Harmonized System Committee

DRAFT Agenda for the 48th Session of the Harmonized System Committee

From: Tuesday, 20 September 2011
To: Thursday, 29 September 2011

1. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
2. REPORT BY THE SECRETARIAT
3. GENERAL QUESTIONS
4. REPORT OF THE PRESESSIONAL WORKING PARTY
   1. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to reflect the decision to classify a powdered beverage in subheading 2106.90
   2. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to reflect the decision to classify spare cartridges for electronic cigarettes in subheading 3824.90
   3. Amendments to the Compendium of Classification Opinions to reflect the decision to classify an assembly of two electrical switching devices in subheading 8537.10
5. REQUESTS FOR RE-EXAMINATION (RESERVATIONS)
   1. Re-examination of the “Classification of products containing more than 99.2 % sodium sulphate and more than 98.5 % sodium sulphate, respectively”
   2. Re-examination of the “Classification of certain types of monitors”
6. FURTHER STUDIES
   1. Application of General Interpretative Rule 2 (a) in respect of the classification of car-assembly sets
   2. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Notes in respect of technologies used in the manufacture of ethyl alcohol
   3. Classification of certain “motorcycle parts”
   4. Classification of a dissolution testing unit
   5. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Note to heading 73.21
   6. Classification of tyres for career dump-body trucks
   7. Possible amendments to the Explanatory Notes to clarify the classification of powdered beverages
   8. Classification of a natural sedative
   9. Possible amendments to the Explanatory Note to heading 15.09
   10. Classification of “Lunacalcipol”
   11. Classification of “Tonapofylinne”
   12. Classification of “Pegdinetanib)” and the clarification of the classification of “Trastuzumab emtansine”
   13. Corrigendum amendments to the Explanatory Notes to the HS 2012
7. NEW QUESTIONS
   1. Classification of certain types of tripods
   2. Possible amendment of the General Explanatory Note to Chapter 40 to clarify the classification of certain synthetic rubber products
   3. Possible amendments to Note 1(b) and the General Explanatory Note to Chapter
   4. Classification of two antiparasite lotions
   5. Classification of the machines commercially referred to as “tablet computers”
   6. Classification of shrimp wonton products
   7. Classification of certain types of “domestic/industrial” electro-mechanical machines and possible amendments to the Explanatory Notes to clarify criteria for distinguishing between “domestic” and “industrial” electro-mechanical machines
   8. Possible amendments to the HS Nomenclature in respect of “Anti-malarial Commodities”
   9. Possible amendments to the Explanatory Note in respect of certain types of steel
   10. Possible amendment of the Explanatory Note in respect of the wheels suitable for use with both the vehicles of heading 87.04 and the vehicles of heading 87.16
   11. Classification of mouse pads
   12. Classification of packaged “Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs)”
   13. Classification of boxes made of soapstone
   14. Classification of the a “Gaming Chair”
   15. Classification of certain chemical products used for lithium-ion batteries
   16. Possible amendment of the text of subheading 5601.2
8. ADDITIONAL LIST
   1. Classification of Micro/Mini SD cards
   2. Possible amendment of the Nomenclature in respect of newsprint
   3. Possible amendments to the Nomenclature in respect of “textiles in combination with plastics”
   4. Possible amendment of Note 2 to Section VI
   5. Classification of certain types of three-wheeled vehicles
9. OTHER BUSINESS
   1. List of questions which might be examined at a future session
10. DATES OF NEXT SESSIONS