ࡱ>  q fbjbjt+t+ AAme]D D D Z n n n 4 h  '(!!!&&&&&&&$(*^&n !"!!!&n n =!n n & n n n n !&|e n n &r\pgJ && World Trade WT/MIN(96)/16PRIVATE  13 December 1996 OrganizationADVANCE \U 4.25 (96-5438)  MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE Singapore, 9-13 December 1996 MINISTERIAL DECLARATION ON TRADE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS SINGAPORE, 13 DECEMBER 1996 Ministers, Representing the following Members of the World Trade Organization (ϲʹϔ), and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the ϲʹ, which have agreed in Singapore on the expansion of world trade in information technology products and which account for well over 80 per cent of world trade in these products ("parties"): Australia Norway Canada Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, European Communities Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu Hong Kong Singapore Iceland Switzerland Indonesia Turkey Japan United States Korea Consideringthe key role of trade in information technology products in the development of information industries and in the dynamic expansion of the world economy, Recognizing the goals of raising standards of living and expanding the production of and trade in goods; Desiring to achieve maximum freedom of world trade in information technology products; Desiring to encourage the continued technological development of the information technology industry on a world-wide basis; Mindful of the positive contribution information technology makes to global economic growth and welfare; Having agreed to put into effect the results of these negotiations which involve concessions additional to those included in the Schedules attached to the Marrakesh Protocol to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and Recognizingthat the results of these negotiations also involve some concessions offered in negotiations leading to the establishment of Schedules annexed to the Marrakesh Protocol, Declare as follows: seq level0 \h \r0 seq level1 \h \r0 seq level2 \h \r0 seq level3 \h \r0 seq level4 \h \r0 seq level5 \h \r0 seq level6 \h \r0 seq level7 \h \r0 seq level0 \*arabic1. Each party's trade regime should evolve in a manner that enhances market access opportunities for information technology products. seq level0 \*arabic2. Pursuant to the modalities set forth in the Annex to this Declaration, each party shall bind and eliminate customs duties and other duties and charges of any kind, within the meaning of Article II:1(b) of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, with respect to the following: (a) all products classified (or classifiable) with Harmonized System (1996) (HS) headings listed in Attachment A to the Annex to this Declaration; and (b) all products specified in Attachment B to the Annex to this Declaration, whether or not they are included in Attachment A; through equal rate reductions of customs duties beginning in 1997 and concluding in 2000, recognizing that extended staging of reductions and, before implementation, expansion of product coverage may be necessary in limited circumstances. seq level0 \*arabic3. Ministers express satisfaction about the large product coverage outlined in the Attachments to the Annex to this Declaration. They instruct their respective officials to make good faith efforts to finalize plurilateral technical discussions in Geneva on the basis of these modalities, and instruct these officials to complete this work by 31 January 1997, so as to ensure the implementation of this Declaration by the largest number of participants. seq level0 \*arabic4. Ministers invite the Ministers of other Members of the ϲʹ, and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the ϲʹ, to provide similar instructions to their respective officials, so that they may participate in the technical discussions referred to in paragraph 3 above and participate fully in the expansion of world trade in information technology products. Annex: Modalities and Product Coverage Attachment A: list of HS headings Attachment B: list of products ANNEX Modalities and Product Coverage Any Member of the World Trade Organization, or State or separate customs territory in the process of acceding to the ϲʹ, may participate in the expansion of world trade in information technology products in accordance with the following modalities: seq level0 \h \r0 seq level1 \h \r0 seq level2 \h \r0 seq level3 \h \r0 seq level4 \h \r0 seq level5 \h \r0 seq level6 \h \r0 seq level7 \h \r0 seq level0 \*arabic1. Each participant shall incorporate the measures described in paragraph 2 of the Declaration into its schedule to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and, in addition, at either its own tariff line level or the Harmonized System (1996) (HS) 6-digit level in either its official tariff or any other published versions of the tariff schedule, whichever is ordinarily used by importers and exporters. Each participant that is not a Member of the ϲʹ shall implement these measures on an autonomous basis, pending completion of its ϲʹ accession, and shall incorporate these measures into its ϲʹ market access schedule for goods. seq level0 \*arabic2. To this end, as early as possible and no later than 1 March 1997 each participant shall provide all other participants a document containing (a) the details concerning how the appropriate duty treatment will be provided in its ϲʹ schedule of concessions, and (b) a list of the detailed HS headings involved for products specified in Attachment B. These documents will be reviewed and approved on a consensus basis and this review process shall be completed no later than 1 April 1997. As soon as this review process has been completed for any such document, that document shall be submitted as a modification to the Schedule of the participant concerned, in accordance with the Decision of 26 March 1980 on Procedures for Modification and Rectification of Schedules of Tariff Concessions (BISD 27S/25). (a) The concessions to be proposed by each participant as modifications to its Schedule shall bind and eliminate all customs duties and other duties and charges of any kind on information technology products as follows: (i) elimination of such customs duties shall take place through rate reductions in equal steps, except as may be otherwise agreed by the participants. Unless otherwise agreed by the participants, each participant shall bind all tariffs on items listed in the Attachments no later than 1 July 1997, and shall make the first such rate reduction effective no later than 1 July 1997, the second such rate reduction no later than 1 January 1998, and the third such rate reduction no later than 1 January 1999, and the elimination of customs duties shall be completed effective no later than 1 January 2000. The participants agree to encourage autonomous elimination of customs duties prior to these dates. The reduced rate should in each stage be rounded off to the first decimal; and (ii) elimination of such other duties and charges of any kind, within the meaning of Article II:1(b) of the General Agreement, shall be completed by 1 July 1997, except as may be otherwise specified in the participants document provided to other participants for review. (b) The modifications to its Schedule to be proposed by a participant in order to implement its binding and elimination of customs duties on information technology products shall achieve this result: (i) in the case of the HS headings listed in Attachment A, by creating, where appropriate, sub-divisions in its Schedule at the national tariff line level; and (ii) in the case of the products specified in Attachment B, by attaching an annex to its Schedule including all products in Attachment B, which is to specify the detailed HS headings for those products at either the national tariff line level or the HS 6-digit level. Each participant shall promptly modify its national tariff schedule to reflect the modifications it has proposed, as soon as they have entered into effect. seq level0 \*arabic3. Participants shall meet periodically under the auspices of the Council on Trade in Goods to review the product coverage specified in the Attachments, with a view to agreeing, by consensus, whether in the light of technological developments, experience in applying the tariff concessions, or changes to the HS nomenclature, the Attachments should be modified to incorporate additional products, and to consult on non-tariff barriers to trade in information technology products. Such consultations shall be without prejudice to rights and obligations under the ϲʹ Agreement. seq level0 \*arabic4. Participants shall meet as soon as practicable and in any case no later than 1April 1997 to review the state of acceptances received and to assess the conclusions to be drawn therefrom. Participants will implement the actions foreseen in the Declaration provided that participants representing approximately 90 per cent of world trade in information technology products have by then notified their acceptance, and provided that the staging has been agreed to the participants satisfaction. In assessing whether to implement actions foreseen in the Declaration, if the percentage of world trade represented by participants falls somewhat short of 90 per cent of world trade in information technology products, participants may take into account the extent of the participation of States or separate customs territories representing for them the substantial bulk of their own trade in such products. At this meeting the participants will establish whether these criteria have been met. seq level0 \*arabic5. Participants shall meet as often as necessary and no later than 30 September 1997 to consider any divergence among them in classifying information technology products, beginning with the products specified in Attachment B. Participants agree on the common objective of achieving, where appropriate, a common classification for these products within existing HS nomenclature, giving consideration to interpretations and rulings of the Customs Co-operation Council (also known as the World Customs Organization or WCO). In any instance in which a divergence in classification remains, participants will consider whether a joint suggestion could be made to the WCO with regard to updating existing HS nomenclature or resolving divergence in interpretation of the HS nomenclature. seq level0 \*arabic6. The participants understand that Article XXIII of the General Agreement will address nullification or impairment of benefits accruing directly or indirectly to a ϲʹ Member participant through the implementation of this Declaration as a result of the application by another ϲʹ Member participant of any measure, whether or not that measure conflicts with the provisions of the General Agreement. seq level0 \*arabic7. Each participant shall afford sympathetic consideration to any request for consultation from any other participant concerning the undertakings set out above. Such consultations shall be without prejudice to rights and obligations under the ϲʹ Agreement. seq level0 \*arabic8. Participants acting under the auspices of the Council for Trade in Goods shall inform other Members of the ϲʹ and States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the ϲʹ of these modalities and initiate consultations with a view to facilitate their participation in the expansion of trade in information technology products on the basis of the Declaration. seq level0 \*arabic9. As used in these modalities, the term "participant" shall mean those Members of the ϲʹ, or States or separate customs territories in the process of acceding to the ϲʹ, that provide the document described in paragraph 2 no later than 1 March 1997. seq level0 \*arabic10. This Annex shall be open for acceptance by all Members of the ϲʹ and any State or any separate customs territory in the process of acceding to the ϲʹ. Acceptances shall be notified in writing to the Director-General who shall communicate them to all participants. There are two attachments to the Annex. Attachment A lists the HS headings or parts thereof to be covered. Attachment B lists specific products to be covered by an ITA wherever they are classified in the HS . Attachment A, Section 1 PRIVATE HS96 HS description3818Chemical elements doped for use in electronics, in form of discs, wafers or similar forms; chemical compounds doped for use in electronics846911Word processing machines8470Calculating machines and pocketsize data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with a calculating function; accounting machines, postage franking machines, ticketissuing machines and similar machines, incorporating a calculating devices; cash registers:847010Electronic calculators capable of operating without an external source of electric power and pocket size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines with calculating functions847021Other electronic calculating machines incorporating a printing device847029Other847030Other calculating machines847040Accounting machines847050Cash registers847090Other8471Automatic data processing machines and units thereof; magnetic or optical readers, machines for transcribing data onto data media in coded form and machines for processing such data, not elsewhere specified or included:847110Analogue or hybrid automatic data processing machines847130Portable digital automatic data processing machines, weighing no more than 10 kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display847141Other digital automatic data processing machines comprising in the same housing at least a central processing unit and an input and output unit, whether or not combined847149Other digital automatic data processing machines presented in the form of systems847150Digital processing units other than those of subheading 8471 41 and 8471 49, whether or not in the same housing one or two of the following types of units : storage units, input units, output units847160Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing847170Storage units, including central storage units, optical disk storage units, hard disk drives and magnetic tape storage units847180Other units of automatic data processing machines847190Otherex847290Automatic teller machines847321Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8470 of the electronic calculating machines of subheading 8470 10, 8470 21 and 8470 29847329Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8470 other than the electronic calculating machines of subheading 8470 10, 8470 21 and 8470 29847330Parts and accessories of the machines of heading No 8471 847350Parts and accessories equally suitable for use with machines of two or more of the headings Nos. 8469 to 8472 ex850440Static converters for automatic data processing machines and units thereof, and telecommunication apparatusex850450Other inductors for power supplies for automatic data processing machines and units thereof, and telecommunication apparatus8517Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carriercurrent line systems or for digital line systems; videophones:851711Line telephone sets with cordless handsets851719Other telephone sets and videophones851721Facsimile machines851722Teleprinters851730Telephonic or telegraphic switching apparatus851750Other apparatus, for carriercurrent line systems or for digital line systems851780Other apparatus including entryphone systems851790Parts of apparatus of heading 8517ex851810Microphones having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter of not exceeding 10 mm and a height not exceeding 3 mm, for telecommunication useex851830Line telephone handsetsex851829Loudspeakers, without housing, having a frequency range of 300 Hz to 3,4 KHz with a diameter of not exceeding 50 mm, for telecommunication use852020Telephone answering machines852311Magnetic tapes of a width not exceeding 4 mm852312Magnetic tapes of a width exceeding 4 mm but not exceeding 6,5 mm852313Magnetic tapes of a width exceeding 6,5 mm852320Magnetic discs852390Other852431Discs for laser reading systems for reproducing phenomena other than sound or imageex852439Other :  for reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data processing machine852440Magnetic tapes for reproducing phenomena other than sound or image 852491Media for reproducing phenomena other than sound or imageex842499Other :  for reproducing representations of instructions, data, sound, and image, recorded in a machine readable binary form, and capable of being manipulated or providing interactivity to a user, by means of an automatic data processing machineex852510Transmission apparatus other than apparatus for radiobroadcasting or television852520Transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatusex852540Digital still image video camerasex852790Portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging ex852910Aerials or antennae of a kind used with apparatus for radiotelephony and radiotelegraphyex852990Parts of: transmission apparatus other than apparatus for radiobroadcasting or television transmission apparatus incorporating reception apparatus digital still image video cameras, portable receivers for calling, alerting or paging853120Indicator panels incorporating liquid crystal devices (LCD) or light emitting diodes (LED)ex853190Parts of apparatus of subheading 8531 208532Electrical capacitors, fixed, variable or adjustable (preset):853210Fixed capacitors designed for use in 50/60 Hz circuits and having a reactive power handling capacity of not less than 0,5 kvar (power capacitors)853221Tantalum fixed capacitors853222Aluminium electrolytic fixed capacitors853223Ceramic dielectric, single layer fixed capacitors853224Ceramic dielectric, multilayer fixed capacitors853225Dielectric fixed capacitors of paper or plastics853229Other fixed capacitors853230Variable or adjustable (preset) capacitors853290Parts8533Electrical resistors (including rheostats and potentiometers), other than heating resistors:853310Fixed carbon resistors, composition or film types853321Other fixed resistors for a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W853329Other fixed resistors for a power handling capacity of 20 W or more853331Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers, for a power handling capacity not exceeding 20 W853339Wirewound variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers, for a power handling capacity of 20 W or more853340Other variable resistors, including rheostats and potentiometers853390Parts8534Printed circuitsex853650Electronic AC switches consisting of optically coupled input and output circuits (Insulated thyristor AC switches)ex853650Electronic switches, including temperature protected electronic switches, consisting of a transistor and a logic chip (chiponchip technology) for a voltage not exceeding 1000 voltsex853650Electromechanical snapaction switches for a current not exceeding 11 ampsex853669Plugs and sockets for coaxial cables and printed circuitsex853690Connection and contact elements for wires and cables8541Diodes, transistors and similar semiconductor devices; photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; lightemitting diodes; mounted piezoelectric crystals:854110Diodes, other than photosensitive or lightemitting diodes854121Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors, with a dissipation rate of less than 1 W854129Transistors, other than photosensitive transistors, with a dissipation rate of 1 W or more854130Thyristors, diacs and triacs, other than photosensitive devices854140Photosensitive semiconductor devices, including photovoltaic cells whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels; light emitting diodes854150Other semiconductor devices854160Mounted piezoelectric crystals854190Parts8542Electronic integrated circuits and microassemblies854212Cards incorporating an electronic integrated circuit ('smart' cards)854213Metal oxide semiconductors (MOS technology)854214Circuits obtained by bipolar technology854219Other monolithic digital integrated circuits, including circuits obtained by a combination of bipolar and MOS technologies (BIMOS technology)854230Other monolithic integrated circuits854240Hybrid integrated circuits854250Electronic microassemblies854290Part854381Proximity cards and tagsex854389Electrical machines with translation or dictionary functionsex854441Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V, fitted with connectors, of a kind used for telecommunicationsex854449Other electric conductors, for a voltage not exceeding 80 V, not fitted with connectors, of a kind used for telecommunicationsex854451Other electric conductors, for a voltage exceeding 80 V but not exceeding 1000 V, fitted with connectors, of a kind used for telecommunications854470Optical fibre cables900911Electrostatic photocopying apparatus, operating by reproducing the original image directly onto the copy (direct process)]900921Other photocopying apparatus, incorporating an optical system900990Parts and accessories9026Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other variables of liquids or gases (for example, flow meters, level gauges, manometers, heat meters), excluding instruments and apparatus of heading No 9014, 9015, 9028 or 9032:902610Instruments for measuring or checking the flow or level of liquids902620Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking pressure902680Other instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking of heading 9026902690Parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus of heading 9026902720Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments902730Spectrometers, spectrophotometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR)902750Other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR) of heading No 9027902780Other instruments and apparatus of heading No 9027 (other than those of heading No 9027 10) ex902790Parts and accessories of products of heading 9027, other than for gas or smoke analysis apparatus and microtomes903040Instruments and apparatus for measuring and checking, specially designed for telecommunications (for example, crosstalk meters, gain measuring instruments, distorsion factor meters, psophometers) Attachment A, Section 2 Semiconductor manufacturing and testing equipment and parts thereof PRIVATE HS CodeDescriptionCommentsex7017 10Quartz reactor tubes and holders designed for insertion into diffusion and oxidation furnaces for production of semiconductor wafersFor Attachment Bex8419 89Chemical vapor deposition apparatus for semiconductor productionFor Attachment Bex8419 90Parts of chemical vapor deposition apparatus for semiconductor productionFor Attachment Bex8421 19Spin dryers for semiconductor wafer processingex8421 91Parts of spin dryers for semiconductor wafer processingex8424 89Deflash machines for cleaning and removing contaminants from the metal leads of semiconductor packages prior to the electroplating processex8424 89Spraying appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafersex8424 90Parts of spraying appliances for etching, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafersex8456 10Machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photo beam in the production of semiconductor wafersex8456 91Apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafersFor Attachment B8456 91Machines for dryetching patterns on semiconductor materialsex8456 99Focused ion beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticles for patterns on semiconductor devicesex8456 99Lasercutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beamFor Attachment Bex8464 10Machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chipsFor Attachment Bex8464 20Grinding, polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafersex8464 90Dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafersex8466 91Parts for machines for sawing monocrystal semiconductor boules into slices, or wafers into chipsFor Attachment Bex8466 91Parts of dicing machines for scribing or scoring semiconductor wafersFor Attachment Bex8466 91Parts of grinding, polishing and lapping machines for processing of semiconductor wafersex8466 93Parts of focused ion beam milling machines to produce or repair masks and reticles for patterns on semiconductor devicesex8466 93Parts of lasercutters for cutting contacting tracks in semiconductor production by laser beamFor Attachment Bex8466 93Parts of machines for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or photo beam in the production of semiconductor wafersex8456 93Parts of apparatus for stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafersFor Attachment Bex8466 93Parts of machines for dryetching patterns on semiconductor materialsex8477 10Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductorsFor Attachment Bex8477 90Parts of encapsulation equipmentFor Attachment Bex8479 50Automated machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, wafer cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devicesFor Attachment Bex8479 89Apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boulesex8479 89Apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafersFor Attachment Bex8479 89Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displaysFor Attachment Bex8479 89Die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of semiconductorsFor Attachment Bex8479 89Encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductorsFor Attachment Bex8479 89Epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafersex8479 89Machines for bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leadsFor Attachment Bex8479 89Physical deposition apparatus for for semiconductor productionFor Attachment Bex8479 89Spinners for coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafersFor Attachment Bex8479 90Part of apparatus for physical deposition by sputtering on semiconductor wafersFor Attachment Bex8479 90Parts for die attach apparatus, tape automated bonders, and wire bonders for assembly of semiconductorsFor Attachment Bex8479 90Parts for spinners for coating photographic emulsions on semiconductor wafersFor Attachment Bex8479 90Parts of apparatus for growing or pulling monocrystal semiconductor boulesex8479 90Parts of apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displaysFor Attachment Bex8479 90Parts of automated machines for transport, handling and storage of semiconductor wafers, wafer cassettes, wafer boxes and other material for semiconductor devicesFor Attachment Bex8479 90Parts of encapsulation equipment for assembly of semiconductorsFor Attachment Bex8479 90Parts of epitaxial deposition machines for semiconductor wafersex8479 90Parts of machines for bending, folding and straightening semiconductor leadsFor Attachment Bex8479 90Parts of physical deposition apparatus for for semiconductor productionFor Attachment Bex8480 71Injection and compression moulds for the manufacture of semiconductor devicesex8514 10Resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafersex8514 20Inductance or dielectric furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductors wafersex8514 30Apparatus for rapid heating of semiconductor wafersFor Attachment Bex8514 30Parts of resistance heated furnaces and ovens for the manufacture of semiconductor devices on semiconductor wafersex8514 90Parts of apparatus for rapid heating of wafersFor Attachment Bex8514 90Parts of furnaces and ovens of Headings No 8514 10 to No 8514 30ex8536 90Wafer probersFor Attachment B8543 11Ion implanters for doping semiconductor materialsex8543 30Apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displaysFor Attachment Bex8543 90Parts of apparatus for wet etching, developing, stripping or cleaning semiconductor wafers and flat panel displaysFor Attachment Bex8543 90Parts of ion implanters for doping semiconductor materials9010 41 to 9010 49Apparatus for projection, drawing or plating circuit patterns on sensitized semiconductor materials and flat panel displaysex9010 90Parts and accessories of the apparatus of Headings No 9010 41 to 9010 49ex9011 10Optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticlesFor Attachment Bex9011 20Photomicrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticlesFor Attachment Bex9011 90Parts and accessories of optical stereoscopic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticlesFor Attachment Bex9011 90Parts and accessories of photomicrographic microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticlesFor Attachment Bex9012 10Electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticlesFor Attachment Bex9012 90Parts and accessories of electron beam microscopes fitted with equipment specifically designed for the handling and transport of semiconductor wafers or reticlesFor Attachment Bex9017 20Pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substratesFor Attachment Bex9017 90Parts and accessories for pattern generating apparatus of a kind used for producing masks or reticles from photoresist coated substratesFor Attachment Bex9017 90Parts of such pattern generating apparatusFor Attachment B9030 82Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devicesex9030 90Parts and accessories of instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devicesex9030 90Parts of instruments and appliances for measuring or checking semiconductor wafers or devices9031 41Optical instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting masks, photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devicesex9031 49Optical instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor wafersex9031 90Parts and accessories of optical instruments and appliances for inspecting semiconductor wafers or devices or for inspecting masks, photomasks or reticles used in manufacturing semiconductor devicesex9031 90Parts and accessories of optical instruments and appliances for measuring surface particulate contamination on semiconductor wafers Attachment B Positive list of specific products to be covered by this agreement wherever they are classified in the HS. Where parts are specified, they are to be covered in accordance with HS Notes 2(b) to Section XVI and Chapter 90, respectively. PRIVATE Computers: automatic data processing machines capable of 1) storing the processing program or programs and at least the data immediately necessary for the execution of the program; 2) being freely programmed in accordance with the requirements of the user; 3) performing arithmetical computations specified by the user; and 4) executing, without human intervention, a processing program which requires them to modify their execution, by logical decision during the processing run. The agreement covers such automatic data processing machines whether or not they are able to receive and process with the assistance of central processing unit telephony signals, television signals, or other analogue or digitally processed audio or video signals. Machines performing a specific function other than data processing, or incorporating or working in conjunction with an automatic data processing machine, and not otherwise specified under Attachment A or B, are not covered by this agreement.Electric amplifiers when used as repeaters in line telephony products falling within this agreement, and parts thereof Flat panel displays (including LCD, Electro Luminescence, Plasma and other technologies) for products falling within this agreement, and parts thereof.Network equipment: Local Area Network (LAN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) apparatus, including those products dedicated for use solely or principally to permit the interconnection of automatic data processing machines and units thereof for a network that is used primarily for the sharing of resources such as central processor units, data storage devices and input or output units  including adapters, hubs, inline repeaters, converters, concentrators, bridges and routers, and printed circuit assemblies for physical incorporation into automatic data processing machines and units thereof.Monitors : display units of automatic data processing machines with a cathode ray tube with a dot screen pitch smaller than 0,4 mm not capable of receiving and processing television signals or other analogue or digitally processed audio or video signals without assistance of a central processing unit of a computer as defined in this agreement. The agreement does not, therefore, cover televisions, including high definition televisions.Optical disc storage units, for automatic data processing machines (including CD drives and DVDdrives), whether or not having the capability of writing/recording as well as reading, whether or not in their own housings.Paging alert devices, and parts thereof .Plotters whether input or output units of HS heading No 8471 or drawing or drafting machines of HS heading No 9017. Printed Circuit Assemblies for products falling within this agreement, including such assemblies for external connections such as cards that conform to the PCMCIA standard. Such printed circuit assemblies consist of one or more printed circuits of heading 8534 with one or more active elements assembled thereon, with or without passive elements "Active elements" means diodes, transistors, and similar semiconductor devices, whether or not photosensitive, of heading 8541, and integrated circuits and micro assemblies of heading 8542.Projection type flat panel display units used with automatic data processing machines which can display digital information generated by the central processing unit.Proprietary format storage devices including media therefor for automatic data processing machines, with or without removable media and whether magnetic, optical or other technology, including Bernoulli Box, Syquest, or Zipdrive cartridge storage units.Multimedia upgrade kits for automatic data processing machines, and units thereof, put up for retail sale, consisting of, at least, speakers and/or microphones as well as a printed circuit assembly that enables the ADP machines and units thereof to process audio signals (sound cards).Set top boxes which have a communication function: a microprocessorbased device incorporating a modem for gaining access to the Internet, and having a function of interactive information exchange On behalf of the customs union Switzerland and Liechtenstein. This percentage shall be calculated by the ϲʹ Secretariat on the basis of the most recent data available at the time of the meeting.  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