CN code

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0101

Live horses, asses, mules and hinnies

All

0102

Live bovine animals

All

0103

Live swine

All

0104

Live sheep and 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:

0106 11 00 (primates)

0106 12 00 (whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia)

0106 13 00 (camels and other camelids (Camelidae))

0106 14  (rabbits and hares)

0106 19 00 (other): mammals other than those of heading 0101, 0102, 0103, 0104, 0106 11, 0106 12, 0106 13 and 0106 14; this subheading covers dogs and cats

0106 20 00 (reptiles, including snakes and turtles)

0106 31 00 (birds: birds of prey)

0106 32 00 (birds: psittaciformes, including parrots, parakeets, macaws and cockatoos)

0106 33 00 (ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae)

0106 39 (other): covers birds, other than those of headings 0105, 0106 31, 0106 32 and 0106 33; this subheading includes pigeons

0106 41 00 (bees)

0106 49 00 (other insects than bees)

0106 90 00 (other): all other live animals not covered elsewhere, other than mammals, reptiles, birds and insects. Live frogs whether for vivaria to be kept alive, or to be killed for human consumption, are covered by this CN code.

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0201

Meat of bovine animals, fresh or chilled

All. However, raw material not suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.

0202

Meat of bovine animals, frozen

All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.

0203

Meat of swine, fresh, chilled or frozen

All. However, raw material not intended or suitable for human consumption is not covered in this heading, but under heading 0511.

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 heading, but under heading 0511.

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 heading, but under heading 0511.

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 heading, but under heading 0511.

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 heading, but under heading 0511.

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 heading, but under heading 0511.

This heading covers other raw material for the production of gelatine or collagen for human consumption. It also covers all meat and edible meat offal from the following subheadings:

0208 10 (of rabbits or hares)

0208 30 00 (of primates)

0208 40 (of whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the order Cetacea); of manatees and dugongs (mammals of the order Sirenia); of seals, sea lions and walruses (mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia))

0208 50 00 (of reptiles, including snakes and turtles)

0208 60 00 (of camels and other camelids (Camelidae))

0208 90 (other: of domestic pigeons; of game other than of rabbits or hares; etc.): covers meat of quails, reindeer or any other mammal species. This subheading also covers frogs’ legs under CN code 0208 90 70.

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 heading, but under heading 0511.

Covers processed animal protein and dried pigs ears for human consumption. Even when such dried pigs ears are used as animal feed, the Annex to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1125/2006(*) clarifies that they may be covered in 0210 99 49. However, dried offal and pigs ears unfit for human consumption are classified in CN code 0511 99 85.

Sausages are covered under heading 1601.

Extracts and juices of meat are covered under heading 1603.

Greaves are covered under heading 2301.

(*) 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).

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0301

Live fish

All, covers trout, eels, carp, or any other species or any fish imported for breeding or reproduction.

Live fish imported for immediate human consumption are treated for official controls purposes as if they were products.

Covers ornamental fish in CN codes 0301 11 00 and 0301 19 00.

0302

Fish, fresh or chilled, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304

All, covers livers, milt and roes, fresh or chilled, in CN code 0302 91 00.

0303

Fish, frozen, excluding fish fillets and other fish meat of heading 0304

All, covers livers, milt and roes, frozen, in subheading 0303 91.

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

All, covers fish heads, tails and maws and other edible fish offal.

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

All.

Live crustaceans imported for immediate human consumption are considered and treated for official controls purposes as if they were products.

Covers ornamental sea monkeys and their cysts for use as pet animals and all live ornamental crustaceans.

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

This heading also covers smoked molluscs that have been cooked before. Other cooked molluscs are covered in heading 1605.

Covers live ornamental molluscs.

Live molluscs imported for immediate human consumption are considered and treated for official controls purposes as if they were products.

Covers all from the subheadings 0307 11 to 0307 99, such as the following examples:

0307 60 (snails other than sea snails): covers terrestrial gastropods of the species Helix pomatia, Helix aspersa, Helix lucorum and species of the family Achatinidae. Covers live snails (including fresh water snails) for immediate human consumption and also snail meat for human consumption. Covers blanched or pre-processed snails. Further processed products are covered in heading 1605.

0307 91 00 (live, fresh, or chilled other molluscs, i.e. other than oysters, scallops, mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.), cuttle fish, squid, octopus, snails, clams, cockles, ark shells, abalones (Haliotis spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.): covers meat of sea water snail species, whether in shell or not.

0307 99 (other molluscs, other than live, fresh, chilled, or frozen, i.e. other than oysters, scallops, mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.), cuttle fish, squid, octopus, sea snails, clams, cockles, ark shells, abalones (Haliotis spp.) and stromboid conchs (Strombus spp.).

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

All.

0309

Flours, meals and pellets of fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, fit for human consumption

All.

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0401

Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

All.

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.

0403

Yogurt; buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, 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.

CN code 0404 10 48 covers bovine colostrum, in liquid form, defatted and de-caseinated, for human consumption. CN code 0404 90 21 covers 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.

0406

Cheese and curd

All.

0407

Birds’ eggs, in shell, fresh, preserved or cooked

All. Covers hatching eggs and specified pathogen free eggs, 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. Covers egg products whether or not heat-treated and products not fit for human consumption.

0409 00 00

Natural honey

All.

0410 10

Insects

All.

Insects or insect eggs for human consumption are covered in this heading.

Non-living insects unfit for human consumption (including flours and meals thereof) are excluded (heading 05.11) as well as edible non-living insects otherwise prepared or preserved (generally Section IV).

0410 90 00  

Other edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included

All.

This CN code covers ‘royal jelly’ and propolis (used in manufacture for pharmaceutical products and food supplements) and other animal-derived material for human consumption.

This CN code covers edible bones and bone products directly consumed (e.g. bone flour, powdered bone, soup bones), if derived from carcasses that have been slaughtered for human consumption.

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0502 10 00

Pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair and waste thereof

All, treated and untreated.

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 which have been cleaned, salted, dried, or heated, of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine, or poultry origin.

Ex 0505

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 as referred to in Chapter II, Section 6(a), of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Article 25(1), point (b), of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 prohibits the importation into and transit through the Union of untreated feathers and parts of feathers and down.

Official controls are applicable for feathers independent from their treatment as referred to in Chapter VII, point C, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Further specific requirements for game trophies are laid down in Chapter II, Section 5, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Chapter II, Section 6, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 covers feathers used for stuffing, down, raw or other feathers.

0506

Bones and horn-cores, unworked, 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 used for production of gelatine.

Edible bones and boneflour for human consumption are covered under CN code 0410 90 00.

Specific requirements for such products not intended for human consumption are laid down in Row 6 (game trophies), in Row 11 (bones and bone products (excluding bone meal), horns and horn products (excluding horn meal) and hooves and hoof products (excluding hoof meal) for uses other than as feed material, organic fertiliser or soil improver) and in Row 12 (dog chews) of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

0507

Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whalebone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products

Covers treated game trophies from birds and ungulates being solely bones, horns, hooves, claws, antlers and teeth.

Specific requirements for game trophies are laid down in Row 6 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 0508 00

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

Covers empty shells for food use and use as raw material for glucosamine.

In addition, this heading covers shells, including cuttle-bones, containing soft tissue and flesh, as referred to in Article 10, point (k)(i), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.

Ex 0510 00 00

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

Ambergris and cantharides are excluded.

Glands, other animal products and bile are covered by this CN code.

Dried glands and products are covered by heading 3001.

Specific requirements may be laid down in Row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for animal by-products for the manufacture of pet food other than raw pet food and of derived products for uses outside the feed chain (for pharmaceuticals and other technical products).

Ex 0511

Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption

All.

Covers genetic material (semen and embryos of animal origin 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:

0511 10 00 (bovine semen).

0511 91 (products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3): all. Covers fish eggs for hatching, dead animals, animal by-products for the manufacture of pet food and for pharmaceuticals and other technical products. It also covers inedible or classed unfit for human consumption, for example, daphnids or water fleas, and other ostracoda or phyllopods, dried, for feeding aquarium fish. It also covers fish bait.

Ex 0511 99 10 (sinews or tendons; parings and similar waste of raw hides and skins).

Official controls are necessary for hides and skins not treated, as referred to in Chapter V, point C.2, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, if in compliance with Chapter V, points B.1 or C.1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 0511 99 31 (raw natural sponges of animal origin): all, if for human consumption; if not for human consumption, only those intended for pet food. Specific requirements for non-human consumption are set out in Row 12 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 0511 99 39 (natural sponges of animal origin other than raw): all, if for human consumption; if not for human consumption, only those intended for pet food. Specific requirements for non-human consumption are set out in Row 12 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 0511 99 85 (other animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1, unfit for human consumption): Covers embryos, ova, semen and genetic material not covered in subheading 0511 10. Covers embryos, ova, semen and genetic material of species other than bovine. Covers animal by-products for the manufacture of pet food or other technical products.

Covers untreated horsehair, apiculture products other than waxes for apiculture or technical use, spermaceti for technical use, dead animals referred to in Chapter 1 which are inedible or not for human consumption (for example: dogs, cats, insects), animal material where the essential characteristics have not been changed, and edible animal blood not derived from fish, for human consumption.

Covers flours, meals and pellets of insects, unfit for human consumption.

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Ex 0602 90 10

Mushroom spawn

Only if containing processed manure of animal origin. Specific requirements are set out in Row 1 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

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Ex 0901

Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated; coffee husks and skins; coffee substitutes containing coffee in any proportion

Only if containing products of animal origin.

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Ex 1212 99 95

Other vegetable products of a kind used primarily for human consumption, not elsewhere specified or included

Bee pollen is covered under this CN code.

Ex 1213 00 00

Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets

Only straw.

Ex 1214 90

Swedes, mangolds, fodder roots, hay, lucerne (alfalfa), clover, sainfoin, forage kale, lupines, vetches and similar forage products whether or not in form of pellets: other than lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets

Only hay.

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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. Covers fish oils and oils from fishery products and marine mammals.

Miscellaneous edible preparations are covered under heading 1517 or Chapter 21.

1505 00

Wool grease and fatty substances derived therefrom (including lanolin)

All. Covers wool grease imported as rendered fat, as set out in Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011, or lanolin imported as intermediate product.

1506 00 00

Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

All.

Covers unsplit fats or oils, and also their initial fractions produced by a method set out in Chapter XI, point 1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

1516 10

Animal fats and oils and their fractions

All animal fats and oils.

For official controls, fat derivatives include first stage products derived from animal fats and oils when in their pure state, produced by a method set out in Chapter XI, point 1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 1517

Margarine; edible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial 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

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1518 00 91

Animal, vegetable or microbial 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

Only if containing animal fats and oils.

Fat derivatives produced by a method set out in Chapter XI, point 1, 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 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 1518 00 95

Inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or of animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions

Only fats and oil preparations, rendered fats and derivatives from animals.

Covers used cooking oil, intended to be used within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009.

Covers fat derivatives produced by a method set out in Chapter XI, point 1, of Annex XIII to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 1518 00 99

Other vegetable or microbial fats and oils and their fractions, not elsewhere specified or included, than animal, vegetable or microbial 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 and other than inedible mixtures or preparations of animal, vegetable or microbial fats and their fractions.

Only if containing fat from animal origin.

Ex 1520 00 00

Glycerol, crude; glycerol waters and glycerol lyes

Only if containing animal products.

1521 90 91

Raw beeswax and other insect waxes, whether or not refined or coloured

All. Covers waxes in natural combs and raw beeswax for apiculture or technical purposes.

Article 25(1), point (c), of Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 prohibits the importation into and transit through the Union of beeswax in the form of honeycomb.

Specific requirements for apiculture by-products are set out in Row 10 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 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 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Apiculture by-products other than beeswaxes shall be submitted for official controls under CN code 0511 99 85 ‘Other’.

Ex 1522 00

Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes

Only if containing animal products.

Specific requirements are set out in Row 18 (fat derivatives) of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

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1601 00

Sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products

All. Covers preserved meat in various forms.

1602

Other prepared or preserved meat, meat offal, blood or insects

All. Covers preserved meat in various forms.

1603 00

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

All. Covers meat extracts and meat concentrates, fish protein in gel form whether chilled or frozen, and also shark cartilage.

1604

Prepared or preserved fish; caviar and caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs

All. Covers cooked or pre-cooked culinary preparations containing or mixed with fish or fishery products.

Covers preparations of 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).

Products known as fish skewers (this is, raw fish meat or raw shrimps with vegetables presented on a wooden stick) are classified in CN code 1604 19 97.

1605

Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved

All, including fully prepared or pre-prepared snails, canned crustaceans, or other aquatic invertebrates as well as mussel powder.

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Ex 1702

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; caramel

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Covers sugars and artificial honey, where mixed with natural honey.

Ex 1704

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa

Only if containing products of animal origin.

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Ex 1806

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa

Only if containing products of animal origin.

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Ex 1901

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 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 if containing products of animal origin.

Covers uncooked foodstuffs (for example, pizzas) containing products of animal origin.

Culinary preparations are covered by Chapters 16 and 21.

Ex 1902 11 00

Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, containing eggs

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1902 19

Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared, other than containing eggs

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 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

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 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

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1902 20 91

Cooked stuffed pasta

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1902 20 99

Stuffed pasta, other than cooked

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1902 30

Other pasta than pasta of subheadings 1902 11, 1902 19 and 1902 20

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1902 40

Couscous

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1904 10 10

Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of maize

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1904 10 30

Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of rice

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1904 10 90

Prepared food obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products other than maize or rice

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1904 20

Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 1904 90 10

Rice in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Covers, for example, sushi (provided the relevant products are not to be classified in Chapter 16).

Ex 1904 90 80

Cereals (other than maize (corn)) in grain form or in the form of flakes or other worked grains (except flour, groats and meal), pre-cooked or otherwise prepared, not elsewhere specified or included, other than bulgur wheat and other than obtained from rice

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex  1905

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers’ wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products

Only if containing products of animal origin.

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Ex 2001

Vegetables, fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, prepared or preserved by vinegar or acetic acid

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2004

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, frozen, other than products of heading 2006

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2005

Other vegetables prepared or preserved otherwise than by vinegar or acetic acid, not frozen, other than products of heading 2006

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2008 99

Other preparations of fruit, nuts and other edible parts of plants, otherwise prepared or preserved, whether or not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or spirit, not elsewhere specified or included

Only if containing products of animal origin.

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Ex 2101

Extracts, essences and concentrates, of coffee, tea or maté and preparations with a basis of these products or with a basis of coffee, tea or maté; roasted chicory and other roasted coffee substitutes, and extracts, essences and concentrates thereof

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2103

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings; mustard flour and meal and prepared mustard

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2104

Soups and broths and preparations therefore; homogenised composite food preparations

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2105 00

Ice cream and other edible ice, whether or not containing cocoa

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2106 10

Protein concentrates and textured protein substances

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2106 90 51

Lactose syrup

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2106 90 92

Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included, containing no milkfats, sucrose, isoglucose, glucose or starch or containing, by weight, less than 1,5 % milkfat, 5 % sucrose or isoglucose, 5 % glucose or starch

Only if containing products of animal origin.

Ex 2106 90 98

Other food preparations not elsewhere specified or included

Only if containing products of animal origin.

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Ex 2202 99 91

Non-alcoholic beverages, other than waters containing sweetening matters or flavoured, not including fruit, nut 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

All.

Ex 2202 99 95

Non-alcoholic beverages, other than waters containing sweetening matters or flavoured, not including fruit, nut 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

All.

Ex 2202 99 99

Non-alcoholic beverages, other than waters containing sweetening matters or flavoured, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading 2009 and containing 2 % or more by weight of fat obtained from the products of heading 0401 to 0404

All.

Ex 2208 70

Liqueurs and cordials

Only if containing products of animal origin.

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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.

Flours, meals and pellets of insects, unfit for human consumption are excluded from this heading. They are covered in heading 0511.

Feather meal is covered in heading 0505.

Specific requirements for processed animal protein are set out in Row 1 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 2309

Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding

All, if containing animal products, except CN codes 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). It also covers animal 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, non-decaseinated colostrum, or carbohydrates, all fit for animal feeding but not fit for human consumption (decaseinated colostrum fit for animal feeding is covered in heading 3001).

This heading also covers pet food, dog chews and mixtures of meals (mixtures can include dead insects).

Specific requirements for pet food including dog chews are set out in Row 12 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

This heading covers processed egg products not for human consumption and other processed animal products not for human consumption.

Specific requirements for egg products are set out in Row 9 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

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Ex 2835 25 00

Calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (“dicalcium phosphate”)

Only of animal origin.

Specific requirements for dicalcium phosphate are set out in Row 6 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 2835 26 00

Phosphates of calcium, other than calcium hydrogenorthophosphate (“dicalcium phosphate”)

Only tricalcium phosphate of animal origin.

Specific requirements for tricalcium phosphate are set out in Row 7 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

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Ex 2906

Cyclic alcohols and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

Only cholesterol of animal origin.

Ex 2922 41

Lysine and its esters; salts thereof

Only of animal origin.

Ex 2922 42

Glutamic acid and its salts

Only of animal origin.

Ex 2922 43

Anthranilic acid and its salts

Only of animal origin.

Ex 2922 49

Other amino-acids, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, and their esters; salts thereof (other than lysine and its esters; salts thereof, glutamic acid and its salts, anthranilic acid and its salts, tilidine (INN) and its salts)

Only of animal origin.

Ex 2925 29 00

Other imines and their derivatives than chlordimeform (ISO); salts thereof (other than chlordimeform (ISO))

Covers creatine of animal origin.

Ex 2930

Organo-sulphur compounds

Covers amino-acids of animal origin such as:

Ex 2930 90 13 cysteine and cystine;

Ex 2930 90 16 derivates of cysteine or cystine.

Ex 2932 99 00

Heterocyclic compounds with oxygen hetero-atom(s) only, other than compounds containing an unfused furan ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure and other than lactones or Isosafrole, 1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)propan-2-one, Piperonal, Safrole, Tetrahydrocannabinols (all isomers) and Carbofuran (ISO))

Only of animal origin only, for example glucosamine, glucosamine-6-phosphate and their sulphates.

Ex 2936

Provitamins and vitamins, natural or reproduced by synthesis (including natural concentrates), derivatives thereof used primarily as vitamins, and intermixtures of the foregoing, whether or not in any solvent

Only vitamin D3 and its precursors of animal origin.

Ex 2942 00 00

Other organic compounds

Only of animal origin.

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Ex 3001 20 90

Extracts of glands or other organs or of their secretions, other than of human origin

Only animal derived products.

Covers a product acting as a replacement for maternal colostrum and used in the feeding of calves.

Ex 3001 90 91

Animal substances prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses: heparin and its salts

Only animal derived products that are destined for further processing, in accordance with Article 34(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, for the manufacture of the derived products referred to in Article 33, points (a) to (f), of that Regulation.

Ex 3001 90 98

Other animal substances than heparin and its salts prepared for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, not elsewhere specified or included

Only animal derived products.

In addition to the glands and other organs mentioned in the Harmonized System Explanatory Notes to heading 3001, this CN code covers the hypophysis, the suprarenal capsules and the thyroid gland.

Ex 3002 12 00

Antisera and other blood fractions

Only animal derived products.

Excludes antibodies and DNA.

Under heading 3002, specific requirements are set out for animal by-products covered by Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 and specified in the following rows:

Row 2: blood products other than from equidae;

Row 3: blood and blood products from equidae.

Ex 3002 49 00

Toxins, cultures of mico-organisms (excluding yeasts) and similar products

Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for animals.

Ex 3002 51 00

Cell therapy products

Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for animals.

Ex 3002 59 00

Cell cultures, whether or not modified, other than cell therapy products

Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for animals.

3002 90 30

Animal blood prepared for therapeutic, prophylactic or diagnostic uses

All.

Ex 3002 90 90

Other

Only pathogens and cultures of pathogens for animals.

Ex 3006 92 00

Waste pharmaceuticals

Only animal-derived products.

Covers pharmaceutical waste and pharmaceutical products that are unfit for their original intended purpose.

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Ex 3101 00 00

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, except 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 processed manure, derived products from processed manure and guano from bats are set out in Row 1 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 3105 10 00

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 processed manure, derived products from processed manure and guano from bats are set out in Row 1 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

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Ex 3203 00

Colouring matter of animal origin (including dyeing extracts but excluding animal black), whether or not chemically defined; preparations as specified in note 3 to this chapter based on colouring matter of animal origin

Only colour dispersions in milk fat base, used in food or feed production.

Ex 3204

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 food or feed production.

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Ex 3302

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 in food or feed production.

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Ex 3501

Casein, caseinates and other casein derivatives; casein glues

Covers 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 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 3502

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 for animal feed purposes).

Albumin for the production of pharmaceutical goods is covered by heading 3002.

Specific requirements for milk, milk-based products, colostrum and colostrum products not for human consumption are set out in Row 4 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 and for egg products not for human consumption in Row 9 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

3503 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, for animal feed and technical use.

Gelatine classified in heading 3913 (hardened proteins) and gelatine classified in heading 9602 (worked, unhardened gelatine and articles of unhardened gelatine) (for example, empty capsules if not for food or animal consumption), are excluded from official controls.

Specific requirements are set out in Row 5 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for gelatine and hydrolysed protein not for human consumption and in Chapter II, Section 11, of Annex XIV to that Regulation for photogelatine.

Ex 3504 00

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, for animal feed and technical use.

Covers protein based collagen products derived from hides, skins, bones and tendons of animals.

Covers hydrolysed proteins consisting of polypeptides, peptides or amino acids, and mixtures thereof, obtained by the hydrolysis of animal by-products. The goods included in this heading are excluded from official controls when they are used as food additives in food preparations (heading 2106).

Covers any milk by-products for human consumption in case they are not covered in heading 0404.

Specific requirements for collagen are set out in Row 8 and for gelatine and hydrolysed protein in Row 5 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 3507 10 00

Rennet and concentrates thereof

Rennet and concentrates for human consumption, derived only from animal products.

Ex 3507 90 90

Other enzymes and prepared enzymes, not elsewhere specified or included, than rennet and concentrates thereof or lipoprotein lipase or aspergillus alkaline protease

Only of animal origin.

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Ex 3822 

Diagnostic or laboratory reagents on a backing, prepared diagnostic or laboratory reagents whether or not on a backing, whether or not put up in the form of kits, other than those of heading 3006; certified reference materials

Only animal-derived products, except medical devices as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council (**) and in vitro diagnostic medical devices as defined in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council (***).

Ex 3825 10 00

Municipal waste

Only catering waste containing animal products, if it falls within the scope of Article 2(2), point (g), of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009, except catering waste originating directly from means of transport operating internationally and disposed of in line with Article 12, point (d), of that Regulation.

Used cooking oil intended to be used within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 (for example, for organic fertilisers, biogas, biodiesel or fuel), can be covered by this CN code.

(**) Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on medical devices, amending Directive 2001/83/EC, Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 and repealing Council Directives 90/385/EEC and 93/42/EEC (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 1).

(***) Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices and repealing Directive 98/79/EC and Commission Decision 2010/227/EU (OJ L 117, 5.5.2017, p. 176).

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Ex 3913 90 00

Natural polymers and modified natural polymers, not elsewhere specified or included, in primary forms, other than alginic acid, its salts and esters

Only animal-derived products (for example, chondroitin sulphate, chitosan, hardened gelatine).

Ex 3917 10 

Artificial guts (sausage casings) of hardened protein or of cellulosic materials

Only animal derived products.

Ex 3926 90 97

Other articles of plastics and articles of other materials of headings 3901 to 3914, other than those under subheadings/codes 3926 10 00, 3926 20 00, 3926 30 00, 3926 40 00, 3926 90, 3926 90 50 and 3926 90 60

Covers empty capsules of hardened gelatine for food and animal consumption.

Specific requirements for gelatine are set out in Row 5 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

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Ex 4101

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

Only fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins, 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 Chapter V, point C.2, 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 CN codes Ex 4101 20 80 and Ex 4101 50 90.

Ex 4102

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

Only fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins, 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 Chapter V, point C.2, 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 CN Ex 4102 21 00 and Ex 4102 29 00.

Ex 4103

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

Only fresh, chilled or treated hides and skins, 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 Chapter V, point C.2, 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 CN Ex 4103 90 00.

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Ex 4205 00 90

Other articles of leather or of composition leather, other than of a kind used in machinery or mechanical appliances or for other technical uses

Only dog chews and raw material for manufacture of dog chews.

Ex 4206 00 00

Articles of gut (other than silkworm gut), of goldbeater’s skin, of bladders or of tendons

Only petfood and raw material for manufacture of processed petfood.

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Ex 4301

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:

Ex 4301 10 00 (of mink, whole, with or without head, tail or paws): specific requirements for derived products for uses outside the feed chain (fur) are set out in Row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 4301 30 00 (of lamb, the following: Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian and similar lamb, Indian, Chinese, Mongolian, or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or without head, tail, or paws): specific requirements for hides and skins of ungulates are set out in Row 5 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 4301 60 00 (of fox, whole, with or without head, tail or paws): specific requirements for derived products for uses outside the feed chain (fur) are set out in Row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 4301 80 00 (other furskins, whole, with or without head, tail or paws): other than ungulates, for example marmots, wild felines, seals, nutria. Specific requirements for derived products for uses outside the feed chain (fur) are set out in Row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Ex 4301 90 00 (heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, suitable for furriers’ use): specific requirements for derived products for uses outside the feed chain (fur) are set out in Row 14 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

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Ex 5101

Wool, not carded or combed

Covers untreated wool.

Ex 5102

Fine or coarse animal hair, not carded or combed

Covers untreated fine or coarse animal hair, including coarse hair from the flanks of bovine or equine animals.

Ex 5103

Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock

Covers untreated wool or fine or coarse animal hair.

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Ex 6701 00 00

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.

Covers articles of unworked or merely cleaned skins, feathers or down, and parts of feathers.

Excluding treated decorative feathers, treated feathers carried by travellers for their private use or consignments of treated feathers sent to private individuals for non- industrial purposes as referred to in Chapter II, Section 6(a), of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

Specific requirements for feathers are set out in Row 9 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

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Ex 7101 21 00

Unworked cultured pearls

Includes oysters unfit for human consumption, containing one or more cultured pearls, preserved in brine or by different methods, packaged in airtight containers.

Covers unworked cultured pearls referred to in Chapter IV, Section 2, 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 Article 2(2), point (f), of that Regulation.

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Ex 9508 10 00

Travelling circuses and travelling menageries

Only live animals.

Ex 9508 30

Fairground amusements

Only live animals.

Ex 9508 40

Travelling theatres

Only live animals.

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Ex 9602 00 00

Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and articles of these materials; moulded or carved articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other moulded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except gelatine of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened gelatine

Covers empty capsules of unhardened gelatine for food or animal consumption; specific requirements are set out in Row 5 of Table 1 in Chapter I, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 for animal consumption.

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Ex 9705 

Collections and collectors’ pieces of archaeological, ethnographic, historical, zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, palaeontological or numismatic interest

Only animal-derived products.

Excludes game trophies and other preparations of any animal species having undergone a complete taxidermy treatment ensuring their preservation at ambient temperatures.

Excludes game trophies and other preparations from other species than ungulates and birds (whether treated or untreated).

Specific requirements for game trophies are set out in Row 6 of Table 2 in Chapter II, Section 1, of Annex XIV to Regulation (EU) No 142/2011.

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Ex 9930 24 00

Goods of CN Chapters 1 to 24 delivered to vessels and aircraft

Covers products of animal origin and composite products destined for ship supply as provided for in Articles 21 and 29 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124 (****).

Ex 9930 99 00

Goods classified elsewhere delivered to vessels and aircraft

Covers products of animal origin and composite products destined for ship supply as provided for in Articles 21 and 29 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/2124.