Uniform application of the combined nomenclature (CN) (Classification of goods)
Date: 2004-01-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, chemical product, customs tariff, fresh cheese, milk product, mollusc

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Budget: The estimated budget EUR 0,6 million

Objective: Rescue aid

Duration: Claims had to be introduced before February 21,
2003

Legal basis: Konsolidierungsfonds I des Landes Berlin

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 600 000

Duration: Six months

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.12.2003

Member State: Germany (Berlin)

Aid No: N 465/03

Other information: Commitment of Germany to communicate
to the Commission, within six months after authorisation of
the rescue measure, a restructuring plan or a liquidation plan
or proof that the loan has been reimbursed in full amount

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: Aid in favour of Metallindustriewerk Staaken GmbH

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2004/C 12/06)

Explanatory notes adopted in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 10 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff (1) as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1871/2003 (2)

The ‘Explanatory Notes to the combined nomenclature of the European Communities’ (3) are amended as
follows:

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0307 91 00
to
0307 99 90

Other, including flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crus-
taceans, fit for human consumption

The text reproduced under No 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6. aquatic invertebrates, other than crustaceans and those molluscs specified or included in subheadings
0307 10 to 0307 60 00, in particular sea-urchins, sea cucumbers (bêches de mer), jellyfish and frozen
cuttlefish of the species Sepia pharaonis.’

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0403

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or
acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added
sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or
cocoa

Insert the following text after the present text:

‘For the purposes of this heading, the term “buttermilk” covers both sweet (i.e. non-acidified) and acidified
buttermilk.’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 5.
(3) OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.

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0403 90 11
to
0403 90 99

Other

The following text is added as a new second paragraph:

‘These subheadings do not cover products of the type “cagliata” as described in the Explanatory Notes to
subheadings 0406 10 20 and 0406 10 80, third paragraph.’

0406 10 20
and
0406 10 80

Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey cheese, and curd

The following text is inserted as a new third paragraph:

‘These subheadings include products of the type “cagliata”,
i.e. products obtained by coagulating with
rennet, other enzymes or acid treatment, whole milk, semi-skimmed or totally skimmed milk, from which
most of the serum has been extracted. These products are presented in the form of a paste not yet
plastic-curd, smooth, easy to separate into grains, with an intense characteristic smell and with a
sodium chloride content of 0,3 % or less by weight. They are “intermediate” products, needing to be
further processed, mainly to obtain cheeses.’

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3501 10 10
to
3501 10 90

Casein

The following text is added as a new second paragraph:

‘These subheadings do not cover products of the type “cagliata” as described in the Explanatory Notes to
subheadings 0406 10 20 and 0406 10 80, third paragraph.’

3504 00 00

Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not
elsewhere specified or included; hide powder, whether or not chromed

The following text is added as a new forth paragraph:

‘This subheading does not cover products of the type “cagliata” as described in the Explanatory Notes to
subheadings 0406 10 20 and 0406 10 80, third paragraph.’

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The CN code 3824 90 30 Alkaline iron oxide for the purification of gas and the text of
explanatory note for this CN code are deleted.

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