Division A. Goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms
United Kingdom
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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.
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Customs duties shall be suspended in respect of:
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goods intended for incorporation in drilling or production platforms:
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fixed, of subheading ex 8430 49, operating in or outside the territorial sea of Member States, or
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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;
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tubes, pipes, cables and their connection pieces, linking these drilling or production platforms to the mainland.
CN code Description 8901 Cruise ships, excursion boats, ferry-boats, cargo ships, barges and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods 890110 Cruise ships, excursion boats and similar vessels principally designed for the transport of persons; ferry-boats of all kinds 89011010 Seagoing 890120 Tankers 89012010 Seagoing 890130 Refrigerated vessels, other than those of subheading 8901 20 89013010 Seagoing 890190 Other vessels for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods 89019010 Seagoing 890200 Fishing vessels; factory ships and other vessels for processing or preserving fishery products 89020010 Seagoing 8903 Yachts and other vessels for pleasure or sports; rowing boats and canoes Other 890391 Sailboats, with or without auxiliary motor 89039110 Seagoing 890392 Motorboats, other than outboard motorboats 89039210 Seagoing 890400 Tugs and pusher craft 89040010 Tugs Pusher craft 89040091 Seagoing 8905 Light-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 890510 Dredgers 89051010 Seagoing 890590 Other 89059010 Seagoing 8906 Other vessels, including warships and lifeboats other than rowing boats 89061000 Warships Other 89069010 Seagoing - (a)
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The suspensions shall be subject to conditions laid down in the relevant provisions of the European Union with a view to customs control of the use of such goods.