COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2587/91 of 26 July 1991 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (), and in particular Articles 9 and 12 thereof,

Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter called the 'combined nomenclature`, to meet, at one and the same time, the requirements both of the Common Customs Tariff and of the external trade statistics of the Community;

Whereas it is necessary to amend the combined nomenclature to take account of :

- changes in requirements relating to statistics or commercial policy,

- changes in the harmonized system nomenclature,

- the need to align or clarify texts;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Nomenclature Committee;

Whereas Article 12 of Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 provides for the Commission to adopt each year by means of a Regulation, to apply from 1 January of the following year, a complete version of the combined nomenclature together with the corresponding autonomous and conventional rates of duty of the Common Customs Tariff, as it results from measures adopted by the Council or by the Commission (),

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

Article 1

Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 is hereby replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 1992.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 July 1991.

For the Commission Christiane SCRIVENER Member of the Commission

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}() Incorporated in the Annex to this Regulation are amendments resulting from the adoption of the following measures :

- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2943/90 of 11 October 1990 (OJ No L 281, 12. 10. 1990, p. 2),

- Council Regulation (EEC) No 3274/90 of 8 November 1990 (OJ No L 315, 15. 11. 1990, p. 2),

- Council Regulation (EEC) No 283/91 of 4 February 1991 (OJ No L 35, 7. 2. 1991, p. 1),

- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 315/91 of 7 February 1991 (OJ No L 37, 9. 2. 1991, p. 24),

- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1056/91 of 25 April 1991 (OJ No L 107, 27. 4. 1991, p. 10),

- Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2242/91 of 26 July 1991 (OJ No L 204, 27. 7. 1991, p. 21).

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ANNEX I

COMBINED NOMENCLATURE

SECTION I

GENERAL RULES

PART ONE

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS A. General rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature Classification of goods in the combined nomenclature shall be governed by the following principles :

1. The titles of sections, chapters and sub-chapters are provided for ease of reference only; for legal purposes, classification shall be determined according to the terms of the headings and any relative section or chapter notes and, provided such headings or notes do not otherwise require, according to the following provisions.

2. (a) Any reference in a heading to an article shall be taken to include a reference to that article incomplete or unfinished, provided that, as presented, the incomplete or unfinished article has the essential character of the complete or finished article. It shall also be taken to include a reference to that article complete or finished (or falling to be classified as complete or finished by virtue of this rule), presented unassembled or disassembled.

(b) Any reference in a heading to a material or substance shall be taken to include a reference to mixtures or combinations of that material or substance with other materials or substances. Any reference to goods of a given material or substance shall be taken to include a reference to goods consisting wholly or partly of such material or substance. The classification of goods consisting of more than one material or substance shall be according to the principles of rule 3.

3. When by application of rule 2 (b) or for any other reason, goods are prima facie classifiable under two or more headings, classification shall be effected as follows :

(a) The heading which provides the most specific description shall be preferred to headings providing a more general description. However, when two or more headings each refer to part only of the materials or substances contained in mixed or composite goods or to part only of the items in a set put up for retail sale, those headings are to be regarded as equally specific in relation to those goods, even if one of them gives a more complete or precise description of the goods.

(b) Mixtures, composite goods consisting of different materials or made up of different components, and goods put up in sets for retail sale, which cannot be classified by reference to 3 (a), shall be classified as if they consisted of the material or component which gives them their essential character in so far as this criterion is applicable.

(c) When goods cannot be classified by reference to 3 (a) or (b), they shall be classified under the heading which occurs last in numerical order among those which equally merit consideration.

4. Goods which cannot be classified in accordance with the above rules shall be classified under the heading appropriate to the goods to which they are most akin.

5. In addition to the foregoing provisions, the following rules shall apply in respect of the goods referred to therein :

(a) Camera cases, musical instrument cases, gun cases, drawing-instrument cases, necklace cases and similar containers, specially shaped or fitted to contain a specific article or set of articles, suitable for long-term use and presented with the articles for which they are intended, shall be classified with such articles when of a kind normally sold therewith. This rule does not, however, apply to containers which give the whole its essential character.

(b) Subject to the provisions of rule 5 (a) above, packing materials and packing containers () presented with the goods therein shall be classified with the goods if they are of a kind normally used for packing such goods. However, this provision is not binding when such packing materials or packing containers are clearly suitable for repetitive use.

6. For legal purposes, the classification of goods in the subheadings of a heading shall be determined according to the terms of those subheadings and any related subheading notes and mutatis mutandis to the above rules, on the understanding that only subheadings at the same level are comparable. For the purposes of this rule the relative section and chapter notes also apply, unless the context otherwise requires.

B. General rules concerning duties 1. The customs duties applicable to imported goods originating in countries which are Contracting Parties to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or with which the European Economic Community has concluded agreements containing the most-favoured-nation tariff clause shall be the conventional duties shown in column 4 of the schedule of duties. Unless the context otherwise requires, these conventional duties are applicable to goods, other than those referred to above, imported from any third country.

The autonomous duties shown in column 3 are applicable :

P when they are less than the conventional duties,

or

P when no conventional duty exists, in which case a dash is shown in column 4.

2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply where special autonomous customs duties are provided for in respect of goods originating in certain countries or where preferential customs duties are applicable in pursuance of agreements.

3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not preclude the Member States from applying customs duties other than those of the Common Customs Tariff where the application of such other duties is justified by Community law.

4. The duties expressed as percentage rates in columns 3 and 4 are ad valorem duties.

5. The symbol 'AGR` appearing in column 3 opposite certain headings or subheadings denotes that the goods concerned are subject to levies.

When the customs duty is followed by the sign '+` and the symbol 'AGR` for example '16 + AGR`, the goods are subject to both duty and levy.

When the customs duty is followed by the symbol '(AGR)`, for example '20 (AGR)`, the figure 20 refers to a rate of duty made obsolete by the introduction of the levy system.

6. The symbol 'MOB` in columns 3 and 4 denotes that the goods concerned are chargeable with a 'variable component` determined under the regulations relating to trade in certain goods processed from agrícultural products.

7. The symbol 'AD S/Z` or 'AD F/M` in column 4 in Chapters 17 to 19 and 21 indicates that the maximum rate of duty consists of an ad valorem duty plus an additional duty for certain forms of sugar or for flour. This additional duty is fixed in accordance with the rules concerning trade in certain processed agricultural products.

8. The symbol 'AD S/Z` in column 4 in Chapters 8 and 20 indicates that the Community reserves the right to charge, over and above the bound duty, an additional duty on sugar corresponding to the duty payable on imported sugar and applicable to the quantity of various sugars contained in this product in excess of the percentage by weight laid down in the additional note to Chapter 8 and in additional notes 3 and 5 to Chapter 20, or, in respect of products falling within heading Nos 0811 and 2006 to 2008 which exceed 13 % by weight.

9. In heading No 2008, column 4, the symbol '2 AD S/Z` indicates that the applicable rate of the additional duty on sugar is fixed at a standard rate of 2 % of the customs value of the goods.

C. General rules applicable both to nomenclature and to duties 1. Unless provided otherwise, the provisions relating to customs value shall be applied to determine, in addition to the value for the assessment of ad valorem customs duties, the values by reference to which the scope of certain headings or subheadings is defined.

2. The dutiable weight, in the case of goods chargeable by weight, and the weights by reference to which the scope of certain headings or subheadings is defined, shall be taken to be :

(a) in the case of a reference to 'gross weight`, the aggregate weight of the goods and of all the packing materials and packing containers;

(b) in the case of a reference to 'net weight` or simply to 'weight` without qualification, the weight of the goods themselves without packing materials and packing containers of any kind.

3. Pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2779/78 (), the equivalent in national currencies of the ecu by reference to which certain specific customs duties are expressed, or which is used as a criterion limiting the scope of certain subheadings, shall be that obtaining on the first working day of October 1990 to be published in the 'C` series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.

However, where a change in the bilateral central rate of one or more national currencies occurs the provisions of Article 2 (3) of the abovementioned Regulation shall apply.

SECTION II

SPECIAL PROVISIONS A. Goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms 1. Customs duties shall be suspended in respect of goods intended for incorporation in the ships, boats or other vessels listed in the following schedule, for the purposes of their construction, repair, maintenance or conversion, and in respect of goods intended for fitting to or equipping such ships, boats or other vessels.

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2. Customs duties shall be suspended in respect of :

(a) goods intended for incorporation in drilling or production platforms :

(1) fixed, subheading ex 8430 49 00 operating in the territorial sea of Member States,

(2) or floating or submersible, subheading 8905 20 00, for the purposes of their construction, repair, maintenance or conversion, and in respect of goods intended for equipping the said platforms.

Those goods such as motor fuel, lubricants and gas, which are necessary for the operation of machines and apparatus which do not affect permanently, and are not integral parts of the platforms and which are used on board for the construction, repair, maintenance, conversion or equipping of these platforms are regarded also as being used for incorporation in drilling or production platforms;

(b) tubes, pipes, cables and their connection pieces, linking these drilling or production platforms to the mainland.

3. The suspensions shall be subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions with a view to customs control of the use of such goods.

B. Civil aircraft and goods for use in civil aircraft 1. Relief from customs duty is provided for :

P civil aircraft,

P certain goods for use in civil aircraft and for incorporation therein in the course of their manufacture, repair, maintenance, rebuilding, modification or conversion,

P ground flying-trainers and their parts, for civil use.

These goods are covered by subheading () with a footnote reference in the following terms :

Entry under this subheading is subject to conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions. See also Section II, paragraph B, of the Preliminary Provisions.

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1, 'civil aircraft` means aircraft other than aircraft used in military or similar services in the Member States which carry a military or non-civil registration.

3. For the application of pargraph 1, second indent, the expression 'for use in civil aircraft` in all relevant subheadings () shall include goods for use in ground flying trainers for civil use.

C. Standard rate of duty 1. Customs duty shall be charged at the flat rate of 10 % ad valorem on goods :

P contained in consignments sent by one private individual to another,

or

P contained in travellers` personal luggage,

provided that such importations are not of a commercial nature.

This flat rate 10 % customs duty shall apply provided that the value of the goods subject to import duty does not exceed ECU 200 per consignment or per traveller.

Such flat rate assessment shall not apply to goods falling within Chapter 24 which are contained in a consignment or in travellers` personal luggage in amounts exceeding those laid down in Article 31 or in Article 46 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1315/88 ().

2. Importations shall be treated as not being of a commercial nature if :

(a) in the case of goods contained in consignments sent by one private individual to another, such consignments :

P are of an occasional nature,

P contain goods exclusively for the personal use of the consignee or his family; which do not by their nature or quantity reflect any commercial interest,

P are sent to the consignee by the consignor free of payment of any kind;

(b) in the case of goods contained in travellers` personal luggage, they :

P are of an occasional nature,

and

P consist exclusively of goods for the personal use of the travellers or their families, or of goods intended as presents; the nature and quantity of such goods must not be such as might indicate that they are being imported for commercial reasons.

3. The flat rate of customs duty shall not apply to goods imported under the conditions set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 if the person entitled has, before the said flat rate is applied to them, requested that they be subject to the customs duties appropriate to them. All the goods making up the consignment shall then be subject to the import duties which are appropriate to them, without prejudice to the duty-free admission provided for pursuant to Articles 29 to 31 and 45 to 49 of Regulation (EEC) No 918/83.

For the purposes of the first subparagraph, import duties shall mean both customs duties and charges having equivalent effect and agricultural levies and other import charges provided for under the common agricultural policy or under specific arrangements applicable to certain goods resulting from the processing of agricultural products.

4. Member States may round off the amount in national currencies resulting from the conversion of the sum of ECU 200.

5. Member States may maintain unchanged the equivalent in national currency of the sum of ECU 200 if, at the time of the annual adjustment provided for in the first paragraph of Article 2 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2779/78, as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 289/84 (), the conversion of this amount, before the rounding off provided for in paragraph 4, results in a change of less than 5 % in the equivalent in national currency, or in a reduction thereof.

D. Containers and packing materials The following provisions are applicable to the containers and packing materials referred to in general interpretative rule 5 (a) and (b) and put into free circulation at the same time as the goods which they contain or with which they are presented.

1. When the containers and packing materials are classified with the goods in accordance with the provisions of general interpretative rule 5, they shall be :

(a) chargeable at the same rate of customs duty as the goods :

P where such goods are subject to an ad valorem customs duty, or

P where they are to be included in the dutiable weight of the goods;

(b) admitted free of customs duties :

P where the goods are free of customs duty, or

P where the goods are dutiable otherwise than by reference to weight or value, or

P where the weight of the containers and packing materials is not to be included in the dutiable weight of the goods.

2. Where containers and packing materials covered by the provisions of paragraphs 1 (a) and (b) above contain or are presented with goods of several different tariff descriptions, the weight and value of the containers and packing materials shall, for the purpose of determining their dutiable weight or value, be apportioned between all the goods contained, in proportion to the weight or value of those goods.

SIGNS, ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS

Refers to new code numbers© Refers to code numbers used the previous year but with differing coverageAD F/M Additional duty on flourAD S/Z Additional duty on sugarAGR Levyb/f Bottle flaskKbit 1 024 bitskg/br Kilogram, grosskg/net Kilogram, netMAX MaximumMbit 1 048 576 bitsMIN MinimumMOB Variable component

SUPPLEMENTARY UNITS

BRT Gross registered tonne (2 8316 m3<?@N}>)

c/k Carats (1 metric carat=2×10 P4<?@N}> kg)

ce/el Number of cells

ct/l Carrying capacity in tonnes ()

g Gram

gi F/S Gram of fissile isotopes

kg H2O2 Kilogram of hydrogen peroxide

kg K2O Kilogram of potassium oxide

kg KOH Kilogram of potassium hydroxide (caustic potash)

kg N Kilogram of nitrogen

kg NaOH Kilogram of sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)

kg P2O5 Kilogram of phosphorus pentoxide (phosphoric anhydride)

kg 90 % sdt Kilogram of substance 90 % dry

kg U Kilogram of uranium

1 000 kWh 1 000 kilowatt hours

l Litre

l alc. 100 % Litre pure (100 %) alcohol

m Metre

m2<?@N}> Square metre

m3<?@N}> Cubic metre

1 000 m3<?@N}> 1 000 cubic metres

pa Number of pairs

p/st Number of items

100 p/st Hundred items

1 000 p/st Thousand items

TJ Terajoule (gross calorific value)

PART TWO SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES

SECTION ILIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS

Notes1. Any reference in this section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that genus or species.2. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout the nomenclature any reference to 'dried` products also covers products which have been dehydrated, evaporated or freeze-dried.CHAPTER 1LIVE ANIMALSNote1. This chapter covers all live animals except : (a) fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading No 0301, 0306 or 0307; (b) cultures of micro-organisms and other products of heading No 3002; and (c) animals of heading No 9508.

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CHAPTER 2MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFALNote1. This chapter does not cover : (a) products of the kinds described in heading Nos 0201 to 0208 or 0210, unfit or unsuitable for human consumption; (b) guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading No 0504) or animal blood (heading No 0511 or 3002); or (c) animal fat, other than products of heading No 0209 (Chapter 15).Additional notes1. A. The following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them : (a) 'Carcases of bovine animals`, for the purposes of subheadings 0201 10 and 0202 10, whole carcases of the slaughtered animals after having been bled, eviscerated and skinned, imported with or without the heads, with or without the feet and with or without the other offals attached. Where carcases are imported without the heads, the latter must have been separated from the carcase at the atloido-occipital joint. When imported without the feet, the latter must have been cut off at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metatarsal joints; 'carcase` shall include the front part of the carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder having more than 10 pairs of ribs. (b) 'Half-carcases of bovine animals`, for the purposes of subheadings 0201 10 and 0202 10, the product resulting from the symmetrical division of the whole carcase through the centre of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre of the sternum and of the ischio-pubeic symphysis; 'half-carcase` shall include the front part of the half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder having more than 10 ribs. (c) 'Compensated quarters`, for the purposes of subheadings 0201 20 21, 0201 20 29 and 0202 20 10 : portions composed of either : - forequarters comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the tenth rib; and hindquarters comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, and cut at the third rib, or - forequarters comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, and cut at the fifth rib, with the whole of the flank and breast attached; and hindquarters comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, and cut at the eighth cut rib. The forequarters and the hindquarters constituting 'compensated quarters` must be imported at the same time and in equal numbers, and the total weight of the forequarters must be the same as that of the hindquarters; however, a difference between the weights of the two parts of the consignment is allowed provided that this does not exceed 5 % of the weight of the heavier part (forequarters or hindquarters). (d) 'Unseparated forequarters`, for the purposes of subheadings 0201 20 31, 0201 20 39 and 0202 20 30 : the front part of a carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, with a minimum of four pairs of ribs and a maximum of 10 pairs of ribs (the first four pairs of ribs must be whole, the others may be cut) with or without the thin flank. (e) 'Separated forequarters`, for the purposes of subheadings 0201 20 31, 0201 20 39 and 0202 20 30 : the front part of a half-carcase comprising all the bones and the scrag, neck and shoulder, with a minimum of four ribs and a maximum of 10 ribs (the first four ribs must be whole, the others may be cut) with or without the thin flank. (f) 'Unseparated hindquarters`, for the purposes of subheadings 0201 20 51, 0201 20 59 and 0202 20 50 : the rear part of a carcase comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, including the fillet, with a minimum of three pairs of whole or cut ribs, with or without the shank and with or without the thin flank. (g) 'Separated hindquarters`, for the purposes of subheadings 0201 20 51, 0201 20 59 and 0202 20 50 : the rear part of a half-carcase comprising all the bones and the thigh and sirloin, including the fillet, with a minimum of three whole or cut ribs, with or without the shank and with or without the thin flank. (h) 11. 'Crop` and 'chuck and blade` cuts, for the purposes of subheading 0202 30 50 : the dorsal part of the forequarter, including the upper part of the shoulder, obtained from a forequarter with a minimum of four ribs and a maximum of 10 ribs by a cut along a straight line through the point where the first rib joins the first sternal segment to the point of reflection of the diaphragm on the tenth rib. 22. 'Brisket` cut, for the purposes of subheading 0202 30 50 : the lower part of the forequarter comprising the brisket navel end and the brisket point end. B. In determining the number of whole or cut ribs referred to in paragraph 1 A, only those attached to the backbone shall be taken into consideration.2. A. The following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them : (a) 'Carcases or half-carcases`, for the purposes of subheadings 0203 11 10 and 0203 21 10 : slaughtered pigs in the form of carcases of domestic swine which have been bled and eviscerated and from which the bristles and hooves have been removed. Half-carcases are derived from whole carcases by division through the centre of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre of the sternum and the ischio-pubic symphysis. These carcases and half-carcases may be with or without head, feet, flare fat, kidneys, tail or diaphragm. Half-carcases may be with or without spinal cord, brain or tongue. Carcases and half-carcases of sows may be with or without udders (mammary glands). (b) 'Hams` (legs), for the purposes of subheadings 0203 12 11, 0203 22 11, 0210 11 11 and 0210 11 31 : the posterior (caudal) part of the half-carcase including bones, with or without foot, shank, rind or subcutaneous fat. The ham (leg) is separated from the rest of the half-carcase so that it includes, at most, the last lumbar vertebra. (c) 'Fore-ends`, for the purposes of subheadings 0203 19 11, 0203 29 11, 0210 19 30 and 0210 19 60 : the anterior (cranial) part of the half-carcase without the head, including bones, with or without foot, shank, rind or subcutaneous fat. The fore-end is separated from the rest of the half-carcase so that it includes, at most, the fifth dorsal vertebra. The upper (dorsal) part of the fore-end, whether or not containing the blade-bone and attached muscles, (neck-end in fresh or collar in salted condition), is considered a cut of the loin, when it is separated from the lower (ventral) part of the fore-end, at most by a cut just below the vertebral column. (d) 'Shoulders`, for the purposes of subheadings 0203 12 19, 0203 22 19, 0210 11 19 and 0210 11 39 : the lower part of the fore-end whether or not containing the blade-bone and attached muscles, including bones, with or without foot, shank, rind or subcutaneous fat. The blade-bone and attached muscles presented separately shall remain classified in this subheading as a part of the shoulder. (e) 'Loins`, for the purposes of subheadings 0203 19 13, 0203 29 13, 0210 19 40 and 0210 19 70 : the upper part of the half-carcase, extending from the first cervical vertebra to the caudal vertebrae, including bones, with or without the tenderloin, blade-bone, subcutaneous fat or rind. The loin is separated from the lower part of the half-carcase by a cut just below the vertebral column. (f) 'Bellies`, for the purposes of subheadings 0203 19 15, 0203 29 15, 0210 12 11 and 0210 12 19 : the lower part of the half-carcase situated between the ham (leg) and the shoulder, commonly known as 'streaky`, with or without bones, but with the rind and the subcutaneous fat. (g) 'Bacon sides`, for the purposes of subheading 0210 19 10 : the pig half-carcase without the head, cheek, chap, feet, tail, flare fat, kidney, tenderloin, blade bone, sternum, vertebral column, pelvic bone and diaphragm. (h) 'Spencers`, for the purposes of subheading 0210 19 10 : the bacon side without the ham, whether or not boned. (ij) 'Three-quarter sides`, for the purposes of subheading 0210 19 20 : the bacon side without the fore-end, whether or not boned. (k) 'Middles`, for the purposes of subheading 0210 19 20 : the bacon side without the ham and the fore-end, whether or not boned. The subheading also includes cuts of middles containing tissue of loin and belly in natural proportion to the entire middles. B. The parts of the cuts defined in paragraph 2 A (f) fall within the same subheadings only if they contain rind and subcutaneous fat. If the cuts falling within subheadings 0210 11 11 and 0210 11 19 as well as 0210 11 31, 0210 11 39, 0210 19 30 and 0210 19 60 are derived from a bacon side from which the bones indicated under paragraph 2 A (g) have already been removed, the lines of cutting shall follow those defined under paragraph 2 A (b), (c) and (d) accordingly; in any case, these cuts or parts thereof shall contain bones. C. Subheadings 0206 30 31, 0206 49 91 and 0210 90 39, shall include, in particular, heads or halves of heads of domestic swine, with or without the brains, cheeks or tongues, and parts thereof. The head is separated from the rest of the half-carcase by a straight cut parallel to the cranium. The cheeks, snouts and ears as well as the meat attached to the head, particularly to the rear part (including the chaps), are considered parts of heads. The boneless meat of the fore-end (including the jowl) fall within subheading 0203 19 55, 0203 29 55, 0210 19 51 or 0210 19 81 as the case may be. D. For the purposes of subheadings 0209 00 11 and 0209 00 19, 'subcutaneous pig fat` shall have the meaning of the fatty tissue which accumulates under the rind of the pig and adheres to it, irrespective of the part of the pig from which it comes; in any case, the weight of the fatty tissue shall exceed the weight of the rind. Those subheadings also include subcutaneous pig fat from which the rind has been removed. E. For the purposes of subheadings 0210 11 31, 0210 11 39, 0210 12 19 and 0210 19 60 to 0210 19 89, products in which the water/protein ratio in the meat (nitrogen content ×6,25) is 2,8 or less shall be considered as 'dried or smoked`. The nitrogen content shall be determined according to ISO method 937-1978.3. A. For the purposes of heading No 0204, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them : (a) 'Carcases`, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 10, 0204 21, 0204 30, 0204 41, 0204 50 11 and 0204 50 51 : whole carcases of the slaughtered animals after having been bled, eviscerated and skinned, imported with or without the heads, with or without the feet and with or without the other offals attached. Where carcases are imported without the heads, the latter must have been separated from the carcase at the atloido-occipital joint. When imported without the feet, the latter must have been cut off at the carpo-metacarpal or tarso-metatarsal joints. (b) 'Half-carcases`, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 10, 0204 21, 0204 30, 0204 41 , 0204 50 11 and 0204 50 51 : the product resulting from the symmetrical division of the whole carcase through the centre of each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra and through the centre of the sternum and of the ischio-pubic symphysis. (c) 'Short-forequarters`, for the purposes of the subheadings 0204 22 10, 0204 42 10, 0204 50 13 and 0204 50 53 : the anterior part of the carcase with or without the breast including all the bones and the shoulders, scrag and middle neck, cut at right angles to the backbone with a minimum of five and a maximum of seven pairs of whole or cut ribs. (d) 'Short-forequarters`, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 10, 0204 42 10, 0204 50 13 ans 0204 50 53 : the anterior part of the half-carcase with or without the breast including all the bones and the shoulder, scrag and middle neck, cut at right-angles to the backbone with a minimum of five and a maximum of seven whole or cut ribs. (e) 'Chines and/or best ends`, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 30, 0204 42 30, 0204 50 15 and 0204 50 55 : the remaining part of the carcase after the legs and short forequarters have been removed with or without the kidneys; the chines when separated from the best ends must include a minimum of five lumbar vertebrae; the best ends when separated from the chines must include a minimum of five pairs of whole or cut ribs. (f) 'Chine and/or best end`, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 30, 0204 42 30, 0204 50 15 and 0204 50 55 : the remaining part of the half-carcase after the legs and short forequarters have been removed with or without the kidney; the chine when separated from the best end must include a minimum of five lumbar vertebrae; the best end when separated from the chine must include a minimum of five whole or cut ribs. (g) 'Legs`, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 50, 0204 42 50, 0204 50 19 and 0204 50 59 : the rear part of the carcase comprising all the bones and the legs and cut at right-angles to the backbone at the sixth lumbar vertebra just under the ilium or at the fourth sacral vertebra through the ilium anterior to the ischio-pubic symphysis. (h) 'Legs`, for the purposes of subheadings 0204 22 50, 0204 42 50, 0204 50 19 and 0204 50 59 : the rear part of the half-carcase comprising all the bones and the leg cut at right-angles to the backbone at the sixth lumbar vertebra just under the ilium or at the fourth sacral vertebra through the ilium anterior to the ischio-pubic symphysis. B. In determining the number of whole or cut ribs referred to in paragraph 3 A, only those attached to the backbone shall be taken into consideration.4. For the purposes of subheadings 0207 39 81 and 0207 43 71, 'goose or duck paletots` shall be taken to mean geese or ducks plucked and completely drawn, without heads or feet, with carcase bones (breastbone, ribs, backbone and sacrum) removed but with the femurs, tibias and humeri.5. In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3324/80, the import duty applicable to mixtures falling within this chapter shall be calculated as follows : (a) In mixtures where one of the components represents at least 90 % by weight, the rate applicable to that component applies. (b) In other mixtures, the rate applicable shall be that of the component which results in the highest amount of import duty.6. (a) Uncooked seasoned meats fall within Chapter 16. 'Seasoned meat` shall be uncooked meat that has been seasoned either in depth or over the whole surface of the product with seasoning either visible to the naked eye or clearly distinguishable by taste. (b) Products falling within heading No 0210 to which seasoning has been added during the process of preparation remain classified therein provided that the addition of seasoning has not changed their character.7. (a) For the purposes of subheadings 0207 39 13 to 0207 39 23, 0207 39 33 to 0207 39 45, 0207 39 57 to 0207 39 77, 0207 41 11 to 0207 41 51, 0207 42 11 to 0207 42 59 and 0207 43 21 to 0207 43 63, 'poultry cuts, unboned (bone-in)`, shall be taken to mean the cuts specified therein, including all bones. (b) Poultry cuts as referred to in (a) which have been partly boned shall fall within subheading 0207 39 25, 0207 39 47, 0207 39 83, 0207 41 71, 0207 42 71 or 0207 43 81.

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CHAPTER 3FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATESNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) marine mammals (heading No 0106) or meat thereof (heading No 0208 or 0210); (b) fish (including livers and roes thereof) or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of either their species or their condition (Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption (heading No 2301); or (c) caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading No 1604).2. In this chapter the term 'pellets` means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a small quantity of binder.

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CHAPTER 4DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS` EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDEDNotes1. The expression 'milk` means full cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.2. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading No 0406 provided that they have the three following characteristics : (a) a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5 % or more; (b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70 % but not exceeding 85 %; and (c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded.3. This chapter does not cover : (a) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading No 1702); or (b) albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter) (heading No 3502) or globulins (heading No 3504).Subheading note1. For the purposes of subheading 0404 10, the expression 'modified whey` means products consisting of whey constituents, i.e., whey from which all or part of the lactose, proteins or minerals have been removed, whey to which natural whey constituents have been added, and products obtained by mixing natural whey constituents.Additional notes1. For the purposes of calculating the fat content of products falling within subheadings 0402 10 91, 0402 10 99, 0402 29 15 to 0402 29 99, 0402 99 11 to 0402 99 99, 0403 10 12 to 0403 10 16, 0403 10 32 to 0403 10 36, 0403 90 31 to 0403 90 39, 0403 90 61 to 0403 90 69 and 0404 90 51 to 0404 90 99, the weight of any added sugar shall be disregarded.2. The levy applicable to mixtures falling within this chapter and composed of products classified within subheading 0401 30, heading No 0402, subheading 0403 10 02 to 0403 10 36, 0403 90 11 to 0403 90 69, heading No 0404, 0405, 0406, subheading 1702 10 or 2106 90 51 shall be that applicable to the ingredient which involves the higher or highest levy and which also forms at least 10 % by weight of the mixture concerned. Where this method of assessing the levy cannot be applied, the levy to be applied to such mixtures shall be that determined by the tariff classification of the mixtures.

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CHAPTER 5PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDEDNotes1. 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 No 0505 and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading No 0511 (Chapter 41 or 43); (c) animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or (d) prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading No 9603).2. For the purposes of heading No 0501, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.3. Throughout the nomenclature, elephant, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as 'ivory`.4. Throughout the nomenclature, the expression 'horsehair` means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals.

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SECTION IIVEGETABLE PRODUCTS

Note1. In this section the term 'pellets` means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight.CHAPTER 6LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGENotes1. Subject to the second part of heading No 0601, this chapter covers only live trees and goods (including seedling vegetables) of a kind commonly supplied by nursery gardeners or florists for planting or for ornamental use; nevertheless it does not include potatoes, onions, shallots, garlic or other products of Chapter 7.2. Any reference in heading No 0603 or 0604 to goods of any kind shall be construed as including a reference to bouquets, floral baskets, wreaths and similar articles made wholly or partly of goods of that kind, account not being taken of accessories of other materials. However, these headings do not include collages or similar decorative plaques of heading No 9701.

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CHAPTER 7EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERSNotes1. This chapter does not cover forage products of heading No 1214.2. In heading Nos 0709 to 0712 the word 'vegetables` includes edible mushrooms, truffles, olives, capers, marrows, pumpkins, aubergines, sweet corn (Zea mays var. saccharata), fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta, fennel, parsley, chervil, tarragon, cress and sweet marjoram (Majorana hortensis or Origanum majorana).3. Heading No 0712 covers all dried vegetables of the kinds falling within heading Nos 0701 to 0711, other than : (a) dried leguminous vegetables, shelled (heading No 0713); (b) sweet corn in the forms specified in heading Nos 1102 to 1104; (c) flour, meal, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading No 1105); (d) flour and meal of dried leguminous vegetables of heading No 0713 (heading No 1106).4. However, dried or crushed or ground fruits of the genus Capsicum or of the genus Pimenta are excluded from this chapter (heading No 0904).Additional notes1. The expression 'cultivated mushrooms`, as used in subheading 0709 51 10 shall be taken to apply only to the following cultivated mushrooms of the Psalliota (Agaricus) species : hortensis, alba or bispora and subedulis. Other species, including those cultivated artificially, (for example Rhodopaxillus nudus and Polypurus tuberaster), fall within subheading 0709 51 90.2. For the purposes of subheading 0714 10 10 the expression 'pellets of flour and meal` means pellets of which, when dispersed in water, at least 95 % by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 2 mm, calculated on the dry matter.

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CHAPTER 8EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUITS OR MELONSNotes1. This chapter does not cover inedible nuts or fruits.2. Chilled fruits and nuts are to be classified under the same headings as the corresponding fresh fruits and nuts.3. Dried fruit or dried nuts of this chapter may be partially rehydrated, or treated for the following purposes : (a) for additional preservation or stabilisation (e.g., by moderate heat treatment, sulphuring, the addition of sorbic acid or potassium sorbate), (b) to improve or maintain their appearance (e.g., by the addition of vegetable oil or small quantities of glucose syrup), provided that they retain the character of dried fruit or dried nuts.Additional note1. The content of various sugars expressed as sucrose (sugar content) of the products classified within this chapter corresponds to the figure indicated by a refractometer (used in accordance with the method prescribed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 543/86) at a temperature of 20 o<?@N}>C and multiplied by the factor 0,95.

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CHAPTER 9COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICESNotes1. Mixtures of the products of heading Nos 0904 to 0910 are to be classified as follows : (a) mixtures of two or more of the products of the same heading are to be classified within that heading; (b) mixtures of two or more of the products of different headings are to be classified within heading No 0910. The addition of other substances to the products of heading Nos 0904 to 0910 (or to the mixtures referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) above) shall not affect their classification provided the resulting mixtures retain the essential character of the goods of those headings. Otherwise such mixtures are not classified within this chapter; those constituting mixed condiments or mixed seasonings are classified within heading No 2103.2. This chapter does not cover cubeb pepper (Piper cubeba) or other products of heading No 1211.Additional note1. The rate of duty applicable to mixtures referred to in note 1 (a) above shall be the one applicable to the component having the highest rate.

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CHAPTER 10CEREALSNotes1. (a) The products specified in the headings of this chapter are to be classified within those headings only if grains are present, whether or not in the ear or on the stalk. (b) The chapter does not cover grains which have been hulled or otherwise worked. However, rice, husked, milled, polished, glazed, parboiled or broken remains classified within heading No 1006.2. Heading No 1005 does not cover sweet corn (Chapter 7).Subheading note1. The term 'durum wheat` means wheat of the species Triticum durum and the hybrids derived from the inter-specific crossing of Triticum durum which have the same number (28) of chromosomes as that species.Additional notes1. The following terms shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them : (a) 'round grain rice` (subheadings 1006 10 21, 1006 10 92, 1006 20 11, 1006 20 92, 1006 30 21, 1006 30 42, 1006 30 61 and 1006 30 92) : rice, the grains of which are of a length not exceeding 5,2 mm and of a length/width ratio of less than 2; (b) 'medium grain rice` (subheadings 1006 10 23, 1006 10 94, 1006 20 13, 1006 20 94, 1006 30 23, 1006 30 44, 1006 30 63 and 1006 30 94) : rice, the grains of which are of a length exceeding 5,2 mm but not exceeding 6,0 mm and of a length/width ratio of less than 3; (c) 'long grain rice` (subheadings 1006 10 25, 1006 10 27, 1006 10 96, 1006 10 98, 1006 20 15, 1006 20 17, 1006 20 96, 1006 20 98, 1006 30 25, 1006 30 27, 1006 30 46, 1006 30 48, 1006 30 65, 1006 30 67, 1006 30 96 and 1006 30 98) : rice, the grains of which are of a length exceeding 6,0 mm; (d) 'paddy rice` (subheadings 1006 10 21, 1006 10 23, 1006 10 25, 1006 10 27, 1006 10 92, 1006 10 94, 1006 10 96, 1006 10 98) : rice which has retained its husk after threshing; (e) 'husked rice` (subheadings 1006 20 11, 1006 20 13, 1006 20 15, 1006 20 17, 1006 20 92, 1006 20 94, 1006 20 96 and 1006 20 98) : rice from which only the husk has been removed. Examples of rice falling within this definition are those with the commercial descriptions 'brown rice`, 'cargo rice`, 'loonzain` and 'riso sbramato`; (f) 'semi-milled rice` (subheadings 1006 30 21, 1006 30 23, 1006 30 25, 1006 30 27, 1006 30 42, 1006 30 44, 1006 30 46 and 1006 30 48) : rice from which the husk, part of the germ and the whole or part of the outer layers of the pericarp, but not the inner layers, have been removed; (g) 'wholly milled rice` (subheadings 1006 30 61, 1006 30 63, 1006 30 65, 1006 30 67, 1006 30 92, 1006 30 94, 1006 30 96 and 1006 30 98) : rice from which the husk, the whole of the outer and inner layers of the pericarp, the whole of the germ in the case of long or medium grain rice, and at least part thereof in the case of round grain rice, have been removed, but in which longitudinal white striations may remain on not more than 10 % of the grains; (h) 'broken rice` (subheading 1006 40 00) : grain fragments the length of which does not exceed three-quarters of the average length of the whole grain.2. Levies applicable to mixtures of cereals : A. The levy applicable to mixtures composed of two of the cereals falling within heading Nos 1001 to 1005 and 1007 and 1008 shall be that applicable : (a) to the component cereal predominating by weight, when that cereal represents at least 90 % of the weight of the mixture; (b) to the component cereal liable to the higher levy, when neither of the two component cereals represents at least 90 % of the weight of the mixture. B. Where a mixture is composed of more than two of the cereals falling within heading Nos 1001 to 1005 and 1007 and 1008, and where several cereals each represent more than 10 % of the weight of the mixture, the levy applicable to the mixture shall be the highest of the levies applicable to such cereals, even when the amount of the levy is the same for two or more of the cereals. Where a single cereal represents more than 10 % of the weight of the mixture, the levy to be applied shall be that applicable to such cereal. C. The levy applicable to mixtures composed of the cereals falling within heading Nos 1001 to 1005, 1007 and 1008 and not governed by the above rules shall be the higher or highest of the levies applicable to the cereals composing the mixture concerned, even when the amount of the levy is the same for two or more of the cereals. D. The levy applicable to mixtures composed of one or more of the cereals falling within heading Nos 1001 to 1005, 1007 and 1008 and of one or more of the products falling within subheadings 1006 10 21, 1006 10 23, 1006 10 25, 1006 10 27, 1006 10 92, 1006 10 94, 1006 10 96, 1006 10 98, 1006 20, 1006 30 and 1006 40 00 shall be that applicable to the component cereal or product liable to the higher or highest levy. E. The levy applicable to mixtures composed of rice of subheadings 1006 10 21, 1006 10 23, 1006 10 25, 1006 10 27, 1006 10 92, 1006 10 94, 1006 10 96, 1006 10 98, 1006 20 and 1006 30, classifiable under several different processing groups or stages, or of rice classifiable under one or more different processing groups or stages and of broken rice, shall be that applicable : (a) to the component predominating by weight, when that component represents at least 90 % of the weight of the mixture; (b) to the component liable to the higher or highest levy, when no component represents at least 90 % of the weight of the mixture. F. Where this method of assessing the levy cannot be applied, the levy to be applied to such mixtures shall be that determined by the tariff classification of the mixtures.

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CHAPTER 11PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTENNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) roasted malt put up as coffee substitutes (heading No 0901 or 2101); (b) prepared flours, meals or starches of heading No 1901; (c) corn flakes and other products of heading No 1904; (d) vegetables, prepared or preserved, of heading No 2001, 2004 or 2005; (e) pharmaceutical products (Chapter 30); or (f) starches having the character of perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33).2. (A) Products from the milling of the cereals listed in the table below fall within this chapter if they have, by weight on the dry product : (a) a starch content (determined by the modified Ewers polarimetric method) exceeding that indicated in column (2); and (b) an ash content (after deduction of any added minerals) not exceeding that indicated in column (3). Otherwise, they fall within heading No 2302. However, germ of cereals, whole, rolled, flaked or ground, falls in all cases within heading No 1104. (B) Products falling within this chapter under the above provisions shall be classified within heading No 1101 or 1102 if the percentage passing through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with the aperture indicated in column (4) or (5) is not less, by weight, than that shown against the cereal concerned. Otherwise, they fall within heading No 1103 or 1104.

Cereal Starch content Ash content Rate of passage through a sieve with an aperture of 315 micrometres (microns) 500 micrometres (microns)

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Wheat and rye 45 % 2,5 % 80 % -

Barley 45 % 3 % 80 % -

Oats 45 % 5 % 80 % -

Maize (corn) and grain sorghum 45 % 2 % - 90 %

Rice 45 % 1,6 % 80 % -

Buckwheat 45 % 4 % 80 % -

Other cereals 45 % 2 % 50 % -

3. For the purposes of heading No 1103, the terms 'groats` and 'meal` mean products obtained by the fragmentation of cereal grains, of which : (a) in the case of maize (corn) products, at least 95 % by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 2 mm; (b) in the case of other cereal products, at least 95 % by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 1,25 mm.Additional note1. In accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 3324/80, the import duty applicable to mixtures falling within this chapter shall be calculated as follows : (a) In mixtures where one of the components represents at least 90 % by weight, the rate applicable to that component applies. (b) In other mixtures, the rate applicable shall be that of the component which results in the highest amount of import duty.

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CHAPTER 12OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDERNotes1. Heading No 1207 applies inter alia to palm nuts and kernels, cotton seeds, castor oil seeds, sesamum seeds, mustard seeds, safflower seeds, poppy seeds and shea nuts (karite nuts). It does not apply to products of heading No 0801 or 0802 or to olives (Chapter 7 or 20).2. Heading No 1208 applies not only to non-defatted flours and meals but also to flours and meals which have been partially defatted or defatted and wholly or partially refatted with their original oils. It does not, however, apply to residues of heading Nos 2304 to 2306.3. For the purposes of heading No 1209, beet seeds, grass and other herbage seeds, seeds of ornamental flowers, vegetable seeds, seeds of forest trees, seeds of fruit trees, seeds of vetches (other than those of the species Vicia faba) or of lupines are to be regarded as 'seeds of a kind used for sowing`.Heading No 1209 does not, however, apply to the following even if for sowing : (a) leguminous vegetables or sweet corn (Chapter 7); (b) spices or other products of Chapter 9; (c) cereals (Chapter 10); or (d) products of heading Nos 1201 to 1207 or 1211.4. Heading No 1211 applies inter alia to the following plants or parts thereof : basil, borage, ginseng, hyssop, liquorice, all species of mint, rosemary, rue, sage and wormwood. Heading No 1211 does not, however, apply to : (a) medicaments of Chapter 30; (b) perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations of Chapter 33; or (c) insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants or similar products of heading No 3808.5. For the purposes of heading No 1212, the term 'seaweeds and other algae` does not include : (a) dead single-cell micro-organisms of heading No 2102; (b) cultures of micro-organisms of heading No 3002; or55 (c) fertilizers of heading No 3101 or 3105.

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CHAPTER 13LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTSNote1. Heading No 1302 applies inter alia to liquorice extract and extract of pyrethrum, extract of hops, extract of aloes and opium. The heading does not apply to : (a) liquorice extract containing more than 10 % by weight of sucrose or put up as confectionery (heading No 1704); (b) malt extract (heading No 1901); (c) extracts of coffee, tea or maté (heading No 2101); (d) vegetable saps or extracts constituting alcoholic beverages or compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages (Chapter 22); (e) camphor, glycyrrhizin or other products of heading No 2914 or 2938; (f) medicaments of heading No 3003 or 3004 or blood-grouping reagents (heading No 3006); (g) tanning or dyeing extracts (heading No 3201 or 3203); (h) essential oils, concretes, absolutes resinoids or aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils (Chapter 33); or (ij) natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural gums (heading No 4001).

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CHAPTER 14VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDEDNotes1. This chapter does not cover the following products which are to be classified within Section XI : vegetable materials or fibres of vegetable materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles, however prepared, or other vegetable materials which have undergone treatment so as to render them suitable for use only as textile materials.2. Heading No 1401 applies inter alia to bamboos (whether or not split, sawn lengthwise, cut to length, rounded at the ends, bleached, rendered non-inflammable, polished or dyed), split osier, reeds and the like, to rattan cores and to drawn or split rattans. The heading does not apply to chipwood (heading No 4404).3. Heading No 1402 does not apply to wood wool (heading No 4405).4. Heading No 1403 does not apply to prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading No 9603).

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SECTION IIIANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES

CHAPTER 15ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXESNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) pig fat or poultry fat of heading No 0209; (b) cocoa butter, fat and oil (heading No 1804); (c) edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the products of heading No 0405 (generally Chapter 21); (d) greaves (heading No 2301) and residues of heading Nos 2304 to 2306; (e) fatty acids in an isolated state, prepared waxes, medicaments, paints, varnishes, soap, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, sulphonated oils or other goods of Section VI; or (f) factice derived from oils (heading No 4002).2. Heading No 1509 does not apply to oils obtained from olives by solvent extraction (heading No 1510).3. Heading No 1518 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the corresponding undenatured fats and oils and their fractions.4. Soap-stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall within heading No 1522.Additional notes1. For the purposes of subheadings 1507 10, 1508 10, 1510 00 10, 1511 10, 1512 11, 1512 21, 1513 11, 1513 21, 1514 10, 1515 11, 1515 21, 1515 50 11, 1515 50 19, 1515 60 10, 1515 90 21, 1515 90 29, 1515 90 40 to 1515 90 59 and 1518 00 31 : (a) Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, obtained by pressure, shall be considered as 'crude` if they have undergone no other processing than : - decantation within the normal time limits; - centrifugation or filtration, provided that, in order to separate the oils from their solid constituents, only mechanical force, such as gravity, pressure or centrifugal force, has been employed (excluding any adsorption filtering process or any other physical or chemical process). (b) Fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, obtained by extraction shall continue to be considered as 'crude` when they cannot be distinguished, by their colour, odour or taste, nor by recognized special analytical properties, from vegetable oils and fats obtained by pressure. (c) The expression 'crude oils` shall be taken to extend to de-gummed soya bean oil and to cotton seed oil from which the gossypol has been removed.2. A. For the purposes of heading Nos 1509 and 1510, 'olive oil` means oils derived solely from the treatment of olives, excluding re-esterified olive oil and mixtures of olive oil with other oils. B. 'Virgin olive oil` means oil with characteristics as defined in Sections I and II below. I. For the purposes of subheading 1509 10 10, 'virgin lampante oil`, whatever its acidity, means olive oil : - either having the following characteristics : (a) a K270 extinction coefficient () higher than 0,25 and, after treatment of the sample with activated alumina, not higher than 0,11. Some oils having a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, of more than 3,3 % may have, after passage through activated alumina, a K270 extinction coefficient higher than 0,11. If so, after neutralization and decolourization in the laboratory, they must have the following characteristics : - a K270 extinction coefficient not higher than 1,10; - an extinction coefficient variation (), in the 270 nm region, higher than 0,01 but not higher than 0,16; (b) negative Bellier and modified Vizern reactions; (c) negative soap test; - or having the characteristics under II (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), but a taste which renders it unsuitable in that state for immediate consumption. - or having the characteristics under II (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f) and a tetrachloroethylene content greater than 0,1 mg/kg. II. For the purposes of subheading 1509 10 90, 'virgin olive oil` means olive oil obtained exclusively by mechanical processes, including pressure (but does not include mixtures with olive oil obtained otherwise), having the following characteristics : (a) a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, not greater than 3,3 %; (b) a K270 extinction coefficient () not higher than 0,25 and, after treatment of the sample of oil with activated alumina, not higher than 0,11; (c) an extinction coefficient variation (), in the 270 nm region, not higher than 0,01; (d) negative Bellier and modified Vizern reactions; (e) a negative soap test; (f) such a taste that it is suitable in that state for immediate consumption; (g) a tetrachloroethylene content not greater than 0,1 mg/kg. C. Subheading 1509 90 covers olive oil obtained by the treatment of olive oils falling within subheading 1509 10 10 or 1509 10 90, whether or not blended with virgin olive oil, having the following characteristics : (a) a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, not exceeding 3 %; (b) a positive soap test, - or a K270 extinction coefficient () higher than 0,25 but not higher than 1,10 and, after treatment of the sample of oil with activated alumina, higher than 0,11, and - an extinction coefficient variation (), in the 270 nm region, higher than 0,01 but not higher than 0,16; (c) negative Bellier and modified Vizern reactions. D. Subheading 1510 00 10 covers oils, especially, oils from 'olive residues`, having the following characteristics : (a) a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, higher than 3 %; (b) positive Bellier and/or modified Vizern reactions; (c) negative soap test.3. Subheadings 1522 00 31 and 1522 00 39 do not cover : (a) residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances containing oil having an iodine index, determined by the Wijs method, without catalyst, lower than 70 or higher than 100; (b) residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances containing oil having an iodine index not lower than 70 or higher than 100, of which the peak area representing the retention volume of â-sitosterol, determined in accordance with the provisions in Annex VIII to the Regulation mentioned in additional note 4 below, is less than 93 % of the total sterol peak areas.4. The analytical methods for the determination of the characteristics of the products referred to above are those laid down in the Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 1058/77.

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SECTION IVPREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES

Note1. In this section the term 'pellets` means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight.CHAPTER 16PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATESNotes1. This chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3.2. Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products mentioned above, it is classified within 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 No 1902 or to the preparations of heading No 2103 or 2104. For preparations containing liver, the provisions of the second sentence shall not apply in determining the subheadings within heading No 1601 or 1602.Subheading notes1. For the purposes of subheading 1602 10, the expression 'homogenized preparations` means preparations of meat, meat offal or blood, finely homogenized, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat or meat offal. This subheading takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading No 1602.2. The fish and crustaceans specified in the subheadings of heading No 1604 or 1605 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in Chapter 3 under the same name.Additional notes1. For the purposes of subheadings 1602 31 11, 1602 39 11, 1602 50 10, 1602 90 61 and 1602 90 71 the term 'uncooked` shall apply to products which have not been subjected to any heat treatment or which have been subjected to a heat treatment insufficient to ensure the coagulation of meat proteins in the whole of the product and which therefore, in the case of subheadings 1602 50 10, 1602 90 61 and 1602 90 71 show traces of a pinkish liquid on the cut surface when the product is cut along a line passing through its thickest part.2. For the purposes of subheadings 1602 41 10, 1602 42 10 and 1602 49 11 to 1602 49 15 the expression 'parts thereof` applies only to prepared or preserved meat which, due to the size and the characteristics of the coherent muscle tissue, is identifiable as having been obtained from hams, shoulders, loins, or collars of domestic swine, as the case may be.

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CHAPTER 17SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERYNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading No 1806); (b) chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other products of heading No 2940; or (c) medicaments or other products of Chapter 30.Subheading note1. For the purposes of subheadings 1701 11 and 1701 12, 'raw sugar` means sugar whose content of sucrose by weight, in the dry state, corresponds to a polarimeter reading of less than 99,5 o<?@N}>.Additional notes1. For the purposes of subheadings 1701 11 10, 1701 11 90, 1701 12 10 and 1701 12 90 'raw sugar` means sugar, not flavoured or coloured or containing any other added substances, containing, in the dry state, less than 99,5 % by weight of sucrose determined by the polarimetric method.2. For the purposes of subheading 1701 99 10, 'white sugar` means sugar, not flavoured or coloured or containing any other added substances, containing, in the dry state, 99,5 % or more by weight of sucrose, determined by the polarimetric method.3. For the purposes of subheadings 1702 30 10, 1702 40 10, 1702 60 10 and 1702 90 30, 'isoglucose` means the product obtained from glucose or its polymers with a content by weight in the dry state of at least 10 % fructose.4. When imported in the form of an assortment, goods falling within subheading 1704 90 are subject to a variable component (MOB) fixed according to the average content in milkfats, milk proteins, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose and starch of the assortment as a whole.

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CHAPTER 18COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONSNotes1. This chapter does not cover the preparations of heading No 0403, 1901, 1904, 1905, 2105, 2202, 2208, 3003 or 3004.2. Heading No 1806 includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to note 1 to this chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.Additional notes1. When imported in the form of an assortment, goods falling within subheadings 1806 20, 1806 31, 1806 32 and 1806 90 are subject to a variable component (MOB) fixed according to the average content in milkfats, milk proteins, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose and starch of the assortment as a whole.2. Subheadings 1806 90 11 and 1806 90 19 do not cover chocolates made entirely of one type of chocolate.

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CHAPTER 19PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS` PRODUCTSNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) except in the case of stuffed products of heading No 1902, food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16); (b) biscuits or other articles made from flour or from starch, specially prepared for use in animal feeding (heading No 2309); or (c) medicaments or other products of Chapter 30.2. For the purposes of heading No 1901, the terms 'flour` and 'meal` mean: (a) cereal flour and meal of Chapter 11, and (b) flour, meal and powder of vegetable origin of any chapter, other than flour, meal or powder of dried vegetables (heading No 0712), of potatoes (heading No 1105) or of dried leguminous vegetables (heading No 1106).3. Heading No 1904 does not cover preparations containing more than 8 % by weight of cocoa powder or coated with chocolate or other food preparations containing cocoa of heading No 1806.4. For the purposes of heading No 1904 the expression 'otherwise prepared` means prepared or processed to an extent beyond that provided for in the headings of or notes to Chapter 10 or 11.Additional notes1. Goods of subheadings 1905 30, 1905 40 and 1905 90, presented in the form of an assortment, are subject to a variable component (MOB) fixed according to the average content in milkfats, milk proteins, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose and starch of the assortment as a whole.2. The expression 'sweet biscuits` in subheading 1905 30 applies only to products having a water content of not more than 12 % by weight and a fat content of not more than 35 % by weight (fillings and coatings are not to be taken into consideration in determining these contents).3. Subheading 1905 30 does not cover waffles and wafers with a water content of more than 10 % by weight (subheading 1905 90 40).

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CHAPTER 20PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTSNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) vegetables, fruit or nuts, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 7, 8 or 11; (b) food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16); or (c) homogenized composite food preparations of heading No 2104.2. Heading Nos 2007 and 2008 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like in the form of sugar confectionery (heading No 1704) or chocolate confectionery (heading No 1806).3. Heading Nos 2001, 2004 and 2005 cover, as the case may be, only those products of Chapter 7 or of heading No 1105 or 1106 (other than flour, meal and powder of the products of Chapter 8), which have been prepared or preserved by processes other than those referred to in note 1 (a).4. Tomato juice the dry weight content of which is 7 % or more is to be classified within heading No 2002.5. For the purposes of heading No 2009, the expression 'juices, unfermented and not containing added spirit` means juices of an alcoholic strength by volume (see note 2 to Chapter 22) not exceeding 0,5 % vol.Subheading notes1. For the purposes of subheading 2005 10, the expression 'homogenized vegetables` means preparations of vegetables, finely homogenized, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of vegetables. Subheading 2005 10 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading No 2005.2. For the purposes of subheading 2007 10, the expression 'homogenized preparations` means preparations of fruit, finely homogenized, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of fruit. Subheading 2007 10 takes precedence over all other subheadings of heading No 2007.Additional notes1. For the purposes of subheading 2003 10 10, the following species of mushrooms are regarded as 'cultivated mushrooms` : Agaricus spp., Volvaria esculenta, Lentinus edodes, Flammulina velutipes, Pholiota aegerita, Pholiota nameko, Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus florida, Pleurotus pulmonarius, Pleurotus cornucopiae, Pleurotus abalonae, Pleurotus colombinus, Pleurotus eringii, Stropharia rugoso-annulata, Tremalla fuciformis, Auricularia auricula-judae, Auricularia polytricha, Auricularia porphyria, Coprinus comatus, Rhodopaxillus nudus, Lepiota pudica, Lepiota personata, Agrocyte aegerita and Agrocyte cylindracea.2. The content of various sugars expressed as sucrose (sugar content) of the products classified within this chapter corresponds to the figure indicated by a refractometer (used in accordance with the method prescribed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 543/86 at a temperature of 20 o<?@N}>C and multiplied by the factor : - 0,93 in respect of products of subheadings 2008 20 to 2008 80, 2008 92 and 2008 99, or - 0,95 in respect of products of the other headings.3. The products classified under subheadings 2008 20 to 2008 80, 2008 92 and 2008 99 shall be considered as containing added sugar when the 'sugar content` thereof exceeds by weight the percentages given hereunder, according to the kind of fruit or edible part of plant concerned : - pineapples and grapes : 13 %, - other fruits, including mixtures of fruit, and other edible parts of plants : 9 %.4. For the purposes of subheadings 2008 30 11 to 2008 30 39, 2008 40 11 to 2008 40 39, 2008 50 11 to 2008 50 59, 2008 60 11 to 2008 60 39, 2008 70 11 to 2008 70 59, 2008 80 11 to 2008 80 39, 2008 92 11 to 2008 92 39 and 2008 99 11 to 2008 99 39, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them : - 'actual alcoholic strength by mass` : the number of kilograms of pure alcohol contained in 100 kg of the product; - '% mas` : the symbol for alcoholic strength by mass.5. The added sugar content of products classified under heading No 2009 corresponds to the 'sugar content` less the figures given hereunder, according to the kind of juice concerned : - lemon or tomato juice : 3, - apple juice : 11, - grape juice : 15, - other fruit or vegetable juices, including mixtures of juices : 13.6. For the purposes of subheadings 2009 60 51 and 2009 60 71 'concentrated grape juice (including grape must)` means grape juice (including grape must) for which the figure indicated by a refractometer (used in accordance with the method prescribed in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) 543/86) at a temperature of 20 o<?@N}>C is not less than 50,9 %.

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CHAPTER 21MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONSNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) mixed vegetables of heading No 0712; (b) roasted coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion (heading No 0901); (c) flavoured tea (heading No 0902); (d) spices or other products of heading Nos 0904 to 0910; (e) food preparations, other than the products described in heading No 2103 or 2104, containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16); (f) compound alcoholic preparations of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages, of an alcoholic strength by volume (see note 2 to Chapter 22) exceeding 0,5 % vol (heading No 2208); (g) yeast put up as a medicament or other products of heading No 3003 or 3004; or (h) prepared enzymes of heading No 3507.2. Extracts of the substitutes referred to in note 1 (b) above are to be classified within heading No 2101.3. For the purposes of heading No 2104, the expression 'homogenized composite food preparations` means preparations consisting of a finely homogenized mixture of two or more basic ingredients such as meat, fish, vegetables or fruit, put up for retail sale as infant food or for dietetic purposes, in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 grams. 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 notes1. For the purposes of subheadings 2101 10 91, 2101 20 10, 2106 10 10 and 2106 90 91 the term 'starch` also covers starch breakdown products.2. For the purposes of subheading 2106 90 10, the term 'cheese fondues` shall be taken to mean preparations containing 12 % or more but less than 18 % of milkfats and made from melted cheese (Emmentaler and Gruyère exclusively) with the addition of white wine, kirsch, starch and spices and put up in immediate packings of a net capacity of 1 kg or less. Entry under the aforementioned subheading is furthermore subject to the production of a certificate issued in accordance with the conditions laid down in the relevant Community provisions.3. For the purposes of subheading 2106 90 30, 'isoglucose` means the product obtained from glucose or its polymers with a content by weight in the dry state of at least 10 % fructose.

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CHAPTER 22BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGARNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) products of this chapter (other than those of heading No 2209) prepared for culinary purposes and thereby rendered unsuitable for consumption as beverages (generally heading No 2103); (b) sea water (heading No 2501); (c) distilled or conductivity water or water of similar purity (heading No 2851); (d) acetic acid of a concentration exceeding 10 % by weight of acetic acid (heading No 2915); (e) medicaments of heading No 3003 or 3004; or (f) perfumery or toilet preparations (Chapter 33).2. For the purposes of this chapter and of Chapters 20 and 21, the alcoholic strength by volume shall be determined at a temperature of 20 o<?@N}>C.3. For the purposes of heading No 2202, the term 'non-alcoholic beverages` means beverages of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 % vol. Alcoholic beverages are classified within heading Nos 2203 to 2206 or heading No 2208 as appropriate.Subheading note1. For the purposes of subheading 2204 10, the expression 'sparkling wine` means wine which, when kept at a temperature of 20 o<?@N}>C in closed containers, has an excess pressure of not less than 3 bar.Additional notes1. For the purposes of heading Nos 2204 and 2205 and subheading 2206 00 10 : (a) 'actual alcoholic strength by volume` means the number of volumes of pure alcohol contained at a temperature of 20 o<?@N}>C in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature; (b) 'potential alcoholic strength by volume` means the number of volumes of pure alcohol at a temperature of 20 o<?@N}>C capable of being produced by total fermentation of the sugars contained in 100 volumes of the product at that temperature; (c) 'total alcoholic strength by volume` means the sum of the actual and potential alcoholic strengths; (d) 'natural alcoholic strength by volume` means the total alcoholic strength by volume of a product before any enrichment; (e) '% vol` is the symbol for alcoholic strength by volume.2. For the purposes of subheading 2204 30 10, 'grape must in fermentation` means the product derived from the fermentation of grape must, having an actual alcoholic strength by volume of more than 1 % vol and less than three-fifths of its total alcoholic strength by volume.3. For the purposes of subheadings 2204 21 and 2204 29 : A. 'Total dry extract` means the content in grams per litre of all the substances in a product which, under given physical conditions, do not volatilize. The total dry extract must be determined with the densimeter at 20 o<?@N}>C. B. (a) The presence in the products falling within subheadings 2204 21 21 to 2204 21 90 and 2204 29 21 to 2204 29 90 of the quantities of total dry extract per litre indicated in I, II, III and IV below does not affect their classification : I. Products of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not more than 13 % vol : 90 g or less of total extract per litre; II. Products of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of more than 13 % vol but not more than 15 % vol : 130 g or less of total dry extract per litre; III. Products of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of more than 15 % vol but not more than 18 % vol : 130 g or less of total dry extract per litre; IV. Products of an actual alcoholic strength by volume of more than 18 % vol but not more than 22 % vol : 330 g or less of total dry extract per litre. Products with a total dry extract exceeding the maximum quantity shown above in each category are to be classified in the next following category, except that if the total dry extract exceeds 330 g/l the products are to be classified in subheadings 2204 21 90 and 2204 29 90. (b) The above rules do not apply to products falling within subheadings 2204 21 41, 2204 21 51, 2204 29 41, 2204 29 45, 2204 29 51 and 2204 29 55.4. Subheadings 2204 21 21 to 2204 21 90 and 2204 29 21 to 2204 29 90 shall be taken to include : (a) grape must with fermentation arrested by the addition of alcohol, that is to say a product : - having an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 12 % vol but less than 15 % vol, and - obtained by the addition to unfermented grape must having a natural alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 8,5 % vol of a product derived from the distillation of wine; (b) wine fortified for distillation, that is to say a product : - having an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 18 % vol but not more than 24 % vol, - obtained exclusively by the addition to wine containing no residual sugar of an unrectified product derived from the distillation of wine and having a maximum actual alcoholic strength by volume of 86 % vol, and - having a maximum volatile acidity of 1,5 g/l, expressed as acetic acid; (c) liqueur wine, that is to say a product : - having a total alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 17,5 % vol and an actual alcoholic strength by volume of not less than 15 % vol but not more than 22 % vol, and - obtained from grape must or wine, which must come from vine varieties approved in the third country of origin for the production of liqueur wine and have a minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of 12 % vol, - by freezing, or - by the addition during or after fermentation : - of a product derived from the distillation of wine, or - of concentrated grape must or, in the case of certain quality liqueur wines appearing on a list to be adopted of wines for which such practice is traditional, of grape must concentrated by direct heat, which, apart from this operation, corresponds to the definition of concentrated grape must, or - of a mixture of these products. However, certain quality liqueur wines appearing on a list to be adopted may be obtained from unfermented fresh grape must which does not need to have a minimum natural alcoholic strength by volume of 12 % vol.5. For the purposes of subheading 2206 00 10, the expression 'piquette` means the product obtained by the fermentation of untreated grape marc macerated in water or by the extraction of fermented grape marc with water.6. For the purposes of subheading 2206 00 91, the following are regarded as 'sparkling` : - fermented beverages in bottles with 'mushroom` stoppers held in place by ties or fastenings, - fermented beverages otherwise put up, with an excess pressure of not less than 1,5 bar, measured at a temperature of 20 o<?@N}>C.7. For the purposes of subheadings 2209 00 11 and 2209 00 19, the expression 'wine vinegar` means vinegar obtained exclusively by acetous fermentation of wine and having a total acidity of not less than 60 g/l, expressed as acetic acid.8. For the purposes of subheadings 2204 21 21, 2204 21 23, 2204 21 31, 2204 21 33, 2204 29 21, 2204 29 23, 2204 29 31 and 2204 29 33, 'quality wines produced in specified regions` are wines produced in the European Economic Community which comply with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 823/87 of 16 March 1987 laying down special provisions relating to quality wines produced in specified regions (OJ No L 84, 27. 3. 1987, p. 59) and the provisions adopted in implementation of the aforesaid Regulation and defined in national regulations.

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CHAPTER 23RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDERNote1. Heading No 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.Additional notes1. Subheading 2306 90 91 includes only residues from the extraction of oil from the germs of maize, excluding products containing components from parts of maize grains which have been added after processing and not been subjected to the oil extraction process.2. For the purposes of subheadings 2307 00 11, 2307 00 19, 2308 90 11 and 2308 90 19, the following expressions shall have the meanings hereby assigned to them : - 'actual alcoholic strength by mass` : the number of kilograms of pure alcohol contained in 100 kg of the product, - 'potential alcoholic strength by mass` : the number of kilograms of pure alcohol capable of being produced by total fermentation of the sugars contained in 100 kg of the product, - 'total alcoholic strength by mass` : the sum of the actual and potential alcoholic strengths by mass, - '% mas` : the symbol for alcoholic strength by mass.3. For the purposes of subheadings 2309 10 11 to 2309 10 70 and 2309 90 31 to 2309 90 70, the expression 'milk products` means the products falling within heading Nos 0401, 0402, 0404, 0405, 0406 and within subheadings 0403 10 02 to 0403 10 36, 0403 90 11 to 0403 90 69, 1702 10 and 2106 90 51.

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CHAPTER 24TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTESNote1. This chapter does not cover medicinal cigarettes (Chapter 30).

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SECTION VMINERAL PRODUCTS

CHAPTER 25SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENTNotes1. Except where their context or note 4 to this chapter otherwise requires, the headings of this chapter cover only products which are in the crude state or which have been washed (even with chemical substances eliminating the impurities without changing the structure of the product), crushed, ground, powdered, levigated, sifted, screened, concentrated by flotation, magnetic separation or other mechanical or physical processes (except crystallization), but not products which have been roasted, calcined, obtained by mixing or subjected to processing beyond that mentioned in each heading. The products of this chapter may contain an added anti-dusting agent, provided that such addition does not render the product particularly suitable for specific use rather than for general use.2. This chapter does not cover : (a) sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur or colloidal sulphur (heading No 2802); (b) earth colours containing 70 % or more by weight of combined iron evaluated as Fe2O3 (heading No 2821); (c) medicaments or other products of Chapter 30; (d) perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations (Chapter 33); (e) setts, curbstones or flagstones (heading No 6801); mosaic cubes or the like (heading No 6802); roofing, facing or damp course slates (heading No 6803); (f) precious or semi-precious stones (heading No 7102 or 7103); (g) cultured crystals (other than optical elements) weighing not less than 2,5 g each, of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide, of heading No 3823; optical elements of sodium chloride or of magnesium oxide (heading No 9001); (h) billiard chalks (heading No 9504); or (ij) writing or drawing chalks or tailors` chalks (heading No 9609).3. Any products classifiable within heading No 2517 and any other heading of the chapter are to be classified within heading No 2517.4. Heading No 2530 applies inter alia to : vermiculite, perlite and chlorites, unexpanded; earth colours, whether or not calcined or mixed together; natural micaceous iron oxides; meerschaum (whether or not in polished pieces); amber; agglomerated meerschaum and agglomerated amber, in plates, rods, sticks or similar forms, not worked after moulding; jet; strontianite (whether or not calcined), other than strontium oxide; broken pottery.

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CHAPTER 26ORES, SLAG AND ASHNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) slag or similar industrial waste prepared as macadam (heading No 2517); (b) natural magnesium carbonate (magnesite), whether or not calcined (heading No 2519); (c) basic slag of Chapter 31; (d) slag wool, rock wool or similar mineral wools (heading No 6806); (e) waste or scrap of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal (heading No 7112); or (f) copper, nickel or cobalt mattes produced by any process of smelting (Section XV).2. For the purposes of heading Nos 2601 to 2617, the term 'ores` means minerals of mineralogical species actually used in the metallurgical industry for the extraction of mercury, of the metals of heading No 2844 or of the metals of Section XIV or XV, even if the are intended for non-metallurgical purposes. Heading Nos 2601 to 2617 do not, however, include minerals which have been submitted to processes not normal to the metallurgical industry.3. Heading No 2620 applies only to ash and residues of a kind used in industry either for the extraction of metals or as a basis for the manufacture of chemical compounds of metals.

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CHAPTER 27MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXESNotes1. This chapter does not cover : (a) separate chemically defined organic compounds, other than pure methane and propane which are to be classified within heading No 2711; (b) medicaments of heading No 3003 or 3004; or (c) mixed unsaturated hydrocarbons of heading No 3301, 3302 or 3805.2. References in heading No 2710 to 'petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals` include not only petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals but also similar oils, as well as those consisting mainly of mixed unsaturated hydrocarbons, obtained by any process, provided that the weight of the non-aromatic constituents exceeds that of the aromatic constituents. However, the references do not include liquid synthetic polyolefins of which less than 60 % by volume distils at 300 o<?@N}>C, after conversion to 1 013 mbar when a reduced-pressure distillation method is used (Chapter 39).Subheading notes1. For the purposes of subheading 2701 11, 'anthracite` means coal having a volatile matter limit (on a dry, mineral- matter-free basis) not exceeding 14 %.2. For the purposes of subheading 2701 12, 'bituminous coal` means coal having a volatile matter limit (on a dry, mineral-matter-free basis) exceeding 14 % and a calorific value limit (on a moist, mineral-matter-free basis) equal to or greater than 5 833 kcal/kg.3. For the purposes of subheadings 2707 10, 2707 20, 2707 30, 2707 40 and 2707 60, the terms 'benzole`, 'toluole`, 'xylole`, 'naphthalene` and 'phenols` apply to products which contain more than 50 % by weight of benzene, toluene, xylene, naphthalene or phenols, respectively.Additional notes ()1. For the purposes of heading No 2710 : (a) 'light oils` (subheadings 2710 00 11 to 2710 00 39) means oils and preparations of which 90 % or more by volume (including losses) distils at 210 o<?@N}>C (ASTM D 86 method); (b) 'special spirits` (subheadings 2710 00 21 and 2710 00 25) means light oils as defined in paragraph (a) above, not containing any anti-knock preparations, and with a difference of not more than 60 o<?@N}>C between the temperatures at which 5 % and 90 % by volume (including losses) distil; (c) 'white spirit` (subheading 2710 00 21) means special spirits as defined in paragraph (b) above with a flash-point higher than 21 o<?@N}>C by the Abel-Pensky method (); (d) 'medium oils` (subheadings 2710 00 41 to 2710 00 59) means oils and preparations of which less than 90 % by volume (including losses) distils at 210 o<?@N}>C and 65 % or more by volume (including losses) distils at 250 o<?@N}>C (ASTM D 86 method); (e) 'heavy oils` (subheadings 2710 00 61 to 2710 00 99) means oils and preparations of which less than 65 % by volume (including losses) distils at 250 o<?@N}>C by the ASTM D 86 method or of which the distillation percentage at 250 o<?@N}>C cannot be determined by that method; (f) 'gas oils` (subheadings 2710 00 61 to 2710 00 69) means heavy oils as defined in paragraph (e) above of which 85 % or more by volume (including losses) distils at 350 o<?@N}>C (ASTM D 86 method); (g) 'fuel oils` (subheadings 2710 00 71 to 2710 00 79) means heavy oils as defined in paragraph (e) above (other than gas oils as defined in paragraph (f) above) which, for a corresponding diluted colour C, have a viscosity V : - not exceeding that shown in line I of the following table when the sulphated ashes content is less than 1 % by the ASTM D 874 method and the saponification index is less than 4 by the ASTM D 939-54 method, - exceeding that shown in line II when the pour point is not less than 10 o<?@N}>C by the ASTM D 97 method, - exceeding that shown in line I but not exceeding that shown in line II when 25 % or more by volume distils at 300 o<?@N}>C by the ASTM D 86 method or, if less than 25 % by volume distils at 300 o<?@N}>C, when the pour point is higher than 10 o<?@N}>C below zero by the ASTM D 97 method. These provisions apply only to oils having a diluted colour C of less than 2. Diluted colour C/Viscosity V concordance table

Colour C 0 0,5 1 1,5 2 2,5 3 3,5 4 4,5 5 5,5 6 6,5 7 7,5 and above

Viscosity I 4 4 4 5,4 9 15,1 25,3 42,4} 71,1 119 200 335 562 943 1 580 2 650

V II 7 7 7 7 9 15,1 25,3 42,4 71,1 119 200 335 562 943 1 580 2 650

The term 'viscosity V` means the kinematic viscosity at 50 o<?@N}>C expressed in 10 P6<?@N}> m2<?@N}> s P1<?@N}> by the ASTM D 445 method. The term 'diluted colour C` means the colour of a product, as determined by the ASTM D 1500 method, after one part of such product has been mixed with 99 parts by volume of carbon tetrachloride. The colour must be determined immediately after dilution. This subheading covers only fuel oils of natural colour.Subheadings 2710 00 71 to 2710 00 79 do not cover heavy oils defined in paragraph (e) above for which it is not possible to determine :- the distillation percentage at 250 o<?@N}>C by the ASTM D 86 method (zero shall be deemed to be a percentage),- the kinematic viscosity at 50 o<?@N}> C by the ASTM D 445 method,- or the diluted colour C by the ASTM D 1500 method.Such products fall within subheadings 2710 00 91 to 2710 00 99.2. For the purposes of heading No 2712, the expression 'crude petroleum jelly` (subheading 2712 10 10) shall be taken to apply to petroleum jelly of a natural colour higher than 4,5 by the ASTM D 1500 method.3. For the purposes of subheadings 2712 90 31 to 2712 90 39), the term 'crude` shall be taken to apply to products : (a) with an oil content of 3,5 or higher by the ASTM D 721 method, if their viscosity at 100 o<?@N}>C is lower than 9×10 P6<?@N}> m2<?@N}> s P1<?@N}> by the ASTM D 445 method; or (b) of a natural colour higher than 3 by the ASTM D 1500 method, if their viscosity at 100 o<?@N}>C is 9×10 P6<?@N}> m2<?@N}> s P1<?@N}> or higher by the ASTM D 445 method.4. For the purposes of heading Nos 2710, 2711 and 2712, the term 'specific process` shall be taken to apply to the following operations : (a) vacuum distillation; (b) redistillation by a very thorough fractionation process; (c) cracking; (d) reforming; (e) extraction by means of selective solvents; (f) the process comprising all the following operations : processing with concentrated sulphuric acid, oleum or sulphuric anhydride; neutralization with alkaline agents; decolorization and purification with naturally active earth, activated earth, activated charcoal or bauxite; (g) polymerization; (h) alkylation; (ij) isomerization; (k) (in respect of products of subheadings 2710 00 61 to 2710 00 99 only) desulphurization with hydrogen resulting in a reduction of at least 85 % of the sulphur content of the products processed (ASTM D 1266-59 T method); (l) (in respect of products of heading No 2710 only) deparaffining by a process other than filtering; (m) (in respect of products of subheadings 2710 00 61 to 2710 00 99 only) treatment with hydrogen at a pressure of more than 20 bar and a temperature of more than 250 o<?@N}>C with the use of a catalyst, other than to effect desulphurization, when the hydrogen constitutes an active element in a chemical reaction. The further treatment with hydrogen of lubricating oils of subheadings 2710 00 91 to 2710 00 99 (e.g. hydrofinishing or decolorization) in order, more especially, to improve colour or stability shall not, however, be deemed to be a specific process; (n) (in respect of products of subheadings 2710 00 71 to 2710 00 79 only) atmospheric distillation, on condition that less than 30 % of these products distils, by volume, including losses, at 300 o<?@N}>C by the ASTM D 86 method. If 30 % or more by volume, including losses, of such products distils at 300 o<?@N}>C by the ASTM D 86 method, the quantities of products which may be obtained during the atmospheric distillation and which fall within subheadings 2710 00 11 to 2710 00 39 or 2710 00 41 to 2710 00 59 shall be dutiable at the same rates as those provided for under subheading 2710 00 79 according to the kind and value of the products used and on the net weight of the products obtained. This rule shall not apply to products so obtained which, within a period of six months and subject to such other conditions as may be determined by the competent authorities, are to undergo a specific process or chemical transformation by a process not being a specific process; (o) (in respect of products of subheadings 2710 00 91 to 2710 00 99 only) treatment by means of a high-frequency electrical brush-discharge. Should any preparatory treatment prior to the abovementioned treatments be necessary by reason of technical requirements, the customs exemption shall apply only to the quantities of the products intended for and actually subjected to such abovementioned treatments; any waste products arising during preparatory treatment shall also be exempt from customs duty.5. The quantities of products which may be obtained during chemical transformation, or during preparatory treatment which may be necessary by reason of technical requirements, and which fall within heading Nos or subheadings 2707 10 10, 2707 20 10, 2707 30 10, 2707 50 10, 2710, 2711, 2712 10, 2712 20, 2712 90 31 to 2712 90 90, 2713 90, 2901 10 10, 2902 20 10, 2902 30 10 and 2902 44 10 shall be dutiable at the same rates as those provided for in respect of products 'for other purposes`, according to the kind and value of the products used and on the net weight of the products obtained. This rule shall not apply to such products falling within heading Nos 2710 to 2712 which, within a period of six months and subject to such other conditions as may be determined by the competent authorities, are to undergo a specific process or further chemical transformation.6. Subheading 2710 00 95 covers only oils to be mixed with other oils, with the products of heading No 3811 or with thickeners in order to produce oils, grea