THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/496/EEC of 15 July 1991 laying down the principles governing the organisation of veterinary checks on animals entering the Community from third countries and amending Directives 89/662/EEC, 90/425/EEC and 90/675/EEC(1), and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,
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 countries(2), and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption(3), and in particular Article 8(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Directive 91/496/EEC provides for veterinary checks in respect of animals from third countries entering the Community to be carried out by the Member States in accordance with that Directive.
(2) Directive 97/78/EC provides for veterinary checks on certain products of animal origin and certain plant products introduced into the Community from third countries.
(3) Commission Decision 2002/349/EC of 26 April 2002 laying down the list of products to be examined at border inspection posts under Council Directive 97/78/EC(4) provides that the products of animal origin listed in that Decision are to be subject to veterinary checks at border inspection posts in accordance with Directive 97/78/EC.
(4) As veterinary checks at border inspections posts are carried out in close cooperation with customs officials, it is appropriate to use a list of products that refer to the Combined Nomenclature (CN) provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(5) as a first basis for selection of consignments. The lists of products in Decision 2002/349/EC should therefore be replaced by the list in Annex I to this Decision.
(5) In the interests of rationality of Community legislation, it is appropriate that the list in Annex I to this Decision also covers animals entering the Community from third countries.
(6) In order to facilitate controls by the competent authorities at border inspection posts, the list in Annex I to this Decision should provide as precise a description as possible of the animals and products to be subjected to veterinary checks under Directive 97/78/EC. In addition, for certain CN codes, this Decision only provides for a small part of the products falling under the relevant Chapter or heading to be subjected to veterinary checks. In such cases, Column 3 of Annex I to this Decision, should refer to the applicable CN code and give details of the products which should be subject to those veterinary checks.
(7) Decision 2002/349/EC provides that composite food products containing only a limited percentage of products of animal origin are to continue to be subject to national rules.
(8) However, in order to avoid differences in interpretation between Member States, leading to distortions in trade and to potential animal health risks, rules should now be laid down at Community level concerning the composite products that may be exempted from veterinary checks under Directive 97/78/EC.
(9) 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(6) contains definitions of certain products. In the interests of consistency of Community legislation, it is appropriate to have regard to those definitions in this Decision.
(10) There are differences in the animal health risk associated with imports of different types of animal products into the Community. Accordingly, this Decision should provide that all composite products containing meat products should be subject to veterinary checks, while different criteria should be applied to composite products containing other animal products based upon the need to have harmonised rules at Community level.
(11) Certain composite products receive treatment during manufacture which reduces the potential animal health risk present in such products. The appearance, shelf stability, and physical characteristics should therefore be used as recognisable distinguishing features for competent authorities that have to make a decision on the necessity of subjecting composite products to veterinary checks.
(12) In the interests of consistency of veterinary checks at border inspection posts on composite products being introduced into the Community, it is appropriate to establish also a list of certain foodstuffs and composite products that may be exempted from the veterinary checks provided for in Directive 97/78/EC.
(13) In the interests of coherence of Community legislation, it is appropriate to repeal Decision 2002/349/EC and replace it by this Decision.
(14) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
This Decision lays down rules regarding the animals and products to be subjected to veterinary checks at border inspection posts on introduction into the Community, in accordance with Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC.
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions shall apply:
composite product: a foodstuff intended for human consumption that contains both processed products of animal origin and products of plant origin and includes those where the processing of primary product is an integral part of the production of the final product;
meat products: products as defined in point 7.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
processed products: the processed products listed under point 7 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004;
dairy products: products as defined in point 7.2 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004.
1.The animals and products listed in Annex I to this Decision shall be subjected to veterinary checks at border inspection posts in accordance with Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC.
2.This Decision applies without prejudice to the checks on composite products necessary to ensure compliance with Community public health requirements.
3.Initial selection of products for veterinary checks made on the basis of the Combined Nomenclature in Column 1 of the Annex shall be qualified by reference to the specific text or veterinary legislation cited in Column 3.
The following composite products shall be subject to veterinary checks:
Composite products containing processed meat product.
Composite products containing half or more of their substance of any one processed product of animal origin other than processed meat product.
Composite products containing no processed meat product and less than half of their substance of processed milk product where the final products do not meet the requirements of Article 6.
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Textual Amendments
1.By way of derogation from Article 3, the following composite products or foodstuffs intended for human consumption, not containing any meat products, shall not be subject to veterinary checks:
(a)composite products containing less than half of their substance of any other processed product provided such products are:
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;
clearly identified as intended for human consumption;
securely packaged or sealed in clean containers;
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 or foodstuffs listed in Annex II.
2.However, any milk product included in any composite products shall only be derived from, and treated as provided for, countries listed in Annex I to Commission Decision 2004/438/EC(7).
Decision 2002/349/EC is repealed.
This Decision shall apply from one month after the date of publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Textual Amendments
F2 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).
These general remarks are added to certain chapters to clarify, which animals or products would be covered with the relevant chapter. In addition, where necessary, reference is made to the specific requirements laid down in the fourth column ‘ import and transit conditions ’ of various tables set out in Annexes XIII and XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, similar as in Column (3) of this list.
These chapter notes are explanations, where necessary extracted, from the Notes to the individual Chapters of the Combined Nomenclature (CN) as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87.
Additional information on the different Chapters has been extracted, where necessary, from the Harmonised System Explanatory Notes of the World Customs Organisation from 2007.
This column indicates the CN code. The CN, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, is based on the international Harmonised 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/EEC (8) (‘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 must be submitted to veterinary checks at a border inspection post. In most of these cases, the relevant CN codes included in the Traces system set up by Decision 2004/292/EC 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 veterinary checks and no specific subdivision under this code exists in the CN, the code is marked Ex (for example, Ex3002 : veterinary checks required only for animal derived material, including hay and straw, and not for the entire heading, subheading or CN code). The relevant codes are also included in the Traces system.
The description of the goods is as laid down in the description column of the CN in Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87. For further explanation of the exact coverage of the Common Customs Tariff, please refer to the latest amendment to that Annex.
This column gives details of the animals or products covered. Further information on the animals or products covered in the different Chapters of the CN can be found in the latest version of the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (9) . For updated information, please refer to the latest amendment or consolidated version of these Explanatory Notes.
For certain live animals (such as reptiles, amphibians, insects, worms, or other invertebrates) and certain animal products, no specific Union import conditions have currently been agreed; therefore, no harmonised import certificates currently exist.
However, conditions for imports of live animals, not specified in other Union legislation, fall within the scope of Directive 92/65/EC (10) . In addition, for such animals, national rules on the documentation accompanying such consignments apply. Official veterinarians must examine the consignments and issue a Common Veterinary Entry Document (CVED) as appropriate to indicate that the veterinary checks have been carried out and that the animals may be released for free circulation.
Products derived from animal by-products covered by Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 and (EU) No 142/2011 are not specifically identified in Union law. Veterinary checks must be carried out on products that are partly processed but remain raw products to be further processed in an approved or registered establishment at destination.
Official veterinarians at border inspection posts must assess and specify, when necessary, if a derived product is sufficiently processed to not require further the veterinary checks provided for in Union legislation.
Without prejudice to the rules for the interpretation of the CN, the wording for the description of goods in column 2 is considered to be of indicative value only, since the goods covered by this Decision are determined, within this Annex, by CN codes.
Where there is an ‘ Ex ’ symbol in front of a CN code, the goods covered by this Decision 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).
fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading 0301 , 0306 , 0307 or 0308 ;
cultures of micro-organisms and other products of heading 3002 and
animals of heading 9508 .
Heading 0106 includes, inter alia , the following domestic or wild animals:
Mammals
Primates.
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).
Other (such as reindeer, cats, dogs, lions, tigers, bears, elephants, camels, zebras, rabbits, hares, deer, antelope, chamois, foxes, mink, and other animals for fur farms).
Reptiles (including snakes and turtles)
Birds
Birds of Prey.
Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos).
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 ).
Other , such as bees (whether or not travelling in boxes or cages or hives), other insects, frogs.
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 0101 | Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies | All |
| 0102 | Live bovine animals | All |
| 0103 | Live swine | All |
| 0104 10 | Live sheep | All |
| 0104 20 | Live goats | All |
| 0105 | Live poultry, that is to say, fowls of the species Gallus domesticus , ducks, geese, turkeys and guinea fowls | All |
| 0106 | Other live animals | All, covers all animals from the following subheadings:
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Products of a kind described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210 unfit or unsuitable for human consumption;
guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504 ) or animal blood (heading 0511 or 3002 ); or
animal fat, other than the products of heading 0209 (Chapter 15).
| a 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 ).] | ||
| [F3CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 0201 | Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled | All. However, raw material not intended 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 frozen | All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this code. |
| 0204 | Meat of sheep or goats, fresh, chilled or frozen | All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this code. |
| 0205 00 | Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen | All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this code. |
| 0206 | Edible offal of bovine animals, swine, sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled or frozen | All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this code. |
| 0207 | Meat and edible offal, of the poultry of heading 0105 , fresh, chilled or frozen | All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this code. |
| 0208 | Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen. | All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this 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:
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| 0209 | Pig fat, free of lean meat, and poultry fat, not rendered or otherwise extracted, fresh, chilled frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked. | All, covers both fat and processed fat as described in column 2, even if suitable only for industrial use (not fit for human consumption). |
| 0210 | Meat and edible meat offal, salted, in brine, dried or smoked; edible flours and meals of meat or meat offal. | All, covers meat, meat products and other products of animal origin. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this 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) No 1125/2006 a 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 . |
Textual Amendments
F3 Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1196 of 20 July 2016 amending the Annexes 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(2016) 4494) (Text with EEA relevance).
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 veterinary checks.
mammals of heading 0106 ;
meat of mammals of heading 0106 (heading 0208 or 0210 );
fish (including livers and roes thereof) or crustaceans molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of either their species or their condition (Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates unfit for human consumption (heading 2301 ); or
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 veterinary checks purposes as if they were products. Covers ornamental fish in subheading 0301 10 . |
| 0302 | Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 | All; covers livers and roes, fresh or chilled, in CN code 0302 90 00 . |
| 0303 | Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304 | All; covers livers and roes, frozen, in subheading 0303 90 . |
| 0304 | Fish fillets and other fish meat (whether or not minced), fresh, chilled or frozen. | All |
| 0305 | Fish, dried, salted or in brine; smoked fish, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of fish, fit for human consumption. | All, covers other fishery products such as flours, meals and pellets fit for human consumption made from fish, covers fish heads, tails and maws and other fishery products. |
| 0306 | Crustaceans, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked crustaceans, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; crustaceans, in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, whether or not chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; flours, meals and pellets of crustaceans, fit for human consumption. | All: live crustaceans imported for immediate human consumption are considered and treated for veterinary checks purposes as if they were products. Covers ornamental sea monkeys and their cysts for use as pet animals; and all live ornamental crustaceans as provided for by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008 a . |
| 0307 | Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption. | This covers molluscs that may have been cooked and then smoked. Other cooked molluscs are covered in heading 1605 . Covers live ornamental molluscs as provided for by Regulation (EC) No 1251/2008. Live molluscs imported for immediate human consumption are considered and treated for veterinary checks purposes as if they were products. Covers all from the subheadings 0307 11 to 0307 99 , such as the following examples:
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| 0308 | Aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crustaceans and molluscs, fit for human consumption. | All |
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;
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.
a milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5 % or more;
a dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70 % but not exceeding 85 %; and
they are moulded or capable of being moulded.
products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95 % lactose, expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702 ); or
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 ).
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
Oil of egg yolk (heading 1506 ).
Egg preparations containing seasoning, spices or other additives (heading 2106 ).
Lecithin (heading 2923 ).
Separate egg white (egg albumin) (heading 3502 ).
Heading 0409 covers honey produced by bees ( Apis mellifera ) or by other insects, centrifuged or in the comb or containing comb chunks, provided that neither sugar nor other substance has been added. Such honey may be designated by floral source, origin or colour.
Heading 0409 excludes artificial honey and mixtures of natural and artificial honey (heading 1702 ).
Heading 0410 covers products of animal origin suitable for human consumption, not specified or included elsewhere in the Combined Nomenclature. This includes:
turtles eggs.
salanganes’ nests ( ‘ birds nests ’ ).
Heading 0410 excludes animal blood, edible or not, liquid or dried (heading 0511 or 3002 ).
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 0401 | Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. | All: milk covers milk that is raw, pasteurised, or thermised, including frozen. Covers fractions of milk. Milk for animal feed is covered 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 added sugar or other sweetening matter. | All, including milk for infants. |
| 0403 | Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa. | All, covers cream, flavoured or containing fruits, frozen and fermented milk, for human consumption. Ice cream is covered in heading 2105 . Beverages containing milk flavoured with cocoa or other substances are covered in heading 2202 . |
| 0404 | Whey, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter; products consisting of natural milk constituents, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter, not elsewhere specified or included. | All, covers milk products for infants. Covers in CN code 0404 10 48 bovine colostrum, in liquid form, defatted and de-caseinated, for 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 milk; dairy spreads. | All: covers dairy spreads. |
| 0406 | Cheese and curd | All |
| 0407 | Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked. | All, covers hatching eggs and 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, dried, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water, moulded, frozen or otherwise preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter. | All: this heading covers egg products whether or not heat treated and products not fit for human consumption. |
| 0409 00 00 | Natural honey | All |
| 0410 00 00 | Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included. | All 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. |
Specific requirements for certain products in this chapter are laid down in Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011:
Row 7: pig bristles
Row 8: untreated hair
Row 9: treated feathers and parts of feathers.
The terms ‘ untreated ’ and ‘ treated ’ are defined for the relevant product in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried);
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);
animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section XI); or
prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603 ).
Heading 0505 covers
Skins and other parts of birds (e.g., heads, wings) with their feathers or down, and
Feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges), and down,
provided they are either unworked, or merely cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation but not otherwise worked or mounted.
Heading 0505 also covers powder, meal and waste of feathers or parts of feathers.
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 0502 10 00 | Pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair and waste thereof. | All, treated and untreated. Untreated pigs bristles means pig bristles that have not undergone factory washing, been obtained from tanning, or been treated by some other method to ensure that no pathogens remain. |
| 0504 00 00 | Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked. | All: covers stomachs, bladders and intestines cleaned salted dried or heated of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine, or of poultry origin. |
| Ex0505 | Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers. | All: including game trophies of birds, but excluding treated decorative feathers, treated feathers carried by travellers for their private use or consignments of treated feathers sent to private individuals for non-industrial purposes. 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. Veterinary checks 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 to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 covers feathers used for stuffing, down, raw or other feathers. |
| [F30506 | Bones and horn-cores, un-worked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or de-gelatinised; powder and waste of these products. | Covers bones used as dog chews and bones for the production of gelatine or of collagen, if derived from carcases that have been slaughtered for human 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 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.] |
| 0507 | Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, un-worked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products. | Specific requirements for game trophies are laid down in Row 6 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Covers treated game trophies from birds and ungulates being solely bones, horns, hooves, claws, antlers, teeth, hides or skins from third countries. |
| [F3Ex05080000 | Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof. | Empty shells for food use and use as raw material for glucosamine. In addition, shells, including cuttle-bones, containing soft tissue and flesh as referred to in point (k)(i) of Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 are covered.] |
| Ex05100000 | Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk, cantharides, bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved | Specific requirements are laid down in Row 14 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for animal by-products for the manufacture of petfood other than raw petfood and of derived products for uses outside the feed chain (for pharmaceuticals and other technical products). Glands, other animal products and bile are covered by this code. Dried glands and products are covered by heading 3001 . |
| [F3Ex0511 | Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption. | All, covers subheadings 0511 10 to 0511 99 . Covers genetic material (semen and embryos of animal origin such as of 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 :
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This chapter covers mushroom spawn in a compost of sterilised manure of animal origin.
0602 90 10 Mushroom spawn:
Mushroom spawn is the term given to a net of fragile threads (Thallus or Mycelium), often found underground, which lives and grows on the surface of decomposing animal or vegetable matter and develops in the tissues themselves and produces mushrooms.
This subheading also includes a product consisting of mushroom spawn, not fully developed, placed in microscopic amounts on a layer of cereal grains enclosed in a compost of sterilized horse manure (a mixture of straw and horse dung).
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex06029010 | Mushroom spawn | Only, if containing processed manure of animal origin and specific rules are set out in Row 1 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.] |
Textual Amendments
F4 Inserted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1196 of 20 July 2016 amending the Annexes 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(2016) 4494) (Text with EEA relevance).
Only certain plant products are subject to veterinary checks, see definition of ‘ products ’ in Article 2(2)(a) of Directive 97/78/EC.
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex12129995 | Bee pollen | All |
| Ex12130000 | Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets. | Covers only straw. |
| Ex121490 | Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale lupines vetches and similar forage products whether or not in the form of pellets: Other than Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets. | Covers only hay. |
All animal derived fats and oils. Specific requirements for the following products are set out in Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011:
rendered fats and fish oils in Row 3 of Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I;
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;
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.
pig fat or poultry fat on heading 0209 ;
cocoa butter, fat and oil (heading 1804 );
edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the products of heading 0405 (generally Chapter 21);
greaves (heading 2301 ) or residues of headings 2304 to 2306 ;
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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.
[F4Heading 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.]
| 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. |
| [F31505 00 | Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin). | All, wool grease imported as rendered fat as set out in Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, or lanolin imported as intermediate product as set out in Annex XII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.] |
| 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. |
| [F3Ex15180095 | Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal and vegetable fats and oils and their fractions. | Only fats and oil preparations, rendered fats and derivates derived 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. |
| 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. |
This chapter covers composite products containing processed animal products.
For preparations containing liver, the provisions of the second sentence shall not apply in determining the subheadings within heading 1601 or 1602 .
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1601 00 | Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal or blood; food preparations based on these products. | All, covers preserved meat in various forms. |
| 1602 | Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal or blood. | All, covers preserved meat in various forms. |
| [F31603 00 | Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. | All, covers meat extracts and meat concentrates, covers fish protein in gel form whether chilled or frozen, covers shark cartilage. |
| Ex1604 | Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs: | All, cooked or pre-cooked culinary preparations containing or mixed with fish or fishery products. Covers surimi in CN code 1604 20 05 . Covers canned fish and canned caviar in airtight containers, and also sushi (provided that they are not to be classified in a CN code referred to in Chapter 19). Pasta stuffed with fish products are covered by heading 1902 . 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 . For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision. |
| Ex1605 | Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved: | All, including fully prepared or pre-prepared snails. Covers canned crustaceans, or other aquatic invertebrates as well as mussel powder. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision.] |
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chemically pure sugars (other than sucrose, lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose) or other products of heading 2940 ;
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| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| [F3Ex1702 | Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid form; sugar syrups not containing added flavouring or colouring matter; artificial honey, whether or not mixed with natural honey. | Artificial honey, lactose, mixtures of natural and artificial honey and mixtures containing lactose. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision.] |
This chapter covers animal products and composite products containing processed animal products.
This chapter does not cover the preparations of heading 0403 , 1901 , 1904 , 1905 , 2105 , 2202 , 2208 , 3003 or 3004 .
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex1806 | Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa. | Containing products of animal origin, for example, dairy products. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision.] |
This chapter covers composite products containing processed animal products and food preparations containing unprocessed animal products.
Heading 1902 [pasta, whether or not cooked or stuffed (with meat or other substances) or otherwise prepared, such as spaghetti, macaroni, noodles, lasagne, gnocchi, ravioli, cannelloni; couscous, whether or not prepared] covers only animal products contained in products of subheadings 1902 11 , 1902 20 , 1902 30 and 1902 40 .
Heading 1902 covers cooked or pre-cooked culinary preparations containing animal products as set out for composite products in Articles 4 to 6 of Decision 2007/275/EC.
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);
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| a [F4Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 443/2013 of 7 May 2013 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature ( OJ L 130, 15.5.2013, p. 17 ).] | ||
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| [F3Ex1901 | Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less that 40 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404 , not containing cocoa or containing less than 5 % by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included. | Only those containing less than 20 % of products of animal origin, covers milk-based infant food, covers uncooked pizzas with toppings of animal origin. Culinary preparations are covered by Chapters 16 and 21. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision.] |
| 1902 11 00 | Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing eggs. | All |
| 1902 20 10 | Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared containing more than 20 % by weight of fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates. | All |
| 1902 20 30 | Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared containing more than 20 % by weight of sausages and the like, of meat and meat offal of any kind, including fats of any kind or origin. | All |
| Ex19022091 | Cooked stuffed pasta. | Containing animal products. |
| Ex19022099 | Other [other stuffed pasta, not cooked]. | Containing animal products. |
| Ex190230 | Other pasta than pasta of subheadings 1902 11 , 1902 19 and 1902 20 . | Containing animal products. |
| Ex190240 | Couscous. | Containing animal products. Covers prepared couscous, for example, couscous put up with meat, vegetables and other ingredients, provided that the meat content does not exceed 20 % by weight of the preparation. |
| [F4Ex19041010 | Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of maize. | Only those containing less than 20 % of products of animal origin, for example, those referred to in the Annex to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 443/2013 a , and subject to veterinary checks in accordance with point (c) of Article 4 of this Decision.] |
| Ex19049010 | Prepared food obtained from rice. | Containing animal products, for example, sushi (provided they are not to be classified in Chapter 16). |
| [F3Ex1905 | Patisseries. | Covers those preparations containing less than 20 % of meat or other animal products, for example:
For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision.] |
This chapter covers composite products containing processed animal products and food preparations containing unprocessed animal products.
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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).
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| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex2004 | Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006 . | Covers those preparations containing animal products. |
| Ex2005 | Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006 . | Covers those preparations containing animal products. |
This chapter covers composite products containing processed animal products as set out for composite products in Articles 4 to 6 of Decision 2007/275/EC and food preparations containing unprocessed animal products.
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food preparations, other than 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).
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| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex21039090 | Sauces and preparations therefore; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard. — Other | Covers those preparations containing animal products. |
| [F3Ex2104 | Soups and broths and preparations therefore; homogenised composite food preparations. | Covers preparations containing animal products, including infant food in containers of a net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision.] |
| Ex210500 | Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa. | Covers those preparations containing raw or processed milk. |
| Ex210610 | Protein concentrates and textured protein substances. | Covers those preparations containing animal products as set out for composite products in Articles 4 to 6 of Decision 2007/275/EC. |
| [F3Ex21069092 | Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing no milk fats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by weight, less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch. | Covers food preparations (for example, food supplements) containing animal products, for example, whey protein isolate, chondroitin, glucosamine, chitosan, calcium carbonate, pasteurised salted liquid egg yolk, animal oils (for example, fish oil in capsules), with or without other substances. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision. |
| Ex21069098 | Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included. | Covers food preparations (for example: food supplements, cheese fondue) containing animal products, for example chondroitin, glucosamine, animal oils (for example, fish oil in capsules). For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision.] |
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| [F3Ex22029091 | Other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 2009 and containing less than 0,2 % by weight of fat obtained from the products of heading 0401 to 0404 . | Covers non-alcoholic beverages containing processed animal products, for example, yoghurt drinks with cereal flakes, coffee or chocolate drinks. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision. |
| Ex22029095 | Other non-alcoholic beverages, not including fruit or vegetable juices of heading 2009 and containing 0,2 % or more but less than 2 % by weight of fat obtained from the products of heading 0401 to 0404 . | Covers non-alcoholic beverages containing processed animal products, for example, yoghurt drinks with cereal flakes, coffee or chocolate drinks. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision. |
| Ex22029099 | Other non-alcoholic beverages, not 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 . | Covers non-alcoholic beverages containing processed animal products, for example, yoghurt drinks with cereal flakes, coffee or chocolate drinks. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision. |
| Ex220870 | Liqueurs and cordials. | Liqueurs including spirits, which consist of emulsions of spirit with animal products such as egg yolk or cream. For composite products, see Articles 4 and 6 of this Decision.] |
Greaves are used mainly in the preparation of animal foods (e.g., dog biscuits), but they remain in heading 2301 even if suitable for human consumption.
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 2301 | Flours, meals and pellets, of meat or meat offal, of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human consumption; greaves. | All, covers processed animal protein not for human consumption, meat meal not for human consumption, and greaves, whether or not for human consumption. Feather meal is covered in heading 0505 . Specific requirements for processed animal protein are set out in Row 1 of Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. |
| [F3Ex2309 | Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding. | All, if containing products of animal 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 petfood, dogchews and mixtures of meals, mixtures can include dead insects. Specific requirements for petfood including dogchews are set out in Row 12 of Table 2 of 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 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.] |
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex28352500 | Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate ( ‘ dicalcium phosphate ’ ). | Only of animal origin. Specific requirements for dicalcium phosphate are set out in Row 6 of Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. |
| Ex28352600 | Other phosphates of calcium. | Tricalcium phospate of animal origin only. Specific requirements for tricalcium phosphate are set out in Row 7 of Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. |
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| [F3Ex292249 | Other Amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and their esters; salts thereof. | Only raw material of animal origin used for food supplements or for animal feed. |
| Ex29252900 | Other Imines and their deriatives than Chlordimeform (ISO); salts thereof. | Creatine of animal origin. |
| Ex2930 | Organo-sulphur compounds: | Certain amino-acids of animal origin:
|
| Ex29329900 | Other heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only. | Only if of animal origin, for example glucosamine, glucosamine-6-phosphate and their sulphates. |
| Ex29420000 | Other organic compounds | Only if of animal origin.] |
Finished medicinal products are not covered by veterinary legislation for import. Intermediate products derived from Category 3 material and intended for technical uses in medical devices, in vitro diagnostics, laboratory reagents and cosmetics 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 subheadings 3001 20 and 3001 90 , animal derived material only, are relevant for veterinary checks. Refer to the following specific requirements in Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011:
Row 2 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II for blood products for technical products excluding from equidae, and
Row 3 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II for blood and blood products from equidae, and
Row 14 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II for animal by-products for the manufacture of petfood other than raw petfood 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 10 and 3002 90 are relevant for veterinary checks. Human blood of 3002 90 10 and vaccines of subheadings 3002 20 and 3002 30 do not need to be subjected to veterinary checks.
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 3001 20 90 | Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions, of other than human origin | All; covers a product acting as a replacement for maternal colostrum and used in the feeding of calves. |
| [F3Ex30019091 | Animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses: heparin and its salts. | All animal products, which are destined for further processing in accordance with Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 in order to comply with the definitions set out in points (a) to (f) of Article 33 of the same Regulation.] |
| 3001 90 98 | Other animal substances than heparin and its salts prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included. | All. In addition to the glands and other organs, this subheading covers the hypophysis, the suprarenal capsules and the thyroid gland; except those specified in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009. |
| Ex30021010 | Antisera, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes. | Antisera of animal origin only. Excludes finished medicinal products for the final consumer. Under heading 3002 , specific requirements are set out for animal by-products covered by Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 and specified in the following Rows:
|
| Ex30021091 | Haemoglobin, blood globulines and serum globulins, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes. | Only animal derived material. |
| [F3Ex30021098 | Other blood fractions and immunological products, whether or not modified or obtained by means of biotechnological processes. | Only animal derived material.] |
| 3002 90 30 | Animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses. | All |
| Ex30029050 | Cultures of micro organisms. | Pathogens and cultures of pathogens. |
| Ex30029090 | Other. | Pathogens and cultures of pathogens. |
| Ex30069200 | Waste pharmaceuticals. | Only animal derived material. Pharmaceutical waste, pharmaceutical products which are unfit for their original intended purpose. |
animal blood of heading 0511 ;
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| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| [F3Ex31010000 | Animal or vegetable fertilisers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilisers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products. | Only animal derived products in an un-adulterated form. Covers guano excluding mineralised guano. 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 manure, processed manure or processed manure products are set out in Row 1 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. |
| Ex31051000 | Goods of this chapter in tablets or similar forms or in packages of a gross weight not exceeding 10 kg. | Only fertilisers containing animal derived products. Specific requirements for manure, processed manure or processed manure products are set out in Row 1 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.] |
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex3204 | Synthetic organic colouring matter, whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on synthetic organic colouring matter; synthetic organic products of a kind used as fluorescent brightening agents or as luminophores, whether or not chemically defined. | Only colour dispersions in milk fat base, used in the food or feed production. |
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex3302 | Mixtures of odoriferous substances and mixtures (including alcoholic solutions) with a basis of one or more of these substances, of a kind used as raw materials in industry; other preparations based on odoriferous substances, of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages. | Only flavourings in a milk fat base used for food or feed production.] |
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex3501 | Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues. | Casein for human consumption, animal feeding or technical purposes. Specific requirements for milk, milk-based products and colostrum not for human consumption are set out in Row 4 of Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. |
| Ex3502 | Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins, containing by weight more than 80 % whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter), albuminates and other albumin derivatives. | Covers products derived from eggs and derived from milk whether for human consumption or not for human consumption (including animal feed purposes) as specified:
|
| [F33503 00 | Gelatine (including gelatine in rectangular [including square] sheets, whether or not surface-worked or coloured) and gelatine derivatives; isinglass; other glues of animal origin excluding casein glues of heading 3501 . | Covers gelatine for human consumption and for the food industry. Gelatine classified in heading 3913 (hardened proteins) and in 9602 (worked, unhardened gelatine and articles of unhardened gelatine), for example, empty capsules if not for food or animal consumption are excluded from veterinary checks. Specific requirements are set out in Row 5 of Table 1 of 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.] |
| Ex350400 | Peptones and their derivatives; other protein substances and their derivatives, not elsewhere specified or included; hide powder whether or not chromed. | Covers collagen and hydrolysed proteins for human consumption and for the food industry. Specific requirements for collagen are set out in Row 8 and for hydrolysed protein in Row 5 of Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. 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 veterinary checks 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 . |
| Ex35071000 | Rennet and concentrates thereof. | Rennet and concentrates for human consumption, deriving from animal products only. |
| [F4Ex35079090 | Other enzymes than rennet and concentrates thereof or Lipoprotein lipase or aspergillus alkaline protease. | Only if of animal origin and used in food industry, for example, pepsin or enzymes with 45 % lactose.] |
| a [F4Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 concerning medical devices ( OJ L 169, 12.7.1993, p. 1 ). | ||
| b 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 ).] | ||
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| [F3Ex38220000 | Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, other than those of heading 3002 or 3006 ; certified reference materials. | Deriving from animal products only, except medical devices as defined in Article 1(2)(a) of Council Directive 93/42/EEC a and in vitro diagnostic medical devices as defined in Article 1(2)(b) of Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council b . |
| Ex38251000 | 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 means of transport operating internationally and disposed in line with Article 12 (d) of the same 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.] |
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Textual Amendments
F5 Deleted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1196 of 20 July 2016 amending the Annexes 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(2016) 4494) (Text with EEA relevance).
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| [F3Ex39139000 | Other natural polymers (except alginic acid, its salts and esters) and modified natural polymers (for example, hardened proteins, chemical derivatives of natural rubber), not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms. | Deriving from animal products only, for example, chondroitin sulphate, chitosan, hardened gelatine.] |
| Ex39171010 | Artificial guts (sausage casings) of hardened protein or of cellulosic materials. | Deriving from animal products only. |
| [F4Ex39269092 | Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914 made from sheet. | Empty capsules of hardened gelatine for animal consumption; specific requirements are set out in Row 5 of Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. |
| Ex39269097 | Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914 made from other than sheet. | Empty capsules of hardened gelatine for animal consumption; specific requirements are set out in Row 5 of Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.] |
Hides and skins of ungulates only covered in headings 4101 , 4102 , 4103 are to be subjected to veterinary checks.
Specific requirements for hides and skins of ungulates are laid down in Row 4 and 5 of Table 2, Section 1, Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
The expression ‘ treated hides and skins ’ is defined for the relevant products in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
parings or similar waste, of raw hides or skins (heading 0511 );
bird skins or parts of bird skins, with their feathers or down, of heading 0505 or 6701 ;
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) |
| Ex4101 | Raw hides and skins of bovine (including buffalo) or equine animals (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split. | Veterinary checks only apply to fresh, chilled or treated, skins and hides, including dried, dry-salted, wet salted, or preserved by a process other than by tanning or an equivalent process. Import without restrictions may be possible for treated hides and skins as referred to in 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 . |
| Ex4102 | Raw skins of sheep or lambs (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not with wool on or split, other than those excluded by Note 1 (c) to this Chapter. | Veterinary checks only apply to fresh, chilled or treated skins and hides, including dried, dry-salted, wet salted, or preserved by a process other than by tanning or an equivalent process. Import without restrictions may be possible for treated hides and skins as referred to in 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 . |
| Ex4103 | Other raw hides and skins (fresh, or salted, dried, limed, pickled or otherwise preserved, but not tanned, parchment-dressed or further prepared), whether or not dehaired or split, other than those excluded by Note 1 (b) or 1 (c) to this Chapter. | Veterinary checks only apply to fresh, chilled or treated skins and hides, including dried, dry-salted, wet salted, or preserved by a process other than by tanning or an equivalent process. Import without restrictions may be possible for treated hides and skins as referred to in 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 . |
sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 3006 );
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strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (heading 9209 ).
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| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex42050090 | Other articles of leather or of composition leather. | Covers material for manufacture of dogchews. |
| Ex42060000 | Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut) of goldbeater’s skin, of bladders or of tendons. | Covers material for manufacture of dogchews. |
bird skins or parts of bird skins, with their feathers or down (heading 0505 or 6701 );
raw hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, of Chapter 41 (see note 1(c) to that chapter);
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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) |
| Ex4301 | Raw furskins (including heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers’ use), other than raw hides and skins of headings 4101 , 4102 or 4103 . | All, excluding furskins treated in accordance with Chapter VIII of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, if in compliance with Article 41(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009. Covers the following subheadings:
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For headings 5101 to 5103 specific requirements for untreated wool and hair are set out in Row 8 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
The term ‘ untreated ’ is defined for the relevant product in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.
‘ Wool ’ means the natural fibre grown by sheep or lambs.
‘ 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.
‘ Coarse animal hair ’ means the hair of animals not mentioned above, excluding brush-making hair and bristles (heading 0502 ) and horsehair (heading 0511 ).
Throughout the nomenclature the expression ‘ coarse animal hair ’ means all other animal hair than ‘ fine animal hair ’ with the exception of, inter alia, pigs’ bristles or hair (heading 0502 ), see also Chapter Note 1.(c) above.
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex5101 | Wool, not carded or combed. | Untreated wool. |
| Ex5102 | Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed. | Untreated hair, including coarse hair from the flanks of bovine or equine animals. |
| Ex5103 | Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garneted stock. | Untreated wool or hair. |
Heading 6701 covers:
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.
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:
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.
Feathers assembled in the form of clusters, and feathers or down assembled by glueing or fixing on textile fabric or other base.
Trimmings made of birds, parts of birds, of feathers or down, for hats, boas, collars, capes or other articles of apparel or clothing accessories.
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) |
| Ex67010000 | Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers, parts of feathers, down and articles thereof (other than goods of heading 0505 and worked quills and scapes). | Only skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or down, feathers and down, and parts of feathers, which have undergone a process other than a simple treatment of cleaning, disinfection or preservation. Specific requirements for feathers are set out in Row 9 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Articles of unworked or merely cleaned skins, feathers or down, and parts of feathers; for example 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, trimmings made of feathers or down, for example for hats, boas, collars; 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. |
Harmonised 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 |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex71012100 | 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.] |
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex95081000 | Travelling circuses and travelling menageries. | Only with live animals. |
| Ex95089000 | Other: fairground amusements, travelling theatres. | Only with live animals. |
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex96020000 | Worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatin of heading 3503 ) and articles of unhardened gelatin. | Empty capsules of unhardened gelatine for food or animal consumption; specific requirements are set out in Row 5 of Table 1 of Section 1 of Chapter I of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for animal consumption.] |
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex97050000 | Collections and collectors’ pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest. | Animal derived products only. Specific requirements for game trophies are set out in Row 6 of Table 2 of Section 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011. Excludes game trophies from ungulates or birds having undergone a complete taxidermy treatment ensuring their preservation at ambient temperatures and game trophies from other species than ungulates and birds (whether treated or untreated). |
This chapter covers animals, food of animal origin, composite products and animal by-products originating from third countries and delivered to vessels and aircraft within the European Union under customs transit procedure (T1). A derogation from European Union public health import conditions is applicable for food of animal origin and composite products, which are delievered to vessels in accordance with Article 13(3) of Directive 97/78/EC, with or without temporary storage in approved free zones, free or customs warehouses.
| CN code | Description | Qualification and explanation |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Ex99302400 | Goods of CN Chapters 1 to 24 delivered to vessels and aircraft. | Food of animal origin including composite products destined for ship supply as provided for in Articles 12 and 13 of Directive 97/78/EC. |
| Ex99309900 | Goods classified elsewhere delivered to vessels and aircraft. | Food of animal origin including composite products destined for ship supply as provided for in Articles 12 and 13 of Directive 97/78/EC.] ] |
This list sets out composite products and foodstuffs according to the goods nomenclature in use in the Union which do not need to be submitted to veterinary checks at a border inspection post.
Notes relating to the table:
This column indicates the CN code. The CN, established by Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87, is based on the international Harmonised 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 Decision 87/369/EEC ( ‘ 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 composite products and foodstuffs prefixed with or covered by these four digits are not required to be submitted to veterinary checks at a border inspection post.
Where only certain specified products under any four, six or eight digit code contain animal products and no specific subdivision under this code exists in the CN, the code is marked ex (for example, ex 2001 90 65 : veterinary checks not required for the products outlined in Column (2)).
This column gives details of the composite products and foodstuffs covered by the derogation from veterinary checks at border inspection posts. When necessary, official veterinarians at border inspection posts must assess the ingredients of a composite product and foodstuff and specify, if the animal product contained in the composite product and foodstuffs is sufficiently processed so as to not require the veterinary checks provided for in Union legislation.
| CN Codes | Explanations |
|---|---|
| (1) | (2) |
| 1704 , 1806 20 , 1806 31 , 1806 32 , 1806 90 11 , 1806 90 19 , 1806 90 31 , 1806 90 39 , 1806 90 50 | Confectionery (including sweets) and chocolate, containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in Article 6(1)(a) of this Decision. |
| 1902 19 , 1902 30 , 1902 40 | Pasta and noodles not mixed or filled with processed meat product; containing less than 50 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in Article 6(1)(a) of this Decision. |
| 1905 10 , 1905 20 , 1905 31 , 1905 32 , 1905 40 , 1905 40 10 , 1905 90 10 , 1905 90 20 , 1905 90 30 , 1905 90 45 , 1905 90 55 , 1905 90 60 , ex 1905 90 90 ; | Bread, cakes, biscuits, waffles and wafers, rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products; containing less than 20 % of processed dairy and egg products and treated as provided for in Article 6(1)(a) of this Decision. 1905 90 covers only dry and brittle products. |
| ex 2001 90 65 , ex 2005 70 00 ex 1604 | Olives stuffed with less than 20 % fish Olives stuffed with more than 20 % fish |
| ex 2104 10 and ex 2104 20 | Soup stocks and flavourings packaged for the final consumer, containing less than 50 % of fish oils, fish powders or fish extracts and treated as provided for in Article 6(1)(a) of this Decision. |
| ex 2106 10 , ex 2106 90 | 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.] |
OJ L 268, 24.9.1991, p. 56. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 352).
OJ L 24, 30.1.1998, p. 9. Directive as last amended by Directive 2006/104/EC.
OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 301/2007 (OJ L 81, 22.3.2007, p. 11).
OJ L 139, 30.4.2004, p. 55, corrected by OJ L 226, 25.6.2004, p. 22. Regulation as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).
OJ L 154, 30.4.2004, p. 72, corrected by OJ L 92, 12.4.2005, p. 47.
Textual Amendments
F2 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).