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Environmental goods and the Harmonized System Izaak Wind Deputy Director - WCO

Environmental goods and the Harmonized System Izaak Wind Deputy Director - WCO. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS. 120 Contracting Parties + 200 countries / economic and Customs unions using the HS Over 98 % of world trade. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS. Classification as presented

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Environmental goods and the Harmonized System Izaak Wind Deputy Director - WCO

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  1. Environmental goods and the Harmonized System Izaak Wind Deputy Director - WCO World Customs Organization

  2. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS • 120 Contracting Parties • + 200 countries / economic and Customs unions using the HS • Over 98 % of world trade World Customs Organization

  3. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS • Classification as presented • End use • Process and production methods World Customs Organization

  4. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODSHS structure (1) • 4 digit headings • 96 Chapters • 21 Sections • Chapters 98 and 99 World Customs Organization

  5. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODSHS structure (2) Section Chapter Chapter Chapter Heading Heading Heading Subheading Subheading Subheading World Customs Organization

  6. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS HS structure (3) • Section and Chapter notes : Integral part of HS • Subheading notes World Customs Organization

  7. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How to accommodate • Description of goods or groups of goods • Physical and objective criteria : • End-use • Process and production methods World Customs Organization

  8. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How we accommodated • CITES • Ozone • Rotterdam Convention World Customs Organization

  9. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODSHow we accommodated : CITES (HS 2002) 01.06 Other live animals. - Mammals : 0106.11 -- Primates 0106.12 -- Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia) 0106.19 -- Other 0106.20 - Reptiles (including snakes and turtles) - Birds : 0106.31 -- Birds of prey 0106.32 -- Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos) 0106.39 -- Other 0106.90 -Other World Customs Organization

  10. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODSHow we accommodated : Ozone (HS 2002) • Separate identification of : • Pure chemicals (Chapters 28 and 29) • Mixtures (heading 38.24) World Customs Organization

  11. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How we accommodated : Rotterdam Convention (HS 2007) • Separate identification of mercury compounds • New heading 28.52 • Precedence over other headings World Customs Organization

  12. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODSHow to provide for environmental goods (1) • Description of goods or group of goods (objective characteristics) • Identification at : • Heading level • Subheading level World Customs Organization

  13. WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODSHow to provide for environmental goods (2) • Until HS amendments : • Identification at national level • Non-uniformity • Advice HS Committee World Customs Organization

  14. WORKSHOPENVIRONMENTAL GOODSConclusions • Identification • HS classification indispensable • World-wide uniform application World Customs Organization

  15. WORKSHOPENVIRONMENTAL GOODS Thank you for your attention www.wcoomd.org World Customs Organization

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