Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 874/2011 of 31 August 2011 concerning the classification of certain goods in the Combined Nomenclature

• CELEX: Implementing Regulation (EU) No 874/2011
• Articles: 4

Article 1

The goods described in column (1) of the table set out in the Annex shall be classified within the Combined Nomenclature under the CN code indicated in column (2) of that table.

Article 2

Binding tariff information issued by the customs authorities of Member States, which is not in accordance with this Regulation, can continue to be invoked for a period of three months under Article 12(6) of Regulation (EEC) No 2913/92.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Description of goods

Classification

(CN code)

Reasons

(1)

(2)

(3)

Raw propolis presented in bulk in brown blocks of irregular form. The product consists essentially of the following components (% by weight):

—

vegetable resins and vegetable balsams

55

—

waxes

30

—

essential oils

8 to 10

—

pollen

5

These materials collected by bees are transformed with the enzymes of their saliva.

The product is used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products and food supplements.

0410 00 00

Classification is determined by General Rules 1 and 6 for the interpretation of the Combined Nomenclature and the wording of CN code 0410 00 00 .

Classification in Chapter 13 is excluded as the product contains constituents obtained from the action of animals.

Given its characteristics, the product is therefore to be classified under heading 0410 as edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included.