EN Official Journal of the European Union C 189/16

Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union

2011/C 189/06

Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a), second indent, of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are amended as follows:

Chapter 27

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General

First paragraph, after the word ‘Materials’, delete the expression ‘published in the 1976 edition of standard definitions and specifications for petroleum and lubricating products’

Note 2

Second line, after ‘315 °C’, delete ‘ASTM D 1319-70’ and replace it with ‘EN 15553’

Additional note 5

Paragraph 2, subparagraph (d), after ‘softening’, add ‘or sweetening’

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Additional Note 5(b)

Paragraph 2, subparagraph (a): — replace ‘ASTM D 86-67’ with ‘EN ISO 3405’; — after ‘method’, delete ‘(reapproved 1972)’ and add ‘(equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method)’.

Paragraph 2, subparagraph (b): — replace ‘ASTM D 86-67’ with ‘EN ISO 3405’. — after ‘method’, delete ‘(reapproved 1972)’ and add ‘(equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method)’.

Additional Note 5(e)

Between ‘glycol’ and ‘morpholine’, add ‘N methyl’.

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Additional Note 5(l)

First, second and fourth lines, replace ‘deparaffining’ with ‘dewaxing’.

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2707 50 10 and 2707 50 90

In the phrase beginning with ‘These subheadings …’:

— replace ‘ASTM D 86-67’ with ‘EN ISO 3405’;

— after ‘method’, delete ‘(reapproved 1972)’ and add ‘(equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method)’.

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2707 99 91 and 2707 99 99

Paragraph 1, subparagraph (a): — replace ‘ASTM D 86-67’ with ‘EN ISO 3405’; — after ‘method’, delete ‘(reapproved 1972)’ and add ‘(equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method)’.

Paragraph 1, subparagraph (b): After ‘15 °C’, add ‘by EN ISO 12185’.

Paragraph 1, subparagraph (c): After ‘25 °C by the’, delete ‘ASTM D 5’ and replace it with ‘EN 1426’.

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2710 11 11 to 2710 19 99

Paragraph I, subparagraph 1: After ‘ASTM D 938’, insert ‘method equivalent to the ISO 2207’.

Paragraph I, subparagraph 2, indent (a): — after ‘at 70 °C’, add ‘by EN ISO 12185’; — after ‘ASTM D 217’, insert ‘method equivalent to the ISO 2137’.

Paragraph I, subparagraph 2, indent (b): — after ‘at 70 °C’, add ‘by EN ISO 12185’; — after ‘measured by the’, delete ‘ASTM D 5’ and replace it with ‘EN 1426’; — after ‘See also the diagram below’, delete ‘(1)’, the reference to footnote 1.

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Footnote 1

Delete this footnote: ‘(1) Where a product is found to be too hard for the worked cone penetration test by the ASTM D 217 method, the cone penetration test is to be applied by the ASTM D 937 method.’

Diagram

Modify the diagram as follows:

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2710 11 21

Delete the phrase ‘The term “Abel-Pensky method” means method DIN (Deutsche Industrienormen) 51755 — March 1974, published by the DNA (Deutsche Normenausschuß), Berlin 15.’

2710 19 11 to 2710 19 29

After ‘to this chapter’, insert the following text and figures.

Subheading 2710 19 21

This subheading covers kerosene type jet fuel. This jet fuel complies with the provisions of Additional Note 2(c) to this chapter.

The gas chromatographic profile of kerosene type jet fuel, for instance the most commonly used jet fuel A-1, is characteristic of an oil obtained by no other process than distillation of a crude oil. The chain length of the alkanes varies between about 10 and 18 carbon atoms. The distillation range according to the EN ISO 3405 method equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method is approximately 130 °C to 300 °C. The aromatic content may be up to 25 % by volume. Its flash point is generally above 38 °C according to the ISO 13736 method.

Jet fuel may contain the following additives: antioxidants, corrosion inhibitors, icing inhibitors, tracer dyes.

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Gas chromatographic profile of jet fuel type A-1 (kerosene)

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Subheading 2710 19 25

This subheading covers kerosene other than jet fuel. The kerosene of this subheading complies with the provisions of Additional Note 2(c) to this chapter.

Characteristics of some of these oils are their very low aromatic and olefin content to prevent the formation of soot during combustion.

In some cases, chemical markers are present.

This subheading excludes mixtures of kerosene and other mineral oils or organic solvents.

Gas chromatographic profile of low aromatic kerosene

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Subheading 2710 19 29

This subheading covers medium oils other than kerosene of subheadings 2710 19 21 and 2710 19 25. The oils of this subheading comply with the provisions of Additional Note 2(c) to this chapter.

An example of these oils is n-paraffin.

Gas chromatographic profile of n-paraffin

Modify the figures of the gas chromatographic profiles as follows:

— for all of them, after ‘SIMDIS ASTM D 2887 Extended’ add ‘equivalent to ISO 3924’;

— for the figures concerning jet fuel type A-1 and low aromatic kerosene, delete ‘ASTM D 86 correlation (STP 577)-distribution’, and replace it with ‘EN ISO 3405 equivalent to ASTM D 86 correlation (STP 577)-distribution’.

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Table of characteristics of fuel oils

Insert the following text:

— after ‘sulphated residue content’, insert ‘(ISO 3987)’;

— after ‘saponification index’, insert ‘(ISO 6293-1 or ISO 6293-2)’.

2710 19 71 to 2710 19 99

Second phrase:

— replace ‘ASTM D 86-67’ with ‘EN ISO 3405’;

— after ‘method’, delete ‘(reapproved 1972)’ and add ‘(equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method)’.

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Paragraph 2, subparagraph (a): — replace ‘ASTM D 86-67’ with ‘EN ISO 3405’; — after ‘method’, delete ‘(reapproved 1972)’ and add ‘(equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method)’.

Paragraph 2, subparagraph (b): After ‘by the’, delete ‘ASTM D 445 74’ and replace it with ‘EN ISO 3104’.

Paragraph 2, subparagraph (c): — after ‘by the’, insert ‘ISO 2049 method (equivalent to the’. — after ‘ASTM D 1500 method’. insert ‘)’

Table of characteristics of lubricating and other oils

Insert the following text:

— after ‘sulphated residue content’, insert ‘(ISO 3987)’;

— after ‘saponification index’, insert ‘(ISO 6293-1 or ISO 6293-2)’.

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Paragraph 1: After ‘ASTM D 938’, insert ‘method equivalent to the ISO 2207’.

Paragraph 2: After ‘at 70 °C’, add ‘by EN ISO 12185’.

Paragraph 3: After ‘ASTM D 217’, insert ‘method equivalent to the ISO 2137’.

Paragraph 4: — after ‘ASTM D 937’, insert ‘method equivalent to the ISO 2137’; — delete the phrase ‘If a product is found to be too hard for the worked cone penetration test by the ASTM D 217 method, the cone penetration test is to be applied by the ASTM D 937 method.’

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Paragraph 1: After ‘ASTM D 938’, insert ‘method equivalent to the ISO 2207’.

Paragraph 2: After ‘at 70 °C’, add ‘by EN ISO 12185’.

Paragraph 3: After ‘by the’, delete ‘ASTM D 5’ and replace it with ‘EN 1426’.

2713 90 10 and 2713 90 90

Paragraph 2: Between ‘at 15 °C’ and ‘exceeds’ add ‘by EN ISO 12185’.

Paragraph 3: — replace ‘ASTM D 86-67’ with ‘EN ISO 3405’; — after ‘method’, delete ‘(reapproved 1972)’ and add ‘(equivalent to the ASTM D 86 method)’.

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Paragraph 2, subparagraph (a), fifth phrase, first indent: After ‘measured by the’, delete ‘ASTM D 5’ and replace it with ‘EN 1426’.

Paragraph 2, subparagraph (a), fifth phrase, second indent: — after ‘ASTM D 1189 method’, add ‘(withdrawn in 1979 and no existing EN/ISO method)’; — after ‘measured by the’, delete ‘ASTM D 5’ and replace it with ‘EN 1426’.

Diagram

Modify the diagram as follows:

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2) OJ C 137, 6.5.2011, p. 1.