Commission Decision 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 (notified under document number C(2007) 1547) (Text with EEA relevance) (2007/275/EC)

[F1 CHAPTER 15 U.K. Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

General remarks U.K.

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 of 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 of Section 1 of Chapter II;

3.

fat derivatives in Row 18 of Table 2 of 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 veterinary checks.

Notes to Chapter 15 (extract from the Notes to this Chapter of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87) U.K.

1. This chapter does not cover: U.K.

(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. U.K.

4. Soap stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease residues fall in heading 1522 . U.K.

Extract from the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes U.K.

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 affected by bringing the products into contact with pure hydrogen at a suitable temperature and pressure in the presence of a catalyst (usually finely divided nickel), raises the melting points of fats and increases the consistency of oils by transforming unsaturated glycerides into saturated glycerides of higher melting points.

CN code	Description	Qualification and explanation
(1)	(2)	(3)
1501	Pig fat (including lard) and poultry fat, other than that of heading 0209 or 1503 .	All
1502	Fats of bovine animals, sheep or goats, other than those of heading 1503 .	All
1503 00	Lard stearin, lard oil, oleostearin, oleo-oil and tallow oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared.	All
1504	Fats and oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.	All, fish oils — and oils from fishery products and marine mammals. Miscellaneous edible preparations are covered in Chapter 21.
1505 00	Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin).	All, import without restrictions may be possible for treated wool as referred to in point B of Chapter VII of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, if in compliance with the rules referred to in Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.
1506 00 00	Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified.	All Unsplit fats or oils, and also their 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, partly or wholly hydrogenated, inter-esterified, re-esterified or elaidinised, whether or not refined, but not further prepared.	All: animal fats and oils. For veterinary checks fat derivatives include first stage products derived from animal 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.
Ex1517	Margarine, edible mixtures or 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 .	Containing animal fats and oils only.
Ex15180091	Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516 .	Animal fats and oils only, rendered. Fat derivatives produced by a method set out in point 1 of Chapter XI of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Specific requirements are set out in Row 17 (rendered fats) and Row 18 (fat derivatives) of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
1518 00 95	Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and vegetable fats and oils and their fractions.	All: fats and oil preparations derived from animals. Fat derivatives produced by a method set out in point 1 of Chapter XI of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
Ex15180099	Other	Only if fat from animals is contained.
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 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
1521 90 99	Beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured, other than raw.	All, covers waxes, processed or refined, whether or not bleached or coloured, for apiculture or technical purposes. Specific requirements for apiculture by-products are set out in Row 10 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Apiculture by-products other than beeswaxes must be submitted for veterinary checks under CN code 0511 99 85 ‘ Other ’ .
Ex152200	Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal and vegetable waxes.	Animal origin only.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision of 21 December 2011 amending Annex I to Decision 2007/275/EC concerning the lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (notified under document C(2011) 9517) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/31/EU).