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Division B Civil aircraft and goods for use in civil aircraft

United Kingdom

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  1. 1..

    Relief from customs duty is provided for:

    • civil aircraft,

    • certain goods for use in civil aircraft and for incorporation therein in the course of their manufacture, repair, maintenance, rebuilding, modification or conversion,

    • ground flying-trainers and their parts, for civil use.

    These goods are covered by headings and subheadings listed in tables in paragraph 5.

  2. 2..

    For the purposes of paragraph 1, first and second indent, ‘civil aircraft’ means aircraft other than aircraft used in military or similar services in the Member States which carry a military or non-civil registration.

  3. 3..

    For the purposes of paragraph 1, second indent, the expression ‘for use in civil aircraft’ shall include goods for use in ground flying trainers for civil use.

  4. 4..

    Relief from customs duties shall be subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions with a view to customs control of the use of such goods (see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1)).

  5. 5..

    Goods eligible for this relief from customs duties are covered by the following headings or subheadings:

    3917 40, 4011 30, 4012 13, 4012 20, 4017 00, 6812 99, 7324 10, 7326 20, 8302 10, 8302 20, 8302 42, 8302 49, 8302 60, 8407 10, 8408 90, 8409 10, 8411, 8412 10, 8412 21, 8412 29, 8412 31, 8412 39, 8412 80 80, 8412 90, 8413 19, 8413 20, 8413 30, 8413 50, 8413 60, 8413 70, 8413 81, 8413 91, 8414 10, 8414 20, 8414 30, 8414 51, 8414 59, 8414 80, 8414 90, 8415 81, 8415 82, 8415 83, 8418 10, 8418 30, 8418 40, 8418 61, 8418 69, 8419 50, 8419 81, 8421 19, 8421 21, 8421 23, 8421 29, 8421 31, 8421 39, 8424 10, 8425 11, 8425 19, 8425 31, 8425 39, 8425 42, 8425 49, 8426 99, 8428 10, 8428 20, 8428 33, 8428 39, 8428 90, 8443 32 10, 8471 41, 8471 49, 8471 50, 8471 60, 8471 70, 8479 90, 8483 10, 8483 30, 8483 40, 8483 50, 8483 60, 8483 90, 8484 10, 8484 90, 8501 32, 8501 52, 8501 61, 8501 62, 8501 63, 8502, 8504 10, 8504 31, 8504 32, 8504 33, 8504 40, 8504 50, 8507, 8511 10, 8511 20, 8511 30, 8511 40, 8511 50, 8511 80, 8517 70 11, 8517 70 15, 8517 70 19, 8518 10, 8518 21, 8518 22, 8518 29, 8518 30, 8518 40, 8518 50, 8519 81 95, 8519 89 90, 8521 10, 8526, 8528 41, 8528 51, 8528 61, 8529 10, 8531 10 95, 8531 20, 8531 80, 8539 10, 8544 30, 8801, 8802 11, 8802 12, 8802 20, 8802 30, 8802 40, 8803 10, 8803 20, 8803 30, 8805 29, 9001 90, 9002 90, 9014 10, 9014 20, 9025, 9026, 9029 20 38, 9030 10, 9030 20, 9030 31, 9030 32, 9030 33, 9030 39, 9030 40, 9030 84, 9030 89, 9030 90, 9031 80, 9032, 9104, 9403 20, 9403 70.

    For the following subheadings, relief from customs duties for products for use in civil aircraft is granted only for the goods described in the second column:

    Subheading Description

    3917 21 90, 3917 22 90, 3917 23 90, 3917 29 00, 3917 31, 3917 33, 3917 39 00, 7413 00, 8307 10, 8307 90

    With fittings attached

    4008 29

    Profile shapes, cut to size

    4009 12, 4009 22, 4009 32, 4009 42

    Suitable for conducting gases or liquids

    3926 90, 4016 10, 4016 93, 4016 99

    For technical uses

    4504 90, 4823 90

    Gaskets, washers and other seals

    6812 80

    Other than clothing, clothing accessories, footwear, headgear, paper, millboard, felt or compressed asbestos fibre jointing, in sheets or rolls

    6813 20, 6813 81, 6813 89

    With a basis of asbestos or of other mineral substances

    7007 21

    Windshields, not framed

    7312 10, 7312 90

    With fittings attached, or made up into articles

    7322 90

    Air heaters and hot-air distributors (excluding parts thereof)

    7324 90

    Sanitary ware (excluding parts thereof)

    7304 31, 7304 39, 7304 41, 7304 49, 7304 51, 7304 59, 7304 90, 7306 30, 7306 40, 7306 50, 7306 61, 7306 69, 7608 10, 7608 20

    With fittings attached, suitable for conducting gases or liquids

    8108 90

    Tubes and pipes, with fittings attached, suitable for conducting gases or liquids

    8415 90

    Of air-conditioning machines of subheading 8415 81, 8415 82 or 8415 83

    8419 90

    Parts of heat exchange units

    8479 89

    Hydropneumatic batteries; mechanical actuators for thrust reversers; toilet units specially designed; air humidifiers and dehumidifiers; servomechanisms, non-electric; non-electric starter motors; pneumatic starters for turbojets, turbopropellers and other gas turbines; windscreen wipers, non-electric; propeller regulators, non-electric

    8501 20, 8501 40

    Of an output exceeding 735 W but not exceeding 150 kW

    8501 31

    Of an output exceeding 735 W, DC generators

    8501 33

    Motors of an output not exceeding 150 kW and generators

    8501 34 92, 8501 34 98

    Generators

    8501 51

    Of an output exceeding 735 W

    8501 53

    Of an output not exceeding 150 kW

    8516 80 20

    Assembled only with a simple insulated former and electrical connections, used for anti-icing or de-icing

    8517 69 31, 8517 69 39

    For radio-telephony or radio-telegraphy

    8517 12, 8517 61, 8517 62, 8517 69 90

    Radio-telegraphic or radio-telephonic apparatus

    8522 90

    Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or pieces fastened or joined together, for apparatus of subheadings 8519 81 95 and 8519 89 90

    8529 90

    Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or pieces fastened or joined together, for apparatus of heading 8526

    8543 70 90

    Flight recorders, electric synchros and transducers, defrosters and demisters with electric resistors

    8543 90

    Assemblies and sub-assemblies consisting of two or more parts or pieces fastened or joined together, for flight recorders

    8803 90 90

    Including gliders

    9014 90

    Of instruments of subheadings 9014 10 or 9014 20

    9020 00

    Excluding parts

    9029 10

    Electric or electronic revolution counters

    9029 90

    Of revolution counters, speed indicators and tachometers

    9031 90

    Of subheading 9031 80

    9109 19, 9109 90

    Of a width or diameter not exceeding 50 mm

    9401 10

    Not leather covered

    9405 10, 9405 60

    Of plastics or of base metal

    9405 92, 9405 99

    Of the articles of subheading 9405 10 or 9405 60, of plastics or of base metal
  6. 6..

    The goods specified in paragraph 5 are integrated in TARIC by subheadings with a footnote reference in the following terms: ‘Entry under this subheading is subject to the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions (see Articles 291 to 300 of Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2454/93 (OJ L 253, 11.10.1993, p. 1)).’.