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ANNEX I 
LIST OF ANIMALS, PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, GERMINAL PRODUCTS, 
ANIMAL BY -PRODUCTS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS AND HAY AND STRAW 
SUBJECT TO OFFICIAL CONTROLS AT BORDER CONTROL POSTS AS 
REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3  
 
Notes:  
1. General remarks  
General remarks are added  to certain Chapters  to clarify, which animals or goods are  
covered in the relevant chapter. In addition, where necessary, reference is made to 
specific requirements laid down in Commission Regulation (EU) No  142/20111. 
2. Note to Chapter   
The lists in this Annex are structured in Chapters which correspond to the relevant 
Chapters in the Combined Nomenclature (CN) as laid down in Annex I to Council 
Regulation (EEC) No  2658/872. 
The Chapter notes are explanations, where necessary extracted, from the Notes to the 
individual Chapters of the CN.  
3. Extract from the Explanatory Notes  and the Classification Opinions of the  
Harmonized System  
Additional information on the different Chapters has been extracted, where 
necessary, from the Explanatory N otes and the Classification Opinions  of the 
Harmonized System of the World Customs Organisation.  
                                                 
1 Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 
1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by -
products and deriv ed products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 
97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that 
Directive (OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1).  
2 Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658 /87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the 
Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256 7.9.1987, p. 1).  2 
 Tables : 
4. Column (1) — CN code   
This column indicates the CN code. The CN, established by Regulation (EEC) 
No 2658/87, is based on the International Convention on Harmonized Commodity 
Description and Coding System (HS) drawn up by the Customs Cooperation 
Council, now the World Customs Organisation (WCO), adopted by the International 
Convention, concluded in Brussels on 14 June 1983 and approved on beha lf of the 
European Economic Community by Council Decision  87/369/EEC3 (‘the HS 
Convention’). The CN reproduces the headings and subheadings of the HS to six 
digits, with only the seventh and eighth figures creating further subheadings which 
are specific to  it. 
Where a four digit code is used: Unless otherwise specified, all products prefixed 
with or covered by these four digits shall be submitted to official controls at border 
control post s. In most of these cases, the relevant CN codes included in the Trac es 
system set up by Commission Decision  2004/292/EC4, are broken down to the six or 
eight digit code.  
Where only certain specified products under any four, six or eight digit code are 
required to be submitted to official controls and no specific subdivisio n under this 
code exists in the CN, the code is marked 'Ex'. In that case, the animals and products 
covered by this Regulation are determined by the scope of the CN code and by that 
of the corresponding description in column (2) and the qualification and e xplanation 
in column (3).  
5. Column (2) — Description   
The description of the goods is as laid down in the description column of the CN.  
Without prejudice to the rules for the interpretation of the CN, the wording for the 
description of animals and product s in column (2) is considered to be of indicative 
value only, since the goods covered by this Regulation are determined by CN codes.  
6. Column (3) — Qualification and explanation   
This column gives details of the animals or goods covered. Further informati on on 
the animals or goods covered in the different Chapters of the CN can be found in the 
Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union5. 
Products derived from animal by -products covered by Regulation (EC) 
No 1069/20096 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation  (EU) 
No 142/2011 are not specifically identified in Union law. Official controls shall be 
                                                 
3 Council Decision 87/369/EEC of 7 April 1987 concerning the conclusion of the International Convention on 
the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System and of the Protocol of Amendment thereto (OJ 
L 198, 20.7.1987, p. 1).  
4 Commission Decision 2004/292/EC of 30 March 2004 on the i ntroduction of the Traces system and 
amending Decision 92/486/EEC  (OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 63).  
5 Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (OJ C 76, 4.3.2015, p. 1), as 
subsequently amended.  
6 Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying 
down health rules as regards animal by -products and derived products not intended for human consumption 
and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by -products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 1 4.11.2009, p.  1). 3 
 carried out on products that are partly processed but remain raw products to be 
further processed in an a pproved or registered establishment at destination. Official 
inspectors at border control posts shall assess and specify, when necessary, if a 
derived product is sufficiently processed to not require further official controls 
provided for in Union law. 
 4 
 CHAPTER 1  
Live animals  
Note to Chapter 1  (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN ) 
'1. This chapter covers all live animals, except:  
(a) fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading 0301, 0306, 
0307 or 0308;  
(b) cultures of micro -organisms and other products of heading 3002 and  
(c) animals of heading 9508. ' 
Extract from the Harmonized  Syste m Explanatory Notes  
'Heading  0106  includes,  inter alia , the following domestic or wild animals:  
(A) Mammals  
(1) Primates.  
(2) Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and 
dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of 
the suborder Pinnipedia).  
(3) Other (such as reindeer, cats, dogs, lions, tigers, bears, elephants, camels  (including 
dromedaries) , zebras, rabbits, hares, deer, antelope  (other than those of the sub -family 
Bovinae , chamois, foxes, mink s, and other animals for fur farms).  
(B) Reptiles  (including snakes and turtles)  
(C) Birds  
(1) Birds of prey.  
(2) Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos).  
(3) Other (such as partridges, pheasants, quail, woodcocks, snipe, pigeons, grouse, 
ortolan, wild ducks, wild geese, thrushes, blackbirds, larks, finches, tits, humming 
birds, peacocks, swans, and other birds not specified in heading 0105).  
(D) Insects , such as bees (whether or not travelling in boxes or cages or h ives) . 
(E) Other, e.g. frogs.  
This heading excludes animals forming part of circuses, menageries or other similar travelling 
animal shows (heading 95.08). ' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
0101  Live horses, asses, mules and 
hinnies  All 5 
 0102  Live bovine animals  All 
0103  Live swine  All 
0104  Live sheep  and goats  All 
0105  Live poultry, that is to say, 
fowls of the species  Gallus 
domesticus , ducks, geese, 
turkeys and guinea fowls  All 
0106  Other live animals  All, covers all animals from the following 
subheadings:  
0106  11 00 (primates)  
0106  12 00 (whales, dolphins and porpoises 
(mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees 
and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); 
seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of 
the suborder Pinnipedia)  
0106  13 00 (camels and other camelids 
(Camelidae))  
0106  14  (rabbits  and hares ) 
0106  19 00 (other): mammals other than 
those of heading 0101, 0102, 0103, 0104, 
0106  11, 0106  12, 0106  13 and 0106  14; 
covers dogs and cats  
0106  20 00 (reptiles, including sna kes and 
turtles)  
0106  31 00 (birds: birds of prey)  
0106  32 00 (birds: psittaciformes, including 
parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos)  
0106  33 00 (ostriches; emus ( Dromaius 
novaehollandiae)  
0106  39 (other): covers birds, other than 
those of heading 0105 , 0106  31, 0106  32 and 
0106  33, including pigeons.  
0106  41 00 (bees)  
0106  49 00 (other insects than bees)  
0106  90 00 (other): all other live animals not 
covered elsewhere, other than mammals, 6 
 reptiles, birds and insects . Live frogs whether 
for vivaria to b e kept alive, or to be killed for 
human consumption, are covered by this 
heading.  
 
CHAPTER 2  
Meat and edible meat offal  
Note to Chapter 2  (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) Products of a kind described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210 unfit or unsuitable 
for human consumption;  
(b) guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading 
0511 or 3002); or  
(c) animal fat, other than the products of heading 0209 (Chapter 15).  
…' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
0201  Meat of bovine animals, fresh or 
chilled  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this code.  
0202  Meat of bovine animals, frozen  All. Howe ver, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this code.  
0203  Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or 
frozen  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this code.  
0204  Meat of  sheep or goats, fresh, chilled 
or frozen  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this code.  
0205  00 Meat of horses, asses, mules or 
hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen  All. However, raw material not inten ded 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this code.  7 
 0206  Edible offal of bovine animals, 
swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, 
mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or 
frozen  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumptio n is not 
covered in this code.  
0207  Meat and edible offal, of the poultry 
of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or 
frozen  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this code.  
0208  Other meat and edible meat offal, 
fresh, chilled or frozen  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this code.  
This covers other raw material for the 
production of gelatine or collagen for 
human consumption. Covers all  meat and 
edible meat offal from the following 
subheadings:  
0208  10 (of rabbits or hares)  
0208  30 00 (of primates)  
0208  40 (of whales, dolphins and 
porpoises (mammals of the order 
Cetacea); of manatees and dugongs 
(mammals of the order Sirenia); of 
seals, sea lions and walruses 
(mammals of the suborder 
Pinnipedia))  
0208  50 00 (of reptiles, including 
snakes and turtles)  
0208  60 00 (of camels and other 
camelids (Camelidae))  
0208  90 (other: of domestic pigeons ; 
of game other than of rabbits or 
hares ; etc. ): covers meat of quails, 
reindeer or any other mammal 
species. Covers frogs' legs under CN 
code 0208  90 70. 
0209  Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry 
fat, not rendered or otherwise 
extracted, fresh, chilled frozen, 
salted, in brine, dried or smoked  All, covers both fat  and processed fat as 
described in column (2), even if suitable 
only for industrial use (not fit for human 
consumption).  8 
 0210  Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in 
brine, dried or smoked; edible flours 
and meals of meat or meat offal  All, covers meat, me at products and other 
products of animal origin.  
However, raw material not intended or 
suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this code.  
Covers processed animal protein and 
dried pigs ears for human consumption. 
Even when such dried pig ears are used 
as animal feed, the Annex to Commission 
Regulation (EC) 
No 1125/2006  (1) clarifies that they may 
be covered in 0210  99 49. However, 
dried offal and pigs ears unfit for human 
consumption are in 0511  99 85. 
Bones for human consumption are 
covered under heading 0506.  
Sausages are covered under heading 
1601.  
Extracts and juices of meat are covered 
under heading  1603.  
Greaves are covered under heading 2301.  
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No  1125/2006 of 21 July 2006 concerning the classification 
of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 3).  
 
CHAPTER 3  
Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates  
General remarks  
This chapter covers both live fish for breeding and reproduction, live ornamental fish, and live 
fish or live crustaceans transported alive but imported for human consumption.  
All products in this chapter are sub ject to official controls.  
Notes to Chapter 3 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN) 
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) mammals of heading 0106;  
(b) meat of mammals of heading 0106 (heading 0208 or 0210);  
(c) fish (including livers , roes and milt thereof) or crustaceans molluscs or other aquatic 
invertebrates, dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of 
either their species or their condition (Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of 9 
 crustaceans, molluscs or other  aquatic invertebrates unfit for human consumption 
(heading 2301); or  
(d) caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 1604).  
…' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
0301  Live fish  All: covers trout, eels, carp,  or any 
other species or any fish imported for 
breeding or reproduction.  
Live fish imported for immediate 
human consumption are treated for 
official controls purposes as if they 
were products.  
Covers ornamental fish in 
subheading s 0301  11 00 and 
0301  19 00. 
0302  Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish 
fillets and other fish meat of heading 
0304  All; covers livers , milt  and roes, fresh 
or chilled, in CN code 0302  91 00. 
0303  Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and 
other fish meat of heading 0304  All; covers livers , milt  and roes, 
frozen, in subheading 0303  91. 
0304  Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether 
or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen  All 
0305  Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked 
fish, whether or not cooked before or 
during the smoking  process; flours, meals 
and pellets of fish, fit for human 
consumption.  All, covers other fishery products 
such as flours, meals and pellets fit 
for human consumption made from 
fish; covers fish heads, tails and 
maws and other fishery products.  
0306  Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, 
fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in 
brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in 
shell or not, whether or not cooked 
before or during the smoking process; All: live crustaceans imported for 
immediate human consumption are 
considered and treated for official 
controls purpose s as if they were 
products.  10 
 crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming 
or by boiling in water, whether or not 
chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; 
flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, 
fit for human consumption  Covers ornamental sea monkeys and 
their cysts for use as pet animals; and 
all live ornamental crustaceans as 
provided for by Commission 
Regulation (EC) No  1251/2008  (1). 
0307  Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, 
fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in 
brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell 
or not, whether or not cooked before or 
during the smoking process; flours, meals 
and pellets of molluscs, fit for human 
consumption  This covers molluscs that may have 
been cooked and then smoked. Other 
cooked molluscs are covered in 
heading 1605.  
Covers live ornamental molluscs as 
provided for by Regu lation (EC) 
No 1251/2008.  
Live molluscs imported for 
immediate human consumption are 
considered and treated for official 
controls purposes as if they were 
products.  
Covers all from the subheadings 
0307  11 to 0307  99, such as the 
following examples:  
0307  60 (snails other than sea 
snails): covers terrestrial 
gastropods of the species Helix 
pomatia, Helix aspersa, Helix 
lucorum and species of the 
family Achatinidae. Covers live 
snails (including fresh water 
snails) for immediate human 
consumption and also snai l meat 
for human consumption. Covers 
blanched  or pre -processed snails. 
Further processed products are 
covered in heading 1605.  
0307  91 00 (live, fresh, or chilled 
other molluscs , i.e. other  than 
oysters, scallops, mussels  
(Mytilus  spp., Perna  spp.) , cuttle  
fish, squid,  octopus, snails other 
than sea snails, clams, cockles, 
ark shells, abalones  (Haliotis  11 
 spp.) and stromboid conchs 
(Strombus  spp.) : covers meat of 
sea water snail species, whether 
in shell or not.  
0307  99 (other molluscs , other 
than live, fresh, chilled, or 
frozen, i.e. other  than oysters, 
scallops, mussels  (Mytilus  spp., 
Perna  spp.) , cuttle fish , squid , 
octopus, snails other than sea 
snails, clams, cockles, ark shells, 
abalones  (Haliotis  spp.) and 
stromboid conchs ( Strombus  
spp.) ; also including flours, 
meals and pellets thereof , fit for 
human consumption).  
0308  Aquatic invertebrates other than 
crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, 
chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; 
smoked aquatic invertebrates other than 
crustaceans and molluscs , whether or not 
cooked before or during the smoking 
process; flours, meals and pellets of 
aquatic invertebrates other than 
crustaceans and molluscs, fit for human 
consumption  All 
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 of 12 December 2008 implementing Council 
Directive 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the 
market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and 
laying down a list of vector species ( OJ L 337, 1 6.12.2008, p. 41 ). 
 
CHAPTER 4  
Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not 
elsewhere specified or included  
Notes to Chapter 4  (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. The expression ‘milk’ means full -cream  milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.  
2. For the purposes of heading 0405:  12 
 (a) the term ‘butter’ means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter (fresh, salted 
or rancid, including canned butter) derived exclusively from milk, with a milkfat 
content of 80  % or more but not more than 95  % by weight, a maximum milk solids -
not-fat content of 2  % by weight and a maximum water content of 16  % by weight. 
Butter does not contain added emulsifiers, but may contain sodium chloride, food 
colours , neutralising salts and cultures of harmless lactic -acid-producing bacteria;  
(b) the expression ‘dairy spreads’ means a spreadable emulsion of the water -in-oil type, 
containing milkfat as the only fat in the product, with a milkfat content of 39  % or 
more  but less than 80  % by weight.  
3. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat 
are to be classified as cheese in heading 0406 provided that they have the three following 
characteristics:  
(a) a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5  % or more;  
(b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70  % but not exceeding 85  %; and  
(c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded.  
4. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95  % lactose, expressed 
as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702);  
(b) products obtained from milk by replacing one or more of its natural constituents (for 
example, butyri c fats) by another substance  (for example, oleic fats) (heading 1901 or 
2106); or  
(c) albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight 
more than 80  % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter) (heading 3502) or 
globulin s (heading 3504).  
…' 
Extract s from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  
'Heading  0408  covers whole eggs not in shell, and egg yolks of all birds. The products of this 
heading may be fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded (e.g. 
cylindrical 'long eggs'), frozen or otherwise preserved. All these fall in the heading whether or 
not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter and whether for use as food or for 
industrial purposes (e.g., in tanning).  
This heading does not cover : 
(a) Oil of egg yolk (heading 1506).  
(b) Egg preparations containing seasoning, spices or other additives (heading 2106).  
(c) Lecithin (heading 2923).  
(d) Separate egg white (egg albumin) (heading 3502).  
… 
Heading  0409  covers honey produced by bees ( Apis mellifera ) or by other insects, centrifuged 
or in the comb or containing comb chunks, provided that neither sugar nor other substance has 
been added. Such honey may be designated by floral source, origin or colour.  13 
 Heading 0409  excludes  artificial honey an d mixtures of natural and artificial honey (heading 
1702).  
… 
Heading  0410  covers products of animal origin suitable for human consumption, not specified 
or included elsewhere in the Combined Nomenclature. This includes:  
 
(a) Turtles eggs. These are eggs la id by river or marine turtles; they may be fresh, dried or 
otherwise preserved.  
Turtle‑egg oil is excluded  (heading 15.06).  
(b) Salanganes’ nests (‘birds nests’). These consist of a substance secreted by the bird 
which solidifies rapidly on exposure to air. 
The nests may be presented untreated, or they may have been cleaned to remove 
feathers, down, dust and other impurities in order to render them suitable for 
consumption. They are generally in the form of whitish strips or threads.  
Salanganes’ nests have a high protein content and are used almost exclusively to make 
soups or other food preparations.  
Heading 0410  excludes  animal blood, edible or not, liquid or dried (heading 0511 or 3002). ' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
0401  Milk and cream, not concentrated nor 
containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter  All. 
Milk for animal feed is covered 
under this heading, whereas 
animal feed containing milk is 
covered in heading 2309.  
Milk for therapeutic/prophylactic 
uses is covered in heading 3001.  
0402  Milk and cream, concentrated or containing 
added sugar or other sweetening matter  All. 
0403  Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, 
kephir and other fermented or acidified milk 
and cream, whether or not concentrated o r 
containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, 
nuts or cocoa  All, covers cream, flavoured or 
containing fruits, frozen and 
fermented milk, for human 
consumption.  
Ice cream is covered in heading 
2105.  14 
 Beverages c ontaining milk 
flavoured with cocoa or other 
substances are covered in heading 
2202.  
0404  Whey, whether or not concentrated or 
containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter; products consisting of natural milk 
constituents, whether or not containing added 
sugar or other sweetening matter, not 
elsewhere specified or included  All, covers milk products for 
infants.  
Covers in CN code 0404  10 48 
bovine colostrum, in liquid form, 
defatted and de -caseinated, for 
human consumption, and in CN 
code 0404  90 21 s pray-dried, 
reduced -fat colostrum powder 
which has not been de -caseinated, 
for human consumption.  
0405  Butter and other fats and oils derived from 
milk; dairy spreads  All. 
0406  Cheese and curd  All 
0407  Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or 
cooked  All, covers hatching eggs and 
specified pathogen free eggs 
(SPF), fertilised eggs for 
incubation (0407  11 and 0407  19). 
Covers fresh eggs (0407  21 to 
0407  29) and other eggs 
(0407  90), not fit and fit for 
human consumption.  
Covers ‘100 year old eggs’.  
Egg albumin not fit and fit for 
human consumption is covered in 
heading 3502.  
0408  Birds’ eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, 
dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in 
water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, 
whether or not containing added sugar  or other 
sweetening matter  All: this heading covers egg 
products whether or not heat 
treated and products not fit for 
human consumption.  
0409  00 00 Natural honey  All 
0410  00 00 Edible products of animal origin, not All 15 
 elsewhere specified or included  This heading covers ‘royal jelly’ 
and propolis (used in manufacture 
for pharmaceutical products and 
food supplements) and other 
animal derived material for human 
consumption, except bones (which 
are covered in 0506).  
Insects or insect eggs for human 
consum ption are covered in this 
CN code.  
 
CHAPTER 5  
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included  
General remarks  
Specific requirements for certain products in this chapter are laid down in Table 2 in Section  1 
of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011:  
Row 7: pig bristles  
Row 8: untreated wool and hair produced from animals other than those of the porcine species  
Row 9: treated feathers , parts of feathers  and down . 
 
Notes to Chapter 5 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces 
thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried);  
(b) hides or skins (including furskins), other than goods of heading 0505 and parings and 
similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 0511 (Chapter 41 or 43);  
(c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or  
(d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).  
… 
3. Throughou t the nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar 
tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as ‘ivory’.  
4. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘horsehair’ means hair of the manes or tails 
of equine or  bovine animals.  Heading 0511 covers, inter alia , horsehair and horsehair 
waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material. ' 
 
Extract from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  
'Heading  0505  covers  16 
 (1) Skins and other parts of birds (e.g., heads, wings) with their feathers or down, and  
(2) Feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges), and down,  
provided  they are either unworked, or merely cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation 
but not otherwise wo rked or mounted.  
Heading 0505 also covers powder, meal and waste of feathers or parts of feathers. ' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
0502  10 00 Pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair 
and waste thereof  All, treated and untreated.  
 
0504  00 00 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals 
(other than fish), whole and pieces 
thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in 
brine, dried or smoked  All, covers stomachs, bladders and 
intestines cleaned salted dried or 
heated of bovine, porcine, ovine, 
caprine, or of poultry origin.  
Ex 0505  Skins and other parts of birds, with 
their feathers or down, feathers and 
parts of feathers (whether or not with 
trimmed edges) and down, not further 
worked than cleaned, disinfected or 
treated for pr eservation; powder and 
waste of feathers or parts of feathers  All, including game trophies of birds, 
but excluding treated decorative 
feathers, treated feathers carried by 
travellers for their private use or 
consignments of treated feathers sent 
to private  individuals for non -
industrial purposes.  
Article 25(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011 prohibits the importation 
into and transit through the Union of 
untreated feathers and parts of feathers 
and down.  
Official controls are applicable for 
feathers indep endent from their 
treatment as referred to in point C of 
Chapter VII of Annex XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Further specific requirements for game 
trophies are laid down in Section 5 of 
Chapter II of Annex XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Section  6 of Chapter II of Annex XIV 17 
 to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 
covers feathers used for stuffing, 
down, raw or other feathers.  
0506  Bones and horn -cores, un -worked, 
defatted, simply prepared (but not cut 
to shape), treated with acid or de -
gelatinised; powde r and waste of these 
products  Covers bones used as dog chews and 
bones for the production of gelatine or 
of collagen, if derived from carcasses 
that have been slaughtered for human 
consumption.  
Bone flour for human consumption is 
covered under heading 0410.  
Specific requirements for such 
products not intended for human 
consumption are laid down in  Row 6 
(game trophies), in Row 11 (bones and 
bone products (excluding bone meal), 
horns and  horn products (excluding 
horn meal) and  hooves and hoof 
products (e xcluding hoof meal) for 
uses other than as feed material, 
organic fertiliser or soil improver) and 
in Row 12 (dog chews) of Table  2 in 
Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV 
to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.  
0507  Ivory, tortoise -shell, whalebone and 
whalebone  hair, horns, antlers, hooves, 
nails, claws and beaks, un -worked or 
simply prepared but not cut to shape; 
powder and waste of these products  Covers treated game trophies from 
birds and ungulates being solely 
bones, horns, hooves, claws, antlers, 
teeth, hid es or skins from third 
countries.  
Specific requirements for game 
trophies are laid down in Row 6 of 
Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II of 
Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 0508  00 00 Coral and similar materials, unworked 
or simply prepared but not otherwise 
worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans 
or echinoderms and cuttle -bone, 
unworked or simply prepared but not 
cut to shape, powder and waste thereof  Empty shells for food use and use as 
raw material for glucosamine.  
In addition, shells, includi ng cuttle -
bones, containing soft tissue and flesh 
as referred to in point  (k)(i) of Article 
10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 18 
 are covered.  
Ex 0510  00 00 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk, 
cantharides, bile, whether or not dried; 
glands and other anima l products used 
in the preparation of pharmaceutical 
products, fresh, chilled, frozen or 
otherwise provisionally preserved  Ambergris and cantharides are 
excluded.  
Glands, other animal products and bile 
are covered by this code.  
Dried glands and products are covered 
by heading 3001.  
Specific requirements may be laid 
down in Row 14 of Table 2 in 
Section  1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV 
to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 for 
animal by -products for the 
manufacture of pet  food other than 
raw pet  food and of derived products 
for uses outside the feed chain (for 
pharmaceuticals and other technical 
products).  
Ex 0511  Animal products not elsewhere 
specified or included; dead animals of 
Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human 
consumption  All. 
Covers genetic material (semen and 
embryos of animal origin such as of 
the bovine, ovine, caprine, equine and 
porcine species) and animal by -
products of Categories 1 and 2 
materials as referred to in Articles 8 
and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 
1069/2009.  
The following are examples of animal 
produ cts falling within subheadings 
0511  10 to 0511  99 : 
0511  10 00 (bovine semen).  
0511  91 (products of fish or 
crustaceans, molluscs or other 
aquatic invertebrates): all, covers 
fish eggs for hatching, dead 
animals, animal by -products for 
the manufacture of p et food and 
for pharmaceuticals and other 
technical products. Covers dead 
animals referred to in Chapter 3, 19 
 inedible or classed unfit for human 
consumption, for example, 
daphnids, known as water fleas, 
and other ostracoda or phyllopods, 
dried, for feeding aquarium fish; 
covers fish bait.  
Ex 0511  99 10 (sinews or tendons; 
parings and similar waste of raw 
hides and skins).  
Official controls are necessary for 
hides and skins not treated as 
referred to in point C 2 of Chapter 
V of Annex XIII to Regulation 
(EU) No 142/2011, if in 
compliance with Article 41(3) of 
Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.  
Ex 0511  99 31 (raw natural 
sponges of animal origin): all, if 
for human consumption; if not for 
human consumption, only those 
intended for pet  food. Specific 
requirements for  non-human 
consumption are set out in Row 12 
of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter 
II of Annex XIV to Regulation 
(EU) No 142/2011.  
Ex 0511  99 39 (other than raw 
natural sponges of animal origin): 
all, if for human consumption; if 
not for human consumption, on ly 
those intended for pet  food. 
Specific requirements for non -
human consumption are set out in 
Row 12 of Table 2 in Section 1 of 
Chapter II of Annex XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.  
Ex 0511  99 85 (other animal 
products not elsewhere specified 
or include d; dead animals of 
Chapter 1, unfit for human 
consumption): Covers embryos, 20 
 ova, semen and genetic material 
not covered in 0511  10 and of 
species other than bovine fall 
under this heading. Covers animal 
by-products for the manufacture 
of pet  food or other technical 
products.  
Covers untreated horsehair, 
apiculture products other than 
waxes for apiculture or technical 
use, spermaceti for technical use, 
dead animals referred to in 
Chapter 1 which are inedible or 
not for human consumption (for 
example: dogs, ca ts, insects), 
animal material where the 
essential characteristics have not 
been changed, and edible animal 
blood not derived from fish, for 
human consumption.  
 
CHAPTER 6  
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental fo liage  
General remarks  
This chapter covers mushroom spawn in a compost of sterilised manure of animal origin.  
Extract from the Explanatory Notes  to the CN 
'0602  90 10 Mushroom spawn:  
Mushroom spawn is the term given to a net of fragile threads (Thallus or Mycelium), often 
found underground, which lives and grows on the surface of decomposing animal or 
vegetable matter and develops in the tissues themselves and produces mushrooms.  
This subheading also includes a product consisting of mushroom spawn, not full y developed, 
placed in microscopic amounts on a layer of cereal grains enclosed in a compost of sterilized 
horse manure (a mixture of straw and horse dung). ' 
 21 
 CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 0602  90 10 Mushroom spawn  Only  if containing processed manure 
of animal origin and specific rules are 
set out in Row  1 of Table  2 in 
Section  1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV 
to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 12  
Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit;  industrial or 
medicinal plants; straw and fodder  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 1212  99 95 Other vegetable products of a kind used 
primarily for human consumption, not 
elsewhere specified or included  Bee pollen  
Ex 1213  00 00 Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, 
whether or not chopped, ground, 
pressed or in the form of pellets  Only straw  
Ex 1214  90 Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, 
lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, 
forage kale, lupines vetches and similar 
forag e products whether or not in form 
of pallets: other than lucerne (alfalfa) 
meal and pellets  Only hay  
 22 
 CHAPTER 15  
Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; 
animal or vegetable waxes  
General remarks  
All animal derived fats and oils. Specific requirements for the following products are set out 
in Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011:  
1. rendered fats and fish oils in Row 3 of Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter I;  
2. rendered fats from Category 2 materials for certain purposes outside the feed chain for 
farmed animals (for example oleo chemical purposes) in Row 17 of Table 2 in Section 
1 of Chapter II;  
3. fat derivatives in Row 18 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II.  
Fat derivatives include first stage products derived from fats and oils when in their pure state 
produced by a method set out in point 1 of Chapter XI of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Derivatives mixed with other materials are subjected to of ficial controls.  
Notes to Chapter 15 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) pig fat or poultry fat on heading 0209;  
(b) cocoa butter, fat and oil (heading 1804);  
(c) edible preparations containing by weight more than 15  % of the products of heading 
0405 (generally Chapter 21);  
(d) greaves (heading 2301) or residues of headings 2304 to 2306;  
… 
3. Heading 1518 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are 
classified in the heading appropriate to the corresponding undenatured fats and oils and 
their fractions.  
4. Soap stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall 
in heading 1522.  
Extract from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  
'Heading  1516 covers animal and vegetable fats and oils, which have undergone a specific 
chemical transformation of a kind mentioned below, but have not been further prepared.  
The heading also covers similarly treated fractions of animal or vegetable fats and oils.  
Hydrogenation, which is affected by bringing the products into contact with pure hydrogen at 
a suitable temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst (usually finely divided 
nickel), raises the melting points of fats and increases the consistency  of oils by transforming 
unsaturated glycerides into saturated glycerides of higher melting points.  23 
 Heading  1518 covers inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or 
of fractions of different fats or oils of the Chapter, not else where specified or included.  
This part covers, inter alia, used deep -frying oil containing, for example, rape oil, soya -bean 
oil and a small quantity of animal fat, for use in the preparation of animal feeds.  
The heading also includes hydrogenated, inter -esterified, re ‑esterified or elaidinised fats and 
oils or their fractions, where modification involves more than one fat or oil. ' 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
1501  Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, 
other than that of heading 0209 or 1503  All 
1502  Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, 
other than those of heading 1503  All 
1503  00 Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo -oil 
and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or 
otherwise prepared  All 
1504  Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or 
marine mammals, whether or not refined, 
but not chemically modified  All, fish oils and oils from fishery 
products and marine mammals.  
Miscellaneous edible preparations 
are covered in Chapter 21.  
1505  00 Wool grease and fatty su bstances derived 
therefrom (including lanolin)  All, wool grease imported as 
rendered fat as set out in Annex 
XIV to Regulation (EU) No 
142/2011, or lanolin imported as 
intermediate product . 
1506  00 00 Other animal fats and oils and their 
fractions, whethe r or not refined, but not 
chemically modified  All 
Unsplit fats or oils, and also their 
initial fractions produced by a 
method set out in point 1 of 
Chapter XI of Annex XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
1516  10 Animal fats and oils and their fractions, 
partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter -
esterified, re -esterified or elaidinised, 
whether or not refined, but not further All: animal fats and oils.  
For official controls fat derivatives 
include first stage p roducts derived 
from animal fats and oils when in 24 
 prepared  their pure state produced by a 
method set out in point 1 of 
Chapter XI of Annex XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 1517  Margarine, edible mixtures or 
preparations of animal or vegetable fats or 
oils o r of fractions of different fats or oils 
of this chapter, other than edible fats or 
oils or their fractions of heading 1516  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 1518  00 91 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their 
fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, 
sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat 
in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise 
chemically modified, excluding those of 
heading 1516  Animal origin only.  
Fat derivatives produced by a 
method set out in point  1 of 
Chapter  XI of Annex  XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.  
Specific requirements are set out in 
Row  17 (rendered fats) and Row  18 
(fat derivatives) of Table  2 in 
Section  1 of Chapter  II of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 1518  00 95 Inedible mixtures or preparations of 
animal or of animal  and vegetable fats and 
oils and their fractions  Only fats and oil preparations, 
rendered fats and derivates derived 
from animals; including used 
cooking oil, intended to be used 
within the scope of Regulation 
(EC) No 1069/2009.  
Fat derivatives produced by  a 
method set out in  point  1 of 
Chapter  XI of Annex  XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 1518  00 99 Other  Only if  containing  fat from animal 
origin.  
Ex 1520  00 00 Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and 
glycerol lyes  Animal origin only.  
1521  90 91 Raw beeswax and other insect waxes  All, covers waxes in natural combs, 
raw beeswax for apiculture or 
technical purposes.  25 
 Article 25(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011 prohibits the 
importation into and transit through 
the Union of beeswax in the form 
of hone ycomb.  
Specific requirements for 
apiculture by -products are set out 
in Row 10 of Table 2 in Section 1 
of Chapter II of Annex XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
1521  90 99 Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether 
or not refined or coloured, other than raw  All, covers waxes, processed or 
refined, whether or not bleached or 
coloured, for apiculture or technical 
purposes.  
Specific requirements for 
apiculture by -products are set out 
in Row 10 of Table 2 in Section 1 
of Chapter II of Annex XIV to 
Regulation (EU)  No 142/2011.  
Apiculture by -products other than 
beeswaxes shall be submitted for 
official controls under CN code 
0511  99 85 ‘Other’.  
Ex 1522  00 Degras; residues resulting from the 
treatment of fatty substances or animal 
and vegetable waxes  Animal origin only.  
Specific requirements are set out in 
Row 18 (fat derivatives) of Table 2 
in Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex 
XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 16  
Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates  
Notes to Chapter 16  (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic 
invertebrates prepared or preserved by the process specified in Chapter 2 or 3 or heading 
0504.  
2. Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20  % by weight 
of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic 26 
 invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or 
more of the products mentioned above, it is classified in the heading of Chapter 16 
corresponding to the component or components which predominate by weight. These 
provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 1902 or to the preparations of 
heading 2103 or 2104.  
For preparations containing liver, the provisions of the second sentence shall not 
apply in determining the subheadings within heading 1601 or 1602.  
…' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
1601  00 Sausages and similar products, of 
meat, meat offal or blood; food 
preparations based on these products  All, covers preserved meat in various 
forms.  
Ex 1602  Other prepared or preserved meat, 
meat offal or blood  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 1603  00 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or 
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic 
invertebrates  Products of animal origin only.  
Covers meat extracts and meat 
concentrates, fish protein in gel form 
whether chilled or frozen, and also shark 
cartilage.  
Ex 1604  Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and 
caviar substitutes prepared from fish 
eggs Products of animal origin only, cooked or 
pre-cooked culinary preparations 
containing or mixed with fish or fishery 
products.  
Covers preparations of surim i in CN code 
1604  20 05. 
Covers canned fish and canned caviar in 
airtight containers, and also sushi 
(provided that they are not to be classified 
in a CN code referred to in Chapter 19).  
So-called fish skewers (raw fish meat or 
raw shrimps with vegetables presented on 
a wooden stick) are classified in CN code 
1604  19 97. 27 
 Ex 1605  Crustaceans, molluscs and other 
aquatic invertebrates, prepared or 
preserved  Products of animal origin only.  
Covers fully prepared or pre -prepared 
snails, canned crustaceans, or other 
aquatic invertebrates as well as mussel 
powder.  
 
CHAPTER 17  
Sugars and sugar confectionery  
Notes to Chapter 17 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
… 
(b) chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or 
other products of heading 2940;  
…' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 1702  Other sugars, including chemically pure 
lactose, maltose, glucose and  fructose, in 
solid form; sugar syrups not containing added 
flavouring or colouring matter; artificial 
honey, whether or not mixed with natural 
honey  Lactose.  
Sugars and artificial honey,  
where mixed with natural honey.  
 
CHAPTER 18  
Cocoa and cocoa preparations  
Notes to Chapter 18 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover the preparations of heading 0403, 1901, 1904, 1905, 2105, 
2202, 2208, 3003 or 3004.  
2. Heading 1806 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to Note 1 to this 
Chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.  
…' 28 
  
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 1806  Chocolate and other food preparations 
containing cocoa  Products of animal origin only, for 
example dairy products.  
 
CHAPTER  19 
Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastry cooks’ products  
Notes to Chapter 19 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) except in the case of stuffed products of heading 1902, food preparations  containing 
more than 20  % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish, or crustaceans, 
molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);  
…' 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 1901  Malt extract; food preparations of flour, 
groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not 
containing cocoa or containing less than 
40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a 
totally defatted basis, not elsewhere 
specified or included; food preparations 
of goods of headings  0401 to 0404, not 
containing cocoa or containing less than 
5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a 
totally defatted basis, not elsewhere 
specified or included  Products of animal origin only.  
Covers uncooked foodstuffs (e.g. 
pizzas) containing produ cts of 
animal origin.  
Culinary preparations are covered 
by Chapters 16 and 21.  
1902  11 00 Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise 
prepared, containing eggs  All 
Ex 1902  20 10 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or 
otherwise prepared containing more than  
20 % by weight of fish, crustaceans, 
molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates  Products of animal origin only.  29 
 Ex 1902  20 30 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or 
otherwise prepared containing more than 
20 % by weight of sausages and the like, 
of meat and meat offal of any kind, 
including fats of any kind or origin  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 1902  20 91 Cooked stuffed pasta  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 1902  20 99 Other [other stuffed pasta, not cooked]  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 1902  30 Other pasta than pasta of subheadings 
1902  11, 1902  19 and 1902  20 Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 1902  40 Couscous  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 1904  10 10 Prepared food obtained by the swelling 
or roasting of maize  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 1904  90 10 Prepared food obtained from rice  Products of animal origin only, for 
example, sushi (provided they are 
not to be classified in Chapter 16).  
Ex  1905  Patisseries  Products of animal origin only.  
 
CHAPTER 20  
Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts, or other parts of plants  
Notes to Chapter 20 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
… 
(b) food preparations containing more than 20  % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, 
blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination 
thereof (Chapter 16) . 
…' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 2001  Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible Products of animal origin only.  30 
 parts or plants, prepared or preserved by  
vinegar or acetic acid  
Ex 2004  Other vegetables prepared or preserved 
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, 
frozen, other than products of heading 
2006  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 2005  Other vegetables prepared  or preserved 
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, 
not frozen, other than products of heading 
2006  Products of animal origin only.  
 
CHAPTER 21  
Miscellaneous edible preparations  
Notes to Chapter 21 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
… 
(e) food preparations, other than the products described in 2103 or 2104, containing more 
than 20  % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs 
or other aquatic invertebrates, or any other combinations thereof (Chapter 16).  
… 
3. For the purposes of heading 2104, the expression ‘homogenised composite food 
preparations’ means preparations consisting of a finely homogenised mixture of two or 
more basic ingredients such as meat, fish, vegetables , fruits or nuts, put up for retail sale as 
infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 
250 g. For the application of this definition, no account is to be taken of small quantities of 
any ingredients which may be added to the mixture for seasoning, preservation or other 
purposes. Such preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of ingredients.  
 
Additional notes  
… 
5. Other food preparations presented in measured doses, such as capsules, tablets, p astilles 
and pills, and which are intended for use as food supplements are to be classified under 
heading 2106, unless elsewhere specified or included . 
…' 
 31 
 CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 2103  90 90 Sauces and preparations therefor ; mixed 
condiments and mixed seasonings; 
mustard flour and meal and prepared 
mustard. — Other  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 2104  Soups and broths and preparations 
therefore; homogenised composite food 
preparations  Products of animal origin only. 
including infant food in containers 
of a net weight content not 
exceeding 250 g.  
Ex 2105  00 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether 
or not containing cocoa  Products of animal origin only.  
Ex 2106  10 Protein concentrates an d textured protein 
substances  Products of animal origin only ;  
excluding food supplements 
packaged for the final consumer, 
containing small amounts (in total 
less than 20%) of processed animal 
products (including glucosamine, 
chondroitin and/or chit osan) o ther 
than meat products.  
Ex 2106  90 51 Lactose syrup  Products of animal origin only ; 
excluding food supplements 
packaged for the final consumer, 
containing small amounts (in total 
less than 20%) of processed animal 
products (including glucosamine, 
chondroitin and/or chitosan) other 
than meat products.  
Ex 2106  90 92 Other food preparations not elsewhere 
specified or included, containing no milk 
fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or 
starch or containing, by weight, less than 
1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucros e or isoglucose, 
5 % glucose or starch  Products of animal origin only ; 
excluding food supplements 
packaged for the final consumer, 
containing small amounts (in total 
less than 20%) of processed animal 
products (including glucosamine, 
chondroitin and/or chi tosan) other 
than meat products.  32 
 Ex 2106  90 98 Other food preparations not elsewhere 
specified or included  Products of animal origin only ; 
excluding food supplements 
packaged for the final consumer, 
containing small amounts (in total 
less than 20%) of processed animal 
products (including glucosamine, 
chondroitin and/or chitosan) other 
than meat products.  
 
CHAPTER 22  
Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar  
Notes to Chapter 22 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'… 
3. For the purposes of heading 2202, the term ‘non -alcoholic beverages’ means beverages of 
an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5  % vol. Alcoholic beverages are 
classified in headings 2203 to 2206 or heading 2208 as appropriate.  
…' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 2202  99 99 Other non -alcoholic beverages, not 
including fruit or vegetable juices of 
heading 2009 and containing 2 % or  
more by weight of fat obtained from the 
products of heading 0401 to 0404  Milk and dairy products only.  
 
CHAPTER 23  
Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder  
Note to Chapter 23  (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. Heading 2309 includes products of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified 
or included, obtained by processing vegetable or animal materials to such an extent that 
they have lost the essential characteristics of the original material, othe r than vegetable 
waste, vegetable residues and by -products of such processing.  
…' 
Extract from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  33 
 'Greaves are used mainly in the preparation of animal foods (e.g., dog biscuits), but they 
remain in heading  2301  even if  suitable for human consumption. ' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
2301  Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat 
offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or 
other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for 
human consumption; greaves  All, covers processed animal protein 
not for human consumption, meat 
meal not for human consumption, and 
greaves, whether or not for human 
consumption.  
Feather meal is covered in heading 
0505.  
Specific requirements for processed 
animal protein are set out in Row 1 of 
Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter I of 
Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 2309  Preparations of a kind used in animal 
feeding  All, if containing products of animal 
origin, except subheadings 
2309  90 20 and 2309  90 91. 
Covers, am ong other things, dog or 
cat food, put up for retail sale 
(subheading 2309  10), containing 
animal products and fish or marine 
mammal solubles (CN code 
2309  90 10). Products for animal 
feeding purposes, including mixtures 
of meals (such as hoof and horn).  
This heading covers liquid milk, 
colostrum and products containing 
milk products, colostrum, or 
carbohydrates, all not fit for human 
consumption but for animal feeding.  
Covers pet  food, dog  chews and 
mixtures of meals, mixtures can 
include dead insects.  
Specific requirements for pet  food 34 
 including dog  chews are set out in 
Row  12 of Table  2 in Section  1 of 
Chapter  II of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Covers egg products not for human 
consumption and other processed 
products of animal origin not for 
human consumption.  
Specific requirements for egg 
products are set out in  Row  9 of 
Table  1 in Section  1 of Chapter  I of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No  142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 28  
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of ra re-earth 
metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 2835  25 00 Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate 
(‘dicalcium phosphate’)  Animal origin only.  
Specific requirements for dicalcium 
phosphate are set out in Row  6 of 
Table  1 in Section  1 of Chapter  I of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 2835  26 00 Other phosphates of calcium  Tricalcium phosphate of animal origin 
only.  
Specific requirements for tricalcium 
phosphate are set out in Row  7 of 
Table  1 in Section  1 of Chapter  I of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
 
 35 
  
 
CHAPTER 29  
Organic chemicals  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 2922  49 Other Amino -acids, other than those 
containing more than one kind of 
oxygen function, and their esters; 
salts thereof  Animal origin only.  
Ex 2925  29 00 Other imines and their derivatives 
than Chlordimeform (ISO); salts 
thereof  Creatine of animal origin.  
Ex 2930  Organo -sulphur compounds  Amino -acids of animal origin  such as:  
Ex 2930  90 13 Cysteine and cystine;  
Ex 2930  90 16 Derivates of cysteine 
or cystine.  
Ex 2932  99 00 Other heterocyclic compounds with 
oxygen hetero -atom(s) only  Animal origin only, for example 
glucosamine, glucosamine -6-phosphate 
and their sulphat es. 
Ex 2942  00 00 Other organic compounds  Animal origin only.  
 
CHAPTER 30  
Pharmaceutical products  
General remarks  
Finished medicinal products, which are not covered by Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and 
(EU) No 142/2011, are excluded from the list. Intermediate products are included.  
In heading 3001 (glands and other organs for organo -therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not 
powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo -therapeutic uses; 
heparin and its salts; other hu man or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or 
prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included) only animal derived products of 
subheadings 3001  20 and 3001  90 are relevant for official controls. Refer to the following 
specific requirements in  Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011:  36 
 1. Row 2 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II for blood products for technical products 
excluding from equidae, and  
2. Row 3 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II for blood and blood products from equidae, 
and 
3. Row 14 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II for animal by -products for the manufacture of 
pet food other than raw pet  food and of derived products for uses outside the feed chain.  
In heading 3002 (human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or 
diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not 
modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of 
micro -organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products) only subheadings 3002  12 and 
3002  90 are relevant for official controls. Human blood of 3002  90 10 and vaccines of 
subheadings 3002  20 and 3002  30 do not need to be subjected to official controls.  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
3001  20 90 Extracts of glands or other organs or 
of their secretions, other than  of 
human origin  All; covers a product acting as a 
replacement for maternal colostrum and 
used in the feeding of calves.  
Ex 3001  90 91 Animal substances prepared for 
therapeutic or prophylactic uses: 
heparin and its salts  All animal products, which are destined 
for further processing , in accordance 
with Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) 
No 1069/2009 , for the manufacture of 
the derived products referred to in  
points  (a) to (f) of Article 33 of that 
Regulation.  
3001  90 98 Other animal substances than heparin 
and its salts prepared for therapeutic 
or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere 
specified or included  All. 
In addition to the glands and other 
organs  mentioned in the  Harmonized 
System Explanatory Notes to heading 
3001, (A) , this subheading covers the 
hypophysis, the suprarenal capsules and 
the thyroid gland; except those 
specified in Article 33 of Regulation 
(EC) No  1069/2009.  
Ex 3002  12 00 Antisera and other blood f ractions  Animal derived products only.  
Excludes finished medicinal products 37 
 for the final consumer.  
Excludes antibodies and DNA.  
Under heading 3002, specific 
requirements are set out for animal by -
products covered by Table  2 in 
Section  1 of Chapter  II of Annex  XIV 
to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 and 
specified in the following Rows:  
Row  2: blood products other than 
from equidae;  
Row  3: blood and blood products 
from equidae.  
3002  90 30 Animal blood prepared for 
therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic 
uses All 
Ex 3002  90 50 Cultures of micro organisms  Only pathogens and cultures of 
pathogens for animals.  
Ex 3002  90 90 Other  Only pathogens and cultures of 
pathogens for animals.  
Ex 3006  92 00 Waste pharmaceuticals  Animal derived products only.  
Pharmaceutical waste, pharmaceutical 
products , which are unfit for their 
original intended purpose.  
 
CHAPTER 31  
Fertilisers  
Notes to Chapter 31 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) animal blood of heading 0511;  
…' 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 38 
 Ex 3101  00 00 Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether 
or not mixed together or chemically 
treated; fertilisers produced by the 
mixing or chemical treatment of animal 
or vegetable products  Only animal derived products in an 
un-adulterated form.  
Covers guano excluding mineralised 
guano.  
Covers manure mixed with 
processed animal protein, if used as 
fertiliser; but manure –chemical 
mixtures used as fertilisers are 
excluded (see heading 3105, which 
covers only mineral or chemical 
fertilisers).  
Specific requirements for processed 
manure , derived products from 
processed manure  and guano from 
bats are set out in Row 1 of Table  2 
in Section  1 of Chapter  II of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 3105  10 00 Goods of this chapter in tablets or similar 
forms or in packages of a gross weight 
not exceeding 10  kg Only fertilisers containing animal 
derived products.  
Specific requirements for processed 
manure , derived products from  
processed manure  and guano from 
bats are set out in Row  1 of Table  2 
in Section  1 of Chapter  II of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 32  
Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other 
colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks  
Notes to Chapter 32 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'… 
3. Headings 3203, 3204, 3205 and 3206 apply also to preparations based on colouring matter 
(including, in the case of heading 3206, colouring  pigments of heading 2530 or Chapter 28, 
metal flakes and metal powders), of a kind used for colouring any material or used as 
ingredients in the manufacture of colouring preparations. The headings do not apply, 
however, to pigments dispersed in non - aqueo us media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind 39 
 used in the manufacture of paints, including enamels (heading 3212), or to other 
preparations of headings 3207, 3208, 3209, 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215.  
…' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3203  Colouring matter of animal origin 
(including dyeing extracts but excluding 
animal black), whether or not 
chemically defined, preparations as 
specified in note  3 to this chapter based 
on colouring matter of animal origin  Only colour dispers ions in milk fat 
base, used in the food or feed 
production.  
Ex 3204  Synthetic organic colouring matter, 
whether or not chemically defined; 
preparations as specified in  note 3 to this 
chapter based on  synthetic organic 
colouring matter; synthetic organic 
products of  a kind used as fluorescent 
brightening agents or as luminophores, 
whether or not chemically defined  Only colour dispersions in milk fat 
base, used in the food or feed 
production.  
 
CHAPTER 33  
Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3302  Mixtures of odoriferous substances and 
mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with 
a basis of one or more of these substances, of 
a kind used as raw materials in  industry; other 
preparations based on odoriferous substances, 
of a kind used for the manufacture of 
beverages  Only flavourings in a milk fat base 
used for food or feed production.  40 
  
CHAPTER 35  
Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3501  Casein, caseinates and other casein 
derivatives; casein glues  Casein for human consumption, 
animal feeding or technical 
purposes.  
Specific requirements for milk, 
milk-based products and 
colostrum not for human 
consumption are set out in Row 4 
of Table  1 in Section  1 of 
Chapter  I of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 3502  Albumins (including concentrates of two or 
more whey proteins, containing by weight 
more than 80  % whey proteins, calculated 
on the dry matter), albuminates and other 
albumin derivatives  Covers products derived from 
eggs and derived from milk 
whether for human consumption 
or not for human consumption 
(including animal feed purposes) .  
Specific requirements for 
milk, milk -based products and 
colostrums not for human 
consumption are set out in 
Row  4 of Table  1 in Section  1 
of Chapter  I of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 
and for egg products not for 
human consumption in Row  9 
of Table  1 in Section  1 of 
Chapter  I of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
3503  00 Gelatine (including gelatine in rectangular 
(including square ) sheets, whether or not Covers gelatine for human 
consumption, for animal feed and 41 
 surface -worked or coloured) and gelatine 
derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal 
origin excluding ca sein glues of heading 
3501  technical use.  
Gelatine classified in heading 
3913 (hardened proteins) and in 
9602 (worked, unhardened 
gelatine and articles of 
unhardened gelatine), for 
example, empty c apsules if not for 
food or animal consumption are 
excluded from official controls.  
Specific requirements are set out 
in Row  5 of Table  1 in Section  1 
of Chapter  I of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 for 
gelatine and hydrolysed protein 
not for human  consumption and in 
Section  11 of Chapter  II of 
Annex  XIV to that Regulation for 
photo gelatine.  
Ex 3504  00 Peptones and their derivatives; other protein 
substances and their derivatives, not 
elsewhere specified or included; hide 
powder whether or not chr omed  Covers collagen and hydrolysed 
proteins for human consumption, 
for animal feed and technical use.  
Covers protein based collagen 
products derived from hides, skins 
and tendons of animals, including 
bones in the case of pigs, poultry 
and fish.  
Covers hydrolysed proteins 
consisting of polypeptides, 
peptides or amino acids, and 
mixtures thereof, obtained by the 
hydrolysis of animal by -products. 
They are excluded from official 
controls when they are used as 
additives in food preparations 
(heading 2106).  
Covers any milk by -products for 
human consumption in case they 
are not covered in heading 0404.  
Specific requirements for collagen 
are set out in Row  8 and for 42 
 gelatine and hydrolysed protein in 
Row  5 of Table  1 in Section  1 of 
Chapter  I of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 3507  10 00 Rennet and concentrates thereof  Rennet and concentrates for 
human consumption, deriving 
from animal products only.  
Ex 3507  90 90 Other enzymes than rennet and concentrates 
thereof or lipoprotein lipase or asperg illus 
alkaline protease  Animal origin only.  
 
CHAPTER 38  
Miscellaneous chemical products  
Notes to Chapter 38 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'… 
4. Throughout the nomenclature, ‘municipal waste’ means waste of a kind collected from 
households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, shops, office, etc., road and pavement sweepings, 
as well as construction and demolition waste. Municipal waste generally contains a large 
variety of material as such as plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, g lass, metals, food 
materials, broken furniture and other damaged or discarded articles.  
...' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3822  00 00 Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a 
backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory 
reagents whether or not on a backing, other 
than those of heading 3002 or 3006; 
certified reference materials  
 Animal derived products only, 
except medical devices as defined 
in Article  1(2)(a) of  Council 
Directive  93/42/EEC  (1) and in 
vitro diagnostic medical devices as 
defined in Article  1(2)(b) of 
Directive  98/79/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the 
Council  (2). 
Ex 3825  10 00 Municipal waste  Only catering waste containing 
animal products, if it falls within 43 
 the scope of point  (g) of 
Article  2(2) of Regulation (EC) 
No 1069/2009, except catering 
waste originating directly from 
means of transport operating 
internationally and disposed in 
line with Article  12 (d) of that 
Regulation.  
Used cooking oil intended to be 
used within the sc ope of 
Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009, 
for example, for organic fertiliser 
or biogas, can be covered by this 
CN code.  
(1) Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (OJ L 169, 
12.7.1993, p. 1).  
(2) Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in 
vitro diagnostic medical devices (OJ L 331, 7.12.1998, p. 1).  
 
CHAPTER 39  
Plastics and articles thereof  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3913  90 00 Other natural polymers (except alginic 
acid, its salts and esters) and modified 
natural polymers (for example, hardened 
proteins, chemical derivatives of natural 
rubber), not elsewhere specified or 
included, in primary forms  Animal derived products only, for 
example, chondroitin sulphate, 
chitosan, hardened gelatine.  
Ex 3917  10 10 Artificial guts (sausage casings) of 
hardened protein or of cellulosic materials  Animal derived products only.  
Ex 3926  90 92 Other articles of plastics and articles of 
other materials  of headings  3901 to 3914 Empty capsules of hardened 
gelatine for animal consumption; 
specific requirements are set out in 44 
 made from sheet  Row  5 of Table  1 in Section  1 of 
Chapter  I of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 3926  90 97 Other articles  of plastics and articles of 
other materials of headings  3901 to 3914 
made from other than sheet  Empty capsules of hardened 
gelatine for animal consumption; 
specific requirements are set out in 
Row  5 of Table  1 in Section  1 of 
Chapter  I of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 41  
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather  
General remarks  
Only hides and skins of ungulates covered in headings 4101, 4102, 4103 are to be subjected to 
official controls.  
Specific requirements for hides and skins of ungulates are laid down in Row 4 and 5 of Table 
2 in Section 1  of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Notes to Chapter 41 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) parings or similar waste, of raw hides or skins (heading 0511);  
(b) birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down, of heading 0505 or 6701;  
or 
(c) hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, raw, tanned or dressed (Chapter 43); the 
following are, however , to be classified in Chapter 41, namely, raw hides and skins 
with the hair or wool on, of bovine animals (including buffalo), of equine animals, of 
sheep or lambs (except Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian or similar lambs, 
Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lambs), of goats and kids (except Yemen, 
Mongolian or Tibetan goats and kids), of swine (including peccary), of chamois, of 
gazelle, of camels (including dromedaries), of reindeer, of elk, of deer, of roebucks or 
of dogs.  
…' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 4101  Raw hides and skins of bovine (including Only fresh, chilled or treated hides 45 
 buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, 
dried, limed, pickled or otherwise 
preserved, but not tanned, parchment -
dressed or further prepared), whether or not  
dehaired or split  and skins, including dried, dry -
salted, wet -salted, or preserved by 
a process other than by tanning or 
an equivalent process.  
Import without restrictions may be 
possible for treated hides an d skins 
as referred to in point  C 2 of 
Chapter  V of Annex  XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011, if 
in compliance with Article  41(3) of 
Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009, in 
particular for ex  4101  20 80 and 
ex 4101  50 90. 
Ex 4102  Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or 
salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise 
preserved, but not tanned, parchment -
dressed or further prepared), whether or not 
with wool on or split, other than those 
excluded by Note  1 (c) to this Chapter  Only fresh, chilled or treated hides 
and skins, includi ng dried, dry -
salted, wet -salted, or preserved by 
a process other than by tanning or 
an equivalent process.  
Import without restrictions may be 
possible for treated hides and skins 
as referred to in point  C 2 of 
Chapter  V of Annex  XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, if 
in compliance with Article  41(3) of 
Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009, in 
particular for ex  4102  21 00 and 
ex 4102  29 00. 
Ex 4103  Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, 
dried, limed, pickled or otherwise 
preserved, but not tanned, parchment -
dressed or further prepared), whether or not 
dehaired or split, other than those excluded 
by Note  1 (b) or 1  (c) to this Chapter  Only fresh, chilled or treated hides 
and skins, including dried, dry -
salted, wet -salted, or preserved by 
a process ot her than by tanning or 
an equivalent process.  
Import without restrictions may be 
possible for treated hides and skins 
as referred to in point  C 2 of 
Chapter  V of Annex  XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011, if 
in compliance with Article  41(3) of 
Regulation ( EC) No  1069/2009, in 46 
 particular for ex  4103  90 00. 
 
CHAPTER 42  
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar 
containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)  
Notes to Chapter 42 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'… 
2.  This chapter does not cover (amongst other products) the following of official interest:  
(a) sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 3006);  
… 
(ij) strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (heading 
9209).  
…' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 4205  00 90 Other articles of leather or of composition 
leather  Covers dog  chews and material 
for manufacture of dog  chews.  
Ex 4206  00 00 Articles  of gut (other than silkworm gut) 
of goldbeater’s skin, of bladders or of 
tendons  Covers dog  chews and material 
for manufacture of dog  chews.  
 
CHAPTER 43  
Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof  
Notes to Chapter 43 (extract from the Notes to this  Chapter of the CN)  
'1. Throughout the nomenclature, references to ‘furskins’, other than raw furskins of heading 
4301, apply to hides and skins of all animals which have been tanned or dressed with the 
wool on.  
2. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) bird skins or parts of bird skins, with their feathers or down (heading 0505 or 6701);  
(b) raw hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, of Chapter 41 (see note 1(c) to that 
chapter);  47 
 …' 
Extract from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  
'Heading 4301: Furski ns are regarded as raw and falling in this heading not only when in the 
natural state, but also if cleaned and preserved from deterioration, e.g., by drying or salting 
(wet or dry). ' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 4301  Raw furskins (including heads, tails, 
paws and other pieces or cuttings, 
suitable for furriers’ use), other than 
raw hides and skins of headings 
4101, 4102 or 4103  All, excluding furskins treated in 
accordance with Chapter  VIII of 
Annex  XIII to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011, if in compliance with 
Article  41(3) of Regulation (EC) 
No 1069/2009.  
Covers the following subheadings:  
Ex 4301  10 00 (of mink, whole, 
with or without head, tail or 
paws): specific requirements for 
derived products for uses outside 
the fee d chain (fur) are set out in 
Row  14 of Table  2 in Section  1 of 
Chapter  II of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 4301  30 00 (of lamb, the 
following: Astrakhan, Broadtail, 
Caracul, Persian and similar 
lamb, Indian, Chinese, 
Mongolian, or Tibetan la mb, 
whole, with or without head, tail, 
or paws): specific requirements 
for hides and skins of ungulates 
are set out in Row  5 of Table  2 in 
Section  1 of Chapter  II of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 4301  60 00 (of fox, whole, 
with or without head, tail or 48 
 paws): specific requirements for 
derived products for uses outside 
the feed chain (fur) are set out in 
Row  14 of Table  2 in Section  1 of 
Chapter  II of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 4301  80 00 (other furskins, 
whole, with or without head, tail 
or paws): other than ungulates, 
for example marmots, wild 
felines, seals, nutria. Specific 
requirements for derived products 
for uses outside the feed chain 
(fur) are set out in Row  14 of 
Table  2 in Section  1 of Chapter  II 
of Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 4301  90 00 (heads, tails, paws 
and other pieces or cuttings, 
suitable for furriers’ use): specific 
requirements for derived products 
for uses outside the feed chain 
(fur) are set out in Row  14 of 
Table  2 in Section  1 of Chapter  II 
of Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 51  
Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric  
General remarks  
For headings 5101 to 5103 specific requirements for untreated wool and hair are set out in 
Row  8 of Table  2 in Section  1 of Chapter  II of Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Note to Chapter 51  (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)  
'1. Throughout the nomenclature:  
(a) ‘Wool’ means the natural fibre grown by sheep or lambs.  
(b) ‘Fine animal hair’ means the hair of alpaca, llama, vicuna, camel (including 
dromedary), yak, angora, Tibetan, Kashmir or similar goats (but not common goats), 
rabbit, (including angora rabbit), hare, beaver, nutria or muskrat.  49 
 (c) ‘Coarse animal hair’ means the hair of animals not mentioned above, excluding brush -
making hair and bristles (heading 0502) and horsehair (heading 0511). ' 
Extract from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  
'Throughout the Nomenclature the term ' coarse animal hair ' means all other animal hair than 
'fine animal hair ' except wool (heading 5101), hair of the manes or tails  of equine or bovine 
animals (classified as 'horsehair ' heading 0511), pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles or hair and 
badger hair or othe r brush‑making hair (heading 0502) (see Note 1 (c)).' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and 
explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 5101  Wool, not carded or combed  Untreated wool.  
Ex 5102  Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or 
combed  Untreated hair, including 
coarse hair from the flanks of 
bovine or equine animals.  
Ex 5103  Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal 
hair, including yarn waste but excluding 
garne tted stock  
 Untreated wool or hair.  
 
CHAPTER 67  
Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; 
articles of human hair  
Extract from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  
'Heading  6701  covers:  
(A) Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers and down, and parts of 
feathers, which though not yet constituting made up articles, have undergone a process 
other than a simple treatment of cleaning, disinfection or preservation (see Explanatory 
Note to heading 0505); the goods of this heading may, for example, be bleached, dyed, 
curled or waved.  
(B) Articles made of skins or of other parts of birds with their feathers or down, articles made 
of feathers, of down or of parts of feathers, even if the feathers or down, etc., are 
unworked or merely cleaned, but not including articles made of sca pes or quills. The 
heading therefore includes:  50 
 (1) Single feathers the quills of which have been wired or bound for use as, for example, 
millinery mounts, and also single composite feathers assembled from different 
elements.  
(2) Feathers assembled in the form of clusters, and feathers or down assembled by glueing 
or fixing on textile fabric or other base.  
(3) Trimmings made of birds, parts of birds, of feathers or down, for hats, boas, collars, 
capes or other articles of apparel or clothing accessories.  
(4) Fans made of ornamental feathers, with frames of any material. However, fans with 
frames or precious metal are classified in heading 7113. ' 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 6701  00 00 Skins and other parts of birds with  their 
feathers or down, feathers, parts of 
feathers, down and articles thereof (other 
than goods of heading 0505 and worked 
quills and scapes)  Only skins and other parts of birds 
with their feathers or down, 
feathers and down, and parts of 
feathers.  
Artic les of unworked or merely 
cleaned skins, feathers or down, 
and parts of feathers.  
Excluding treated decorative 
feathers, treated feathers carried 
by travellers for their private use 
or consignments of treated 
feathers sent to private individuals 
for non - industrial purposes.  
Specific requirements for feathers 
are set out in Row  9 of Table  2 in 
Section  1 of Chapter  II of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 71  
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi -precious stones, precious metals, metal s 
clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin  
Harmonized  System Classification Opinion 7101.21/1  
'Oysters unfit for human consumption, containing one or more cultured pearls, preserved in 
brine and put up in airtight metal con tainers. ' 51 
  
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 7101  21 00 Unworked cultured pearls  Includes oysters unfit for human 
consumption, containing one or 
more cultured pearls, preserved in 
brine or by different methods, 
packaged in airtight containers.  
Unworked cultured pearls as set out 
in Section  2 of Chapter  IV of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011 unless they are 
excluded from the scope of 
Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009 as 
provided for in point  (f) of 
Article  2(2) of that Reg ulation.  
 
CHAPTER 95  
Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof  
Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes  
'Fairground amusements, travelling circuses, travelling menageries and travelling theatres fall 
in heading 9508 provided they comprise all the essential units required for their normal 
operation. The heading also includes items of auxiliary equipment provided they are presented 
with, and as components of, these various amusements, notwithstanding that when presented  
separately such items (e.g., tents, animals, musical instruments, power plants, motors, lighting 
fittings, seats and arms and ammunition would fall in other headings of the Nomenclature. ' 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 9508  10 00 Travelling circuses and travelling 
menageries  Live animals only.  
Ex 9508  90 00 Other: fairground amusements, travelling 
theatres  Live animals only.  
 
CHAPTER 96  52 
 Miscellaneous manufactured articles  
Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes  
'For the definition of the term ‘worked’, the second paragraph of the Explanatory Note to 
heading 96.01 applies, mutatis mutandis , to this heading.  
For the purposes of this heading, the expression “worked” refers to materials which have 
underdone pro cesses extending beyond the simple preparations permitted in the heading for 
the raw material in question (see the Explanatory Notes to headings 05.05 to 05.08). the 
heading therefore covers pieces of ivory, rods, etc., cut to shape (including square or 
rectangular) or polished or otherwise worked by grinding, drilling, milling, turning, etc. 
However, pieces which are identifiable as parts of articles are excluded from this heading if 
such parts are covered by another heading of the Nomenclature. Thus, pian o-key plates and 
plates for insertion in butts of firearms fall in headings 92.09 and 93.05 respectively. 
However, worked materials not identifiable as parts of articles remain classified in this 
heading (e.g., simple discs, plates or strips for inlaying, etc., or for subsequent use in the 
manufacture of piano -keys).  
Heading 9602 includes sheets of unhardened gelatin cut to shape other than square or 
rectangular. Sheets cut to rectangular (including square) shape, whether or not surface 
worked, fall in heading 35.03 or in Chapter 49 (e.g., postcards)(see the Explanatory Note to 
heading 35.03). Articles of unhardened gelatin include, for example:  
(i) Small discs for sticking billiard cue tips.  
(ii) Capsules for pharmaceutical products and for mechanical lighter fuel.' 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 9602  00 00 Worked, unhardened gelatin (except 
gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of 
unhardened gelatin  Empty capsules of unhardened 
gelatin for food or animal 
consumption; specifi c requirements 
are set out in Row  5 of Table  1 in 
Section  1 of Chapter  I of Annex  XIV 
to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 for 
animal consumption.  
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 CHAPTER 97  
Works of art, collectors’ pieces and antiques  
Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes  
'(A) The heading includes collections and collectors’ pieces of zoological, botanical, 
mineralogical or anatomical interest, such as:  
(1) Dead animals of any species, preserved dry or in liquid; stuffed animals for 
collections.  
(2) Blown or sucked eggs; insects in boxes, frames, etc. (other than mounted articles 
constituting imitation jewellery or trinkets); empty shells, other than those of a 
kind suitable for industrial use.  
(3) Seeds or plants, dried or preserved in liquid; herbariums.  
(4) Specimens of minerals (not bein g precious or semi -precious stones falling in 
Chapter 71); specimens of petrification.  
(5) Osteological specimens (skeletons, skulls, bones).  
(6) Anatomical and pathological specimens. ' 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 9705  00 00 Collections and collectors’ pieces of 
zoological, botanical, mineralogical, 
anatomical, historical, archaeological, 
palaeontological, ethnographic or 
numismatic interest  Animal derived products only.  
Excludes game trophies and other 
preparations of any ani mal 
species having undergone a 
complete taxidermy treatment 
ensuring their preservation at 
ambient temperatures.  
Excludes game trophies and other 
preparations from other species 
than ungulates and birds (whether 
treated or untreated).  
Specific requirements  for game 
trophies are set out in Row  6 of 
Table  2 in Section  1 of Chapter  II 
of Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
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 CHAPTER 99  
Special CN codes  
Statistical codes for certain specific movements of goods  
General remarks  
This chapter covers goods originating from third countries and delivered to vessels and 
aircrafts within the European Union under customs transit procedure (T1).  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 9930  24 00 Goods of CN Chapters 1 to 24 delivered 
to vessels and aircraft  Products of animal origin destined for 
ship supply as provided for in 
Article  77 (1) (c) of Regulation 
(EU)  2017/625  of the European 
Parliament and of the Council (7).  
Ex 9930  99 00 Goods classified elsewhere delivered to 
vessels and aircraft  Products of animal origin destined for 
ship supply as provided for in 
Article  77 (1) (c) of Regulation 
(EU)  2017/625.  
(8) Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 
2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of 
food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection 
products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, 
(EC) No 1107/2009, (EU ) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 
2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 
1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 
2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC,  and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 
882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 
89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council 
Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Con trols Regulation) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1).  
 
  
                                                 
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 ANNEX II  
 
Annexes I and II to Decision 2007/275/EC are amended as follows:  
(1) Annex I is amended as follows:  
(a) the title is replaced by the following:  
‘List of composite products subject to official controls as referred to in 
Article 3 ’;  
(b) the first sentence is replaced by the following:  
‘This list sets out composite products according to the goods nomenclature in use 
in the Union to determine the selection of consignments that must be submitted to  
official controls at a border control post.’ ; 
(c) in the n otes to the table, point (1)  is deleted;  
 
(d) in the n otes to the table, in point (4) , the second paragraph is replaced by the 
following:  
 
‘Where a four digit code is used: unless otherwise specified, all products prefixed 
with or covered by these four digits must be submitted to official controls at a 
border control post. In most of these cases, the relevant CN codes included in the 
Traces system referred to in Article 133(4) of Regulation ( EU) 2017/625 are 
broken down to the six or eight digit code.’;  
 
(e) in the notes to the table, point (6) is replaced by the following:  
 
‘6.  Column (3) — Qualification an d explanation  
This column gives details of the products covered. Further information on 
the composite products covered in the different Chapters of the CN can be 
found in the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the 
European Union *. 
 
*Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (OJ C 
76, 4 .3.2015, p. 1 ), as subsequently amended. ’; 
 
(f)  Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 51, 
67, 71, 95, 96 and 97  are deleted;  
 
(g) in Chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, all entries in Column (3) — 
Qualification and explanation in the  table s are replaced by the following : 
 
‘Composite products only (s ee Article s 4 and 6 of this Decision ). 56 
 For products othe r than composite products, see Annex  I to Commission 
Implementing Regulation (EU) …/... .*. 
 
* Commission Implementing Regulation ( EU) …/...  of …  laying down rules for 
the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards the lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal 
products, animal by -products and d erived products and hay and straw subject to 
official  controls at border control posts and  amending Decision 2007/275/EC  (OJ 
L …, …, p.  …).’; 
 
(h)  Chapter 99 is replaced by the following : 
‘CHAPTER 99  
Special combined nomenclature codes  
Sub-chapter II  
Statistical codes for certain specific movements of goods  
 
General remarks  
 
This chapter covers composite products origi nating from third countries and 
delivered to vessels and aircraft within the European Union under customs transit 
procedure (T1).  
 
CN co de Description  Qualification and 
explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 9930 24 00  Goods of CN Chapters 1 to 
24 delivered to vessels and 
aircraft.  Composite products 
destined for ship supply as 
provided for in point (c) of 
Article 77(1)  of Regulation 
(EU) 2017/625.  
Ex 9930 99 00  Goods classified elsewhere 
delivered to vessels and 
aircraft.  Composite products 
destined for ship supply as 
provided for in point (c) of 
Article 77(1)  of Regulation 
(EU) 2017/625. ’; 
 
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 (2) Annex II is amended as follows:  
(a) the title is replaced by the following:  
‘List of composite products not subject to official controls as referred to in 
point (b) of Article 6(1) ’; 
(b) the first sentence is replaced by the following:  
‘This list sets out composite products according to the goods nomenclature in use 
in the Union  that do not need to be submitted to official controls at a border 
control post.’;  
(c) in the notes relating to the table, in the entry ‘Column (1) — CN code’, th e second 
paragraph is replaced by the following:  
‘Where a four digit code is used: unless otherwise specified, all composite 
products prefixed with or covered by these four digits are not required to be 
submitted to official controls at a border control po st.’; 
(d) in the notes relating to the table, the entry ‘Column (2) — Explanation’ is replaced 
by the following:  
‘Column (2) — Explanation  
This column gives details of the composite products covered by the derogation 
from official controls at border control p osts. When necessary, official staff at 
border control posts must assess the ingredients of a composite product and 
specify, if the animal product contained in the composite product is sufficiently 
processed so as to not require the official check s provided for in Union 
legislation.’.