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ANNEX  
 
‘ANNEX  
 
 
LIST S OF ANIMALS, PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, GERMINAL PRODUCTS, 
ANIMAL BY -PRODUCTS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS , COMPOSITE 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  142/2 0111. 
The list of composite products that meet specific conditions and are exempted from 
official controls  at border control posts are laid down in Commission Delegated 
Regulation (EU) 2021/ 6302.  
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  2658/873. 
The Chapter notes are explanations  that have been extracted , where necessary, 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 Notes  and the C lassification 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 derived products not intended for human consumptio n 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 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630 of 16 February 2021 supplementi ng Regulation (EU) 
2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain categories of goods exempted 
from official controls at border control posts and amending Commission Decision 2007/275/EC (OJ L 132, 
19.4.2021, p.  17). 
3 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) concluded in Brussels on 14 June 1983 and 
approved by Council Decision  87/369/EEC4. 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 animals and goods  
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 
Traces system referred to in Article 133(4) of Regulation (EU ) 2017/62 5 of the 
European Parliament and of the Council5, are broken down to six - or eight -digit 
code s. 
Where only certain specified  animal s and goods  under any four -, six- or eight -digit 
code are required to be submitted to official controls and no specific subdivision 
under this code exists in the CN, the code is marked “Ex”. In that  case, the animals 
and goods  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 
explanation in column (3).  
5. Column (2) — Description   
The description of the animals and  goods  is as laid down in the descript ion column of 
the CN.  
Without prejudice to the rules for the interpretation of the CN, the wording for the 
description of the animals and goods  in column (2) is considered to be of indicative 
value only, since the animals and  goods  covered by this Regulati on are determined 
by CN codes.  
6. Column (3) — Qualification and explanation   
This column gives details of the animals or goods  covered. Further information 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 Union6. 
Products derived from animal by -products covered by Regulation (EC) 
No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council7 and Regulation  (EU) 
                                                 
4 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).  
5  Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official 
controls and other official ac tivities 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 1151/2 012, (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 repeal ing 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 Controls Regul ation) (OJ L 
95, 7.4.2017, p. 1).  
6 OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1.   
3 No 142/2011 are not specifically identified in U nion law. Official controls shall be 
carried out on products that are partly processed but remain raw products to be 
further processed in an approved or registered establishment at destination. Official 
inspectors at border control posts shall assess and s pecify, when necessary, if a 
derived product is sufficiently processed to not require further official controls 
provided for in Union law. 
 
                                                                                                                                                         
7 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 huma n consumption 
and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by -products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p.  1).  
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  System 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, hum ming 
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 hives) . 
(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 
0102  Live bovine animals  All  
5 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;  this 
subheading covers dogs and cats  
0106  20 00 (reptiles, including snakes 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 s 0105, 0106  31, 0106  32 
and 0106  33; this subheading  includ es 
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, 
reptiles, birds and insects . Live frogs wheth er 
for vivaria to be kept alive, or to be killed for 
human consumption, are covered by this CN  
6 code . 
 
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 the kinds described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210 unfit or 
unsuitable for human consumption;  
(b) edible, non -living insects (heading 0410);  
(c) guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading 
0511 or 3002); or  
(d) 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 suitable 
for human consumption is not covered in 
this heading , but under heading 0511 . 
0202  Meat of bovine animals, frozen  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this head ing, but under 
heading 0511 .  
0203  Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or 
frozen  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this heading , but under 
heading 0511 . 
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 heading , but under 
heading 0511 . 
0205  00 Meat of horses, asses, mules or 
hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this heading , but under 
heading 0511 .  
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 f or human consumption is not 
covered in this heading , but under 
heading 0511 . 
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 heading , but under 
heading 0511 .  
0208  Other meat and edible meat offal, 
fresh, chilled or frozen  All. However, raw material not intended 
or suitable for huma n consumption is not 
covered in this heading , but under 
heading 0511 .  
This heading covers other raw material 
for the production of gelatine or collagen 
for human consumption. It also c overs 
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. This subheading  also c overs 
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, All, covers both fat and processed fat as 
descr ibed in column (2), even if suitable 
only for industrial use (not fit for human  
8 salted, in brine, dried or smoked  consumption).  
0210  Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in 
brine, dried or smoked; edible flours 
and meals of meat or meat offal  All, covers meat, meat products and other 
products of animal origin.  
However, raw material not intended or 
suitable for human consumption is not 
covered in this heading , but under 
heading 0511 .  
Covers processed animal protein and 
dried pigs ears for human consumption. 
Even when such dried pig s ears are used 
as animal feed, the Annex to Commission 
Regulation (EC) No 1125/2006 (*) 
clarifies that they may be covered in 
0210  99 49. However, dried offal and 
pigs ears unfit for human consumption 
are classified in CN code 0511  99 85. 
Bones for human co nsumption 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.  
(*) Commission Regulation (EC) No  1125/2006 of 21 July 2006 concerning t he 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 subject 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  
9 either their species or their condition (Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of 
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates unfit  for human consumption 
(heading 2301); or  
(d) caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 1604).  
2. In this chapter, the term ‘pellets ’ means products which have been agglomerated either 
directly by compression or by the addition of a sma ll quantity of binder.  
3. Headings 0305 to 0308 do not cover flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption 
(heading 0309). ” 
 
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 CN codes  
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  All, covers fish heads, tails and maws 
and other  edible  fish offal . 
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; 
crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming All. 
Live crustaceans imported for 
immediate human consumption are 
considered and treated for official 
controls purposes as if they were 
products.   
10 or by boiling in water, whether or not 
chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine  Covers ornamental sea monkeys and 
their cysts for use as pet animals and 
all live ornamental crustaceans.  
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  This heading also covers smoked 
molluscs that have been cooked 
before . Other cooked molluscs are 
covered in heading 1605.  
Covers live ornament al molluscs.  
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 al so snail 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, 
clams, cockles, ark shells, 
abalones  (Haliotis  spp.) and 
stromboid conchs ( Strombus  
spp.) : covers meat of sea water 
snail species, whether in shell or 
not. 
0307  99 (other molluscs , other  
11 than live, fresh, chilled, or 
frozen, i.e. other  than oysters, 
scallops, mussels  (Mytilus  spp., 
Perna  spp.) , cuttle fish , squid , 
octopus, sea snails, clams, 
cockles, ark shells, abalones  
(Haliotis  spp.) and stromboid 
conchs ( Strombus  spp.) . 
0308  Aquatic invertebrates other than 
crusta ceans 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  All. 
0309  Flours, meals and pellets of fish, 
crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic 
invertebrates,  fit for human consumption  All. 
 
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 0403, yogurt may be concentrated or flavoured and may 
contain added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee 
or coffee extracts, plants, parts of plants, cereals or bakers ’ wares, provided that any added 
substance is not used for the purpose of replacing, in whole or in part, any milk constituent, 
and the product retains the  essential character of yogurt.  
3. For the purposes of heading 0405:  
(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.   
12 4. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk o r milkfat 
are to be classified as cheese in heading 0406 provided that they have the three following 
characteristics:  
(a) a milk  fat 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.  
5. This chapter does not cover:  
(a) non-living insects, unfit for huma n consumption (heading 0511);  
(b)  products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95  % lactose, express ed 
as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702);  
(c) products obtained from milk by replacing one or more of its natural constituents (for 
example, butyric fats) by another substance  (for example, oleic fats) (heading 1901 or 
2106); or  
(d) 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 
globulins (heading 3504).  
6. For the purposes of heading 0410, the term ‘insects ’ means edible non -living insects, 
whole or in parts, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, smoked, salted or in brine, as well as flours 
and meals of insects, fit for human consumption. However, it does not cover edible non -
living insects otherwise prepared or pr eserved (generally Section IV). ” 
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 wh ether 
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.  
Heading 0409  excludes  artificial honey and mixtures of natural and artificial honey (heading 
1702).  
(…) 
Heading  0410  covers insects (as defined in Note 6 to this Chapter) and other  products of 
animal origin suitable for human cons umption, not specified or included elsewhere in the  
13 Combined Nomenclature.  However, non -living insects unfit for human consumption 
(including flours a nd meals thereof) are classified in heading 05.11 . This includes:  
 
(a) Turtles eggs. These are eggs laid 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 suitabl e 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, liqui d 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  Yogurt ; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream,  
kephir and other fermented or acidified milk 
and cream, whether or not concentrated or 
containing added sugar or other sweetening 
matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, 
nuts or cocoa  All. Covers cream, flavoured or 
containi ng fruits, frozen and 
fermented milk, for human 
consumption.  
Ice cream is covered in heading 
2105.  
Beverages containing milk 
flavoured with cocoa or other 
substances are covered in heading 
2202.   
14 0404  Whey, whether or not concentrated or 
containing added s ugar 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.  
CN code 0404  10 48 covers 
bovine  colostrum, in liquid form, 
defatted and de -caseinated, for 
human consumption . CN code 
0404  90 21 covers  spray -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, 
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. Covers egg products whether 
or not heat -treated and products 
not fit for human consumption.  
0409  00 00 Natural honey  All. 
0410 10  Insects  All. 
Insects or insect eggs for human 
consumption are covered in this 
heading . 
 
Non-living insects unfit for human 
consumption (including flours and  
15 meals thereof) are excluded 
(heading 05.11) as well as edible 
non-living i nsects otherwise 
prepared or preserved (generally 
Section IV) . 
0410  90 
00   Other e dible products of animal origin, not 
elsewhere specified or included  All. 
This CN code  covers ‘royal jelly’ 
and propolis (used in manufacture 
for pharmaceutical products and 
food supplements) and other 
animal -derived material for 
human consumption .  
This CN code  covers  bones  for 
human consumption , including 
bone flour , soup bones, bones 
used for production of  gelatine or 
of collagen, if derived from 
carcasses that have been 
slaughtered for human 
consumption . 
 
 
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 Chapter 
II, Section  1, 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 Note s 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   
16 (d) prepared knots or tufts for bro om or brush making (heading 9603).  
(…) 
3. Throughout 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 ‘horse hair’ 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  
(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, disinfect ed or treated for 
preservation but not otherwise worked 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  which have been  cleaned , 
salted , dried , or heated , of bovine, 
porcine, ovine, caprine, or 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 preservation; 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 f or their private use or 
consignments of treated feathers sent 
to private individuals for non -
industrial purposes  as referred to in 
Chapter II, Section 6(a), of Annex 
XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 . 
Article 25(1) , point (b), of Regulation  
(EU) No  142/20 11 prohibits the 
importation into and transit through  
17 the Union of untreated feathers and 
parts of feathers and down.  
Official controls are applicable for 
feathers independent from their 
treatment as referred to in Chapter 
VII, point C,  of Annex XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Further specific requirements for game 
trophies are laid down in Chapter II , 
Section 5,  of Annex XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Chapter II , Section 6,  of Annex XIV 
to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 
covers feathers used for stuf fing, 
down, raw or other feathers.  
0506  Bones and horn -cores, unworked, 
defatted, simply prepared (but not cut 
to shape), treated with acid or de -
gelatinised; powder and waste of these 
products  Covers bones used as dog chews and 
bones for the production of bone 
products not for human consumption.  
Bone s and bone flour for human 
consumption are covered under CN 
code  0410  90 00 . 
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 (excluding hoof meal) for 
uses other than as feed material, 
organic fer tiliser or soil improver) and 
in Row 12 (dog chews) of Table  2 in 
Chapter II , Section  1, of Annex XIV 
to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.  
0507  Ivory, tortoise -shell, whalebone and 
whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, 
nails, claws and beaks, unworked 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  
and teeth.  
Specific requirements for game 
trophies are laid down in Row 6 of 
Table  2 in Chapter II , Section 1,  of  
18 Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 0508  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  Covers e mpty shells for food use and 
use as raw material for glucosamine.  
In addition, this heading covers shells, 
including cuttle -bones, containing soft 
tissue and flesh , as referred to in 
Article 1 0, point  (k)(i),  of Regulation 
(EC) No 1069/2009.  
Ex 0510  00 00 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk ; 
cantharides ; bile, whether or not dried; 
glands and other animal 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 CN code.  
Dried glands and products are covered 
by heading 3001.  
Specific requirements may be laid 
down in Row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter 
II, Section  1, 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 of the 
bovine, ovine, caprine, equine and 
porcine species) and animal by -
products of Categori es 1 and 2 
materials as referred to in Articles 8 
and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 
1069/2009.  
The following are examples of animal 
products falling within subheadings 
0511  10 to 0511  99: 
0511  10 00 (bovine semen).  
0511  91 (products of fish or 
crustaceans, mollu scs or other  
19 aquatic invertebrates ; dead 
animals of Chapter 3 ): all . Covers 
fish eggs for hatching, dead 
animals, animal by -products for 
the manufacture of pet  food and 
for pharmaceuticals and other 
technical products. It also c overs 
inedible or classed un fit for human 
consumption, for example, 
daphnids  or water fleas, and other 
ostracoda or phyllopods, dried, for 
feeding aquarium fish . It also 
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 Chapter  V, point 
C.2, of Annex XIII to Regulation 
(EU) No 142/2011, if in 
compliance with Chapter V , points 
B.1 or C. 1, of Annex XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 .  
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 Chapter II , Section 1,  
of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 0511  99 39 (natural sponges of 
animal origin other than raw): 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 Chapter II ,  
20 Section 1,  of Annex XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.  
Ex 0511  99 85 (other animal 
products not elsewhere specified 
or included; dead animals of 
Chapter 1, unfit for human 
consumption): Covers embryos, 
ova, sem en and genetic material 
not covered in subheading 
0511  10. Covers embryos, ova, 
semen and genetic material of 
species other than bovine. 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, cats, insects), 
animal material where the 
essential ch aracteristics have not 
been changed, and edible animal 
blood not derived from fish, for 
human consumption.  
Covers f lours , meals and pellets of 
insects, unfit for human 
consumption.  
 
 
CHAPTER 6  
Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage  
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:   
21 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 fully 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). ” 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 0602  90 10 Mushroom spawn  Only if containing processed manure 
of animal origin . Specific rules are set 
out in Row  1 of Table  2 in Chapter II , 
Section  1, of Annex XIV to Regulation 
(EU) No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 9  
Coffee, tea, maté and spices  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 0901  Coffee, whether or not roasted or 
decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; 
coffee substitutes containing coffee in 
any proportion  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
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 Bee pollen  is covered under this CN  
22 primarily for human consumption, not 
elsewhere specified or included  code . 
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 
forage products whether or not in form 
of pellets: other than lucerne (alfalfa) 
meal and pellets  Only hay . 
 
 
CHAPTER 15  
Animal , vegetable  or microbial  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. rende red fats and fish oils in Row 3 of Table 1 in Chapter I , Section 1 ; 
2. rendered fats from Category 2 materials for certain purposes outside the feed chain for 
farmed animals (for example , for oleochemical purposes) in Row 17 of Table 2 in 
Chapter II , Section 1 ; 
3. fat derivatives in Row 18 of Table 2 in Chapter II , Section 1 . 
Fat derivatives include first stage products derived from fats and oils when in their pure state , 
produced by a method set out in Chapter XI , point 1,  of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Derivatives mixed with other materials are subjected to official 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;  
(…)  
23 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 f all 
in heading 1522. ” 
Extract from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  
“Heading  1516 covers animal , vegetable or microbial 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 , vegetable or microbial fats and 
oils. 
Hydrogenation, which is effected 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  (e.g. of oleic, linoleic, etc. acids)  into saturated glycerides of higher 
melting points  (e.g. of palmitic, stearic, etc. acids) . 
Heading  1518 also covers inedible mixtures or preparations of animal , vegetable or microbial 
fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of the Chapter, not elsewhere specified or 
included.  
The heading also  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. Covers  fish oils and oils from 
fishery products and marine 
mammals.  
Miscellaneous edible preparations 
are covered under heading 1517 or  
Chapter 21.   
24 1505  00 Wool grease and fatty substances derived 
therefrom (including lanolin)  All. Covers  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, whether  or not refined, but not 
chemically modified  All. 
Covers u nsplit fats or oils, and also 
their initial fractions produced by a 
method set out in Chapter XI , point 
1, of Annex XIII to Regulation 
(EU) No  142/2011.  
1516  10 Animal fats and oils and their fractions  All animal fats and oils.  
For official controls , fat derivatives 
include first stage products derived 
from animal fats and oils when in 
their pure state , produced by a 
method set out in Chapter XI , point 
1, of Annex XIII to Regulation 
(EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 1517  Margarine ; edible mixtures or 
preparations of animal , vegetable  or 
microbial  fats or oils or of fractions of 
different fats or oils of this chapter, other 
than edible fats or oils or their fractions of 
heading 1516  Only if c ontaining products of 
animal origin . 
Ex 1518  00 91 Animal , vegetable  or microbial  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  Only if c ontaining animal fats and 
oils. 
Fat derivatives produced by a 
method set out in Chapter  XI, 
point  1, of Annex  XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Specific requirements are set out in 
Row  17 (rendered fats) and Row  18 
(fat derivative s) of Table  2 in 
Chapter  II, Section  1, of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 1518  00 95 Inedible mixtures or preparations of 
animal or of animal , vegetable  or Only fats and oil preparations, 
rendered fats and derivat ives from  
25 microbial  fats and oils and their fractions  animals . 
Covers  used cooking oil, intended 
to be used within the scope of 
Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.  
Covers f at derivatives produced by 
a method set out in  Chapter  XI, 
point  1, of Annex  XIII to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 1518  00 99 Other vegetable or microbial fats and oils 
and their fractions, not elsewhere 
specified or included, than animal, 
vegetable or microbial fats and oils and 
their fractions, boiled, oxidised, 
dehydrated, su lphurised, blown, 
polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert 
gas or otherwise chemically modified, 
excluding those of heading 1516 and 
other than inedible mixtures or 
preparations of animal or of animal, 
vegetable or microbial fats and their 
fractions.  Only  if containing  fat from animal 
origin . 
Ex 1520  00 00 Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and 
glycerol lyes  Only if containing animal products . 
1521  90 91 Raw beeswax and other insect waxes , 
whether or not refined or coloured  All. Covers waxes in natural combs  
and raw beeswax for apiculture or 
technical purposes.  
Article 25(1) , point (c), of 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 
prohibits the importation into and 
transit through the Union of 
beeswax in the form of 
honeycomb.  
Specific requirements for 
apiculture by -products are set out 
in Row 10 of Table 2 in Chapter II , 
Section 1,  of Annex XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 1521  90 99 Beeswax and other insect waxes, other 
than raw  Covers waxes, processed or 
refined, wheth er or not bleached or 
coloured, for apiculture or technical  
26 purposes.  
Only if beeswaxes are used in, or 
are intended for , feed production, 
fertilisers, apiaries, cosmetics or 
pharmaceuticals .  
Specific requirements for 
apiculture by -products are set out 
in Row 10 of Table 2 in Chapter II , 
Section 1,  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 or 
vegetable waxes  Only if containing animal products . 
Specific requirements are set out in 
Row 18 (fat derivatives) of Table 2 
in Chapter II , Section 1, of Annex 
XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 16  
Preparations of meat, of fish , of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates , or 
of insects  
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, as well as insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in 
Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6 to Chapter 4 or in heading 0504.  
2. Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20  % by weight 
of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood,  insects,  fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic 
invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or 
more of the p roducts 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. ” 
  
27 CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
1601  00 Sausages and similar products, of 
meat, meat offal , blood  or insects ; 
food preparations based on these 
products  All. Covers preserved meat in various 
forms.  
1602  Other prepared or preserved meat, 
meat offal , blood  or insects  All. Covers preserved meat in various 
forms . 
1603  00 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or 
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic 
invertebrates  All. Covers meat extracts and meat 
concentrates, fish protein in gel form 
whether chilled or frozen, and also shark 
cartilage.  
1604  Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and 
caviar substitutes prepared from fish 
eggs All. Covers cooked or pre -cooked 
culinary preparations containing or mixed 
with fish or fishery products.  
Covers preparations of surimi 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).  
Products known as  fish skewers ( this is, 
raw fish meat or raw shrimps with 
vegetables presented on a wooden stick) 
are classified i n CN code 1604  19 97. 
1605  Crustaceans, molluscs and other 
aquatic invertebrates, prepared or 
preserved  All, including  fully prepared or pre -
prepared snails, canned crustaceans, or 
other aquatic invertebrates as well as 
mussel powder.  
  
28 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:  
(a)   sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading 1806);   
(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 ; caramel  Only if  containing products  of 
animal origin.  
Covers s ugars and artificial 
honey,  where mixed with 
natural honey.  
Ex 1704  Sugar confectionery (including white 
chocolate), not containing cocoa  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
 
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  
(a) food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, 
blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any 
combination thereof (Chapter 16);  
(b) 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. ” 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation   
29 (1) (2) (3) 
Ex 1806  Chocolate and other food preparations 
containing cocoa  Only if containing products of 
animal origin . 
 
 
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,  insects,  fish, or 
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any co mbination thereof 
(Chapter 16); ” 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 1901  Malt extract; f ood 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  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
Covers uncooked foodstuffs ( for 
example,  pizzas) containing 
products of animal origin.  
Culinary preparations are covered 
by Chapters 16 and 21.  
Ex 1902  11 00 Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or ot herwise 
prepared, containing eggs  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 1902 19  Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise 
prepared , other than containing eggs  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
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  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.   
30 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  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
Ex 1902  20 91 Cooked stuffed pasta  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 1902  20 99 Stuffed pasta, other than cooked  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 1902  30 Other pasta than pasta of subheadings 
1902  11, 1902  19 and 1902  20 Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 1902  40 Couscous  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 1904  10 10 Prepared food obtained by the swelling 
or roasting of maize  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 1904 10 30  Prepared food obtained by the swelling 
or roasting of ri ce Only if containing  products of 
animal origin.  
Ex 1904 10 90  Prepared food obtained by the swelling 
or roasting  of cereals or cereal products 
other than maize or rice  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
Ex 1904  20 Prepared foods obtained from unroasted 
cereal flakes or from mixtures of 
unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal 
flakes or swelled cereals  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 1904  90 10 Rice in grain form or in the form of 
flakes or other worked grains (except 
flour, groats and meal) , pre -cooked or 
otherwise prepared, not elsewhere 
specified or included  
 Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
Covers, f or example , sushi 
(provided the relevant products  are 
not to be classified in Chapter 16).   
31 Ex 1904  90 80 Cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain 
form or in the form of flakes or other 
worked grains (except flour, groats and 
meal), pre -cooked or otherwise prepared, 
not elsewhere specified or included, other 
than bulgur wheat and other than 
obtained from rice  Only if containing  products of 
animal origin.  
Ex  1905  Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other 
bakers ’ wares, whether or not containing 
cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets 
of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, 
sealing wafers, rice paper and similar 
products  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
 
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:  
(…) 
(c) food preparations containing more than 20  % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, 
blood,  insects,  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 
parts or plants, prepared or preserved by 
vinegar or acetic acid  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 2004  Other vegetables prepared or preserved 
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, 
frozen, other than products of heading 
2006  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 2005  Other vegetables prepared or preserved 
otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, 
not frozen, other than products of heading Only if containing products of 
anim al origin.   
32 2006   
Ex 2008 99  Other preparations of fruit, nuts and other 
edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared 
or preserved, whether or not containing 
added sugar or other sweetening matter or 
spirit, not elsewhere specified or included  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
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, insects, fish or crustaceans, 
molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any other combinations thereof (Chapter 
16). 
(…) 
3. For the purposes of h eading 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 
food suitable for  infants or young children 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, pastilles 
and pills, and which are intended for use as food supplements are to be classified under 
heading 2106, unless elsewhere specified or included .” 
  
33 CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 2101  Extracts, essences and concentrates, of 
coffee, tea or  maté and preparations with 
a basis of these products or with a basis 
of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory 
and other roasted coffee substitutes, and 
extracts, essences and concentrates 
thereof  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 2103  Sauces and preparations therefor ; mixed 
condiments and mixed seasonings; 
mustard flour and meal and prepared 
mustard  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 2104  Soups and broths and preparations 
therefore; homogenised composite food 
preparations  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 2105  00 Ice cream and other edible ice, whether 
or not containing cocoa  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
Ex 2106  10 Protein concentrates and textured protein 
substances  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
Ex 2106  90 51 Lactose syrup  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 2106  90 92 Other food preparations not elsewhere 
specified or included, containing no 
milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or 
starch or containing, by weight, less than 
1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 
5 % glucose or starch  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
Ex 2106  90 98 Other food preparations not elsewhere 
specified or included  Only if containing products of 
animal  origin.  
 
 
 
  
34 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 91 Non-alcoholic beverages, other than 
waters containing sweetening matters o r 
flavoured, not including fruit , nut  or 
vegetable juices of heading 2009 and 
containing less than 0,2 % by weight of 
fat obtained from the products of 
heading 0401 to 0404  All. 
 
Ex 2202  99 95 Non-alcoholic beverages, other than 
waters containing sweetening matters o r 
flavoured, not including fruit , nut  or 
vegetable juices of heading 2009 and 
containing 0,2 % or more but less than 2 
% by weight of fat obtained from the 
products of heading 0401 to 0404  All. 
Ex 2202  99 99 Non-alcoholic beverages, other than 
waters containing sweetening matters o r 
flavoure d, not including fruit , nut  or 
vegetable juices of heading 2009 and 
containing 2 % or more by weight of fat 
obtained from the products of heading 
0401 to 0404  All. 
 
Ex 2208  70 Liqueurs and cordials  Only if containing products of 
animal origin.  
 
  
35 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, other than vegetable 
waste, vegetable residues and by -products of such processing. ” 
Extract from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  
“Greaves , the membraneous tissues remaining after pig or other animal fats have been 
rendered. They  are used mainly in the preparation of animal foods (e.g., dog biscuits), but 
they remain in heading  2301  even if suitable for huma n 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.  
Flours , meals and pellets of insects, 
unfit for human consumption are 
excluded from this heading. They are 
covered i n heading 0511.  
Feather meal is covered in heading 
0505.  
Specific requirements for processed 
animal protein are set out in Row 1 of 
Table 1 in Chapter I , Section 1,  of 
Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 2309  Preparations of a kind used in animal  
feeding  All, if containing animal products , 
except CN codes  2309  90 20 and 
2309  90 91. 
Covers, among 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  
36 2309  90 10). It also covers a nimal 
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, non-decaseinated 
colostrum, or carbohydrates, all fit 
for animal feeding but not fit for 
human consumption  (decaseinated 
colostrum fit for animal feeding is 
covered in heading 3001) . 
This heading also c overs pet  food, 
dog chews and mixtures of meals  
(mixtures can include dead insects ). 
Specific requirements for pet  food 
including dog  chews are set out in 
Row  12 of Table  2 in Chapter  II, 
Section  1, of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
This heading c overs processed egg 
products not for human consumption 
and other processed animal products  
not for human consumption.  
Specific requirements for egg 
products are set out in  Row  9 of 
Table  1 in Chapter  I, Section  1, of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
  
37 CHAPTER 28  
Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare -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 ”) Only of a nimal origin.  
Specific requirements for dicalcium 
phosphate are set out in Row  6 of 
Table  1 in Chapter  I, Section  1, of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 2835  26 00 Phosphates of calcium , other than 
calcium hydrogenorthophosphate 
(“dicalcium phosphate ”) Only t ricalcium phosphate of animal 
origin.  
Specific requirements for tricalcium 
phosphate are set out in Row  7 of 
Table  1 in Chapter  I, Section  1, of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 29  
Organic chemicals  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 2906  Cyclic alcohols and their 
halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated 
or nitrosated derivatives  Only c holesterol of animal origin.  
Ex 2922  41 Lysine and its esters; salts thereof  Only of a nimal origin.  
Ex 2922  42 Glutamic acid and its salts  Only of a nimal origin.  
Ex 2922  43 Anthranilic acid and its salts  Only of a nimal origin.  
Ex 2922  49 Other amino -acids, other than those Only of a nimal origin.   
38 containing more than one kind of 
oxygen function, and their esters; 
salts thereof  (other than lysine and 
its esters; salts thereof , glutamic 
acid and its salts , anthranilic acid 
and its salts , tilidine (INN) and its 
salts)  
Ex 2925  29 00 Other imines and their derivatives 
than chlordimeform (ISO); salts 
thereof  (other than chlordimeform 
(ISO))  Covers c reatine of animal or igin. 
Ex 2930  Organo -sulphur compounds  Covers a mino -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 Heterocyclic compounds with 
oxygen hetero -atom(s) only, other 
than compounds containing an 
unfused furan ring (whether or not 
hydrogenated) in the structure and 
other than lactones or Isosafrole, 1 -
(1,3-Benzodioxol -5-yl)propan -2-
one, Piperonal, Safrole, 
Tetrahydrocannabinols (all isomers) 
and Carbofuran (ISO))  
 Only of a nimal origin only, for example 
glucosamine, glucosamine -6-phosphate 
and their sulphates.  
Ex 2936  Provitamins and vitamins, natural or 
reproduced by synthesis (including 
natural concentrates), derivatives 
thereof used primarily as vitamins, 
and intermixtures of the foregoing, 
whether or not in any solvent  Only v itamin D3 of animal origin.  
Ex 2942  00 00 Other organic compounds  Only of a nimal origin.  
 
CHAPTER 30  
Pharmaceutical products  
General remarks   
39 The finished products  (cosmetic products , active implantable medical devices , medical 
devices , in vitro diagnostic medical devices , veterinary medicinal products , medicinal 
products ) as defined in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/ 2009 are excluded from the 
list. 
Intermediate products are inc luded.  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3001  20 90 Extracts of glands or other organs or 
of their secretions, other than  of 
human origin  Only animal derived products .  
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  Only animal derived products that 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  Article 33 , points (a) to 
(f), of that Regulation.  
Ex 3001  90 98 Other animal substances than heparin 
and its salts prepared for therapeutic 
or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere 
specified or included  Only animal derived products.  
In addition to the glands and other 
organs  mentioned in the Harmonized 
System Explanatory Notes to heading 
3001,  this CN code  covers the 
hypophysis, the suprarenal capsules and 
the thyroid gland.   
Ex 3002  12 00 Antisera and other blood fractions  Only a nimal  derived products.  
Excludes antibodies and DNA.  
Under heading 3002, specific 
requirements are set out for animal by-
products covered by Table  2 in 
Chapter  II, Section  1, 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  
40 from equidae.  
Ex 3002 49 00  Toxins, cultures of mico -organisms 
(excluding yeasts) and similar 
products  Only pathogens and cultures of 
pathogens for animals.  
Ex 3002 51  00 Cell therapy products  Only pathogens and cultures of 
pathogens for animals.  
Ex 3002 59  00 Cell cultures , whether or not  modified, 
other than cell therapy products  Only pathogens and cultures of 
pathogens for animals.  
3002  90 30 Animal blood prepared for 
therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic 
uses All. 
Ex 3002  90 90 Other   Only pathogens and cultures of 
pathogens for animals.  
Ex 3006  92 00 Waste pharmaceuticals  Only a nimal -derived products.  
Covers p harmaceutical waste  and 
pharmaceutical products  that 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) 
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 , except mineralised 
guano.  
Covers manure mixed with 
processed animal protein, if used as 
fertilis er; but manure –chemical 
mixtures used as fertilisers are 
excluded (see heading 3105, which  
41 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 Chapter  II, Section  1, 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 Chapter  II, Section  1, 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 co louring preparations. The headings do not 
apply, however, to pigments dispersed in non -aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a 
kind used in the manufacture of paints, including enamels (heading 3212), or to other 
preparations of headings 3207, 3208, 3 209, 3210, 3212, 3213 or 3215. ”  
42  
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3203  00 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 dispersions in milk fat 
base, used in food or feed production.  
Ex 3204  Synthetic organic colouring matter, 
whether or not chemically defined; 
prepa rations 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 fa t 
base, used in 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 in food or feed production.  
 
CHAPTER 35  
Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes   
43  
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3501  Casein, caseinates and other casein 
derivatives; casein glues  Covers  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 Chapter  I, Section  1, 
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 f rom milk 
whether for human consumption 
or not for human consumption 
(including for animal feed 
purposes) .  
Albumin for the production of 
pharmaceutical goods is covered 
by heading 3002.  
Specific requirements for milk, 
milk-based products , colostrum  
and colostrum products  not for 
human consumption are set out in 
Row  4 of Table  1 in Chapter  I, 
Section  1, of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 and 
for egg products not for human 
consumption in Row  9 of Table  1 
in Chapter  I, Section  1, of 
Annex  XIV to R egulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
3503  00 Gelatine (including gelatine in rectangular 
(including square ) sheets, whether or not 
surface -worked or coloured) and gelatine 
derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal 
origin excluding casein glues of heading Covers gelatine for human 
consumption, for animal feed and 
technical use.  
Gelatine classified in heading 
3913 (hardened proteins) and  
44 3501  gelatine classified in heading 
9602 (worked, unhardened 
gelatine and articles of 
unhardened gelatine)  (for 
example, empty capsules if not for 
food or animal consumption ), are 
excluded from official controls.  
Specific requirements are set out 
in Row  5 of Table  1 in Chapter  I, 
Section  1, of Annex  XIV to 
Regulation (EU) No  142/2011 for 
gelatine and hydrolysed protein 
not for hum an consumption and in 
Chapter  II, Section  11, of 
Annex  XIV to that Regulation for 
photogelatine.  
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 hy drolysed proteins 
consisting of polypeptides, 
peptides or amino acids, and 
mixtures thereof, obtained by the 
hydrolysis of animal by -products. 
The goods included in this 
heading are excluded from official 
controls when they are used as 
additives in food pr eparations 
(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 
gelatine and hydrolysed protein in 
Row  5 of Table  1 in Chapter  I, 
Section  1, of Annex  XIV to  
45 Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
Ex 3507  10 00 Rennet and concentrates thereof  Rennet and concentrates for 
human consumption, derived  only 
from animal products.  
Ex 3507  90 90 Other enzymes  and prepared enzymes , not 
elsewhere specified or included , than rennet 
and concentrates thereof or lipoprotein 
lipase or aspergillus alkaline protease  Only of animal origin . 
 
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 plas tics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass, 
metals, food materials, broken furniture and other damaged or discarded articles. ” 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3822   Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a 
backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory 
reagents whether or not on a backing,  
whether or not put up in the form of kits,  
other than those of heading 3006; certified 
reference materials  
 Only a nimal -derived products, 
except medical devices as defined 
in Article  2(1) of Regulation  
(EU)  2017/745  of the European 
Parliament and of the Council (**) 
and in vitro  diagnostic medical 
devices as defined in Article  2(2) 
of Regulation (EU) 2017/746  of 
the European Parliament and of 
the Council (***).  
Ex 3825  10 00 Municipal  waste  Only catering waste containing 
animal products, if it falls within 
the scope of Article  2(2), point (g),  
of Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009, 
except catering waste originating 
directly from means of transport 
operating internationally and  
46 disposed of in line with Article  12, 
point (d), of that Regulation.  
Used cooking oil intended to be 
used within the scope of 
Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009  
(for example, for organic 
fertiliser s, biogas, biodiesel or 
fuel), can be covered by this CN 
code.  
(**) Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 
on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and 
Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC 
(OJ L 117,  5.5.2017, p. 1).  
(***) Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 
2017 on in vitro diagnostic  medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission 
Decision 2010/227/EU ( OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176).  
 
CHAPTER 39  
Plastics and articles thereof ; rubber and articles thereof  
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 3913  90 00 Natural polymers and modified natural 
polymers, not elsewhere specified or 
included, in primary forms , other than 
alginic acid, its salts and esters  Only a nimal -derived products  (for 
example, chondroitin sulphate, 
chitosan, hardened gelatine ). 
Ex 3917  10  Artificial guts (sausage casings) of 
hardened protein or of cellulosic materials  Only a nimal derived products.  
Ex 3926  90 97 Other articles of plastics and articles of 
other materials of headings  3901 to 3914 , 
other than those unde r subheadings/codes 
3926 1 0 00, 3926 2 0 00, 3926 30 00, 3926 
40 00, 3926 90, 3926 90 50 and 3926 90 
60  Covers e mpty capsules of hardened 
gelatine for food and animal 
consumption . 
Specific requirements for gelatine  
are set out in Row  5 of Table  1 in 
Chapter  I, Section  1, of Annex  XIV 
to Regulation (EU) No  142/2011.  
  
47 CHAPTER 41  
Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather  
General remarks  
Only hides and skins of ungulates covered in headings 4101, 4102  and 4103 are to be 
subjected to official controls.  
Specific requirements for hides and skins of ungulates are laid down in Row s 4 and 5 of 
Table  2 in Chapter II , Section 1,  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 Tibet an 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 
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  Only fresh, chilled or treated hides 
and skins, inclu ding 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 Chapter  V, 
point  C.2, 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 CN codes 
Ex 4101  20 80 and Ex 4101  50 90.  
Ex 4102  Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or Only fresh, chilled or treated hides  
48 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  and skins, inclu ding 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 Chapter  V, 
point  C.2, of Annex  XIII to 
Regulation (EU) N o 142/2011, if 
in compliance with Article  41(3) of 
Regulation (EC) No  1069/2009, in 
particular for  CN 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 other than by tanning or 
an equivalent process.  
Import without restrictions may be 
possible for treated hides and skins 
as referred to in Cha pter V, 
point  C.2, 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  CN Ex 4103  90 00. 
 
CHAPTER 42  
Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and sim ilar 
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:  
(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). ” 
  
49 CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 4205  00 90 Other articles of leather or of composition 
leather , other than of a kind used in 
machinery or mechanical appliances or for 
other technical uses  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 to raw furskins of 
heading 4301, apply to hides and skins of all animals which have been tanned or dressed 
with the hair or 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); ” 
 
Extract from the Harmonized  System Explanatory Notes  
“Heading 4301: Furskins 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).  The fur may also be  ‘pulled ’ or ‘long eggs sheared ’, i.e., the coarse hairs 
extracted or cut down, or the skin surface may be “fleshed ” or scraped .” 
 
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.   
50 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 feed chain (fur) are set out in 
Row  14 of Table  2 in Chapter  II, 
Section  1, 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 lamb, 
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 
Chapter  II, Section  1, of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 4301  60 00 (of fox, whole, 
with or without head, tail or 
paws): specific requirements for 
derived products for uses outside 
the feed chain (fur) are set out in 
Row  14 of Table  2 in Chapter  II, 
Section  1, 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 Chapter  II, Section  1, 
of Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
Ex 4301  90 00 (heads, tails, paws 
and other pieces or cuttings,  
51 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 Chapter  II, Section  1, 
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 Chapter  II, Section  1, 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.  
(c) ‘Coarse animal hair ’ means the hair of ani mals 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 expression  ‘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 other brush‑making h air (heading 0502) (see Chapter Note 1 (c)).” 
 
CN code  Description  Qualification and 
explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 5101  Wool, not carded or combed  Covers u ntreated wool.  
Ex 5102  Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or 
combed  Covers u ntreated fine or 
coarse animal hair, including 
coarse hair from the flanks of 
bovine or equine animals.  
Ex 5103  Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal Covers u ntreated wool or fine  
52 hair, including yarn waste but excluding 
garne tted stock  
 or coarse animal 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 thi s 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 scapes or quills. The 
heading therefore includes:  
(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 feather s or down, 
feathers and down, and parts of 
feathers.  
Covers a rticles of unworked or 
merely cleaned skins, feathers or 
down, and parts of feathers.  
Excluding treated decorative  
53 feathers, treated feathers carried 
by travellers for their private use 
or consig nments of treated 
feathers sent to private individuals 
for non - industrial purposes  as 
referred to in Chapter II, Section 
6(a), of Annex XIV to Regulation 
(EU) No 142/2011 . 
Specific requirements for feathers 
are set out in Row  9 of Table  2 in 
Chapter  II, Section  1, of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 71  
Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi -precious stones, precious metals, metals 
clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coin   
 
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.  
Covers u nworked cultured pearls 
referred to  in Chapter  IV, Section  2, 
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 Article  2(2), 
point  (f), of that Regulation.  
 
CHAPTER 95  
Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof  
Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes    
54 “Fairground amusements, travelling circuses, travelling menageries and travelling theatres fall 
in heading 9508 provided they comprise al l 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  Only l ive animals.  
Ex 9508  30 Fairground amusements  Only l ive animals.  
Ex 9508  40 Travelling theatres  Only l ive animals.  
 
CHAPTER 96  
Miscellaneous manufactured articles  
Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes  
“For the purposes of heading  9601 , the expression “worked” refer s to materials which have 
underg one processes 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 9601 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 ar ticles are excluded from heading 9601 if 
such parts are covered by another heading of the Nomenclature. Thus, piano -key plates and 
plates for insertion in butts of firearms fall in headings 92.09 and 93.05 respectively. 
However, worked materials not identi fiable as parts of articles remain classified in heading 
9601 (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 e cut to shape other than squ are 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 e include, for example:  
(i) Small discs for sticking billiard cue tips.  
(ii) Capsules for pharmaceutical products and for mechanical lighter fuel. ˮ 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 9602  00 00 Worked vegetable or mineral carving 
material and articles of these materials; Covers  empty capsules of 
unhardened gelatin e for food or  
55 moulded or carved articles of wax, of 
stearin, of natural gums or natural resins 
or of modelling pastes, and other 
moulded or carved articles, not 
elsewhere specified or included ; worked, 
unhardened gelatin (except gelatin e of 
heading 3503) and articles of 
unhardened gelatin e animal consumption; specific 
requirements are set out in Row  5 of 
Table  1 in Chapter  I, Section  1, of 
Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011 for animal 
consumption.  
  
56 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 jew ellery 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 being precious or semi -precious stones falling in 
Chapter 71); specimens of pet rification.  
(5) Osteological specimens (skeletons, skulls, bones).  
(6) Anatomical and pathological specimens. ” 
CN code  Description  Qualification and explanation  
(1) (2) (3) 
Ex 9705   Collections and collectors’ pieces of 
archaeological, ethnographic, historical, 
zoological, botanical, mineralogical, 
anatomical, palaeontological  or numismatic 
interest  Only a nimal -derived products.  
Excludes game trophies and other 
preparations of any animal 
species having undergone a 
complete taxidermy treatment 
ensuring their prese rvation 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 Chapter  II, Section  1, 
of Annex  XIV to Regulation (EU) 
No 142/2011.  
 
CHAPTER 99  
Special Combined Nomenclature  codes  
Sub-chapter II   
57 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 Union under  the 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  Covers p roducts of animal origin and 
composite products destined for ship 
supply as provided for in Article s 21 
and 29 of Commission Delegated 
Regulation (EU)  2019/2124  (****).  
Ex 9930  99 00 Goods classified elsewhere delivered to 
vessels and aircraft  Covers p roducts of animal origin and 
composite products destined for ship 
supply as provided for in Article s 21 
and 29 of Delegated Regulation 
(EU)  2019/2124 . 
(****) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as 
regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, 
transhipment and onward transportation through the Union, and amending Commission 
Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No  119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, 
(EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing 
Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC ( OJ L 321, 12.12.2019, p. 
73).’