Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3174/88 of 21 September 1988 amending Annex 1 to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

CHAPTER 64FOOTWEAR, GAITERS AND THE LIKE; PARTS OF SUCH ARTICLESNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) footwear without applied soles, of textile material (Chapter 61 or 62); (b) worn footwear of heading No 6309; (c) articles of asbestos (heading No 6812); (d) orthopaedic footwear or other orthopaedic appliances, or parts thereof (heading No 9021); or (e) toy footwear or skating boots with ice or roller skates attached; shin-guards or similar protective sportswear (Chapter 95).2. For the purposes of heading No 6406, the expression 'parts` does not include pegs, boot protectors, eyelets, boot hooks, buckles, ornaments, braid, laces, pompons or other trimmings (which are to be classified in their appropriate headings) or buttons or other goods of heading No 9606.3. For the purposes of this chapter, the expressions 'rubber` or 'plastics` include any textile material visibly coated or covered externally with one or both of those materials.4. Subject to note 3 to this chapter : (a) the material of the upper shall be taken to be the constituent material having the greatest external surface area, no account being taken of accessories or reinforcements such as ankle patches, edging, ornamentation, buckles, tabs, eyelet stays or similar attachments; (b) the constituent material of the outer sole shall be taken to be the material having the greatest surface area in contact with the ground, no account being taken of accessories or reinforcements such as spikes, bars, nails, protectors or similar attachments.Subheading note1. For the purposes of subheadings 6402 11, 6402 19, 6403 11, 6403 19 and 6404 11, the expression 'sports footwear` applies only to : (a) footwear which is designed for a sporting activity and has, or has provision for the attachment of, spikes, sprigs, stops, clips, bars or the like; (b) skating boots, ski-boots and cross-country ski footwear, wrestling boots, boxing boots and cycling shoes.

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CHAPTER 65HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOFNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) worn headgear of heading No 6309; (b) asbestos headgear (heading No 6812); or (c) dolls` hats, other toy hats or carnival articles of Chapter 95.2. Heading No 6502 does not cover hat-shapes made by sewing, other than those obtained simply by sewing strips in spirals.

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CHAPTER 66UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING-STICKS, SEAT-STICKS, WHIPS, RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOFNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) measure walking-sticks or the like (heading No 9017); (b) firearm-sticks, sword-sticks, loaded walking-sticks or the like (Chapter 93); or (c) goods of Chapter 95 (for example, toy umbrellas, toy sun umbrellas).2. Heading No 6603 does not cover parts, trimmings or accessories of textile material, or covers, tassels, thongs, umbrella cases or the like, of any material. Such goods presented with, but not fitted to, articles of heading No 6601 or 6602 are to be classified separately and are not to be treated as forming part of those articles.

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CHAPTER 67PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF DOWN; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIRNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) straining cloth of human hair (heading No 5911); (b) floral motifs of lace, of embroidery or other textile fabric (Section XI); (c) footwear (Chapter 64); (d) headgear or hair-nets (Chapter 65); (e) toys, sports requisites or carnival articles (Chapter 95); or (f) feather dusters, powder-puffs or hair sieves (Chapter 96).2. Heading No 6701 does not cover : (a) articles in which feathers or down constitute only filling or padding (for example, bedding of heading No 9404); (b) articles of apparel or clothing accessories in which feathers or down constitute no more than mere trimming or padding; or (c) artificial flowers or foliage or parts thereof or made up articles of heading No 6702.3. Heading No 6702 does not cover : (a) articles of glass (Chapter 70); or (b) artificial flowers, foliage or fruit of pottery, stone, metal, wood or other materials, obtained in one piece by moulding, forging, carving, stamping or other process, or consisting of parts assembled otherwise than by binding, glueing, fitting into one another or similar methods.

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SECTION XIIIARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS; CERAMIC PRODUCTS; GLASS AND GLASSWARE

CHAPTER 68ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALSNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) goods of Chapter 25; (b) coated, impregnated or covered paper of heading No 4810 or 4811 (for example, paper coated with mica powder or graphite, bituminized or asphalted paper); (c) coated, impregnated or covered textile fabric of Chapter 56 or 59 (for example, fabric coated or covered with mica powder, bituminized or asphalted fabric); (d) articles of Chapter 71; (e) tools or parts of tools, of Chapter 82; (f) lithographic stones of heading No 8442; (g) electrical insulators (heading No 8546) or fittings of insulating material of heading No 8547; (h) dental burrs (heading No 9018); (ij) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases); (k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings); (l) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites); (m) articles of heading No 9602, if made of materials specified in note 2 (b) to Chapter 96, or of heading No 9606 (for example, buttons), No 9609 (for example, slate pencils) or No 9610 (for example, drawing slates); or (n) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).2. in heading No 6802, the expression 'worked monumental or building stone` applies not only to the varieties of stone referred to in heading No 2515 or 2516 but also to all other natural stone (for example, quartzite, flint, dolomite and steatite) similarly worked; it does not, however, apply to slate.

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CHAPTER 69CERAMIC PRODUCTSNotes1. This chapter applies only to ceramic products which have been fired after shaping. Heading Nos 6904 to 6914 apply only to such products other than those classifiable in heading Nos 6901 to 6903.2. This chapter does not cover : (a) products of heading No 2844; (b) articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery); (c) cermets of heading No 8113; (d) articles of Chapter 82; (e) electrical insulators (heading No 8546) or fittings of insulating material of heading No 8547; (f) artificial teeth (heading No 9021); (g) articles of Chapter 91 (for example, clocks and clock cases); (h) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings, prefabricated buildings); (ij) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games and sports requisites); (k) articles of heading No 9606 (for example, buttons) or of heading No 9614 (for example, smoking pipes); or (l) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).

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CHAPTER 70GLASS AND GLASSWARENotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) goods of heading No 3207 (for example, vitrifiable enamels and glazes, glass frit, other glass in the form of powder, granules or flakes); (b) articles of Chapter 71 (for example, imitation jewellery); (c) optical fibre cables of heading No 8544, electrical insulators (heading No 8546) or fittings of insulating material of heading No 8547; (d) optical fibres, optically worked optical elements, hypodermic syringes, artificial eyes, thermometers, barometers, hydrometers or other articles of Chapter 90; (e) lamps or lighting fittings, illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates or the like, having a permanently fixed light source, or parts thereof of heading No 9405; (f) toys, games, sports requisites, Christmas tree ornaments or other articles of Chapter 95 (excluding glass eyes without mechanisms for dolls or for other articles of Chapter 95); or (g) buttons, fitted vacuum flasks, scent or similar sprays or other articles of Chapter 96.2. For the purposes of headings Nos 7003, 7004 and 7005 : (a) Glass is not regarded as 'worked` by reason of any process it has undergone before annealing. (b) Cutting to shape does not affect the classification of glass in sheets. (c) The expression 'absorbent or reflecting layer` means a microscopically thin coating of metal or of a chemical compound (for example, metal oxide) which absorbs, for example, infra-red light or improves the reflecting qualities of the glass while still allowing it to retain a degree of transparency or translucency.3. The products referred to in heading No 7006 remain classified in that heading whether or not they have the character of articles.4. For the purposes of heading No 7019, the expression 'glass wool` means : (a) mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content not less than 60 % by weight; (b) mineral wools with a silica (SiO2) content less than 60 % but with an alkaline oxide (K2O or Na2O) content exceeding 5 % by weight or a boric oxide (B2O3) content exceeding 2 % by weight. Mineral wools which do not comply with the above specifications fall within heading No 6806.5. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression 'glass` includes fused quartz and other fused silica.Subheading note1. For the purposes of subheadings 7013 21, 7013 31 and 7013 91, the expression 'lead crystal` means only glass having a minimum lead monoxide (PbO) content by weight of 24 %.

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SECTION XIVNATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN

CHAPTER 71NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COINNotes 1. Subject to note 1 (a) to Section VI and except as provided below, all articles consisting wholly or partly : (a) of natural or cultured pearls or of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed); or (b) of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal,are to be classified in this chapter. 2. (a) Heading Nos 7113, 7114 and 7115 do not cover articles in which precious metal or metal clad with precious metal is present as minor constituents only, such as minor fittings or minor ornamentation (for example, monograms, ferrules and rims), and paragraph (b) of the foregoing note does not apply to such articles. (b) Heading No 7116 does not cover articles containing precious metal or metal clad with precious metal (other than as minor constituents). 3. This chapter does not cover : (a) amalgams of precious metal, or colloidal precious metal (heading No 2843); (b) sterile surgical suture materials, dental fillings or other goods of Chapter 30; (c) articles of Chapter 32 (for example, lustres); (d) handbags or other articles of heading No 4202 or articles of heading No 4203; (e) articles of heading No 4303 or 4304; (f) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles); (g) footwear, headgear or other articles of Chapter 64 or 65; (h) umbrellas, walking-sticks or other articles of Chapter 66; (ij) abrasive goods of heading No 6804 or 6805 or Chapter 82, containing dust or powder of precious or semi-precious stones (natural or synthetic); articles of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed); machinery, mechanical appliances or electrical goods, or parts thereof, of Section XVI. However, articles and parts thereof, wholly of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in this chapter, except unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds for styluses (heading No 8522); (k) articles of Chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific instruments, clocks and watches, musical instruments); (l) arms or parts thereof (Chapter 93); (m) articles covered by note 2 to Chapter 95; (n) articles of Chapter 96 other than those of heading Nos 9601 to 9606 or 9615; or (o) original sculptures or statuary (heading No 9703), collectors` pieces (heading No 9705) or antiques of an age exceeding 100 years (heading No 9706), other than natural or cultured pearls or precious or semi-precious stones. 4. (a) The expression 'precious metal` means silver, gold and platinum. (b) The expression 'platinum` means platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium and ruthenium. (c) The expression 'precious or semi-precious stones` does not include any of the substances specified in note 2 (b) to Chapter 96. 5. For the purposes of this chapter, any alloy (including a sintered mixture and an inter-metallic compound) containing precious metal is to be treated as an alloy of precious metal if any one precious metal constitutes as much as 2 %, by weight, of the alloy. Alloys of precious metal are to be classified according to the following rules : (a) An alloy containing 2 % or more, by weight, of platinum is to be treated as an alloy of platinum. (b) An alloy containing 2 % or more, by weight, of gold but no platinum, or less than 2 %, by weight, of platinum, is to be treated as an alloy of gold. (c) Other alloys containing 2 % or more, by weight, of silver are to be treated as alloys of silver. 6. Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in the nomenclature to precious metal or to any particular precious metal includes a reference to alloys treated as alloys of precious metal or of the particular metal in accordance with the rules in note 5 above, but not to metal clad with precious metal or to base metal or non-metals plated with precious metal. 7. Throughout the nomenclature the expression 'metal clad with precious metal` means material made with a base of metal upon one or more surfaces of which there is affixed by soldering, brazing, welding, hot-rolling or similar mechanical means a covering of precious metal. Except where the context otherwise requires, the expression also covers base metal inlaid with precious metal. 8. For the purposes of heading No 7113, the expression 'articles of jewellery` means : (a) any small objects of personal adornment (gem-set or not) (for example, rings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, ear-rings, watch-chains, fobs, pendants, tie-pins, cuff-links, dress-studs, religious or other medals and insignia); and (b) articles of personal use of a kind normally carried in the pocket, in the handbag or on the person (such as cigarette cases, powder boxes, chain purses, cachou boxes). 9. For the purposes of heading No 7114, the expression 'articles of goldsmiths` or silversmiths` wares` includes such articles as ornaments, tableware, toilet-ware, smokers` requisites and other articles of household, office or religious use.10. For the purposes of heading No 7117, the expression 'imitation jewellery` means articles of jewellery within the meaning of paragraph (a) of note 8 above (but not including buttons or other articles of heading No 9606, or dress-combs, hair-slides or the like, or hairpins, of heading No 9615), not incorporating natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) nor (except as plating or as minor constituents) precious metal or metal clad with precious metal.Subheading notes1. For the purposes of subheadings 7106 10, 7108 11, 7110 11, 7110 21, 7110 31 and 7110 41, the expressions 'powder` and 'in powder form` mean products of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 0,5 mm.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter note 4 (b), for the purposes of subheadings 7110 11 and 7110 19, the expression 'platinum` does not include iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium or ruthenium.3. For the classification of alloys in the subheadings of heading No 7110, each alloy is to be classified with that metal, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium or ruthenium which predominates by weight over each other of these metals.Additional note1. For the purposes of heading No 7112, the expression 'waste and scrap, of precious metal` means products fit only for the recovery of the metal or for use in the manufacture of chemicals.

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SECTION XVBASE METALS AND ARTICLES OF BASE METAL

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This section does not cover : (a) prepared paints, inks or other products with a basis of metallic flakes or powder (heading Nos 3207 to 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215); (b) ferro-cerium or other pyrophoric alloys (heading No 3606); (c) headgear or parts thereof of heading No 6506 or 6507; (d) umbrella frames or other articles of heading No 6603; (e) goods of Chapter 71 (for example, precious metal alloys, base metal clad with precious metal, imitation jewellery); (f) articles of Section XVI (machinery, mechanical appliances and electrical goods); (g) assembled railway or tramway track (heading No 8608) or other articles of Section XVII (vehicles, ships and boats, aircraft); (h) instruments or apparatus of Section XVIII, including clock or watch springs; (ij) lead shot prepared for ammunition (heading No 9306) or other articles of Section XIX (arms and ammunition); (k) articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, mattress supports, lamps and lighting fittings, illuminated signs, prefabricated buildings); (l) articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); (m) hand sieves, buttons, pens, pencil-holders, pen nibs or other articles of Chapter 96 (miscellaneous manufactured articles); or (n) articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).2. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression 'parts of general usemeans : (a) articles of heading Nos 7307, 7312, 7315, 7317 or 7318 and similar articles of other base metal; (b) springs and leaves for springs, of base metal, other than clock or watch springs (heading No 9114); and (c) articles of heading Nos 8301, 8302, 8308, 8310 and frames and mirrors, of base metal, of heading No 8306. In Chapters 73 to 76 and 78 to 82 (but not in heading No 7315) references to parts of goods do not include references to parts of general use as defined above. Subject to the preceding paragraph and to note 1 to Chapter 83, the articles of Chapter 82 or 83 are excluded from Chapters 72 to 76 and 78 to 81.3. Classification of alloys (other than ferro-alloys and master alloys as defined in Chapters 72 and 74) : (a) An alloy of base metals is to be classified as an alloy of the metal which predominates by weight over each of the other metals. (b) An alloy composed of base metals of this section and of elements not falling within this section is to be treated as an alloy of base metals of this section if the total weight of such metals equals or exceeds the total weight of the other elements present. (c) In this section the term 'alloys includes sintered mixtures of metal powders, heterogeneous intimate mixtures obtained by melting (other than cermets) and intermetallic compounds.4. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in the nomenclature to a base metal includes a reference to alloys which, by virtue of note 3 above, are to be classified as alloys of that metal.5. Classification of composite articles : Except where the headings otherwise require, articles of base metal (including articles of mixed materials treated as articles of base metal under the interpretative rules) containing two or more base metals are to be treated as articles of the base metal predominating by weight over each of the other metals. For this purpose : (a) Iron and steel, or different kinds of iron or steel, are regarded as one and the same metal. (b) An alloy is regarded as being entirely composed of that metal as an alloy of which, by virtue of note 3, it is classified. (c) A cermet of heading No 8113 is regarded as a single base metal.6. In this section, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Waste and scrap Metal waste and scrap from the manufacture or mechanical working of metals, and metal goods definitely not usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other reasons. (b) Powders Products of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 1 mm.CHAPTER 72IRON AND STEELNotes1. In this chapter and, in the case of notes (d), (e) and (f) throughout the nomenclature, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Pig iron Pig iron containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions : - not more than 10 % of chromium, - not more than 6 % of manganese, - not more than 3 % of phosphorus, - not more than 8 % of silicon, - a total of not more than 10 % of other elements. (b) Spiegeleisen Iron-carbon alloys containing by weight more than 6 % but not more than 30 % of manganese and otherwise conforming to the specification at (a) above. (c) Ferro-alloys Alloys in pigs, blocks, lumps or similar primary forms, in forms obtained by continuous casting and also in granular or powder forms, whether or not agglomerated, commonly used as an additive in the manufacture of other alloys or as de-oxidants, de-sulphurizing agents or for similar uses in ferrous metallurgy and generally not usefully malleable, containing by weight 4 % or more of the element iron and one or more of the following : - more than 10 % of chromium, - more than 30 % of manganese, - more than 3 % of phosphorus, - more than 8 % of silicon, - a total of more than 10 % of other elements, excluding carbon, subject to a maximum content of 10 % in the case of copper. (d) Steel Ferrous materials other than those of heading No 7203 which (with the exception of certain types produced in the form of castings) are usefully malleable and which contain by weight 2 % or less of carbon. However, chromium steels may contain higher proportions of carbon. (e) Stainless steel Alloy steels containing, by weight, 1,2 % or less of carbon and 10,5 % or more of chromium, with or without other elements. (f) Other alloy steel Steels not complying with the definition of stainless steel and containing by weight one or more of the following elements in the proportion shown : - 0,3 % or more of aluminium, - 0,0008 % or more of boron, - 0,3 % or more of chromium, - 0,3 % or more of cobalt, - 0,4 % or more of copper, - 0,4 % or more of lead, - 1,65 % or more of manganese, - 0,08 % or more of molybdenum, - 0,3 % or more of nickel, - 0,06 % or more of niobium, - 0,6 % or more of silicon, - 0,05 % or more of titanium, - 0,3 % or more of tungsten (wolfram), - 0,1 % or more of vanadium, - 0,05 % or more of zirconium, - 0,1 % or more of other elements (except sulphur, phosphorus, carbon and nitrogen), taken separately. (g) Remelting scrap ingots of iron or steel Products roughly cast in the form of ingots without feeder-heads or hot tops, or of pigs, having obvious surface faults and not complying with the chemical composition of pig iron, spiegeleisen or ferro-alloys. (h) Granules Products of which less than 90 % by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of 1 mm and of which 90 % or more by weight passes through a sieve with a mesh aperture of 5 mm. (ij) Semi-finished products Continuous cast products of solid section, whether or not subjected to primary hot-rolling; andOther products of solid section, which have not been further worked than subjected to primary hot-rolling or roughly shaped by forging, including blanks for angles, shapes or sections. These products are not presented in coils. (k) Flat-rolled products Rolled products of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section, which do not conform to the definition at (ij) above in the form of : - coils of successively superimposed layers, or - straight lengths, which if of a thickness less than 4,75 mm are of a width measuring at least ten times the thickness or if of a thickness of 4,75 mm or more are of a width which exceeds 150 mm and measures at least twice the thickness. Flat-rolled products include those with patterns in relief derived directly from rolling (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and those which have been perforated, corrugated or polished, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings. Flat-rolled products of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, are to be classified as products of a width of 600 mm or more, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings. (l) Bars and rods, hot-rolled, in irregularly wound coils Hot-rolled products in irregularly wound coils, which have a solid cross-section in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles or other convex polygons. These products may have indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process (reinforcing bars and rods). (m) Other bars and rods Products which do not conform to any of the definitions at (ij), (k) or (l) above or to the definition of wire, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, segments of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), triangles or other convex polygons. These products may : - have indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process (reinforcing bars and rods), - be twisted after rolling. (n) Angles, shapes and sections Products having a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length which do not conform to any of the definitions at (ij), (k), (l) or (m) above or to the definition of wire. Chapter 72 does not include products of heading No 7301 or 7302. (o) Wire Cold-formed products in coils, of any uniform solid cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to the definition of flat-rolled products. (p) Hollow drill bars and rods Hollow bars and rods of any cross-section, suitable for drills, of which the greatest external dimension of the cross-section exceeds 15 mm but does not exceed 52 mm, and of which the greatest internal dimension does not exceed one half of the greatest external dimension. Hollow bars and rods of iron or steel not conforming to this definition are to be classified within heading No 7304.2. Ferrous metals clad with another ferrous metal are to be classified as products of the ferrous metal predominating by weight.3. Iron or steel products obtained by electrolytic deposition, by pressure casting or by sintering are to be classified, according to their form, their composition and their appearance, in the headings of this chapter appropriate to similar hot-rolled products.Subheading notes1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Alloy pig iron Pig iron containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions : - more than 0,2 % of chromium, - more than 0,3 % of copper, - more than 0,3 % of nickel, - more than 0,1 % of any of the following elements : aluminium, molybdenum, titanium, tungsten (wolfram), vanadium. (b) Non-alloy free-cutting steel Non-alloy steel containing, by weight, one or more of the following elements in the specified proportions : - 0,08 % or more of sulphur, - 0,1 % or more of lead, - more than 0,05 % of selenium, - more than 0,01 % of tellurium, - more than 0,05 % of bismuth. (c) Silicon-electrical steel Alloy steels containing by weight at least 0,6 % but not more than 6 % of silicon and not more than 0,08 % of carbon. They may also contain by weight not more than 1 % of aluminium but no other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel. (d) High-speed steel Alloy steels containing, with or without other elements, at least two of the three elements molybdenum, tungsten and vanadium with a combined content by weight of 7 % or more, 0,6 % or more of carbon and 3 to 6 % of chromium. (e) Silico-manganese steel Alloy steels containing by weight : - 0,35 % or more but not more than 0,7 % of carbon, - 0,5 % or more but not more than 1,2 % of manganese, and - 0,6 % or more but not more than 2,3 % of silicon, but not containing any other element in a proportion that would give the steel the characteristics of another alloy steel.2. For the classification of ferro-alloys in the subheadings of heading No 7202, the following rule should be observed :A ferro-alloy is considered as binary and classified under the relevant subheading (if it exists) if only one of the alloy elements exceeds the minimum percentage laid down in note 1 (c) to this chapter; by analogy, it is considered respectively as ternary or quaternary if two or three alloy elements exceed the minimum percentage. For the application of this rule the unspecified 'other elementsreferred to in note 1 (c) to this chapter must each exceed 10 % by weight.Additional note1. The following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : - 'Electrical : for the purposes of subheadings 7209 12 10, 7209 13 10, 7209 14 10, 7209 22 10, 7209 23 10, 7209 24 10, 7209 32 10, 7209 33 10, 7209 34 10, 7209 42 10, 7209 43 10, 7209 44 10, 7211 30 31 and 7211 41 95, flat-rolled products which under a current at 50 Hz and a magnetic flux of 1 T have a watt-loss per kilogram, calculated by the Epstein method, of : - 2,1 W or less, when their thickness does not exceed 0,20 mm, - 3,6 W or less, when their thickness is not less than 0,20 mm but less than 0,60 mm, - 6 W or less, when their thickness is not less than 0,60 mm but not greater than 1,50 mm. - 'Tinplate` : for the purposes of subheadings 7210 12 11, 7210 70 11, 7212 10 10 and 7212 40 10, flat-rolled products (of a thickness of less than 0,5 mm) coated with a layer of metal containing, by weight, 97 % or more of tin.

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CHAPTER 73ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEELNotes1. In this chapter the expression 'cast iron` applies to products obtained by casting in which iron predominates by weight over each of the other elements and which do not comply with the chemical composition of steel as defined in note 1 (d) to Chapter 72.2. In this chapter the word 'wire` means hot- or cold-formed products of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 16 mm.

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CHAPTER 74COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOFNote1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) refined copper : Metal containing at least 99,85 % by weight of copper; or Metal containing at least 97,5 % by weight of copper, provided that the content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table : Other elements Elements Limiting content % by weight

Ag SilverAs ArsenicCd CadmiumCr ChromiumMg MagnesiumPb LeadS SulphurSn TinTe TelluriumZn ZincZr ZirconiumOther elements (1?@N}), each 0,250,5 1,3 1,4 0,8 1,5 0,7 0,8 0,8 1 0,3 0,3

(1?@N}) Other elements are, for example, Al, Be, Co, Fe, Mn, Ni, Si.

(b) Copper alloys : Metallic substances other than unrefined copper in which copper predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that : (i) the content by weight of at least one of the other elements is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table; or (ii) the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 2,5 %. (c) Master alloys : Alloys containing with other elements more than 10 % by weight of copper, not usefully malleable and commonly used as an additive in the manufacture of other alloys or as de-oxidants, de-sulphurizing agents or for similar uses in the metallurgy of non-ferrous metals. However, copper phosphide (phosphor copper) containing more than 15 % by weight of phosphorus falls within heading No 2848. (d) Bars and rods : Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circlesand 'modified rectangles, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. Wire-bars and billets with their ends tapered or otherwise worked simply to facilitate their entry into machines for converting them into, for example, drawing stock (wire-rod) or tubes, are however to be taken to be unwrought copper of heading No 7403. (e) Profiles : Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (f) Wire : Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles and 'modified rectangles, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. In the case of heading No 7414, however, the term 'wireapplies only to products, whether or not in coils, of any cross-sectional shape, of which no cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm. (g) Plates, sheets, strip and foil : Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading No 7403), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including 'modified rectangles of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are : - of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width, - of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings. Heading Nos 7409 and 7410 apply inter alia to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings. (h) Tubes and pipes : Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be taken to be tubes and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.Subheading note1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Copper-zinc base alloys (brasses) : Alloys of copper and zinc, with or without other elements. When other elements are present : - zinc predominates by weight over each of such other elements, - any nickel content by weight is less than 5 % (see copper-nickel-zinc alloys (nickel silvers)), and - any tin content by weight is less than 3 % (see copper-tin alloys (bronzes)). (b) Copper-tin base alloys (bronzes) : Alloys of copper and tin, with or without other elements. When other elements are present, tin predominates by weight over each of such other elements, except that when the tin content is 3 % or more the zinc content by weight may exceed that of tin but must be less than 10 %. (c) Copper-nickel-zinc base alloys (nickel silvers) : Alloys of copper, nickel and zinc, with or without other elements. The nickel content is 5 % or more by weight (see copper-zinc alloys (brasses)). (d) Copper-nickel base alloys : Alloys of copper and nickel, with or without other elements but in any case containing by weight not more than 1 % of zinc. When other elements are present, nickel predominates by weight over each of such other elements.

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CHAPTER 75NICKEL AND ARTICLES THEREOFNote1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Bars and rods : Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (b) Profiles : Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (c) Wire : Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. (d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil : Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading No 7502), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including 'modified rectangles` of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are : - of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width, - of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings. Heading No 7506 applies inter alia to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings. (e) Tubes and pipes : Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular, or regular convex polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.Subheading note1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Nickel, not alloyed : Metal containing by weight at least 99 % of nickel plus cobalt, provided that : (i) the cobalt content by weight does not exceed 1,5 %, and (ii) the content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table : Other elements Elements Limiting content % by weight

Fe IronO OxygenOther elements, each 0,50,40,3

(b) Nickel alloys : Metallic substances in which nickel predominates by weight over each of the other elements provided that : (i) the content by weight of cobalt exceeds 1,5 %, (ii) the content by weight of at least one of the other elements is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table, or (iii) the total content by weight of elements other than nickel plus cobalt exceeds 1 %.

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CHAPTER 76ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOFNote1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Bars and rods : Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings; (b) Profiles : Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings; (c) Wire : Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width; (d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil : Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading No 7601), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including 'modified rectangles` of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are : - of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width, - of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings. Heading Nos 7606 and 7607 apply inter alia to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings; (e) Tubes and pipes : Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.Subheading note1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Aluminium, not alloyed : Metal containing by weight at least 99 % of aluminium, provided that the content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table : Other elements Element Limiting content % by weight

Fe + Si (iron plus silicon)Other elements (1?@N}), each 1 0,1 (2?@N})

(1?@N}) Other elements are, for example, Cr, Cu, Mg, Mn, Ni, Zn.(2?@N}) Copper is permitted in a proportion greater than 0,1 % but not more than 0,2 %, provided that neither the chromium nor manganese content exceeds 0,05 %.

(b) Aluminium alloys : Metallic substances in which aluminium predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that : (i) the content by weight of at least one of the other elements or of iron plus silicon taken together is greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table,or (ii) the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 1 %.

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CHAPTER 78LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOFNote1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Bars and rods : Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (b) Profiles : Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (c) Wire : Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. (d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil : Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading No 7801), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including 'modified rectangles` of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are : - of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width, - of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings. Heading No 7804 applies inter alia to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings. (e) Tubes and pipes : Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.Subheading note1. In this chapter the expression 'refined lead` means : Metal containing by weight at least 99,9 % of lead, provided that the content by weight of any other element does not exceed the limit specified in the following table : Other elements Element Limiting content % by weight

Ag SilverAs ArsenicBi BismuthCa CalciumCd CadmiumCu CopperFe IronS SulphurSb AntimonySn TinZn ZincOther (for example Te), each 0,02 0,0050,05 0,0020,0020,08 0,0020,0020,0050,0050,0020,001

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CHAPTER 79ZINC AND ARTICLES THEREOFNote1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Bars and rods : Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (b) Profiles : Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (c) Wire : Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. (d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil : Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading No 7901), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including 'modified rectangles` of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are : - of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width, - of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings. Heading No 7905 applies inter alia to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings. (e) Tubes and pipes : Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.Subheading note1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Zinc, not alloyed : Metal containing by weight at least 97,5 % of zinc. (b) Zinc alloys : Metallic substances in which zinc predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 2,5 %. (c) Zinc dust : Dust obtained by condensation of zinc vapour, consisting of spherical particles which are finer than zinc powders. At least 80 % by weight of the particles pass through a sieve with 63 ìm (microns) mesh. It must contain at least 85 % by weight of metallic zinc.

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CHAPTER 80TIN AND ARTICLES THEREOFNote1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Bars and rods : Rolled, extruded, drawn or forged products, not in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms and dimensions, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (b) Profiles : Rolled, extruded, drawn, forged or formed products, coiled or not, of a uniform cross-section along their whole length, which do not conform to any of the definitions of bars, rods, wire, plates, sheets, strip, foil, tubes or pipes. The expression also covers cast or sintered products, of the same forms, which have been subsequently worked after production (otherwise than by simple trimming or de-scaling), provided that they have not thereby assumed the character of articles or products of other headings. (c) Wire : Rolled, extruded or drawn products, in coils, which have a uniform solid cross-section along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons (including 'flattened circles` and 'modified rectangles`, of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel). Products with a rectangular (including square), triangular or polygonal cross-section may have corners rounded along their whole length. The thickness of such products which have a rectangular (including 'modified rectangular`) cross-section exceeds one-tenth of the width. (d) Plates, sheets, strip and foil : Flat-surfaced products (other than the unwrought products of heading No 8001), coiled or not, of solid rectangular (other than square) cross-section with or without rounded corners (including 'modified rectangles` of which two opposite sides are convex arcs, the other two sides being straight, of equal length and parallel) of a uniform thickness, which are : - of rectangular (including square) shape with a thickness not exceeding one-tenth of the width, - of a shape other than rectangular or square, of any size, provided that they do not assume the character of articles or products of other headings. Heading Nos 8004 and 8005 apply inter alia to plates, sheets, strip and foil with patterns (for example, grooves, ribs, chequers, tears, buttons, lozenges) and to such products which have been perforated, corrugated, polished or coated, provided that they do not thereby assume the character of articles or products of other headings. (e) Tubes and pipes : Hollow products, coiled or not, which have a uniform cross-section with only one enclosed void along their whole length in the shape of circles, ovals, rectangles (including squares), equilateral triangles or regular convex polygons, and which have a uniform wall thickness. Products with a rectangular (including square), equilateral triangular or regular convex polygonal cross-section, which may have corners rounded along their whole length, are also to be considered as tubes and pipes provided the inner and outer cross-sections are concentric and have the same form and orientation. Tubes and pipes of the foregoing cross-sections may be polished, coated, bent, threaded, drilled, waisted, expanded, cone-shaped or fitted with flanges, collars or rings.Subheading note1. In this chapter the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them : (a) Tin, not alloyed : Metal containing by weight at least 99 % of tin, provided that the content by weight of any bismuth or copper is less than the limit specified in the following table : Other elements Element Limiting content % by weight

Bi BismuthCu Copper 0,10,4

(b) Tin alloys : Metallic substances in which tin predominates by weight over each of the other elements, provided that : (i) the total content by weight of such other elements exceeds 1 %,or (ii) the content by weight of either bismuth or copper is equal to or greater than the limit specified in the foregoing table.

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CHAPTER 81OTHER BASE METALS; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOFSubheading note1. Note 1 to Chapter 74, defining 'bars and rods`, 'profiles`, 'wire` and 'plates, sheets, strip and foil` applies mutatis mutandis to this chapter.

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CHAPTER 82TOOLS, IMPLEMENTS, CUTLERY, SPOONS AND FORKS, OF BASE METAL; PARTS THEREOF OF BASE METALNotes1. Apart from blowlamps, portable forges, grinding wheels with frameworks, manicure and pedicure sets, and goods of heading No 8209, this chapter covers only articles with a blade, working edge, working surface or other working part of : (a) base metal; (b) metal carbides or cermets; (c) precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) on a support of base metal, metal carbide or cermet; or (d) abrasive materials on a support of base metal, provided that the articles have cutting teeth, flutes, grooves, or the like, of base metal, which retain their identity and function after the application of the abrasive.2. Parts of base metal of the articles of this chapter are to be classified with the articles of which they are parts, except parts separately specified as such and tool-holders for hand tools (heading No 8466). However, parts of general use as defined in note 2 to Section XV are in all cases excluded from this chapter. Heads, blades and cutting plates for electric shavers or electric hair clippers are to be classified in heading No 8510.3. Sets consisting of one or more knives of heading No 8211 and at least an equal number of articles of heading No 8215 are to be classified in heading No 8215.

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CHAPTER 83MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METALNotes1. For the purposes of this chapter, parts of base metal are to be classified with their parent articles. However, articles of iron or steel of heading No 7312, 7315, 7317, 7318 or 7320, or similar articles of other base metal (Chapters 74 to 76 and 78 to 81) are not to be taken as parts of articles of this chapter.2. For the purposes of heading No 8302 the word 'castors` means those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) not exceeding 75 mm, or those having a diameter (including, where appropriate, tyres) exceeding 75 mm provided that the width of the wheels or tyre fitted thereto is less than 30 mm.

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SECTION XVIMACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES