COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2261/98 of 26 October 1998 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 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 and commercial policy, in particular by virtue of Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986-1994) () and Council Regulation (EC) No 3093/95 of 22 December 1995 laying down the rates of duty to be applied by the Community resulting from negotiations under GATT Article XXIV:6 consequent upon the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the European Union (),

- the need to align or clarify texts;

Whereas this Regulation also includes the conventional rates of duty applicable from 1 July 1999;

Whereas it is appropriate for the Commission to adopt by means of a Regulation to apply from 1 January 1999, 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 Decision 94/800/EC and Regulation (EC) No 3231/94 as well as other measures adopted by the Council or by the Commission ();

Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Tariff and Statistical Nomenclature Section of the Customs Code Committee,

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 1999.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 October 1998.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

() OJ L 256, 7. 9. 1987, p. 1.

() OJ L 336, 23. 12. 1994, p. 1.

() OJ L 334, 30. 12. 1995, p. 1.

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

- Council Decision (EC) No 96/611 of 16 September 1996 (OJ L 271, 24. 10. 1996, p. 31),

- Council Regulation (EC) No 467/97 of 3 March 1997 (OJ L 71, 13. 3. 1997, p. 1),

- Council Decisions 97/359/EC and 97/360/EC of 24 March 1997 (OJ L 155, 12. 6. 1997, p. 1),

- Council Regulation (EC) No 2216/97 of 3 November 1997 (OJ L 305, 8. 11. 1997, p. 1),

- Council Regulation (EC) No 2308/97 of 17 November 1997 (OJ L 321, 22. 11. 1997, p. 1),

- Commission Regulation (EC) No 2472/97 of 11 December 1997 (OJ L 341, 12. 12. 1997, p. 25),

- Commission Regulation (EC) No 2509/97 of 15 December 1997 (OJ L 345, 16. 12. 1997, p. 44),

- Council Regulation (EC) No 1048/98 of 18 May 1998 (OJ L 151, 21. 5. 1998, p. 1).

ANNEX I

COMBINED NOMENCLATURE

SUMMARY

Chapter Page

PART ONE -

PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

Section I - General rules

A. General rules for the interpretation of the combined nomenclature 11

B. General rules concerning duties 12

C. General rules applicable both to nomenclature and to duties 13

Section II - Special provisions

A. Goods for certain categories of ships, boats and other vessels and for drilling or production platforms 13

B. Civil aircraft and goods for use in civil aircraft 15

C. Pharmaceutical products 15

D. Standard rate of duty 16

E. Containers and packing materials 17

Signs, abbreviations and symbols 19

Supplementary units 20

PART TWO - SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES

Section I

Live animals; animal products

Chapter

1. Live animals 23

2. Meat and edible meat offal 27

3. Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates 47

4. Dairy produce; birds' eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 63

5. Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included 80

Section II

Vegetable products

6. Live trees and other plants; bulbs, roots and the like; cut flowers and ornamental foliage 83

7. Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers 86

8. Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruits or melons 93

9. Coffee, tea, maté and spices 101

10. Cereals 105

11. Products of the milling industry; malt; starches; inulin; wheat gluten 110

12. Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit; industrial or medicinal plants; straw and fodder 116

13. Lac; gums, resins and other vegetable saps and extracts 121

14. Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included 123

Section III

Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

15. Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes 125

Section IV

Prepared foodstuffs; beverages, spirits and vinegar; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes

16. Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates 138

17. Sugars and sugar confectionery 145

18. Cocoa and cocoa preparations 150

19. Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks' products 153

20. Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants 158

21. Miscellaneous edible preparations 179

22. Beverages, spirits and vinegar 184

23. Residues and waste from the food industries; prepared animal fodder 197

24. Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes 204

Section V

Mineral products

25. Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement 207

26. Ores, slag and ash 214

27. Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes 217

Section VI

Products of the chemical or allied industries

28. Inorganic chemicals; organic or inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of radioactive elements or of isotopes 226

29. Organic chemicals 241

30. Pharmaceutical products 267

31. Fertilisers 272

32. Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks 276

33. Essential oils and resinoids; perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 281

34. Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes, 'dental waxes` and dental preparations with a basis of plaster 285

35. Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes 289

36. Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations 293

37. Photographic or cinematographic goods 294

38. Miscellaneous chemical products 298

Section VII

Plastics and articles thereof; rubber and articles thereof

39. Plastics and articles thereof 307

40. Rubber and articles thereof 324

Section VIII

Raw hides and skins, leather, furskins and articles thereof; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut)

41. Raw hides and skins (other than furskins) and leather 331

42. Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silkworm gut) 335

43. Furskins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof 339

Section IX

Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal; cork and articles of cork; manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork

44. Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal 342

45. Cork and articles of cork 354

46. Manufactures of straw, of esparto or of other plaiting materials; basketware and wickerwork 356

Section X

Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard; paper and paperboard and articles thereof

47. Pulp of wood or of other fibrous cellulosic material; recovered (waste and scrap) paper or paperboard 358

48. Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 360

49. Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry; manuscripts, typescripts and plans 375

Section XI

Textiles and textile articles

50. Silk 378

51. Wool, fine or coarse animal hair; horsehair yarn and woven fabric 385

52. Cotton 390

53. Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn 398

54. Man-made filaments 402

55. Man-made staple fibres 407

56. Wadding, felt and nonwovens; special yarns; twine, cordage, ropes and cables and articles thereof 415

57. Carpets and other textile floor coverings 420

58. Special woven fabrics; tufted textile fabrics; lace; tapestries; trimmings; embroidery 423

59. Impregnated, coated, covered or laminated textile fabrics; textile articles of a kind suitable for industrial use 427

60. Knitted or crocheted fabrics 432

61. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted or crocheted 435

62. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, not knitted or crocheted 445

63. Other made-up textile articles; sets; worn clothing and worn textile articles; rags 456

Section XII

Footwear, headgear, umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof; prepared feathers and articles made therewith; artificial flowers; articles of human hair

64. Footwear, gaiters and the like; parts of such articles 461

65. Headgear and parts thereof 467

66. Umbrellas, sun umbrellas, walking-sticks, seat-sticks, whips, riding crops and parts thereof 469

67. Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; articles of human hair 470

Section XIII

Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware

68. Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials 472

69. Ceramic products 478

70. Glass and glassware 483

Section XIV

Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins

71. Natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones, precious metals, metals clad with precious metal, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; coins 492

Section XV

Base metals and articles of base metal

72. Iron and steel 498

73. Articles of iron or steel 526

74. Copper and articles thereof 541

75. Nickel and articles thereof 548

76. Aluminium and articles thereof 551

77. (Reserved for possible future use in the harmonised system)

78. Lead and articles thereof 557

79. Zinc and articles thereof 560

80. Tin and articles thereof 563

81. Other base metals; cermets; articles thereof 565

82. Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof of base metal 569

83. Miscellaneous articles of base metal 575

Section XVI

Machinery and mechanical appliances; electrical equipment; parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles

84. Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof 579

85. Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles 636

Section XVII

Vehicles, aircraft, vessels and associated transport equipment

86. Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electromechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds 673

87. Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof 677

88. Aircraft, spacecraft, and parts thereof 689

89. Ships, boats and floating structures 692

Section XVIII

Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; clocks and watches; musical instruments; parts and accessories thereof

90. Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 695

91. Clocks and watches and parts thereof 714

92. Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles 719

Section XIX

Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof

93. Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories thereof 722

Section XX

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

94. Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings 724

95. Toys, games, and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof 730

96. Miscellaneous manufactured articles 735

Section XXI

Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques

97. Works of art, collectors' pieces and antiques 741

98. Complete industrial plant exported in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No 840/96 743

99. (Reserved for special uses determined by the competent Community authorities)

PART THREE - TARIFF ANNEXES

Section I - Agricultural annexes

Annex 1 Agricultural components (EA), additionnal duties for sugar (AD S/Z) and additional duties for flour (AD F/M) 751

Annex 2 Products to which an entry price applies 775

Section II - Lists of pharmaceutical substances which qualify for duty-free treatment

Annex 3 List of International Non-proprietary Names (INNs), provided for pharmaceutical substances by the World Health Organisation, which are free of duty 829

Annex 4 List of prefixes and suffixes which, in combination with the INNs of Annex 3, describe the salts, esters or hydrates of INNs; these salts, esters and hydrates are free of duty, on condition that they are classifiable in the same 6-digit HS-heading as the corresponding INN 925

Annex 5 Salts, esters and hydrates of INNs, which are not classified in the same HS-heading as the corresponding INNs and which are free of duty 931

Annex 6 List of pharmaceutical intermediates, i.e. compounds used for the manufacture of finished pharmaceutical products, which are free of duty 933

Section III - Quotas

Annex 7 WTO tariff quotas to be opened by the competent Community authorities 947

PART ONE PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS

SECTION I

GENERAL RULES

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), 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 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 conventional rates of duty reproduced in column 4 or column 4a, as appropriate, are those that will apply from 1 January 1999. The conventional rates of duty in column 4b are applicable from 1 July 1999.

The autonomous duties shown in column 3 are applicable when they are less than the conventional duties.

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 'EA` in columns 3 and 4 indicates that the goods concerned are chargeable with an 'agricultural component` fixed in accordance with Annex 1.

6. The symbol 'AD S/Z` or 'AD F/M` in columns 3 and 4 in Chapters 17 to 19 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 provisions of Annex 1.

7. In Chapter 22 the symbol '$/% vol/hl` in columns 3 and 4 means that a specific duty, expressed in Euros, is to be calculated for each percentage volume of alcohol per hectolitre. Thus a beverage having an alcohol content by volume of 40 % is to be charged as follows :

- '$ 1/% vol/hl` = $ 1 × 40, giving a duty of $ 40 per hectolitre, or

- '$ 1/% vol/hl + $ 5/hl` = $ 1 × 40 plus $ 5, giving a duty of $ 45 per hectolitre.

Where, in addition, a minimum (MIN) value is shown, for example '$ 1,6/% vol/hl MIN $ 9/hl`, it means that the duty, calculated on the basis of the abovementioned rule, is to be compared with the minimum duty, for example '$ 9/hl`, and the higher of the two is to be applied.

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. The equivalent in national currencies of the Euro, for Member states other than participating Member states as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 974/98 () (hereafter called 'Non participating Member states`), shall be fixed in accordance with Article 18 of Council regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 (), as amended by Regulation (EC) No 82/97 () of the European Parliament and of the Council, without prejudice to special provisions drawn up in other fields, in particular for agriculture.

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.

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 operating in the territorial sea of Member States;

2. or floating or submersible, subheading 8905 20;

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.

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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 paragraph 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. Pharmaceutical products

1. Relief from customs duty is provided for pharmaceutical products of the following categories :

(i) those pharmaceutical substances which are listed in Annex 3 and which are known by the International Non-proprietary Names (INNs) provided for them by the World Health Organisation;

(ii) salts, esters and hydrates of INNs, which are described by the combination of INNs of Annex 3 with prefixes or suffixes of Annex 4, on condition that such products are classifiable in the same 6-digit HS-headings as the corresponding INNs;

(iii) salts, esters and hydrates of INNs, which are listed in Annex 5 and which are not classifiable in the same 6-digit HS-heading as the corresponding INNs;

(iv) the products which are listed in Annex 6 and which are used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products.

The subheadings concerned are within the following headings :

2818 30, 2833 22, 2842 10, 2842 90, 2843 30, 2843 90, 2844 40, 2845 90, 2846 90, 2902 19, 2902 90, 2903 44, 2903 47, 2903 49, 2903 59, 2903 62, 2903 69, 2904 10, 2904 90, 2905 22, 2905 29, 2905 39, 2905 49, 2905 50, 2906 11, 2906 19, 2906 29, 2907 19, 2907 29, 2908 10, 2908 20, 2908 90, 2909 19, 2909 20, 2909 30, 2909 49, 2909 50, 2910 90, 2911 00, 2912 19, 2912 29, 2912 49, 2914 19, 2914 29, 2914 39, 2914 40, 2914 50, 2914 69, 2914 70, 2915 39, 2915 50, 2915 70, 2915 90, 2916 15, 2916 19, 2916 20, 2916 39, 2917 13, 2917 19, 2917 20, 2917 34, 2917 39, 2918 11, 2918 13, 2918 16, 2918 17, 2918 19, 2918 22, 2918 23, 2918 29, 2918 30, 2918 90, 2919 00, 2920 10, 2920 90, 2921 12, 2921 19, 2921 29, 2921 30, 2921 42, 2921 45, 2921 49, 2921 59, 2922 11, 2922 19, 2922 29, 2922 30, 2922 41, 2922 49, 2922 50, 2923 10, 2923 20, 2923 90, 2924 10, 2924 21, 2924 29, 2925 19, 2925 20, 2926 90, 2927 00, 2928 00, 2929 90, 2930 20, 2930 30, 2930 40, 2930 90, 2931 00, 2932 19, 2932 29, 2932 99, 2933 11, 2933 19, 2933 21, 2933 29, 2933 39, 2933 40, 2933 51, 2933 59, 2933 69, 2933 79, 2933 90, 2934 10, 2934 20, 2934 30, 2934 90, 2935 00, 2936 10, 2936 21, 2936 22, 2936 23, 2936 24, 2936 25, 2936 26, 2936 27, 2936 28, 2936 29, 2937 10, 2937 21, 2937 22, 2937 29, 2937 91, 2937 92, 2937 99, 2938 10, 2938 90, 2939 10, 2939 29, 2939 41, 2939 42, 2939 49, 2939 50, 2939 61, 2939 62, 2939 69, 2939 90, 2940 00, 2941 10, 2941 20, 2941 30, 2941 40, 2941 50, 2941 90, 2942 00, 3001 20, 3001 90, 3002 10, 3002 90, 3003 31, 3003 39, 3003 40, 3003 90, 3004 31, 3203 00, 3204 12, 3204 13, 3204 19, 3204 90, 3402 12, 3402 13, 3507 90, 3808 40, 3824 90, 3901 90, 3902 90, 3905 99, 3906 90, 3907 10, 3907 30, 3907 99, 3909 10, 3909 40, 3911 90, 3912 31, 3912 39, 3912 90, 3913 90, 3914 00.

D. Standard rate of duty

1. Customs duty shall be charged at the flat rate of 3,5 % 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 3,5 % customs duty shall apply provided that the value of the goods subject to import duty does not exceed $ 350 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 Council Regulation (EEC) No 918/83 (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 355/94 ().

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 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 $ 350.

5. Non participating Member States may maintain unchanged the equivalent in national currency of the sum of $ 350 if, at the time of the annual adjustment provided for in the first paragraph of Article 18 (2) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92 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.

E. 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 paragraph 1 (a) and (b) 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 among all the goods contained, in proportion to the weight or value of those goods.

Note : A heading number placed between square brackets in column 1 of the Schedule of Customs Duties indicates that the heading has been deleted (for example, heading No [1519]).

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SUPPLEMENTARY UNITS

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PART TWO SCHEDULE OF CUSTOMS DUTIES

SECTION I LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS

Notes

1. 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 1 LIVE ANIMALS

Note

1. 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 2 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL

Note

1. 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 notes

1. 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 20 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 30 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 30 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 50 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 50 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 each cervical, dorsal, lumbar and sacral vertebra, through or along of the sternum and through 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 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 and 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. The following expressions shall have the meanings hereunder assigned to them :

(a) 'poultry cuts, with bone in`, for the purposes of subheadings 0207 13 20 to 0207 13 60, 0207 26 20 to 0207 26 70, 0207 35 21 to 0207 35 63, 0207 14 20 to 0207 14 60, 0207 27 20 to 0207 27 70 and 0207 36 21 to 0207 36 63 : the cuts specified therein, including all bones.

Poultry cuts as referred to in (a) which have been partly boned shall fall within subheading 0207 13 70, 0207 26 80, 0207 35 79, 0207 14 70 or 0207 36 79;

(b) 'halves`, for the purposes of subheadings 0207 13 20, 0207 26 20, 0207 35 21, 0207 35 23, 0207 35 25, 0207 14 20, 0207 27 20, 0207 36 21, 0207 36 23 and 0207 36 25 : halves of poultry carcases, obtained by a longitudinal cut in a plane along the sternum and the backbone;

(c) 'quarters`, for the purposes of subheadings 0207 13 20, 0207 26 20, 0207 35 21, 0207 35 23, 0207 35 25, 0207 14 20, 0207 27 20, 0207 36 21, 0207 36 23 and 0207 36 25 : leg quarters, or breast quarters, obtained by a transversal cut of a half;

(d) 'whole wings, with or without tips`, for the purposes of subheadings 0207 13 30, 0207 26 30, 0207 35 31, 0207 14 30, 0207 27 30 and 0207 36 31 : poultry cuts consisting of the humerus, radius and ulna, together with the surrounding musculature. The tip, including the carpal bones, may or may not have been removed. The cuts shall be made at the joints;

(e) 'breasts`, for the purposes of subheadings 0207 13 50, 0207 26 50, 0207 35 51, 0207 35 53, 0207 14 50, 0207 27 50, 0207 36 51 and 0207 36 53 : poultry cuts consisting of the sternum and the ribs, distributed on both sides of it, together with the surrounding musculature;

(f) 'legs`, for the purposes of subheadings 0207 13 60, 0207 35 61, 0207 35 63, 0207 14 60, 0207 36 61 and 0207 36 63 : poultry cuts consisting of the femur, tibia and fibula together with the surrounding musculature. The two cuts shall be made at the joints;

(g) 'turkey drumsticks`, for the purposes of subheadings 0207 26 60 and 0207 27 60 : turkey cuts consisting of the tibia and fibula together with the surrounding musculature. The two cuts shall be made at the joints;

(h) 'turkey legs, other than drumsticks`, for the purposes of subheadings 0207 26 70 and 0207 27 70 : turkey cuts consisting of the femur together with the surrounding musculature or of the femur, tibia and fibula together with the surrounding musculature. The two cuts shall be made at the joints;

(ij) 'goose or duck paletots`, for the purposes of subheadings 0207 35 71 and 0207 36 71 : 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. The duty rate applicable to mixtures falling within this chapter shall be 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. For the purposes of heading No 0210, the terms 'meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine` mean meat and edible meat offal deeply and homogeneously impregnated with salt in all parts, having a total salt content of not less than 1,2 % by weight.

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CHAPTER 3 FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

Notes

1. 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 4 DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS' EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

Notes

1. The expression 'milk` means full cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.

2. For the purposes of heading No 0405 :

(a) the term 'butter` means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter (fresh, salted or rancid, including canned butter) derived exclusively from milk, with a milkfat content of 80 % or more but not more than 95 % by weight, a maximum milk solids-not-fat content of 2 % by weight and a maximum water content of 16 % by weight. Butter does not contain added emulsifiers, but may contain sodium chloride, food colours, neutralising salts and cultures of harmless lactic-acid-producing bacteria;

(b) the expression 'dairy spreads` means a spreadable emulsion of the water-in-oil type, containing milkfat as the only fat in the product, with a milkfat content of 39 % or more but less than 80 % by weight.

3. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milk fat are to be classified as cheese in heading No 0406 provided that they have the three following characteristics :

(a) a milk fat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5 % or more;

(b) a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70 % but not exceeding 85 %; and

(c) they are moulded or capable of being moulded.

4. This chapter does not cover :

(a) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 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 notes

1. 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.

2. For the purposes of subheading 0405 10 the term 'butter` does not include dehydrated butter or ghee (subheading 0405 90).

Additional notes

1. The duty rate applicable to mixtures falling within heading Nos 0401 to 0406 shall be 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.

2. For the purposes of subheadings 0406 90 02 and 0406 90 03, the expression 'whole cheeses` means whole cheeses of the following net weights:

- Emmentaler : not less than 60 kg but not more than 130 kg,

- Gruyère and Sbrinz : not less than 20 kg but not more than 45 kg,

- Bergkäse : not less than 20 kg but not more than 60 kg,

- Appenzell : not less than 6 kg but not more than 8 kg.

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CHAPTER 5 PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

Notes

1. This chapter does not cover :

(a) edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried);

(b) hides or skins (including furskins) other than goods of heading 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 II VEGETABLE PRODUCTS

Note

1. 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 6 LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE

Notes

1. 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 7 EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS

Notes

1. 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, powder, flakes, granules and pellets of potatoes (heading No 1105);

(d) flour, meal and powder 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 note

1. 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 8 EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUITS OR MELONS

Notes

1. 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 stabilization (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 notes

1. 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 558/93) at a temperature of 20 °C and multiplied by the factor 0,95.

2. For the purposes of subheadings 0811 90 11, 0811 90 31 and 0811 90 85, 'tropical fruit` means guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws (papayas), tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya.

3. For the purposes of subheadings 0811 90 11, 0811 90 31, 0811 90 85, 0812 90 70 and 0813 50 31, 'tropical nuts` means coconuts, cashew nuts, Brazil nuts, areca (or betel), cola and macadamia nuts.

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CHAPTER 9 COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES

Notes

1. 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 note

1. The rate of duty applicable to mixtures referred to in note 1 (a) shall be the one applicable to the component having the highest duty rate.

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CHAPTER 10 CEREALS

Notes

1. (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 note

1. 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 notes

1. 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 and 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) : grain fragments the length of which does not exceed three-quarters of the average length of the whole grain.

2. The duty rate applicable to mixtures falling within this chapter shall be 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 11 PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN

Notes

1. 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, is always classified in 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.

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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 notes

1. The duty rate applicable to mixtures falling within this chapter shall be 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.

2. For the purposes of heading No 1106, the terms 'flour`, 'meal` and 'powder` mean products (other than shredded desiccated coconut), obtained by milling or some other fragmentation process from dried leguminous vegetables of heading No 0713, from sago or roots or tubers of heading No 0714 or from products of Chapter 8, of which :

(a) in the case of dried leguminous vegetables, sago, roots, tubers and products of Chapter 8 (excluding nuts of heading Nos 0801 and 0802), at least 95 % by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 2 mm;

(b) in the case of nuts of heading Nos 0801 and 0802, at least 50 % by weight passes through a woven metal wire cloth sieve with an aperture of 2,5 mm.

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CHAPTER 12 OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER

Notes

1. 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; or

(c) fertilizers of heading No 3101 or 3105.

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CHAPTER 13 LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS

Note

1. 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 (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, extracted oleoresins, aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils or preparations based on odoriferous substances of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages (Chapter 33); or

(ij) natural rubber, balata, gutta-percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural gums (heading No 4001).

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CHAPTER 14 VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

Notes

1. 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 III ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES

CHAPTER 15 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES

Notes

1. 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, 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 notes

1. 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. Heading Nos 1509 and 1510 cover only oils derived solely from the treatment of olives the analytical characteristics of whose fatty acid content - determined using the methods set out in Annexes V, X-A and X-B to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91 - and sterol content are as follows :

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Heading Nos 1509 and 1510 do not cover chemically altered olive oil (in particular re-esterified olive oil) and mixtures of olive oil with other oils. The presence of re-esterified olive oil or other oils is ascertained using the methods set out in Annex VII to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91.

B. Subheading 1509 10 covers only olive oils defined in Sections I and II obtained solely using mechanical or other physical means under conditions, and particularly thermal conditions, that do not lead to deterioration of the oil, and which have undergone no treatment other than washing, decantation, centrifugation or filtration. Oils derived from olives using solvents fall within heading No 1510.

I. For the purposes of subheading No 1509 10 10, 'virgin lampante olive oil`, whatever its acidity, means olive oil with :

(a) a wax content not exceeding 350 mg/kg;

(b) an erythrodiol and uvaol content not exceeding 4,5 %;

(c) a content in saturated fatty acids at the 2-position in the triglycerides not exceeding 1,3 %;

(d) a sum of transoleic isomers not exceeding 0,10 % and a sum of translinoleic + transoleic isomers not exceeding 0,10 %;

(e) a stigmastadiene content not exceeding 0,50 mg/kg;

(f) a difference between the HPLC and theoretical content of triglycerides with ECN42 of 0,3 or less;

and

(g) one or more of the following characteristics :

1. a peroxide number greater than 20 meq O2/kg;

2. a content in volatile halogenated solvents greater than 0,2 mg/kg or greater than 0,1 mg/kg for any one solvent;

3. a K270 extinction coefficient greater than 0,25 and, after treatment of the oil with activated alumina, not greater than 0,11. In point of fact some oils having a free fatty acid content, expressed as oleic acid, of more than 3,3 g per 100 g may, after passage through activated alumina in accordance with the method set out in Annex IX to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91, have a K270 extinction coefficient higher than 0,10. If so, after neutralization and decolourization in the laboratory in accordance with the method set out in Annex XIII to the aforementioned Regulation, they must have the following characteristics :

- a K270 extinction coefficient not higher than 1,20,

- an extinction coefficient variation (ÄK), in the 270 nm region, higher than 0,01 but not higher than 0,16, i.e. :

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4. organoleptic characteristics which include detectable defects exceeding the limits of acceptability and a panel test score lower than 3,5 in accordance with Annex XII to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91;

II. For the purposes of subheading 1509 10 90, 'virgin oil` means olive oil having the following characteristics :

(a) an acid content, expressed as oleic acid, not exceeding 3,3 g per 100 g;

(b) a peroxide number not exceeding 20 meq O2/kg;

(c) a wax content not exceeding 250 mg/kg;

(d) a content in volatile halogenated solvents not exceeding 0,2 mg/kg overall and not exceeding 0,1 mg/kg for each solvent;

(e) a K270 extinction coefficient not higher than 0,25 and, after treatment of the oil with activated alumina, not higher than 0,10;

(f) an extinction coefficient variation (ÄK), in the 270 nm region, not higher than 0,01;

(g) organoleptic characteristics which may include detectable defects within the limits of acceptability and a panel test score not lower than 3,5 in accordance with Annex XII to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91;

(h) an erythrodiol and uvaol content not exceeding 4,5 %;

(ij) a content in saturated fatty acids at the 2-position in the triglycerides not exceeding 1,3 %;

(k) a sum of transoleic isomers not exceeding 0,05 % and a sum of translinoleic + translinoleic isomers not exceeding 0,05 %;

(l) a content in stigmastadienes not exceeding 0,15 mg/kg.

(m) a difference between the HPLC and theoretical content of triglycerides with ECN42 of 0,2 or less.

C. Subheading 1509 90 covers olive oil obtained by the treatment of olive oils falling within subheading 1509 10 10 and/or 1509 10 90, whether or not blended with virgin olive oil, having the following characteristics :

(a) an acid content, expressed as oleic acid, not exceeding 1,5 g per 100 g;

(b) a wax content not exceeding 350 mg/kg;

(c) a K270 extinction coefficient not higher than 1,0;

(d) an extinction coefficient variation (ÄK), in the 270 nm region, not higher than 0,13;

(e) an erythrodiol and uvaol content not exceeding 4,5 %;

(f) a content in saturated fatty acids at the 2-position in the triglycerides not exceeding 1,5 %;

(g) the sum of transoleic isomers not exceeding 0,20 % and the sum of translinoleic + translinolenic isomers not exceeding 0,30 %.

(h) a difference between the HPLC and theoretical content of triglycerides with ECN42 of 0,3 or less.

D. For the purposes of subheading 1510 00 10, 'crude oils` means oils, particularly olive-residue oils, with the following characteristics :

(a) an acid content, expressed as oleic acid, greater than 0,5 g per 100 g;

(b) an erythrodiol and uvaol content not lower than 12 %;

(c) a content in saturated fatty acids at the 2-position in the triglycerides not exceeding 1,8 %;

(d) a the sum of transoleic isomers not exceeding 0,20 % and the sum of translinoleic + translinolenic isomers not exceeding 0,10 %.

(e) e difference between the HPLC and theoretical content of triglycerides with ECN42 of 0,6 or less.

E. Subheading 1510 00 90 covers oils obtained by the treatment of oils falling within subheading 1510 00 10, whether or not blended with virgin olive oil, and oils not having the characteristics of the oils referred to in additional notes 2 B, 2 C and 2 D. Oils falling within the subheading must have a content in saturated fatty acids at the 2-position in the triglycerides not exceeding 2,0 %, a sum of transoleic isomers lower than 0,4 % and a sum of translinoleic + translinolenic isomers lower than 0,35 % and a difference between the HPLC and theoretical content of triglycerides with ECN42 that does not exceed 0,5.

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 in accordance with the method laid down in Annex XVI to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91, lower than 70 or higher than 100;

(b) residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances containing oil having an iodine index higher than 70 or lower than 100, of which the peak area representing the retention volume of betasitosterol (), determined in accordance with Annex V to Regulation (EEC) No 2568/91, is less than 93,0 % 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 2568/91. Accordingly, account is to be taken also of the footnotes of Annex I to the Regulation.

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SECTION IV PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES

Note

1. 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 16 PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

Notes

1. 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 or heading No 0504.

2. Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic 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 notes

1. 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 notes

1. For the purposes of subheadings 1602 31 11, 1602 32 11, 1602 39 21, 1602 50 10, 1602 90 61, 1602 90 72 and 1602 90 74, 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, 1602 90 72 and 1602 90 74 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 17 SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY

Note

1. 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 note

1. 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 %.

Additional notes

1. 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. The duty applicable to raw sugar of subheadings 1701 11 10 an 1701 12 10 whose yield established according to Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 43 8 differs from 92 % is fixed in the following manner:

the relevant rate is multiplied by a correcting coefficient obtained by dividing the percentage yield established according to the above provisions by 92.

3. 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.

4. For the purposes of establishing the duty applicable to products of subheadings 1702 20 10, 1702 60 80, 1702 60 95, 1702 90 60, 1702 90 71, 1702 90 80 and 1702 90 99, the sucrose content, including other sugars expressed as sucrose, is determined by the methods laid down in Article 5 (2) and (4) of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95.

5. 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.

For the purposes of establishing the duty applicable to products of the subheadings referred to in the preceding paragraph, the dry matter content is determined according to Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95.

6. 'Inulin syrup` means :

(a) for the purposes of subheading 1702 60 80 the immediate product obtained by hydrolysis of inulin or oligofructoses, containing in the dry state more than 50 % fructose in free form or as sucrose;

(b) for the purposes of subheading 1702 90 80 the immediate product obtained by hydrolysis of inulin or oligofructoses, containing in the dry state at least 10 % but not exceeding 50 % of fructose in free form or as sucrose.

7. When imported in the form of an assortment, goods falling within subheading 1704 90 are subject to an agricultural component (EA) fixed according to the average content in milk fats, milk proteins, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose and starch of the assortment as a whole.

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CHAPTER 18 COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS

Notes

1. 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 notes

1. When imported in the form of an assortment, goods falling within subheadings 1806 20, 1806 31, 1806 32 and 1806 90 are subject to an agricultural component (EA) fixed according to the average content in milk fats, 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 19 PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS' PRODUCTS

Notes

1. 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 6 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis or coated with chocolate or other food preparations containing cocoa of heading No 1806 (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 notes

1. Goods of subheadings 1905 30, 1905 40 and 1905 90, presented in the form of an assortment, are subject to an agricultural component (EA) fixed according to the average content in milk fats, 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 20 PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS

Notes

1. 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 notes

1. 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 notes

1. For the purposes of heading No 2001, vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid must have a content of free, volatile acid of 0,5 % by weight or more, expressed as acetic acid.

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 558/93 at a temperature of 20 °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 within 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 12 to 2008 92 38 and 2008 99 11 to 2008 99 40, 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) No 558/93) at a temperature of 20 °C is not less than 50,9 %.

7. For the purposes of subheadings 2001 90 91, 2006 00 35, 2006 00 91, 2007 10 91, 2007 99 93, 2008 19 11, 2008 19 59, 2008 92 12, 2008 92 16, 2008 92 32, 2008 92 36, 2008 92 51, 2008 92 72, 2008 92 76, 2008 92 92, 2008 92 94, 2008 92 97, 2008 99 36, 2008 99 38, 2009 80 36, 2009 80 73, 2009 80 88, 2009 80 97, 2009 90 92, 2009 90 95 and 2009 90 97, 'tropical fruit` means guavas, mangoes, mangosteens, papaws (papayas), tamarinds, cashew apples, lychees, jackfruit, sapodillo plums, passion fruit, carambola and pitahaya.

8. For the purposes of subheadings 2001 90 91, 2006 00 35, 2006 00 91, 2007 99 93, 2008 19 11, 2008 19 51, 2008 19 59, 2008 92 12, 2008 92 16, 2008 92 32, 2008 92 36, 2008 92 51, 2008 92 72, 2008 92 76, 2008 92 92, 2008 92 94 and 2008 92 97, 'tropical nuts` means coconuts, cashew nuts, Brazil nuts, areca (or betel), cola and macadamia nuts.

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CHAPTER 21 MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS

Notes

1. 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) yeast put up as a medicament or other products of heading No 3003 or 3004; or

(g) prepared enzymes of heading No 3507.

2. Extracts of the substitutes referred to in note 1 (b) 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 notes

1. For the purposes of subheadings 2103 20 00 and 2103 90 90, the expression 'sauces` does not cover a preparation of vegetables, fruit or other edible parts of plants if the percentage of these ingredients passing through a metal wire sieve, with an aperture of 5 mm, is, after rinsing with water of a temperature of 20 °C, less than 80 % by weight, calculated on the original preparation.

2. For the purposes of subheadings 2106 10 20 and 2106 90 92, the term 'starch` also covers starch breakdown products.

3. 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 milk fats 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.

4. For the purposes of subheading 2106 90 20 'compound alcoholic preparations, other than those based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages` means those preparations having a alcoholic strength by volume of more than 0,5 % vol.

5. 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.

For the purposes of establishing the duty applicable to products of subheading 2106 90 30, the dry matter content is determined according to Article 5 (3) of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95.

6. For the purposes of establishing the duty applicable to products of subheading 2106 90 59, the sucrose content, including other sugars expressed as sucrose, is determined by the method laid down in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1423/95.

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CHAPTER 22 BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR

Notes

1. 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 °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 note

1. For the purposes of subheading 2204 10, the expression 'sparkling wine` means wine which, when kept at a temperature of 20 °C in closed containers, has an excess pressure of not less than 3 bar.

Additional notes

1. 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