AGREEMENT
in the form of an exchange of letters amending the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation
ANNEX
AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION
Swiss Customs Tariff heading No |
Description |
Protective element to be abolished (Sfrs per metre) |
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3707. |
Cinematograph film, exposed and developed whether or not incorporating sound track or consisting only of sound track, negative or positive: |
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20 |
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Timetable |
Products falling within heading No or subheading 48.01 C II, 48.01 F, 48.07 C, 48.13 or 48.15 B |
Other products |
Rates of duty applicable - percentage |
Percentage of basic duties applicable |
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1 January 1978 |
8 |
65 |
1 January 1979 |
6 |
50 |
1 January 1980 |
6 |
50 |
1 January 1981 |
4 |
35 |
1 January 1982 |
4 |
35 |
1 January 1983 |
2 |
20 |
1 January 1984 |
0 |
0 |
Timetable |
Percentage of basic duties applicable |
1 January 1978 |
20 |
1 January 1979 |
15 |
1 January 1980 |
15 |
1 January 1981 |
10 |
1 January 1982 |
10 |
1 January 1983 |
5 |
1 January 1984 |
0 |
Timetable |
Products falling within heading No or subheading 48.01 C II, 48.01 F, 48.07 C, 48.13 or 48.15 B |
Other products |
Rates of duty applicable — percentage |
Percentage of Common Customs Tariff duty applicable |
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1 January 1978 |
8 |
65 |
1 January 1979 |
6 |
50 |
1 January 1980 |
6 |
50 |
1 January 1981 |
4 |
35 |
1 January 1982 |
4 |
35 |
1 January 1983 |
2 |
20 |
1 January 1984 |
0 |
0 |
CCT heading No |
Description |
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ex 73.02 to 81.03 |
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81.04 |
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Timetable |
Percentage of basic duties applicable |
1 January 1978 |
65 |
1 January 1979 |
50 |
1 January 1980 |
50 |
1 January 1981 |
35 |
1 January 1982 |
35 |
1 January 1983 |
20 |
1 January 1984 |
0 |
Timetable |
Percentage of basic duties applicable |
1 January 1978 |
65 |
1 January 1979 |
50 |
1 January 1980 |
40 |
1 January 1981 |
20 |
1 January 1982 |
0 |
Timetable |
Percentage of basic duties applicable |
1 January 1978 |
65 |
1 January 1979 |
50 |
1 January 1980 |
50 |
1 January 1981 |
35 |
1 January 1982 |
35 |
1 January 1983 |
20 |
1 January 1984 |
0 |
CCT heading No |
Description |
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Chapter 48 |
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48.01 |
Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), in rolls or sheets:
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48.03 |
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48.07 |
Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed (not constituting printed matter falling within Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets:
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48.16 |
Boxes, bags and other packing containers, of paper or paperboard; box files, letter trays and similar articles, of paper or paperboard, of a kind commonly used in offices, shops and the like:
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48.21 |
Other articles of paper pulp, paper, paperboard or cellulose wadding:
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ex Chapter 48 |
Other products falling within Chapter 48, excluding products falling within subheading 48.01 A |
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ex Chapter 49 |
(unchanged) |
Swiss Customs Tariff heading No |
Description |
4801 |
Paper and paperboard (including cellulose wadding), in rolls or sheets |
4803.20 |
(unchanged) |
4807 |
Paper and paperboard, impregnated, coated, surface-coloured, surface-decorated or printed (not constituting printed matter falling within Chapter 49), in rolls or sheets |
4815.22 |
(unchanged) |
4821.20 |
(unchanged) |
CCT heading No |
Description |
Basic duties |
Duty applicable on 1 July 1977 |
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15.10 to 18.06 |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
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19.02 |
Malt extract; preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 % by weight of cocoa: |
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8 % + vc |
vc |
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11 % + vc |
vc |
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19.03 to 19.05 |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
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19.07 |
Bread, ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares, not containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit; communion wafers, cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products: |
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9 % + vc with a max. of 24% + adf |
vc |
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6 % + vc with a max. of 20 % + adf |
vc |
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7 % + vc |
vc |
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14 % + vc |
vc |
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19.08 |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
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21.02 |
Extracts, essences or concentrates, of coffee, tea or mate and preparations with a basis of those extracts, essences or concentrates: roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof: |
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8 % + vc |
vc |
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14 % + vc |
vc |
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21.04 to 21.06 |
(unchanged) |
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21.07 |
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included: |
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20% |
6% |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13% + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
6 % + vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
6 % + vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13% + vc |
6 % + vc |
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13 % + vc |
vc |
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13 % + vc |
6 % + vc |
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22.02 to 39.06 |
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Swiss Customs Tariff heading No |
Description |
Basic duties(1)(Sfrs per 100 kg gross) |
Duty applicable on 1 January 1978(1)(Sfrs per 100 kg gross) |
1510. |
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ex 20 |
(unchanged) |
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1704. |
Sugar confectionery, not containing cocoa: |
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— chewing gum, with a sucrose content (by weight) of: |
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20 |
— — More than 70 % |
41 + vc with a max. of 70 |
vc |
22 |
— — More than 60 % but not more than 70 % |
41 + vc with a max of 70 |
vc |
24 |
— — 60 % or less |
41 + vc with a max. of 70 |
vc |
30 |
— White chocolate |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
32 |
— Sugar confectionery of all kinds, containing fruit (including fruit pastes), nougat, marzipan and similar ingredients |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
34 |
— Sugar confectionery of all kinds, of liquorice juice, containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
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— Sweets, tablets, pastilles and other moulded sugar confectionery: |
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— — containing neither butyric fat nor vegetable fat, of a sucrose content (by weight) of: |
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40 |
— — — More than 70 % |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
42 |
— — — More than 50 % but not more than 70 % |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
44 |
— — — 50 % or less |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
46 |
— — Containing vegetable fat |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
48 |
— — Containing butyric fat |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
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— Other (other than products of heading No 1704.10/48), of a sucrose content (by weight) of: |
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50 |
— — More than 70 % |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
52 |
— — More than 50 % but not more than 70 % |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
54 |
— — 50 % or less |
53 + vc with a max. of 90 |
vc |
1806. |
Chocolate and other foods preparations containing cocoa: |
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10 |
— Ice-cream (including ice-cream powders) |
50 |
47·50 |
30 |
— Other (other than products of heading No 1806.10/20) |
50 |
40 |
1902. |
Malt extract; preparations of flour, meal, starch or malt extract, of a kind used as infant food or for dietetic or culinary purposes, containing less than 50 % by weight of cocoa: |
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— Malt extract, of a dry-extract content of: |
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02 |
— — More than 80 % |
20 + vc |
vc |
03 |
— — 80 % or less |
20 + vc |
vc |
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— Preparations in which potato flour predominates, whether or not in the form of semolina, flakes, etc. and preparations containing powdered milk: |
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— — Containing more than 12 % by weight of butyric fat, in containers of: |
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08 |
— — — 2 kg or less |
10 + vc |
vc |
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— — Containing no butyric fat or containing 12 % or less by weight of butyric fat: |
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10 |
— — — Infant food |
10 + vc |
vc |
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— — — Other: |
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14 |
— — — — Containing more than 80 % by weight of potatoes |
10 + vc |
vc |
16 |
— — — — Containing more than 50 % but not more than 80 % by weight of potatoes |
10 + vc |
vc |
18 |
— — — — Other |
10 + vc |
vc |
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— Other preparations: |
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— — Containing more than 12 % by weight of butyric fat, in containers of: |
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22 |
— — — 2 kg or less |
20 + vc with a max. of 40 |
vc |
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— — Containing no butyric fat, or containing 12 % or less by weight of butyric fat: |
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— — — Infant food: |
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30 |
— — — — Containing sugar |
20 + vc with max. of 40 |
vc |
32 |
— — — — Not containing sugar |
20 + vc with max. of 40 |
vc |
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— — — Other: |
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— — — — Based on cereal flour, starches, cereal meal or malt extract: |
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40 |
— — — — — Containing fats |
20 + vc with max. of 40 |
vc |
42 |
— — — — — Not containing fats |
20 + vc with max. of 40 |
vc |
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— — — — Other: |
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50 |
— — — — — Containing fats |
20 + vc with max. of 40 |
vc |
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— — — — — Not containing fats: |
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52 |
— — — — — — Containing sugar or eggs |
20 + vc with max. of 40 |
vc |
70 |
— — — — — — Other |
20 + vc with max. of 40 |
vc |
1903.01 to 1905.01 |
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1907. |
Bread, ship's biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares, not containing added sugar, honey, eggs, fats, cheese or fruit; communion wafers, cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products: |
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— Bread, ships' biscuits and other ordinary bakers' wares: |
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10 |
— — Not put up in packagings for sale |
5 |
4 |
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— — Put up for sale in packagings of any kind: |
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20 |
— — — Knäckebrot |
15+ vc with a max. of 35 |
vc |
22 |
— — — Unleavened bread (matzos) |
15 + vc with a max. of 35 |
vc |
30 |
— — — Other |
15 + vc with a max. of 35 |
vc |
50 |
— Other |
40 |
32 |
1908. |
Pastry, biscuits, cakes and other fine bakers' wares, whether or not containing cocoa in any proportion: |
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— Unsweetened, not containing cocoa or chocolate: |
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10 |
— — Biscuits |
27 + vc with a max. of 55 |
vc |
12 |
— — Waffles |
27 + vc with a max. of 55 |
vc |
14 |
— — Rusks |
27 + vc with a max. of 55 |
vc |
16 |
— — Other fine bakers' wares |
27 + vc with a max. of 55 |
vc |
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— Sweetened or containing cocoa or chocolate: |
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— — Biscuits: |
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20 |
— — — Containing butyric fat |
60 + vc with a max. of 100 |
vc |
22 |
— — — Other |
60 + vc with a max. of 100 |
vc |
30 |
— — Waffles |
60+ vc with a max. of 100 |
vc |
40 |
— — Rusks |
60 + vc with a max. of 100 |
vc |
50 |
— — Cakes |
60 + vc with a max. of 100 |
vc |
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— — Other fine bakers' wares: |
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70 |
— — — Containing butyric fat |
60 + vc with a max. of 100 |
vc |
72 |
— — — Containing other fats |
60 + vc with a max. of 100 |
vc |
76 |
— — — Not containing fat |
60 + vc with a max. of 100 |
vc |
ex 2102. |
Roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof: |
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ex 20 |
— Roasted coffee substitutes, whole or in pieces, excluding roasted chicory |
2 |
1·60 |
ex 22 |
— Other, excluding roasted chicory products |
21 + vc with a max. of 50 |
vc |
2104. to 2106. |
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ex 20 |
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2107. |
Food preparations not elsewhere specified or including: |
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— Non-alcoholic mixtures of vegetable extracts and concentrates: |
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— — Sweetened, of a sucrose content (by weight) of: |
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10 |
— — — More than 60 % |
120 + vc |
vc |
11 |
— — — More than 50 % but not more than 60 % |
120 + vc |
vc |
12 |
— — — 50 % or less |
120 + vc |
vc |
14 |
— — Unsweetened |
120 + vc |
vc |
16 to 26 |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
30 |
— Ice-cream (including ice-cream powders) |
110 |
100(2) |
32 |
— Protein hydrolysates and yeast autolysates |
110 |
30 |
34 |
— Prepared yoghourt |
110 |
100 |
50 |
— Ravioli and similar farinaceous preparations, cooked and filled |
44 + vc |
vc |
54 |
— Preparations, liquid or solid, containing 10 % or more other fats than butyric fat, of the kind used in making ordinary or fine bakers' wares |
44 + vc |
vc |
58 |
— Chewing gum, and sweets, tablets, pastilles and similar products (unsweetened) |
44 + vc |
vc |
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— Other food preparations (other than products falling within heading No 2107.02/58): |
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— — Of a butyric fat content (by weight) of: |
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60 |
— — — More than 50 % |
44 + vc |
vc |
62 |
— — — More than 20 % but not more than 50 % |
44 + vc |
vc |
64 |
— — — More than 3 % but not more than 20 % |
44 + vc |
vc |
66 |
— — — 3 % or less |
44 + vc |
vc |
70 |
— — Containing other fats |
44 + vc |
vc |
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— — Not containing fats: |
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— — — Of a sugar content (by weight) of: |
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80 |
— — — — More than 50 % |
44 + vc |
vc |
82 |
— — — — 50 % or less |
44 + vc |
vc |
84 |
— — — Containing cereals, malt extract or eggs (unsweetened) |
44 + vc |
vc |
90 |
— — — Other |
44 + vc |
vc |
2202. to 3506. |
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(unchanged) |
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ex 20 |
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3507. |
Enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included: |
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ex 30 |
— Other: |
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— — Prepared enzymes containing foodstuffs |
44 + vc |
vc |
ex 3812.01 to 3906. |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
(unchanged) |
ex 42 |
Swiss Customs Tariff heading No |
Description |
2707. to 3105. |
(unchanged) |
ex 10 |
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3809. |
Wood tar; wood tar oils (other than the composite solvents and thinners falling within heading No 3818); wood creosote; wood naphtha; acetone oil; vegetable pitch of all kinds; brewers' pitch and similar compounds based on rosin or on vegetable pitch; foundry core binders based on natural resinous products: |
ex 20 |
— Wood tar oils |