Amendments to the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes
The following list contains the decisions taken by the Harmonized System Committee
(41st Session – March 2008) concerning amendments to the Harmonized System
Explanatory Notes. This publication will be updated regularly.
The Harmonized System Explanatory Notes are published by WCO in 5 volumes
(2007 edition) and reflect the official interpretation of the Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System. They also contain the text of the Subheading
Explanatory Notes indicating the scope and content of certain of the Harmonized
System Subheadings. The Explanatory Notes are available in English and French,
the two official languages of the WCO, and can be ordered directly (see “Bookshop”
on this Web site). They are also available on-line.
The amendments listed below are reproduced in the order of the current pages
concerned and will be incorporated into the aforementioned WCO publications in due
time by replacing the pages affected by the amendments made.
Advice
Parties seeking to import or export merchandise covered by a decision are advised to
verify the implementation of the decision by the importing or exporting country, as the
case may be.
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CHAPTER 17.
Heading 17.01. Page IV-1701-1. Second paragraphe. First sentence.
Delete and substitute :
“Raw or crude cane or beet sugars occur in the form of brown crystals or other solid forms,
the colour being due to the presence of impurities.”
CHAPTER 28.
General Explanatory Note. Page VI-2801-2. Lawrencium. Second column (Symbol).
Delete “Lw” and substitute “Lr”.
Heading 28.14. Page VI-2814-2. First paragraph.
1. Second line.
Delete "(see Explanatory Note to heading 38.24, Item (C) (3)),"
and substitute "(see Explanatory Note to heading 38.25, Item (A) (3)),".
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CHAPTER 29.
Heading 29.16. Page VI-2916-2. Part C 1) f).
French text only.
List II. Page VI-29-List II-7. 2nd column.
Delete "(ii) 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid (P) (2918.90)" and "(iii) 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl
chloride (P) (2918.90)" and substitute "(ii) 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoic acid (P) (2918.99)" and
"(iii) 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl chloride (P) (2918.99)", respectively.
CHAPTER 30.
Heading 30.02. Page VI-3002-2. Item (D) (1).
Delete and substitute :
“(1) Vaccines.
The most typical vaccines are prophylactic preparations of microbial origin containing
either viruses or bacteria suspended in saline solutions, oil (lipovaccines) or other
media. These preparations have usually been treated to reduce their toxicity without
destroying their immunizing properties.
Other vaccines include recombinant vaccines, peptide vaccines and carbohydrate
vaccines. These vaccines generally contain an antigen, a recognised part of an antigen
or a gene coding for a recognised part of an antigen (peptides, recombinants or
conjugates of protein and others). The “recognised part of an antigen” is the part of an
antigen which triggers the immunological response in the organism. Many of these
vaccines target a specific virus or bacterium. These vaccines are used for prophylactic
or therapeutic purposes.
The heading also covers mixtures consisting of vaccines or toxoids (such as Diphtheria,
Tetanus and Pertussis (DPT) vaccine).”
CHAPTER 33.
Heading 33.01. Page VI-3301-2. Part (A). Penultimate paragraph. First sentence.
Delete “some of the principal ingredients” and substitute “a portion of the principal
ingredients”.
CHAPTER 41.
Heading 41.01. Page VIII-4101-1.
1.
Heading text.
Delete “(+)” at the end of the text.
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2.
Subheading Explanatory Note. Subheading 4101.20.
Delete the Subheading Explanatory Note.
CHAPTER 57.
Heading 57.02. Page XI-5702-3. Item (7). First paragraph. Third sentence.
Delete and substitute :
“Nevertheless, as far as the pattern is concerned, Kelem generally has no flowers or foliage
but mostly rectilinear designs.”
CHAPTER 84.
Heading 84.36. Page XVI-8436-3. First paragraph (exclusions).
Insert the following new exclusion (k) :
“(k) Vacuum cleaner type grooming apparatus for horses or cattle (heading 85.08).”
Renumber present exclusions (k) to (m) as (l) to (n), respectively.
CHAPTER 85.
Heading 85.08. Page XVI-8508-1. New third paragraph.
Insert the following new paragraph after the second paragraph :
"The heading includes, inter alia, vacuum cleaner type grooming apparatus for horses or
cattle."
CHAPTER 90.
Heading 90.06. Page XVIII-9006-5. Exclusions.
Delete :
"(b) Digital cameras (heading 85.25).
(c)
Digital camera backs (heading 85.29).
(d) Electric flashlight discharge lamps (heading 85.39).
(e) Photographic enlargers and reducers of heading 90.08.
(f)
Photocopying or thermocopying apparatus (heading 84.43)."
and substitute :
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"(b) Photocopying or thermocopying apparatus (heading 84.43).
(c)
Digital cameras (heading 85.25).
(d) Digital camera backs (heading 85.29).
(e) Electric flashlight discharge lamps (heading 85.39).
(f)
Photographic enlargers and reducers of heading 90.08."
Heading 90.21. Page XVIII-9021-2. Part (II). Second paragraph.
Delete and substitute :
“Some of these articles are designed for fitting on to the patient (e.g., wire, zinc or wooden
cradles for holding limbs, plaster bandage splints, fracture appliances for ribs, etc.); others
are designed to be fixed to a bed, a table or another support (protective bed cradles,
extension fracture apparatus made of tubing, to be used in the place of splints or cradles,
etc.). However, when the latter appliances form an inseparable part of the bed, table or
another support, they are excluded from this heading.”
Heading 90.25.
1.
Page XVIII-9025-3. Part (D). First paragraph. First sentence.
Delete and substitute :
“These are used to determine the moisture content of the air or other gases.”
2.
Page XVIII-9025-4. Heading 90.25. Part (D). After the Last paragraph.
Insert the following new exclusion :
"This heading does not cover instruments which determine the moisture content of
solid matter (heading 90.27)."
Heading 90.27. Page XVIII-9027-5. Item (26).
Delete and substitute :
"(26) Analytical instruments - sometimes called “moisture meters for solids”- based on the
dielectric constant, electrical conductivity, absorption of electromagnetic energy
or infrared radiation of substances".
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