manufacture from(9):

raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

other natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper-making materials

 

5007

Woven fabrics of silk or of silk waste:

 

 

— incorporating rubber thread

Manufacture from single yarn(9)

 

— Other

Manufacture from(10):

coir yarn,

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper

or

Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 51

Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric; except for heading Nos 5106 to 5110 and 5111 to 5113 for which the rules are set out below:

 

 

5106 to 5110

Yarn of wool, of fine or coarse animal hair or of horsehair

Manufacture from(10):

raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper-making materials

 

5111 to 5113

Woven fabrics of wool, of fine or coarse animal hair or of horsehair

 

 

— incorporating rubber thread

Manufacture from single yarn(10)

 

— Other

Manufacture from(10):

coir yarn,

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper

or

Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink. resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 52

Cotton; except for heading Nos 5204 to 5207 and 5208 to 5212 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

5204 to 5207

Yarn and thread of cotton

Manufacture from(11):

raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper-making materials

 

5208 to 5212

Woven fabrics of cotton:

 

 

— incorporating rubber thread

Manufacture from single yarn(11)

 

— Other

Manufacture from(11):

coir yarn,

natural fibres,

non-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper

or

Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 53

Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn; except for heading Nos 5306 to 5308 and 5309 to 5311 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

5306 to 5308

Yarn of other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn

Manufacture from(12):

raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper-making materials

 

5309 to 5311

Woven fabrics of other vegetable textile fibres; woven fabrics of paper yarn:

 

 

— incorporating rubber thread

Manufacture from single yarn(12)

 

— Other

Manufacture from(12):

coir yarn,

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper

or

Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

5401 to 5406

Yarn, monofilament and thread of man-made filaments

Manufacture from(12):

raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper-making materials

 

5407 to 5408

Woven fabrics of man-made filament yarn

 

 

— incorporating rubber thread

Manufacture from single yarn(13)

 

— Other

Manufacture from(13):

coir yarn,

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper

or

Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

5501 to 5507

Man-made staple fibres

Manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp

 

5508 to 5511

Yarn and sewing thread

Manufacture from(13):

raw silk or silk waste carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper-making materials

 

5512 to 5516

Woven fabrics of man-made staple fibres:

 

 

— incorporating rubber thread

Manufacture from single yarn(14)

 

— Other

Manufacture from(14):

coir yarn,

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise prepared for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper

or

Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 56

Wadding, felt and non-wovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof; except for heading Nos 5602, 5604, 5605 and 5606, for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture from(14):

coir yarn,

natural fibres,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper making materials

 

5602

Felt, whether or not impregnated, coated, covered or laminated:

 

 

— Needleloom felt

Manufacture from(14):

natural fibres,

chemical materials or textile pulp

However:

polypropylene filament of heading No 5402,

polypropylene fibres of heading No 5503 or 5506 or

polypropylene filament tow of heading No 5501,

of which the denominatiuon in all cases of a single filament or fibre is less than 9 decitex may be used provided their value does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

— Other

Manufacture from(15):

natural fibres,

man-made saple fibres made from casein, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

 

5604

Rubber thread and cord, textile covered; textile yarn, and strip and the like of heading No 5404 of 5405, impregnated, coated, covedred or sheathed with rubber or plastics:

 

 

— Rubber thread and cord, textile covered

Manufacture from rubber thread or cord, not textile covered

 

— Other

Manufacture from(15):

natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning,

chemical materials or textile pulp, or

paper-making materials

 

5605

Metallised yarn, whether or not gimped, being textile yarn, or strip or the like of heading No 5404 or 5405, combined with metal in the form of thread, strip or powder or covered with metal

Manufacture from(15):

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning,

chemical materials of textile pulp, or

paper-making materials

 

5606

Gimped yarn, and strip and the like of heading No 5404 or 5405, gimped, other than those of heading No 5605 and gimped horsehair yarn; chenille yarn; loop wale-yarn

Manufacture from(15):

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning,

chemical materials of textile pulp, or

paper-making materials

 

Chap. 57

Carpets and other textile floor coverings:

 

 

— Of needleloom felt

Manufacture from(16):

natural fibres, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

However:

polypropylene filament of heading No 5402,

polypropylene fibres of heading No 5503 or 5506 or

polypropylene filament tow of heading No 5501,

of which the denomination in all cases of a single filament or fibre is less than 9 decitex may be used provided their values does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Of other felt

Manufacture from(16):

natural fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

 

— Other textile coverings

Manufacture from(16):

coir yarn,

synthetic or artificial filament yarn,

natural fibres, or

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning

 

ex Chap. 58

Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery; except for heading Nos 5805 and 5810 for which the rules are set out below:

 

 

— Combined with rubber thread

Manufacture from single yarn 0I1)

 

— Other

Manufacture from(16):

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or

chemical materials or textile pulp,

or

Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

5805

Hand-woven tapestries of the types gobelins, flanders, aubusson, beauvais and the like, and needle-worked tapestries (for example, petit point, cross stitch), whether or not made up

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

5810

Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motivs

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

5901

Textile fabrics coated with gum or amylaceous substances of a kind used for the outer covers of books or the like; tracing cloth; prepared painting canvas; buckram and similar stiffed textile fabrics of a kind used for hat foundations

Manufacture from yarn

 

5902

Tyre cord fabric of high tenacaity yarn of nylon or other polyamides, polyesters or viscose rayon:

 

 

— containing not more than 90 % by weight of textile materials

Manufacture from yarn

 

— Other

Manufacture from chemical materials or textile pulp

 

5903

Textile fabrics impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with plastics, other than those of heading No 5902

Manufacture from yarn

 

5904

Linoleum, whether or not cut to shape; floor coverings consisting of a coating or covering applied on a textile backing, whether or not cut to shape

Manufacture from yarn(17)

 

5905

Textile wall coverings:

 

 

— Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber, plastics or other materials

Manufacture from yarn:

 

— Other

Manufacture from(17):

coir yarn,

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

or

Printing accompanied by at least two preparatory or finishing operations (such as scouring, bleaching, mercerising, heat setting, raising, calendering, shrink resistance processing, permanent finishing, decatising, impregnating, mending and burling) where the value of the unprinted fabric used does not exceed 47,5 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

5906

Rubberised textile fabrics, other than those of heading No 5902:

 

 

— Knitted or crocheted fabrics

Manufacture from(17):

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

 

— Other fabrics made of synthetic filament yarn, containing more than 90o% by weight of textile materials

Manufacture from chemical materials

 

— Other

Manufacture from yarn

 

5907

Textile fabrics otherwise impregnated, coated or covered; painted canvas being theatrical scenery, studio backcloths or the like

Manufacture from yarn

 

5908

Textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted, for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like; incandescent gas mantles and tubular knitted gas mantle fabric therefor, whether or not impregnated:

 

 

— Incandescent gas mantles, impregnated

Manufacture from tubular knitted gas mantle fabric

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

5909 to 5911

Textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use:

 

 

— Polishing discs or rings other than of felt of heading No 5911

Manufacture from yarn or waste fabrics or rags of heading No 6310

 

— Other

Manufacture from(18):

coir yarn,

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

 

Chap. 60

Knitted or crocheted fabrics

Manufacture from(18):

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

 

Chap. 61

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted:

 

 

— Obtained by sewing together, or otherwise assembling, two or more pieces of knitted or crocheted fabric which have been either cut to form or obtained directly to form

Manufacture from yarn(19):

 

— Other

Manufacture from(18):

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

 

ex Chap. 62

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted; except for heading Nos ex 6202, ex 6204, ex 6206, ex 6209, ex 6210, 6213, 6214, ex 6216 and 6217 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture from yarn(20) (21):

 

ex 6202, ex 6204, ex 6206 and ex 6209

Women's, girls' and babies' clothing and clothing accessories for babies, embroidered

Manufacture from yarn(21):

or

Manufacture from unembroidered fabric porovided the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product(21)

 

ex 6210 and ex 6216

Fire-resistant equipment of fabric covered with foil of aluminized polyester

Manufacture from yarn(21)

or

Manufacture from uncoated fabric provided the value of the uncoated fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product(21)

 

6213 and 6214

Handkerchiefs, shawls, scarves, mufflers, mantillas, veils and the like:

 

 

— Embroidered

Manufacture from unbleached single yarn(21) (20)

or

Manufacture from unembroidered fabric provided the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product(21)

 

— Other

Manufacture from unbleached single yarn(21) (20)

 

6217

Other made up clothing accessories; parts of garments or of clothing accessories, other than those of heading No 6212:

 

 

— Embroidered

Manufacture from yarn(21)

or

Manufacture from unembroidered fabric provided the value of the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product(21)

 

— Fire resistant equipment of fabric covered with foil of aluminised polyester

Manufacture from yarn(22)

or

Manufacture from uncoated fabric provided the value of the uncoated fabric used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product(22)

 

— Interlinings for collars and cuffs, cut out

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture from yarn(22)

 

ex Chap. 63

Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags; except for heading Nos 6301 to 6304, 6305, 6306, ex 6307 and 6308 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

6301 to 6304

Blankets, travelling rugs, bed linen etc.; curtains etc.; other furnishing articles:

 

 

— Of felt, of non-wovens

Manufacture from:(23)

natural fibres, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

 

— Other:

 

 

— — Embroidered

Manufacture from unbleached single yarn(22) (23)

or

Manufacture from unembroidered fabric (other than knitted or crocheted) provided the value fo the unembroidered fabric used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

 

— — Other

Manufacture from unbleached single yarn(22) (23)

 

6305

Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods

Manufacture from(24):

natural fibres,

man-made staple fibres not carded or combed or otherwise processed for spinning, or

chemical materials or textile pulp

 

6306

Tarpaulins, awnings and sunblinds; tents; sails for boats, sailboards or landcraft; camping goods:

 

 

— Of non-wovens

Manufacture from(24):

natural fibres, or chemical materials or textile pulp

 

— Other

Manufacture from unbleached single yarn(24)

 

6307

Other made-up articles, including dress patterns

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

6308

Sets consisting of woven fabric and yarn, whether or not with accessories, for making up into rugs, tapestries, embroidered table cloths or serviettes or similar textile articles, put up in packings for retail sale

Each item in the set must satisfy the rule which would apply to it if it were not included in the set. However, non-originating articles may be incorporated provided their total value does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set

 

6401 to 6405

Footwear

Manufacture from materials of any heading except for assemblies of uppers affixed to inner soles or to other sole components of heading No 6406

 

6406

Parts of footwear; removable in-soles, heel cushions and similar articles; gaiters, leggings and similar articles, and parts thereof

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 65

Headgear and parts thereof, except for heading Nos 6503 and 6505 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

6503

Felt hats and other felt headgear, made from the hat bodies, hoods or plateaux of heading No 6501, whether or not lined or trimmed

Manufacture from yarn or textile fibres(25)

 

6505

Hats and other headgear, knitted or crocheted, or made up from lace, felt or other textile fabric, in the piece (but not in strips), whether or not lined or trimmed; hair-nets of any material, whether or not lined or trimmed

Manufacture from yarn or textile fibres(25)

 

ex Chap. 66

Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; except for heading No 6601 for which the rule is set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

6601

Umbrellas and sun umbrellas (including walking-stick umbrellas, garden umbrellas and similar umbrellas)

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

Chap. 67

Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 68

Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; except for heading Nos ex 6803, ex 6812 and ex 6814 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 6803

Articles of slate or of agglomerated slate

Manufacture from worked slate

 

ex 6812

Articles of asbestos; articles of mixtures with a basis of asbestos or of mixtures with a basis of asbestos and magnesium carbonate

Manufacture from materials of any heading

 

ex 6814

Articles of mica, including agglomerated or reconstituted mica, on a support of paper, paperboard or other materials

Manufacture from worked mica (including agglomerated or reconstituted mica)

 

Chap. 69

Ceramic products

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 70

Glass and glassware; except for heading Nos 7006, 7007, 7008, 7009, 7010, 7013 and ex 7019 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

7006

Glass of heading Nos 7003, 7004 or 7005, bent, edgeworked, engraved, drilled, enamelled or otherwise worked, but not framed or fitted with other materials

Manufacture from materials of heading No 7001

 

7007

Safety glass, consisting of toughened (tempered) or laminated glass

Manufacture from materials of heading No 7001

 

7008

Multiple-walled insulating units of glass

Manufacture from materials of heading No 7001

 

7009

Glass mirrors, whether or not framed, including rear-view mirrors

Manufacture from materials of heading No 7001

 

7010

Carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods; preserving jars of glass; stoppers, lids and other closures, of glass

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

or

Cutting of glassware, provided the value of the uncut glassware does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

7013

Glassware of a kind used for table, kitchen, toilet, office, indoor decoration or similar purposes (other than that of heading No 7010 or 7018)

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product,

or

Cutting of glassware, provided the value of the uncut glassware does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

or

Hand-decoration (with the exception of silk-screen printing) of hand-blown glassware, provided the value of the hand-blown glassware does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 7019

Articles (other than yarn) of glass fibres

Manufacture from:

uncoloured slivers, rovings, yarn or chopped strands, or

glass wool

 

ex Chap. 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 heading Nos ex 7102, ex 7103, ex 7104, 7106, ex 7107, 7108, ex 7109, 7110, ex 7111, 7116 ad 7117 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 7102, ex 7103 and ex 7104

Worked precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed)

Manufacture from unworked precious or semi-precious stones

 

7106, 7108 and 7110

Precious metals:

 

 

— Unwrought

Manufacture from materials not classified within heading No 7106, 7108 or 7110

or

Electrolytic, thermal or chemical separation of precious metals of heading No 7106, 7108 or 7110

or

Alloying of precious metals of heading No 7106, 7108 or 7110 with each other or with base metals

 

— Semi-manufactured or in powder form

Manufacture from unwrought precious metals

 

ex 7107, ex 7109 and ex 7111

Metals clad with precious metals, semi-manufactured

Manufacture from metals clad with precious metals, unwrought

 

7116

Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed)

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

7117

Imitation jewellery

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

or

Manufacture from base metal parts, not plated or covered with precious metals, provided the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 72

Iron and steel; except for heading Nos 7207, 7208 to 7216, 7217, ex 7218, 7219 to 7222, 7223, ex 7224, 7225 to 7227, 7228 and 7229 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

7207

Semi-finished products of iron or non-alloy steel

Manufacture from materials of heading No 7201, 7202, 7203, 7204 or 7205

 

7208 to 7216

Flat rolled products, bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections of iron or non-alloy steel

Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms of heading No 7206

 

7217

Wire of iron or non-alloy steel

Manufacture from semi-finished materials of heading No 7207

 

ex 7218, 7219 to 7222

Semi-finished products, flat rolled products, bars and rods, angles, shapes and sections of stainless steel

Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms of heading No 7218

 

7223

Wire of stainless steel

Manufacture from semi-finished materials of heading No 7218

 

ex 7224, 7225 to 7227

Semi-finished products, flat rolled products, in irregularly wound coils, of other alloy steel

Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms of heading No 7224

 

7228

Bars and rods of other alloy steel; angles, shapes and sections, of other alloy steel; hollow drill bars and rods, of alloy or non-alloy steel

Manufacture from ingots or other primary forms of heading No 7206, 7218 or 7224

 

7229

Wire of other alloy steel

Manufacture from semi-finished materials of heading No 7224

 

ex Chap. 73

Articles of iron or steel; except for heading Nos ex 7301, 7302, 7304, 7305, 7306, ex 7307, 7308 and ex 7315 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 7301

Sheet piling

Manufacture from materials of heading No 7206

 

7302

Railway or tramway track construction materials of iron or steel, the following: rails, checkrails and rackrails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fishplates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material specialised for jointing or fixing rails

Manufacture from materials of heading No 7206

 

7304 7305 and 7306

Tubes, pipes and hollow profiles, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel

Manufacture from materials of heading No 7206, 7207, 7218 or 7224

 

ex 7307

Tube or pipe fittings of stainless steel (ISO No X5 CrNiMo 1712), consisting of several parts

Turning, drilling, reaming, threading, deburring and sandblasting of forged blanks the value of which does not exceed 35 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

7308

Structures (excluding prefabricated buildings of heading No 9406) and parts of structures (for example, bridges and bridge-sections, lock-gates, towers, lattice masts, roofs, roofing frameworks, doors and windows and their frames and thresholds for doors, shutters, balustrades, pillars and columns), of iron or steel; plates, rods, angles, shapes, sections, tubes and the like, prepared for use in structures, of iron or steel

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, welded angles, shapes and sections of heading No 7301 may not be used

 

ex 7315

Skid chains

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials of heading No 7315 used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 74

Copper and articles thereof; except for heading Nos 7401, 7402, 7403, 7404 and 7405 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

7401

Copper mattes; cement copper (precipitated copper)

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

7402

Unrefined copper; copper anodes for electrolytic refining

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

7403

Refined copper and copper alloys, unwrought:

 

 

— Refined copper

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

— Copper alloys and refined copper containing other elements

Manufacture from refined copper, unwrought, or waste and scrap

 

7404

Copper waste and scrap

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

7405

Master alloys of copper

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 75

Nickel and articles thereof; except for heading Nos 7501 to 7503 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

7501 to 7503

Nickel mattes, nickel oxide sinters and other intermediate products of nickel metallurgy; unwrought nickel; nickel waste and scrap

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 76

Aluminium and articles thereof; except for heading Nos 7601, 7602 and ex 7616 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

7601

Unwrought aluminium

Manufacture by thermal or electrolytic treatment from unalloyed aluminium or waste and scrap of aluminium

 

7602

Aluminium waste or scrap

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 7616

Aluminium articles other than gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials (including endless bands) of aluminium wire, and expanded metal of aluminium

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, gauze, cloth, grill, netting, fencing, reinforcing fabric and similar materials (including endless bands) of aluminium wire, or expanded metal of aluminium may be used, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 78

Lead and articles thereof; except for heading Nos 7801 and 7802 the rules for which are set out below:

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

7801

Unwrought lead:

 

 

— Refined lead

Manufacture from ‘bullion’ or ‘work’ lead

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, waste and scrap of heading No 7802 may not be used

 

7802

Lead waste and scrap

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 79

Zinc and articles thereof; except for heading Nos 7901 and 7902 the rules for which are set out below:

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

7901

Unwrought zinc

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, waste and scrap of heading No 7902 may not be used

 

7902

Zinc waste and scrap

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 80

Tin and articles thereof; except for heading Nos 8001, 8002 and 8007 the rules for which are set out below:

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8001

Unwrought tin

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, waste and scrap of heading No 8002 may not be used

 

8002 and 8007

Tin waste and scrap; other articles of tin

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

Chap. 81

Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof:

 

 

— Other base metals, wrought; articles thereof

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials classified within the same heading as the product used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex Chap. 82

Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal; except for heading Nos 8206, 8207, 8208, ex 8211, 8214 and 8215 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

8206

Tools of two or more of the headings Nos 8202 to 8205, put up in sets for retail sale

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading Nos 8202 to 8205. However, tools of heading Nos 8202 to 8205 may be incorporated into the set provided their value does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set

 

8207

Interchangeable tools for hand tools, whether or not power-operated, or for machine-tools (for example, for pressing, stamping, punching, tapping, threading, drilling, boring, broaching, milling, turning, or screwdriving), including dies for drawing or extruding metal, and rock drilling or earth boring tools

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8208

Knives and cutting blades, for machines or for mechanical appliances

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 8211

Knives with cutting blades, serrated or not (including pruning knives), other than knives of heading No 8208

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, knife blades and handles of base metal may be used

 

8214

Other articles of cutlery (for example, hair clippers, butchers' or kitchen cleavers, choppers and mincing knives, paper knives); manicure or pedicure sets and instruments (including nail files)

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, handles of base metal may be used

 

8215

Spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers, fish-knives, butter-knives, sugar tongs and similar kitchen or tableware

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, handles of base metal may be used

 

ex Chap. 83

Miscellaneous articles of base metal; except for heading No ex 8306 for which the rule is set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 8306

Statuettes and other ornaments, of base metal

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, the other materials of heading No 8306 may be used provided their value does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 84

Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof; except for heading Nos ex 8401, 8402, 8403, ex 8404, 8406 to 8409, 8411, 8412, ex 8413, ex 8414, 8415, 8418, ex 8419, 8420, 8423, 8425 to 8430, ex 8431, 8439, 8441, 8444 to 8447, ex 8448, 8452, 8456 to 8466, 8469 to 8472, 8480, 8482, 8484 and 8485 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

ex 8401

Nuclear fuel elements(26)

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product(26)

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8402

Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than central heating hot water boilers capable also of producing low pressure steam); super heated water boilers

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8403 and ex 8404

Central heating boilers other than those of heading No 8402 and auxiliary plant for central heating boilers

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than heading No 8403 or 8404

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

8406

Steam turbines and other vapour turbines

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8407

Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8408

Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines)

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8409

Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading No 8407 and 8408

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8411

Turbo-jets, turbo propellers and other gas turbines

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8412

Other engines and motors

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 8413

Rotary positive displacement pumps

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

ex 8414

Industrial fans, blowers and the like

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8415

Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor-driven fan and elements for changing the temperature and humidity, including those machines in which the humidity cannot be separately regulated

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8418

Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other; heat pumps other than air conditioning machines of heading No 8415

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

ex 8419

Machines for the wood, paper pulp and paperboard industries

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within the same heading as the product are only used up to a value of 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8420

Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals or glass, and cylinders therefor

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within the same heading as the product are only used up to a value of 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

8423

Weighing machinery (excluding balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better), including weight operated counting or checking machines; weighing machine weights of all kinds

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8425 to 8428

Lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8431 are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

8429

Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels, excavators, shovel loaders, tamping machines and road rollers:

 

 

— Road rollers

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8431 are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8430

Other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting or boring machinery, for earth, minerals or ores; pile-drivers and pile-extractors; snow-ploughs and snow-blowers

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the value of the materials classified within heading No 8431 are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

ex 8431

Parts for road rollers

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8439

Machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material or for making or finishing paper or paperboard

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within the same heading as the product are only used up to a value of 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8441

Other machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, including cutting machines of all kinds

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within the same heading as the product are only used up to a value of 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

8444 to 8447

Machines of these headings for use in the textile industry

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 8448

Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading Nos 8444 and 8445

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8452

Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines of heading No 8440; furniture, bases and covers specially designed for sewing machines; sewing machine needles:

 

 

— Sewing machines (lock stitch only) with heads of a weight not exceeding 16 kg without motor or 17 kg with motor

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product,

where the value of all the non-originating materials used in assembling the head (without motor) does not exceed the value of the originating materials used, and

the thread tension, crochet and zigzag mechanisms used are already originating

 

— Other

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8456 to 8466

Machine-tools and machines and their parts and accessories of headings Nos 8456 to 8466

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8469 to 8472

Office machines (for example, typewriters, calculating machines, automatic data processing machines, duplicating machines, stapling machines)

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8480

Moulding boxes for metal foundry; mould bases; moulding patterns; moulds for metal (other than ingot moulds), metal carbides, glass, mineral materials, rubber or plastics

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8482

Ball or roller bearings

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8484

Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more layers of metal; sets or assortments of gaskets and similar joints, dissimilar in composition, put up in pouches, envelopes or similar packings

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

 

8485

Machinery parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or other electrical features, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 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 heading Nos 8501, 8502, ex 8518, 8519 to 8529, 8535 to 8537, ex 8541, 8542, 8544 to 8548 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

8501

Electric motors and generators (excluding generating sets)

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8503 are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

8502

Electric generating sets and rotary converters

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8501 or 8503, taken together, are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

ex 8518

Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8519

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

 

 

— Electric gramophones

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

— Other

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8520

Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

8521

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

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8522

Parts and accessories of apparatus of heading Nos 8519 to 8521

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8523

Prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena, other than products of Chapter 37:

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8524

Records, tapes and other recorded media for sound or other similarly recorded phenomena, including matrices and masters for the production of records, but excluding products of Chapter 37

 

 

— Matrices and masters for the production of records

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8523 are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

8525

Transmission apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy, radio-broadcasting or television, whether or not incorporating reception apparatus or sound recording or reproducing apparatus; television cameras

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8526

Radar apparatus, radio navigational aid apparatus and radio remote control apparatus

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8527

Reception apparatus for radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy or radio broadcasting, whether or not combined, in the same housing, with sound recording or reproducing apparatus or a clock

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8528

Television receivers (including video monitors and video projectors), whether or not incorporating radio broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus

 

 

— Video recording or reproducing apparatus incorporating a video tuner

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

— Other

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8529

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

 

 

— Suitable for use solely or principally with video recording or reproducing apparatus

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8535 and 8536

Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8538 are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8537

Boards, panels (including numerical control panels), consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more apparatus of heading No 8535 or 8536, for electric control or the distribution of electricity, including those incorporating instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90, other than switching apparatus of heading No 8517

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8538 are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

ex 8541

Diodes, transistors and similar semi-conductor devices, except wafers not yet cut into chips

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8542

Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 8541 or 8542, taken together, are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

8544

Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibres cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8545

Carbon electrodes, carbon brushes, lamp carbons, battery carbons and other articles of graphite or other carbon, with or without metal, of a kind used for electrical purposes

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8546

Electrical insulators of any material

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8547

Insulating fittings for electrical machines, appliances or equipment, being fittings wholly of insulating materials apart from any minor components of metal (for example, threaded sockets) incorporated during moulding solely for purposes of assembly other than insulators of heading No 8546; electrical conduit tubing and joints therefor, of base metal lined with insulating material

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8548

Electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8601 to 8607

Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8608

Railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, tramways, roads, inland waterways, parking facilities, port installations or airfields; parts of the foregoing

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8609

Containers (including containers for the transport of fluids) especially designed and equipped for carriage by one or more modes of transport

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 87

Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof; except for heading Nos 8709 to 8711, ex 8712, 8715 and 8716 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

8709

Works trucks, self-propelled, not fitted with lifting or handling equipment, of the type used in factories, warehouses, dock areas or airports for short distance transport of goods; tractors of the type used on railway station platforms; parts of the foregoing vehicles

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8710

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

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

8711

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

 

 

— With reciprocating internal combustion piston engine of a cylinder capacity:

 

 

— — Not exceeding 50 cm3

Manufacture in which:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 20% of the ex-works price of the product

— — Exceeding 50 cm3

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

— Other

Manufacture in which:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

ex 8712

Bicycles without ball bearings

Manufacture from materials not classified in heading No 8714

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

8715

Baby carriages and parts thereof

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

 

8716

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

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

ex Chap. 88

Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof; except for heading Nos ex 8804 and 8805 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

ex 8804

Rotochutes

Manufacture from materials of any heading including other materials of heading No 8804

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

8805

Aircraft launching gear; deck-arrestor or similar gear; ground flying trainers; parts of the foregoing articles

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

Chap. 89

Ships, boats and floating structures

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, hulls of heading No 8906 may not be used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product

ex Chap. 90

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof; except for heading Nos 9001, 9002, 9004, ex 9005, ex 9006, 9007, 9011, ex 9014, 9015 to 9020 and 9024 to 9033 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

9001

Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles; optical fibre cables other than those of heading No 8544; sheets and plates of polarising material, lenses (including contact lenses), prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any material, unmounted, other than such elements of glass not optically worked

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9002

Lenses, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, of any materials, mounted, being parts of or fittings for instruments or apparatus, other than such elements of glass not optically worked

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9004

Spectacles, goggles and the like, corrective, protective or other

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 9005

Binoculars, monoculars, other optical telescopes, and mountings therefor, except for astronomical refracting telescopes and mountings therefor

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

ex 9006

Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than electrically ignited flashbulbs

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

9007

Cinematographic cameras and projectors, whether or not incorporating sound recording or reproducing apparatus

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

9011

Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30% of the ex-works price of the product

ex 9014

Other navigational instruments and appliances

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9015

Surveying (including photogrammetrical surveying), hydrographic, oceanographic, hydrological, meteorological or geophysical instruments and appliances, excluding compasses; rangefinders

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9016

Balances of a sensitivity of 5 cg or better, with or without weights

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9017

Drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments (for example, drafting machines, pantographs, protractors, drawing sets, slide rules, disc calculators); instruments for measuring length, for use in the hand (for example, measuring rods and tapes, micrometers, callipers), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9018

Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences, including scintigraphic apparatus, other electro-medical apparatus and sight-testing instruments:

 

 

— Dentists' chairs incorporating dental appliances or dentists' spittoons

Manufacture from materials of any heading, including other materials of heading No 9018

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

— Other

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

9019

Mechano-therapy appliances; massage apparatus; psychological aptitude-testing apparatus; ozone therapy, oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy, artificial respiration or other therapeutic respiration apparatus

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

9020

Other breathing appliances and gas masks, excluding protective masks having neither mechanical parts nor replaceable filters

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product

9024

Machines and appliances for testing the hardness, strength, compressibility, elasticity or other mechanical properties of materials (for example, metals, wood, textiles, paper, plastics)

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9025

Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers, hygrometers and psychrometers, recording or not, and any combination of these instruments

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9026

Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading No 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9027

Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke analysis apparatus); instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9028

Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters therefor:

 

 

— Parts and accessories

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

9029

Revolution counters, production counters, taximeters, milometers, pedometers and the like; speed indicators and tachometers, other than those of heading Nos 9104 or 9015; stroboscopes

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9030

Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking electrical quantities, excluding meters of heading No 9028; instruments and apparatus for measuring or detecting alpha, beta, gamma, X-ray, cosmic or other ionizing radiations

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9031

Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; profile projectors

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9032

Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9033

Parts and accessories (not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter) for machines, appliances, instruments or apparatus of Chapter 90

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 91

Clocks and watches and parts thereof; except for heading Nos 9105 and 9109 to 9113 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9105

Other clocks

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

9109

Clock movements, complete and assembled

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

where the value of all the non-originating materials used does not exceed the value of the originating materials used

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

9110

Complete watch or clock movements, unassembled or partly assembled (movement sets); incomplete watch or clock movements, assembled; rough watch or clock movements

Manufacture:

in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40% of the ex-works price of the product, and

where, within the above limit, the materials classified within heading No 9114 are only used up to a value of 10% of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not, exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

9111

Watch cases and parts thereof

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

9112

Clock cases and cases of a similar type for other goods of this Chapter, and parts thereof

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

9113

Watch straps, watch bands and watch bracelets, and parts thereof:

 

 

— Of the base metal, whether or not plated, or of clad precious metal

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

— Other

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

Chap. 92

Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 40 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

Chap. 93

Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 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 heading Nos 9401, ex 9403, 9405 and 9406 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 9401 and ex 9403

Base metal furniture, incorporating unstuffed cotton cloth of a weight of 300 g/m2 or less

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified in a heading other than that of the product

or

Manufacture from cotton cloth already made up in a form ready for use of heading No 9401 or 9403, provided:

its value does not exceed 25 % of the ex-works price of the product, and

all the other materials used are already originating and are classified in a heading other than heading No 9401 or 9403

 

9405

Lamps and lighting fittings including searchlights and spotlights and parts thereof, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like, having a permanently fixed light source, and parts thereof not elsewhere specified or included

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

9406

Prefabricated buildings

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex Chap. 95

Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof; except for heading Nos 9503 and 9606 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

9503

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

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 9506

Articles and equipment for gymnastics, athletics, other sports (excluding table tennis) or outdoor games not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; swimming pools and paddling pools

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product. However, roughly shaped blocks for making golf club heads may be used

 

ex Chap. 96

Miscellaneous. manufactured articles; except for heading Nos ex 9601, ex 9602, ex 9603, 9605, 9606, 9612, ex 9613 and ex 9614 for which the rules are set out below:

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

ex 9601 and ex 9602

Articles of animal, vegetable or mineral carving materials

Manufacture from ‘worked’ carving materials of the same heading

 

ex 9603

Brooms and brushes (except for besoms and the like and brushes made from marten or squirrel hair), hand-operated mechanical floor sweepers, not motorized, paint pads and rollers, squeegees and mops

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

9605

Travel sets for personal toilet, sewing or shoe or clothes cleaning

Each item in the set must satisfy the rule, which would apply to it if it were not included in the set. However, non-originating articles may be incorporated, provided their total value does not exceed 15 % of the ex-works price of the set

 

9606

Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners and press-studs, button moulds and other parts of these articles; button blanks

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50% of the ex-works price of the product

 

9612

Typewriter or similar ribbons, inked or otherwise prepared for giving impressions, whether or not on spools or in cartridges; ink-pads, whether or not inked, with or without boxes

Manufacture in which:

all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product, and

the value of all the materials used does not exceed 50 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 9613

Lighters with piezo-igniter

Manufacture in which the value of all the materials of heading No 9613 used does not exceed 30 % of the ex-works price of the product

 

ex 9614

Smoking pipes and pipe bowls

Manufacture from roughly shaped blocks

 

Chap. 97

Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques

Manufacture in which all the materials used are classified within a heading other than that of the product

 

(1)  See Introductory Note 7 — Annex I.
(2)  See Introductory Note 7 — Annex I.
(3)  Note 3 to Chapter 32 says that these preparations are those of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacturing of colouring preparations, provided they are not classified in another heading in Chapter 32.
(4)  A ‘group’ is regarded as any part of the heading separated from the rest by a semi-colon.
(5)  See Introductory Note 7 — Annex I.
(6)  In the case of the products composed of materials classified within both heading Nos 3901 to 3906, on the one hand, and within heading Nos 3907 to 3911, on the other hand, this restriction only applies to that group of materials which predominates by weight in the product.
(7)  In the case of the products composed of materials classified within both heading Nos 3901 to 3906, on the one hand, and within heading Nos 3907 to 3911, on the other hand, this restriction only applies to that group of materials which predominates by weight in the product.
(8)  The following foils shall be considered as highly transparent: foils, the optical dimming of which — measured according to ASTM-D 1003-16 by Gardner Hazemeter (i.e. Hazefactor) — is less than 2 %.
(9)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(10)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(11)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(12)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(13)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(14)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see introductory Note 5.
(15)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see introductory Note 5.
(16)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(17)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(18)  See Introductory Note 5.
(19)  See Introductory Note 6.
(20)  See Introductory Note 6.
(21)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(22)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(23)  See Introductory No 6.
(24)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(25)  For special conditions relating to products made of a mixture of textile materials, see Introductory Note 5.
(26)  This rule shall apply until 31 December 1998.

ANNEX III

EUR.1 MOVEMENT CERTIFICATES

1.
EUR.1 movement certificates shall be made out on the form of which a specimen appears in this Annex. This form shall be printed in one or more of the languages in which the Agreement is drawn up. Certificates shall be made out in one of these languages and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting State. If they are handwritten, they shall be completed in ink and in capital letters.
2.
Each certificate shall measure 210 x 297 mm; a tolerance of up to minus 5 mm or plus 8 mm in the length may be allowed. The paper used must be white, sized for writing, not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less than 25 g/m
3
. It shall have a printed green guilloche pattern background making any falsification by mechanical or chemical means apparent to the eye.
3.
The competent authorities of the Member States of the Community and of Tunisia may reserve the right to print the certificates themselves or may have them printed by approved printers. In the latter case each certificate must include a reference to such approval. Each certificate must bear the name and address of the printer or a mark by which the printer can be identified. It shall also bear a serial number, either printed or not, by which it can be identified.
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ANNEX IV

DECLARATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 27

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ANNEX V

Specimen impression of the stamp mentioned in Article 22(3)(b)

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ANNEX VI

SPECIMEN OF DECLARATION

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ANNEX VII

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ANNEX VIII

 

JOINT DECLARATION ON ARTICLE 1

The parties agree that the provisions of Article l(e) of the Protocol shall not prejudice the right of Tunisia to benefit from special and differential treatment and other derogations accorded to developing countries by the agreement on implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.

JOINT DECLARATION ON ARTICLES 19 AND 33

The parties agree to the necessity to establish Explanatory Notes to the provisions of Article 19(1)(b) and Article 33(1) and (2) of the Protocol.

JOINT DECLARATION ON ARTICLE 39

For the implementation of Article 39 of this Protocol, the Community is prepared to examine any request from Tunisia for derogations from the rules of origin after signature of the Agreement.

PROTOCOL No 5

on mutual assistance in customs matters between the administrative authorities

Article 1

Definitions

For the purposes of this Protocol:
(a) ‘customs legislation’ shall mean any statutory or regulatory provision applicable in the territory of the Contracting Parties governing the import, export, transit of goods and their placing under any customs procedure, including measures of prohibition, restriction and control adopted by the Parties concerned;
(b) ‘applicant authority’ shall mean a competent administrative authority which has been appointed by a Contracting Party for this purpose and which makes a request for assistance in customs matters;
(c) ‘requested authority’ shall mean a competent administrative authority which has been appointed by a Contracting Party for this purpose and which receives a request for assistance in customs matters;
(d) ‘personal data’ shall mean any data relating to an identified or identifiable natural person.

Article 2

Scope

1.   The Contracting Parties shall assist each other, within their areas of responsibility, according to the procedures and under the conditions laid down in this Protocol, with a view to the prevention, investigation and detection of operations that contravene customs legislation.
2.   Assistance in customs matters, as provided for in this Protocol, applies to any administrative authority of the Contracting Parties which is competent for the application of this Protocol. It shall not prejudice the rules governing mutual assistance in criminal matters. Nor shall it cover information obtained under powers exercised at the request of judicial authorities, unless those authorities so agree.

Article 3

Assistance on request

1.   At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall furnish it with all relevant information to enable it to ensure that customs legislation is correctly applied, in particular information regarding detected or projected operations which contravene or would contravene such legislation.
2.   At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall inform it whether goods exported from the territory of one of the Contracting Parties have been properly imported into the territory of the other Party, specifying, where appropriate, the customs procedure applying to the goods.
3.   At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall undertake surveillance, in accordance with its own legislation, of:
(a) natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are engaging in or have engaged in operations which contravene customs legislation;
(b) places where stocks of goods have been assembled in such a way that there are reasonable grounds for supposing that they are intended as supplies for operations contrary to the legislation of the other Contracting Parties;
(c) movements of goods notified as possibly involving operations that contravene customs legislation;
(d) means of transport for which there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have been, are or may be, used for the purpose of contravening customs legislation.

Article 4

Spontaneous assistance

The Contracting Parties shall provide each other, in accordance with their laws, rules and other legal instruments, with assistance if they consider that to be necessary for the correct application of customs legislation, particularly when they obtain information pertaining to:
— operations which contravene or which they believe to be contravention of such legislation and which may be of interest to the other Contracting Parties,
— new means or methods employed in realising such operations,
— goods known to be involved in operations contracting customs legislation,
— natural or legal persons in respect of whom there are reasonable grounds for believing that they are engaging in or have engaged in operations which contravene customs legislation,
— means of transport for which there are reasonable grounds for believing that they have been, are or may be used in the contravening of customs legislation.

Article 5

Delivery/Notification

At the request of the applicant authority, the requested authority shall in accordance with its legislation take all necessary measures in order:
— to deliver any document,
— to notify any decision,
falling within the scope of this Protocol to an addressee, residing or established in its territory. In such a case Article 6(3) is applicable.

Article 6

Form and substance of requests for assistance

1.   Requests pursuant to this Protocol shall be made in writing. Documents deemed useful to help respond to such requests shall accompany the request. When required because of the urgency of the situation, oral requests may be accepted, but must be confirmed in writing immediately.
2.   Requests pursuant to paragraph 1 shall include the following information:
(a) the applicant authority making the request;
(b) the measure requested;
(c) the object of and the reason for the request;
(d) the laws, rules and other legal elements involved;
(e) indications as exact and comprehensive as possible on the natural or legal persons being the target of the investigations;
(f) a summary of the relevant facts and of the enquiries already carried out, except in cases provided for in Article 5.
3.   Requests shall be submitted in an official language of the requested authority or in a language acceptable to such authority.
4.   If a request does not met the formal requirements, its correction or completion may be demanded; the ordering of precautionary measures may, however, take place.

Article 7

Execution of requests

1.   In order to comply with a request for assistance, the requested authority shall proceed, within its competence and available resources, as though it were acting on its own account or at the request of other authorities of that same Contracting Party, by supplying information already possessed, by carrying out appropriate enquiries or by arranging for them to be carried out. This provision shall apply also to the administrative department to which the request has been addressed by the requested authority when the latter cannot act on its own.
2.   Requests for assistance shall be excecuted in accordance with the laws, rules and other legal instruments of the requested Contracting Party.
3.   Duly authorised officials of a Contracting Party may, with the agreement of the other Contracting Party involved and within the conditions laid down by the latter, obtain from the offices of the requested authority or other authority for which the requested authority is responsible, information relating to the operations contravening or likely to contravene customs legislation which the applicant authority needs for the purposes of this Protocol.
4.   Officials of a Contracting Party may, with the agreement of the other Contracting Party involved and within the conditions laid down by the latter, be present at enquiries carried out in the latter's territory.

Article 8

Form in which information is to be communicated

1.   The requested authority shall communicate results of enquiries to the applicant authority in the form of documents, certified copies of documents, reports and the like.
2.   The documents provided for in paragraph 1 may be replaced by computerised information produced in any form for the same purpose.

Article 9

Exceptions to the obligation to provide assistance

1.   The Contracting Parties may refuse to give assistance as provided for in this Protocol, where to do so would:
(a) be likely to prejudice Tunisia's sovereignty or that of a Member State of the Community whose assistance has been requested pursuant to this Protocol; or
(b) be likely to prejudice their public policy, security or other essential interests; or
(c) involve legislation other than customs legislation; or
(d) violate an industrial, commercial or professional secret.
2.   Where the applicant authority asks for assistance which it would itself be unable to provide if so asked, it shall draw attention to that fact in its request. It shall then be left to the requested authority to decide how to respond to such a request.
3.   If assistance is denied, the decision and the reasons therefor must be notified to the applicant authority without delay.

Article 10

Obligation to observe confidentiality

1.   Any information communicated in whatsoever form pursuant to this Protocol shall be of a confidential nature. It shall be covered by the obligation of official secrecy and shall enjoy the protection extended to like information under the relevant legislation of the Contracting Party which received it and the corresponding provisions applying to the Community authorities.
2.   Personal data may be communicated only where the level of protection granted to persons laid down in the legislation of the Contracting Parties is equivalent. The Contracting Parties must ensure at least a level of protection based on the principles contained in the Annex to this Protocol.

Article 11

Use of information

1.   Information obtained, including information relating to personal data, shall be used solely for the purposes of this Protocol and may be used within each Contracting Party for other purposes only with the prior written consent of the administrative authority which furnished the information and shall be subject to any restrictions laid down by that authority. These provisions shall not be applicable when the information obtained for the purposes of this Protocol could also be used for the purposes of fighting against illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances. Such information may be communicated to other authorities directly involved in combating illicit drug traffic, within the limits of Article 2.
2.   Paragraph 1 shall not impede the use of information in any judicial or administrative proceedings subsequently instituted for failure to comply with customs legislation. The competent authority which provided the information shall be informed immediately of such use.
3.   The Contracting Parties may, in their records of evidence, reports and testimonies and in proceedings and charges brought before the courts, use as evidence information obtained and documents consulted in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol.

Article 12

Experts and withnesses

1.   An official of a requested authority may be authorised to appear, within the limitations of the authorisation granted, as expert or withness in judicial or administrative proceedings regarding the matters covered by this Protocol in the jurisdiction of the other Contracting Party, and produce such objects, documents or authenticated copies thereof, as may be needed for the proceedings. The request for an appearance must indicate specifically on what matters and by virtue of what title or qualification the official will be questioned.
2.   The authorised official shall enjoy the protection guaranteed by existing legislation to officials of the applicant authority on its territory.

Article 13

Assistance expenses

The Contracting Parties shall waive all claims on each other for the reimbursement of expenses incurred pursuant to this Protocol, except, as appropriate, for expenses to experts, witnesses, interpreters and translators who are not dependent upon public services.

Article 14

Implementation

1.   The implementation of this Protocol shall be entrusted to the national customs authorities of Tunisia on the one hand and the competent services of the Commission of the European Communities and, where appropriate, the customs authorities of the Member States on the other. They shall decide on all practical measures and arrangements necessary for its application, taking into consideration rules in the field of data protection. They may, through the Customs Cooperation Committee set up by Article 40 of Protocol No 4, recommend to the Association Council, amendments which they consider should be made to this Protocol.
2.   The Contracting Parties shall consult other and subsequently keep each other informed of the detailed rules of implementation which are adopted in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol.

Article 15

Complementarity

1.   This Protocol shall complement and not impede the application of any agreements on mutual assistance which have been concluded or may be concluded by individual or several Member States of the European Union and Tunisia. Nor shall it preclude more extensive mutual assistance granted under such agreements.
2.   Without prejudice to Article 11, these agreements shall not prejudice Community provisions governing the communication between the competent services of the Commission and the customs authorities of the Member States of any information obtained in customs matters which could be of Community interest.

Annex to the Protocol

FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES APPLICABLE TO DATA PROTECTION

1.
Personal data undergoing computer processing must be:
(a) obtained and processed fairly and lawfully;
(b) kept for explicit and legitimate purposes and not further used in a way incompatible with those purposes;
(c) appropriate, relevant and not excessive in relation to the purposes for which they are collected;
(d) accurate and, where necessary, kept up to date;
(e) kept in a form which permits identification of the person concerned for no longer than is necessary for the procedure for which the data were collected.
2.
Personal data revealing racial origin, political or religious opinions or other beliefs, and data concerning a person's health or sex life, may not undergo computer processing except where suitable safeguards are provided by national law. These provisions apply also to personal data relating to criminal convictions.
3.
Appropriate security measures must be taken to ensure that personal data recorded in computer filing systems are protected against unlawful destruction or accidental loss and against unauthorised alteration, disclosure or access.
4.
Any person must have the right to:
(a) establish whether personal data relating to him are kept in a computer filing system, the purposes for which they are mainly used and the identity and normal lace of residence or work of the person responsible for the filing system;
(b) obtain at reasonable intervals, and without excessive delay or expense, confirmation as to the existence of a computer filing system containing personal data relating to him and communication of such data in an intelligible form;
(c) obtain, as appropriate, the rectification or erasure of such data where they have been processed in violation of the provisions laid down by the national legislation applying the fundamental principles contained in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Annex;
(d) have access to legal remedies if no action is taken on a request for communication or, where appropriate, the communication, rectification or erasure referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c) above.
5.1.
Derogations from the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of this Annex are allowed only in the cases below.
5.2.
Derogations from the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of this Annex may be allowed where provided for in the legislation of the Contracting Party and where such derogation constitutes a necessary measure in a democratic society and is intended to:
(a) safeguard national security, public order or a State's financial interests or prevent criminal offences;
(b) protect the data subjects or the rights and freedoms of others.
5.3.
In the case of computerised filing systems containing personal data used for statistical purposes or scientific research, the rights referred to in pargraphs 4(b), (c) and (d) of this Annex may be restricted by law where such use is clearly unlikely to constitute an invasion of privacy of the data subjects.
6.
No provision in this Annex is to be interpreted as restricting or prejudicing a Contracting Party's power to grant data subjects wider protection than that provided for in this Annex.

FINAL ACT

The plenipotentiaries of:
THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,
THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
IRELAND,
THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,
THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG,
THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,
THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,
THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,
THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
Contracting Parties to the Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY and the Treaty establishing the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY.
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Member States’, and
of the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY and the EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY,
hereinafter referred to as ‘the Community’,
of the one part,
and the plenipotentiaries of the REPUBLIC OF TUNISIA hereinafter to as ‘Tunisia’,
of the other part,
meeting at Brussels on the seventeenth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five for the signature of the Agreement establishing an association between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, have adopted the following texts:
the Euro-Mediteranean Agreement and the following Protocols:
Protocol No 1 on the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of agricultural products originating in Tunisia
Protocol No 2 on the arrangements applying to imports into the Community of fishery products originating in Tunisia
Protocol No 3 on the arrangements applying to imports into Tunisia of agricultural products originating in the Community
Protocol No 4 concerning the definition of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
Protocol No 5 on mutual assistance in customs matters between the administrative authorities
The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Community and the plenipotentiaries of Tunisia have adopted the texts of the Joint Declarations listed below and annexed to this Final Act:
Joint Declaration relating to Article 5 of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to Article 10 of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to Article 39 of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to Article 42 of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to Article 49 of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to Article 50 of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to Article 64 of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to Article 64(1) of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to Article 65 of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to Articles 34, 35, 76 and 77 of the Agreement
Joint Declaration relating to textiles
The plenipotentiaries of Tunisia have taken note of the Declaration by the European Community mentioned below and annexed to this Final Act.
Declaration relating to Article 29 of the Agreement.
The plenipotentiaries of the Member States and of the Community have taken note of the Declaration by Tunisia mentioned below and annexed to this Final Act:
Declaration on safeguarding Tunisia's interests.
Declaration concerning Article 69 of the Agreement.
Hecho en Bruselas, el diecisiete de julio de mil novecientos noventa y cinco.
Udfærdiget i Bruxelles den syttende juli nitten hundrede og fem og halvfems.
Geschehen zu Brüssel am siebzehnten Juli neunzehnhundertfünfundneunzig.
Έγινε στις Βρυξέλλες, στις δέκα εφτά Ιουλίου χίλια εννιακόσια ενενήντα πέντε.
Done at Brussels on the seventeenth day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-five.
Fait à Bruxelles, le dix-sept juillet mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-quinze.
Fatto a Bruxelles, addì diciassette luglio millenovecentonovantacinque.
Gedaan te Brussel, de zeventiende juli negentienhonderd vijfennegentig.
Feito em Bruxelas, em dezassete de Julho de mil novecentos e noventa e cinco.
Tehty Brysselissä seitsemäntenätoista päivänä heinäkuuta vuonna tuhatyhdeksänsataayhdeksänkymmentäviisi.
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Deze handtekening verbindt eveneens de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, de Franse Gemeenschap, de Duitstalige Gemeenschap, het Vlaamse Gewest, het Waalse Gewest en het Brusselse Hoofdstedelijke Gewest.
Diese Unterschrift verbindet zugleich die Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft, die Flämische Gemeinschaft, die Französische Gemeinschaft, die Wallonische Region, die Flämische Region und die Region Brüssel-Hauptstadt.
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Por las Comunidades Europeas
For De Europæiske Fællesskaber
Für die Europäischen Gemeinschaften
Για τις Ευρωπαϊκές Κοινότητες
For the European Communities
Pour les Communautés européennes
Per le Comunità europee
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JOINT DECLARATIONS

 

Joint declaration relating to Article 5 of the Agreement

1.
The Parties hereby agree that political dialogue at ministerial level should take place at least once a year.
2.
The Parties consider that political dialogue should be established between the European Parliament and the Tunisian Chamber of Deputies.

Joint declaration relating to Article 10 of the Agreement

The Parties hereby agree to establish jointly the separate specification by Tunisia of an agricultural component in the import duties in force on goods originating in the Community before the entry into force of the Agreement in respect of the products appearing in list 2 in Annex 2 to the Agreement.
This principle will also apply to the products appearing in list 3 in Annex 2 to the Agreement before elimination of the industrial component begins.
Should Tunisia raise the duties in force on 1 January 1995 for the products mentioned above owing to the agricultural component, it will accord the Community a 25% reduction on the increase in duties.

Joint declaration relating to Article 39 of the Agreement

Under the Agreement, the Parties agree that intellectual, industrial and commercial property comprises, in particular, copyright, including copyright in computer programs, and neighbouring rights, commercial trademarks and geographical descriptions including designation of origin, industrial designs and models, patents, configuration plans (topographies) of integrated circuits, protection of undisclosed information and protection against unfair competition in accordance with Article 10(a) of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in the 1967 Act of Stockholm (Paris Union).

Joint declaration relating to Article 42 of the Agreement

The Parties reaffirm the importance they attach to decentralised cooperation programmes as an additional means of promoting exchange of experience and transfer of knowledge in the Mediterranean region and between the European Community and its partners.

Joint declaration relating to Article 49 of the Agreement

The Parties recognize the need to modernise the Tunisian productive sector in order to adapt it better to the realities of the international and European economy.
The Community will give its support to Tunisia in implementing a support programme in the industrial sectors to benefit from restructuring and updating in order to cope with difficulties which may stem from the liberalisation of trade and in particular the dismantling of tariffs.

Joint declaration relating to Article 50 of the Agreement

The Contracting Parties attach importance to boosting the flow of direct investment to Tunisia.
They agree to expand Tunisia's access to Community investment promotion instruments in accordance with the relevant Community provisions.

Joint declaration relating to Article 64 of the Agreement

Without prejudice to the conditions and procedures applicable in each Member State, the Parties will examine the matter of access to a Member State's labour market of the spouse and children, legally resident under family reunification arrangements, of Tunisian workers legally employed on the territory of a Member State, except for seasonal workers, those on secondment or on placement, for the duration of the worker's authorised stay.

Joint declaration relating to Article 64(1) of the Agreement

With regard to the absence of discrimination as regards redundancy, Article 64(1) may not be invoked to obtain renewal of a residence permit. The granting, renewal or refusal of a residence permit shall be governed by the legislation of each Member State and the bilateral agreements and conventions in force between Tunisia and the Member State.

Joint declaration relating to Article 65 of the Agreement

It is understood that the term ‘members of their family’ shall be defined according to the national legislation of the host country concerned.

Joint declaration relating to Articles 34, 35, 76 and 77 of the Agreement

If, during the progressive implementation of the Agreement, Tunisia experiences serious balance of payments difficulties, Tunisia and the Community may hold consultations to work out the best ways and means of helping Tunisia cope with these difficulties.
Such consultations will take place in conjunction with the International Monetary Fund.

Joint declaration relating to textiles

It is understood that the arrangements for textile products will be the subject of a special protocol, to be concluded by 31 December 1995, on the basis of the provisions of the arrangement in force in 1996.

DECLARATION BY THE COMMUNITY

 

Declaration on safeguarding Tunisia's interests

Tunisia wishes its interests be taken into account where any concessions and advantages are granted to other Mediterranean non-member countries under future agreements concluded between those countries and the Community.

DECLARATIONS BY TUNISIA

 

Declaration on safeguarding Tunisia's interests

Tunisia wishes its interests be taken into account where any concessions and advantages are granted to other Mediterranean non-member countries under future agreements concluded between those countries and the Community.

Declaration concerning Article 69 of the Agreement

— Considering family reunification as a basic right of Tunisian workers residing abroad,
— bearing in mind that this right is a key factor in maintaining the balance of the family and guaranteeing success at school and the children's social and occupational integration,
— notwithstanding the bilateral agreements concluded between Tunisia and certain Member States of the European Union,
Tunisia wishes the question of family reunification to be the subject of in depth discussions with the Community with a view to easing and improving the conditions for family reunification.
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