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Title: COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/... 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 and hay and straw subject to official controls at border control posts and amending Decision 2007/275/EC

EUROPEAN
                                COMMISSION
                                                       Brussels, 18.11.2019
                                                       C(2019) 8098 final
                 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
                                           of 18.11.2019
      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 and hay and straw subject
        to official controls at border control posts and amending Decision 2007/275/EC
                                     (Text with EEA relevance)
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 ---pagebreak---                   COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) …/...
                                                    of 18.11.2019
       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 and hay and straw subject
         to official controls at border control posts and amending Decision 2007/275/EC
                                            (Text with EEA relevance)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Council Directive 97/78/EC of 18 December 1997 laying down the
   principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on products entering the
   Community from third countries1, and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,
   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)2, and in particular point (a) of the first
   subparagraph of Article 47(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   (1)     Regulation (EU) 2017/625 establishes rules on the performance of official controls by
           the competent authorities of the Member States on animals and goods entering the
           Union in order to verify the compliance with Union agri-food chain legislation.
   (2)     Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/4783 amended Regulation (EU)
           2017/625 by adding hay and straw and foodstuffs containing both products of plant
           origin and processed products of animal origin (‘composite products’) to the
           categories of goods in point (b) of Article 47(1) of that Regulation.
   (3)     In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625, certain categories of animals and goods
           from third countries should always be presented at a border control post for official
           controls to be performed prior to their entry into the Union. In addition to animals,
   1
           OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9.
   2
           OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.
   3
           Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/478 of 14 January 2019 amending Regulation (EU)
           2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the categories of consignments to
           be subjected to official controls at border control posts (OJ L 82, 25.3.2019, p. 4).
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 ---pagebreak---         products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, hay and straw and
        composite products are among the categories that should always be presented for
        official controls at border control posts.
   (4)  Regulation (EU) 2017/625 requires the Commission to establish lists of the different
        animals and products of animal origin, germinal products, animal by-products, hay and
        straw and composite products to be presented for official controls at border control
        posts with the indication of their respective Combined Nomenclature (CN) code
        provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/874.
   (5)  As derived products are a sub-category of animal by-products, they should be included
        in the lists and their CN codes should be indicated accordingly.
   (6)  Commission Decision 2007/275/EC5 lays down provisions concerning animals and
        products, including composite products, subject to veterinary checks at border
        inspection posts in accordance with Council Directives 91/496/EEC 6 and 97/78/EC.
        New conditions for the entry into the Union of composite products will apply from 21
        April 2021 in accordance with Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/6257. It
        is therefore appropriate that until then the current rules laid down in Decision
        2007/275/EC concerning composite products subject to official controls at border
        control posts continue to apply and that this Regulation does not apply to composite
        products. In order to avoid overlapping of legal provisions, this Regulation should
        amend Decision 2007/275/EC by limiting its scope of application to composite
        products.
   (7)  In order to facilitate official controls by the competent authorities at border control
        posts in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625, the list established in this
        Regulation should describe, in detail, the animals, products of animal origin, germinal
        products, animal by-products and derived products and hay and straw subject to such
        official controls.
   (8)  In addition, for certain CN codes, this Regulation lists only part of the animals and
        products that fall under the relevant heading or subheading. In such cases, this
        Regulation should give additional details about the relevant animals and products
        which are subject to official controls at border control posts.
   (9)  As the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/625 governing the matters covered by this
        Regulation apply from 14 December 2019, this Regulation should apply from the
        same date.
   (10) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the
        Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
   4
        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).
   5
        Commission Decision 2007/275/EC of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of animals and products to be
        subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (OJ L
        116, 4.5.2007, p. 9).
   6
        Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organization
        of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending
        Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC (OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56).
   7
        Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/625 of 4 March 2019 supplementing Regulation (EU)
        2017/625 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to requirements for the entry into
        the Union of consignments of certain animals and goods intended for human consumption (OJ L 131,
        17.5.2019, p. 18).
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 ---pagebreak---    HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
                                                        Article 1
                                             Subject matter and scope
   (1)        This Regulation establishes the lists of animals, products of animal origin, germinal
              products, animal by-products and derived products and hay and straw subject to
              official controls at border control posts in accordance with point (a) of the first
              subparagraph of Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
   (2)        This Regulation shall not apply to composite products.
                                                        Article 2
                                                      Definitions
   For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
   (1)        ‘products of animal origin’ means products of animal origin as defined in point 8.1 of
              Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the
              Council8;
   (2)        ‘untreated pig bristles’ means untreated pig bristles as defined in point 33 of Annex I
              to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/20119;
   (3)        ‘untreated feathers and parts of feathers’ means untreated feathers and parts of
              feathers as defined in point 30 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;
   (4)        ‘untreated hair’ means untreated hair as defined in point 32 of Annex I to Regulation
              (EU) No 142/2011;
   (5)        ‘intermediate product’ means intermediate product as defined in point 35 of Annex I
              to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;
   (6)        ‘treated hides and skins’ means treated hides and skins as defined in point 28 of
              Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011;
   (7)        ‘untreated wool’ means untreated wool as defined in point 31 of Annex I to
              Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
                                                        Article 3
                          Official controls of animals and goods listed in Annex I
   The animals and goods listed in Annex I to this Regulation shall be subject to official controls
   at border control posts in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625.
                                                        Article 4
                                     Amendments to Decision 2007/275/EC
   Decision 2007/275/EC is amended as follows:
   8
       Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down
       specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin (OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55).
   9
       Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No
       1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-
       products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive
       97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that
       Directive (OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1).
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 ---pagebreak---    (1)   the title is replaced by the following:
         ‘Commission Decision of 17 April 2007 concerning lists of composite products to be
         subject to controls at border control posts’;
   (2)   Article 1 is replaced by the following:
                                              ‘Article 1
                                           Subject matter
        This Decision lays down rules regarding the composite products to be subjected to
        official controls at border control posts upon entry into the Union.’;
   (3)   Article 3 is replaced by the following:
                                              ‘Article 3
                    Official controls of composite products listed in Annex I
       1. The composite products listed in Annex I to this Decision shall be subjected to
       official controls at border control posts in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625
       of the European Parliament and of the Council*.
       2.        Initial selection of composite products for official controls made on the basis
       of the Combined Nomenclature in Column (1) of Annex I shall be qualified by
       reference to the specific text or legislation cited in Column (3) of Annex I.
       * 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) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1).’;
   (5)   Article 4 is amended as follows:
         (a)    the title is replaced by the following:
                 ‘Composite products subject to official controls’;
         (b)    the introductory phrase is replaced by the following:
                 ‘The following composite products shall be subject to official controls:’;
   (6)   Article 6 is replaced by the following:
                                              ‘Article 6
                            Derogation for certain composite products
         1.     By way of derogation from Article 3, the following composite products, not
                containing any meat products, shall not be subject to official controls:
                (a)     composite products containing less than half of their substance of any
                        other processed product provided such products are:
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 ---pagebreak---                          (i)   shelf-stable at ambient temperature or have clearly undergone in
                               their manufacture a complete cooking or heat treatment process
                               throughout their substance, so that any raw product is denatured;
                         (ii)  clearly identified as intended for human consumption;
                         (iii) securely packaged or sealed in clean containers;
                         (iv) accompanied by a commercial document and labelled in an official
                               language of a Member State, so that that document and labelling
                               together give information on the nature, quantity and number of
                               packages of the composite products, the country of origin, the
                               manufacturer, and the ingredient;
                   (b) composite products listed in Annex II.
             2.    However, any milk product included in any composite products shall only be
                   derived from countries listed in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No
                   605/2010*, and treated as indicated in that Annex.
                   * Commission Regulation (EU) No 605/2010 of 2 July 2010 laying down
                   animal and public health and veterinary certification conditions for the
                   introduction into the European Union of raw milk, dairy products, colostrum
                   and colostrum-based products intended for human consumption (OJ L 175,
                   10.7.2010, p. 1).’;
   (7)       Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with Annex II to this Regulation.
                                                Article 5
                                   Entry into force and application
   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 14 December 2019.
   This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
   Done at Brussels, 18.11.2019
                                                  For the Commission
                                                  The President
                                                  Ursula VON DER LEYEN
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 ---documentbreak---                                                    EN
                                               ANNEX I
  LIST OF ANIMALS, PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, GERMINAL PRODUCTS,
   ANIMAL BY-PRODUCTS AND DERIVED PRODUCTS AND HAY AND STRAW
     SUBJECT TO OFFICIAL CONTROLS AT BORDER CONTROL POSTS AS
                                   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 Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/20111.
2.        Note to Chapter
          The lists in this Annex 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 2658/872.
          The Chapter notes are explanations, where necessary extracted, 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.
1  Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No
   1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules as regards animal by-
   products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive
   97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempt from veterinary checks at the border under that
   Directive (OJ L 54, 26.2.2011, p. 1).
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).
                                                    1
 ---pagebreak--- 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) drawn up by the Customs Cooperation
          Council, now the World Customs Organisation (WCO), adopted by the International
          Convention, concluded in Brussels on 14 June 1983 and approved on behalf of the
          European Economic Community by Council Decision 87/369/EEC3 (‘the HS
          Convention’). 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 products 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 set up by Commission Decision 2004/292/EC4, are broken down to the six or
          eight digit code.
          Where only certain specified products 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 products
          covered by 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 goods is as laid down in the description column of the CN.
          Without prejudice to the rules for the interpretation of the CN, the wording for the
          description of animals and products in column (2) is considered to be of indicative
          value only, since the 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 Union5.
          Products derived from animal by-products covered by Regulation (EC)
          No 1069/20096 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EU)
          No 142/2011 are not specifically identified in Union law. Official controls shall be
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).
4
   Commission Decision 2004/292/EC of 30 March 2004 on the introduction of the Traces system and
   amending Decision 92/486/EEC (OJ L 94, 31.3.2004, p. 63).
5
   Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (OJ C 76, 4.3.2015, p. 1), as
   subsequently amended.
6
   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).
                                                     2
 ---pagebreak--- 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.
                                    3
 ---pagebreak---  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 All
              hinnies
                                                  4
 ---pagebreak--- 0102 Live bovine animals             All
0103 Live swine                      All
0104 Live sheep and goats            All
0105 Live poultry, that is to say, All
     fowls of the species Gallus
     domesticus,    ducks,    geese,
     turkeys and guinea fowls
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;
                                         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 heading 0105, 0106 31, 0106 32 and
                                         0106 33, including 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,
                                      5
 ---pagebreak---                                                    reptiles, birds and insects. Live frogs whether
                                                   for vivaria to be kept alive, or to be killed for
                                                   human consumption, are covered by this
                                                   heading.
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) guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood (heading
           0511 or 3002); or
      (c) 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 All. However, raw material not intended
               chilled                                or suitable for human consumption is not
                                                      covered in this code.
0202           Meat of bovine animals, frozen         All. However, raw material not intended
                                                      or suitable for human consumption is not
                                                      covered in this code.
0203           Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or All. However, raw material not intended
               frozen                                 or suitable for human consumption is not
                                                      covered in this code.
0204           Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled All. However, raw material not intended
               or frozen                              or suitable for human consumption is not
                                                      covered in this code.
0205 00        Meat of horses, asses, mules or All. However, raw material not intended
               hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen      or suitable for human consumption is not
                                                      covered in this code.
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 ---pagebreak--- 0206 Edible offal of bovine animals, All. However, raw material not intended
     swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, or suitable for human consumption is not
     mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or covered in this code.
     frozen
0207 Meat and edible offal, of the poultry All. However, raw material not intended
     of heading 0105, fresh, chilled or or suitable for human consumption is not
     frozen                                  covered in this code.
0208 Other meat and edible meat offal, All. However, raw material not intended
     fresh, chilled or frozen                or suitable for human consumption is not
                                             covered in this code.
                                             This covers other raw material for the
                                             production of gelatine or collagen for
                                             human consumption. 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. Covers frogs' legs under CN
                                                 code 0208 90 70.
0209 Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry All, covers both fat and processed fat as
     fat, not rendered or otherwise          described in column (2), even if suitable
     extracted, fresh, chilled frozen,       only for industrial use (not fit for human
     salted, in brine, dried or smoked       consumption).
                                       7
 ---pagebreak--- 0210            Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in All, covers meat, meat products and other
                brine, dried or smoked; edible flours products of animal origin.
                and meals of meat or meat offal         However, raw material not intended or
                                                        suitable for human consumption is not
                                                        covered in this code.
                                                        Covers processed animal protein and
                                                        dried pigs ears for human consumption.
                                                        Even when such dried pig ears are used
                                                        as animal feed, the Annex to Commission
                                                        Regulation                              (EC)
                                                                         1
                                                        No 1125/2006 ( ) clarifies that they may
                                                        be covered in 0210 99 49. However,
                                                        dried offal and pigs ears unfit for human
                                                        consumption are in 0511 99 85.
                                                        Bones for human consumption are
                                                        covered under heading 0506.
                                                        Sausages are covered under heading
                                                        1601.
                                                        Extracts and juices of meat are covered
                                                        under heading 1603.
                                                        Greaves are covered under heading 2301.
(1) 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).
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 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
                                                  8
 ---pagebreak---          crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates unfit for human consumption
         (heading 2301); or
     (d) caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 1604).
 …'
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
                                                           subheadings       0301 11 00      and
                                                           0301 19 00.
0302           Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish All; covers livers, milt and roes, fresh
               fillets and other fish meat of heading or chilled, in CN code 0302 91 00.
               0304
0303           Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and All; covers livers, milt and roes,
               other fish meat of heading 0304             frozen, in subheading 0303 91.
0304           Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether All
               or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen
0305           Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked     All, covers other fishery products
               fish, whether or not cooked before or       such as flours, meals and pellets fit
               during the smoking process; flours, meals   for human consumption made from
               and pellets of fish, fit for human          fish; covers fish heads, tails and
               consumption.                                maws and other fishery products.
0306           Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, All: live crustaceans imported for
               fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in immediate human consumption are
               brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in       considered and treated for official
               shell or not, whether or not cooked         controls purposes as if they were
               before or during the smoking process;       products.
                                                9
 ---pagebreak---      crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming   Covers ornamental sea monkeys and
     or by boiling in water, whether or not      their cysts for use as pet animals; and
     chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; all live ornamental crustaceans as
     flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans,   provided for by Commission
     fit for human consumption                   Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 (1).
0307 Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live,    This covers molluscs that may have
     fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in been cooked and then smoked. Other
     brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell    cooked molluscs are covered in
     or not, whether or not cooked before or     heading 1605.
     during the smoking process; flours, meals   Covers live ornamental molluscs as
     and pellets of molluscs, fit for human      provided for by Regulation (EC)
     consumption                                 No 1251/2008.
                                                 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, i.e. other than
                                                     oysters,      scallops,     mussels
                                                     (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.), cuttle
                                                     fish, squid, octopus, sea snails,
                                                     clams, cockles, ark shells,
                                                     abalones (Haliotis spp.) and
                                     10
 ---pagebreak---                                                                 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, i.e. 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.); also
                                                                including flours, meals and
                                                                pellets thereof, fit for human
                                                                consumption).
0308             Aquatic      invertebrates    other   than All
                 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; flours, meals and pellets of
                 aquatic     invertebrates    other    than
                 crustaceans and molluscs, fit for human
                 consumption
(1) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 of 12 December 2008 implementing Council
Directive 2006/88/EC as regards conditions and certification requirements for the placing on the
market and the import into the Community of aquaculture animals and products thereof and
laying down a list of vector species (OJ L 337, 16.12.2008, p. 41).
  CHAPTER 4
  Dairy produce; birds’ eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not
  elsewhere specified or included
  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 0405:
                                                 11
 ---pagebreak---    (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.
3. 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 milkfat 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.
4. This chapter does not cover:
   (a) products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed
        as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702);
   (b) 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
   (c) 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).
   …'
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.
                                                 12
 ---pagebreak---  Heading 0409 excludes artificial honey and mixtures of natural and artificial honey (heading
 1702).
 …
 Heading 0410 covers products of animal origin suitable for human consumption, not specified
 or included elsewhere in the Combined Nomenclature. 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 All.
             containing added sugar or other sweetening Milk for animal feed is covered
             matter                                          under this heading, whereas
                                                             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 All.
             added sugar or other sweetening matter
0403         Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt,     All, covers cream, flavoured or
             kephir and other fermented or acidified milk    containing fruits, frozen and
             and cream, whether or not concentrated or       fermented milk, for human
             containing added sugar or other sweetening      consumption.
             matter or flavoured or containing added fruit,  Ice cream is covered in heading
             nuts or cocoa                                   2105.
                                                13
 ---pagebreak---                                                             Beverages       containing   milk
                                                            flavoured with cocoa or other
                                                            substances are covered in heading
                                                            2202.
0404       Whey, whether or not concentrated or             All, covers milk products for
           containing added sugar or other sweetening       infants.
           matter; products consisting of natural milk      Covers in CN code 0404 10 48
           constituents, whether or not containing added    bovine colostrum, in liquid form,
           sugar or other sweetening matter, not            defatted and de-caseinated, for
           elsewhere specified or included                  human consumption, and in CN
                                                            code 0404 90 21 spray-dried,
                                                            reduced-fat colostrum powder
                                                            which has not been de-caseinated,
                                                            for human consumption.
0405       Butter and other fats and oils derived from All.
           milk; dairy spreads
0406       Cheese and curd                                  All
0407       Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or All, covers hatching eggs and
           cooked                                           specified pathogen free eggs
                                                            (SPF),    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, All: this heading covers egg
           dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in       products whether or not heat
           water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved,   treated and products not fit for
           whether or not containing added sugar or other   human consumption.
           sweetening matter
0409 00 00 Natural honey                                    All
0410 00 00 Edible   products    of   animal   origin,   not All
                                             14
 ---pagebreak---              elsewhere specified or included                   This heading covers ‘royal jelly’
                                                               and propolis (used in manufacture
                                                               for pharmaceutical products and
                                                               food supplements) and other
                                                               animal derived material for human
                                                               consumption, except bones (which
                                                               are covered in 0506).
                                                               Insects or insect eggs for human
                                                               consumption are covered in this
                                                               CN code.
CHAPTER 5
Products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included
General remarks
Specific requirements for certain products in this chapter are laid down in Table 2 in Section 1
of Chapter II 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).
…
3.   Throughout the nomenclature, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar
     tusks, rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as ‘ivory’.
4.   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
                                                15
 ---pagebreak---     (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 All, treated and untreated.
                and waste thereof
0504 00 00      Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals      All, covers stomachs, bladders and
                (other than fish), whole and pieces         intestines cleaned salted dried or
                thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in heated of bovine, porcine, ovine,
                brine, dried or smoked                      caprine, or of poultry origin.
Ex 0505         Skins and other parts of birds, with        All, including game trophies of birds,
                their feathers or down, feathers and        but excluding treated decorative
                parts of feathers (whether or not with      feathers, treated feathers carried by
                trimmed edges) and down, not further        travellers for their private use or
                worked than cleaned, disinfected or         consignments of treated feathers sent
                treated for preservation; powder and        to private individuals for non-
                waste of feathers or parts of feathers      industrial purposes.
                                                            Article 25(1)(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 for
                                                            feathers independent from their
                                                            treatment as referred to in point C of
                                                            Chapter VII of Annex XIII to
                                                            Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
                                                            Further specific requirements for game
                                                            trophies are laid down in Section 5 of
                                                            Chapter II of Annex XIV to
                                                            Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
                                                            Section 6 of Chapter II of Annex XIV
                                                 16
 ---pagebreak---                                                       to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011
                                                      covers feathers used for stuffing,
                                                      down, raw or other feathers.
0506          Bones and horn-cores, un-worked,        Covers bones used as dog chews and
              defatted, simply prepared (but not cut  bones for the production of gelatine or
              to shape), treated with acid or de-     of collagen, if derived from carcasses
              gelatinised; powder and waste of these  that have been slaughtered for human
              products                                consumption.
                                                      Bone flour for human consumption is
                                                      covered under heading 0410.
                                                      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
                                                      Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV
                                                      to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
0507          Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and    Covers treated game trophies from
              whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, birds and ungulates being solely
              nails, claws and beaks, un-worked or    bones, horns, hooves, claws, antlers,
              simply prepared but not cut to shape;   teeth, hides or skins from third
              powder and waste of these products      countries.
                                                      Specific requirements for game
                                                      trophies are laid down in Row 6 of
                                                      Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II of
                                                      Annex XIV to Regulation (EU)
                                                      No 142/2011.
Ex 0508 00 00 Coral and similar materials, unworked   Empty shells for food use and use as
              or simply prepared but not otherwise    raw material for glucosamine.
              worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans In addition, shells, including cuttle-
              or echinoderms and cuttle-bone,         bones, containing soft tissue and flesh
              unworked or simply prepared but not     as referred to in point (k)(i) of Article
              cut to shape, powder and waste thereof  10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009
                                             17
 ---pagebreak---                                                        are covered.
Ex 0510 00 00 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk,    Ambergris      and    cantharides    are
              cantharides, bile, whether or not dried; excluded.
              glands and other animal products used    Glands, other animal products and bile
              in the preparation of pharmaceutical     are covered by this code.
              products, fresh, chilled, frozen or      Dried glands and products are covered
              otherwise provisionally preserved        by heading 3001.
                                                       Specific requirements may be laid
                                                       down in Row 14 of Table 2 in
                                                       Section 1 of Chapter II 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 elsewhere            All.
              specified or included; dead animals of   Covers genetic material (semen and
              Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human          embryos of animal origin such as of
              consumption                              the bovine, ovine, caprine, equine and
                                                       porcine species) and animal by-
                                                       products of Categories 1 and 2
                                                       materials as 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): all, covers
                                                            fish eggs for hatching, dead
                                                            animals, animal by-products for
                                                            the manufacture of pet food and
                                                            for pharmaceuticals and other
                                                            technical products. Covers dead
                                                            animals referred to in Chapter 3,
                                             18
 ---pagebreak---    inedible or classed unfit for human
   consumption,       for     example,
   daphnids, known as water fleas,
   and other ostracoda or phyllopods,
   dried, for feeding aquarium fish;
   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 point C 2 of Chapter
   V of Annex XIII to Regulation
   (EU) No 142/2011, if in
   compliance with Article 41(3) of
   Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
   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 Section 1 of Chapter
   II of Annex XIV to Regulation
   (EU) No 142/2011.
   Ex 0511 99 39 (other than 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 Section 1 of
   Chapter II of Annex XIV to
   Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
   Ex 0511 99 85 (other animal
   products not elsewhere specified
   or included; dead animals of
   Chapter 1, unfit for human
   consumption): Covers embryos,
19
 ---pagebreak---                                                            ova, semen and genetic material
                                                           not covered in 0511 10 and of
                                                           species other than bovine fall
                                                           under this heading. 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.
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).'
                                               20
 ---pagebreak---  CN code         Description                         Qualification and explanation
 (1)             (2)                                 (3)
 Ex 0602 90 10   Mushroom spawn                      Only if containing processed manure
                                                     of animal origin and specific rules are
                                                     set out in Row 1 of Table 2 in
                                                     Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV
                                                     to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
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 Bee pollen
               primarily for human consumption, not
               elsewhere specified or included
Ex 1213 00 00 Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, Only straw
               whether or not chopped, ground,
               pressed or in the form of pellets
Ex 1214 90     Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, Only hay
               lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin,
               forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar
               forage products whether or not in form
               of pallets: other than lucerne (alfalfa)
               meal and pellets
                                             21
 ---pagebreak--- CHAPTER 15
Animal or vegetable 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 Section 1 of Chapter I;
    2.   rendered fats from Category 2 materials for certain purposes outside the feed chain for
         farmed animals (for example oleo chemical purposes) in Row 17 of Table 2 in Section
         1 of Chapter II;
    3.   fat derivatives in Row 18 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II.
Fat derivatives include first stage products derived from fats and oils when in their pure state
produced by a method set out in point 1 of Chapter XI 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 and vegetable 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 or vegetable 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
                                                 22
 ---pagebreak--- 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 covers inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils or
of fractions of different fats or oils of the Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included.
This part 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, All
                 other than that of heading 0209 or 1503
1502             Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, All
                 other than those of heading 1503
1503 00          Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil All
                 and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or
                 otherwise prepared
1504             Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or All, fish oils and oils from fishery
                 marine mammals, whether or not refined, products and marine mammals.
                 but not chemically modified                   Miscellaneous edible preparations
                                                               are covered in general under
                                                               heading 1517 or Chapter 21.
1505 00          Wool grease and fatty substances derived All, wool grease imported as
                 therefrom (including lanolin)                 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 All
                 fractions, whether or not refined, but not Unsplit fats or oils, and also their
                 chemically modified                           initial fractions produced by a
                                                               method set out in point 1 of
                                                               Chapter XI of Annex XIII to
                                                               Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
1516 10          Animal fats and oils and their fractions, All: animal fats and oils.
                                                  23
 ---pagebreak---               partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-          For official controls fat derivatives
              esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised,      include first stage products derived
              whether or not refined, but not further        from animal fats and oils when in
              prepared                                       their pure state produced by a
                                                             method set out in point 1 of
                                                             Chapter XI of Annex XIII to
                                                             Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Ex 1517       Margarine,        edible     mixtures      or Products of animal origin only.
              preparations of animal or vegetable 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
Ex 1518 00 91 Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their    Animal origin only.
              fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated,       Fat derivatives produced by a
              sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat        method set out in point 1 of
              in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise         Chapter XI of Annex XIII to
              chemically modified, excluding those of        Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
              heading 1516                                   Specific requirements are set out in
                                                             Row 17 (rendered fats) and Row 18
                                                             (fat derivatives) of Table 2 in
                                                             Section 1     of    Chapter II     of
                                                             Annex XIV to Regulation (EU)
                                                             No 142/2011.
Ex 1518 00 95 Inedible mixtures or preparations of Only fats and oil preparations,
              animal or of animal and vegetable fats and rendered fats and derivates derived
              oils and their fractions                       from animals; including used
                                                             cooking oil, intended to be used
                                                             within the scope of Regulation
                                                             (EC) No 1069/2009.
                                                             Fat derivatives produced by a
                                                             method set out in point 1 of
                                                             Chapter XI of Annex XIII to
                                                             Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Ex 1518 00 99 Other                                          Only if containing fat from animal
                                                             origin.
Ex 1520 00 00 Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and Animal origin only.
              glycerol lyes
                                               24
 ---pagebreak--- 1521 90 91 Raw beeswax and other insect waxes         All, covers waxes in natural combs,
                                                      raw beeswax for apiculture or
                                                      technical purposes.
                                                      Article 25(1)(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 Section 1
                                                      of Chapter II of Annex XIV to
                                                      Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
1521 90 99 Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether All, covers waxes, processed or
           or not refined or coloured, other than raw 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 Section 1
                                                      of Chapter II 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 Animal origin only.
           treatment of fatty substances or animal or Specific requirements are set out in
           vegetable waxes                            Row 18 (fat derivatives) of Table 2
                                                      in Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex
                                                      XIV      to     Regulation      (EU)
                                                      No 142/2011.
                                           25
 ---pagebreak--- CHAPTER 16
Preparations of meat, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
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 prepared or preserved by the process specified in Chapter 2 or 3 or heading
    0504.
2. Food preparations fall in this chapter provided that they contain more than 20 % by weight
    of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, 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 All, covers preserved meat in various
             meat, meat offal or blood; food forms.
             preparations based on these products
Ex 1602      Other prepared or preserved meat, Products of animal origin only.
             meat offal or blood
Ex 1603 00 Extracts and juices of meat, fish or Products of animal origin only.
             crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic Covers meat extracts and meat
             invertebrates                           concentrates, fish protein in gel form
                                                     whether chilled or frozen, and also shark
                                                     cartilage.
Ex 1604      Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and Products of animal origin only, cooked or
             caviar substitutes prepared from fish pre-cooked         culinary     preparations
             eggs                                    containing or mixed with fish or fishery
                                                     products.
                                                     Covers preparations of surimi in CN code
                                                     1604 20 05.
                                               26
 ---pagebreak---                                                      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).
                                                     So-called fish skewers (raw fish meat or
                                                     raw shrimps with vegetables presented on
                                                     a wooden stick) are classified in CN code
                                                     1604 19 97.
Ex 1605      Crustaceans, molluscs and other Products of animal origin only.
             aquatic invertebrates, prepared or Covers fully prepared or pre-prepared
             preserved                               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:
        …
    (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.
                lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in Sugars and artificial honey,
                solid form; sugar syrups not containing added where mixed with natural honey.
                flavouring or colouring matter; artificial
                honey, whether or not mixed with natural
                honey
                                               27
 ---pagebreak--- 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 the preparations of heading 0403, 1901, 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 Products of animal origin only, for
           containing cocoa                                example dairy products.
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, 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         Food preparations of flour, groats, meal,  Products of animal origin only.
                starch or malt extract, not containing     Covers uncooked foodstuffs (e.g.
                cocoa or containing less than 40 % by      pizzas) containing products of
                weight of cocoa calculated on a totally    animal origin.
                defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or Culinary preparations are covered
                included; food preparations of goods of    by Chapters 16 and 21.
                headings 0401 to 0404, not containing
                cocoa or containing less than 5 % by
                weight of cocoa calculated on a totally
                                               28
 ---pagebreak---               defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or
              included
1902 11 00    Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise All
              prepared, containing eggs
Ex 1902 20 10 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or Products of animal origin only.
              otherwise prepared containing more than
              20 % by weight of fish, crustaceans,
              molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates
Ex 1902 20 30 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or Products of animal origin only.
              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
Ex 1902 20 91 Cooked stuffed pasta                       Products of animal origin only.
Ex 1902 20 99 Other [other stuffed pasta, not cooked]    Products of animal origin only.
Ex 1902 30    Other pasta than pasta of subheadings Products of animal origin only.
              1902 11, 1902 19 and 1902 20
Ex 1902 40    Couscous                                   Products of animal origin only.
Ex 1904 10 10 Prepared food obtained by the swelling Products of animal origin only.
              or roasting of maize
Ex 1904 90 10 Prepared food obtained from rice           Products of animal origin only, for
                                                         example, sushi (provided they are
                                                         not to be classified in Chapter 16).
Ex 1905       Pastries                                   Products of animal origin only.
                                              29
 ---pagebreak---  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:
         …
     (b) food preparations containing more than 20 % by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal,
         blood, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination
         thereof (Chapter 16).
     …'
CN code        Description                                  Qualification and explanation
(1)            (2)                                          (3)
Ex 2001        Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible Products of animal origin only.
               parts or plants, prepared or preserved by
               vinegar or acetic acid
Ex 2004        Other vegetables prepared or preserved Products of animal origin only.
               otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
               frozen, other than products of heading
               2006
Ex 2005        Other vegetables prepared or preserved Products of animal origin only.
               otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid,
               not frozen, other than products of heading
               2006
 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, fish or crustaceans, molluscs
         or other aquatic invertebrates, or any other combinations thereof (Chapter 16).
                                                 30
 ---pagebreak---  …
 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
    infant food 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 2103 90 90     Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed Products of animal origin only.
                  condiments and mixed seasonings;
                  mustard flour and meal and prepared
                  mustard. — Other
Ex 2104           Soups and broths and preparations Products of animal origin only.
                  therefore; homogenised composite food including infant food in containers
                  preparations                                 of a net weight content not
                                                               exceeding 250 g.
Ex 2105 00        Ice cream and other edible ice, whether Products of animal origin only.
                  or not containing cocoa
Ex 2106 10        Protein concentrates and textured protein Products of animal origin only;
                  substances                                   excluding     food      supplements
                                                               packaged for the final consumer,
                                                               containing small amounts (in total
                                                               less than 20 %) of processed
                                                               animal      products      (including
                                                               glucosamine, chondroitin and/or
                                                 31
 ---pagebreak---                                                              chitosan) other than meat products.
Ex 2106 90 51     Lactose syrup                              Products of animal origin only;
                                                             excluding     food     supplements
                                                             packaged for the final consumer,
                                                             containing small amounts (in total
                                                             less than 20 %) of processed
                                                             animal      products     (including
                                                             glucosamine, chondroitin and/or
                                                             chitosan) other than meat products.
Ex 2106 90 92     Other food preparations not elsewhere      Products of animal origin only;
                  specified or included, containing no milk  excluding     food     supplements
                  fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or      packaged for the final consumer,
                  starch or containing, by weight, less than containing small amounts (in total
                  1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose,  less than 20 %) of processed
                  5 % glucose or starch                      animal      products     (including
                                                             glucosamine, chondroitin and/or
                                                             chitosan) other than meat products.
Ex 2106 90 98     Other food preparations not elsewhere Products of animal origin only;
                  specified or included                      excluding     food     supplements
                                                             packaged for the final consumer,
                                                             containing small amounts (in total
                                                             less than 20 %) of processed
                                                             animal      products     (including
                                                             glucosamine, chondroitin and/or
                                                             chitosan) other than meat products.
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.
…'
                                               32
 ---pagebreak--- CN code               Description                               Qualification and explanation
(1)                   (2)                                       (3)
Ex 2202 99 99         Other non-alcoholic beverages, not Milk and dairy products only.
                      including fruit or vegetable juices of
                      heading 2009 and containing 2 % or
                      more by weight of fat obtained from the
                      products of heading 0401 to 0404
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    All, covers processed animal protein
             offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or not for human consumption, meat
             other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for        meal not for human consumption, and
             human consumption; greaves                    greaves, whether or not for human
                                                           consumption.
                                                           Feather meal is covered in heading
                                                           0505.
                                                           Specific requirements for processed
                                                           animal protein are set out in Row 1 of
                                                           Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter I of
                                                           Annex XIV to Regulation (EU)
                                                33
 ---pagebreak---                                               No 142/2011.
Ex 2309 Preparations of a kind used in animal All, if containing products of animal
        feeding                               origin,      except       subheadings
                                              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). 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,    colostrum,   or
                                              carbohydrates, all not fit for human
                                              consumption but for animal feeding.
                                              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 Section 1 of
                                              Chapter II     of   Annex XIV      to
                                              Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
                                              Covers egg products not for human
                                              consumption and other processed
                                              products of animal origin not for
                                              human consumption.
                                              Specific requirements for egg
                                              products are set out in Row 9 of
                                              Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter I of
                                              Annex XIV to Regulation (EU)
                                              No 142/2011.
                                     34
 ---pagebreak---  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 Animal origin only.
                (‘dicalcium phosphate’)             Specific requirements for dicalcium
                                                    phosphate are set out in Row 6 of
                                                    Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter I of
                                                    Annex XIV      to   Regulation  (EU)
                                                    No 142/2011.
 Ex 2835 26 00 Other phosphates of calcium          Tricalcium phosphate of animal origin
                                                    only.
                                                    Specific requirements for tricalcium
                                                    phosphate are set out in Row 7 of
                                                    Table 1 in Section 1 of Chapter I of
                                                    Annex XIV      to   Regulation  (EU)
                                                    No 142/2011.
 CHAPTER 29
 Organic chemicals
CN code        Description                         Qualification and explanation
(1)            (2)                                 (3)
Ex 2922 49     Other Amino-acids, other than those Animal origin only.
               containing more than one kind of
               oxygen function, and their esters;
               salts thereof
                                             35
 ---pagebreak--- Ex 2925 29 00 Other imines and their derivatives Creatine of animal origin.
                than Chlordimeform (ISO); salts
                thereof
Ex 2930         Organo-sulphur compounds             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 Other heterocyclic compounds with Animal origin only, for example
                oxygen hetero-atom(s) only           glucosamine, glucosamine-6-phosphate
                                                     and their sulphates.
Ex 2942 00 00 Other organic compounds                Animal origin only.
CHAPTER 30
Pharmaceutical products
General remarks
Finished medicinal products, which are not covered by Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and
(EU) No 142/2011, are excluded from the list. Intermediate products are included.
In heading 3001 (glands and other organs for organo-therapeutic uses, dried, whether or not
powdered; extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions for organo-therapeutic uses;
heparin and its salts; other human or animal substances prepared for therapeutic or
prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included) only animal derived products of
subheadings 3001 20 and 3001 90 are relevant for official controls. Refer to the following
specific requirements in Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011:
1. Row 2 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II for blood products for technical products
   excluding from equidae, and
2. Row 3 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II for blood and blood products from equidae,
   and
3. Row 14 of Table 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II 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.
In heading 3002 (human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or
diagnostic uses; antisera, other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not
modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of
micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products) only subheadings 3002 12 and
3002 90 are relevant for official controls. Human blood of 3002 90 10 and vaccines of
subheadings 3002 20 and 3002 30 do not need to be subjected to official controls.
                                              36
 ---pagebreak--- CN code       Description                            Qualification and explanation
(1)           (2)                                    (3)
3001 20 90    Extracts of glands or other organs or All; covers a product acting as a
              of their secretions, other than of replacement for maternal colostrum and
              human origin                           used in the feeding of calves.
Ex 3001 90 91 Animal substances prepared for All animal products, which are destined
              therapeutic or prophylactic uses: for further processing, in accordance
              heparin and its salts                  with Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC)
                                                     No 1069/2009, for the manufacture of
                                                     the derived products referred to in
                                                     points (a) to (f) of Article 33 of that
                                                     Regulation.
3001 90 98    Other animal substances than heparin   All.
              and its salts prepared for therapeutic In addition to the glands and other
              or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere    organs mentioned in the Harmonized
              specified or included                  System Explanatory Notes to heading
                                                     3001, (A), this subheading covers the
                                                     hypophysis, the suprarenal capsules and
                                                     the thyroid gland; except those
                                                     specified in Article 33 of Regulation
                                                     (EC) No 1069/2009.
Ex 3002 12 00 Antisera and other blood fractions     Animal derived products only.
                                                     Excludes finished medicinal products
                                                     for the final consumer.
                                                     Excludes antibodies and DNA.
                                                     Under      heading     3002,    specific
                                                     requirements are set out for animal by-
                                                     products covered by Table 2 in
                                                     Section 1 of Chapter II 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.
3002 90 30    Animal       blood    prepared     for All
                                             37
 ---pagebreak---                  therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic
                 uses
Ex 3002 90 50 Cultures of micro organisms                Only pathogens and         cultures   of
                                                         pathogens for animals.
Ex 3002 90 90 Other                                      Only pathogens and         cultures   of
                                                         pathogens for animals.
Ex 3006 92 00 Waste pharmaceuticals                      Animal derived products only.
                                                         Pharmaceutical waste, pharmaceutical
                                                         products, which 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;
 …'
CN code         Description                                 Qualification and explanation
(1)             (2)                                         (3)
Ex 3101 00 00 Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether      Only animal derived products in an
                or not mixed together or chemically         un-adulterated form.
                treated; fertilisers produced by the        Covers guano excluding mineralised
                mixing or chemical treatment of animal      guano.
                or vegetable products
                                                            Covers        manure  mixed      with
                                                            processed animal protein, if used as
                                                            fertiliser; but manure–chemical
                                                            mixtures used as fertilisers are
                                                            excluded (see heading 3105, which
                                                            covers only mineral or chemical
                                                            fertilisers).
                                                            Specific requirements for processed
                                                            manure, derived products from
                                                            processed manure and guano from
                                                            bats are set out in Row 1 of Table 2
                                                38
 ---pagebreak---                                                           in Section 1 of Chapter II of
                                                          Annex XIV to Regulation (EU)
                                                          No 142/2011.
Ex 3105 10 00 Goods of this chapter in tablets or similar Only fertilisers containing animal
                forms or in packages of a gross weight derived products.
                not exceeding 10 kg                       Specific requirements for processed
                                                          manure, derived products from
                                                          processed manure and guano from
                                                          bats are set out in Row 1 of Table 2
                                                          in Section 1 of Chapter II 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.
…'
                                               39
 ---pagebreak--- CN code     Description                                 Qualification and explanation
(1)         (2)                                         (3)
Ex 3203     Colouring matter of animal origin Only colour dispersions in milk fat
            (including dyeing extracts but excluding base, used in the food or feed
            animal black), whether or not production.
            chemically defined, preparations as
            specified in note 3 to this chapter based
            on colouring matter of animal origin
Ex 3204     Synthetic organic colouring matter, Only colour dispersions in milk fat
            whether or not chemically defined; base, used in the food or feed
            preparations as specified in note 3 to this production.
            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
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 Only flavourings in a milk fat base
          mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with used for food or feed production.
          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
CHAPTER 35
Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes
                                               40
 ---pagebreak--- CN code Description                                   Qualification and explanation
(1)     (2)                                           (3)
Ex 3501 Casein, caseinates and         other   casein Casein for human consumption,
        derivatives; casein glues                     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 Section 1 of
                                                      Chapter I of Annex XIV to
                                                      Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Ex 3502 Albumins (including concentrates of two or    Covers products derived from
        more whey proteins, containing by weight      eggs and derived from milk
        more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated      whether for human consumption
        on the dry matter), albuminates and other     or not for human consumption
        albumin derivatives                           (including animal feed purposes).
                                                          Specific requirements for
                                                          milk, milk-based products and
                                                          colostrums not for human
                                                          consumption are set out in
                                                          Row 4 of Table 1 in Section 1
                                                          of Chapter I of Annex XIV to
                                                          Regulation (EU) No 142/2011
                                                          and for egg products not for
                                                          human consumption in Row 9
                                                          of Table 1 in Section 1 of
                                                          Chapter I of Annex XIV to
                                                          Regulation                (EU)
                                                          No 142/2011.
3503 00 Gelatine (including gelatine in rectangular   Covers gelatine for human
        (including square) sheets, whether or not     consumption, for animal feed and
        surface-worked or coloured) and gelatine      technical use.
        derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal Gelatine classified in heading
        origin excluding casein glues of heading      3913 (hardened proteins) and in
        3501                                          9602      (worked,      unhardened
                                        41
 ---pagebreak---                                                          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 Section 1
                                                         of Chapter I of Annex XIV to
                                                         Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for
                                                         gelatine and hydrolysed protein
                                                         not for human consumption and in
                                                         Section 11 of Chapter II of
                                                         Annex XIV to that Regulation for
                                                         photo gelatine.
Ex 3504 00 Peptones and their derivatives; other protein Covers collagen and hydrolysed
           substances and their derivatives, not         proteins for human consumption,
           elsewhere specified or included; hide         for animal feed and technical use.
           powder whether or not chromed                 Covers protein based collagen
                                                         products derived from hides, skins
                                                         and tendons of animals, including
                                                         bones in the case of pigs, poultry
                                                         and fish.
                                                         Covers     hydrolysed        proteins
                                                         consisting     of     polypeptides,
                                                         peptides or amino acids, and
                                                         mixtures thereof, obtained by the
                                                         hydrolysis of animal by-products.
                                                         They are excluded from official
                                                         controls when they are used as
                                                         additives in food preparations
                                                         (heading 2106).
                                                         Covers any milk by-products for
                                                         human consumption in case 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 Section 1 of
                                                         Chapter I of Annex XIV to
                                                         Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
                                          42
 ---pagebreak--- Ex 3507 10 00 Rennet and concentrates thereof                      Rennet and concentrates for
                                                                   human consumption, deriving
                                                                   from animal products only.
Ex 3507 90 90 Other enzymes than rennet and concentrates Animal origin only.
                  thereof or lipoprotein lipase or aspergillus
                  alkaline protease
 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 3822 00 00 Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a              Animal derived products only,
                  backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory      except medical devices as defined
                  reagents whether or not on a backing, other     in Article 1(2)(a) of Council
                  than those of heading 3002 or 3006;             Directive 93/42/EEC (1) and in
                  certified reference materials                   vitro diagnostic medical devices as
                                                                  defined in Article 1(2)(b) of
                                                                  Directive 98/79/EC       of     the
                                                                  European Parliament and of the
                                                                  Council (2).
Ex 3825 10 00 Municipal waste                                     Only catering waste containing
                                                                  animal products, if it falls within
                                                                  the scope of point (g) of
                                                                  Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC)
                                                                  No 1069/2009, except catering
                                                                  waste originating directly from
                                                   43
 ---pagebreak---                                                               means of transport operating
                                                              internationally and disposed in
                                                              line with Article 12 (d) of that
                                                              Regulation.
                                                              Used cooking oil intended to be
                                                              used within the scope of
                                                              Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009,
                                                              for example, for organic fertiliser
                                                              or biogas, can be covered by this
                                                              CN code.
(1) Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices (OJ L 169,
12.7.1993, p. 1).
(2) Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in
vitro diagnostic medical devices (OJ L 331, 7.12.1998, p. 1).
 CHAPTER 39
 Plastics and articles thereof
 CN code         Description                                 Qualification and explanation
 (1)             (2)                                         (3)
 Ex 3913 90 00 Other natural polymers (except alginic Animal derived products only, for
                 acid, its salts and esters) and modified example, chondroitin sulphate,
                 natural polymers (for example, hardened chitosan, hardened gelatine.
                 proteins, chemical derivatives of natural
                 rubber), not elsewhere specified or
                 included, in primary forms
 Ex 3917 10 10 Artificial guts (sausage casings) of Animal derived products only.
                 hardened protein or of cellulosic materials
 Ex 3926 90 92 Other articles of plastics and articles of Empty capsules of hardened
                 other materials of headings 3901 to 3914 gelatine for animal consumption;
                 made from sheet                             specific requirements are set out in
                                                             Row 5 of Table 1 in Section 1 of
                                                             Chapter I of Annex XIV to
                                                             Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
                                                44
 ---pagebreak--- Ex 3926 90 97 Other articles of plastics and articles of Empty capsules of hardened
                  other materials of headings 3901 to 3914 gelatine for animal consumption;
                  made from other than sheet                  specific requirements are set out in
                                                              Row 5 of Table 1 in Section 1 of
                                                              Chapter I 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, 4103 are to be subjected to
 official controls.
 Specific requirements for hides and skins of ungulates are laid down in Row 4 and 5 of Table
 2 in Section 1 of Chapter II 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      Only fresh, chilled or treated hides
                buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, and skins, including dried, dry-
                dried, limed, pickled or otherwise            salted, wet-salted, or preserved by
                preserved, but not tanned, parchment-         a process other than by tanning or
                dressed or further prepared), whether or not  an equivalent process.
                                                 45
 ---pagebreak---         dehaired or split                            Import without restrictions may be
                                                     possible for treated hides and skins
                                                     as referred to in point C 2 of
                                                     Chapter V 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 ex 4101 20 80 and
                                                     ex 4101 50 90.
Ex 4102 Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or       Only fresh, chilled or treated hides
        salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise   and skins, including dried, dry-
        preserved, but not tanned, parchment-        salted, wet-salted, or preserved by
        dressed or further prepared), whether or not a process other than by tanning or
        with wool on or split, other than those      an equivalent process.
        excluded by Note 1 (c) to this Chapter       Import without restrictions may be
                                                     possible for treated hides and skins
                                                     as referred to in point C 2 of
                                                     Chapter V 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 ex 4102 21 00 and
                                                     ex 4102 29 00.
Ex 4103 Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, Only fresh, chilled or treated hides
        dried, limed, pickled or otherwise           and skins, including dried, dry-
        preserved, but not tanned, parchment-        salted, wet-salted, or preserved by
        dressed or further prepared), whether or not a process other than by tanning or
        dehaired or split, other than those excluded an equivalent process.
        by Note 1 (b) or 1 (c) to this Chapter       Import without restrictions may be
                                                     possible for treated hides and skins
                                                     as referred to in point C 2 of
                                                     Chapter V 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 ex 4103 90 00.
                                          46
 ---pagebreak--- 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 (amongst other products) the following of official interest:
    (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 Covers dog chews and material
                    leather                                       for manufacture of dog chews.
Ex 4206 00 00       Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut) Covers dog chews and material
                    of goldbeater’s skin, of bladders or of for manufacture of dog chews.
                    tendons
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 raw furskins of heading
    4301, apply to hides and skins of all animals which have been tanned or dressed with the
    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);
…'
                                                  47
 ---pagebreak---  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).'
CN code            Description                             Qualification and explanation
(1)                (2)                                     (3)
Ex 4301            Raw furskins (including heads, tails,   All, excluding furskins treated in
                   paws and other pieces or cuttings,      accordance with Chapter VIII of
                   suitable for furriers’ use), other than Annex XIII to Regulation (EU)
                   raw hides and skins of headings         No 142/2011, if in compliance with
                   4101, 4102 or 4103                      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 Section 1 of
                                                               Chapter II 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
                                                               Section 1 of Chapter II 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
                                                 48
 ---pagebreak---                                                                 the feed chain (fur) are set out in
                                                                Row 14 of Table 2 in Section 1 of
                                                                Chapter II 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 Section 1 of Chapter II
                                                                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 Section 1 of Chapter II
                                                                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 Section 1 of Chapter II 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
                                                 49
 ---pagebreak--- 'Throughout the Nomenclature the term '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 Note 1(c)).'
   CN code           Description                               Qualification               and
                                                               explanation
   (1)               (2)                                       (3)
   Ex 5101           Wool, not carded or combed                Untreated wool.
   Ex 5102           Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or Untreated hair, including
                     combed                                    coarse hair from the flanks of
                                                               bovine or equine animals.
   Ex 5103           Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal Untreated wool or hair.
                     hair, including yarn waste but excluding
                     garnetted stock
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.
                                                  50
 ---pagebreak---     (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  Only skins and other parts of birds
                    feathers or down, feathers, parts of       with their feathers or down,
                    feathers, down and articles thereof (other feathers and down, and parts of
                    than goods of heading 0505 and worked      feathers.
                    quills and scapes)                         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.
                                                               Specific requirements for feathers
                                                               are set out in Row 9 of Table 2 in
                                                               Section 1 of Chapter II 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
 Harmonized System Classification Opinion 7101.21/1
 'Oysters unfit for human consumption, containing one or more cultured pearls, preserved in
 brine and put up in airtight metal containers.'
CN code          Description                                Qualification and explanation
                                                 51
 ---pagebreak---  (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.
                                                             Unworked cultured pearls as set out
                                                             in Section 2 of Chapter IV 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 point (f) of
                                                             Article 2(2) 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 Live animals only.
                  menageries
Ex 9508 90 00 Other: fairground amusements, travelling Live animals only.
                  theatres
 CHAPTER 96
 Miscellaneous manufactured articles
                                                52
 ---pagebreak---  Extract from the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes
 For the purposes of this heading, 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 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 this heading 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 this
 heading (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, unhardened gelatine (except Empty capsules of unhardened
                gelatine of heading 3503) and articles of gelatine for food or animal
                unhardened gelatine                        consumption; specific requirements
                                                           are set out in Row 5 of Table 1 in
                                                           Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV
                                                           to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for
                                                           animal consumption.
                                                53
 ---pagebreak---  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 in
           Chapter 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 00 00 Collections and collectors’ pieces of           Animal derived products only.
               zoological,      botanical,    mineralogical,  Excludes game trophies and other
               anatomical,     historical,   archaeological,  preparations of any animal
               palaeontological,        ethnographic       or species having undergone a
               numismatic interest                            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 Section 1 of Chapter II
                                                              of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU)
                                                              No 142/2011.
                                               54
 ---pagebreak--- CHAPTER 99
Special CN codes
Statistical codes for certain specific movements of goods
General remarks
This chapter covers goods originating from third countries and delivered to vessels and
aircrafts within the European Union under 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 Products of animal origin destined for
                  to vessels and aircraft                            ship supply as provided for in
                                                                     Article 77 (1) (c)        of     Regulation
                                                                     (EU) 2017/625 of the European
                                                                     Parliament and of the Council (7).
Ex 9930 99 00 Goods classified elsewhere delivered to Products of animal origin destined for
                  vessels and aircraft                               ship supply as provided for in
                                                                     Article 77 (1) (c)        of     Regulation
                                                                     (EU) 2017/625.
7
  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) (OJ L 95, 7.4.2017,
  p. 1).
                                                         55
 ---pagebreak---                                             ANNEX II
Annexes I and II to Decision 2007/275/EC are amended as follows:
(1) Annex I is amended as follows:
    (a)    the title is replaced by the following:
           ‘List of composite products subject to official controls as referred to in
           Article 3’;
    (b)    the first sentence is replaced by the following:
           ‘This list sets out composite products according to the goods nomenclature in use
           in the Union to determine the selection of consignments that must be submitted to
           official controls at a border control post.’;
    (c)    in the notes to the table, point (1) is deleted;
    (d)    in the notes to the table, in point (4), the second paragraph is replaced by the
           following:
           ‘Where a four digit code is used: unless otherwise specified, all products prefixed
           with or covered by these four digits must be submitted to official controls at a
           border control post. 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
           broken down to the six or eight digit code.’;
    (e)    in the notes to the table, point (6) is replaced by the following:
           ‘6.    Column (3) — Qualification and explanation
                  This column gives details of the products covered. Further information on
                  the composite products covered in the different Chapters of the CN can be
                  found in the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the
                  European Union*.
           *Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (OJ C
           119, 29.3.2019, p. 1), as subsequently amended.’;
    (f)    Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 51,
           67, 71, 95, 96 and 97 are deleted;
    (g)    in Chapters 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22, all entries in Column (3) —
           Qualification and explanation in the tables are replaced by the following:
           ‘Composite products only (see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision).
                                                 56
 ---pagebreak---        For products other than composite products, see Annex I to Commission
       Implementing Regulation (EU) …/....*.
       * Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) …/... of … 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 and hay and straw subject to
       official controls at border control posts and amending Decision 2007/275/EC (OJ
       L …, …, p. …).’;
 (h)   Chapter 99 is replaced by the following:
                                         ‘CHAPTER 99
                            Special combined nomenclature codes
                                         Sub-chapter II
                 Statistical codes for certain specific movements of goods
       General remarks
       This chapter covers composite products originating from third countries and
       delivered to vessels and aircraft within the European Union under customs transit
       procedure (T1).
         CN code                         Description               Qualification and
                                                                     explanation
            (1)                             (2)                           (3)
Ex 9930 24 00                  Goods of CN Chapters 1 to Composite                products
                               24 delivered to vessels and destined for ship supply as
                               aircraft.                     provided for in point (c) of
                                                             Article 77(1) of Regulation
                                                             (EU) 2017/625.
Ex 9930 99 00                  Goods classified elsewhere Composite               products
                               delivered to vessels and destined for ship supply as
                               aircraft.                     provided for in point (c) of
                                                             Article 77(1) of Regulation
                                                             (EU) 2017/625.’;
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 ---pagebreak--- (2) Annex II is amended as follows:
    (a)  the title is replaced by the following:
         ‘List of composite products not subject to official controls as referred to in
         point (b) of Article 6(1)’;
    (b)  the first sentence is replaced by the following:
         ‘This list sets out composite products according to the goods nomenclature in use
         in the Union that do not need to be submitted to official controls at a border
         control post.’;
    (c)  in the notes relating to the table, in the entry ‘Column (1) — CN code’, the second
         paragraph is replaced by the following:
        ‘Where a four digit code is used: unless otherwise specified, all composite
        products prefixed with or covered by these four digits are not required to be
        submitted to official controls at a border control post.’;
    (d)  in the notes relating to the table, the entry ‘Column (2) — Explanation’ is replaced
         by the following:
         ‘Column (2) — Explanation
         This column gives details of the composite products covered by the derogation
         from official controls at border control posts. When necessary, official staff at
         border control posts must assess the ingredients of a composite product and
         specify, if the animal product contained in the composite product is sufficiently
         processed so as to not require the official checks provided for in Union
         legislation.’.
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