# Official Journal C 58I/2021

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 6418 February 2021 |

ISSN 1977-091X

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 058I

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 6418 February 2021

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| Contents | page |
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| | II   Information |
| | JOINT DECLARATIONS |
| | Council |
| 2021/C 58 I/01 | Joint Declaration by the European Parliament, Council and Commission on the establishment of reporting requirements to enable the issuance of bonds contributing to environmental objectives for NextGenerationEU | 1 |
| 2021/C 58 I/02 | Joint Declaration by the European Parliament and the Commission on data collection for effective controls and audits | 2 |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | Council |
| 2021/C 58 I/03 | Additional declaration by the Commission on data collection for effective controls and audits | 3 |
| 2021/C 58 I/04 | Commission Declaration on the methodology for climate tracking | 4 |

Contents

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II   Information

JOINT DECLARATIONS

Council

2021/C 58 I/01

Joint Declaration by the European Parliament, Council and Commission on the establishment of reporting requirements to enable the issuance of bonds contributing to environmental objectives for NextGenerationEU

1

2021/C 58 I/02

Joint Declaration by the European Parliament and the Commission on data collection for effective controls and audits

2

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

2021/C 58 I/03

Additional declaration by the Commission on data collection for effective controls and audits

3

2021/C 58 I/04

Commission Declaration on the methodology for climate tracking

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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES |
| | European Commission |
| 2021/C 58 I/05 | Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union | 5 |
| 2021/C 58 I/06 | Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union | 7 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

2021/C 58 I/05

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union

5

2021/C 58 I/06

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union

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II Information

JOINT DECLARATIONS

Council

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Joint Declaration by the European Parliament, Council and Commission on the establishment of reporting requirements to enable the issuance of bonds contributing to environmental objectives for NextGenerationEU

(2021/C 58 I/01)

The Commission recalls the shared political ambition of the European Green Deal. Within this framework it underlines its ambition to raise at least 30 % of the funds to be borrowed in the capital markets for the needs of NextGenerationEU through the issuance of bonds contributing to environmental objectives.

The three Institutions agree to seriously explore the possibility of introducing rules establishing reporting obligations for the Member States, in order to ensure availability of information for the purpose of evaluating the contribution to environmental objectives of the funds borrowed in the capital markets. To that end, the Commission will endeavour to make a legislative proposal to this end during the first quarter of 2021.

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Joint Declaration by the European Parliament and the Commission on data collection for effective controls and audits

(2021/C 58 I/02)

The European Parliament and the Commission recall the need to ensure effective controls and audits for the purposes of avoiding double funding and preventing, detecting and correcting fraud, corruption and conflict of interests in relation to the measures supported by the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The two institutions consider essential that Member States collect and record data on final recipients and beneficiaries of Union funding in an electronic standardised and interoperable format and use the single data mining tool to be provided by the Commission.

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INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

Council

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Additional declaration by the Commission on data collection for effective controls and audits

(2021/C 58 I/03)

The European Commission recalls its unilateral declaration on this matter under the Common Provisions Regulation, which applies mutatis mutandis to Article 22 of the Recovery and Resilience Facility Regulation.

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Commission Declaration on the methodology for climate tracking

(2021/C 58 I/04)

The Commission considers that, in order to ensure consistency, the methodology of Annex VI of the Regulation establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility should be incorporated in the Common Provisions Regulation.

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

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Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union

(2021/C 58 I/05)

Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

On page 386, the following text and photos are added:

‘Additional note 2

See also Note 6 to Chapter 90 and the judgment in Joined Cases C-260/00 to C-263/00, Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG and Medi Bayreuth Weihermüller & Voigtmann GmbH & Co. KG v Oberfinanzdirektion Koblenz, paragraphs 36, 37, 39, 40, 43 and 45, (ECLI:EU:C:2002:637).

Examples of products falling under subheading 9021 10 10:

Image 1

Examples of products falling under Section XI:

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On page 389:
  The existing explanatory note to subheading 9021 10 10 is replaced by the following text:

On page 389:

The existing explanatory note to subheading 9021 10 10 is replaced by the following text:

| ‘9021 10 10 | Orthopaedic appliances

  See the explanatory note to Additional note 2 to Chapter 90.’ |
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‘9021 10 10

Orthopaedic appliances

See the explanatory note to Additional note 2 to Chapter 90.’

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(1)  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).

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(2)  OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1.

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Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union

(2021/C 58 I/06)

Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

On page 413, the following explanatory note is inserted:

‘9504 40 00 Playing cards

This subheading includes typical playing cards that require an interaction between the cards themselves, such as pairing, exchanging or using and combining the cards to form words, groups of symbols or rows of numbers (for example, bridge cards, poker game cards, lexicon cards, tarot cards and phantasy playing cards). This subheading also includes memory playing cards and other similar playing cards, usually played so that the same colours, values, symbols or images have to be paired.

Other types of card games where the cards contain knowledge questions, tasks, quizzes, pictures or answers to these questions (whether or not in a set with other playing instruments, for example, a dice or an hourglass) are however not considered playing cards of this subheading. The players only have to reply to a question, fulfil a task or, for example, guess who is shown in the picture on a card and their way of playing does not require an interaction between the cards. These cards have the objective characteristics of other parlour games and are thus to be classified under CN code 9504 90 80 as other games.’

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(1)  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).

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(2)  OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1.

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