16.9.2022   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 356/2


Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union

(2022/C 356/02)

Pursuant to Article 9(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 (1), the Explanatory Notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (2) are hereby amended as follows:

On page 379, the following explanatory note is inserted:

8711 60 10

Bicycles, tricycles and quadricycles, with pedal assistance, with an auxiliary electric motor with a continuous rated power not exceeding 250 watts

This subheading includes electric cycles with pedals, which offer different “modes of riding” that can be chosen from: a) pedal assistance with an auxiliary electric motor mode, b) full pedal mode (without any aid of the electric motor) or c) full electric motor mode. The mode can be changed, for example, by a control unit mounted at the handlebar of the bicycle or via a mobile phone application.

8711 60 90

Other

The explanatory note to subheading 8711 60 10 applies, mutatis mutandis, to cycles, with pedal assistance, with an auxiliary electric motor.’


(1)  Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1).

(2)  OJ C 119, 29.3.2019, p. 1.