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Commission Regulation (EU) No 861/2010Show full title
Commission Regulation (EU) No 861/2010 of 5 October 2010 amending Annex I to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff
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CHAPTER 30 U.K. PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
Notes U.K.
1.This chapter does not cover:U.K.
(a)
foods or beverages (such as dietetic, diabetic or fortified foods, food supplements, tonic beverages and mineral waters), other than nutritional preparations for intravenous administration (Section IV);
(b)
plasters specially calcined or finely ground for use in dentistry (heading 2520);
(c)
aqueous distillates or aqueous solutions of essential oils, suitable for medicinal uses (heading 3301);
(d)
preparations of headings 3303 to 3307, even if they have therapeutic or prophylactic properties;
(e)
soap or other products of heading 3401 containing added medicaments;
(f)
preparations with a basis of plaster for use in dentistry (heading 3407); or
(g)
blood albumin not prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses (heading 3502).
2.For the purposes of heading 3002, the expression ‘modified immunological products’ applies only to monoclonal antibodies (MABs), antibody fragments, antibody conjugates and antibody fragment conjugates.U.K.
3.For the purposes of headings 3003 and 3004 and of note 4(d) to this chapter, the following are to be treated:U.K.
(a)
as unmixed products:
(1)
unmixed products dissolved in water;
(2)
all goods of Chapter 28 or 29; and
(3)
simple vegetable extracts of heading 1302, merely standardised or dissolved in any solvent;
(b)
as products which have been mixed:
(1)
colloidal solutions and suspensions (other than colloidal sulphur);
(2)
vegetable extracts obtained by the treatment of mixtures of vegetable materials; and
(3)
salts and concentrates obtained by evaporating natural mineral waters.
4.Heading 3006 applies only to the following, which are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of the nomenclature:U.K.
(a)
sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure;
(b)
sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents;
(c)
sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable;
(d)
opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations and diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient, being unmixed products put up in measured doses or products consisting of two or more ingredients which have been mixed together for such uses;
(e)
blood-grouping reagents;
(f)
dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements;
(g)
first-aid boxes and kits;
(h)
chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides;
(ij)
gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments;
(k)
waste pharmaceuticals, that is, pharmaceutical products which are unfit for their original intended purpose due to, for example, expiry of shelf life; and
(l)
appliances identifiable for ostomy use, that is, colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy pouches cut to shape and their adhesive wafers or faceplates.
Additional notes U.K.
1.Heading 3004 includes herbal medicinal preparations and preparations based on the following active substances: vitamins, minerals, essential amino-acids or fatty acids, in packings for retail sale. These preparations are classified in heading 3004 if they bear on the label, packaging or on the accompanying user directions the following statements of:U.K.
(a)
the specific diseases, ailments or their symptoms for which the product is to be used;
(b)
the concentration of active substance or substances contained therein;
(c)
dosage; and
(d)
mode of application.
This heading includes homeopathic medicinal preparations when they meet the above mentioned conditions of (a), (c) and (d).
In the case of preparations based on vitamins, minerals, essential amino-acids or fatty acids, the level of one of these substances per recommended daily dose indicated on the label must be significantly higher than the recommended daily allowance to maintain general health or well-being.
2.This chapter does not cover products such as tablets, chewing gum or other preparations intended to assist smokers to stop smoking, which fall within heading 2106 or 3824, with the exclusion of nicotine patches.U.K.
| CN code | Description |
| Supplementary unit | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| 300120 | Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions | ||||
| 30012010 | Of human origin | Free | — | ||
| 30012090 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 300190 | Other | ||||
| 30019020 | Of human origin | Free | — | ||
| Other | |||||
| 30019091 | Heparin and its salts | Free | — | ||
| 30019098 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 3002 | Human blood; animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses; antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes; vaccines, toxins, cultures of micro-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products | ||||
| 300210 | Antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes | ||||
| 30021010 | Antisera | Free | — | ||
| Other | |||||
| 30021091 | Haemoglobin, blood globulins and serum globulins | Free | — | ||
| Other | |||||
| 30021095 | Of human origin | Free | — | ||
| 30021099 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 30022000 | Vaccines for human medicine | Free | — | ||
| 30023000 | Vaccines for veterinary medicine | Free | — | ||
| 300290 | Other | ||||
| 30029010 | Human blood | Free | — | ||
| 30029030 | Animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses | Free | — | ||
| 30029050 | Cultures of micro-organisms | Free | — | ||
| 30029090 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 3003 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of two or more constituents which have been mixed together for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not put up in measured doses or in forms or packings for retail sale | ||||
| 30031000 | Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives | Free | — | ||
| 30032000 | Containing other antibiotics | Free | — | ||
| Containing hormones or other products of heading 2937 but not containing antibiotics | |||||
| 30033100 | Containing insulin | Free | — | ||
| 30033900 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 30034000 | Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones or other products of heading 2937 or antibiotics | Free | — | ||
| 30039000 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 3004 | Medicaments (excluding goods of heading 3002, 3005 or 3006) consisting of mixed or unmixed products for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, put up in measured doses (including those in the form of transdermal administration systems) or in forms or packings for retail sale | ||||
| 30041000 | Containing penicillins or derivatives thereof, with a penicillanic acid structure, or streptomycins or their derivatives | Free | — | ||
| 30042000 | Containing other antibiotics | Free | — | ||
| Containing hormones or other products of heading 2937 but not containing antibiotics | |||||
| 30043100 | Containing insulin | Free | — | ||
| 30043200 | Containing corticosteroid hormones, their derivatives or structural analogues | Free | — | ||
| 30043900 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 30044000 | Containing alkaloids or derivatives thereof but not containing hormones, other products of heading 2937 or antibiotics | Free | — | ||
| 30045000 | Other medicaments containing vitamins or other products of heading 2936 | Free | — | ||
| 30049000 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 3005 | Wadding, gauze, bandages and similar articles (for example, dressings, adhesive plasters, poultices), impregnated or coated with pharmaceutical substances or put up in forms or packings for retail sale for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary purposes | ||||
| 30051000 | Adhesive dressings and other articles having an adhesive layer | Free | — | ||
| 300590 | Other | ||||
| 30059010 | Wadding and articles of wadding | Free | — | ||
| Other | |||||
| Of textile materials | |||||
| 30059031 | Gauze and articles of gauze | Free | — | ||
| 30059050 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 30059099 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 3006 | Pharmaceutical goods specified in note 4 to this chapter | ||||
| 300610 | Sterile surgical catgut, similar sterile suture materials (including sterile absorbable surgical or dental yarns) and sterile tissue adhesives for surgical wound closure; sterile laminaria and sterile laminaria tents; sterile absorbable surgical or dental haemostatics; sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable | ||||
| 30061010 | Sterile surgical catgut | Free | — | ||
| 30061030 | Sterile surgical or dental adhesion barriers, whether or not absorbable | 6,5(1) | — | ||
| 30061090 | Other | Free | — | ||
| 30062000 | Blood-grouping reagents | Free | — | ||
| 30063000 | Opacifying preparations for X-ray examinations; diagnostic reagents designed to be administered to the patient | Free | — | ||
| 30064000 | Dental cements and other dental fillings; bone reconstruction cements | Free | — | ||
| 30065000 | First-aid boxes and kits | Free | — | ||
| 300660 | Chemical contraceptive preparations based on hormones, on other products of heading 2937 or on spermicides | ||||
| 30066010 | Based on hormones or on other products of heading 2937 | Free | — | ||
| 30066090 | Based on spermicides | Free | — | ||
| 30067000 | Gel preparations designed to be used in human or veterinary medicine as a lubricant for parts of the body for surgical operations or physical examinations or as a coupling agent between the body and medical instruments | 6,5(1) | — | ||
| Other | |||||
| 30069100 | Appliances identifiable for ostomy use | 6,5(1) | — | ||
| 30069200 | Waste pharmaceuticals | Free | — |
(1)
Autonomous rate of duty: Free.
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