# Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 of 16 November 2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (codified version), Division A: Books, publications and documents

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The exemption shall not, however, apply to articles in which the advertising covers more than 25 % of the surface. In the case of publications and posters for the promotion of tourism, this percentage applies only to private commercial publicity.
CN code
Description
3705
Photographic plates and film, exposed and developed, other than cinematograph film:
ex 3705 90 10
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Microfilms of books, children's picture books and drawing or painting books, school exercise books (workbooks), crossword-puzzle books, newspapers and periodicals, printed documents or reports of a non-commercial character, and of loose illustrations, printed pages and reproduction proofs for the production of books
ex 3705 10 00
–
Reproduction films for the production of books
ex 3705 90 90
4903 00 00
Children's picture, drawing or colouring books
4905
Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed:
–
Other:
ex 4905 99 00
– –
Other:
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Maps, charts and diagrams of interest in scientific fields such as geology, zoology, botany, mineralogy, palaeontology, archaeology, ethnology, meteorology, climatology and geophysics
ex 4906 00 00
Architectural, industrial or engineering plans and designs and reproductions thereof
4911
Other printed matter, including pictures and photographs:
4911 10
–
Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like:
ex 4911 10 90
– –
Other:
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Catalogues of books and publications, being books and publications offered for sale by publishers or booksellers established outside the territory of the European Communities
–
Catalogues of films, recording or other visual and auditory materials of an educational, scientific or cultural character
–
Posters for the promotion of tourism and tourist publications, brochures, guidebooks, timetables, pamphlets and like publications, whether or not illustrated, including those published by private concerns, designed to encourage the public to travel outside the territory of the European Communities, including microcopies of such articles
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Bibliographical information material for distribution free of charge
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Other:
4911 99 00
– –
Other:
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Loose illustrations, printed pages and reproduction proofs to be used for the production of books, including microcopies of such Articles
–
Microcopies of books, children's picture books and drawing or painting books, school exercise books (workbooks), crossword puzzle books, newspapers and periodicals and of documents or reports of a non-commercial character
–
Publications designed to encourage the public to study outside the territory of the European Communities, including microcopies of such publications
–
Meteorological and geophysical diagrams
9023 00
Instruments, apparatus and models, designed for demonstrational purposes (for example, in education or exhibitions), unsuitable for other uses:
ex 9023 00 80
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Other:
–
Maps and charts in relief of interest in scientific fields such as geology, zoology, botany, mineralogy, palaeontology, archaeology, ethnology, meteorology, climatology and geophysics

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/1186/annex/I/division/A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-1186/annex-I/division-A
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