Chapter 85
Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
Notes.
1.- This Chapter does not cover :
(a) Electrically warmed blankets, bed .pads, foot-muffs .or the like;
electrically warmed clothing,
footwear or ear pads or other electrically warmed articles worn on or
about the person; (b) Articles of glass of heading No. 70.11; or
(c) Electrically heated furniture of Chapter 94.
2.- Headings Nos. 85.01 to 85.04 do not apply to goods described in
heading No. 85.11, 85.12, 85.40, 85.41 or 85.42.
However, metal tank mercury arc rectifiers remain classified in heading
No. 85.04.
3.- Heading No. 85.09 covers only the following electro-mechanical
machines of the kind commonly used for domestic purposes :
(a) Vacuum cleaners, floor polishers, food grinders and mixers, and
fruit or vegetable juice extractors, of any weight;
(b) Other machines provided the weight of such machines does not exceed
20 kg.
The heading does not, however, apply to fans or ventilating or recycling
hoods incorporating a fan, whether or not fitted with filters (heading No.
84.14), centrifugal clothes-dryers (heading No. S4.21), dish washing machines
(headin8 No. 84.22), household washing machines (heading No. 84.50), roller or
other ironing machines (heading No. 84.20 or 84.51), sewing machines (heading
No. 84.52), electric scissors (heading No. 85.08) or to electro-thermic
appliances (heading No. 85.16).
4.- For the purposes of heading No. 85.34 " printed circuits"
are circuits obtained by forming on an insulating base, by any printing process
(for example, embossing, plating-up, etching) or by the " film circuit'
technique, conductor elements, contacts or other .printed components (for
example, inductances, resistors, capacitors) alone or interconnected according
to a pre-established pattern, other than. elements which can produce, rectify,
modulate or amplify an electrical signal (for example, semiconductor elements).
The expression " printed circuits " does not cover circuits
combined with elements other than those obtained during the printing process,
nor does it cover individual, discrete resistors, capacitors or inductances.
Printed circuits may, however, be fitted with non-printed connecting elements.
Thin- or thick-film circuits comprisin8 passive and active elements
obtained during the same technological process are to be classified heading No.
85.42.
5.- For the purposes of headings Nos. 85.41 and 85.42 :
(A) " Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices"
are semiconductor devices the operation of which depends on variations in
resistivity on the application of an electric field;
(B) " Electronic integrated circuits and micro assemblies "
are :
(a) Monolithic integrated circuits in which the circuit elements
(diodes, transistors, resistors, capacitors, interconnections, etc.) are
created in the mass (essentially) and on the surface of a semiconductor
material (doped silicon, for example) and are inseparably associated;
(b) Hybrid integrated circuits in which passive elements (resistors,
capacitors, interconnections, etc.), obtained by thin- or thick-film
technology, and active elements (diodes, transistors, monolithic integrated
circuits, etc.), obtained by semiconductor technology, are combined to all
intent's and purposes indivisibly, on a single insulating substrate (glass,
ceramic, etc.). These circuits may also include discrete components;
(c) Micro assemblies of the molded module, micro module or similar
types, consisting of
discrete, active or both active and passive, components which are
combined and interconnected.
For the classification of the articles defined in this Note, headings
Nos. 85.41 and 85.42 shall take precedence over any other heading in the
Nomenclature which might cover them by reference to, in particular, their
function.
6.- Records, tapes and other media of heading No. 85.23 or 85.24 remain
classified in those headings, whether or not they are presented with the
apparatus for which they are intended.
7.- For the purposes of heading No.85 .48, " spent primary cells,
spent primary batteries and spent electric accumulators " are those which
are neither usable as such because of breakage, cutting-up, wear or other
reasons, nor capable of being
recharged.
Subheading Note.
1.- Subheadings Nos. 8519.92 and 8527.12 cover only cassette-players
with built-in amplifier, without built-in loudspeaker, capable of operating
without an external source of electric power and the dimensions of which do not
exceed 170 mm x 100 mm x 45 mm.
1 -Exportation is subject to the approval of the Ministry of Commerce.
2 -The CBT on group hearing -aid apparatus of a kind used for training
the deaf and dumb is 5 % of the value and is subject to the approval of the
Ministry of Commerce and the prior consent of the " Ministry of Education.
3 -The importation of two -way radio telecommunication apparatus, receivers -transmitters for aircraft transmission apparatus, wireless equipment needed by govermental organizations, radar apparatus for radios used in navigation is subject to the approval of the Ministry of Commerce and the prior consent of the Ministry of Post , Telegraph and Telephone. These items are liable to an ad valorem CBT of 5 % provided that the Ministry of Industries confirms that they are not manufactured domestically.
4 -The entry of apparatus for monitoring telecommunication systems is
prohibited except by the authorization of the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and
Telephone and the Presidential Administration.
5 -The approval of the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone shall
not be required for the importation of radio receivers covered in this chapter
which have the following ranges:
5 -1-Long wave(LW)from 150 Khzto285 Khzofareceptiontypeof MW(Am-Dsh)
5- 2- Medium wave (MW) from 525 Khz to 1605 Khz of a reception type of
SW
(m -Dsb )
5- 3- Shortwave (SW) from 2.300 to26.100Mhz , ofareception type of
AM-DSB
5- 4- WHR band ( FM ) wave from 87 Mhz to 108 Mhz
However, radio receivers with the foregoing ranges should not be
equipped with BFO , CW , SSB , LSB or USB systems .
6 -The law on taxation of sound recording tapes :
The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance is authorized to collect
the following taxes on sound recording tapes either by affixing tax stickers or
any other identifying labels.
A)
Cassette tapes,
mini-cassette tapes and cartridges 2.5 Rlsper every 5 minutes.
B) Video -tapes 20 Rls per every 5 minutes.
C) Tapes on reel 2.5 Rls per every 33 m( 100 feet) .
The above -mentioned tapes are considered as taxable property and their
smuggling shall be subject to the following pecuniary fines:
A)
Video tapes: 200
Rls per every 5 minutes
B) Other tapes: 25 Rls per every 5 minutes
With respect to the collection of the fine and the enforcement of
penalty, the perpetrator, accomplices and the like shall be subject to the
provisions of the law on punishment of
smugglers