SECRET
World Trade
OrganizationG/SECRET/HS96/6
10 January 1996
Original:  English
1996 CHANGES  IN THE HARMONIZED  SYSTEM  
Submission  of Documentation
Schedule  XCIII  - Slovak  Republic
The following  communication,  dated  14 December  1995,  has been  received  from  the Permanent  
Mission  of the Slovak  Republic.
In accordance  with the procedures  to implement  changes  in the Harmonized  System  and to 
the decision  adopted  by the Council  for Trade  in Goods  on Introduction  of Harmonized  System  Changes  
into WTO  schedules  of tariff  concessions  on 1 January  1996, the Slovak  Republic  is hereby  handing  
over the required  documents  containing  the proposed  changes  in the combined  nomenclature  (CN) and 
corresponding  revisions  in its tariff  schedule  which  will enter into force on 1 January  1996.
Annex  I
Using  eight-digit  combined  nomenclature  based on Harmonized  System,  this table contains  
a draft version  of the proposed  nomenclature  in the 1996 CN tariff  for all four-digit  headings  affected  
by HS changes.  In cases  where  two or more  CN items  with different  rates of duty have  been  combined  
into one single  CN item, the lowest  rates are applied.  The only exceptions  from this rule are listed  
in Annex  III.
Annex  II
This table contains  the headings  of agriculture  tariff  quotas  affected  by HS96 changes.  All 
existing  bindings  and market  access  opportunities  remain  unchanged.
Annex  III
This table  lists all cases  of the transposition  contained  in Annex  I, where  certain  1996  CN items  
involve  transpositions  from two or more previous  CN items with different  rates of duty and where  
the lowest  rates of duty do not apply. Explanatory  comment  on the proposed  rates of duty is included  
for each item covered  by this Annex.
Annex  IV
This part contains  the Slovak  Republic  1993 and 1994 import  statistics  by country  of origin  
for items listed in Annex  III.
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If no objection  is notified  to the Secretariat  within  90 days from the date of this document,  
the changes  to Schedule  XCIII  - Slovak  Republic  will be deemed  to be approved  and will be formally  
certified.
Copies  of the documentation  (in English  only)  are available  for collection  in the Market  Access  
Division  (office  No. 3142).
