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Division A Goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms

United Kingdom

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  1. 1..

    Customs duties shall be suspended in respect of goods intended for incorporation in the ships, boats or other vessels listed in the following schedule, for the purposes of their construction, repair, maintenance or conversion, and in respect of goods intended for fitting to or equipping such ships, boats or other vessels.

  2. 2..

    Customs duties shall be suspended in respect of:

    1. (a)

      goods intended for incorporation in drilling or production platforms:

      1. (1)

        fixed, of subheading ex 8430 49, operating in or outside the territorial sea of Member States, or

      2. (2)

        floating or submersible, of subheading 8905 20,

      for the purposes of their construction, repair, maintenance or conversion, and in respect of goods intended for equipping the said platforms.

      Those goods such as motor fuel, lubricants and gas, which are necessary for the operation of machines and apparatus which do not affect permanently, and are not integral parts of the platforms and which are used on board for the construction, repair, maintenance, conversion or equipping of these platforms are regarded also as being used for incorporation in drilling or production platforms;

    2. (b)

      tubes, pipes, cables and their connection pieces, linking these drilling or production platforms to the mainland.

    CN codeDescription
    8901Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods:
    890110Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels principally designed for the transport of persons; ferry-boats of all kinds:
    89011010Seagoing
    890120Tankers:
    89012010Seagoing
    890130Refrigerated vessels, other than those of subheading 8901 20:
    89013010Seagoing
    890190Other vessels for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods:
    89019010Seagoing
    890200Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products:
    Seagoing:
    89020012Of a gross tonnage exceeding 250
    89020018Of a gross tonnage not exceeding 250
    8903Yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; rowing boats and canoes:
    Other
    890391Sailboats, with or without auxiliary motor:
    89039110Seagoing
    890392Motorboats, other than outboard motorboats:
    89039210Seagoing
    890400Tugs and pusher craft:
    89040010Tugs
    Pusher craft:
    89040091Seagoing
    8905Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, and other vessels the navigability of which is subsidiary to their main function; floating docks; floating or submersible drilling or production platforms:
    890510Dredgers:
    89051010Seagoing
    890590Other:
    89059010Seagoing
    8906Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than rowing boats:
    89061000Warships
    Other:
    89069010Seagoing
  3. 3..

    The suspensions shall be subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions with a view to customs control of the use of such goods.