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Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009Show full title
Council Regulation (EC) No 1186/2009 of 16 November 2009 setting up a Community system of reliefs from customs duty (codified version)
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- Regulation excluded by S.I. 1995/2518, regs. 133AD(a), 133L (as inserted) by S.I. 2021/715 reg. 43 47
A.Books, publications and documentsU.K.
| a 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 | –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:–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:–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–Bibliographical information material for distribution free of chargea–Other: |
| 4911 99 00 | – –Other:–Loose illustrations, printed pages and reproduction proofs to be used for the production of books, including microcopies of such Articlesa–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 charactera–Publications designed to encourage the public to study outside the territory of the European Communities, including microcopies of such publicationsa–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 | –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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