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49.05 - Maps and hydrographic or similar charts of all kinds, including atlases, wall maps, topographical plans and globes, printed. 4905.10 - Globes - Other : 4905.91 - - In book form 4905.99 - - Other This heading covers all priuted globes (for example, terrestrial, lunar or celestial), maps, charts and plans designed to represent the natural or artificial features of countries, towns, seas, the heavens, etc., conventional signs bein used to indicate contours, etc. Maps and charts incorporating advertising matter remain c assified in this heading. These products may be printed on aper or other material e.g., cloth), reinforced or not, and may be in the form of slngle or fo ded sheets, or consist o a collection of such sheets bound to ether in book form (e.g., an atlas). The articles may be fitted with movable indicators and ro lers, and may have transparent protective coverings or other accessories. P f d The heading includes, inter alia : Geographical ma s (including sectors for globes), road maps, wall maps, atlases, hydrographic, geographical an astronomical charts, geological surveys, topographcal plans (e.g., plans of towns or districts). B It also covers printed globes with internal lighting, provided they are not merely toys. The heading does not include (a) Books containing maps or plans as a subsidiary feature (heading 49.01). (b) Hand-drawn maps, plans, etc., their carbon copies and their photographic reproductions (heading 49.06). (c) Aerial survey or landscape photographs, whether or not topographically accurate, provided that they are not prepared as finished maps, charts or plans (heading 49.11). (d) Schematic maps designed to show by suitable illustrations the particular industrial, tourist or other activities, the outline of railway systems, etc., of a country or district (heading 49.11). (e) Textile articles, e.g., scarves or handkerchiefs, containing prints of maps for ornamental or decorative purposes (Section XI). ( Maps, plans and globes, in relief, whether or not printed (heading 90.23). 49.06- PIans and drawings for architectural, engineering, industrial, commercial, topographical or simiIar purposes, being originals drawn by hand; hand-written texts; photographic reproductions on sensitised paper and arbon copies of the foregomg. This heading covers industrial plans and drawings the urpose of which, generally, is to indicate the position and relation of parts or features of bui dings, machinery or other constructions either as they exist, or for the guidance of builders or manufacturers in their construction (e.g., architects' or engineers' plans and drawings). The plans and drawings may include specifications, directions, etc., printed or not. f This heading also includes drawings and sketches for publicity purposes (e.g., fashion drawings, poster designs, designs for pottery, wallpaper, jewellery, h l t u r e ) . It should be noted that such products fall in the heading only if consisting of originals drawn or written by hand, or of photographic reproductions on sensltised paper or of carbon copies of such origmals. Maps, charts and topographical plans which, when printed, fall in heading 49.05, are included in this heading if they are the hand-drawn originals or their carbon copies or photographic reproductions on sensitised paper. Hand-written texts (including shorthand but not including music), and also their carbon copies or photographic reproductions on sensitised paper of such texts, are also included in this heading whether bound or not. The heading does not cover : (a) Copying and transfer papers, bearing written or typed texts for reproduction (heading 48.16). (b) Printed plans and drawings (heading 49.05 or 49.11). (c) Typescripts (includin carbon copies) and copies of manuscripts or typescripts obtained by duplicating machines heading 49.01 a 49.11).
Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans Notes. 1.- This Chapter does not cover : (a) Photographic negatives or positives on transparent bases (Chapter 37); @) Maps, plans or globes, in relief, whether or not printed (heading 90.23); (c) Playing cards or other goods of Chapter 95; or (d) Original engravin s rints or lithographs (heading 97.02), ostage or revenue stamps, stamp-postmarks, &;-$ay covers, postal stationery or the like of eading 97.04, antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years or other articles of Chapter 97. R 2.- For the purposes of Chapter 49, the term " printed " also means reproduced by means of a duplicatin machine, produced under the control of an automatic data processing machine, embossel photographed, photocopied, thennocopied or typewritten. 3.- Newspapers, journals and periodicals which are bound otherwise than in pa er, and sets of newspapers, ournals or eriodicals comprising more than one number under a sing e cover are to be class~fiedin eading 49.t1, whether or not containing advertismg material. P A 4.- Heading 49.01 also covers : (a) A collection of printed re roductions of, for example, works of art or drawings, with a relative text, put up with numberel pages in a form suitable for binding into one or more volumes; (b) A pictorial supplement accompanying, and subsidiary to, a bound volume; and (c) Printed parts of books or booklets, in the form of assembled or separate sheets or signatures, constitut~ngthe whole ar a part of a complete work and designed for binding. However, printed ictures or illustrations not bearing a text, whether in the form of signatures or separate sheets, fafin heading 49.1 1. 5.- Subject to Note 3 to this Chapter, heading 49.01 does not cover ublications which are essentially devoted to advertising (for example, brochures, pamphlets, lea ets, trade catalogues, ear books ubSshed b trade assasiations, tourist propaganda). Such publications are to be cEssified in !i,ng 49. A. 6.- For the purposes of heading 49.03, the expression " children's picture books " means books for children m which the pictures form the principal interest and the text is subsidiary. GENERAL With the few exce tions referred to below, this Chapter covers all printed matter of which the essential nature an use is determined by the fact of its being printed with motifs, characters or pictorial representations. I On the other hand, besides the goods of heading 48.14 or 48.21, aper, paperboard or cellulose wadding, or articles thereoc in which the rinting is merely incidental to Jelr pnuse (e.g., p t e d wrapping aper and printed stationery) h l in Cha ter 48. Also, printed textile articles suc as scarves or ~ d k e r c h i e f sin , which the printing is main5 for decorative or novelty purposes and does not affect the essential character of the goods, embroidery fabrics and prepared tapestry canvases bearing printed designs fall in Section XI. Goods of headin 39.18, 39.19, 48.14 or 48.21 are also excluded from this Chapter, even if they are printed with moti s, characters or pictorial representations, which are not merely incidental to the primary use of the goods. F The Chapter also includes similar roducts executed by hand (including hand-drawn maps and plans), as well as carbon copies of &nd-written or typewritten texts. In general the oods of this Cha ter are executed on paper but the goods may be on other h of this General materials pmvi ed they have the cRaracteristics described in the first para Explanatory Note. However, letters, numbers, sign-plates and similar mot1 s or shop signs and shop windows, bearing a printed icture or text, of ceramics, of glass, or of base metal are classifiable in headings 69.14, 70. 0 and 83.10 respectively, or in heading 94.05 if illuminated. f TI? In addition to the more common forms of printed products (e.g., books, newspapers, ictures, advertising matter), this Chapter covers such arhcles as: printe transfers rdecalcomanias); pnnted or illustrated postcards, greeting cards; calendars, maps, lans and drawings; postage, revenue or similar stam s. Microcopies on opaque bases, of artic es of this Chapter, are classified in heading 49.1 1. Ricroco ies are obtained by mans of an optical d m c e which greatly reduces the dimensions of %e documents photographed; microcopies normally need to be read by means of a magnifying device. B""~~~~~' f This Chapter also excludes (a) Photographic negatives or positives on transparent bases (for exampIe, microfilms) of Chapter 37. (b) Goods of Chapter 97.