Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
Date: 2017-06-08
Institutions: Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union, European Commission
Subjects: Combined Nomenclature, animal nutrition, common customs tariff








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8.6.2017   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 180/35





Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union
(2017/C 180/07)
Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

On page 106, the explanatory note to heading ‘2309 Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding’ is replaced by the following text:








‘2309




Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

See note 1 to this chapter.
The content of milk products, the content of starch and the content of starch degradation products (glucose syrup, maltodextrin and maltodextrin syrup, including glucose) are calculated on the product as received.
As regards milk products, see Additional note 4 to this chapter.
As regards starch and its degradation products, the following applies:






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For the determination of starch content, the polarimetric method (also called the modified Ewers method) laid down in Annex III, part L, to Commission Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 (OJ L 54, 26.2.2009, p. 1) is to be applied.
Where the polarimetric method is not applicable, e. g. due to presence in significant amounts of materials such as those listed hereafter, the enzymatic analytical method for the determination of the starch content laid down in the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 121/2008 (OJ L 37, 12.2.2008, p. 3) is to be applied.
The following specific materials are known to give rise to interferences by applying the polarimetric method:






(a)


(sugar) beet products such as (sugar) beet pulp, (sugar) beet molasses, (sugar) beet pulp-molassed, (sugar) beet vinasse, (beet) sugar;










(b)


citrus pulp;










(c)


linseed; linseed expeller; linseed extracted;










(d)


rape seed; rape seed expeller; rape seed extracted; rape-seed hulls;










(e)


sunflower seed; sunflower seed extracted; sunflower seed, partially decorticated, extracted;










(f)


copra expeller; copra extracted;










(g)


potato pulp;










(h)


dehydrated yeast;










(i)


products rich in inulin (for example, chips and meal of Jerusalem artichokes);










(j)


greaves;










(k)


soya products




Where it is not evident whether any starch is present, a qualitative microscopic method or a qualitative colouration test with iodine solution may be used to verify the presence of starch.










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For the quantitative determination of starch and its degradation products (glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrin or maltodextrin syrup of subheadings 1702 30 50, 1702 30 90, 1702 40 90, 1702 90 50 and 2106 90 55), the method laid down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 118/2010 (OJ L 37, 9.2.2010, p. 21) is to be applied.










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For the purposes of subheadings 2309 10 11 to 2309 10 90 and 2309 90 31 to 2309 90 96, products with a content lower than 5 % by weight of starch (determined by the polarimetric method laid down in Annex III, part L, to Regulation (EC) No 152/2009 or the enzymatic method laid down in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 121/2008) should not be considered as ‘containing starch’. Products with a content lower than 5 % by weight of starch and its degradation products (determined by the method laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 118/2010) should not be considered as ‘containing starch, glucose, glucose syrup, maltodextrin or maltodextrin syrup’.










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High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) may be used for the determination of glucose (Commission Regulation (EC) No 904/2008 (OJ L 249, 18.9.2008, p. 9)).’











(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

(2)  OJ C 76, 4.3.2015, p. 1.