POTTERY , OTHER THAN PORCELAIN OR CHINA
FOR THE PURPOSES OF HEADING 69.12 , THE TERM ' OTHER KINDS OF POTTERY ' INCLUDES :
( A ) POTTERY WITH A POROUS BODY WHICH , UNLIKE PORCELAIN IS OPAQUE , PERMEABLE TO LIQUIDS , EASILY SCRATCHED WITH IRON AND WHOSE FRACTURE STICKS TO THE TONGUE . SUCH POTTERY INCLUDES :
( 1 ) POTTERY MADE FROM COMMON CLAY ( BRICK EARTH ). IT HAS A DULL EARTHY TEXTURE AND ITS COLOUR IS GENERALLY BROWN , RED OR YELLOW . IT MAY BE GLAZED .
( 2 ) A WIDE RANGE OF WHITE OR COLOURED POTTERY . . . MORE OR LESS FINE . THE BODY IS POROUS AND MUST BE GLAZED TO MAKE THE ARTICLES IMPERMEABLE . . . ( EARTHENWARE , ETC .) IS MADE FROM FINELY SIEVED CLAYS STIRRED WITH WATER . IT HAS A FINEGRAINED BODY OBTAINED BY FIRING TO A HIGHER TEMPERATURE THAN IN THE CASE OF POTTERY MADE FROM COMMON CLAY ; IT DIFFERS FROM PORCELAIN OR CHINA BECAUSE IT IS NOT COMPLETELY VITRIFIED .
( B ) STONEWARE WHICH , THOUGH DENSE , . . . DIFFERS FROM PORCELAIN BECAUSE IT IS MORE OPAQUE . . .
( C ) CERTAIN SO-CALLED ' SEMI-PORCELAINS ' OR ' IMITATION-PORCELAINS ' , SOMETIMES PREPARED , DECORATED AND GLAZED TO GIVE THE COMMERCIAL APPEARANCE OF PORCELAIN . . . . TABLEWARE , ETC ., OF THESE IMITATION ' PORCELAINS ' IS CLASSIFIED IN HEADING 29.12 AND NOT AS PORCELAIN OR CHINA IN HEADING 69.11 . '
THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE CCT IN THEIR TURN REFER TO THOSE ' GENERAL ' CONSIDERATIONS ' WITH REGARD TO THE SCOPE OF THE TERMS ' ' PORCELAIN ' ' , ' ' COMMON POTTERY ' ' , ' ' FINE POTTERY ' ' , ' ' EARTHENWARE ' ' AND ' ' STONEWARE ' ' APPEARING IN THE HEADINGS AND SUBHEADINGS OF SUBCHAPTER II OF CHAPTER 69 . '
11 IT IS ESTABLISHED THAT IN THE ABSENCE OF COMMUNITY MEASURES , OF EXPLANATORY NOTES OR OTHER INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY THE COMMUNITY AUTHORITIES , THE EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE BRUSSELS NOMENCLATURE ARE AN AUTHORITATIVE AID TO THE INTERPRETATION OF HEADINGS IN THE CCT . NEVERTHELESS THE QUESTION MUST BE ASKED WHETHER THE ABOVEMENTIONED NOTES TO THE BRUSSELS NOMENCLATURE CONTAIN ANYTHING WHICH ENABLES A DISTINCTION TO BE DRAWN BETWEEN THE SUBHEADINGS ' COMMON POTTERY ' ON THE ONE HAND AND ' FINE POTTERY ' AND ' OTHER KINDS OF POTTERY ' ON THE OTHER HAND . ACCORDING TO THE WORDING OF THESE NOTES THEY ONLY REFER TO THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO HEADINGS 69.11 AND 69.12 , THAT IS TO SAY , BETWEEN TABLEWARE ' OF PORCELAIN OR CHINA ( INCLUDING BISCUIT PORCELAIN AND PARIAN ) ' AND TABLEWARE ' OF OTHER KINDS OF POTTERY ' AND CONTAINS NO REFERENCE AT ALL TO THE SUBHEADINGS OF HEADING 69.12 . THIS IS NO DOUBT TO BE EXPLAINED BY THE FACT THAT CHAPTER 69 OF