Amendments to the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes
The following list contains the decisions taken by the Harmonized System Committee
(29th Session – May 2002) concerning amendments to the Harmonized System
Explanatory Notes. This publication will be updated regularly.
The Harmonized System Explanatory Notes are published by WCO in 4 volumes 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 “Publications” 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 2.
Page 16. General Explanatory Note. New last paragraph.
Insert the following new last paragraph :
“Similarly, meat and meat offal of this Chapter remain classified here (e.g.,
fresh or chilled meat of bovine animals) when subjected to packaging by means
of a Modified Atmospheric Packaging (MAP) process. In a MAP process the
atmosphere surrounding the product is altered or controlled (e.g., by removing
or reducing the oxygen content and replacing it with or increasing the nitrogen or
carbon dioxide content)."
2.
CHAPTER 3.
Page 24. General Explanatory Note. New penultimate paragraph.
Insert the following new penultimate paragraph (before the exclusions) :
“Similarly, fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates of
this Chapter remain classified here (e.g., fresh or chilled fish) when subjected to
packaging by means of a Modified Atmospheric Packaging (MAP) process. In a
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MAP process the atmosphere surrounding the product is altered or controlled
(e.g., by removing or reducing the oxygen content and replacing it with or
increasing the nitrogen or carbon dioxide content)."
3.
CHAPTER 7.
Page 53. General Explanatory Note. New last paragraph.
Insert the following new last paragraph :
“Similarly, products of this Chapter remain classified here (e.g., fresh or
chilled vegetables) when subjected to packaging by means of a Modified
Atmospheric Packaging (MAP) process. In a MAP process the atmosphere
surrounding the product is altered or controlled (e.g., by removing or reducing
the oxygen content and replacing it with or increasing the nitrogen or carbon
dioxide content)."
4.
CHAPTER 8.
Page 64. General Explanatory Note. New last paragraph.
Insert the following new last paragraph :
“Products of this Chapter remain classified here (e.g., fresh strawberries)
when subjected to packaging by means of a Modified Atmospheric Packaging
(MAP) process. In a MAP process the atmosphere surrounding the product is
altered or controlled (e.g., by removing or reducing the oxygen content and
replacing it with or increasing the nitrogen or carbon dioxide content)."
5.
CHAPTER 29.
1.
Page 425. SUB-CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL. Part (A). Second paragraph.
Second line.
Replace “(=PO)” and "(=CO)" with “(≡PO)” and “(
2.
CO)”, respectively.
Page 490. Heading 29.41. Second paragraph. Item (4).
Delete and substitute :
“(4) Chloramphenicol and
florfenicol.”
6.
its
derivatives,
e.g.,
CHAPTER 31.
Page 581. Heading 31.01. Last paragraph. Exclusion (g).
Delete “(heading 41.10)” and substitute “(heading 41.15)”.
7.
CHAPTER 35.
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thiamphenicol
and
Page 642. Heading 35.04. First paragraph. Part (C).
Delete “heading 41.10” and substitute “heading 41.15”.
8.
CHAPTER 40.
Page 775. Heading 40.16. First paragraph.
1.
Item (6).
Delete “63.06)” and substitute “63.06); water-mattresses”.
2.
Item (9).
Delete “Pump rotors and moulds;” and substitute “Pump rotors and moulds;
rubber liners for milking machines; taps, cocks, valves and similar
appliances;”.
3.
New Items (13) and (14).
Insert the following new Items (13) and (14) :
“(13) Rubber-headed hammers.
(14) Small suction hooks, table mats, sink plugs, sink plungers, doorstops,
rubber feet for furniture legs and other articles for household use.”
9.
CHAPTER 41.
Page 779. Heading 41.01. First paragraph.
French text only.
10.
CHAPTER 43.
Page 797. GENERAL. First paragraph.
French text only.
11.
CHAPTER 48.
Page 885. Heading 48.11. First paragraph. Last line.
French text only.
12.
CHAPTER 84.
1.
Page 1505. Heading 84.42. Third paragraph.
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Add the following second sentence :
“The heading also includes composing machines using a laser beam
projected onto photographic film.”
2.
Page 1571. Heading 84.69. Exclusions.
Re-letter the second exclusion “(e)” as “(f)”.
3.
Page 1580. Heading 84.71. Item (4). Second paragraph.
Delete and substitute :
“This category includes routers, bridges and hubs used to control and direct
communications between the machines in a local area network (LAN), as
well as repeaters which receive, process (by regenerating and retiming) and
transmit data circulating within a LAN system. This category also includes
channel to channel adaptors used to connect two digital systems (e.g., two
LANs) to each other."
13.
CHAPTER 90.
Page 1851. Heading 90.31.
1.
Subheading 9031.4.
Delete and substitute :
“- Other optical instruments and appliances :”
2.
Exclusions.
-
Delete “(ŋ)” (eight times) and substitute “(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g)
and (h)”, respectively.
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Exclusion (c) :
Delete “ãSurveying,” and substitute “Surveying,”
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