The Committee on European Integration concluded that the Bill on Amendments to the Customs Tariff of Ukraine ratified by the Law "On the Customs Tariff of Ukraine" (re Rates of Import Duty on Air Conditioners) meets the European Law and Ukraine's Commitments to WTO

16 September 2011, 15:25

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The bill (Reg. No.8452) excludes the phrase "industrial autonomous air conditioners" from the commodity heading 8415 and its textual description of product subcategories 8415 81 00 10 and 8415 82 00 10, and classifies air conditioners according to the national specification of Ukrainian Classification of Goods for Foreign Economic Activity depending upon power of the air conditioners.

 

The committee members emphasized that by the sphere of legal regulation, the bill belongs to the scope of the Law "On Ratification of the Protocol of Accession of Ukraine to the World Trade Organization" and the International Convention on the Harmonised Commodity Description and Coding System.

 

According to the experts´ opinion, the bill meets the European Law and Ukraine´s commitments to WTO.