Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/551 of 13 March 2026 amending the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 as regards the lists of products of animal origin, animal by-products and composite products subject to official controls at border control posts
Date: 2026-03-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety, European Commission
Subjects: animal breeding, animal product, border control, by-product, customs regulations, food inspection, import (EU), live animal, veterinary inspection








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2026/551


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            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/551
of 13 March 2026
         
amending the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 as regards the lists of products of animal origin, animal by-products and composite products subject to official controls at border control posts
(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on official controls and other official activities performed to ensure the application of food and feed law, rules on animal health and welfare, plant health and plant protection products, amending Regulations (EC) No 999/2001, (EC) No 396/2005, (EC) No 1069/2009, (EC) No 1107/2009, (EU) No 1151/2012, (EU) No 652/2014, (EU) 2016/429 and (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 1/2005 and (EC) No 1099/2009 and Council Directives 98/58/EC, 1999/74/EC, 2007/43/EC, 2008/119/EC and 2008/120/EC, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 854/2004 and (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 89/608/EEC, 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC, 91/496/EEC, 96/23/EC, 96/93/EC and 97/78/EC and Council Decision 92/438/EEC (Official Controls Regulation) (1), and in particular Article 47(2), first subparagraph, point (a), thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 (2) establishes, in the Annex thereto, lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products, composite products, and hay and straw to be presented for official controls at border control posts, with the indication of their respective Combined Nomenclature codes (CN codes) provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (3).












(2)


It is necessary to update the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 to include certain products of animal origin, animal by-products, and composite products, which are currently missing from the list of products subject to official controls at border control posts. It is therefore appropriate to add the headings and CN codes 1301 , 2008 19 , 2106 90 55 , 2933 , 3002 13 , 3002 14 , 3002 15 , 3105 90 , 3821 , 3823  and 3824  in the list set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 in order to avoid any ambiguity as regards which consignments of goods are subject to official controls at border control posts.












(3)


In addition, due to the number of amendments to be made to the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632, by this Regulation, in the interests of clarity, it is appropriate to replace the entire Annex.












(4)


Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 should, therefore, be amended accordingly.












(5)


In addition, in order to avoid any disruption of trade as regards the entry into the Union of consignments of products concerned by the amendments made to the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 by this Regulation, and to allow the competent authorities of the Member States and operators sufficient time to adapt to those amendments, it is appropriate that this Regulation applies from 1 October 2026.












(6)


The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,





HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:



Article 1
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.


Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 October 2026.




This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 13 March 2026.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/625/oj.

(2)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/632 of 13 April 2021 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products and derived products, composite products, and hay and straw subject to official controls at border control posts, and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2007 and Commission Decision 2007/275/EC (OJ L 132, 19.4.2021, p. 24, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2021/632/oj).

(3)  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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1987/2658/oj).




ANNEX



‘ANNEX
LISTS OF ANIMALS, PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, GERMINAL PRODUCTS, ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS, COMPOSITE PRODUCTS, AND HAY AND STRAW SUBJECT TO OFFICIAL CONTROLS AT BORDER CONTROL POSTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3

Notes:

1.   General remarks

General remarks are added to certain Chapters to clarify which animals or goods are covered in the relevant Chapter. In addition, where necessary, reference is made to specific requirements laid down in Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
The list of composite products that meet specific conditions and are exempted from official controls at border control posts are laid down in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630 (1).
2.   Note to Chapter

The lists in the Annex to this Regulation are structured in Chapters which correspond to the relevant Chapters in the Combined Nomenclature (CN) as laid down in Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (2).
The Chapter notes are explanations that have been extracted, where necessary, from the Notes to the individual Chapters of the CN.
3.   Extract from the Explanatory Notes and the Classification Opinions of the Harmonized System

Additional information on the different Chapters has been extracted, where necessary, from the Explanatory Notes and the Classification Opinions of the Harmonized System of the World Customs Organisation.

Tables:

4.   Column (1) – CN code

This column indicates the CN code. The CN, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, is based on the International Convention on Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) concluded in Brussels on 14 June 1983 and approved by Council Decision 87/369/EEC (3). The CN reproduces the headings and subheadings of the HS to six digits, with only the seventh and eighth figures creating further subheadings which are specific to it.
Where a four-digit code is used: unless otherwise specified, all animals and goods prefixed with or covered by these four digits shall be submitted to official controls at border control posts. In most of these cases, the relevant CN codes included in the Traces system referred to in Article 133(4) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625, are comprised of six- or eight-digit codes.
Where only certain specified animals and goods under any four-, six- or eight-digit code are required to be submitted to official controls and no specific subdivision under this code exists in the CN, the code is marked “ex”. In that case, the animals and goods falling within the scope of this Regulation are determined by the scope of the CN code and by that of the corresponding description in column (2) and the qualification and explanation in column (3).
5.   Column (2) – Description

The description of the animals and goods is as laid down in the description column of the CN. Subject to the rules for the interpretation of the CN, the wording for the description of the animals and goods in column (2) is considered to be of indicative value only, since the animals and goods covered by this Regulation are determined by CN codes.
6.   Column (3) – Qualification and explanation

This column gives details of the animals or goods covered. Further information on the animals or goods covered in the different Chapters of the CN can be found in the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (4).
Products derived from animal by-products falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5) and Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 are not specifically identified in Union law. Official controls shall be carried out on products that are partly processed but remain raw products to be further processed in an approved or registered establishment at destination. Official inspectors at border control posts shall assess and specify, when necessary, if a derived product is sufficiently processed to not require further official controls provided for in Union law.
CHAPTER 1

LIVE ANIMALS


Note to Chapter 1 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter covers all live animals, except:






(a)


fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading 0301 , 0306 , 0307  or 0308 ;










(b)


cultures of micro-organisms and other products of heading 3002 ; and










(c)


animals of heading 9508 .”










Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes


                              “Heading 0106  includes, inter alia, the following domestic or wild animals:






(A)


Mammals






(1)


Primates.










(2)


Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia).










(3)


Other (such as reindeer, cats, dogs, lions, tigers, bears, elephants, camels (including dromedaries), zebras, rabbits, hares, deer, antelope (other than those of the sub-family Bovinae), chamois, foxes, minks, and other animals for fur farms).














(B)


Reptiles (including snakes and turtles)










(C)


Birds






(1)


Birds of prey.










(2)


Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos).










(3)


Other (such as partridges, pheasants, quail, woodcocks, snipe, pigeons, grouse, ortolan, wild ducks, wild geese, thrushes, blackbirds, larks, finches, tits, humming birds, peacocks, swans, and other birds not specified in heading 0105 ).














(D)


Insects, such as bees (whether or not travelling in boxes or cages or hives).










(E)


Other, e.g., frogs.




This heading excludes animals forming part of circuses, menageries or other similar travelling animal shows (heading 95.08).”
                           







CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




0101 


Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies.


All.




0102 


Live bovine animals.


All.




0103 


Live swine.


All.




0104 


Live sheep and goats.


All.




0105 


Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus, ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls.


All.




0106 


Other live animals.


All, covers all animals from the following subheadings:






—


0106 11 00 (primates);










—


0106 12 00 (whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia);










—


0106 13 00 (camels and other camelids (Camelidae));










—


0106 14 (rabbits and hares);










—


0106 19 00 (other): mammals other than those of heading 0101, 0102, 0103, 0104, 0106 11, 0106 12, 0106 13 and 0106 14; this subheading covers dogs and cats;










—


0106 20 00 (reptiles, including snakes and turtles);










—


0106 31 00 (birds: birds of prey);










—


0106 32 00 (birds: psittaciformes, including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos);










—


0106 33 00 (ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae);










—


0106 39 (other): covers birds, other than those of headings 0105, 0106 31, 0106 32 and 0106 33; this subheading includes pigeons;










—


0106 41 00 (bees);










—


0106 49 00 (other insects than bees);










—


0106 90 00 (other): all other live animals not covered elsewhere, other than mammals, reptiles, birds and insects. Live frogs whether for vivaria to be kept alive, or to be killed for human consumption, are covered by this subheading.








CHAPTER 2

MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL


Note to Chapter 2 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover:






(a)


Products of the kinds described in headings 0201  to 0208  or 0210  unfit or unsuitable for human consumption;










(b)


edible, non-living insects (heading 0410 );










(c)


guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504 ) or animal blood (heading 0511  or 3002 ); or










(d)


animal fat, other than the products of heading 0209  (Chapter 15).”
















CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




0201 


Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled.


All. However, raw material not suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.




0202 


Meat of bovine animals, frozen.


All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.




0203 


Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen.


All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.




0204 


Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen.


All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.




0205 00 


Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen.


All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.




0206 


Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen


All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.




0207 


Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or frozen.


All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.




0208 


Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen.


All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.
This heading covers other raw material for the production of gelatine or collagen for human consumption. It also covers all meat and edible meat offal from the following subheadings:






—


0208 10 (of rabbits or hares);










—


0208 30 00 (of primates);










—


0208 40 (of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); of seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia);










—


0208 50 00 (of reptiles, including snakes and turtles);










—


0208 60 00 (of camels and other camelids (Camelidae);










—


0208 90 (other: of domestic pigeons; of game other than of rabbits or hares; etc.): covers meat of quails, reindeer or any other mammal species. This subheading also covers frogs’ legs under CN code 0208 90 70.








0209 


Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.


All, covers both fat and processed fat as described in column (2), even if suitable only for industrial use (not fit for human consumption).




0210 


Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal.


All, covers meat, meat products and other products of animal origin.
However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.
Covers processed animal protein and dried pigs’ ears for human consumption. Even when such dried pigs’ ears are used as animal feed, the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1125/2006 (6) clarifies that they may be covered in 0210 99 49. However, dried offal and pigs’ ears unfit for human consumption are classified in CN code 0511 99 85.
Sausages are covered under heading 1601.
Extracts and juices of meat are covered under heading 1603.
Greaves are covered under heading 2301.




CHAPTER 3

FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES


General remarks

This Chapter covers both live fish for breeding and reproduction, live ornamental fish, and live fish or live crustaceans transported alive but imported for human consumption.
All products referred to in this Chapter are subject to official controls.

Notes to Chapter 3 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover:






(a)


mammals of heading 0106 ;










(b)


meat of mammals of heading 0106  (heading 0208  or 0210 );










(c)


fish (including livers, roes and milt 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 2301 ); or










(d)


caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 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.










3.


Headings 0305  to 0308  do not cover flours, meals and pellets, fit for human consumption (heading 0309 ).”












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




0301 


Live fish.


All, covers trout, eels, carp, or any other species or any fish imported for breeding or reproduction.
Live fish imported for immediate human consumption are treated for official controls purposes as if they were products.
Covers ornamental fish in CN codes 0301 11 00 and 0301 19 00.




0302 


Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304.


All, covers livers, milt and roes, fresh or chilled, in CN code 0302 91 00.




0303 


Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304.


All, covers livers, milt and roes, frozen, in subheading 0303 91.




0304 


Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen.


All.




0305 


Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.


All, covers fish heads, tails and maws and other edible fish offal.




0306 


Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine.


All.
Live crustaceans imported for immediate human consumption are considered and treated for official controls purposes as if they were products.
Covers ornamental sea monkeys and their cysts for use as pet animals and all live ornamental crustaceans.




0307 


Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.


This heading also covers smoked molluscs that have been cooked before the smoking process. Other cooked molluscs are covered in heading 1605.
Covers live ornamental molluscs.
Live molluscs imported for immediate human consumption are considered and treated for official controls purposes as if they were products.
Covers all from the subheadings 0307 11 to 0307 99, such as the following examples:






—


0307 60 (snails other than sea snails): covers terrestrial gastropods of the species Helix pomatia, Helix aspersa, Helix lucorum and species of the family Achatinidae. Covers live snails (including fresh water snails) for immediate human consumption and also snail meat for human consumption. Covers blanched or pre-processed snails. Further processed products are covered in heading 1605;










—


0307 91 00 (live, fresh, or chilled other molluscs, that is to say, other than oysters, scallops, mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.), cuttle fish, squid, octopus, snails, clams, cockles, ark shells, abalones (Haliotis spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.): covers meat of sea water snail species, whether in shell or not;










—


0307 99 (other molluscs, other than live, fresh, chilled, or frozen, that is to say, other than oysters, scallops, mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.), cuttle fish, squid, octopus, sea snails, clams, cockles, ark shells, abalones (Haliotis spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.).








0308 


Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process.


All.




0309 


Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption.


All.




CHAPTER 4

DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS’ EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED IN OTHER CHAPTERS OF THE CN


Notes to Chapter 4 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


The expression ‘milk’ means full-cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.










2.


For the purposes of heading 0403 , yogurt may be concentrated or flavoured and may contain added sugar or other sweetening matter, fruit, nuts, cocoa, chocolate, spices, coffee or coffee extracts, plants, parts of plants, cereals or bakers’ wares, provided that any added substance is not used for the purpose of replacing, in whole or in part, any milk constituent, and the product retains the essential character of yogurt.










3.


For the purposes of heading 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.














4.


Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading 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.














5.


This Chapter does not cover:






(a)


non-living insects, unfit for human consumption (heading 0511 );










(b)


products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702 );










(c)


products obtained from milk by replacing one or more of its natural constituents (for example, butyric fats) by another substance (for example, oleic fats) (heading 1901  or 2106 ); or










(d)


albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter) (heading 3502 ) or globulins (heading 3504 ).














6.


For the purposes of heading 0410 , the term ‘insects’ means edible non-living insects, whole or in parts, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, smoked, salted or in brine, as well as flours and meals of insects, fit for human consumption. However, it does not cover edible non-living insects otherwise prepared or preserved (generally Section IV of the CN).”






Extracts from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes


                              “Heading 0408  covers whole eggs not in shell, and egg yolks of all birds. The products of this heading may be fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded (e.g., cylindrical ‘long eggs’), frozen or otherwise preserved. All these fall in the heading whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter and whether for use as food or for industrial purposes (e.g., in tanning).
This heading does not cover:






(a)


Oil of egg yolk (heading 1506 );










(b)


Egg preparations containing seasoning, spices or other additives (heading 2106 );










(c)


Lecithin (heading 2923 );










(d)


Separate egg white (egg albumin) (heading 3502 ).




[…].
Heading 0409  covers honey produced by bees (Apis mellifera) or by other insects, centrifuged or in the comb or containing comb chunks, provided that neither sugar nor other substance has been added. Such honey may be designated by floral source, origin or colour.
Heading 0409  excludes artificial honey and mixtures of natural and artificial honey (heading 1702 ).
[…].
Heading 0410  covers insects (as defined in Note 6 to this Chapter) and other products of animal origin suitable for human consumption, not specified or included in other Chapters of the Combined Nomenclature. However, non-living insects unfit for human consumption (including flours and meals thereof) are classified in heading 05.11. This includes:






(a)


Turtles eggs. These are eggs laid by river or marine turtles; they may be fresh, dried or otherwise preserved.
Turtle-egg oil is excluded (heading 15.06).










(b)


Salanganes’ nests (‘birds nests’). These consist of a substance secreted by the bird which solidifies rapidly on exposure to air.
The nests may be presented untreated, or they may have been cleaned to remove feathers, down, dust and other impurities in order to render them suitable for consumption. They are generally in the form of whitish strips or threads.
Salanganes’ nests have a high protein content and are used almost exclusively to make soups or other food preparations.




Heading 0410  excludes animal blood, edible or not, liquid or dried (heading 0511  or 3002 ).”
                           







CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




0401 


Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.


All.
Milk for animal feed is covered under this heading, while animal feed containing milk is covered in heading 2309.
Milk for therapeutic/prophylactic uses is covered in heading 3001.




0402 


Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.


All.




0403 


Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, 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.


All. Covers cream, flavoured or containing fruits, frozen and fermented milk, for human consumption.
Ice cream is covered in heading 2105.
Beverages containing milk flavoured with cocoa or other substances are covered in heading 2202.




0404 


Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.


All. Covers milk products for infants.
CN code 0404 10 48 covers bovine colostrum, in liquid form, defatted and de-caseinated, for human consumption. CN code 0404 90 21 covers spray-dried, reduced-fat colostrum powder which has not been de-caseinated, for human consumption.




0405 


Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads.


All.




0406 


Cheese and curd.


All.




0407 


Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked.


All. Covers hatching eggs and specified pathogen free eggs, fertilised eggs for incubation (0407 11 and 0407 19).
Covers fresh eggs (0407 21 to 0407 29) and other eggs (0407 90), not fit and fit for human consumption.
Covers “100 year old eggs”.
Egg albumin not fit and fit for human consumption is covered in heading 3502.




0408 


Birds’ eggs, not in shell, and egg yolks, fresh, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter.


All. Covers egg products whether or not heat-treated and products not fit for human consumption.




0409 00 00 


Natural honey.


All.




0410 10 


Insects.


All.
Insects or insect eggs for human consumption are covered in this heading.
Non-living insects unfit for human consumption (including flours and meals thereof) are excluded (heading 0511) as well as edible non-living insects otherwise prepared or preserved (generally Section IV of the CN).




0410 90 00 


Other edible products of animal origin, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.


All.
This CN code covers “royal jelly” and propolis (used in the manufacture for pharmaceutical products and food supplements) and other animal-derived material for human consumption.
This CN code covers edible bones and bone products directly consumed (for example, bone flour, powdered bone, soup bones), if derived from carcasses that have been slaughtered for human consumption.




CHAPTER 5

PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED IN OTHER CHAPTERS OF THE CN


General remarks

Specific requirements for certain products in this Chapter are laid down in Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011:







Row 7


:


pig bristles;




Row 8


:


untreated wool and hair produced from animals other than those of the porcine species;




Row 9


:


treated feathers, parts of feathers and down.





Notes to Chapter 5 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“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 0505  and parings and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 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 9603 ).




[…].










2.


Throughout the nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as ‘ivory’.










3.


Throughout the nomenclature, the expression ‘horsehair’ means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals. Heading 0511  covers, inter alia, horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material.”






Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes


                              “Heading 0505  covers:






(1)


Skins and other parts of birds (e.g., heads, wings) with their feathers or down, and










(2)


Feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges), and down, provided they are either unworked, or merely cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation but not otherwise worked or mounted.




Heading 0505  also covers powder, meal and waste of feathers or parts of feathers.”
                           







CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




0502 10 00 


Pigs’, hogs or boars’ bristles and hair and waste thereof.


All, treated and untreated.




0504 00 00 


Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked.


All. Covers stomachs, bladders and intestines which have been cleaned, salted, dried, or heated, of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine, or poultry origin.




ex 0505 


Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers.


All, including game trophies of birds, but excluding treated decorative feathers, treated feathers carried by travellers for their private use or consignments of treated feathers sent to private individuals for non-industrial purposes as referred to in Chapter II, Section 6(a), of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Article 25(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 prohibits the importation into and transit through the Union of untreated feathers and parts of feathers and down.
Official controls are applicable to feathers irrespective of whether they have undergone a treatment, as referred to in Chapter VII, point C, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Further specific requirements for game trophies are laid down in Chapter II, Section 5, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Chapter II, Section 6, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 covers feathers used for stuffing, down, raw or other feathers.




0506 


Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or de-gelatinised; powder and waste of these products.


Covers bones used as dog chews and bones used for production of gelatine.
Edible bones and boneflour for human consumption are covered under CN code 0410 90 00.
Specific requirements for such products not intended for human consumption are laid down in row 6 (game trophies), in row 11 (bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal) for uses other than as feed material, organic fertiliser or soil improver) and in row 12 (dog chews) of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




0507 


Ivory, tortoiseshell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products.


Covers treated game trophies from birds and ungulates being solely bones, horns, hooves, claws, antlers and teeth.
Specific requirements for game trophies are laid down in row 6 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 0508 00 


Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof.


Covers empty shells for food use and use as raw material for glucosamine.
In addition, this heading covers shells, including cuttle-bones, containing soft tissue and flesh, as referred to in Article 10, point (k)(i), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.




ex 0510 00 00 


Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved.


Ambergris and cantharides are excluded.
Glands, other animal products and bile are covered by this CN code.
Dried glands and products are covered by heading 3001.
Specific requirements may be laid down in row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for animal by-products for the manufacture of pet food other than raw pet food and of derived products for uses outside the feed chain (for pharmaceuticals and other technical products).




ex 0511 


Animal products not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption.


All.
Covers genetic material (semen and embryos of animal origin of the bovine, ovine, caprine, equine and porcine species) and animal by-products of Categories 1 and 2 materials referred to in Articles 8 and 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
The following are examples of animal products falling within subheadings 0511 10 to 0511 99:






—


0511 10 00 (bovine semen);










—


0511 91 (products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3): all. Covers fish eggs for hatching, dead animals, animal by-products for the manufacture of pet food and for pharmaceuticals and other technical products. It also covers inedible or classed unfit for human consumption, for example, daphnids or water fleas, and other ostracoda or phyllopods, dried, for feeding aquarium fish. It also covers fish bait;










—


ex 0511 99 10 (sinews or tendons; parings and similar waste of raw hides and skins): official controls are necessary for hides and skins not treated, as referred to in Chapter V, point C.2, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, if in compliance with Chapter V, point B.1 or C.1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;










—


ex 0511 99 31 (raw natural sponges of animal origin): all, if for human consumption; if not for human consumption, only those intended for pet food. Specific requirements for non-human consumption are set out in row 12 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;










—


ex 0511 99 39 (natural sponges of animal origin other than raw): all, if for human consumption; if not for human consumption, only those intended for pet food. Specific requirements for non-human consumption are set out in row 12 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;










—


ex 0511 99 85 (other animal products not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; dead animals of Chapter 1, unfit for human consumption): covers embryos, ova, semen and genetic material not covered in subheading 0511 10. Covers embryos, ova, semen and genetic material of species other than bovine. Covers animal by-products for the manufacture of pet food or other technical products. Covers untreated horsehair, apiculture products other than waxes for apiculture or technical use, spermaceti for technical use, dead animals referred to in Chapter 1 which are inedible or not for human consumption (for example: dogs, cats, insects), animal material where the essential characteristics have not been changed, and edible animal blood not derived from fish, for human consumption. Covers flours, meals and pellets of insects, unfit for human consumption.








CHAPTER 6

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


General remarks

This Chapter covers mushroom spawn in a compost of sterilised manure of animal origin.

Extract from the Explanatory Notes to the CN



                              “
                              0602 90 10  Mushroom spawn:
Mushroom spawn is the term given to a net of fragile threads (Thallus or Mycelium), often found underground, which lives and grows on the surface of decomposing animal or vegetable matter and develops in the tissues themselves and produces mushrooms.
This subheading also includes a product consisting of mushroom spawn, not fully developed, placed in microscopic amounts on a layer of cereal grains enclosed in a compost of sterilized horse manure (a mixture of straw and horse dung).”
                           








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 0602 90 10 


Mushroom spawn.


Only if containing processed manure of animal origin. Specific requirements are set out in row 1 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




CHAPTER 9

COFFEE, TEA, MATÉ AND SPICES








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 0901 


Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




CHAPTER 12

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








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 1212 99 95 


Other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.


Bee pollen is covered under this CN code.




ex 1213 00 00 


Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets.


Only straw.




ex 1214 90 


Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products whether or not in form of pellets: other than lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets.


Only hay.




CHAPTER 13

LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 1301 


Lac; natural gums, resins, gum-resins and oleoresins (for example, balsams).


Only colorant additive E904, including shellac of animal origin, used in the food industry.




CHAPTER 15

ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MICROBIAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES


General remarks

All animal-derived fats and oils. Specific requirements for the following products are set out in Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011:






(1)


rendered fats and fish oils in row 3 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1;










(2)


rendered fats from Category 2 materials for certain purposes outside the feed chain for farmed animals (for example, for oleochemical purposes) in row 17 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1;










(3)


fat derivatives in row 18 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1.




Fat derivatives include first stage products derived from fats and oils when in their pure state, produced by a method set out in Chapter XI, point 1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Derivatives mixed with other materials are subjected to official controls.

Notes to Chapter 15 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover:






(a)


pig fat or poultry fat on heading 0209 ;










(b)


cocoa butter, fat and oil (heading 1804 );










(c)


edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the products of heading 0405  (generally Chapter 21);










(d)


greaves (heading 2301 ) or residues of headings 2304  to 2306 ;




[…].
[…].










3.


Heading 1518  does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely denatured, which are 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 in heading 1522 .”






Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes



                              “Heading 1516  covers animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils, which have undergone a specific chemical transformation of a kind mentioned below, but have not been further prepared.
The heading also covers similarly treated fractions of animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils.
Hydrogenation, which is effected by bringing the products into contact with pure hydrogen at a suitable temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst (usually finely divided nickel), raises the melting points of fats and increases the consistency of oils by transforming unsaturated glycerides (e.g., of oleic, linoleic, etc. acids) into saturated glycerides of higher melting points (e.g., of palmitic, stearic, etc. acids).
Heading 1518  also covers inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of the Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included.
The heading also covers, inter alia, used deep-frying oil containing, for example, rape oil, soya-bean oil and a small quantity of animal fat, for use in the preparation of animal feeds.
The heading also includes hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised fats and oils or their fractions, where modification involves more than one fat or oil.”
                           








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




1501 


Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503.


All.




1502 


Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503.


All.




1503 00 


Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared.


All.




1504 


Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.


All. Covers fish oils and oils from fishery products and marine mammals.
Miscellaneous edible preparations are covered under CN heading 1517 or CN Chapter 21.




1505 00 


Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin).


All. Covers wool grease imported as rendered fat, as set out in Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, or lanolin imported as intermediate product.




1506 00 00 


Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.


All.
Covers unsplit fats or oils, and also their initial fractions produced by a method set out in Chapter XI, point 1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




1516 10 


Animal fats and oils and their fractions.


All animal fats and oils.
For official controls, fat derivatives include first stage products derived from animal fats and oils when in their pure state, produced by a method set out in Chapter XI, point 1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 1517 


Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats or oils or of fractions of different fats or oils of this Chapter, other than edible fats or oils or their fractions of heading 1516.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1518 00 91 


Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516.


Only if containing animal fats and oils.
Fat derivatives produced by a method set out in Chapter XI, point 1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Specific requirements are set out in row 17 (rendered fats) and row 18 (fat derivatives) of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 1518 00 95 


Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions.


Only fats and oil preparations, rendered fats and derivatives from animals.
Covers used cooking oil falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 in accordance with Article 2 thereof.
Covers fat derivatives produced by a method set out in Chapter XI, point 1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 1518 00 99 


Other vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, excluding animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions that are boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas, or otherwise chemically modified, and excluding those of heading 1516 or inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats and their fractions.


Only if containing fat from animal origin.




ex 1520 00 00 


Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes.


Only if containing animal products.




1521 90 91 


Raw beeswax and other insect waxes.


All. Covers waxes in natural combs and raw beeswax for apiculture or technical purposes.
Article 25(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 prohibits the importation into and transit through the Union of beeswax in the form of honeycomb.
Specific requirements for apiculture by-products are set out in row 10 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 1521 90 99 


Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, other than raw.


All. Covers waxes, processed or refined, whether or not bleached or coloured, for apiculture or technical purposes.
Specific requirements for apiculture by-products are set out in row 10 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Apiculture by-products other than beeswaxes shall be submitted for official controls under CN code 0511 99 85 “Other”.




ex 1522 00 


Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes.


Only if containing animal products.
Specific requirements are set out in row 18 (fat derivatives) of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




CHAPTER 16

PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS


Notes to Chapter 16 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, as well as insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6 to Chapter 4 or in heading 0504 .










2.


Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, 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 in 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 1902  or to the preparations of heading 2103  or 2104 .
For preparations containing liver, the provisions of the second sentence shall not apply in determining the subheadings within heading 1601  or 1602 .”
                              












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




1601 00 


Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products.


All. Covers preserved meat in various forms.




1602 


Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects.


All. Covers preserved meat in various forms.




1603 00 


Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.


All. Covers meat extracts and meat concentrates, fish protein in gel form whether chilled or frozen, and also shark cartilage.




1604 


Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs.


All. Covers cooked or pre-cooked culinary preparations containing or mixed with fish or fishery products.
Covers preparations of surimi in CN code 1604 20 05.
Covers canned fish and canned caviar in airtight containers, and also sushi provided that they are not to be classified in a CN code referred to in Chapter 19 of the CN).
Products known as fish skewers (namely, raw fish meat or raw shrimps with vegetables presented on a wooden stick) are classified in CN code 1604 19 97.




1605 


Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved.


All, including fully prepared or pre-prepared snails, canned crustaceans, or other aquatic invertebrates as well as mussel powder.




CHAPTER 17

SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY


Notes to Chapter 17 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover:






(a)


sugar confectionery containing cocoa (heading 1806 );










(b)


chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other products of heading 2940 ;




[…].”
                              












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 1702 


Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey; caramel.


Only if containing products of animal origin.
Covers sugars and artificial honey, where mixed with natural honey.




ex 1704 


Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




CHAPTER 18

COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS


Notes to Chapter 18 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover






(a)


food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);










(b)


preparations of heading 0403 , 1901 , 1902 , 1904 , 1905 , 2105 , 2202 , 2208 , 3003  or 3004 .














2.


Heading 1806  includes sugar confectionery containing cocoa and, subject to Note 1 to this Chapter, other food preparations containing cocoa.”












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 1806 


Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




CHAPTER 19

PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRY COOKS’ PRODUCTS


Notes to Chapter 19 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover:






(a)


except in the case of stuffed products of heading 1902 , food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish, or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);




[…].”
                              












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 1901 


Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.


Only if containing products of animal origin.
Covers uncooked foodstuffs (for example, pizzas) containing products of animal origin.
Culinary preparations are covered by Chapter 16 and Chapter 21 of the CN.




ex 1902 11 00 


Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing eggs.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1902 19 


Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, other than containing eggs.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1902 20 10 


Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared, containing more than 20 % by weight of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1902 20 30 


Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared, containing more than 20 % by weight of sausages and the like, of meat and meat offal of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1902 20 91 


Cooked stuffed pasta.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1902 20 99 


Stuffed pasta, other than cooked.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1902 30 


Other pasta than pasta of subheadings 1902 11, 1902 19 and 1902 20.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1902 40 


Couscous.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1904 10 10 


Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of maize.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1904 10 30 


Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of rice.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1904 10 90 


Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products other than maize or rice.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1904 20 


Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1904 90 10 


Rice in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.


Only if containing products of animal origin.
Covers, for example, sushi (provided the relevant products are not to be classified in Chapter 16).




ex 1904 90 80 


Cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, other than bulgur wheat and other than obtained from rice.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 1905 


Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




CHAPTER 20

PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS, OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS


Notes to Chapter 20 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover:
[…].






(c)


food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16).




[…].










2.


Headings 2007 and 2008 do not apply to fruit jellies, fruit pastes, sugar-coated almonds or the like in the form of sugar confectionery (heading 1704 ) or chocolate confectionery (heading 1806 ).”












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 2001 


Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2004 


Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2005 


Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2008 19 


Nuts and other seeds, other than groundnuts, whether or not mixed together.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2008 99 


Other preparations of fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




CHAPTER 21

MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS


Notes to Chapter 21 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover:
[…];






(e)


food preparations, other than the products described in 2103  or 2104 , containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any other combinations thereof (Chapter 16).




[…].










3.


For the purposes of heading 2104 , the expression ‘homogenised composite food preparations’ means preparations consisting of a finely homogenised mixture of two or more basic ingredients such as meat, fish, vegetables, fruits or nuts, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children 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 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

[…].








5.


Other food preparations presented in measured doses, such as capsules, tablets, pastilles and pills, and which are intended for use as food supplements are to be classified under heading 2106 , unless elsewhere specified or included.”












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 2101 


Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2103 


Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2104 


Soups and broths and preparations therefore; homogenised composite food preparations.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2105 00 


Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2106 10 


Protein concentrates and textured protein substances.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2106 90 51 


Lactose syrup.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2106 90 55 


Glucose syrup and maltodextrine syrup.


Only if containing products of animal origin (for example, foaming creamer).




ex 2106 90 92 


Other food preparations not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by weight, less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




ex 2106 90 98 


Other food preparations not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




CHAPTER 22

BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR


Notes to Chapter 22 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“3.


For the purposes of heading 2202 , the term ‘non-alcoholic beverages’ means beverages of an alcoholic strength by volume not exceeding 0,5 % vol. Alcoholic beverages are classified in headings 2203  to 2206  or heading 2208  as appropriate.”












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 2202 99 91 


Non-alcoholic beverages, other than waters containing sweetening matters or flavoured, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading 2009 and containing less than 0,2 % by weight of fat obtained from the products of headings 0401 to 0404.


All.




ex 2202 99 95 


Non-alcoholic beverages, other than waters containing sweetening matters or flavoured, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading 2009 and containing 0,2 % or more but less than 2 % by weight of fat obtained from the products of headings 0401 to 0404.


All.




ex 2202 99 99 


Non-alcoholic beverages, other than waters containing sweetening matters or flavoured, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading 2009 and containing 2 % or more by weight of fat obtained from the products of headings 0401 to 0404.


All.




ex 2208 70 


Liqueurs and cordials.


Only if containing products of animal origin.




CHAPTER 23

RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER


Note to Chapter 23 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


Heading 2309  includes products of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included, obtained by processing vegetable or animal materials to such an extent that they have lost the essential characteristics of the original material, other than vegetable waste, vegetable residues and by-products of such processing.”






Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes



                              “Greaves, the membraneous tissues remaining after pig or other animal fats have been rendered. They are used mainly in the preparation of animal foods (e.g., dog biscuits), but they remain in heading 2301  even if suitable for human consumption.”
                           








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




2301 


Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves.


All. Covers processed animal protein not for human consumption, meat meal not for human consumption, and greaves, whether or not for human consumption.
Flours, meals and pellets of insects, unfit for human consumption are excluded from this heading. They are covered in heading 0511.
Feather meal is covered in heading 0505.
Specific requirements for processed animal protein are set out in row 1 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 2309 


Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding.


All, if containing animal products, except CN codes 2309 90 20 and 2309 90 91.
Covers, among other things, dog or cat food, put up for retail sale (subheading 2309 10), containing animal products and fish or marine mammal solubles (CN code 2309 90 10). It also covers animal products for animal feeding purposes, including mixtures of meals (such as hoof and horn).
This heading covers liquid milk, colostrum and products containing milk products, non-decaseinated colostrum, or carbohydrates, all fit for animal feeding but not fit for human consumption (decaseinated colostrum fit for animal feeding is covered in heading 3001).
This heading also covers pet food, dog chews and mixtures of meals (mixtures can include dead insects).
Specific requirements for pet food including dog chews are set out in row 12 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
This heading covers processed egg products not for human consumption and other processed animal products not for human consumption.
Specific requirements for egg products are set out in row 9 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




CHAPTER 28

INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OF RADIOACTIVE ELEMENTS OR OF ISOTOPES








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 2835 25 00 


Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (“dicalcium phosphate”).


Only of animal origin.
Specific requirements for dicalcium phosphate are set out in row 6 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 2835 26 00 


Phosphates of calcium, other than calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (“dicalcium phosphate”).


Only tricalcium phosphate of animal origin.
Specific requirements for tricalcium phosphate are set out in row 7 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




CHAPTER 29

ORGANIC CHEMICALS








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 2906 


Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives.


Only cholesterol of animal origin.




ex 2922 41 


Lysine and its esters; salts thereof.


Only of animal origin.




ex 2922 42 


Glutamic acid and its salts.


Only of animal origin.




ex 2922 43 


Anthranilic acid and its salts.


Only of animal origin.




ex 2922 49 


Other amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and their esters; salts thereof (other than lysine and its esters; salts thereof, glutamic acid and its salts, anthranilic acid and its salts, tilidine (INN) and its salts).


Only of animal origin.




ex 2925 29 00 


Other imines and their derivatives than chlordimeform (ISO); salts thereof (other than chlordimeform (ISO).


Covers creatine of animal origin.




ex 2930 


Organo-sulphur compounds.


Covers amino-acids of animal origin such as:






—


ex 2930 90 13 cysteine and cystine;










—


ex 2930 90 16 derivates of cysteine or cystine.








ex 2932 99 00 


Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only, other than compounds containing an unfused furan ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure and other than lactones or Isosafrole, 1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)propan-2-one, Piperonal, Safrole, Tetrahydrocannabinols (all isomers) and Carbofuran (ISO)).


Only of animal origin, for example glucosamine, glucosamine-6-phosphate and their sulphates.




ex 2933 


Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s) only.


Isolated peptides of animal origin only.




ex 2936 


Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent.


Only vitamin D3 and its precursors of animal origin.




ex 2942 00 00 


Other organic compounds.


Only of animal origin.




CHAPTER 30

PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS


General remarks









1.


The finished products (namely cosmetic products, active implantable medical devices, medical devices, in vitro diagnostic medical devices, veterinary medicinal products, medicinal products) listed in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 are excluded from the list of products referred to in this Chapter. Intermediate products are included.












2.


For the purposes of heading 3002 , the expression “immunological products” applies to peptides and proteins (other than goods of heading 2937 ) which are directly involved in the regulation of immunological processes, such as mono-clonal antibodies (MAB), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates, interleukins, interferons (IFN), chemokines and certain tumour-necrosis factors (TNF), growth factors (GF), hemato-poietins and colony-stimulating factors (CSF).












3.


For the purposes of subheadings 3002 13  and 3002 14 , the following are to be treated:












3.1.


as unmixed products, pure products, whether or not containing impurities;












3.2.


as mixed products:












3.2.1.


the products referred to in point 3.1 dissolved in water or in other solvents;












3.2.2.


the products referred to in points 3.1 and 3.2.1 with an added stabiliser necessary for their preservation or transport;












3.3.3.


the products referred to in points 3.1, 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 with any other additive.







CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 3001 20 90 


Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions, other than of human origin.


Only animal derived products.
Covers a product acting as a replacement for maternal colostrum and used in the feeding of calves.




ex 3001 90 91 


Animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses: heparin and its salts.


Only animal derived products that are destined for further processing, in accordance with Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, for the manufacture of the derived products referred to in Article 33, points (a) to (f), of that Regulation.




ex 3001 90 98 


Other animal substances than heparin and its salts prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.


Only animal derived products.
In addition to the glands and other organs referred to in the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes to heading 3001, this CN code covers the hypophysis, the suprarenal capsules and the thyroid gland.




ex 3002 12 00 


Antisera and other blood fractions.


Only animal derived products.
Excludes antibodies and DNA.
Under heading 3002, specific requirements are set out for animal by-products covered by Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 and specified in the following rows:






—


row 2: blood products other than from equidae;










—


row 3: blood and blood products from equidae.








ex 3002 13 00 


Immunological products, unmixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale.


Only blood of animal origin or products produced from blood of animal origin.




ex 3002 14 00 


Immunological products, mixed, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale.


Only blood of animal origin.




ex 3002 15 00 


Immunological products, put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale.


Only blood of animal origin.




ex 3002 49 00 


Toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products.


Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for animals.




ex 3002 51 00 


Cell therapy products.


Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for animals.




ex 3002 59 00 


Cell cultures, whether or not modified, other than cell therapy products.


Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for animals.




3002 90 30 


Animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses.


All.




ex 3002 90 90 


Other.


Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for animals.




ex 3006 92 00 


Waste pharmaceuticals.


Only animal-derived products.
Covers pharmaceutical waste and pharmaceutical products that are unfit for their original intended purpose.








CHAPTER 31

FERTILISERS


Notes to Chapter 31 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover:






(a)


animal blood of heading 0511 ;




[…].
[…].










6.


For the purposes of heading 3105 , the term ‘other fertilisers’ applies only to products of a kind used as fertilisers and containing, as an essential constituent, at least one of the fertilising elements nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium.”












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 3101 00 00


Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products.


Only animal derived products.
Covers guano, except mineralised guano.
Covers manure mixed with processed animal protein, if used as fertiliser. Specific requirements for processed manure, derived products from processed manure and guano from bats are set out in row 1 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 3105 10 00


Goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg.


Only fertilisers containing animal-derived products.
Specific requirements for processed manure, derived products from processed manure and guano from bats are set out in row 1 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 3105 90


Other fertilisers.


Only fertilisers containing animal-derived products.
Specific requirements for processed manure, derived products from processed manure and guano from bats are set out in row 1 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




CHAPTER 32

TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES; DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VARNISHES; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS


Notes to Chapter 32 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“3.


Headings 3203 , 3204 , 3205  and 3206  apply also to preparations based on colouring matter (including, in the case of heading 3206 , colouring pigments of heading 2530  or Chapter 28, metal flakes and metal powders), of a kind used for colouring any material or used as ingredients in the manufacture of colouring preparations. The headings do not apply, however, to pigments dispersed in non-aqueous media, in liquid or paste form, of a kind used in the manufacture of paints, including enamels (heading 3212 ), or to other preparations of headings 3207 , 3208 , 3209 , 3210 , 3212 , 3213  or 3215 .”












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 3203 00 


Colouring matter of animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this Chapter based on colouring matter of animal origin.


Only animal-derived products (e.g. carmine cochineal), or colour dispersions in milk fat base, used in food or feed production.




ex 3204 


Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this Chapter based on synthetic organic colouring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined.


Only animal-derived products (e.g. carmine cochineal), or colour dispersions in milk fat base, used in food or feed production.




CHAPTER 33

ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 3302 


Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages.


Only flavourings in a milk fat base used for in food or feed production.




CHAPTER 35

ALBUMINOIDAL SUBSTANCES; MODIFIED STARCHES; GLUES; ENZYMES








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 3501 


Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues.


Only of animal origin.
Covers casein for human consumption, animal feeding or technical purposes.
Specific requirements for milk, milk-based products and colostrum not for human consumption are set out in row 4 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 3502 


Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivatives.


Only of animal origin.
Covers products derived from eggs and derived from milk whether for human consumption or not for human consumption (including for animal feed purposes).
Albumin for the production of pharmaceutical goods is covered by heading 3002.
Specific requirements for milk, milk-based products, colostrum and colostrum products not for human consumption are set out in row 4 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 and for egg products not for human consumption in row 9 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




3503 00 


Gelatine (including gelatine in rectangular (including square) sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatine derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin excluding casein glues of heading 3501.


Covers gelatine for human consumption, for animal feed and technical use.
Gelatine classified in heading 3913 (hardened proteins) and gelatine classified in heading 9602 (worked, unhardened gelatine and articles of unhardened gelatine), for example, empty capsules if not for food or animal consumption, are excluded from official controls.
Specific requirements are set out in row 5 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for gelatine and hydrolysed protein not for human consumption and in Chapter II, Section 11, of Annex XIV to that Regulation for photogelatine.




ex 3504 00 


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


Only of animal origin.
Covers collagen and hydrolysed proteins for human consumption, for animal feed and technical use.
Covers protein-based collagen products derived from hides, skins, bones and tendons of animals.
Covers hydrolysed proteins consisting of polypeptides, peptides or amino acids, and mixtures thereof, obtained by the hydrolysis of animal by-products. The goods included in this heading are excluded from official controls when they are used as food additives in food preparations (heading 2106).
Covers any milk by-products for human consumption where they are not covered in heading 0404.
Specific requirements for collagen are set out in row 8 and for gelatine and hydrolysed protein in row 5 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




ex 3507 10 00 


Rennet and concentrates thereof.


Rennet and concentrates for human consumption, derived only from animal products.




ex 3507 90 90 


Other enzymes and prepared enzymes, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, than rennet and concentrates thereof or lipoprotein lipase or aspergillus alkaline protease.


Only of animal origin.




CHAPTER 38

MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS


Notes to Chapter 38 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“4.


Throughout the nomenclature, ‘municipal waste’ means waste of a kind collected from households, hotels, restaurants, hospitals, shops, office, etc., road and pavement sweepings, as well as construction and demolition waste. Municipal waste generally contains a large variety of material as such as plastics, rubber, wood, paper, textiles, glass, metals, food materials, broken furniture and other damaged or discarded articles.”












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 3821 00 00 


Prepared culture media for the development or maintenance of micro-organisms (including viruses and the like) or of plant, human or animal cells.


Only if containing animal-derived products.




ex 3822 


Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 3006; certified reference materials.


Only animal-derived products, except medical devices as defined in Article 2, point (1), of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7) and in vitro diagnostic medical devices as defined in Article 2, point (2), of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8).




ex 3823 


Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining; industrial fatty alcohols.


Only food additives of animal origin.




ex 3824 


Prepared binders for foundry moulds or cores; chemical products and preparations of the chemical or allied industries (including those consisting of mixtures of natural products), not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter.


Only of animal origin (for example, chemical products, intermediate products for pharmaceutical industry, food additives).




ex 3825 10 00 


Municipal waste.


Only catering waste containing animal products, if it falls within the scope of Article 2(2), point (g), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, except catering waste originating directly from means of transport operating internationally and disposed of in line with Article 12, point (d), of that Regulation.
Covers used cooking oil falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 in accordance with Article 2 thereof. For example, organic fertilisers, biogas, biodiesel or fuel can be covered by this CN code.




CHAPTER 39

PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 3913 90 00 


Natural polymers and modified natural polymers, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter, in primary forms, other than alginic acid, its salts and esters.


Only animal-derived products (for example, chondroitin sulphate, chitosan, hardened gelatine).




ex 3917 10 


Artificial guts (sausage casings) of hardened protein or of cellulosic materials.


Only animal derived products.




ex 3926 90 97 


Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914, other than those under subheadings/codes 3926 10 00, 3926 20 00, 3926 30 00, 3926 40 00, 3926 90, 3926 90 50 and 3926 90 60.


Covers empty capsules of hardened gelatine for food and animal consumption.
Specific requirements for gelatine are set out in row 5 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




CHAPTER 41

RAW HIDES AND SKINS (OTHER THAN FURSKINS) AND LEATHER


General remarks

Only hides and skins of ungulates covered in headings 4101 , 4102  and 4103  are to be subjected to official controls.
Specific requirements for hides and skins of ungulates are laid down in rows 4 and 5 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Notes to Chapter 41 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


This chapter does not cover:






(a)


parings or similar waste, of raw hides or skins (heading 0511 );










(b)


birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down, of heading 0505  or 6701 ; or










(c)


hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, raw, tanned or dressed (Chapter 43); the following are, however, to be classified in Chapter 41, namely, raw hides and skins with the hair or wool on, of bovine animals (including buffalo), of equine animals, of sheep or lambs (except Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian or similar lambs, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian or Tibetan lambs), of goats and kids (except Yemen, Mongolian or Tibetan goats and kids), of swine (including peccary), of chamois, of gazelle, of camels (including dromedaries), of reindeer, of elk, of deer, of roebucks or of dogs.”
















CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 4101 


Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split.


Only fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins, including dried, dry-salted, wet-salted, or preserved by a process other than by tanning or an equivalent process.
Import without restrictions may be possible for treated hides and skins as referred to in Chapter V, point C.2, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, if in compliance with Article 41(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, in particular for CN codes ex 4101 20 80 and ex 4101 50 90.




ex 4102 


Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split, other than those excluded by note 1(c) to this Chapter.


Only fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins, including dried, dry-salted, wet-salted, or preserved by a process other than by tanning or an equivalent process.
Import without restrictions may be possible for treated hides and skins as referred to in Chapter V, point C.2, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, if in compliance with Article 41(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, in particular for CN codes ex 4102 21 00 and ex 4102 29 00.




ex 4103 


Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split, other than those excluded by note 1(b) or 1(c) to this Chapter.


Only fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins, including dried, dry-salted, wet-salted, or preserved by a process other than by tanning or an equivalent process.
Import without restrictions may be possible for treated hides and skins as referred to in Chapter V, point C.2, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, if in compliance with Article 41(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, in particular for CN code ex 4103 90 00.




CHAPTER 42

ARTICLES OF LEATHER; SADDLERY AND HARNESS; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILKWORM GUT)


Notes to Chapter 42 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“2.


This chapter does not cover:






(a)


sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 3006 );
[…];










(ij)


strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (heading 9209 ).”
















CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 4205 00 90 


Other articles of leather or of composition leather, other than of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses.


Only dog chews and raw material for manufacture of dog chews.




ex 4206 00 00 


Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater’s skin, of bladders or of tendons.


Only petfood and raw material for manufacture of processed petfood.




CHAPTER 43

FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR; MANUFACTURES THEREOF


Notes to Chapter 43 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


Throughout the nomenclature, references to ‘furskins’, other than to raw furskins of heading 4301 , apply to hides and skins of all animals which have been tanned or dressed with the hair or wool on.










2.


This chapter does not cover:






(a)


bird skins or parts of bird skins, with their feathers or down (heading 0505  or 6701 );










(b)


raw hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, of Chapter 41 (see note 1(c) to that chapter).”










Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes



                              “Heading 4301: Furskins are regarded as raw and falling in this heading not only when in the natural state, but also if cleaned and preserved from deterioration, e.g., by drying or salting (wet or dry). The fur may also be ‘pulled’ or ‘sheared’, i.e., the coarse hairs extracted or cut down, or the skin surface may be ‘fleshed’ or ‘scraped’.”
                           








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 4301 


Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers’ use), other than raw hides and skins of headings 4101, 4102 or 4103.


All, excluding furskins treated in accordance with Chapter VIII of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, if in compliance with Article 41(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
Covers the following subheadings:






—


ex 4301 10 00 (of mink, whole, with or without head, tail or paws): specific requirements for derived products for uses outside the feed chain (fur) are set out in row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;










—


ex 4301 30 00 (of lamb, the following: Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian and similar lamb, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian, or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or without head, tail, or paws): specific requirements for hides and skins of ungulates are set out in row 5 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;










—


ex 4301 60 00 (of fox, whole, with or without head, tail or paws): specific requirements for derived products for uses outside the feed chain (fur) are set out in row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;










—


ex 4301 80 00 (other furskins, whole, with or without head, tail or paws): other than ungulates, for example marmots, wild felines, seals, nutria. Specific requirements for derived products for uses outside the feed chain (fur) are set out in row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;










—


ex 4301 90 00 (heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers’ use): specific requirements for derived products for uses outside the feed chain (fur) are set out in row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.








CHAPTER 51

WOOL, FINE OR COARSE ANIMAL HAIR; HORSEHAIR YARN AND WOVEN FABRIC


General remarks

For headings 5101  to 5103 , specific requirements for untreated wool and hair are set out in row 8 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Note to Chapter 51 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the CN)








“1.


Throughout the nomenclature:






(a)


‘Wool’ means the natural fibre grown by sheep or lambs.










(b)


‘Fine animal hair’ means the hair of alpaca, llama, vicuna, camel (including dromedary), yak, angora, Tibetan, Kashmir or similar goats (but not common goats), rabbit, (including angora rabbit), hare, beaver, nutria or muskrat.










(c)


‘Coarse animal hair’ means the hair of animals not mentioned above, excluding brush-making hair and bristles (heading 0502 ) and horsehair (heading 0511 ).”










Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes



                              “Throughout the Nomenclature the expression ‘coarse animal hair’ means all other animal hair than ‘fine animal hair’ except wool (heading 5101 ), hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals (classified as ‘horsehair’ heading 0511 ), pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles or hair and badger hair or other brush-making hair (heading 0502 ) (see Chapter Note 1(c)).”
                           








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 5101 


Wool, not carded or combed.


Covers untreated wool.




ex 5102 


Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed.


Covers untreated fine or coarse animal hair, including coarse hair from the flanks of bovine or equine animals.




ex 5103 


Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock.


Covers untreated wool or fine or coarse animal hair.




CHAPTER 67

PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF DOWN; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR


Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes


                              “Heading 6701  covers:






(A)


Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers and down, and parts of feathers, which though not yet constituting made up articles, have undergone a process other than a simple treatment of cleaning, disinfection or preservation (see Explanatory Note to heading 0505 ); the goods of this heading may, for example, be bleached, dyed, curled or waved.










(B)


Articles made of skins or of other parts of birds with their feathers or down, articles made of feathers, of down or of parts of feathers, even if the feathers or down, etc., are unworked or merely cleaned, but not including articles made of scapes or quills. The heading therefore includes:






(1)


Single feathers the quills of which have been wired or bound for use as, for example, millinery mounts, and also single composite feathers assembled from different elements.










(2)


Feathers assembled in the form of clusters, and feathers or down assembled by glueing or fixing on textile fabric or other base.










(3)


Trimmings made of birds, parts of birds, of feathers or down, for hats, boas, collars, capes or other articles of apparel or clothing accessories.










(4)


Fans made of ornamental feathers, with frames of any material. However, fans with frames or precious metal are classified in heading 7113 .”















CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 6701 00 00 


Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers, parts of feathers, down and articles thereof (other than goods of heading 0505 and worked quills and scapes).


Only skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers and down, and parts of feathers.
Covers articles of unworked or merely cleaned skins, feathers or down, and parts of feathers.
Excluding treated decorative feathers, treated feathers carried by travellers for their private use or consignments of treated feathers sent to private individuals for non-industrial purposes as referred to in Chapter II, Section 6(a), of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Specific requirements for feathers are set out in row 9 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




CHAPTER 71

NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL, AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 7101 21 00 


Unworked cultured pearls.


Includes oysters unfit for human consumption, containing one or more cultured pearls, preserved in brine or by different methods, packaged in airtight containers.
Covers unworked cultured pearls referred to in Chapter IV, Section 2, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, unless they are excluded from the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 as provided for in Article 2(2), point (f), of that Regulation.




CHAPTER 95

TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF


Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes



                              “Fairground amusements, travelling circuses, travelling menageries and travelling theatres fall in heading 9508  provided they comprise all the essential units required for their normal operation. The heading also includes items of auxiliary equipment provided they are presented with, and as components of, these various amusements, notwithstanding that when presented separately such items (e.g., tents, animals, musical instruments, power plants, motors, lighting fittings, seats and arms and ammunition) would fall in other headings of the Nomenclature.”
                           








CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 9508 10 00 


Travelling circuses and travelling menageries.


Only live animals.




ex 9508 30 


Fairground amusements.


Only live animals.




ex 9508 40 


Travelling theatres.


Only live animals.




CHAPTER 96

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES


Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes


                              “For the purposes of heading 9601 , the expression ‘worked’ refers to materials which have undergone processes extending beyond the simple preparations permitted in the heading for the raw material in question (see the Explanatory Notes to headings 05.05 to 05.08). The heading 9601  therefore covers pieces of ivory, rods, etc., cut to shape (including square or rectangular) or polished or otherwise worked by grinding, drilling, milling, turning, etc. However, pieces which are identifiable as parts of articles are excluded from heading 9601  if such parts are covered by another heading of the Nomenclature. Thus, piano-key plates and plates for insertion in butts of firearms fall in headings 92.09 and 93.05 respectively. However, worked materials not identifiable as parts of articles remain classified in heading 9601  (e.g., simple discs, plates or strips for inlaying, etc., or for subsequent use in the manufacture of piano-keys).
Heading 9602  includes sheets of unhardened gelatine cut to shape other than square or rectangular. Sheets cut to rectangular (including square) shape, whether or not surface worked, fall in heading 35.03 or in Chapter 49 (e.g., postcards) (see the Explanatory Note to heading 35.03). Articles of unhardened gelatine include, for example:






(i)


Small discs for sticking billiard cue tips.










(ii)


Capsules for pharmaceutical products and for mechanical lighter fuel.”











CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 9602 00 00 


Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; moulded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other moulded or carved articles, not specified or included elsewhere in this Chapter; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatine of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatine.


Covers empty capsules of unhardened gelatine for food or animal consumption; specific requirements are set out in row 5 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for animal consumption.




CHAPTER 97

WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS’ PIECES AND ANTIQUES


Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes


“(A)   The heading includes collections and collectors’ pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical or anatomical interest, such as:







(1)


Dead animals of any species, preserved dry or in liquid; stuffed animals for collections.










(2)


Blown or sucked eggs; insects in boxes, frames, etc. (other than mounted articles constituting imitation jewellery or trinkets); empty shells, other than those of a kind suitable for industrial use.










(3)


Seeds or plants, dried or preserved in liquid; herbariums.










(4)


Specimens of minerals (not being precious or semi-precious stones falling inChapter 71); specimens of petrification.










(5)


Osteological specimens (skeletons, skulls, bones).










(6)


Anatomical and pathological specimens.”












CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 9705 


Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, palaeontological or numismatic interest.


Only animal-derived products.
Excludes game trophies and other preparations of any animal species having undergone a complete taxidermy treatment ensuring their preservation at ambient temperatures.
Excludes game trophies and other preparations from other species than ungulates and birds (whether treated or untreated).
Specific requirements for game trophies are set out in row 6 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.




CHAPTER 99

SPECIAL COMBINED NOMENCLATURE CODES


Sub-chapter II


Statistical codes for certain specific movements of goods


General remarks

This Chapter covers goods originating from third countries and delivered to vessels and aircraft within the Union under the customs transit procedure (T1).







CN code


Description


Qualification and explanation




(1)


(2)


(3)




ex 9930 24 00 


Goods of CN Chapters 1 to 24 delivered to vessels and aircraft.


Covers products of animal origin and composite products destined for ship supply as provided for in Articles 21 and 29 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 (9).




ex 9930 99 00 


Goods classified in any CN Chapter other than Chapters 1 to 24 delivered to vessels and aircraft.


Covers products of animal origin and composite products destined for ship supply as provided for in Articles 21 and 29 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124.






            ’.


(1)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/630 of 16 February 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards certain categories of goods exempted from official controls at border control posts and amending Commission Decision 2007/275/EC (OJ L 132, 19.4.2021, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/630/oj).

(2)  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, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/1987/2658/oj).

(3)  Council Decision 87/369/EEC of 7 April 1987 concerning the conclusion of the International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System and of the Protocol of Amendment thereto (OJ L 198, 20.7.1987, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/1987/369/oj).

(4)  
            OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1.

(5)  Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules as regards animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002 (Animal by-products Regulation) (OJ L 300, 14.11.2009, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1069/oj).

(6)  Commission Regulation (EC) No 1125/2006 of 21 July 2006 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature (OJ L 200, 22.7.2006, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1125/oj).

(7)  Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/745/oj).

(8)  Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/746/oj).

(9)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 of 10 October 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards rules for official controls of consignments of animals and goods in transit, transhipment and onward transportation through the Union, and amending Commission Regulations (EC) No 798/2008, (EC) No 1251/2008, (EC) No 119/2009, (EU) No 206/2010, (EU) No 605/2010, (EU) No 142/2011, (EU) No 28/2012, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/759 and Commission Decision 2007/777/EC (OJ L 321, 12.12.2019, p. 73, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2019/2124/oj).



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