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32008R0595•Council Regulation (EC) No 595/2008 of 16 June 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain industrial, agricultural and fishery products
32008R0595RegulationJun 25, 2008
of 16 June 2008
amending Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 temporarily suspending the autonomous common customs tariff duties on certain industrial, agricultural and fishery products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 26 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
(1) It is in the Community's interest to suspend partially or totally the autonomous common customs tariff duties on a number of new products not listed in the Annex to Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 1 .
(2) The CN and TARIC codes 5603 12 10 20 and 8504 40 84 20 for two products which are listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 should be withdrawn from that list because it is no longer in the Community's interest to maintain suspension of autonomous common customs tariff duties.
(3) In addition, the descriptions of eight products need to be altered in order to take account of technical product developments and economic trends on the market. Those products should be considered as withdrawn from the list and should as a consequence be inserted in it as new products.
(4) Experience has shown the need to provide for an expiry date for the suspensions listed in Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 to ensure that account is taken of technological and economic changes. That should not exclude the premature termination of certain measures or their continuation beyond that period, if economic reasons are submitted, in accordance with the principles laid down in the Commission Communication of 1998 concerning autonomous tariff suspensions and quotas 2 .
(5) Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(6) Having regard to the economic importance of this Regulation, it is necessary to rely on the grounds of urgency provided for in point 1.3 of the Protocol on the role of national parliaments in the European Union annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Communities.
(7) Since the suspensions laid down in this Regulation have to take effect from 1 July 2008, this Regulation should apply from the same date and enter into force immediately,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1255/96 is hereby amended as follows:
1. the rows for the products listed in Annex I to this Regulation shall be inserted;
2. the rows for the products for which the CN and TARIC codes are given in Annex II to this Regulation shall be deleted.
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 1 July 2008.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Luxembourg, 16 June 2008. For the Council The President D. RUPEL
1 OJ L 158, 29.6.1996, p. 1 . Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1527/2007 ( OJ L 349, 31.12.2007, p. 7 ).
Products referred to in Article 1(1):
| CN code | TARIC | Description | Rate of autonomous duty | Validity period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ex 2008 60 19 | 30 | Sweet cherries containing added spirit, whether or not with a sugar content of 9 % by weight, of a diameter of not more than 19,9 mm with stone, for use in chocolate products 1 | 10 % 2 | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 2008 60 39 | 30 | |||
| ex 2835 10 00 | 10 | Sodium hypophosphite monohydrate | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 2839 19 00 | 10 | Disodium disilicate | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 2841 80 00 | 10 | Diammonium wolframate (ammonium paratungstate) | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 2850 00 20 | 30 | Titanium nitride with a particle size of not more than 250 nm | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 2930 90 85 | 82 | Sodium toluene-4-sulphinate | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 2930 90 85 | 83 | Methyl- p -tolyl sulphone | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 2934 20 80 | 40 | 1,2-Benzisothiazol-3(2H)-one (Benzisothiazolinone (BIT)) | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3808 93 15 | 10 | Preparation based on a concentrate containing by weight 45 % or more but not more than 55 % of the active herbicidal ingredient Penoxsulam as an aqueous suspension | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3815 19 90 | 41 | Catalysts in the form of tablets, consisting of 60 % (± 2 %) by weight of copper oxide on a support of aluminium oxide | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3815 90 90 | 85 | Catalyst based on aluminosilicate (zeolite), for the alkylation of aromatic hydrocarbons, for the transalkylation of alkylaromatic hydrocarbons or for the oligomerisation of olefins 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3824 90 97 | 70 | Paste containing by weight 75 % or more, but not more than 85 % of copper, and also containing inorganic oxides, ethyl cellulose and a solvent | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3824 90 97 | 78 | —: 60 % or more, but not more than 80 % of sitosterols, | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3904 10 00 | 20 | Poly(vinyl chloride) powder, not mixed with any other substances, with a degree of polymerisation of 1 000 (± 100) monomer units, a coefficient of heat transmission (K-value) of 60 or more, but not more than 70, a bulk density of 0,35 g/cm 3 or more, but not more than 0,55 g/cm 3 , a volatile material content of less than 0,35 % by weight, a medium average grain size of 40 μm or more, but not more than 70 μm and a sieve non- passing fraction at a mesh width of 120 μm of not more than 1 % by weight, not containing any vinyl acetate monomers, for the manufacture of battery separators 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3919 10 69 | 91 | Acrylic foam tape, covered on one side with a heat activatable adhesive or an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive and on the other side with an acrylic pressure sensitive adhesive and a release sheet, of a peel adhesion at an angle of 90° of more than 25 N/cm (as determined by the ASTM D 3330 method) | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3919 90 69 | 96 | |||
| ex 3919 90 69 | 97 | —: a self adhesive coating, | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3920 62 19 | 80 | Poly(ethylene terephtalate) film of a thickness of not more than 20 μm, coated on both sides with a gas barrier layer consisting of a polymeric matrix in which silica has been dispersed and of a thickness of not more than 2 μm | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 3920 62 19 | 82 | |||
| ex 3920 92 00 | 30 | Polyamide film of a thickness of not more than 20 μm, coated on both sides with a gas barrier layer which consists of a polymeric matrix in which silica has been dispersed and of a thickness not exceeding 2 μm | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 5603 11 10 | 20 | Non-wovens, not weighing more than 20 g/m 2 , containing spun-bonded and melt-blown filaments put together in a sandwich way with the two outer layers containing fine endless filaments (not less than 10 μm but not more than 20 μm in diameter) and the inner layer containing super-fine endless filaments (not less than 1 μm but not more than 5 μm in diameter), for the manufacture of napkins and napkin liners for babies and similar sanitary napkins 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 5603 11 90 | 20 | |||
| ex 5603 12 90 | 50 | —: weighing 30 g/m 2 or more, but not more than 60 g/m 2 , | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 7005 10 25 | 10 | —: of a thickness of 2,0 mm or more but not more than 2,4 mm, | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 7005 10 30 | 10 | —: of a thickness of 4,0 mm or more but not more than 4,2 mm, | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 7006 00 90 | 60 | —: a strain point of more than 570 °C | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8529 90 92 | 46 | |||
| ex 7007 19 20 | 20 | Tempered or semi-tempered glass plate of a diagonal size of 81 cm or more, but not exceeding 186 cm, with one or more polymer layers, whether or not painted or with coloured or black ceramics around the surrounding edges, for use in the manufacture of goods falling within heading 8528 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 7606 12 10 | 10 | —: 93,3 % or more of aluminium, | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 7607 11 90 | 20 | |||
| ex 7607 20 99 | 10 | Aluminium laminated film of a total thickness of not more than 0,123 mm, comprising of a layer of aluminium of a thickness of not more than 0,040 mm, polyamide and polypropylene base films, and a protective coating against corrosion by hydrofluoric acid, for use in the manufacture of lithium polymer batteries 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8108 90 30 | 10 | Titanium alloy rods complying with standard EN 2002-1 or EN 4267 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8108 90 30 | 20 | Bars, rods and wire of alloy of titanium and aluminium, containing by weight 1 % or more but not more than 2 % of aluminium, for use in the manufacture of silencers and exhaust pipes of subheadings 8708 92 or 8714 19 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8108 90 50 | 30 | —: exhaust systems for internal combustion engines or | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8108 90 50 | 40 | Titanium-alloy sheets for the manufacture of structural parts of aircrafts 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8108 90 50 | 50 | Plates, sheets, strips and foils of an alloy of titanium, copper and niobium, containing by weight 0,8 % or more but not more than 1,2 % of copper and 0,4 % or more but not more than 0,6 % of niobium | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8113 00 90 | 10 | Carrier plate of aluminium silicon carbide (AlSiC-9) for electronic circuits | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8407 33 90 | 10 | —: self-propelled lawn mowers, with a seat of sub-heading 8433 11 51 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8407 90 80 | 10 | |||
| ex 8407 90 90 | 10 | |||
| ex 8407 90 10 | 20 | Two-stroke internal combustion engines, having a cylinder capacity not exceeding 125 cm 3 , for the manufacture of lawnmowers of sub-heading 8433 11 or snowploughs and snow blowers of subheading 8430 20 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 8536 69 90 | 20 | Pitch connector for use in the manufacture of LCD television reception apparatus 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 9001 20 00 | 10 | Material consisting of a polarising film, whether or not on rolls, supported on one or both sides by transparent material | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2012 |
| ex 9405 40 39 | 10 | Ambient light module with a length of 300 mm or more, but not exceeding 600 mm, based on a light engine of a series of three3 or more, but not more than nine specific one chip red green and blue light emitting diodes mounted on a PCB, with light coupled to the front and/or back of the Flat TV set 1 | 0 % | 1.7.2008-31.12.2008 |
1 Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions (see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 ( OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1 ).
2 The specific additional duty is applicable.
Products referred to in Article 1(2):
| CN code | TARIC |
|---|---|
| 3815 90 90 | 85 |
| 3919 10 69 | 91 |
| 3919 90 69 | 96 |
| 5603 11 10 | 20 |
| 5603 11 90 | 20 |
| 5603 12 10 | 20 |
| 5603 12 90 | 50 |
| 7607 20 99 | 10 |
| 8108 90 50 | 30 |
| 8407 33 90 | 10 |
| 8407 90 80 | 10 |
| 8407 90 90 | 10 |
| 8407 90 10 | 20 |
| 8504 40 84 | 20 |
| 9001 20 00 | 10 |
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