Notes.
1.-Ā This Chapter does not coverĀ :
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (a) Foods or beverages (such as dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, food supplements, tonic beverages and mineral waters), other than nutritional preparations for intravenous administration (SectionĀ IV);
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (b) Preparations, such as tablets, chewing gum or patches (transdermal systems), intended to assist smokers to stop smoking (headingĀ 21.06 or 38.24);
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (c)Ā Plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (headingĀ 25.20);
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (d) Aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils, suitable for medicinal uses (headingĀ 33.01);
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (e)Ā Preparations of headingsĀ 33.03 to 33.07, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (f)Ā Soap or other products of headingĀ 34.01Ā containing added medicaments;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (g)Ā Preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (headingĀ 34.07); or
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (h) Blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (headingĀ 35.02).
2.-Ā For the purposes of headingĀ 30.02, the expression āimmunological productsā applies to peptides and proteins (other than goods of headingĀ 29.37) which are directly involved in the regulation of immunological processes, such as monoclonal antibodies (MAB), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates, interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines and certain tumor necrosis factors (TNF), growth factors (GF), hematopoietins and colony stimulating factors (CSF).
3.-Ā For the purposes of headingsĀ 30.03 and 30.04 and of NoteĀ 4Ā (d) to this Chapter, the following are to be treatedĀ :
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (a) As unmixed productsĀ :
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (1)Ā Ā Ā Unmixed products dissolved in water;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (2)Ā Ā Ā All goods of ChapterĀ 28 or 29; and
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (3)Ā Ā Ā Simple vegetable extracts of headingĀ 13.02, merely standardised or dissolved in any solvent;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (b) As products which have been mixedĀ :
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (1)Ā Ā Ā Colloidal solutions and suspensions (other than colloidal sulphur);
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (2)Ā Ā Ā Vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixtures of vegetable materials; and
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (3)Ā Ā Ā Salts and concentrates obtained by evaporating natural mineral waters.
4.-Ā HeadingĀ 30.06 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the NomenclatureĀ :
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (a) Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure;
(b) Sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents;
(c)Ā Sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (d) Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations and diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, being unmixed products put up in measured doses or products consisting of two or more ingredients which have been mixed together for such uses;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (e)Ā Blood-grouping reagents;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (f)Ā Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (g)Ā First-aid boxes and kits;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (h) Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of headingĀ 29.37 or on spermicides;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (ij) Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (k) Waste pharmaceuticals, that is, pharmaceutical products which are unfit for their originalintended purpose due to, for example, expiry of shelf life; and
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (l)Ā Ā Appliances identifiable for ostomy use, that is, colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy pouches cut to shape and their adhesive wafers or faceplates.
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Subheading Notes.
1.-Ā For the purposes of subheadingsĀ 3002.13 and 3002.14, the following are to be treatedĀ :
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (a) As unmixed products, pure products, whether or not containing impurities;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (b) As products which have been mixedĀ :
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (1)Ā Ā Ā The products mentioned in (a) above dissolved in water or in other solvents;
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (2)Ā Ā Ā The products mentioned in (a) and (b) (1) above with an added stabiliser necessary for their preservation or transport; and
Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā (3)Ā Ā Ā The products mentioned in (a), (b) (1) and (b) (2) above with any other additive.
2.-Ā SubheadingsĀ 3003.60 and 3004.60Ā cover medicaments containing artemisinin (INN) for oral ingestion combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredients, or containing any of the following active principles, whether or not combined with other pharmaceutical active ingredientsĀ : amodiaquine (INN); artelinic acid or its salts; artenimol (INN); artemotil (INN); artemether (INN); artesunate (INN); chloroquine (INN); dihydroartemisinin (INN); lumefantrine (INN); mefloquine (INN); piperaquine (INN); pyrimethamine (INN) or sulfadoxine (INN).