WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/IT/20
14 January 2002
(02-0174)
Committee of Participants on the Expansion of Trade in
Information Technology ProductsOriginal: English
REPLY RECEIVED FROM THE WCO REGARDING
CLASSIFICATION ISSUES
The following communication, dated 18 December 2001, has been received from the World
Customs Organization (WCO).
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This is with reference to your letter requesting the opinion of the WCO's  Harmonized System
(HS) Committee on the HS classification of certain commodities, as well as related issues, as listed inthe Annex to your letter.
At its 28
th Session (November 2001) the HS Committee concluded its discussion on
this issue, and I am directed to inform you accord ingly (the numbers of the items referred to below
correspond to those listed in your letter.
Item 113
The HS Committee agreed to classify the quartz reactor tubes and holders in heading 70.20.
Items 129, 130, 133, 135, 153 and 157
The HS Committee concluded to inform the WTO that there were no legal definitions of the
terms "parts" and "accessories" in the Harmonized System.  It indicated, however, that, at the request
of the WTO, it would be prepared to take up the classification of commodities being parts or
accessories of machines of Chapter 84, but classified outside heading 84.66, once it had received a
full description of the commodities in question.
Item 142
The Committee classified the Dainippon Wet Stations WS-620-C and WS-820C in
subheading 8479.89 by application of General Interpretative Rules 1 (Note 3 to Section XVI – thecleaning and etching functions providing the product's principal function) and 6.
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