Agreement on trade in information technology products - Implementation of the Ministerial Declaration on trade in information technology products (WTO)
L_1997155EN. 01000301. xml 12. 6. 1997    EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 155/3 AGREEMENT on trade in information technology products WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 13 December 1996 MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE Singapore, 9-13 December 1996 MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON TRADE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS Singapore, 13 December 1996 MINISTERS, REPRESENTING the following Members of the World Trade Organization (‘WTO’), and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO, which have agreed in Singapore on the expansion of world trade in information technology products and which account for well over 80 per cent of world trade in these products (‘parties’):   Australia   Canada   European Communities   Hong Kong   Iceland   Indonesia   Japan   Korea   Norway   Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu   Singapore   Switzerland (1)   Turkey   United States CONSIDERING the key role of trade in information technology products in the development of information industries and in the dynamic expansion of the world economy, RECOGNIZING the goals of raising standards of living and expanding the production of and trade in goods, DESIRING to achieve maximum freedom of world trade in information technology products, DESIRING to encourage the continued technological development of the information technology industry on a world-wide basis, MINDFUL of the positive contribution information technology makes to global economic growth and welfare, HAVING agreed to put into effect the results of these negotiations which involve concessions additional to those included in the Schedules attached to the Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and RECOGNIZING that the results of these negotiations also involve some concessions offered in negotiations leading to the establishment of Schedules annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol, DECLARE as follows: 1. Each party's trade regime should evolve in a manner that enhances market access opportunities for information technology products. 2. Pursuant to the modalities set forth in the Annex to this Declaration, each party shall bind and eliminate customs duties and other duties and charges of any kind, within the meaning of Article II:1 (b) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, with respect to the following: (a) all products classified (or classifiable) with Harmonized System (1996) (‘HS’) headings listed in Attachment A to the Annex to this Declaration, and (b) all products specified in Attachment B to the Annex to this Declaration, whether or not they are included in Attachment A, through equal rate reductions of customs duties beginning in 1997 and concluding in 2000, recognizing that extended staging of reductions and, before implementation, expansion of product coverage may be necessary in limited circumstances. 3. Ministers express satisfaction about the large product coverage outlined in the Attachments to the Annex to this Declaration. They instruct their respective officials to make good faith efforts to finalize plurilateral technical discussions in Geneva on the basis of these modalities, and instruct these officials to complete this work by 31 January 1997, so as to ensure the implementation of this Declaration by the largest number of participants. 4. Ministers invite the Ministers of other Members of the WTO, and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO, to provide similar instructions to their respective officials, so that they may participate in the technical discussions referred to in paragraph 3 above and participate fully in the expansion of world trade in information technology products. Annex: Modalities and product coverage Attachment A: list of HS headings Attachment B: list of products (1)  On behalf of the customs union Switzerland and Liechtenstein. ANNEX MODALITIES AND PRODUCT COVERAGE Any Member of the World Trade Organization, or State or separate customs territory in the process of acceding to the WTO, may participate in the expansion of world trade in information technology products in accordance with the following modalities: 1. Each participant shall incorporate the measures described in paragraph 2 of the Declaration into its schedule to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and, in addition, at either its own tariff line level or the Harmonized System (1996) (‘HS’) 6-digit level in either its official tariff or any other published versions of the tariff schedule, whichever is ordinarily used by importers and exporters. Each participant that is not a Member of the WTO shall implement these measures on an autonomous basis, pending completion of its WTO accession, and shall incorporate these measures into its WTO market access schedule for goods. 2. To this end, as early as possible and no later than 1 March 1997 each participant shall provide all other participants a document containing (a) the details concerning how the appropriate duty treatment will be provided in its WTO schedule of concessions, and (b) a list of the detailed HS headings involved for products specified in Attachment B. These documents will be reviewed and approved on a consensus basis and this review process shall be completed no later than 1 April 1997. As soon as this review process has been completed for any such document, that document shall be submitted as a modification to the schedule of the participant concerned, in accordance with the Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25). (a) The concessions to be proposed by each participant as modifications to its schedule shall bind and eliminate all customs duties and other duties and charges of any kind on information technology products as follows: (i) elimination of such customs duties shall take place through rate reductions in equal steps, except as may be otherwise agreed by the participants. Unless otherwise agreed by the participants, each participant shall bind all tariffs on items listed in the Attachments no later than 1 July 1997, and shall make the first such rate reduction effective no later than 1 July 1997, the second such rate reduction no later than 1 January 1998, and the third such rate reduction no later than 1 January 1999, and the elimination of customs duties shall be effective no later than 1 January 2000. The participants agree to encourage autonomous elimination of customs duties prior to these dates. The reduced rate should in each stage be rounded off to the first decimal, and (ii) elimination of such other duties and charges of any kind, within the meaning of Article II:1 (b) of the General Agreement, shall be completed by 1 July 1997, except as may be otherwise specified in the participant's document provided to other participants for review. (b) The modifications to its schedule to be proposed by a participant in order to implement its binding and elimination of customs duties on information technology products shall achieve this result: (i) in the case of the HS headings listed in Attachment A, by creating, where appropriate, subdivisions in its schedule at the national tariff line level, and (ii) in the case of the products specified in Attachment B, by attaching an annex to its schedule including all products in Attachment B, which is to specify the detailed HS headings for those products at either the national tariff line level or the HS 6-digit level. Each participant shall promptly modify its national tariff schedule to reflect the modifications it has proposed, as soon as they have entered into effect. 3. Participants shall meet periodically under the auspices of the Council on Trade in Goods to review the product coverage specified in the Attachments, with a view to agreeing by consensus whether, in the light of technological developments, experience in applying the tariff concessions, or changes to the HS nomenclature, the Attachments should be modified to incorporate additional products, and to consult on non-tariff barriers to trade in information technology products. Such consultations shall be without prejudice to rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement. 4. Participants shall meet as soon as practicable and in any case no later than 1 April 1997 to review the state of acceptances received and to assess the conclusions to be drawn therefrom. Participants will implement the actions foreseen in the Declaration provided that participants representing approximately 90 per cent of world trade (1) in information technology products have by then notified their acceptance, and provided that the staging has been agreed to the participants' satisfaction. In assessing whether to implement actions foreseen in the Declaration, if the percentage of world trade represented by participants falls somewhat short of 90 per cent of world trade in information technology products, participants may take into account the extent of the participation of States or separate customs territories representing for them the substantial bulk of their own trade in such products. At this meeting the participants will establish whether these criteria have been met. 5. Participants shall meet as often as necessary and no later than 30 September 1997 to consider any divergence among them in classifying information technology products, beginning with the products specified in Attachment B. Participants agree on the common objective of achieving, where appropriate, a common classification for these products within existing HS nomenclature, giving consideration to interpretations and rulings of the Customs Cooperation Council (also known as the World Customs Organization or ‘WCO’). In any instance in which a divergence in classification remains, participants will consider whether a joint suggestion could be made to the WCO with regard to updating existing HS nomenclature or resolving divergence in interpretation of the HS nomenclature. 6. The participants understand that Article XXIII of the General Agreement will address nullification or impairment of benefits accruing directly or indirectly to a WTO Member participant through the implementation of this Declaration as a result of the application by another WTO Member participant of any measure, whether or not that measure conflicts with the provisions of the General Agreement. 7. Each participant shall afford sympathetic consideration to any request for consultation from any other participant concerning the undertakings set out above. Such consultations shall be without prejudice to rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement. 8. Participants acting under the auspices of the Council for Trade in Goods shall inform other Members of the WTO and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO of these modalities and initiate consultations with a view to facilitate their participation in the expansion of trade in information technology products on the basis of the Declaration. 9. As used in these modalities, the term ‘participant’ shall mean those Members of the WTO, or States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO, that provide the document described in paragraph 2 no later than 1 March 1997. 10. This Annex shall be open for acceptance by all Members of the WTO and any State or any separate customs territory in the process of acceding to the WTO. Acceptances shall be notified in writing to the Director-General who shall communicate them to all participants. There are two Attachments to the Annex. Attachment A lists the HS headings or parts thereof to be covered. Attachment B lists specific products to be covered by an ITA wherever they are classified in the HS. (1)  This percentage shall be calculated by the WTO Secretariat on the basis of the most recent data available at the time of the meeting. Attachment A, Section 1 HS 96 HS description 3818 Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics 8469 11 Word processing machines 8470 Calculating machines and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with a calculating function; accounting machines, postage franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device; cash registers: 8470 10 Electronic calculators capable of operating without an external source of electric power and pocket size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions 8470 21 Other electronic calculating machines incorporating a printing device 8470 29 Other 8470 30 Other calculating machines 8470 40 Accounting machines 8470 50 Cash registers 8470 90 Other 8471 Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included: 8471 10 Analogue or hybrid automatic data processing machines 8471 30 Portable digital automatic data processing machines, weighing no more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display 8471 41 Other digital automatic data processing machines comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined 8471 49 Other digital automatic data processing machines presented in the form of systems 8471 50 Digital processing units other than those of subheading 8471 41 and 8471 49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of units: storage units, input units, output units 8471 60 Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing 8471 70 Storage units, including central storage units, optical disk storage units, hard disk drives and magnetic tape storage units 8471 80 Other units of automatic data processing machines 8471 90 Other ex 8472 90 Automatic teller machines 8473 21 Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8470 of the electronic calculating machines of subheading 8470 10, 8470 21 and 8470 29 8473 29 Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8470 other than the electronic calculating machines of subheading 8470 10, 8470 21 and 8470 29 8473 30 Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8471 8473 50 Parts and accessories equally suitable for use with machines of two or more of the headings Nos 8469 to 8472 ex 8504 40 Static converters for automatic data processing machines and units thereof, and telecommunication apparatus ex 8504 50 Other inductors for power supplies for automatic data processing machines and units thereof, and telecommunication apparatus 8517 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones: 8517 11 Line telephone sets with cordless handsets 8517 19 Other telephone sets and videophones 8517 21 Facsimile machines 8517 22 Teleprinters 8517 30 Telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus 8517 50 Other apparatus, for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems 8517 80 Other apparatus including entry-phone systems 8517 90 Parts of apparatus of heading 8517 ex 8518 10 Microphones having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter not exceeding 10 mm and a height not exceeding 3 mm, for telecommunication use ex 8518 30 Line telephone handsets ex 8518 29 Loudspeakers, without housing, having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter not exceeding 50 mm, for telecommunication use 8520 20 Telephone answering machines 8523 11 Magnetic tapes of a width not exceeding 4 mm 8523 12 Magnetic tapes of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 6,5 mm 8523 13 Magnetic tapes of a width exceeding 6,5 mm 8523 20 Magnetic discs 8523 90 Other 8524 31 Discs for laser reading systems for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image ex 8524 39 Other: — for reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data processing machine 8524 40 Magnetic tapes for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image 8524 91 Media for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image ex 8424 99 Other: — for reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data processing machine ex 8525 10 Transmission apparatus other than apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television 8525 20 Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus ex 8525 40 Digital still image video cameras ex 8527 90 Portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging ex 8529 10 Aerials or antennae of a kind used with apparatus for radio-telephony and radio-telegraphy ex 8529 90 Parts of: transmission apparatus other than apparatus for radio-broadcasting or television transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus digital still image video cameras portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging 8531 20 Indicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) or light emitting diodes (LED) ex 8531 90 Parts of apparatus of subheading 8531 20 8532 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set): 8532 10 Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a reactive power handling capacity of not less than 0,5 kvar (power capacitors) 8532 21 Tantalum fixed capacitors 8532 22 Aluminium electrolytic fixed capacitors 8532 23 Ceramic dielectric, single layer fixed capacitors 8532 24 Ceramic dielectric, multilayer fixed capacitors 8532 25 Dielectric fixed capacitors of paper or plastics 8532 29 Other fixed capacitors 8532 30 Variable or adjustable (pre-set) capacitors 8532 90 Parts 8533 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors: 8533 10 Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types 853 321 Other fixed resistors for a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W 8533 29 Other fixed resistors for a power handling capacity of 20 W or more 8533 31 Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers, for a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W 8533 39 Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers, for a power handling capacity of 20 W or more 8533 40 Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers 8533 90 Parts 8534 Printed circuits ex 8536 50 Electronic AC switches consisting of optically coupled input and output circuits (Insulated thyristor AC switches) ex 8536 50 Electronic switches, including temperature protected electronic switches, consisting of a transistor and a logic chip (chip-on-chip technology) for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 V ex 8536 50 Electromechanical snap-action switches for a current not exceeding 11 amps ex 8536 69 Plugs and sockets for co-axial cables and printed circuits ex 8536 90 Connection and contact elements for wires and cables 8541 Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes; mounted piezo-electric crystals: 8541 10 Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes 8541 21 Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors, with a dissipation rate of less than 1 W 8541 29 Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors, with a dissipation rate of 1 W or more 8541 30 Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices 8541 40 Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light emitting diodes 8541 50 Other semiconductor devices 8541 60 Mounted piezo-electric crystals 8541 90 Parts 8542 Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies 8542 12 Cards incorporating an electronic integrated circuit (‘smart’ cards) 8542 13 Metal oxide semiconductors (MOS technology) 8542 14 Circuits obtained by bipolar technology 8542 19 Other monolithic digital integrated circuits, including circuits obtained by a combination of bipolar and MOS technologies (BIMOS technology) 8542 30 Other monolithic integrated circuits 8542 40 Hybrid integrated circuits 8542 50 Electronic microassemblies 8542 90 Parts 8543 81 Proximity cards and tags ex 8543 89 Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions ex 8544 41 Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V, fitted with connectors, of a kind used for telecommunications ex 8544 49 Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V, not fitted with connectors, of a kind used for telecommunications ex 8544 51 Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 80 V but not exceeding 1000 V, fitted with connectors, of a kind used for telecommunications 8544 70 Optical fibre cables 9009 11 Electrostatic photocopying apparatus, operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process) 9009 21 Other photocopying apparatus, incorporating an optical system 9009 90 Parts and accessories 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 Nos 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032: 9026 10 Instruments for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids 9026 20 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure 9026 80 Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking of heading 9026 9026 90 Parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus of heading 9026 9027 20 Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments 9027 30 Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) 9027 50 Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) of heading No 9027 9027 80 Other instruments and apparatus of heading No 9027 (other than those of heading No 9027 10) ex 9027 90 Parts and accessories of products of heading 9027, other than for gas or smoke analysis apparatus and microtomes 9030 40 Instruments and apparatus for measuring and checking, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distorsion factor meters, photometers) Attachment A, Section 2 Semiconductor manufacturing and testing equipment and parts thereof HS code Description Comments ex 7017 10 Quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for production of semiconductor wafers For Attachment B ex 8419 89 Chemical vapor deposition apparatus for semiconductor production For Attachment B ex 8419 90 Parts of chemical vapor deposition apparatus for semiconductor production For Attachment B ex 8421 19 Spin dryers for semiconductor wafer processing   ex 8421 91 Parts of spin dryers for semiconductor wafer processing   ex 8424 89 Deflash machines for cleaning and removing contaminants from the metal leads of semiconductor packages prior to the electroplating process   ex 8424 89 Spraying appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers   ex 8424 90 Parts of spraying appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers   ex 8456 10 Machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photo beam in the production of semiconductor wafers   ex 8456 91 Apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers For Attachment B 8456 91 Machines for dry-etching patterns on semiconductor materials   ex 8456 99 Focused ion beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticles for patterns on semiconductor devices   ex 8456 99 Lasercutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beam For Attachment B ex 8464 10 Machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chips For Attachment B ex 8464 20 Grinding, polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafers   ex 8464 90 Dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers   ex 8466 91 Parts for machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chips For Attachment B ex 8466 91 Parts of dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers For Attachment B ex 8466 91 Parts of grinding, polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafers   ex 8466 93 Parts of focused ion beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticles for patterns on semiconductor devices   ex 8466 93 Parts of lasercutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beam For Attachment B ex 8466 93 Parts of machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photo beam in the production of semiconductor wafers   ex 8466 93 Parts of apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers For Attachment B ex 8466 93 Parts of machines for dry-etching patterns on semiconductor materials   ex 8477 10 Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors For Attachment B ex 8477 90 Parts of encapsulation equipment For Attachment B ex 8479 50 Automated machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, wafer cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devices For Attachment B ex 8479 89 Apparatus for growing or pulling rnonocrystal semiconductor boules   ex 8479 89 Apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafers For Attachment B ex 8479 89 Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays For Attachment B ex 8479 89 Die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of semiconductors For Attachment B ex 8479 89 Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors For Attachment B ex 8479 89 Epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafers   ex 8479 89 Machines for bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leads For Attachment B ex 8479 89 Physical deposition apparatus for semiconductor production For Attachment B ex 8479 89 Spinners for coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafers For Attachment B ex 8479 90 Part of apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafers For Attachment B ex 8479 90 Parts for die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of semiconductors For Attachment B ex 8479 90 Parts for spinners for coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafers For Attachment B ex 8479 90 Parts of apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boules   ex 8479 90 Parts of apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductors wafers and flat panel displays For Attachment B ex 8479 90 Parts of automated machines for transport, handling and storage for semiconductor wafers, wafer cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devices For Attachment B ex 8479 90 Parts of encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors For Attachment B ex 8479 90 Parts of epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafers   ex 8479 90 Parts of machines for bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leads For Attachment B ex 847 990 Parts of physical deposition apparatus for semiconductor production For Attachment B ex 8480 71 Injection and compression moulds for the manufacture of semiconductor devices   ex 8514 10 Resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers   ex 8514 20 Inductance or dielectric furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductors wafers   ex 8514 30 Apparatus for rapid heating of semiconductor wafers For Attachment B ex 8514 30 Parts of resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers   ex 8514 90 Parts of apparatus for rapid heating of wafers For Attachment B ex 8514 90 Parts of furnaces and ovens of Headings No 841410 to No 8514 30   ex 8536 90 Wafer probers For Attachment B 8543 11 Ion implanters for doping semiconductor materials   ex 8543 30 Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays For Attachment B ex 8543 90 Parts of apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays For Attachment B ex 8543 90 Parts of ion implanters for doping semiconductor materials   9010 41 to 9010 49 Apparatus for projection, drawing or plating circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor materials and flat panel displays   ex 9010 90 Parts and accessories of the apparatus of Headings No 9010 41 to 9010 49   ex 9011 10 Optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles For Attachment B ex 9011 20 Photomicrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles For Attachment B ex 9011 90 Parts and accessories of optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles For Attachment B ex 9011 90 Parts and accessories of photomicrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles For Attachment B ex 9012 10 Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles For Attachment B ex 9012 90 Parts and accessories of electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles For Attachment B ex 9017 20 Pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substrates For Attachment B ex 9017 90 Parts and accessories for pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substrates For Attachment B ex 9017 90 Parts of such pattern generating apparatus For Attachment B 9030 82 Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices   ex 9030 90 Parts and accessoires of instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices   ex 9030 90 Parts of instruments and appliances for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices   ex 9031 41 Optical instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting masks, photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices   ex 9031 49 Optical instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor wafers   ex 9031 90 Parts and accessories of optical instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting masks, photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices   9031 90 Parts and accessories of optical instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor wafers   Attachment B Positive list of specific products to be covered by this agreement wherever they are classified in the HS. Where parts are specified, they are to be covered in accordance with HS Notes 2 (b) to Section XVI and Chapter 90, respectively. — Computers: automatic data processing machines capable of (1) storing the processing program or programs and at least the data immediately necessary for the execution of the program; (2) being freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user; (3) performing arithmetical computations specified by the user; and (4) executing, without human intervention, a processing program which requires them to modify their execution, by logical decision during the processing run. The agreement covers such automatic data processing machines whether or not they are able to receive and process with the assistance of central processing unit telephony signals, television signals, or other analogue or digitally processed audio or video signals. Machines performing a specific function other than data processing, or incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data processing machine, and not otherwise specified under Attachment A or B, are not covered by this agreement, — Electric amplifiers when used as repeaters in line telephony products falling within this agreement, and parts thereof, — Flat panel displays (including LCD, electro luminescence, plasma and other technologies) for products falling within this agreement, and parts thereof, — Network equipment: local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) apparatus, including those products dedicated for use solely or principally to permit the interconnection of automatic data processing machines and units thereof for a network that is used primarily for the sharing of resources such as central processor units, data storage devices and input or output — including adapters, hubs, in-line repeaters, converters, concentrators, bridges and routers and printed circuit assemblies for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines and units thereof, — Monitors: display units of automatic data processing machines with a cathode ray tube with a dot screen pitch smaller than 0,4 mm not capable of receiving and processing television signals or other analogue or digitally processed audio or video signals without assistance of a central processing unit of a computer as defined in this agreement. The agreement does not, therefore, cover televisions, including high definition televisions (1), — Optical disc storage units, for automatic data processing machines (including CD drives and DVD-drives), whether or not having the capability of writing/recording as well as reading, whether or not in their own housings, — Paging alert devices, and parts thereof, — Plotters whether input or output units of HS heading No 8471 or drawing or drafting machines of HS heading No 9017, — Printed circuit assemblies for products falling within this agreement, including such assemblies for external connections such as cards that conform to the PCMCIA standard. Such printed circuit assemblies consist of one or more printed circuits of heading 8534 with one or more active elements assembled thereon, with or without passive elements ‘Active elements’ means diodes, transistors, and similar semiconductor devices, whether or not photosensitive, of heading 8541, and integrated circuits and micro assemblies of heading 8542, — Projection type flat panel display units used with automatic data processing machines which can display digital information generated by the central processing unit, — Proprietary format storage devices including media therefore for automatic data processing machines, with or without removable media and whether magnetic, optical or other technology, including Bernouilli Box, Syquest, or Zipdrive cartridge storage units, — Multimedia upgrade kits for automatic data processing machines, and units thereof, put up for retail sale, consisting of, at least, speakers and/or microphones as well as a printed circuit assembly that enables the ADP machines and units thereof to process audio signals (sound cards), — Set top boxes which have a communication function: a microprocessor-based device incorporating a modem for gaining access to the Internet, and having a function of interactive information exchange. (1)  Participants will conduct a review of this product description in January 1999 under the consultation provisions of paragraph 3 of the Declaration. EC — ITA — Schedule CXL CN 97 Label Base rate Final bound rate Implementation July 1997 1998 1999 2000 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 6,9 free 5,2 3,5 1,7 free 3818 00 90 – Other 6,9 free 5,2 3,5 1,7 free 7020 00 Other articles of glass             7020 00 05 – Quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for production of semiconductor wafers 4 free 3,0 2,0 1,0 free 7020 00 10 – Of fused quartz or other fused silica             7020 00 30 – Of glass having a linear coefficient of expansion not exceeding 5x10-6 per Kelvin within a temperature range of 0oC to 300o C             7020 00 80 – Other             8419 Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment, whether or not electrically heated, for the treatment of materials by a process involving a change of temperature such as heating, cooking, roasting, destilling, rectifying, sterilizing, pasteurizing, steaming, drying, evaporating, vapourizing, condensing or cooling, other than machinery or plant of a kind used for domestic purposes; instantaneous or storage water heaters, non-electric:             8419 89 – – Other             8419 89 10 – – – Cooling towers and similar plant for direct cooling (without a separating wall) by means of recirculated water             8419 89 15 – – – Apparatus for rapid heating of semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8419 89 20 – – – Apparatus for chemical vapour deposition on semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8419 89 25 – – – Apparatus for physical vapour deposition by electronic beam or evaporation on semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8419 89 30 – – – Vacuum-vapour plant for the deposition of metal             8419 89 95 – – – Other             8419 90 Parts             8419 90 10 – –– Of heat exchange units, for use in civil aircraft             8419 90 20 – – Of subheading 8419 20 00             8419 90 30 – – For apparatus of subheading 8419 89 15 to 8419 89 25 2,7 free 2,0 1,4 0,7 free 8419 90 80 – – Other             8421 Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or gases:             8421 19 – – Other             8421 19 10 – – – For use in civil aircraft               – – – Other             8421 19 91 – – – – Centrifuges of a kind used in laboratories               – – – – Centrifuges of a kind used in the manufacturing of semiconductors wafers:             8421 19 93 – – – – – Spinners for coating photographic emulsions on simiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8421 19 95 – – – – – Other 1,5 free 1,1 0,8 0,4 free 8421 19 97 – – – – Other               – Parts               – – – Of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers             8421 91 10 – – – For apparatus of subheading 8421 19 93 or 8421 19 95 2,5 free 1,9 1,3 0,6 free 8421 91 90 – – – Other             8421 99 00 – – Other             8424 Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand-operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders; fire extinguishers, whether or not charged; spray guns and similar appliances; steam or sand blasting machines and similar jet projecting machines:             8424 89 – – Other             8424 89 20 – – – Spraying appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semiconductor waters free free free free free free 8424 89 30 – – – Deflash machines for cleaning and removing contaminants from the metal leads of semiconductor packages prior to the electroplating process 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8424 89 80 – – – Other             8424 90 – Parts             8424 90 10 – – Of apparatus of subheading 8424 89 20 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8424 90 90 – – Other             8428 Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators, conveyors, teleferics):             8428 39 – – Other             8428 39 10 – – – For use in civil aircraft               – – – Other             8428 39 91 – – – – Roller conveyors             8428 39 93 – – – – Automated material handling machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, wafer cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devices free free free free free free 8428 39 98 – – – – Other             8431 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of heading Nos 8425 to 8430:             8431 39 – – Other             8431 39 10 – – – Of rolling-mill machinery of subheading 8428 90 30             8431 39 20 – – – Of machinery of subheading 8428 39 93 1,6 free 1,2 0,8 free free 8431 39 80 – – – Other             8456 Machine-tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electro-discharge, electro-chemical, electron beam, ionic-beam or plasma arc processes:             8456 10 – Operated by laser or other light or photon beam processes             8456 10 10 – – Of a kind used in the manufacturing of semiconductor wafers or devices 4,7 free 3,5 2,4 1,2 free 8456 10 90 – – Other             8456 91 00 – – For dry-etching patterns on semiconductor materials free free free free free free 8456 99 – – Other             8456 99 10 – – – Focused ion beam milling machines for producing or repairing masks and reticles for patterns on semiconductor devices free free free free free free 8456 99 30 – – – Apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8456 99 90 – – Other             8462 Machine-tools (including presses) for working metal by forging, hammering or die-stamping; machine-tools (including presses) for working metal by bending, folding, straightening, flattening, shearing, punching or notching; presses for working metal or metal carbides, not specified above:               – Bending, folding, straightening or flattening machines (including presses)             8462 21 – – Numerically controlled             8462 21 05 – – – Of a kind used in manufacturing semiconductor devices 3,2 free 2,4 1,6 0,8 free 8462 21 10 – – – For working flat products             8462 21 80 – – – Other             8462 29 – – Other             8462 29 05 – – – Of a kind used in manufacturing semiconductor devices 1,7 free 1,3 0,8 0,4 free   – – – For working flat products               – – – Other             8462 29 91 – – – Hydraulic             8462 29 99 – – – Other             8464 Machine-tools for working stone, ceramics, concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral materials or for cold working glass:             8464 10 – Sawing machines             8464 10 10 – – For sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chips free free free free free free 8464 10 90 – – Other             9464 20 – Grinding or polishing machines             8464 20 05 – – For working semiconductor wafers free free free free free free   – – For working glass             8464 20 11 – – – Optical glass             8464 20 19 – – – Other             8464 20 80 – – Other             8464 90 – Other             8464 90 10 — — For scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8464 90 90 – – Other             8466 Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading Nos 8456 to 8465, including work or tool holders, self-opening dieheads, dividing heads and other special attachments for machine-tools; tool holders for any type of tool for working in the hand:               – Other             8466 91 – – For machines of heading No 8464             8466 91 15 – – – For machines of subheading 8464 10 10, 8464 20 05 or 8464 90 10 1,9 free 1,4 0,9 0,5 free 8466 91 20 – – – Of cast iron or cast steel             8466 91 95 – – – Other             8466 93 — — For machines of heading Nos 8456 to 8461             8466 93 15 – – – For machines and apparatus of subheading 8456 10 10, 8456 91 00, 8456 99 10 or 8456 99 30 1,9 free 1,4 0,9 0,5 free 8466 93 20 – – – Of cast iron or cast steel             8466 93 95 – – – Other             8466 94 – – For machines of heading No 8462 or 8463             8466 94 10 – For machines of subheading 8462 21 05 or 8452 29 05 1,9 free 1,4 0,9 0,5 free 8466 94 90 – – – Other               – Automatic typewriters and word-processing machines             8469 11 00 – – Word-processing machines 3,2 free 2,4 1,6 0,8 free 8470 Calculating machines and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions; accounting machines, postage-franking machines, ticket-issuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating device; cash registers:             8470 10 – Electronic calculators capable of operation without an external source of electric power and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions             8470 10 10 – – Electronic calculators capable of operation without an external source of electric power 8,4 free 6,3 4,2 2,1 free 8470 10 90 – – Pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions 5,0 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free   – Other electronic calculating machines             8470 21 00 – – Incorporating a printing device 8,4 free 6,3 4,2 2,1 free 8470 29 00 – – Other 8,4 free 6,3 4,2 2,1 free 8470 30 00 – Other calculating machines 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8470 40 00 – Accounting machines 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8470 50 00 – Cash registers 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8470 90 00 – Other 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8471 Automatic data-processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included:             8471 10 – Analogue or hybrid automatic data-processing machines             8471 10 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free 8471 10 90 – – Other 3,5 free 2,6 1,8 0,9 free 8471 30 00 – Portable digital automatic data-processing machines, weighing not more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display 3,5 free 2,6 1,8 0,9 free   – Other digital automatic data-processing machines             8471 41 – – Comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined             8471 41 10 – – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free 8471 41 90 – – – Other 3,5 free 2,6 1,8 0,9 free 8471 49 – – Other, presented in the form of systems             8471 49 10 – – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free 8471 49 90 – – – Other 3,5 free 2,6 1,8 0,9 free 8471 50 – Digital processing units other than those of subheadings No 8471 41 and 8471 49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units, output units             8471 50 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free 8471 50 90 – – Other 3,5 free 2,6 1,8 0,9 free 8471 60 – Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing             8471 60 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free   – – Other             8471 60 40 – – – Printers 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8471 60 50 – – – Keyboards 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8471 60 90 – – – Other 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8471 70 – Storage units             8471 70 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free   – – Other             8471 70 40 – – – Central storage units 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free   – – – Other               – – – – Disk storage units             8471 70 51 – – – – – Optical, including magneto-optical 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free   – – – – – Other             8471 70 53 – – – – – – Hard disk drives 1,6 free 1,2 0,8 free free 8471 70 59 – – – – – – Other 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8471 70 60 – – – – Magnetic tape storage units 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8471 70 90 – – – – Other 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8471 80 – Other units of automatic data-processing machines             8471 80 10 – – Peripheral units 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8471 80 90 – – Other 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8471 90 00 – Other             8472 Other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines, addressing machines, automatic banknote dispensers, coin-sorting machines, coin-counting or wrapping machines, pencil-sharpening machines, perforating or stapling machines):             8472 90 – Other             8472 90 10 – – Coin-sorting, coin-counting or coin-wrapping machines             8472 90 30 – – Automatic teller machines 3,1 free 2,3 1,6 0,8 free 8472 90 80 – – Other             8473 Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use solely or principally with machines of heading Nos 8469 to 8472:             8473 10 – Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8469             8473 10 11 – – Printed circuit assemblies for products of subheading No 8469 11 3,4 free 2,5 1,7 0,8 free 8473 10 19 – – Other             8473 21 – – Of the electronic calculating machines of subheading 8470 10, 8470 21 or 8470 29             8473 21 10 – – – Electronic assemblies 4,3 free 3,2 2,1 1,1 free 8473 21 90 – – – Other 2,5 free 1,9 1,3 free free 8473 29 – – – Other             8473 29 10 – – – Electronic assemblies 3,4 free 2,5 1,7 0,8 free 8473 29 90 – – – Other 1,6 free 1,2 0,8 free free 8473 30 – Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8471             8473 30 10 – – Electronic assemblies 3,3 free 2,5 1,6 0,8 free 8473 30 90 – – Other 1,6 free 1,2 0,8 free free 8473 40 – Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8472             8473 40 11 – – Printed circuit assemblies for products of subheading No 8472 90 30 3,4 free 2,5 1,7 0,8 free 8473 40 19 – – Other             8473 50 – Parts and accessories equally suitable for use with machines of two or more of the headings Nos 8469 to 8472             8473 50 10 – – Electronic assemblies 3,4 free 2,5 1,7 0,8 free 8473 50 90 – – Other 1,6 free 1,2 0,8 free free 8477 Machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these materials, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter:             8477 10 – Injection-moulding machines             8477 10 10 – – Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8477 10 90 – – Other             8477 59 – – Other             8477 59 05 – – – Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8477 59 10 – – – Presses             8477 59 90 – – – Other             8477 90 – Parts             8477 90 05 – – For machines of subheadings 8477 10 10 and 8477 59 05 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8477 90 10 – – Of cast iron or cast steel             8477 90 80 – – Other             8479 Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter:             8479 89 – – Other             8479 89 10 – – – The following goods, for use in civil aircraft: hydropneumatic batteries; mechanical actuators for thrust reversers; toilet units specially designed; air humidifiers and dehumidifiers; servo-mechanisms, non-electric; non-electric starter motors; pneumatic starters for turbo-jets, turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines; windscreen wipers, non-electric; propeller regulators, non-electric               – – – Other             8479 89 30 – – – – Mobile hydraulic powered mine roof supports             8479 89 60 – – – – Central greasing systems             8479 89 65 – – – – Apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boules free free free free free free 8479 89 70 – – – – Apparatus for epitaxial deposition on semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8479 89 75 – – – – Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8479 89 76 – – – – Apparatus for Wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning liquid crystal display substrates 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8479 89 77 – – – – Die attach apparatus and tape automated bonders for the assembly of semiconductors 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8479 89 79 – – – – Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8479 89 95 – – – – Other             8479 90 – Parts             8479 90 10 – – For use in civil aircraft               – – Other             8479 90 50 – – – Of machines of subheadings 8479 89 65, 8479 89 70, 8479 89 75, 8479 89 76, 8479 89 77 or 8479 89 79 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8477 90 – Parts             8477 90 05 – – For machines of subheadings 8477 10 10 and 8477 59 05 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8477 90 10 – – Of cast iron or cast steel             8477 90 80 – – Other             8479 Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter:             8479 89 – – Other             8479 89 10 – – – The following goods, for use in civil aircraft: hydropneumatic batteries; mechanical actuators for thrust reversers; toilet units specially designed; air humidifiers and dehumidifiers; servo-mechanisms, non-electric; non-electric starter motors; pneumatic starters for turbo-jets, turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines; windscreen wipers, non-electric; propeller regulators, non-electric               – – – Other             8479 89 30 – – – – Mobile hydraulic powered mine roof supports             8479 89 60 – – – – Central greasing systems             8479 89 65 – – – – Apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boules free free free free free free 8479 89 70 – – – – Apparatus for epitaxial deposition on semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8479 89 75 – – – – Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8479 89 76 – – – – Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning liquid crystal display substrates 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8479 89 77 – – – – Die attach apparatus and tape automated bonders for the assembly of semiconductors 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8479 89 79 – – – – Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8479 89 95 – – – – Other             8479 90 – Parts             8479 90 10 – – For use in civil aircraft               – – Other             8479 90 50 – – – Of machines of subheadings 8479 89 65, 8479 89 70, 8479 89 75, 8479 89 76, 8479 89 77 or 8479 89 79 2,8 free 2,1 1,4 0,7 free 8479 90 92 – – – Of cast iron or cast steel             8479 90 98 – – – Other             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:               – Moulds for rubber or plastics             8480 71 – – Injection or compression types             8480 71 10 – – – of a kind used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices 2,5 free 1,9 1,3 0,6 free 8480 71 90 – – – Other             8504 Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors:             8504 40 – Static converters             8504 40 10 – – For use in civil aircraft               – – Other               – – – Of a kind used with telecommunication apparatus and automatic data-processing machines and units thereof:             8504 40 30 – – – – Power supply units of a kind used with automatic data-processing machines 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8504 40 35 – – – – Other 4,6 free 3,4 2,3 1,1 free   – – – Other             8504 40 50 – – – – Polycrystalline semiconductors               – – – – Other             8504 40 93 – – – – – Accumulator chargers               – – – – – Other             8504 40 94 – – – – – – Rectifiers               – – – – – – Inverters             8504 40 96 – – – – – – – Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 7,5 kVA             8504 40 97 – – – – – – – Having a power handling capacity exceeding 7,5 kVA             8504 40 99 – – – – – – Other             8504 50 – Other inductors             8504 50 10 – – For use in civil aircraft               – – Other             8504 50 30 – – – Of a kind used for telecommunication apparatus and power supplies for automatic data processing machines and units thereof 4,8 free 3,6 2,4 1,2 free 8504 50 80 – – – Other             8504 90 – Parts               – – Of transformers and inductors             8504 90 05 – – – – Printed circuit assemblies for products of subheading 8504 50 30 3,1 free 2,3 1,6 0,8 free   – – – Other             8504 90 11 – – – – Ferrite cores             8505 90 18 – – – Other               – – – – Of static converters             8504 90 91 – – – – Printed circuits assemblies for products of subheadings 8504 40 30 and 8504 40 35 3,1 free 2,3 1,6 0,8 free 8504 90 99 – – – – Other             8514 Industrial or laboratory electric (including induction or dielectric) furnaces and ovens; other industrial or laboratory induction or dielectric heating equipment:             8514 10 – Resistance heated furnaces and ovens             8514 10 05 – – For the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers 3 free 2,3 1,5 0,8 free   – – Other             8514 10 10 – – – Bakery and biscuit ovens             8514 10 90 – – – Other             8514 20 – Induction or dielectric furnaces and ovens             8514 20 05 – – For the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers 3 free 2,3 1,5 0,8 free   – – – Other             8514 20 10 – – Induction furnaces and ovens             8514 20 90 – – Dielectric furnaces and ovens             8514 30 – Other furnaces and ovens               – – Infra-red radiation ovens             8514 30 11 – – – For the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8514 39 19 – – – Other               – – Other             8514 30 91 – – – For the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8514 30 99 – – – Other             8514 90 – Parts             8514 90 10 – – Of apparatus of subheading 8514 10 05, 8514 20 05, 8514 30 11 or 8514 30 91 3 free 2,3 1,5 0,8 free 8514 90 90 – – Other             8515 Electric (including electrically heated gas), laser or other light or photon beam, ultrasonic, electron beam, magnetic pulse or plasma arc soldering, brazing or welding machines and apparatus, whether or not capable of cutting; electric machines and apparatus for hot spraying of metals or cermets               – Brazing or soldering machines and apparatus             8515 11 00 – – Soldering irons and guns             8515 19 00 – – Other               – Machines and apparatus for resistance welding of metal             8515 21 00 – – Fully or partly automatic             8515 29 – – Other             8515 29 10 – – – For butt welding             8515 29 90 – – – Other               – Machines and apparatus for arc (including plasma arc) welding of metals             8515 31 00 – – Fully or partly automatic             8515 39 – – Other               – – – For manual welding with coated electrodes, complete with welding or cutting devices, and consigned with             8515 39 13 – – – – Transformers             8515 39 18 – – – – Generators or rotary converters or static converters, rectifiers or rectifying apparatus             8515 39 90 – – – Other             8515 80 – Other machines and apparatus             8515 80 05 – – Wire bonders of a kind used for manufacturing semiconductor devices 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free   – – Other               – – – For treating metals             8515 80 11 – – – – For welding             8515 80 19 – – – – Other               – – – Other             8515 80 91 – – – – For resistance welding of plastics             8515 80 99 – – – – Other             8515 90 – Parts             8515 90 10 – – For machines of subheading 8515 80 05 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 8515 90 90 – – Other             8517 Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems; videophones:               – Telephone sets; videophones             8517 11 00 – – Line telephone sets with cordless handsets 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free 8517 19 – – Other             9517 19 10 – – – Videophones 14 free 10,5 7,0 3,5 free 8517 19 90 – – – Other 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free   – Facsimile machines and teleprinters             8517 21 00 – – Facsimile machines 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free 8517 22 00 – – Teleprinters 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free 8517 30 00 – Telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free 8517 50 – Other apparatus, for carrier-current line systems or for digital line systems             8517 50 10 – – For carrier-current line systems 4,6 free 3,4 2,3 1,1 free 8517 50 90 – – Other 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free 8517 80 – Other apparatus             8517 80 10 – – Entry-phone systems 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free 8517 80 90 – – Other 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free 8517 90 – Parts               – – Of apparatus for carrier-current line systems of subheading 8517 50 10             8517 90 11 – – – Electronic assemblies 4,6 free 3,4 2,3 1,1 free 8517 90 19 – – – Other 4,6 free 3,4 2,3 1,1 free   – – Other             8517 90 82 – – – Electronic assemblies 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free 8517 90 88 – – – Other 7,5 free 5,6 3,8 1,9 free 8518 Microphones and stands therefor; loudspeakers, whether or not mounted in their enclosures; headphones, earphones and combined microphone/speaker sets; audio-frequency electric amplifiers; electric sound amplifier sets:             8518 10 – Microphones and stands therefor             8518 10 10 – – Other             8518 10 20 Microphones having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter not exceeding 10 mm and a height not exceeding 3 mm, for telecommunications use 3,5 free 2,6 1,8 0,9 free 8518 10 80 – – – Other             8518 29 – – Other             8518 29 10 – – – For use in civil aircraft             8518 29 20 – – – Loudspeakers having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter not exceeding 50 mm, for telecommunications use 3,8 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 8518 29 80 – – – Other             8518 30 – Headphones, earphones and combined microphone/speaker sets             8518 30 10 – – For use in civil aircraft             8518 30 20 – – Line telephone handsets 4 free 3,0 2,0 1,0 free 8518 30 80 – – Other             8520 Magnetic tape recorders and other sound recording apparatus, whether or not incorporating a sound reproducing device:             8520 20 00 – Telephone answering machines 5,2 free 3,9 2,6 1,3 free 8522 Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings Nos 8519 to 8521             8522 10 00 – Pick-up cartridges             8522 90 – Other             8522 90 10 – – Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or pieces fastened or joined together, for apparatus falling within subheading 8520 90, for use in civil aircraft               – – Other             8522 90 30 – – – Styli; diamonds, sapphires and other precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) for styli, whether or not mounted               – – – Other               – – – Electronic assemblies             8522 90 51 – – – – – Printed circuit assemblies for products of subheading 8520 20 00 4,7 free 3,5 2,4 1,2 free 8522 90 59 – – – – – Other             8522 90 93 – – – – Single cassette-deck assemblies with a total thickness not exceeding 53 mm, of a kind used in the manufacture of sound recording and reproducing apparatus             8522 90 98 – – – – Other             8523 Prepared unrecorded media for sound recording or similar recording of other phenomena, other than products of Chapter 37:               – Magnetic tapes             8523 11 00 – – Of a width not exceeding 4 mm 3,2 free 2,4 1,6 0,8 free 8523 12 00 – – Of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 6,5 mm 4,1 free 3,1 2,0 1,0 free 8523 13 00 – – Of a width exceeding 6,5 mm 4,1 free 3,1 2,0 1,0 free 8523 20 – Magnetic discs               – – Rigid             8523 20 11 – – – With a thin film metallic coating, having a coercivity exceeding 600 Oersted and an external diameter not exceeding 231 mm 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8523 20 19 – – – Other 4,1 free 3,1 2,0 1,0 free 8523 20 90 – – Other 4,1 free 3,1 2,0 1,0 free 8523 90 00 – Other 4,1 free 3,1 2,0 1,0 free 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:               – Discs for laser reading systems             8524 31 00 – – For reproducing phenomena other than sound or image 4,1 free 3,1 2,0 1,0 free 8524 32 00 – – For reproducing sound only             8524 39 – – Other             8524 39 10 – – – For reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound and image recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to the user, by means of an automatic data processing machine             8524 39 90 – – – Other             8524 40 – Magnetic tapes for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image             8524 40 10 – – Bearing data or instructions of a kind used in automatic data-processing machines 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free   – – Other             8524 40 91 – – – Of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 6,5 mm 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 8524 40 99 – – – Other 4,1 free 3,1 2,0 1,0 free   – Other             8524 91 – – For reproducing phenomena other than sound or image             8524 91 10 – – – Bearing data or instructions of a kind used in automatic data-processing machines 2 free 1,5 1,0 free free 8524 91 90 – – – Other 4,1 free 3,1 2,0 1,0 free 8524 99 – – Other             8524 99 10 – – – For reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound and image recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to the user, by means of an automatic data processing machine             8524 99 90 – – – Other             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; still image video cameras and other video camera recorders:             8525 10 – Transmission apparatus               – – Radio-telegraphic or radio-telephonic apparatus:             8525 10 10 – – – for use in civil aircraft               – – – Other             8525 10 50 – – – – Radio-telegraphic or radio-telephonic apparatus 4,1 free 3,1 2,0 1,0 free 8525 10 80 – – – – Other             8525 20 – Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus             8525 20 10 – – Radio-telegraphic or radio-telephonic apparatus, for use in civil aircraft free free free free free free   – – Other             8525 20 91 – – – For cellular networks (mobile telephones) 6,5 free 4,9 3,3 1,6 free 8525 20 99 – – – Other 6,5 free 4,9 3,3 1,6 free 8525 40 – Still image video cameras and other video camera recorders               – – Still image video cameras             8525 40 11 – – – Digital 4,9 free 3,7 2,5 1,2 free 8525 40 19 – – – Other               – – Other video camera recorders             8525 40 91 – – – Only able to record sound and images taken by the television camera             8525 40 99 – – – Other             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:             8527 90 – Other apparatus             8527 90 10 For radio-telephony or radio-telegraphy, for use in civil aircraft               – – Other             8527 90 92 – – – Portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging 9,6 free 7,2 4,8 2,4 free 8527 90 98 – – – Other             8528 Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus; video monitors and video projectors:               – Reception apparatus for television, whether or not incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus             8528 12 – – Colour             8528 12 10 – – – Apparatus combined with an automatic data processing machine, freely programmable by the user 14 free 10,5 7,0 3,5 free   – – – Other               – – – – Television projection equipment             8528 12 14 – – – – – With scanning parameters not exceeding 625 lines               – – – – – With scanning parameters exceeding 625 lines             8528 12 16 – – – – – – With a vertical resolution of less than 700 lines             8528 12 18 – – – – – – With a vertical resolution of 700 lines or more               – – – – Apparatus incorporating a video recorder or reproducer             8528 12 22 – – – – – With a screen width/height ratio less than 1,5             8528 12 28 – – – – – Other               – – – – Other               – – – – – With integral tube               – – – – – – With a screen width/height ratio less than 1,5, with a diagonal measurement of the screen             8528 12 52 – – – – – – – Not exceeding 42 cm             8528 12 54 – – – – – – – Exceeding 42 cm but not exceeding 52 cm             8528 12 56 – – – – – – – Exceeding 52 cm but not exceeding 72 cm             8528 12 58 – – – – – – – Exceeding 72 cm               – – – – – – Other               – – – – – – – With scanning parameters not exceeding 625 lines, with a diagonal measurement of the screen             8528 12 62 – – – – – – – – Not exceeding 75 cm             8528 12 66 – – – – – – – – Exceeding 75 cm               – – – – – – – With scanning parameters not exceeding 625 lines             8528 12 72 – – – – – – – – With a vertical resolution of less than 700 lines             8528 12 76 – – – – – – – – With a vertical resolution of 700 lines or more               – – – – – Other               – – – – – – With screen             8528 12 81 – – – – – – – With a screen width/height ratio less than 1,5             8628 12 89 – – – – – – – Other               – – – – – – Without screen               – – – – – – – Video tuners             8528 12 90 – – – – – – – – Printed circuit assemblies for physical incorporation into an automatic data processing machine 14,0 free 10,5 7,0 3,5 free   – – – – – – – Other             8528 12 92 – – – – – – – – Digital (including mixed digital and analogue)             8528 12 94 – – – – – – – – Other             8528 12 98 – – – – – – Other             8528 13 – – Black and white or other monochrome             8528 13 10 – – – Apparatus combined with an automatic data processing machine, freely programmable by the user 6,8 free 5,1 3,4 1,7 free 8528 13 90 – – – Other             8528 30 – Video projectors             8528 30 05 – – Of the flat panel type, capable of displaying digital information generated by the central processing unit of an automatic data processing machine 14 free 10,5 7,0 3,5 free   – – Other             8528 30 20 – – – Colour             8528 30 90 – – – Black and white or other monochrome             8529 Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading Nos 8525 to 8528:             8529 10 – Aerials and aerial reflectors of all kinds; parts suitable for use therewith             8529 10 10 – – For use in civil aircraft               – – Other               – – – Aerials             8529 10 15 – – – – Aerials of a kind used with apparatus for radio-telephony and radio-telegraphy 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8529 10 20 – – – – Telescopic and whip-type aerials for portable apparatus or for apparatus for fitting in motor vehicles               – – – – Outside aerials for radio or television broadcast receivers             8529 10 31 – – – – – For reception via satellite             8529 10 39 – – – – – Other             8529 10 40 – – – – Inside aerials for radio or television broadcast receivers, including built-in types             8529 10 50 – – – – Other             8529 10 70 – – – Aerial filters and separators             8529 10 80 – – – Other             8529 90 – Other             8529 90 10 – – Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or pieces fastened or joined together, for apparatus falling within subheadings 8526 10 10, 8526 91 11, 8526 91 19 and 8526 92 10, for use in civil aircraft               – – Other             8529 90 40 – – – Parts of apparatus falling within subheadings 8525 10 50, 8525 20 99, 8525 40 11 or 8527 90 92 4,7 free 3,5 2,4 1,2 free   – – – Cabinets and cases             8529 90 51 – – – – Of wood             8529 90 59 – – – – Of other materials             8529 90 70 – – – Electronic assemblies               – – – Other             8529 90 81 – – – – For television cameras of subheading No 8525 30 and apparatus of heading Nos 8527 and 8528             8529 90 89 – – – – Other             8531 Electric sound or visual signalling apparatus (for example, bells, sirens, indicator panels, burglar or fire alarms), other than those of heading No 8512 or 8530:             8531 20 – Indicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) or light emitting diodes (LED)             8531 20 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free   – – Other             8531 20 30 – – – Incorporating light emitting diodes (LED) 4,2 free 3,2 2,1 1,1 free   – – – Incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD)               – – – Incorporating active matrix liquid crystal devices (LCD)             8531 20 51 – – – – – Colour 4,2 free 3,2 2,1 1,1 free 8531 20 59 – – – – – Black and white or other monochrome 4,2 free 3,2 2,1 1,1 free 8531 20 80 – – – Other 4,2 free 3,2 2,1 1,1 free 8531 80 – Other apparatus             8531 80 10 – – For use in civil aircraft               – – Other             8531 80 30 – – – Flat panel display devices 3,1 free 2,3 1,6 0,8 free 8531 80 80 – – – Other             8531 90 – Parts             8531 90 10 – – Of apparatus of subheading No 8531 20 4,2 free 3,2 2,1 1,1 free 8531 90 30 – – Of apparatus of subheading 8531 80 30 3,1 free 2,3 1,6 0,8 free 8531 90 80 – – Other             8532 Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (pre-set):             8532 10 00 – Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a reactive power handling capacity of not less than 0,5 kvar (power capacitors) 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free   – Other fixed capacitors             8532 21 00 – – Tantalum 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8532 22 00 – – Aluminium electrolytic 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8532 23 00 – – Ceramic dielectric, single layer 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free   – – Ceramic dielectric, multilayer             8532 24 10 – – – With connecting leads 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 8532 24 90 – – – Other 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 8532 25 00 – – Dielectric of paper or plastics 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 8532 29 00 – – Other 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 8532 30 00 – Variable or adjustable (pre-set) capacitors 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8532 90 00 – Parts 4,7 free 3,5 2,4 1,2 free 8533 Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors:             8533 10 00 – Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free   – Other fixed resistors             8533 21 00 – – For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 8533 29 00 – – Other 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free   – Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers             8533 31 00 – – For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 8533 39 00 – – Other 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 8533 40 – Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers             8533 40 10 – – For a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 8533 40 90 – – Other 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 8533 90 00 – Parts 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 8534 Printed circuits               – Consisting only of conductor elements and contacts             8534 00 11 – – Multiple circuits 5,2 free 3,9 2,6 1,3 free 8534 00 19 – – Other 5,2 free 3,9 2,6 1,3 free 8534 00 90 – With other passive elements 5,2 free 3,9 2,6 1,3 free 8536 Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in electrical circuits (for example, switches, relays, fuses, surge suppressors, plugs, sockets, lamp-holders, junction boxes), for a voltage not exceeding 1 000 V:             8536 50 – Other switches             8536 50 03 – – Electronic AC switches consisting of optically coupled input and output circuits (insulated thyristor AC switches) 3,2 free 2,4 1,6 0,8 free 8536 50 05 – – Electronic switches, including temperature protected electronic switches, consisting of a transistor and a logic chip (chip-on-chip technology) 3,2 free 2,4 1,6 0,8 free 8536 50 07 – – Electromechanical snap-acion switches for a current not exceeding 11 amps 3,2 free 2,4 1,6 0,8 free   – – Other               – – – For a voltage not exceeding 60 V             8536 50 11 – – – – Push-button switches             8536 50 15 – – – – Rotary switches             8536 50 19 – – – – Other             8536 50 90 – – – Other             8536 69 – – Other             8536 69 10 – – – For co-axial cables 3,2 free 0,0 0,0 0,0 free 8536 69 30 – – – For printed circuits 3,2 free 0,0 0,0 0,0 free 8536 69 90 – – – Other             8536 90 – Other apparatus             8536 90 01 – – Prefabricated elements for electrical circuits             8536 90 10 – – Connections and contact elements for wire and cables 3,2 free 2,4 1,6 0,8 free 8536 90 20 – – Wafer probers free free free free free free 8536 90 85 – – Other             8541 Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes; mounted piezo-electric crystals:             8541 10 – Diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes             8541 10 10 – – Wafers not yet cut into chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   Other             8541 10 91 – – – Power rectifier diodes 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 10 99 – – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors             8541 21 – – With a dissipation rate of less than 1 W             8541 21 10 – – – Wafers not yet cut into chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 21 90 – – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 29 – – Other             8541 29 10 – – – Wafers not yet cut into chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 29 20 – – – PowerMOS field effective transistors 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 29 30 – – – Insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs) 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 29 80 – – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 30 – Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices             8541 30 10 – – Wafers not yet cut into chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 30 90 – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 40 – Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light-emitting diodes               – – Light-emitting diodes             8541 40 11 – – – Laser diodes 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 40 19 – – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – Other             8541 40 91 – – – Solar cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels 3,2 free 1,6 0,8 free free 8541 40 93 – – – Photodiodes, phototransistors, photothyristors or photocouples 1,8 free 0,9 0,5 free free 8541 40 99 – – – Other 1,8 free 0,9 0,5 free free 8541 50 – Other semiconductor devices             8541 50 10 – – Wafers not yet cut into chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 50 90 – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8541 60 00 – Mounted piezo-electric crystals 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free 8541 90 00 – Parts 4,1 free 2,0 1,0 free free 8542 Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies:               – Monolithic digital integrated circuits             8542 12 00 – – Cards incorporating an electronic integrated circuit (‘smart’ cards) 14 free 7,0 3,5 free free 8542 13 – – Metal oxide semiconductors (MOS technology)             8542 13 01 – – – Wafers not yet cut into chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 05 – – – Chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – Other               – – – – Memories               – – – – – Dynamic random-access memories (D-RAMs)             8542 13 11 – – – – – – With a storage capacity not exceeding 4 Mbits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 13 – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 4 Mbits but not exceeding 16 Mbits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 15 – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 16 Mbits but not exceeding 64 Mbits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 17 – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 64 Mbits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – – – Static random-access memories (S-RAMs), including cache random-access memories (cache-RAMs)             8542 13 22 – – – – – – With a storage capacity not exceeding 256 Kbits free free free free free free 8542 13 25 – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 256 Kbits but not exceeding 1 Mbit free free free free free free 8542 13 27 – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 1 Mbit free free free free free free   – – – – – UV erasable, programmable, read only memories (EPROMs)             8542 13 32 – – – – – – With a storage capacity not exceeding 1 Mbit free free free free free free 8542 13 35 – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 1 Mbit but not exceeding 4 Mbits free free free free free free 8542 13 37 – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 4 Mbits free free free free free free   – – – – – Electrically erasable, programmable, read only memories (E2PROMs), including FLASH E2PROMs               – – – – – – FLASH E2PROMs             8542 13 41 – – – – – – – With a storage capacity not exceeding 1 Mbit free free free free free free 8542 13 43 – – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 1 Mbit but not exceeding 4 Mbits free free free free free free 8542 13 45 – – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 4 Mbits but not exceeding 16 Mbits free free free free free free 8542 13 47 – – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 16 Mbits free free free free free free 8542 13 49 – – – – – – Other free free free free free free 8542 13 51 – – – – – Read only memories, non-programmable (ROMs); content addressable memories (CAMs); first-in/first-out read/write memories (FIFOs); last-in/first-out read/write memories (LIFOs); ferroelectric memories free free free free free free 8542 13 53 – – – – – Other memories 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 55 – – – – Microprocessors free free free free free free   – – – – Microcontrollers and microcomputers             8542 13 61 – – – – – With a processing capacity not exceeding 4 bits 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free 8542 13 63 – – – – – With a processing capacity exceeding 4 bits but not exceeding 8 bits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 65 – – – – – With a processing capacity exceeding 8 bits but not exceeding 16 bits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 67 – – – – – With a processing capacity exceeding 16 bits but not exceeding 32 bits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 69 – – – – – With a processing capacity exceeding 32 bits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – – Other             8542 13 70 – – – – – Microperipherals 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free   – – – – – Other             8542 13 72 – – – – – – Full custom logic circuits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 74 – – – – – – Gate arrays 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 76 – – – – – – Standard cells 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 82 – – – – – – Programmable logic circuits 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free 8542 13 84 – – – – – – Standard logic circuits 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free   – – – – – – Other             8542 13 91 – – – – – – – Control circuits; interface circuits; interface circuits capable of performing control functions 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 13 99 – – – – – – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 14 – – Circuits obtained by bipolar technology             8542 14 01 – – – Wafers not yet cut into chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 14 05 – – – Chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – Other               – – – – Memories             8542 14 10 – – – – – Dynamic random-access memories (D-RAMs) 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 14 15 – – – – – Static random-access memories (S-RAMs), including cache random-access memories (cache-RAMs); read only memories, non-programmable (ROMs); content addressable memories (CAMs); first-in/first-out read/write memories (FIFOs); last-in/first-out read/write memories (LIFOs); ferroelectric memories free free free free free free 8542 14 20 – – – – – Electrically erasable, programmable, read only memories (E2PROMs), including FLASH E2PROMs) free free free free free free 8542 14 22 – – – – – UV erasable, programmable, read only memories (EPROMs) free free free free free free 8542 14 29 – – – – – Other memories 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 14 30 – – – – Microprocessors free free free free free free   – – – – Microcontrollers and microcomputers             8542 14 42 – – – – – With a processing capacity not exceeding 4 bits 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free 8542 14 44 – – – – – With a processing capacity exceeding 4 bits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – – Other             8542 14 50 – – – – – Microperipherals 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free   – – – – – Other             8542 14 60 – – – – – – Full custom logic circuits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 14 65 – – – – – – Gate arrays 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 14 70 – – – – – – Standard cells 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 14 75 – – – – – – Programmable logic circuits 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free 8542 14 80 – – – – – – Standard logic circuits 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free   – – – – – – Other             8542 14 91 – – – – – – – Control circuits; interface circuits; interface circuits capable of performing control functions 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 14 99 – – – – – – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 19 – – Other, including circuits obtained by a combination of bipolar and MOS technologies (BIMOS technology)             8542 19 01 – – – Wafers not yet cut into chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 19 05 – – – Chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – Other               – – – – Memories             8542 19 15 – – – – – Dynamic random-access memories (D-RAMs) 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – – – Static random-access memories (S-RAMs), including cache random-access memories (cache-RAMs)             8542 19 22 – – – – – – With a storage capacity not exceeding 256 Kbits free free free free free free 8542 19 25 – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 256 Kbits but not exceeding 1 Mbit free free free free free free 8542 19 27 – – – – – – With a storage capacity exceeding 1 Mbit free free free free free free 8542 19 31 – – – – – UV erasable, programmable, read only memories (EPROMs) free free free free free free 8542 19 35 – – – – – Electrically erasable, programmable, read only memories (E2PROMs), including FLASH E2PROMs free free free free free free 8542 19 41 – – – – – Read only memories, non-programmable (ROMs); content addressable memories (CAMs); first-in/first-out read/write memories (FIFOs); last-in/first-out read/write memories (LIFOs); ferroelectric memories free free free free free free 8542 19 49 – – – – – Other memories 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 19 55 – – – – Microprocessors free free free free free free   – – – – Microcontrollers and microcomputers             8542 19 62 – – – – – With a processing capacity not exceeding 4 bits 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free 8542 19 68 – – – – – With a processing capacity exceeding 4 bits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – – Other             8542 19 71 – – – – – Microperipherals 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free   – – – – – Other             8542 19 72 – – – – – – Full custom logic circuits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 19 74 – – – – – – Gate arrays 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 19 76 – – – – – – Standard cells 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 19 82 – – – – – – Programmable logic circuits 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free 8542 19 84 – – – – – – Standard logic circuits 5,6 free 2,8 1,4 free free   – – – – – – Other             8542 19 92 – – – – – – – Control circuits; interface circuits; interface circuits capable of performing control functions 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 19 98 – – – – – – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 30 – Other monolithic integrated circuits             8542 30 10 – – Wafers not yet cut into chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 30 20 – – Chips 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – Other             8542 30 30 – – – Amplifiers 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 30 50 – – – Voltage and current regulators 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – Control circuits             8542 30 61 – – – – Smartpower circuits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – – Other             8542 30 65 – – – – – Mixed analogue-digital circuits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 30 69 – – – – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 30 70 – – – Interface circuits; interface circuits capable of performing control functions 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – Other             8542 30 91 – – – – Smartpower circuits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free   – – – – Other             8542 30 95 – – – – – Mixed analogue-digital circuits 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 30 99 – – – – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 40 – Hybrid integrated circuits             8542 40 10 – – Microprocessors, microcontrollers and microcomputers 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 40 30 – – Converters 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 40 50 – – Amplifiers 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 40 90 – – Other 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 50 00 – Electronic microassemblies 7 free 3,5 1,8 free free 8542 90 00 – Parts 4,1 free 2,0 1,0 free free 8543 Electrical machines and apparatus, having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter               – Particle accelerators             8543 11 00 – – Ion implanters for doping semiconductor materials free free free free free free 8543 30 – Machines and apparatus for electroplating, electrolysis or electrophoresis             8543 30 10 – – Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8543 30 20 – – Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning liquid crystal display substrates 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8543 30 90 – – Other               – Other machines and apparatus             8543 81 00 – – Proximity cards and tags 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8543 89 – – Other             8543 89 10 – – – Flight recorders, for use in civil aircraft             8543 89 15 – – – Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functions 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8543 89 17 – – – Apparatus combined with an automatic data processing machine, freely programmable by the user 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8543 89 20 – – – Aerial amplifiers               – – – Sunbeds, sunlamps and similar suntanning equipment               – – – – For fluorescent tubes using ultraviolet A rays             8543 89 51 – – – – – With a maximum tube length of 100 cm             8543 89 55 – – – – – Other             8543 89 59 – – – – Other               – – – Apparatus for physical deposition on semiconductor wafers             8543 89 70 – – – – by sputtering on semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 8543 89 72 – – – – Other 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8543 89 73 – – – Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8543 89 79 – – – Multimedia upgrade kits, for automatic data processing machines and units thereof, put up for retail sale, consisting of, at least, speakers and/or microphones, and a printed circuit assembly that enables the automatic data processing and units thereof to process audio signals (sound cards) 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8543 89 90 – – – Other             8543 90 – Parts             8543 90 10 – – Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or pieces fastened or joined together, for flight recorders, for use in civil aircraft             8543 90 20 – – Printed circuit assemblies for physical incorporation into an automatic data processing machine 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8543 90 30 – – Of apparatus of subheadings 8543 11 00, 8543 30 10, 8543 30 20, 8543 89 70, 8543 89 72 and 8543 89 73 5 free 3,8 2,5 1,3 free 8543 90 90 – – Other             8544 Insulated (including enamelled or anodised) wire, cable (including coaxial cable) and other insulated electric conductors, whether or not fitted with connectors; optical fibre cables, made up of individually sheathed fibres, whether or not assembled with electric conductors or fitted with connectors:               – Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V             8544 41 – – Fitted with connectors             8544 41 10 – – – Of a kind used for telecommunications 4,6 free 3,4 2,3 1,1 free 8544 41 90 – – – Other             8544 49 – – Other             8544 49 20 – – – Of a kind used for telecommunications 4,8 free 3,6 2,4 1,2 free 8544 49 80 – – – Other               – Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 80 volts but not exceeding 1 000 volts             8544 51 – – Fitted with connectors             8544 51 10 – – – Of a kind used for telecommunications 4,6 free 3,4 2,3 1,1 free 8544 51 90 – – – Other             8544 70 00 – Optical fibre cables 6,3 free 4,7 3,1 1,6 free 8548 Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators; electrical parts of machinery or apparatus, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter             8548 10 – Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators; spent primary cells, spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators             8548 10 10 – – Spent primary cells, spent primary batteries               – – Spent electric accumulators             8548 10 21 – – – Lead-acid accumulators             8548 10 29 – – – Other               – – Waste and scrap of primary cells, primary batteries and electric accumulators             8548 10 91 – – – Containing lead             8548 10 99 – – – Other             8548 90 00 – Other             8548 90 10 – – Dynamic random-access memories (D-RAMs) in multi-combinational forms such as ‘stack D-RAMs’ and modules 3,3 free 2,5 1,6 0,8 free 8548 90 90 – – Other             9006 Photographic (other than cinematographic) cameras; photographic flashlight apparatus and flashbulbs other than discharge lamps of heading No 8539:             9006 10 – Cameras of a kind used for preparing printing plates or cylinders             9006 10 10 – – Pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substrates free free free free free free 9006 10 90 – – Other               – Parts and accessories:             9006 91 00 – – For cameras               – – Other             9006 99 10 – – of apparatus of subheading 9006 10 10 4 free 3,0 2,0 1,0 free 9006 99 90 – – Other             9009 Photocopying apparatus incorporating an optical system or of the contact type and thermo-copying apparatus:               – Electrostatic photocopying apparatus             9009 11 00 – – Operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process) 6,5 free 4,9 3,3 1,6 free   – Other photocopying apparatus             9009 21 00 – – Incorporating an optical system 6,5 free 4,9 3,3 1,6 free 9009 90 – Parts and accessories             9009 90 10 – – Of electrostatic photocopying apparatus or other photocopying apparatus incorporating an optical system 6,5 free 4,9 3,3 1,6 free 9009 90 90 – – Other 3,8 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 9010 Apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories (including apparatus for the projection of circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor material), not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, negatoscopes, projection screens               – Apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor materials:             9010 41 00 – – Direct write-on-wafer apparatus free free free free free free 9010 42 00 – – Step and repeat aligners free free free free free free 9010 49 00 – – Other free free free free free free   – – Other apparatus and equipment for photographic (including cinematographic) laboratories; negatoscopes             9010 50 10 – – – Apparatus for the projection or drawing of circuit patterns on sensitized flat panel displays substrates 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 9010 50 90 – – – Other             9010 90 – Parts and accessories             9010 90 10 – – Of apparatus of subheading 9010 41 00, 9010 42 00, 9010 49 00 or 9010 50 10 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 9010 90 90 – – Other             9011 Compound optical microscopes, including those for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or microprojection             9011 10 – Stereoscopic microscopes             9011 10 10 – – fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles 8 free 6,0 4,0 2,0 free 9011 10 90 – – Other             9011 20 – Other microscopes, for photomicrography, cinephotomicrography or micro-projection             9011 20 10 – – fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles 8 free 6,0 4,0 2,0 free 9011 20 90 – – Other             9011 90 – Parts and accessories             9011 90 10 – – Of apparatus of subheadings 9011 10 10 or 9011 20 10 8 free 6,0 4,0 2,0 free 9011 90 90 – – Other             9012 Microscopes other than optical microscopes, diffraction microscopes             9012 10 – Microscopes other than optical microscopes and diffraction apparatus             9012 10 10 – – Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles 4,5 free 3,4 2,3 1,1 free 9012 10 90 – – Other             9012 90 – Parts and accessories             9012 90 10 – – Of apparatus of subheading 9012 10 00 4,5 free 3,4 2,3 1,1 free 9012 90 90 – – Other             9013 Liquid crystal devices not constituting articles provided for more specifically in other headings; lasers, other than laser diodes; other optical appliances and instruments, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter             9013 80 – Other devices, appliances and instruments               – – Liquid crystal devices:               – – – Active matrix liquid crystal devices             9013 80 11 – – – – Colour 6,5 free 4,9 3,3 1,6 free 9013 80 19 – – – – Black and white or other monochrome 6,5 free 4,9 3,3 1,6 free 9013 80 30 – – – Other 6,5 free 4,9 3,3 1,6 free 9013 80 90 – – Other             9013 90 – Parts and accessories               – – Other             9013 90 10 – – – For liquid crystal devices (LCD) 6,5 free 4,9 3,3 1,6 free 9013 90 90 – – – Other             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:             9017 10 – Drafting tables and machines, whether or not automatic             9017 10 10 – – Plotters 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 9017 10 90 – – Other             9017 20 – Other drawing, marking-out or mathematical calculating instruments               – – Drawing instruments             9017 20 05 – – – Plotters 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 9017 20 11 – – – Drawing sets             9017 20 19 – – – Other               – – Marking-out instruments             9017 20 31 – – – Pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substrates free free free free free free 9017 20 39 – – – Other             9017 20 90 – – Mathematical calculating instruments (including slide rules, disc calculators and the like)             9017 90 – Parts and accessories             9017 90 10 – – For apparatus of subheading 9017 20 31 3,7 free 2,8 1,9 0,9 free 9017 90 90 – – Other             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 Nos 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032:             9026 10 – For measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids             9026 10 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free   – – Other               – – – Electronic             9026 10 51 – – – – Flow meters 4,8 free 3,6 2,4 1,2 free 9026 10 59 – – – – Other 4,8 free 3,6 2,4 1,2 free   – – – Other             9026 10 91 – – – – Flow meters 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 9026 10 99 – – – – Other 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 9026 20 – For measuring or checking pressure             9026 20 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free   – – Other             9026 20 30 – – – Electronic 4,8 free 3,6 2,4 1,2 free   – – – Other               – – – – Spiral or metal diaphragm type pressure gauges             9026 20 51 – – – – – Appliances for measuring and non-automatically regulating tyre pressure 3,3 free 2,5 1,6 0,8 free 9026 20 59 – – – – – Other 3,3 free 2,5 1,6 0,8 free 9026 20 90 – – – – Other 3,3 free 2,5 1,6 0,8 free 9026 80 – Other instruments or apparatus             9026 80 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free   – – Other             9026 80 91 – – – Electronic 4,8 free 3,6 2,4 1,2 free 9026 80 99 – – – Other 3,6 free 2,7 1,8 0,9 free 9026 90 – Parts and accessories             9026 90 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free 9026 90 90 – – Other 3,3 free 2,5 1,6 0,8 free 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:             9027 20 – Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments             9027 20 10 – – Chromatographs 3,5 free 2,6 1,8 0,9 free 9027 20 90 – – Electrophoresis instruments 4,4 free 3,3 2,2 1,1 free 9027 30 00 – Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) 3,5 free 2,6 1,8 0,9 free 9027 50 00 – Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) 4,4 free 3,3 2,2 1,1 free 9027 80 – Other instruments and apparatus               – – Electronic             9027 80 11 – – – pH meters, rH meters and other apparatus for measuring conductivity 4,4 free 3,3 2,2 1,1 free 9027 80 15 – – – Apparatus for performing measurements of the physical properties of semiconductor materials or associated insulating and conducting layers during the semiconductor wafer production process free free free free free free 9027 80 18 – – – Other 4,4 free 3,3 2,2 1,1 free   – – Other             9027 80 91 – – – Viscometers, porosimeters and expansion meters 4 free 3,0 2,0 1,0 free 9027 80 95 – – – Apparatus for performing measurements of the physical properties of semiconductor materials or associated insulating and conducting layers during the semiconductor wafer production process free free free free free free 9027 80 98 – – – Other 4 free 3,0 2,0 1,0 free 9027 90 – Microtomes; parts and accessories             9027 90 10 – – Microtomes             9027 90 50 – – Parts and accessories of apparatus of subheadings 9027 20 to 9027 80 4,4 free 3,3 2,2 1,1 free 9027 90 80 – – Parts and accessories of microtomes or of gas or smoke analysis apparatus             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:             9030 40 – Other instruments and apparatus, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, cross-talk meters, gain measuring instruments, distortion factor meters, psophometers)             9030 40 10 – – For use in civil aircraft free free free free free free 9030 40 90 – – Other 5,5 free 4,1 2,8 1,4 free   – Other instruments and apparatus             9030 82 00 – – For measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices free free free free free free 9030 90 – Parts and accessories             9030 90 10 – – For use in civil aircraft             9030 90 20 – – For apparatus of subheading 9030 82 00 4,4 free 3,3 2,2 1,1 free 9030 90 80 – – Other             9031 Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter; profile projectors:               – Other optical instruments and appliances             9031 41 00 – – For inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices free free free free free free 9031 49 – – Other             9031 49 10 – – – For measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor wafers free free free free free free 9031 49 90 – – – Other             9031 90 – Parts and accessories             9031 90 10 – – Of instruments, appliances and machines of subheading 9031 80, for use in civil aircraft             9031 90 20 – – For apparatus of subheadings 9031 41 00 and 9031 49 10 4,6 free 3,4 2,3 1,1 free 9031 90 90 – – Other             EC-ITA — Schedule CXL — Attachment A, Section 2 Description HS 97 Headings * Quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for production of semiconductor wafers 7020 00 05 * Chemical vapour deposition apparatus for semiconductor production 8419 89 20 * Parts of chemical vapour deposition apparatus for semiconductor production 8419 90 30 * Spin dryers for semiconductor wafer processing 8421 19 95 * Parts of spin dryers for semiconductor wafer processing 8421 91 10 * Deflash machines for cleaning and removing contaminants from the metal leads of semiconductor packages prior to the electroplating process 8424 89 30 * Spraying appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers 8424 89 20 * Parts of spraying appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers 8424 90 10 * Machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photo beam in the production of semiconductor wafers 8456 10 10 * Apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers 8456 99 30 * Machines for dry-etching patterns on semiconductor materials 8456 91 00 * Focused ion beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticles for patterns on semiconductor devices 8456 99 10 * Lasercutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beam 8456 10 10 * Machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chips 8464 10 10 * Grinding, polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafers 8464 20 05 * Dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers 8464 90 10 * Parts for machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chips 8466 91 15 * Parts of dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafers 8466 91 15 * Parts of grinding, polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafers 8466 91 15 * Parts of focused ion beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticles for patterns on semiconductor devices 8466 93 15 * Parts of lasercutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beam 8466 93 15 * Parts of machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photo beam in the production of semiconductor wafers 8466 93 15 * Parts of apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers 8466 93 15 * Parts of machines for dry-etching patterns on semiconductor materials 8466 93 15 * Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 8477 10 10 8477 59 05 * Parts of encapsulation equipment 8477 90 05 * Automated machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, wafer cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devices 8428 39 93 * Apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boules 8479 89 65 * Apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafers 8419 89 25 8543 89 70 * Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays 8479 89 75 8479 89 76 * Die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of semiconductors 8479 89 77 8515 80 05 8515 90 10 * Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 8479 89 79 8543 89 73 * Epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafers 8479 89 70 * Machines for bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leads 8462 21 05 8462 29 05 * Physical deposition apparatus for semiconductor production 8543 89 72 * Spinners for coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafers 8421 19 93 * Part of apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafers 8543 90 30 * Parts for die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of semiconductors 8479 90 50 * Parts for spinners for coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafers 8421 91 10 * Parts of apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boules 8479 90 50 * Parts of apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays 8479 90 50 8543 90 30 * Parts of automated machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, wafer cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devices 8431 39 20 * Parts of encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductors 8479 90 50 8543 90 30 * Parts of epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafers 8479 90 50 * Parts of machines for bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leads 8466 94 10 * Parts of physical deposition apparatus for semiconductor production 8419 90 30 8543 90 30 * Injection and compression moulds for the manufacture of semiconductor devices 8480 71 10 * Resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers 8514 10 05 8514 30 11 8514 30 91 * Inductance or dielectric furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers 8514 20 05 * Apparatus for rapid heating of semiconductor wafers 8419 89 15 8514 30 91 * Parts of resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafers 8514 90 10 * Parts of apparatus for rapid heating of wafers 8419 90 30 8514 90 10 * Parts of furnaces and ovens of headings No 8514 10 to No 8514 30 8514 90 10 * Wafer probers 8536 90 20 * Ion implanters for doping semiconductor materials 8543 11 00 * Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays 8479 89 75 8479 89 76 8543 30 10 8543 30 20 * Parts of apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displays 8479 90 50 8543 90 30 * Parts of ion implanters for doping semiconductor materials 8543 90 30 * Apparatus for projection, drawing or plating circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor materials and flat panel displays 9010 41 00 9010 42 00 9010 49 00 9010 50 10 * Parts and accessories of the apparatus of headings No 9010 41 to 9010 49 9010 90 10 * Optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles 9011 10 10 * Photomicrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles 9011 20 10 * Parts and accessories of optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles 9011 90 10 * Parts and accessories of photomicrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles 9011 90 10 * Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles 9012 10 10 * Parts and accessories of electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticles 9012 90 10 * Pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substrates 9006 10 10 9017 20 31 * Parts and accessories for pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substrates 9006 99 10 9017 90 10 * Parts of such pattern generating apparatus 9017 90 10 * Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices 9030 82 00 * Parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices 9030 90 20 * Parts of instruments and appliances for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices 9030 90 20 * Optical instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting masks, photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices 9031 41 00 * Optical instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor wafers 9031 49 10 * Parts and accessories of optical instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting masks, photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devices 9031 90 20 * Parts and accessories of optical instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor wafers 9031 90 20 EC-ITA — Schedule CXL — Attachment B Description HS 97 Headings * Computers: automatic data processing machines capable of (1) storing the processing program or programs and at least the data immediately necessary for the execution of the program; (2) being freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user; (3) performing arithmetical computations specified by the user; (4) executing without human intervention, a processing program which requires them to modify their execution, by logical decision during the processing run. The agreement covers automatic data processing machines whether or not they are able to receive and process with assistance of central processing unit telephony signals, television signals, or other analogue or digitally processed audio or video signals. Machines performing a specific function other than data processing, or incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data processing machine, and not otherwise specified under Attachment A or B, are not covered by this agreement. The agreement covers such automatic data processing machines whether or not they are able to receive and process with the assistance of the central processing unit telephony signals, television signals, or other analogue or digitally processed audio or video signals. However, machines performing a specific function other than data processing, or incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data processing machine, and not referred to under part A or B, are excluded from the product coverage of this agreement. 8741 10 90 8471 30 00 8471 41 90 8471 49 90 8471 50 90 8528 12 10 8528 13 10 8543 89 17 * Electric amplifiers when used as repeaters in line telephony products falling within this agreement, and parts thereof. 8517 50 10 8517 80 90 * Flat panel display devices (including LCD, electro-luminescence, plasma, vacuum-fluorescence and other technologies) for products falling within this agreement, and parts thereof. 8471 60 90 8473 30 10 8473 30 90 8531 20 30 8531 20 51 8531 20 59 8531 20 80 8531 80 30 8531 90 10 8531 90 30 9013 80 11 9013 80 19 9013 80 30 9013 90 10 * Network equipment: local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) apparatus, including those products dedicated for use solely or principally to permit the interconnection of automatic data processing machines and units thereof for a network that is used primarily for the sharing of resources such as central processor units, data storage devices and input or output units — including adapters, hubs, in-line repeaters, converters, concentrators, bridges and routers, and printed circuit assemblies for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines and units thereof. 8471 50 90 8471 60 90 8517 50 90 * Monitors: display units of automatic data processing machines with a cathode ray tube with a dot screen pitch smaller than 0,4 mm not capable of receiving and processing television signals or other analogue or digitally processed audio or video signals without assistance of a central processing unit of a computer as defined in this agreement. 8471 60 90 The agreement does not, therefore, cover televisions, including high definition televisions (1). * Optical disc storage units for automatic data processing machines (including CD drives and DVD-drives), whether or not having the capability of writing/recording as well as reading, whether or not in their own housings. 8471 70 51 * Paging alert devices and parts thereof. 8527 90 92 8529 90 40 * Plotters whether input or output units of HS heading No 8471 or drawing or drafting machines of HS heading No 9017. 8471 60 90 8471 80 90 9017 10 10 9017 20 05 * Printed circuit assemblies for products falling within this agreement, including such assemblies for external connections such as cards that conform to the PCMCIA standard. Such printed circuit assemblies consist of one or more printed circuits of heading 8534 with one or more active elements assembled thereon, with or without passive elements ‘Active elements’ means diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices, whether or not photosensitive, of heading 8541, and integrated circuits and micro assemblies of heading 8542. 8473 10 11 8473 21 10 8473 29 10 8473 30 10 8473 40 11 8473 50 10 8504 90 05 8504 90 91 8517 80 90 8517 90 11 8517 90 82 8522 90 51 8528 12 90 8529 90 40 8531 90 10 8531 90 30 8543 90 20 8543 90 30 8548 90 10 9026 90 90 9027 90 50 9030 90 20 * Projection type flat panel display units used with automatic data processing machines which can display digital information generated by the central processing unit. 8471 60 90 8528 30 05 8531 80 30 * Proprietary format storage devices including media therefor for automatic data processing machines, with or without removable media and whether magnetic, optical or other technology, including Bernoulli Box, Syquest, Zipdrive cartridge storage units. 8471 70 51 8471 70 53 8471 70 59 8471 70 60 8471 70 90 8523 20 11 8523 20 19 8523 20 90 8523 90 00 8524 31 00 8524 39 10 8524 40 10 8524 40 91 8524 40 99 8524 91 10 8524 91 90 8524 99 10 * Multimedia upgrade kits for automatic data processing machines, and units thereof, put up for retail sale, consisting of, at least, speakers and/or microphones, as well as a printed circuit assembly that enables the ADP machine and units thereof to process audio signals (sound cards). 8543 89 79 * Set top boxes which have communication function a microprocessor-based device incorporating a modem for gaining access to the internet, and having a function of interactive information exchange. 8517 50 90 8517 80 90 8525 20 99 (1)  Participants will conduct a review of this product description in January 1999 under the consultation of paragraph 3 of the Declaration. WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION 2 April 1997 Council for Trade in Goods IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON TRADE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS The following communication was sent on 26 March 1997 to the Chairman of the Council for Trade in Goods with a request that it be circulated to all Members. The following Members of the World Trade Organization (‘WTO’) and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the WTO:   Australia   Canada   Czech Republic   Costa Rica   Estonia   European Communities   Hong Kong   Iceland   India   Indonesia   Israel   Japan   Korea   Macau   Malaysia   New Zealand   Norway   Romania   Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu,   Kinmen and Matsu   Singapore   Slovak Republic   Switzerland (1)   Thailand   Turkey   United States (hereinafter referred to as ‘participants’) (2), having been parties to the Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products (3) (hereinafter referred to as ‘Declaration’), or having agreed, in the period since the Declaration was circulated, to participate in the expansion of world trade in information technology products according to the modalities set forth in the Declaration, met on 26 March 1997 (4), took the decisions described below, as provided for in the Annex to the Declaration, and established the elements described below, concerning the further implementation of the Declaration, as reflected below. Agreement on actions foreseen in the Declaration 1. The participants accepted (5) the results of the review process described in paragraph 2 of the Annex to the Declaration, as reflected in the documents attached hereto, which were submitted by participants and have been reviewed and approved on a consensus basis. 2. The participants agreed that the criteria established in paragraph 4 of the Annex to the Declaration have been met, and therefore, that participants shall implement (5) the actions foreseen in the Declaration. Establishment of the Committee of Participants 3. In order to carry out the provisions of paragraphs 3, 5, 6 and 7 of the Annex to the Declaration, the participants established a Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in Information Technology Products (hereinafter referred to as ‘Committee’). The Committee shall oversee the functioning of these elements and shall serve as the forum for meetings required under its procedures and collective consultations among the participants. All decisions of the Committee shall be taken by consensus. 4. Membership in the Committee shall be open to representatives of all participants. The Committee shall elect a chairperson from among the representatives of the participants or as otherwise decided. The Committee may decide to invite, as appropriate, representatives of WTO Members and of observers to the Council for Trade in Goods that are not participants as of 26 March 1997 to attend meetings of the Committee as observers. 5. The participants agreed that any WTO Member, or State or separate customs territory in the process of acceding to the WTO, that is not a participant as of 26 March 1997, and that notifies the Committee of its interest in binding and eliminating customs duties, and other duties and charges, on the importation of information technology products into its territory pursuant to these elements, may become a participant on terms to be agreed between it and the participants at that time. Unless otherwise agreed, such WTO Member, or separate customs territory in the process of acceding to the WTO, shall, on the date that it becomes a participant, make effective all rate reductions it would have undertaken had it been a participant as of 26 March 1997. 6. The participants agreed that the Committee shall hold regular meetings to review developments related to the implementation of the Declaration, and shall hold special meetings at the request of any participant or as otherwise necessary by invitation of the chairperson. The first regular meeting of the Committee shall be held no later than 30 September 1997. The Committee shall consider at that meeting the schedule of future regular meetings, taking account of the meetings provided for in paragraph 7 below. Process for monitoring implementation and consultations on and review of product coverage 7. The participants agreed that, in conducting the consultations and review described in paragraph 3 of the Annex to the Declaration (6), the Committee may also take into account changes in patterns in trade in information technology products. The participants expressed their intent to conduct the initial review and any consultations pursuant to paragraph 3 of the Annex to the Declaration according to the procedures attached hereto. 8. The participants also agreed that, in conducting the consultations described in paragraph 5 of the Annex to the Declaration (7), the Committee may consider product classification divergences with a view to ensuring that the actions foreseen in the Declaration are implemented in a coherent fashion by all participants. GATT 1994 Article XXVIII 9. The participants agreed that any participant that is a WTO Member having recourse to the provisions of Article XXVIII of the GATT 1994 with respect to the possible modification or withdrawal of a concession included in its WTO schedule of tariff concessions, as modified pursuant to these procedures, shall so notify the other participants at the time that it notifies the Director-General of the WTO. Upon the request of any participant, the Committee shall convene a meeting within 30 days of the circulation of the notification to consider the potential impact of the proposed modification or withdrawal of the concession on the trade of other participants in information technology products. Such deliberations shall be without prejudice to rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement. 10. The participants agreed that, in light of the technical specificity of information technology products, participants may wish to consider, in the course of the review provided for in paragraph 3 of the Annex to the Declaration, additional procedures to address the concerns of small- and medium-sized exporting participants regarding their rights under Article XXVIII, bearing in mind that a review will be conducted by the Council for Trade in Goods five years from the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement pursuant to paragraph 1 of the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXVIII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994. Incorporation of the Annex to the Declaration 11. The participants agreed that the modalities set forth in the Annex to the Declaration, including the Attachments to that Annex, are an integral part of these elements. Attachments: A. Ministerial Declaration on Trade in Information Technology Products, WT/MIN(96)/16, 13 December 1996. B. Approved Schedules of Participants (8). (1)  On behalf of the customs union Switzerland and Liechtenstein. (2)  Participants took note that Panama and Poland submitted documents after 1 March 1997 that could not be reviewed by 26 March 1997 and that others may submit documents on or before 1 April 1997. Participants agreed to meet again during the week of 14 April 1997 to complete the review process with respect to these documents. It was understood that, upon approval of these documents, the procedures set forth in the Annex to the Declaration would apply as if the documents had been approved at the meeting of 26 March 1997, and the States or separate customs territories referred to above would thenceforth be considered to be ‘participants’ for purposes of the further implementation of the Declaration. (3)  WT/MIN(96)/16, 13 December 1996 (attached). (4)  The WTO Secretariat shall maintain a set of the informal documents exchanged by participants in consultations that led to the decisions taken at that meeting. These documents shall be made available to participants for consultation upon request. (5)  Subject to the completion of domestic procedural requirements. (6)  The text of paragraph 3 is as follows: ‘Participants shall meet periodically under the auspices of the Council on Trade in Goods to review the product coverage specified in the Attachments, with a view to agreeing, by consensus, whether in the light of technological developments, experience in applying the tariff concessions, or changes to the HS nomenclature, the Attachments should be modified to incorporate additional products, and to consult on non-tariff barriers to trade in information technology products. Such consultations shall be without prejudice to rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement. ’ (7)  The text of paragraph 5 is as follows: ‘Participants shall meet as often as necessary and no later than 30 September 1997 to consider any divergence among them in classifying information technology products, beginning with the products specified in Attachment B. Participants agree on the common objective of achieving, where appropriate, a common classification for these products within existing HS nomenclature, giving consideration to interpretations and rulings of the Customs Cooperation Council (also known as the World Customs Organization or ‘WCO’). In any instance in which a divergence in classification remains, participants will consider whether a joint suggestion could be made to the WCO with regard to updating existing HS nomenclature or resolving divergence in interpretation of the HS nomenclature. ’ (8)  Available for consultation by participants and WTO Members in the WTO Secretariat (Market Access Division). PROCEDURES FOR CONSULTATIONS ON AND REVIEW OF PRODUCT COVERAGE Pursuant to paragraph 7 above, it is the intention of the participants to conduct the initial review and any consultations pursuant to paragraph 3 of the Annex to the Declaration according to the following schedule: (a) Beginning 1 October 1997 and no later than 31 December 1997, participants may submit to the Committee lists of additional information technology products for possible additional tariff concessions, including supporting technical documentation to facilitate consideration by the Committee, taking into account paragraph 5 of the Annex to the Declaration regarding classification issues. Such lists shall be circulated to all participants. (b) Beginning 1 January 1998 and no later than 31 March 1998, participants that have submitted the documentation described in paragraph (a) above shall consult upon request with interested participants to clarify information and exchange views on the documentation submitted, including technical specifications of the products covered in such documentation. (c) No later than 30 June 1998, the Committee shall meet to decide whether to revise Attachment A or B to the Annex to the Declaration, and if so, to establish a revised list of products with respect to which participants would bind and eliminate customs duties and other duties and charges. Such list would replace Attachment A or B. (d) If the Committee decides to establish a revised list pursuant to paragraph (c), then each participant shall submit no later than 1 September 1998 a document similar to that required under paragraph 2 of the Annex to the Declaration. (e) The Committee shall meet no later than 15 September 1998 to conduct a review of these documents in a manner similar to that conducted pursuant to paragraph 2 of the Annex to the Declaration, and shall conclude its review no later than 30 September 1998. At that meeting participants shall also consider the possibility and procedures for further reviews. (f) Upon successful completion of the Committee review, the participants shall submit to the Secretariat the documents incorporating the results of the review as proposed modifications to their WTO schedules of tariff concessions, pursuant to the Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD, 27S/25), with a view to the entry into force of the revised schedules, and incorporation in their domestic tariff schedules, no later than 1 January 1999 bearing in mind the need of each participant to fulfil its domestic procedural requirements. Each participant that is not a Member of the WTO shall implement these measures on an autonomous basis, pending completion of its WTO accession, and shall incorporate these measures into its WTO schedule on goods