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Commercial Information Circulars

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e-mail address : enquiry@tid.gov.hk

Ref : CR EIC 230/20/1

20 March 2007

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 130/2007

European Union (EU)* : Corrigendum to Council Regulation Applying a Scheme of Generalised Tariff Preferences

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 242/2005 of 7 July 2005, a corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No. 980/2005 of 27 June 2005 applying a scheme of generalised tariff preferences (GSP) has been published in the Official Journal of the EU. The corrigendum can be accessed through the following link :
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/oj/2007/l_079/l_07920070320en00410041.pdf.

DETAILS

  1. Under the GSP scheme announced in the above-mentioned regulation, the EU accords tariff preferences to a range of agricultural and industrial products originating in 178 developing economies. For details of the GSP scheme, please refer to Commercial Information Circular No. 242/2005. The corrigendum announces the change of combined nomenclature code for certain meat products.

ENQUIRIES

  1. For enquiries concerning the contents of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5350.


Yours faithfully,

(Bill WONG)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, the Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.



Note

  • (1) While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
  • (2) The biweekly newsletter "Business Alert - EU" of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council provides up-to-date information on the latest developments in EU trade policy and trade regulations. The newsletter is available for free e-subscription and can be accessed through
    http://www.tdctrade.com/alert/eualert.htm.