1. World Customs Organization1 Environmental goods and the Harmonized System Izaak Wind Deputy Director - WCO

2. World Customs Organization2 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS n 120 Contracting Parties n + 200 countries / economic and Customs unions using the HS n Over 98 % of world trade

3. World Customs Organization3 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS n Classification as presented n End use n Process and production methods

4. World Customs Organization4 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS HS structure (1) n 4 digit headings n 96 Chapters n 21 Sections n Chapters 98 and 99

5. World Customs Organization5 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS HS structure (2) Section ChapterChapterChapter Heading HeadingHeading SubheadingSubheadingSubheading

6. World Customs Organization6 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS HS structure (3) n Section and Chapter notes : Integral part of HS n Subheading notes

7. World Customs Organization7 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How to accommodate n Description of goods or groups of goods n Physical and objective criteria : –End-use –Process and production methods

8. World Customs Organization8 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How we accommodated n CITES n Ozone n Rotterdam Convention

9. World Customs Organization9 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How we accommodated : CITES (HS 2002) 01.06 Other live animals. - Mammals : - Mammals : 0106.11 -- Primates 0106.12 -- Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia) 0106.19 -- Other 0106.20 - Reptiles (including snakes and turtles) - Birds : - Birds : 0106.31 -- Birds of prey 0106.32 -- Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos) 0106.39 -- Other 0106.90 -Other

10. World Customs Organization10 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How we accommodated : Ozone (HS 2002) n Separate identification of : –Pure chemicals (Chapters 28 and 29) –Mixtures (heading 38.24)

11. World Customs Organization11 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How we accommodated : Rotterdam Convention (HS 2007) n Separate identification of mercury compounds n New heading 28.52 n Precedence over other headings

12. World Customs Organization12 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How to provide for environmental goods (1) n Description of goods or group of goods (objective characteristics) n Identification at : –Heading level –Subheading level

13. World Customs Organization13 WTO - WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS How to provide for environmental goods (2) n Until HS amendments : –Identification at national level –Non-uniformity –Advice HS Committee

14. World Customs Organization14 WORKSHOP ENVIRONMENTAL GOODS Conclusions n Identification n HS classification indispensable n World-wide uniform application

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