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34.03 - Lubricating preparations (including cutting-oil preparations, bolt or nut release preparations, anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations and mould release preparations, based on lubricants) and re arations of a kind used for the oil or grease treatment of textile materials, eat er, furskins or other materials, but excluding preparations containing, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals. P R - Containing petroleum oils or oils obtained from bituminous minerals : 3403.1 1 - - Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, firskins or other materials 3403.19 - - Other - Other : 3403.91 - - Preparations for the treatment of textile materials, leather, furskins or other 3403.99 - - Other materials Provided they do not contgn, as basic constituents, 70 % or more by weight of petroleum oils or oils obtaned from blturmnous rmnerals (see heading 27.10), t h ~ headmg s includes, inter alia, prepared mixtures of the following types : (A) Lubricating re arations designed to reduce friction between the moving arts of machinery, ve ic es, aircraft or other appliances, apparatus or instruments. Such ,lu ricants usually consist of, or are based on, mxtures of animal, ve etable or mineral olls, fats or greases, often with additives (e.g., graphite, molybdenum &sulphide, talc, carbon blacks, calcium or other metallic soaps, itch, or rust, oxidation, etc., inhibitors). However, the headin also includes synthetic lu ricating preparations based on, for example, dioc 1 or dinony? sebacates, phosphoric esters, polychlorobiphenyls, pol (oxyethy ene) (polyethylene glycol or poly(ox~ropy1ene) olypropylene glycol). T ese synthetic lubncants, which inc ude " greases ' based on si??lcones or jet lube oils (or synthetic ester lubes), are designed to operate under specially exacting conditions (e.g., fire-resistant lubricants, lubricants for precision instrument bearings or jet engines). i EP ,Y x '7 (B) Lubricating reparations used in wire-drawing to ensure that the wire rod slides easil through the ~ e sThese . include : certain aqueous emulsions of tallow and sulphuric aci% mixtures of sodium soap, aluminium stearate, mineral oils and water; mixtures of oils, fats and sulpho-oleates; mixtures, in powder form, of calcium soaps and lime. 2' (C) Cuttineoil pre arations. These are usually based on animal, vegetable or mineral oils, often with the a dition of surface-active agents. Pre arations (e.g.,.those with a basis of petroleum sulphonates or other surface-active products) for Ag cutting ads, but generally unsuitable for direct use as cutting oils, are excluded (heading 34.02). (D) Bolt or nut release reparations. These are preparations intended for-loosening bolts, nuts or other parts. $hey generally consist principally of lubncatlng oils and may also contain solid lubricants, solvents, surface-active agents, rust removers, etc. (E) Anti-rust or anti-corrosion preparations consisting principally of lubricants. (F) Mould release preparations based on lubricants, used in various industries (e.g., plastics, rubber, construction, foundry), such as : (1) Mineral, vegetable or animal oils or other fatty substances (including those sulphonated, oxidised or hydrogenated) mixed or emulsified with waxes, lecithin or antl-oxidants. (2) Mixtures containing silicone greases or oils. (3) Mixtures of powdered graphite, talc, mica, bentonite or aluminium with oils, fatty substances, waxes, etc. However, the heading excludes edible mixtures or pre arations of animal or vegetable fats or oils of oils for bakery) (heading 15.17). a kind used as mould release preparations (e-g., dcmouydj~~g or easing of textiles, leather., hides, furskins, or so=!f en textile fibres during spinning, to "st&" example : mixtures of mineral oil or fatty substances with sulphoricinoleates); water-dispersible textile lubricatin proportion of surface-active agents together with minera The heading also covers : (I) Stabilised suspensions of molybdenum disulphide in mineral oil, containing by weight 70 % or more of mineral oil, for adding, in small uantities, solely by reason of their s ecial lubricatin roperties, to lubricating oils or engines, etc., the molybdenum d?sulphide being t e asic constituent. B fi ! (2) Anti-rust preparations based on lanolin and dissolved in white spirit, even if the content of white spirit is 70 % or more by weight. (3) Non-hardening pastes consistin of etroleum jelly and calcium soaps, and used for lubricating and sealing joints and t%ea r s when assembling vacuum power brake units. The heading also excludes : (a) Artificial degras (heading 15.22). (b) Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the bod for surgical operations or hysical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and me$cal instruments (heading 3g.06). (c) Colloidal or semi-colloidal graphite or graphite pastes, of heading 38.01. (d) Anti-slip transmission belt preparations (heading 38.24) and anti-rust preparations of heading 38.24.
1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils of a kind used as mould release preparations (heading 15.17); (b) Separate chemically defined compounds; or (c) Shampoos, dentifrices, shaving creams and foams, or bath preparations, containing soap or other organic surface-active agents (heading 33.05, 33.06 or 33.07). 2.- For the purposes of heading 34.01, the expression “soap” applies only to soap soluble in water. Soap and the other products of heading 34.01 may contain added substances (for example, disinfectants, abrasive powders, fillers or medicaments). Products containing abrasive powders remain classified in heading 34.01 only if in the form of bars, cakes or moulded pieces or shapes. In other forms they are to be classified in heading 34.05 as “scouring powders and similar preparations”. 3.- For the purposes of heading 34.02, “organic surface-active agents” are products which when mixed with water at a concentration of 0.5 % at 20 C and left to stand for one hour at the same temperature : (a) give a transparent or translucent liquid or stable emulsion without separation of insoluble matter; and (b) reduce the surface tension of water to 4.5 x 10-2 N/m (45 dyne/cm) or less. 4.- In heading 34.03 the expression “petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals” applies to the products defined in Note 2 to Chapter 27. 5.- In heading 34.04, subject to the exclusions provided below, the expression “artificial waxes and prepared waxes” applies only to : (a) Chemically produced organic products of a waxy character, whether or not water-soluble; (b) Products obtained by mixing different waxes; (c) Products of a waxy character with a basis of one or more waxes and containing fats, resins, mineral substances or other materials. The heading does not apply to : (a) Products of heading 15.16, 34.02 or 38.23, even if having a waxy character; (b) Unmixed animal waxes or unmixed vegetable waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, of heading 15.21; (c) Mineral waxes or similar products of heading 27.12, whether or not intermixed or merely coloured; or (d) Waxes mixed with, dispersed in or dissolved in a liquid medium (headings 34.05, 38.09, etc.).