Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1577 of 21 September 2020 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

1.Subheadings 3808 52 and 3808 59 cover only goods of heading 3808 , containing one or more of the following substances: alachlor (ISO); aldicarb (ISO); aldrin (ISO); azinphos-methyl (ISO); binapacryl (ISO); camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene); captafol (ISO); chlordane (ISO); chlordimeform (ISO); chlorobenzilate (ISO); DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane); dieldrin (ISO, INN); 4,6-dinitro-o-cresol (DNOC (ISO)) or its salts; dinoseb (ISO), its salts or its esters; endosulfan (ISO); ethylene dibromide (ISO) (1,2-dibromoethane); ethylene dichloride (ISO) (1,2-dichloroethane); fluoroacetamide (ISO); heptachlor (ISO); hexachlorobenzene (ISO); 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN); mercury compounds; methamidophos (ISO); monocrotophos (ISO); oxirane (ethylene oxide); parathion (ISO); parathion-methyl (ISO) (methyl-parathion); penta-and-octabromodiphenyl ethers; pentachlorophenol (ISO), its salts or its esters; perfluorooctane sulphonic acid and its salts; perfluorooctane sulphonamides; perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride; phosphamidon (ISO); 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts or its esters; tributyltin compounds.

Subheading 3808 59 also covers dustable powder formulations containing a mixture of benomyl (ISO), carbofuran (ISO) and thiram (ISO).

2.Subheadings 3808 61 to 3808 69 cover only goods of heading 3808 , containing alpha-cypermethrin (ISO), bendiocarb (ISO), bifenthrin (ISO), chlorfenapyr (ISO), cyfluthrin (ISO), deltamethrin (INN, ISO), etofenprox (INN), fenitrothion (ISO), lambda-cyhalothrin (ISO), malathion (ISO), pirimiphos-methyl (ISO) or propoxur (ISO).

3.Subheadings 3824 81 to 3824 88 cover only mixtures and preparations containing one or more of the following substances : oxirane (ethylene oxide), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs), tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate, aldrin (ISO), camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene), chlordane (ISO), chlordecone (ISO), DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane), dieldrin (ISO, INN), endosulfan (ISO), endrin (ISO), heptachlor (ISO), mirex (ISO), 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN), pentachlorobenzene (ISO), hexachlorobenzene (ISO), perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulphonamides, perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride or tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers.

4.For the purposes of subheadings 3825 41 and 3825 49 , ‘waste organic solvents’ are wastes containing mainly organic solvents, not fit for further use as presented as primary products, whether or not intended for recovery of the solvents.

| CN code | Description | Conventional rate of duty (%) | Supplementary unit |

| --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | | 3801 | Artificial graphite; colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite; preparations based on graphite or other carbon in the form of pastes, blocks, plates or other semi-manufactures : | | | | 3801 10 00 | – Artificial graphite | 3,6 | — | | 3801 20 | – Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite : | | | | 3801 20 10 | – – Colloidal graphite in suspension in oil; semi-colloidal graphite | 6,5 | — | | 3801 20 90 | – – Other | 4,1 | — | | 3801 30 00 | – Carbonaceous pastes for electrodes and similar pastes for furnace linings | 5,3 | — | | 3801 90 00 | – Other | 3,7 | — | | 3802 | Activated carbon; activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black : | | | | 3802 10 00 | – Activated carbon | 3,2 | — | | 3802 90 00 | – Other | 5,7 | — | | 3803 00 | Tall oil, whether or not refined : | | | | 3803 00 10 | – Crude | Free | — | | 3803 00 90 | – Other | 4,1 | — | | 3804 00 00 | Residual lyes from the manufacture of wood pulp, whether or not concentrated, desugared or chemically treated, including lignin sulphonates, but excluding tall oil of heading 3803 | 5 | — | | 3805 | Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine and other terpenic oils produced by the distillation or other treatment of coniferous woods; crude dipentene; sulphite turpentine and other crude para-cymene; pine oil containing alpha-terpineol as the main constituent : | | | | 3805 10 | – Gum, wood or sulphate turpentine oils : | | | | 3805 10 10 | – – Gum turpentine | 4 | — | | 3805 10 30 | – – Wood turpentine | 3,7 | — | | 3805 10 90 | – – Sulphate turpentine | 3,2 | — | | 3805 90 | – Other : | | | | 3805 90 10 | – – Pine oil | 3,7 | — | | 3805 90 90 | – – Other | 3,4 | — | | 3806 | Rosin and resin acids, and derivatives thereof; rosin spirit and rosin oils; run gums : | | | | 3806 10 00 | – Rosin and resin acids | 5 | — | | 3806 20 00 | – Salts of rosin, of resin acids or of derivatives of rosin or resin acids, other than salts of rosin adducts | 4,2 | — | | 3806 30 00 | – Ester gums | 6,5 | — | | 3806 90 00 | – Other | 4,2 | — | | 3807 00 | Wood tar; wood tar oils; wood creosote; wood naphtha; vegetable pitch; brewers' pitch and similar preparations based on rosin, resin acids or on vegetable pitch : | | | | 3807 00 10 | – Wood tar | 2,1 | — | | 3807 00 90 | – Other | 4,6 | — | | 3808 | Insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides, herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators, disinfectants and similar products, put up in forms or packings for retail sale or as preparations or articles (for example, sulphur-treated bands, wicks and candles, and fly-papers) : | | | | | – Goods specified in subheading note 1 to this chapter : | | | | 3808 52 00 | – – DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN)), in packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g | 6 | — | | 3808 59 00 | – – Other | 6 | — | | | – Goods specified in subheading note 2 to this chapter : | | | | 3808 61 00 | – – In packings of a net weight content not exceeding 300 g | 6 | — | | 3808 62 00 | – – In packings of a net weight content exceeding 300 g but not exceeding 7,5 kg | 6 | — | | 3808 69 00 | – – Other | 6 | — | | | – Other : | | | | 3808 91 | – – Insecticides : | | | | 3808 91 10 | – – – Based on pyrethroids | 6 | — | | 3808 91 20 | – – – Based on chlorinated hydrocarbons | 6 | — | | 3808 91 30 | – – – Based on carbamates | 6 | — | | 3808 91 40 | – – – Based on organophosphorus compounds | 6 | — | | 3808 91 90 | – – – Other | 6 | — | | 3808 92 | – – Fungicides : | | | | | – – – Inorganic: | | | | 3808 92 10 | – – – – Preparations based on copper compounds | 4,6 | — | | 3808 92 20 | – – – – Other | 6 | — | | | – – – Other: | | | | 3808 92 30 | – – – – Based on dithiocarbamates | 6 | — | | 3808 92 40 | – – – – Based on benzimidazoles | 6 | — | | 3808 92 50 | – – – – Based on diazoles or triazoles | 6 | — | | 3808 92 60 | – – – – Based on diazines or morpholines | 6 | — | | 3808 92 90 | – – – – Other | 6 | — | | 3808 93 | – – Herbicides, anti-sprouting products and plant-growth regulators : | | | | | – – – Herbicides: | | | | 3808 93 11 | – – – – Based on phenoxy-phytohormones | 6 | — | | 3808 93 13 | – – – – Based on triazines | 6 | — | | 3808 93 15 | – – – – Based on amides | 6 | — | | 3808 93 17 | – – – – Based on carbamates | 6 | — | | 3808 93 21 | – – – – Based on dinitroaniline derivatives | 6 | — | | 3808 93 23 | – – – – Based on derivatives of urea, of uracil or of sulphonylurea | 6 | — | | 3808 93 27 | – – – – Other | 6 | — | | 3808 93 30 | – – – Anti-sprouting products | 6 | — | | 3808 93 90 | – – – Plant-growth regulators | 6,5 | — | | 3808 94 | – – Disinfectants : | | | | 3808 94 10 | – – – Based on quaternary ammonium salts | 6 | — | | 3808 94 20 | – – – Based on halogenated compounds | 6 | — | | 3808 94 90 | – – – Other | 6 | — | | 3808 99 | – – Other : | | | | 3808 99 10 | – – – Rodenticides | 6 | — | | 3808 99 90 | – – – Other | 6 | — | | 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 : | | | | 3809 10 | – With a basis of amylaceous substances : | | | | 3809 10 10 | – – Containing by weight less than 55 % of such substances | 8,3 + 8,9 €/100 kg/net MAX 12,8 | — | | 3809 10 30 | – – Containing by weight 55 % or more but less than 70 % of such substances | 8,3 + 12,4 €/100 kg/net MAX 12,8 | — | | 3809 10 50 | – – Containing by weight 70 % or more but less than 83 % of such substances | 8,3 + 15,1 €/100 kg/net MAX 12,8 | — | | 3809 10 90 | – – Containing by weight 83 % or more of such substances | 8,3 + 17,7 €/100 kg/net MAX 12,8 | — | | | – Other : | | | | 3809 91 00 | – – Of a kind used in the textile or like industries | 6,3 | — | | 3809 92 00 | – – Of a kind used in the paper or like industries | 6,3 | — | | 3809 93 00 | – – Of a kind used in the leather or like industries | 6,3 | — | | 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 : | | | | 3810 10 00 | – Pickling preparations for metal surfaces; soldering, brazing or welding powders and pastes consisting of metal and other materials | 6,5 | — | | 3810 90 | – Other : | | | | 3810 90 10 | – – Preparations of a kind used as cores or coatings for welding electrodes and rods | 4,1 | — | | 3810 90 90 | – – Other | 5 | — | | 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 : | | | | | – Anti-knock preparations : | | | | 3811 11 | – – Based on lead compounds : | | | | 3811 11 10 | – – – Based on tetraethyl-lead | 6,5 | — | | 3811 11 90 | – – – Other | 5,8 | — | | 3811 19 00 | – – Other | 5,8 | — | | | – Additives for lubricating oils : | | | | 3811 21 00 | – – Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals | 5,3 | — | | 3811 29 00 | – – Other | 5,8 | — | | 3811 90 00 | – Other | 5,8 | — | | 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 : | | | | 3812 10 00 | – Prepared rubber accelerators | 6,3 | — | | 3812 20 | – Compound plasticisers for rubber or plastics : | | | | 3812 20 10 | – – Reaction mixture containing benzyl 3-isobutyryloxy-1-isopropyl-2,2-dimethylpropyl phthalate and benzyl 3-isobutyryloxy-2,2,4-trimethylpentyl phthalate | Free | — | | 3812 20 90 | – – Other | 6,5 | — | | | – Anti-oxidising preparations and other compound stabilisers for rubber or plastics : | | | | 3812 31 00 | – – Mixtures of oligomers of 2,2,4-trimethyl-1,2-dihydroquinoline (TMQ) | 6,5 | — | | 3812 39 | – – Other : | | | | 3812 39 10 | – – – Anti-oxidising preparations | 6,5 | — | | 3812 39 90 | – – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3813 00 00 | Preparations and charges for fire-extinguishers; charged fire-extinguishing grenades | 6,5 | — | | 3814 00 | Organic composite solvents and thinners, not elsewhere specified or included; prepared paint or varnish removers : | | | | 3814 00 10 | – Based on butyl acetate | 6,5 | — | | 3814 00 90 | – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3815 | Reaction initiators, reaction accelerators and catalytic preparations, not elsewhere specified or included : | | | | | – Supported catalysts : | | | | 3815 11 00 | – – With nickel or nickel compounds as the active substance | 6,5 | — | | 3815 12 00 | – – With precious metal or precious-metal compounds as the active substance | 6,5 | — | | 3815 19 | – – Other : | | | | 3815 19 10 | – – – Catalyst in the form of grains of which 90 % or more by weight have a particle-size not exceeding 10 micrometres, consisting of a mixture of oxides on a magnesium-silicate support, containing by weight: — 20 % or more but not more than 35 % of copper and — 2 % or more but not more than 3 % of bismuth, and of an apparent specific gravity of 0,2 or more but not exceeding 1,0 | Free | — | | 3815 19 90 | – – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3815 90 | – Other : | | | | 3815 90 10 | – – Catalyst consisting of ethyltriphenylphosphonium acetate in the form of a solution in methanol | Free | — | | 3815 90 90 | – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3816 00 00 | Refractory cements, mortars, concretes and similar compositions, other than products of heading 3801 | 2,7 | — | | 3817 00 | Mixed alkylbenzenes and mixed alkylnaphthalenes, other than those of heading 2707 or 2902 : | | | | 3817 00 50 | – Linear alkylbenzenes | 6,3 | — | | 3817 00 80 | – Other | 6,3 | — | | 3818 00 | Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in the form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics : | | | | 3818 00 10 | – Doped silicon | Free | — | | 3818 00 90 | – Other | Free | — | | 3819 00 00 | 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 | 6,5 | — | | 3820 00 00 | Anti-freezing preparations and prepared de-icing fluids | 6,5 | — | | 3821 00 00 | Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells | 5 | — | | 3822 00 00 | Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading 3002 or 3006 ; certified reference materials | Free | — | | 3823 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols : | | | | | – Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining : | | | | 3823 11 00 | – – Stearic acid | 5,1 | — | | 3823 12 00 | – – Oleic acid | 4,5 | — | | 3823 13 00 | – – Tall oil fatty acids | 2,9 | — | | 3823 19 | – – Other : | | | | 3823 19 10 | – – – Distilled fatty acids | 2,9 | — | | 3823 19 30 | – – – Fatty acid distillate | 2,9 | — | | 3823 19 90 | – – – Other | 2,9 | — | | 3823 70 00 | – Industrial fatty alcohols | 3,8 | — | | 3824 | Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not elsewhere specified or included : | | | | 3824 10 00 | – Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores | 6,5 | — | | 3824 30 00 | – Non-agglomerated metal carbides mixed together or with metallic binders | 5,3 | — | | 3824 40 00 | – Prepared additives for cements, mortars or concretes | 6,5 | — | | 3824 50 | – Non-refractory mortars and concretes : | | | | 3824 50 10 | – – Concrete ready to pour | 6,5 | — | | 3824 50 90 | – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3824 60 | – Sorbitol other than that of subheading 2905 44 : | | | | | – – In aqueous solution: | | | | 3824 60 11 | – – – Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content | 7,7 + 16,1 €/100 kg/net | — | | 3824 60 19 | – – – Other | 9,6 + 37,8 €/100 kg/net (¹) | — | | | – – Other: | | | | 3824 60 91 | – – – Containing 2 % or less by weight of D-mannitol, calculated on the D-glucitol content | 7,7 + 23 €/100 kg/net | — | | 3824 60 99 | – – – Other | 9,6 + 53,7 €/100 kg/net (¹) | — | | | – Mixtures containing halogenated derivatives of methane, ethane or propane : | | | | 3824 71 00 | – – Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 72 00 | – – Containing bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane or dibromotetrafluoroethanes | 6,5 | — | | 3824 73 00 | – – Containing hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 74 00 | – – Containing hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 75 00 | – – Containing carbon tetrachloride | 6,5 | — | | 3824 76 00 | – – Containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 77 00 | – – Containing bromomethane (methyl bromide) or bromochloromethane | 6,5 | — | | 3824 78 | – – Containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) : | | | | 3824 78 10 | – – – Containing only 1,1,1-trifluoroethane and pentafluoroethane (²) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 78 20 | – – – Containing only 1,1,1-trifluoroethane, pentafluoroethane and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (²) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 78 30 | – – – Containing only difluoromethane and pentafluoroethane (²) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 78 40 | – – – Containing only difluoromethane, pentafluoroethane and 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (²) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 78 80 | – – – Containing unsaturated hydrofluorocarbons (²) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 78 90 | – – – Other (²) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 79 00 | – – Other | 6,5 | — | | | – Goods specified in subheading note 3 to this chapter : | | | | 3824 81 00 | – – Containing oxirane (ethylene oxide) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 82 00 | – – Containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polychlorinated terphenyls (PCTs) or polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 83 00 | – – Containing tris(2,3-dibromopropyl) phosphate | 6,5 | — | | 3824 84 00 | – – Containing aldrin (ISO), camphechlor (ISO) (toxaphene), chlordane (ISO), chlordecone (ISO), DDT (ISO) (clofenotane (INN), 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(p-chlorophenyl)ethane), dieldrin (ISO, INN), endosulfan (ISO), endrin (ISO), heptachlor (ISO) or mirex (ISO) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 85 00 | – – Containing 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH (ISO)), including lindane (ISO, INN) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 86 00 | – – Containing pentachlorobenzene (ISO) or hexachlorobenzene (ISO) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 87 00 | – – Containing perfluorooctane sulphonic acid, its salts, perfluorooctane sulphonamides, or perfluorooctane sulphonyl fluoride | 6,5 | — | | 3824 88 00 | – – Containing tetra-, penta-, hexa-, hepta- or octabromodiphenyl ethers | 6,5 | — | | | – Other : | | | | 3824 91 00 | – – Mixtures and preparations consisting mainly of (5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl methyl methylphosphonate and bis[(5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphinan-5-yl)methyl] methylphosphonate | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 | – – Other : | | | | 3824 99 10 | – – – 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 | 5,7 | — | | 3824 99 15 | – – – Ion-exchangers | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 20 | – – – Getters for vacuum tubes | 6 | — | | 3824 99 25 | – – – Pyrolignites (for example, of calcium); crude calcium tartrate; crude calcium citrate | 5,1 | — | | 3824 99 30 | – – – Naphthenic acids, their water-insoluble salts and their esters | 3,2 | — | | | – – – Other: | | | | 3824 99 45 | – – – – Anti-scaling and similar compounds | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 50 | – – – – Preparations for electroplating | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 55 | – – – – Mixtures of mono-, di- and tri-, fatty acid esters of glycerol (emulsifiers for fats) | 6,5 | — | | | – – – – Cartridges and refills, filled, for electronic cigarettes; preparations for use in cartridges and refills for electronic cigarettes: | | | | 3824 99 56 | – – – – – Containing products of subheading 2939 79 10 | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 57 | – – – – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 58 | – – – – Nicotine patches (transdermal systems), intended to assist smokers to stop smoking | Free | — | | | – – – – Products and preparations for pharmaceutical or surgical uses: | | | | 3824 99 61 | – – – – – Intermediate products of the antibiotics manufacturing process obtained from the fermentation of Streptomyces tenebrarius, whether or not dried, for use in the manufacture of human medicaments of heading 3004  (³) | Free | — | | 3824 99 62 | – – – – – Intermediate products from the manufacture of monensin salts | Free | — | | 3824 99 64 | – – – – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 65 | – – – – Auxiliary products for foundries (other than those of subheading 3824 10 00 ) | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 70 | – – – – Fireproofing, waterproofing and similar protective preparations used in the building industry | 6,5 | — | | | – – – – Other: | | | | 3824 99 75 | – – – – – Lithium niobate wafer, undoped | Free | — | | 3824 99 80 | – – – – – Mixture of amines derived from dimerised fatty acids, of an average molecular weight of 520 or more but not exceeding 550 | Free | — | | 3824 99 85 | – – – – – 3-(1-Ethyl-1-methylpropyl)isoxazol-5-ylamine, in the form of a solution in toluene | Free | — | | 3824 99 86 | – – – – – Mixtures consisting mainly of dimethyl methylphosphonate, oxirane and diphosphorus pentaoxide | 6,5 | — | | | – – – – – Chemical products or preparations, predominantly composed of organic compounds, not elsewhere specified or included: | | | | 3824 99 92 | – – – – – – In the form of a liquid at 20 °C | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 93 | – – – – – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3824 99 96 | – – – – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3825 | Residual products of the chemical or allied industries, not elsewhere specified or included; municipal waste; sewage sludge; other wastes specified in note 6 to this chapter : | | | | 3825 10 00 | – Municipal waste | 6,5 | — | | 3825 20 00 | – Sewage sludge | 6,5 | — | | 3825 30 00 | – Clinical waste | 6,5 | — | | | – Waste organic solvents : | | | | 3825 41 00 | – – Halogenated | 6,5 | — | | 3825 49 00 | – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3825 50 00 | – Wastes of metal-pickling liquors, hydraulic fluids, brake fluids and anti-freeze fluids | 6,5 | — | | | – Other wastes from chemical or allied industries : | | | | 3825 61 00 | – – Mainly containing organic constituents | 6,5 | — | | 3825 69 00 | – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3825 90 | – Other : | | | | 3825 90 10 | – – Alkaline iron oxide for the purification of gas | 5 | — | | 3825 90 90 | – – Other | 6,5 | — | | 3826 00 | Biodiesel and mixtures thereof, not containing or containing less than 70 % by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals : | | | | 3826 00 10 | – Fatty-acid mono-alkyl esters, containing by weight 96,5 % or more of esters (FAMAE) | 6,5 | — | | 3826 00 90 | – Other | 6,5 | — | | (¹) Ad valorem duty rate reduced to 9 % (autonomous suspension) for an indefinite period. (²) Statistical TARIC codes: see Annex 10. (³) Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union (see Article 254 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 269, 10.10.2013, p. 1)). | | | |

SECTION VII

PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF

Notes

1.Goods put up in sets consisting of two or more separate constituents, some or all of which fall in this section and are intended to be mixed together to obtain a product of Section VI or VII, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to that product, provided that the constituents are:

(a) having regard to the manner in which they are put up, clearly identifiable as being intended to be used together without first being repacked;

(b) presented together; and

(c) identifiable, whether by their nature or by the relative proportions in which they are present, as being complementary one to another.

2.Except for the goods of heading 3918 or 3919 , plastics, rubber, and articles thereof, printed with motifs, characters or pictorial representations, which are not merely incidental to the primary use of the goods, fall in Chapter 49.

1.Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘plastics’ means those materials of headings 3901 to 3914 which are or have been capable, either at the moment of polymerisation or at some subsequent stage, of being formed under external influence (usually heat and pressure, if necessary with a solvent or plasticiser) by moulding, casting, extruding, rolling or other process into shapes which are retained on the removal of the external influence.

Throughout the nomenclature, any reference to ‘plastics’ also includes vulcanised fibre. The expression, however, does not apply to materials regarded as textile materials of Section XI.

2.This chapter does not cover:

(a) lubricating preparations of heading 2710 or 3403 ;

(b) waxes of heading 2712 or 3404 ;

(c) separate chemically defined organic compounds (Chapter 29);

(d) heparin or its salts (heading 3001 );

(e) solutions (other than collodions) consisting of any of the products specified in headings 3901 to 3913 in volatile organic solvents when the weight of the solvent exceeds 50 % of the weight of the solution (heading 3208 ); stamping foils of heading 3212 ;

(f) organic surface-active agents or preparations of heading 3402 ;

(g) run gums or ester gums (heading 3806 );

(h) prepared additives for mineral oils (including gasoline) or for other liquids used for the same purposes as mineral oils (heading 3811 );

(ij) prepared hydraulic fluids based on polyglycols, silicones or other polymers of Chapter 39 (heading 3819 );

(k) diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing of plastics (heading 3822 );

(l) synthetic rubber, as defined for the purposes of Chapter 40, or articles thereof;

(m) saddlery or harness (heading 4201 ) or trunks, suitcases, handbags or other containers of heading 4202 ;

(n) plaits, wickerwork or other articles of Chapter 46;

(o) wallcoverings of heading 4814 ;

(p) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);

(q) articles of Section XII (for example, footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking sticks, whips, riding-crops or parts thereof);

(r) imitation jewellery of heading 7117 ;

(s) articles of Section XVI (machines and mechanical or electrical appliances);

(t) parts of aircraft or vehicles of Section XVII;

(u) articles of Chapter 90 (for example, optical elements, spectacle frames, drawing instruments);

(v) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clock or watch cases);

(w) articles of Chapter 92 (for example, musical instruments or parts thereof);

(x) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, prefabricated buildings);

(y) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); or

(z) articles of Chapter 96 (for example, brushes, buttons, slide fasteners, combs, mouthpieces or stems for smoking pipes, cigarette-holders or the like, parts of vacuum flasks or the like, pens, propelling pencils, and monopods, bipods, tripods and similar articles).

3.Headings 3901 to 3911 apply only to goods of a kind produced by chemical synthesis, falling in the following categories:

(a) liquid synthetic polyolefins of which less than 60 % by volume distils at 300 °C, after conversion to 1 013 mbar when a reduced-pressure distillation method is used (headings 3901 and 3902 );

(b) resins, not highly polymerised, of the coumarone-indene type (heading 3911 );

(c) other synthetic polymers with an average of at least five monomer units;

(d) silicones (heading 3910 );

(e) resols (heading 3909 ) and other prepolymers.

4.The expression ‘copolymers’ covers all polymers in which no single monomer unit contributes 95 % or more by weight to the total polymer content.

For the purposes of this chapter, except where the context otherwise requires, copolymers (including co-polycondensates, co-polyaddition products, block copolymers and graft copolymers) and polymer blends are to be classified in the heading covering polymers of that comonomer unit which predominates by weight over every other single comonomer unit. For the purposes of this note, constituent comonomer units of polymers falling in the same heading shall be taken together.

If no single comonomer unit predominates, copolymers or polymer blends, as the case may be, are to be classified in the heading which occurs last in numerical order among those which equally merit consideration.

5.Chemically modified polymers, that is those in which only appendages to the main polymer chain have been changed by chemical reaction, are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the unmodified polymer. This provision does not apply to graft copolymers.

6.In headings 3901 to 3914 , the expression ‘primary forms’ applies only to the following forms:

(a) liquids and pastes, including dispersions (emulsions and suspensions) and solutions;

(b) blocks of irregular shape, lumps, powders (including moulding powders), granules, flakes and similar bulk forms.

7.Heading 3915 does not apply to waste, parings and scrap of a single thermoplastic material, transformed into primary forms (headings 3901 to 3914 ).

8.For the purposes of heading 3917 , the expression ‘tubes, pipes and hoses’ means hollow products, whether semi-manufactured or finished products, of a kind generally used for conveying, conducting or distributing gases or liquids (for example, ribbed garden hose, perforated tubes). This expression also includes sausage casings and other lay-flat tubing. However, except for the last mentioned, those having an internal cross-section other than round, oval, rectangular (in which the length does not exceed one-and-a-half times the width) or in the shape of a regular polygon are not to be regarded as tubes, pipes and hoses but as profile shapes.

9.For the purposes of heading 3918 , the expression ‘wall or ceiling coverings of plastics’ applies to products in rolls, of a width not less than 45 cm, suitable for wall or ceiling decoration, consisting of plastics fixed permanently on a backing of any material other than paper, the layer of plastics (on the face side) being grained, embossed, coloured, design-printed or otherwise decorated.

10.In headings 3920 and 3921 , the expression ‘plates, sheets, film, foil and strip’ applies only to plates, sheets, film, foil and strip (other than those of Chapter 54) and to blocks of regular geometric shape, whether or not printed or otherwise surface-worked, uncut or cut into rectangles (including squares) but not further worked (even if when so cut they become articles ready for use).

11.Heading 3925 applies only to the following articles, not being products covered by any of the earlier headings of sub-chapter II:

(a) reservoirs, tanks (including septic tanks), vats and similar containers, of a capacity exceeding 300 litres;

(b) structural elements used, for example, in floors, walls or partitions, ceilings or roofs;

(c) gutters and fittings therefor;

(d) doors, windows and their frames and thresholds for doors;

(e) balconies, balustrades, fencing, gates and similar barriers;

(f) shutters, blinds (including venetian blinds) and similar articles and parts and fittings thereof;

(g) large-scale shelving for assembly and permanent installation, for example, in shops, workshops, warehouses;

(h) ornamental architectural features, for example, flutings, cupolas, dovecotes; and

(ij) fittings and mountings intended for permanent installation in or on doors, windows, staircases, walls or other parts of buildings, for example, knobs, handles, hooks, brackets, towel rails, switch-plates and other protective plates.

1.Within any one heading of this chapter, polymers (including copolymers) and chemically modified polymers are to be classified according to the following provisions:

(a) where there is a subheading named ‘Other’ in the same series: (1) the designation in a subheading of a polymer by the prefix ‘poly’ (for example, polyethylene and polyamide-6,6) means that the constituent monomer unit or monomer units of the named polymer taken together must contribute 95 % or more by weight of the total polymer content; (2) the copolymers named in subheadings 3901 30 , 3901 40 , 3903 20 , 3903 30 and 3904 30 are to be classified in those subheadings, provided that the comonomer units of the named copolymers contribute 95 % or more by weight of the total polymer content; (3) chemically modified polymers are to be classified in the subheading named ‘Other’, provided that the chemically modified polymers are not more specifically covered by another subheading; (4) polymers not meeting (1), (2) or (3) above, are to be classified in the subheading, among the remaining subheadings in the series, covering polymers of that monomer unit which predominates by weight over every other single comonomer unit. For this purpose, constituent monomer units of polymers falling in the same subheading shall be taken together. Only the constituent comonomer units of the polymers in the series of subheadings under consideration are to be compared;

(b) where there is no subheading named ‘Other’ in the same series: (1) polymers are to be classified in the subheading covering polymers of that monomer unit which predominates by weight over every other single comonomer unit. For this purpose, constituent monomer units of polymers falling in the same subheading shall be taken together. Only the constituent comonomer units of the polymers in the series under consideration are to be compared; (2) chemically modified polymers are to be classified in the subheading appropriate to the unmodified polymer.

Polymer blends are to be classified in the same subheading as polymers of the same monomer units in the same proportions.

2.For the purposes of subheading 3920 43 , the term ‘plasticisers’ includes secondary plasticisers.

1.Where the woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens are present merely for reinforcing purposes, gloves, mittens or mitts impregnated, coated or covered with cellular plastics belong to Chapter 39, even if they are:

— made up from woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics (other than those of heading 5903 ), felt or nonwovens impregnated, coated or covered with cellular plastics, or

— made up from unimpregnated, uncoated or uncovered woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens and subsequently impregnated, coated or covered with cellular plastics.

(Note 3(c) to Chapter 56 and note 2(a)(5) to Chapter 59).

1.Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the nomenclature the expression ‘rubber’ means the following products, whether or not vulcanised or hard: natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle and similar natural gums, synthetic rubber, factice derived from oils, and such substances reclaimed.

2.This chapter does not cover:

(a) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles);

(b) footwear or parts thereof of Chapter 64;

(c) headgear or parts thereof (including bathing caps) of Chapter 65;

(d) mechanical or electrical appliances or parts thereof of Section XVI (including electrical goods of all kinds), of hard rubber;

(e) articles of Chapter 90, 92, 94 or 96; or

(f) articles of Chapter 95 (other than sports gloves, mittens and mitts and articles of headings 4011 to 4013 ).

3.In headings 4001 to 4003 and 4005 , the expression ‘primary forms’ applies only to the following forms:

(a) liquids and pastes (including latex, whether or not pre-vulcanised, and other dispersions and solutions);

(b) blocks of irregular shape, lumps, bales, powders, granules, crumbs and similar bulk forms.

4.In note 1 to this chapter and in heading 4002 , the expression ‘synthetic rubber’ applies to:

(a) unsaturated synthetic substances which can be irreversibly transformed by vulcanisation with sulphur into non-thermoplastic substances which, at a temperature between 18 and 29 °C, will not break on being extended to three times their original length and will return, after being extended to twice their original length, within a period of five minutes, to a length not greater than one-and-a-half times their original length. For the purposes of this test, substances necessary for the cross-linking, such as vulcanising activators or accelerators, may be added; the presence of substances as provided for by note 5(B)(2) and (3) is also permitted. However, the presence of any substances not necessary for the cross-linking, such as extenders, plasticisers and fillers, is not permitted;

(b) thioplasts (TM); and

(c) natural rubber modified by grafting or mixing with plastics, depolymerised natural rubber, mixtures of unsaturated synthetic substances with saturated synthetic high polymers provided that all the abovementioned products comply with the requirements concerning vulcanisation, elongation and recovery in (a) above.

(1) vulcanising agents, accelerators, retarders or activators (other than those added for the preparation of pre-vulcanised rubber latex); (2) pigments or other colouring matter, other than those added solely for the purpose of identification; (3) plasticisers or extenders (except mineral oil in the case of oil-extended rubber), fillers, reinforcing agents, organic solvents or any other substances, except those permitted under (B). (B) The presence of the following substances in any rubber or mixture of rubbers shall not affect its classification in heading 4001 or 4002 , as the case may be, provided that such rubber or mixture of rubbers retains its essential character as a raw material: (1) emulsifiers or anti-tack agents; (2) small amounts of breakdown products of emulsifiers; (3) very small amounts of the following: heat-sensitive agents (generally, for obtaining thermosensitive rubber latexes), cationic surface-active agents (generally, for obtaining electropositive rubber latexes), antioxidants, coagulants, crumbling agents, freeze-resisting agents, peptisers, preservatives, stabilisers, viscosity-control agents, or similar special-purpose additives.

6.For the purposes of heading 4004 , the expression ‘waste, parings and scrap’ means rubber waste, parings and scrap from the manufacture or working of rubber and rubber goods definitely not usable as such because of cutting-up, wear or other reasons.

7.Thread wholly of vulcanised rubber, of which any cross-sectional dimension exceeds 5 mm, is to be classified as strip, rods or profile shapes, of heading 4008 .

8.Heading 4010 includes conveyor or transmission belts or belting of textile fabric impregnated, coated, covered or laminated with rubber or made from textile yarn or cord impregnated, coated, covered or sheathed with rubber.

9.In headings 4001 , 4002 , 4003 , 4005 and 4008 , the expressions ‘plates’, ‘sheets’ and ‘strip’ apply only to plates, sheets and strip and to blocks of regular geometric shape, uncut or simply cut to rectangular (including square) shape, whether or not having the character of articles and whether or not printed or otherwise surface-worked, but not otherwise cut to shape or further worked.

In heading 4008 , the expressions ‘rods’ and ‘profile shapes’ apply only to such products, whether or not cut to length or surface-worked but not otherwise worked.

1.Where the woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens are present merely for reinforcing purposes, gloves, mittens or mitts impregnated, coated or covered with cellular rubber belong to Chapter 40, even if they are:

— made up from woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics (other than those of heading 5906 ), felt or nonwovens impregnated, coated or covered with cellular rubber, or

— made up from unimpregnated, uncoated or uncovered woven, knitted or crocheted fabrics, felt or nonwovens and subsequently impregnated, coated or covered with cellular rubber.

(Note 3(c) to Chapter 56 and note 4, last paragraph, to Chapter 59).

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